Scoreboard July 31

TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas or Chicago White Sox at Minnesota MLB

2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP

2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs WGN

OLYMPICS

1 a.m. Tennis BRAVO

3 a.m. Women’s field hockey: United States vs. Argentina MSNBC

Men’s basketball (qualifying)

Women’s soccer (qualifying)

Weightlifting (gold medal final)

Women’s table tennis (semifinals)

Men’s handball (qualifying)

Badminton (qualifying)

6 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) TELEMUNDO

Beach volleyball (qualifying)

Men’s volleyball (qualifying)

Men’s basketball (qualifying)

Boxing

Tennis

9 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) NBC

Beach volleyball (qualifying)

Men’s volleyball (United States vs. Germany)

Men’s water polo (United States vs. Romania)

Men’s canoeing (whitewater C-1 final)

Rowing (semifinals)

11 a.m. Boxing CNBC

6 p.m. Women’s gymnastics (team gold medal final) NBC

Swimming (Men’s 200-meter butterfly, men’s 4×200-meter

freestyle relay, women’s 200-meter freestyle, women’s

200-meter individual medley gold medal finals)

Women’s diving (platform synchronized gold medal final)

9 p.m. Women’s gymnastics (team gold medal final) TELEMUNDO

Swimming (gold medal final)

Women’s diving (platform synchronized gold medal final)

10 p.m. Women’s basketball NBCSP

Men’s soccer (qualifying)

Beach volleyball (qualifying)

Men’s field hockey (qualifying)

Women’s shooting (25-meter pistol final)

10:30 p.m. Swimming (semifinals) NBC

Beach volleyball (qualifying)

SOCCER

1 p.m. Tottenham at New York ESPN2

WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE

BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL

2 p.m. World Series (championship game) ESPN2

HORSE RACING

12:30 p.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

7 a.m. Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees or Chicago White Sox at Minnesota MLB

8:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs WGN

9 a.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers FOXSP2

1 p.m. Detroit at Boston ESPN

2 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas FOXSP

OLYMPICS

1 a.m. Tennis BRAVO

3 a.m. Men’s soccer (qualifying) MSNBC

Women’s basketball (qualifying)

Boxing

Weightlifting (gold medal finals)

Women’s sabre (gold medal final)

Men’s table tennis (singles quarterfinals)

Women’s handball (qualifying)

Badminton (qualifying)

3 a.m. Men’s soccer (Mexico vs. Switzerland, Brazil vs. New TELEMUNDO

England, Britain vs. Uruguay)

Swimming (qualifying)

Tennis

Boxing

9 a.m. Swimming (qualifying) NBC

Beach volleyball (qualifying)

Women’s volleyball (United States vs. China)

Women’s water polo (United States vs. Spain)

Cycling (individual time trial)

Rowing (gold medal final)

Men’s canoeing (whitewater K-1final)

11 a.m. Boxing CNBC

6 p.m. Swimming (Men’s 200-meter breaststroke, men’s 100-meter NBC

freestyle, women’s 200-meter butterfly, women’s

4×200-meter freestyle relay)

Men’s gymnastics (all-around final)

Beach volleyball (qualifying round)

Men’s diving (springboard synchronized gold medal final)

9 p.m. Swimming (gold medal finals) TELEMUNDO

Men’s gymnastics (all-around final)

Men’s diving (springboard synchronized gold medal final)

10 p.m. Men’s basketball NBCSP

Beach volleyball (qualifying)

Men’s volleyball (qualifying)

Women’s field hockey (United States vs. Australia)

Boxing

Men’s table tennis (singles semifinals)

Men’s shooting (double trap final)

Women’s archery (individual final)

10:30 p.m. Swimming (semifinals) NBC

Women’s table tennis (singles final)

* — Tape-delayed broadcast

SOCCER

MLS Glance

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

New York 11 5 6 38 32 38

Houston 10 7 5 33 25 37

Kansas City 11 4 7 27 21 37

D.C. 10 3 7 34 27 33

Chicago 9 5 7 23 23 32

Columbus 8 4 7 20 20 28

Montreal 8 3 13 33 43 27

Philadelphia 7 2 10 22 22 23

New England 6 5 10 26 27 23

Toronto FC 5 4 12 24 38 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

San Jose 13 5 5 44 45 28

Real Salt Lake 13 7 3 42 35 27

Seattle 9 5 7 34 27 22

Vancouver 9 7 7 34 26 28

Los Angeles 10 10 3 33 39 35

Chivas USA 7 8 5 26 14 21

Colorado 7 14 1 22 28 32

FC Dallas 5 11 7 22 25 31

Portland 5 12 4 19 19 36

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday’s result

Real Salt Lake 2, Vancouver 1

Saturday’s results

Houston 2, Toronto FC 0

Montreal 3, New York 1

Los Angeles 1, FC Dallas 0

Columbus 2, Sporting Kansas City 1

Seattle FC 2, Colorado 1

San Jose 1, Chicago 1, tie

Chivas USA 1, Portland 0

Sunday’s result

Philadelphia 2, New England 1

Friday, Aug. 3

New York at Houston, 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 4

Columbus at D.C. United, 1:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.

