Scoreboard July 18
Today’s TV SCHEDULE
CYCLING
12:30 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 16) NBCSN
GOLF
11 p.m. The British Open Championship (first round) ESPN
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers or Pittsburgh at Colorado MLB
9 a.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2
1 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington ESPN
1 p.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit FOXSP
2 p.m. Miami at Chicago Cubs WGN
SOCCER
10 a.m. MLS: Chivas USA at Portland FOXSP
3:30 p.m. MLS/English Premier League: Chelsea at Seattle ESPN2
5 p.m. MLS: Dallas at San Jose NBCSN
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BASKETBALL
8 a.m. Men’s national teams: United States vs. Great Britain ESPN2
CYCLING
1:30 a.m. Tour de France (Stage 17) NBCSN
GOLF
1 a.m. The British Open Championship (first round) ESPN
9 a.m. PGA Tour: True South Classic (first round) TGC
11 p.m. The British Open Championship (second round) ESPN
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 a.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit FOXSP
1 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Boston MLB
BASKETBALL
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 15 4 .789 —
Indiana 10 7 .588 4
Atlanta 9 10 .474 6
Chicago 8 9 .471 6
New York 6 12 .333 8½
Washington 4 14 .222 10½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 15 4 .789 —
San Antonio 13 5 .722 1½
Los Angeles 15 6 .714 1
Seattle 9 10 .474 6
Phoenix 4 15 .211 11
Tulsa 3 15 .167 11½
Season on hiatus for Olympics
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 11 5 3 36 25 17
D.C. 10 6 3 33 34 26
New York 9 5 5 32 34 29
Chicago 9 6 4 31 22 21
Houston 7 5 7 28 26 24
New England 6 8 4 22 24 23
Columbus 6 7 4 22 17 19
Montreal 6 12 3 21 28 38
Philadelphia 6 9 2 20 20 19
Toronto FC 4 11 4 16 22 35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 12 4 4 40 41 24
Real Salt Lake 11 7 3 36 31 26
Seattle 8 5 7 31 25 21
Vancouver 8 6 6 30 21 23
Los Angeles 8 10 2 26 33 32
Colorado 7 11 1 22 26 26
Chivas USA 5 7 5 20 11 18
FC Dallas 4 9 7 19 19 28
Portland 5 9 4 19 19 29
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Today’s games
Chicago at New York, 7 a.m.
Portland at Chivas USA, 10 a.m.
Colorado at Toronto FC, 1 p.m.
New England at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Philadelphia at New York, 8:30 a.m.
D.C. United at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Portland at FC Dallas, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.
Sunday’s game
San Jose at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Cycling
Tour de France
Monday’s 15th stage
A 98.5-mile, mostly flat ride from Samatan to Pau, with only three small hills to climb
Roundup>1. Pierrick Fedrigo, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 3 hours, 40 minutes, 15 seconds.
Roundup>2. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Roundup>3. Thomas Voeckler, France, Team Europcar, 12 seconds behind.
Roundup>4. Nicki Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, same time.
Roundup>5. Dries Devenyns, Belgium, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, :21.
Roundup>6. Samuel Dumoulin, France, Cofidis, 1:08.
Roundup>7. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, 11:50.
Roundup>8. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time.
Roundup>9. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time.
Roundup>10, Kris Boeckmans, Belgium, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time.
Roundup>11. Borut Bozic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Roundup>12. Sebastien Hinault, France, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time.
Roundup>13. Koen de Kort, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same time.
Roundup>14. Jonathan Cantwell, Australia, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, same time.
Roundup>15. Jimmy Engoulvent, France, Saur-Sojasun, same time.
Roundup>16. Roy Curvers, Netherlands, Argos-Shimano, same time.
Roundup>17. Jurgen Roelandts, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time.
Roundup>18. Matthieu Ladagnous, France, FDJ-Big Mat, same time.
Roundup>19. Michael Schar, Switzerland, BMC Racing, same time.
Roundup>20. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time.
Also
Roundup>21. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, same time.
Roundup>22. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
Roundup>23. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time.
Roundup>24. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time.
Overall Standings
(After 15 stages)
Roundup>1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 68 hours, 33 minutes, 21 seconds.
Roundup>2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 2:05.
Roundup>3. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 2:23.
Roundup>4. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 3:19.
