Scoreboard Aug. 14
toDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Texas at N.Y. Yankees or Boston at Baltimore MLB
4 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels FOXSP
SOFTBALL
1 p.m. Little League World Series (semifinals) ESPN2
3:30 p.m. Little League World Series (semifinals) ESPN2
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
10 a.m. U.S. Amateur Championship (first-round matches) TGC
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
8:10 a.m. Houston at Chicago Cubs WGN
9:30 a.m. Washington at San Francisco or Tampa Bay at Seattle MLB
1 p.m. Texas at N.Y. Yankees ESPN
4 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels FOXSP
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. Men’s national teams: Germany vs. Argentina * ESPN2
1 p.m. MLS: Los Angeles at Columbus NBCSN
1:30 p.m. Men’s national teams: Mexico vs. United States ESPN2
SOFTBALL
4 p.m. Little League World Series (championship game) ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
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 resume Thursday.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 13 7 4 43 30 22
New York 12 7 5 41 40 34
Houston 11 6 7 40 35 27
Chicago 11 7 5 38 28 25
D.C. 11 8 3 36 36 29
Montreal 10 13 3 33 36 43
Columbus 8 8 4 28 20 21
Philadelphia 7 12 2 23 23 27
New England 6 12 5 23 26 29
Toronto FC 5 13 4 19 25 40
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
San Jose 14 5 5 47 47 29
Real Salt Lake 13 9 3 42 36 30
Seattle 10 6 7 37 32 24
Vancouver 10 7 7 37 28 29
Los Angeles 11 11 3 36 43 39
FC Dallas 6 11 8 26 29 34
Chivas USA 7 9 5 26 14 25
Colorado 8 15 1 25 31 35
Portland 5 12 5 20 20 37
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday’s result
New York 2, Houston 0
Saturday’s results
Vancouver 2, Real Salt Lake 1
Columbus , Toronto FC
Sporting Kansas City 2, D.C. United 1
FC Dallas 3, Colorado 2
San Jose 2, Seattle FC 1
Sunday’s results
Chicago 3, Philadelphia 1
Montreal 1, New England 0
Los Angeles 4, Chivas USA 0
Wednesday’s games
Los Angeles at Columbus, 1 p.m.
Portland at Toronto FC, 1:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 18
Vancouver at Seattle FC, 10 a.m.
Kansas City at Toronto FC, 10:30 a.m.
San Jose at Montreal, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Chivas USA at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 19
Philadelphia at D.C. United, 11 a.m.
Portland at New York, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Houston, 3 p.m.
Pro football
NFL Preseason Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 1 0 0 1.000 7 6
Buffalo 0 1 0 .000 6 7
Miami 0 1 0 .000 7 20
N.Y. Jets 0 1 0 .000 6 17
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 1 0 0 1.000 26 13
Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 32 31
Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 38 3
Tennessee 0 1 0 .000 17 27
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 0 0 1.000 31 17
Cincinnati 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Cleveland 1 0 0 1.000 19 17
Pittsburgh 0 1 0 .000 23 24
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 1 0 0 1.000 31 3
Kansas City 1 0 0 1.000 27 17
San Diego 1 0 0 1.000 21 13
Oakland 0 1 0 .000 0 3
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 24 23
Washington 1 0 0 1.000 7 6
Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 3 0
N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 31 32
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1.000 20 7
New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 23 17
Carolina 0 1 0 .000 13 26
Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 17 31
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 0 1 0 .000 3 31
Detroit 0 1 0 .000 17 19
Green Bay 0 1 0 .000 13 21
Minnesota 0 1 0 .000 6 17
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Seattle 1 0 0 1.000 27 17
St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 3 38
Arizona 0 2 0 .000 27 44
Saturday’s results
Houston 26, Carolina 13
Seattle 27, Tennessee 17
Sunday’s result
Indianapolis 38, St. Louis 3
Monday’s result
Dallas 3, Oakland 0
Thursday’s games
Cleveland at Green Bay, 2 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 2 p.m.
Friday’s games
Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 1:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Jacksonville at New Orleans, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore, 2 p.m.
Miami at Carolina, 2 p.m.
Oakland at Arizona, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 18
N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 2 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 2 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 3 p.m.
Seattle at Denver, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 19
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 20
Philadelphia at New England, 2 p.m.