Kansas City at New England, 1:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 5

FC Dallas at Portland, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles at Seattle FC, 3 p.m.

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

League on Olympic break. Season will continue Thursday, Aug. 16

GOLF

PGA Tour Statistics

FedExCup Regular Season Points

Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 2,131.563. 2, Zach Johnson, 1,987.960. 3, Jason Dufner, 1,888.300. 4, Hunter Mahan, 1,724.550. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,661.714. 6, Matt Kuchar, 1,527.450. 7, Ernie Els, 1,402.242. 8, Carl Pettersson, 1,385.250. 9, Rory McIlroy, 1,381.500. 10, Webb Simpson, 1,377.900.

Scoring Average

Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 68.90. 2, Matt Kuchar, 69.07. 3, Adam Scott, 69.27. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.41. 5, Jim Furyk, 69.44. 6, Padraig Harrington, 69.45. 7, Zach Johnson, 69.48. 8, Rory McIlroy, 69.55. 9, Justin Rose, 69.57. 10, Lee Westwood, 69.58.

Driving Distance

Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 313.7. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.4. 4, Charlie Beljan, 310.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.5. 6, Kyle Stanley, 306.3. 7, Dustin Johnson, 305.5. 8, Graham DeLaet, 305.0. 9, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.5. 10, Jason Day, 304.4.

Driving Accuracy Percentage

Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.96%. 2, Graeme McDowell, 70.63%. 3, Heath Slocum, 70.56%. 4, Jim Furyk, 69.64%. 5, Ben Curtis, 69.54%. 6, Tim Clark, 69.18%. 7, Mark Wilson, 69.01%. 8, Hunter Mahan, 68.74%. 9, Gary Christian, 68.66%. 10, Brian Davis, 68.60%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage

Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 71.46%. 2, Lee Westwood, 70.49%. 3, Hunter Mahan, 70.43%. 4, Justin Rose, 70.05%. 5, John Senden, 69.44%. 6, Jason Dufner, 69.25%. 7, Greg Owen, 68.97%. 8, J.J. Henry, 68.67%. 9, Brendon de Jonge, 68.59%. 10, Boo Weekley, 68.56%.

Total Driving

Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 54. 2, John Rollins, 69. 3, Hunter Mahan, 73. 4, Tiger Woods, 81. 5, Chris Couch, 85. 6, Brandt Jobe, 88. 7, Billy Horschel, 89. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 96. 9, Jason Dufner, 101. 10, Keegan Bradley, 102.

Strokes Gained – Putting

Roundup>1, Zach Johnson, .823. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .808. 3, Brandt Snedeker, .783. 4, Luke Donald, .758. 5, Ben Curtis, .733. 6, Martin Flores, .683. 7, Bryce Molder , .681. 8, Brian Gay, .664. 9 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Derek Lamely, .614.

Birdie Average

Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.13. 2, Bubba Watson, 4.05. 3, Jason Dufner, 4.03. 4, Ben Crane, 4.00. 5, Zach Johnson, 3.98. 6, Brandt Snedeker, 3.96. 7, Keegan Bradley, 3.94. 8, Martin Laird, 3.93. 9 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Rory McIlroy, 3.90.

Eagles (Holes per)

Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 2, Gary Woodland, 86.7. 3, Bubba Watson, 88.0. 4, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 5, Scott Piercy, 103.5. 6, Ben Crane, 104.4. 7, Nick Watney, 104.7. 8 (tie), Charles Howell III and Rory McIlroy, 108.0. 10, James Driscoll, 109.6.

Sand Save Percentage

Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Brian Gay, 64.29%. 3, Lee Westwood, 63.79%. 4, Greg Chalmers, 63.71%. 5, Jim Furyk, 63.06%. 6, Martin Flores, 62.50%. 7, Rocco Mediate, 61.04%. 8, David Toms, 61.02%. 9, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 10, Aaron Baddeley, 60.42%.

All-Around Ranking

Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 254. 2, Lee Westwood, 264. 3, Jason Dufner, 284. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 289. 5, Justin Rose, 314. 6, Zach Johnson, 326. 7, Bubba Watson, 327. 8, John Senden, 347. 9, Matt Kuchar, 350. 10, Tiger Woods, 363.

LPGA Tour Statistics

Scoring

Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, 70.34. 2, Shanshan Feng, 70.41. 3, Stacy Lewis, 70.42. 4, Na Yeon Choi, 70.61. 5, Jiyai Shin, 70.69. 6, Inbee Park, 70.94. 7, Amy Yang, 70.95. 8, So Yeon Ryu, 70.96. 9, Yani Tseng, 71.02. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 71.04.