Roundup>5. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 4:48.
Roundup>6. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 6:15.
Roundup>7. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 6:57.
Roundup>8. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 7:30.
Roundup>9. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 8:31.
Roundup>10. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 8:51.
Roundup>11. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:29.
Roundup>12. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:45.
Roundup>13. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 10:49.
Roundup>14. Jerome Coppel, France, Saur-Sojasun, 11:27.
Roundup>15. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 12:41.
Roundup>16. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 17:21.
Roundup>17. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, 17:41.
Roundup>18. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 18:04.
Roundup>19. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 19:02.
Roundup>20. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, 20:12.
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 1,951.563. 2, Zach Johnson, 1,919.660. 3, Jason Dufner, 1,849.300. 4, Hunter Mahan, 1,654.300. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,617.214. 6, Matt Kuchar, 1,423.150. 7, Webb Simpson, 1,377.900. 8, Rory McIlroy, 1,372.000. 9, Carl Pettersson, 1,340.750. 10, Phil Mickelson, 1,312.750.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 69.08. 2, Matt Kuchar, 69.16. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.45. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.46. 5, Padraig Harrington, 69.48. 6, Justin Rose, 69.54. 7, Zach Johnson, 69.58. 8, Lee Westwood, 69.60. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.71. 10, Bo Van Pelt, 69.90.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 316.3. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Charlie Beljan, 311.0. 4, Robert Garrigus, 309.2. 5, J.B. Holmes, 308.6. 6, Kyle Stanley, 306.4. 7, Dustin Johnson, 304.9. 8, Jason Kokrak, 304.8. 9, Jason Day, 304.4. 10, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 72.17%. 2, Graeme McDowell, 70.98%. 3, Ben Curtis, 70.48%. 4, Heath Slocum, 70.31%. 5, Tim Clark, 69.83%. 6, Jim Furyk, 69.57%. 7, John Huh, 68.91%. 8, Brian Davis, 68.76%. 9, Mark Wilson, 68.67%. 10, David Toms, 68.43%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 72.36%. 2, Lee Westwood, 71.63%. 3, Hunter Mahan, 70.37%. 4, Justin Rose, 70.33%. 5, John Senden, 69.67%. 6 (tie), Ben Curtis and Jason Dufner, 69.44%. 8, Greg Owen, 69.00%. 9, Martin Laird, 68.41%. 10, Brendon de Jonge, 68.11%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 57. 2, John Rollins, 62. 3, Chris Couch, 80. 4, Brandt Jobe, 84. 5, Tiger Woods, 85. 6, Hunter Mahan, 90. 7, Billy Horschel, 91. 8, Roberto Castro, 93. 9, Bo Van Pelt, 94. 10, Jason Dufner, 95.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Zach Johnson, .823. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .808. 3, Ben Curtis, .799. 4, Luke Donald, .758. 5, Brandt Snedeker, .730. 6, Martin Flores, .704. 7, Bo Van Pelt, .691. 8, Bryce Molder, .681. 9, Derek Lamely, .659. 10, 2 tied with .580.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.13. 2, Jason Dufner, 4.11. 3, Bubba Watson, 4.08. 4, Martin Laird, 4.04. 5 (tie), Ben Crane and Keegan Bradley, 4.00. 7, Zach Johnson, 3.98. 8 (tie), John Senden and Jeff Overton, 3.96. 10, Lee Westwood, 3.93.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 80.0. 2, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 3, Gary Woodland, 98.0. 4, Nick Watney, 98.2. 5, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 6 (tie), Charles Howell III and Luke Donald, 102.0. 8, Ben Crane, 104.4. 9, Bobby Gates, 109.6. 10, Garth Mulroy, 111.0.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Greg Chalmers, 64.17%. 3 (tie), Lee Westwood and Martin Flores, 64.15%. 5, Brian Gay, 63.37%. 6, Aaron Baddeley, 62.50%. 7, Jim Furyk, 62.14%. 8, Chris DiMarco, 61.76%. 9, David Toms, 61.02%. 10, Luke Donald, 60.94%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 224. 2, Lee Westwood, 255. 3, Jason Dufner, 264. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 277. 5, Justin Rose, 302. 6, John Senden, 312. 7, Bubba Watson, 322. 8, Zach Johnson, 326. 9, Matt Kuchar, 344. 10, Tiger Woods, 350.
LPGA Tour Statistics
Scoring
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, 70.35. 2, Na Yeon Choi, 70.53. 3, Shanshan Feng, 70.60. 4, Stacy Lewis, 70.60. 5, Jiyai Shin, 70.68. 6, Yani Tseng, 70.90. 7, So Yeon Ryu, 70.98. 8, Amy Yang, 71.00. 9, Suzann Pettersen, 71.08. 10, 2 tied with 71.23.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 278.0. 3, Lexi Thompson, 274.0. 4, Vicky Hurst, 273.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 271.0. 6, Gerina Piller, 270.0. 7, Karin Sjodin, 269.0. 8, Michelle Wie, 268.0. 9, Maria Hjorth, 267.0. 10, Sydnee Michaels, 267.0.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
Roundup>1 (tie), Karin Sjodin and Sun Young Yoo, 75.00%. 3, Paula Creamer, 73.50%. 4, Stacy Lewis, 73.30%. 5, Lexi Thompson, 72.90%. 6, Suzann Pettersen, 72.50%. 7, Azahara Munoz, 72.10%. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 71.80%. 9, Shanshan Feng, 71.40%. 10, Karrie Webb, 70.70%.
Putting Average
Roundup>1, Inbee Park, 1.735. 2, Jin Young Pak, 1.747. 3, Stacy Lewis, 1.750. 4, So Yeon Ryu, 1.761. 5, Yani Tseng, 1.764. 6, Na Yeon Choi, 1.768. 7, M.J. Hur, 1.772. 8, Ai Miyazato, 1.776. 9, Se Ri Pak, 1.779. 10, Taylor Coutu, 1.785.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 4.02. 2 (tie), Suzann Pettersen and So Yeon Ryu, 3.62. 4, Yani Tseng, 4.17. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 3.71. 6, Hee Young Park, 3.64. 7, Lexi Thompson, 3.71. 8, Inbee Park, 3.68. 9, Anna Nordqvist, 3.22. 10, Sun Young Yoo, 3.33.
Eagle Average
Roundup>1, Jodi Ewart, 0.18. 2 (tie), Na Yeon Choi, Tiffany Joh, Paula Creamer, Pornanong Phatlum and Stacy Lewis, 0.11. 7, 9 tied with 0.09.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jiyai Shin, 65.00%. 2, Hee Kyung Seo, 63.64%. 3 (tie), Leta Lindley and Sun Young Yoo, 61.54%. 5, M.J. Hur, 58.82%. 6, Nicole Castrale, 58.62%. 7, Danah Bordner, 58.33%. 8, Morgan Pressel, 57.69%. 9, Ai Miyazato, 57.58%. 10, Paula Creamer, 57.50%.
Rounds Under Par
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, .700. 2, Jiyai Shin, .679. 3, Shanshan Feng, .667. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .640. 5, Stacy Lewis, .625. 6, So Yeon Ryu, .609. 7, Na Yeon Choi, .578. 8, Yani Tseng, .537. 9, Cristie Kerr, .533. 10, 2 tied with .523.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Points
Roundup>1, Matt Kenseth, 707. 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 691. 3, Greg Biffle, 667. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 656. 5, Denny Hamlin, 628. 6, Kevin Harvick, 622. 7, Tony Stewart, 618. 8, Martin Truex Jr., 617. 9, Clint Bowyer, 614. 10, Brad Keselowski, 613.
Roundup>11, Carl Edwards, 567. 12, Kasey Kahne, 547. 13, Kyle Busch, 545. 14, Ryan Newman, 536. 15, Paul Menard, 534. 16, Joey Logano, 533. 17, Jeff Gordon, 524. 18, Marcos Ambrose, 495. 19, Jeff Burton, 493. 20, Jamie McMurray, 486.
Money
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, $4,745,552. 2, Matt Kenseth, $4,701,260. 3, Tony Stewart, $3,999,420. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,902,644. 5, Kyle Busch, $3,582,860. 6, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,506,160. 7, Greg Biffle, $3,502,043. 8, Kevin Harvick, $3,275,114. 9, Brad Keselowski, $3,263,665. 10, Carl Edwards, $3,045,863.