Driving Distance

Roundup>1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 279.0. 3, Lexi Thompson, 273.0. 4, Vicky Hurst, 272.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 270.0. 6, Gerina Piller, 270.0. 7, Karin Sjodin, 269.0. 8, Maria Hjorth, 268.0. 9, Michelle Wie, 267.0. 10, Sydnee Michaels, 267.0.

Greens in Regulation Pct.

Roundup>1, Sun Young Yoo, 75.90%. 2, Karin Sjodin, 74.70%. 3, Stacy Lewis, 74.10%. 4, Paula Creamer, 73.40%. 5, Suzann Pettersen, 73.10%. 6, Shanshan Feng, 72.80%. 7, Lexi Thompson, 72.80%. 8, Karrie Webb, 72.20%. 9, Azahara Munoz, 72.10%. 10, Na Yeon Choi, 72.00%.

Putting Average

Roundup>1, Inbee Park, 1.720. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.746. 3, Jin Young Pak, 1.747. 4, So Yeon Ryu, 1.766. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 1.770. 6, M.J. Hur, 1.772. 7, Yani Tseng, 1.772. 8, Ai Miyazato, 1.774. 9, I.K. Kim, 1.784. 10, Taylor Coutu, 1.785.

Birdie Average

Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 4.06. 2, Suzann Pettersen, 3.69. 3, So Yeon Ryu, 3.90. 4, Inbee Park, 3.88. 5 (tie), Hee Young Park and Na Yeon Choi, 3.71. 7, Anna Nordqvist, 3.35. 8, Yani Tseng, 4.09. 9, Brittany Lang, 3.24. 10, Karrie Webb, 3.39.

Eagle Average

Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 0.14. 2, Jodi Ewart, 0.16. 3 (tie), Tiffany Joh, Pornanong Phatlum, Paula Creamer and Na Yeon Choi, 0.10. 7, 11 tied with 0.09.

Sand Save Percentage

Roundup>1, Leta Lindley, 61.54%. 2, Jiyai Shin, 60.87%. 3, Hee Kyung Seo, 60.53%. 4 (tie), Paula Creamer and Ai Miyazato, 60.00%. 6, Sun Young Yoo, 59.26%. 7, Morgan Pressel, 58.93%. 8, M.J. Hur, 58.82%. 9, Nicole Castrale, 58.62%. 10, Danah Bordner, 58.33%.

Rounds Under Par

Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, .727. 2, Jiyai Shin, .688. 3, Shanshan Feng, .674. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .648. 5, Stacy Lewis, .635. 6, Na Yeon Choi, .592. 7, So Yeon Ryu, .580. 8, Inbee Park, .563. 9, Cristie Kerr, .551. 10, Karrie Webb, .549..

transactions

BASEBALL

Major League Baseball

COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended minor league free-agent SS Diory Paulino 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of a performance-enhancing substance in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned LHP Hector Santiago to Charlotte (IL). Assigned SS Greg Paiml to Birmingham (SL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled RHP Jeff Manship from Rochester (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Reinstated 1B/OF Mitch Moreland from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Leonys Martin to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed 1B/DH Adam Lind on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled 1B David Cooper from Las Vegas (PCL).

National League

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned 2B Brian Bixler to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled 1B Brett Wallace from Oklahoma City.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP Tyler Thornburg to Nashville (PCL). Recalled RHP Mike McClendon from Nashville. Fired bullpen coach Stan Kyles. Named Lee Tunnell interim bullpen coach.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed LHP Joe Thatcher on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 26. Recalled RHP Brad Boxberger from Tucson (PCL).

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

ATLANTA HAWKS — Traded G Willie Green to the L.A. Clippers for the rights to F Sofoklis Schortsanitis.

TORONTO RAPTORS — Re-signed F Alan Anderson.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed DE Jyles Tucker on the reserve/left camp list and terminated his contract.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed S Anthony Perkins.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed TE DeMarco Cosbyl.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed DE Mitch King.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Waived CB Reggie Corner. Signed CB Trumaine McBride.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed CB Kyle McCarthy on injured reserve. Signed LB Edgar Jones. Announced the retirement of OT Tony Ugoh.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DB Chris Stroud. Waived DB Nicholas Taylor.

NEW YORK JETS — Activated G Terrance Campbell, LB Demario Davis and WR Jordan White from the physically-unable-to-perform list.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed QB Kevin O’Connell.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived LB Thomas Williams.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Placed OL Andre Douglas on the 9-game injured list.

HOCKEY

American Hockey League

TORONTO MARLIES — Re-signed F Mike Zigomanis, F Will Acton and D Dylan Yeo to one-year contracts.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

NEW YORK RED BULLS — Traded M Mehdi Ballouchy to San Jose for an international spot and 2013 conditional draft pick.

Major Indoor Soccer League

BALTIMORE BLAST — Announced G Sagu will not return next season.

COLLEGE

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Promoted women’s assistant fencing coach Christian Rivera to head coach.

HOUSTON — Announced the resignation of men’s and women’s cross-country coach Ryan Turner.

ITHACA — Named Katherine Bixby women’s assistant basketball coach.