Roundup>11, Jeff Burton, $3,010,780. 12, Jeff Gordon, $3,000,442. 13, Ryan Newman, $2,971,925. 14, Martin Truex Jr., $2,968,529. 15, Clint Bowyer, $2,932,994. 16, Kasey Kahne, $2,716,201. 17, Aric Almirola, $2,642,804. 18, Marcos Ambrose, $2,611,597. 19, A J Allmendinger, $2,577,395. 20, Jamie McMurray, $2,568,652.
transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Placed 2B Robert Andino on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 16. Recalled LHP Zach Britton from Norfolk (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Brad Bergesen from Norfolk. Optioned RHP Miguel Socolovich to Norfolk. Transferred INF Nick Johnson to the 60-day DL.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Placed RHP Gavin Floyd on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 8. reinstated RHP Philip Humber from the 15-day DL.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Designated LHP Jonathan Sanchez for assignment. Recalled LHP Ryan Verdugo and RHP Vin Mazzaro from Omaha (PCL). Optioned OF Jason Bourgeois to Omaha.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Recalled RHP Garrett Richards from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned 3B Andrew Romine to Salt Lake.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Designated OF Darnell McDonald for assignment. Activated LHP CC Sabathia from the 15-day DL.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Recalled RHP Blake Beaven from Tacoma (PCL). Optioned RHP Steve Delabar to Tacoma.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Reinstated OF Matt Joyce from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Will Rhymes to Durham (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS—Activated RHP Alexi Ogando from the 15-day DL. Placed C Yorvit Torrealba on the paternity leave list.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Placed OF Jose Bautista on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Anthony Gose from Las Vegas (PCL).
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Placed 1B Joey Votto on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 16. Recalled RHP Todd Redmond from Louisville (IL).
COLORADO ROCKIES—Selected the contract of OF Andrew Brown from Colorado Springs (PCL). Recalled INF DJ LeMahieu from Colorado Springs. Placed INF Jonathan Herrera and INF Chris Nelson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 16. Transferred RHP Juan Nicasio from the 15-day to the 60-day DL.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Placed RHP Chad Billingsley on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 8. Recalled RHP Stephen Fife from Albuquerque (PCL).
NEW YORK METS—Reinstated OF Jason Bay from the 15-day DL. Designated INF Omar Quintanilla for assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
BROOKLYN NETS—Agreed to terms with F Kris Humphries on a two-year contract.
WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Waived F Andray Blatche.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS—Released RB Alvester Alexander. Agreed to terms with RB Lorenzo Booker on a one-year contract.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Waived PK Brandon Coutu.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Re-signed OT Max Starks to a one-year contract.
Canadian Football League
SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS—Signed WR Terence Jeffers-Harris.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed G Marco Cousineau to a one-year contract.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Named Jamie Kompon assistant coach.
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Agreed to terms with C James Wright on a two-year contract and with D Mike Caruso and G Brian Foster on one-year contracts.
LOS ANGELES KINGS—Signed D Thomas Hickey, F Stefan Legein, F David Meckler and D Jake Muzzin to one-year contracts.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Signed G Jeremy Smith to a one-year, two-way contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Named Scott Stevens and Matt Shaw assistant coaches.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with F Jason Clark on a three-year, entry-level contract.
American Hockey League
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Signed G Rob Madore.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS—Suspended Columbus F Emilio Renteria one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his head butt of Sporting Kansas City’s Paulo Nagamura in a July 14 game.
COLLEGE
EMORY & HENRY—Named Andrea Kendall women’s assistant basketball coach.
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON—Announced the retirement of women’s fencing coach Roger Cummings.
LAMAR—Named Sherron Wilkerson men’s assistant basketball coach.
MOUNT SAINT VINCENT—Named Kevin Clifford assistant director of athletics, women’s basketball coach and men’s and women’s cross country coach.
NEW JERSEY CITY—Named Ray Vance men’s and women’s volleyball coach.
PENN STATE—Named Brian Hoerst and Ann Plunkett athletic communications assistants.
ST. ANDREWS—Announced the resignation of cross country coach Mike Coggins.
TEXAS TECH—Named Joe Hughes director of baseball operations.
WRIGHT STATE—Named Keith Freeman women’s assistant basketball coach.
YALE—Named Danielle Korman women’s assistant swimming and diving coach.