GOLF
pga statistics
FedExCup Regular Season Points
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 2,269.242. 2, Rory McIlroy, 2,091.500. 3, Jason Dufner, 2,025.300. 4, Zach Johnson, 2,018.960. 5, Bubba Watson, 1,777.143. 6, Hunter Mahan, 1,738.550. 7, Keegan Bradley, 1,669.896. 8, Matt Kuchar, 1,599.700. 9, Carl Pettersson, 1,575.750. 10, Steve Stricker, 1,455.500.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Tiger Woods, 68.91. 2, Rory McIlroy, 69.02. 3, Matt Kuchar, 69.15. 4, Jim Furyk, 69.35. 5 (tie), Justin Rose and Jason Dufner, 69.36. 7, Adam Scott, 69.42. 8, Padraig Harrington, 69.48. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.53. 10, Steve Stricker, 69.62.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 315.9. 2, Jamie Lovemark, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.5. 4, Charlie Beljan, 310.3. 5, J.B. Holmes, 309.5. 6, Rory McIlroy, 309.2. 7, Dustin Johnson, 308.2. 8, Kyle Stanley, 307.2. 9, Jason Day, 306.6. 10, Graham DeLaet, 305.0.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.96%. 2, Ben Curtis, 71.24%. 3, Heath Slocum, 70.56%. 4, Jim Furyk, 70.18%. 5, Tim Clark, 70.03%. 6, Graeme McDowell, 69.64%. 7, David Toms, 69.20%. 8, Gary Christian, 68.66%. 9 (tie), Brian Davis and John Huh, 68.58%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Justin Rose, 70.88%. 2, Bubba Watson, 70.83%. 3, Lee Westwood, 69.88%. 4, Hunter Mahan, 69.28%. 5, John Senden, 69.27%. 6, Greg Owen, 68.97%. 7, Jason Dufner, 68.69%. 8, Boo Weekley, 68.56%. 9, Will Claxton, 68.49%. 10, Robert Garrigus, 68.38%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 54. 2, John Rollins, 66. 3, Hunter Mahan, 68. 4, Tiger Woods, 72. 5, Bo Van Pelt, 75. 6, Jason Dufner, 85. 7, Brandt Jobe, 86. 8, Chris Couch, 87. 9, Billy Horschel, 92. 10, Keegan Bradley, 97.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Aaron Baddeley, .855. 2, Zach Johnson, .739. 3, Ben Curtis, .733. 4, Luke Donald, .723. 5, Brandt Snedeker, .719. 6, Martin Flores, .683. 7, Bryce Molder, .681. 8, Brian Gay, .664. 9, Bo Van Pelt, .644. 10, Derek Lamely, .614.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Webb Simpson, 4.09. 2, Keegan Bradley, 4.04. 3, Rory McIlroy, 4.03. 4, Ben Crane, 3.97. 5, Jason Dufner, 3.95. 6, Bubba Watson, 3.90. 7 (tie), Peter Hanson, Zach Johnson and Brandt Snedeker, 3.86. 10, Robert Garrigus, 3.85.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 81.0. 2, Bubba Watson, 85.1. 3, Gary Woodland, 85.5. 4, Jamie Lovemark, 99.0. 5, Scott Piercy, 106.6. 6, Ben Crane, 108.0. 7, James Driscoll, 109.6. 8, Charles Howell III, 111.0. 9 (tie), Nick Watney and Kyle Reifers, 114.5.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.59%. 2, Brian Gay, 64.29%. 3, Greg Chalmers, 64.18%. 4, Jim Furyk, 64.10%. 5, Martin Flores, 62.50%. 6, Justin Rose, 61.11%. 7, Rocco Mediate, 61.04%. 8, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 9, Aaron Baddeley, 60.38%. 10, David Toms, 60.00%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 212. 2, Bo Van Pelt, 235. 3, Jason Dufner, 256. 4, Justin Rose, 267. 5, Bubba Watson, 337. 6, John Senden, 342. 7, Zach Johnson, 353. 8, Rory McIlroy, 363. 9, Matt Kuchar, 365. 10, Tiger Woods, 372.
lpga statistics
Scoring
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 70.32. 2 (tie), Shanshan Feng and Ai Miyazato, 70.41. 4, Jiyai Shin, 70.44. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 70.55. 6, So Yeon Ryu, 70.59. 7, Inbee Park, 70.71. 8, Amy Yang, 70.85. 9, Paula Creamer, 71.02. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 71.04.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 282.0. 2, Brittany Lincicome, 278.0. 3, Lexi Thompson, 273.0. 4, Vicky Hurst, 271.0. 5, Yani Tseng, 269.0. 6, Gerina Piller, 269.0. 7, Maria Hjorth, 268.0. 8, Michelle Wie, 267.0. 9, Karin Sjodin, 267.0. 10, Suzann Pettersen, 266.0.
Greens in Regulation Pct.
Roundup>1, Sun Young Yoo, 75.90%. 2, Karin Sjodin, 75.30%. 3, Stacy Lewis, 74.00%. 4, Suzann Pettersen, 73.10%. 5, Shanshan Feng, 72.80%. 6, Lexi Thompson, 72.80%. 7, Azahara Munoz, 72.30%. 8 (tie), Paula Creamer, Karrie Webb and Mika Miyazato, 72.20%.
Putting Average
Roundup>1, Inbee Park, 1.724. 2, Stacy Lewis, 1.739. 3, So Yeon Ryu, 1.750. 4, I.K. Kim, 1.769. 5, Taylor Coutu, 1.769. 6, Jin Young Pak, 1.773. 7, M.J. Hur, 1.774. 8, Na Yeon Choi, 1.774. 9, Yani Tseng, 1.777. 10, Mika Miyazato, 1.781.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 4.11. 2, So Yeon Ryu, 4.07. 3, Inbee Park, 3.89. 4, Suzann Pettersen, 3.69. 5, Na Yeon Choi, 3.66. 6 (tie), Brittany Lang and Anna Nordqvist, 3.21. 8 (tie), Yani Tseng and Hee Young Park, 4.04. 10, Hee Kyung Seo, 3.22.
Eagle Average
Roundup>1, Stacy Lewis, 0.13. 2, Jodi Ewart, 0.16. 3 (tie), Na Yeon Choi, Pornanong Phatlum, Tiffany Joh, Paula Creamer and Hee Kyung Seo, 0.10. 8, 10 tied with 0.07.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Leta Lindley, 66.67%. 2, Paula Creamer, 62.00%. 3, M.J. Hur, 61.11%. 4, Jiyai Shin, 60.87%. 5, Sun Young Yoo, 59.26%. 6, Hee Kyung Seo, 59.09%. 7, Morgan Pressel, 58.62%. 8, Ai Miyazato, 56.76%. 9, Nicole Castrale, 56.67%. 10, Jane Rah, 56.25%.
Rounds Under Par
Roundup>1, Ai Miyazato, .696. 2, Jiyai Shin, .694. 3, Shanshan Feng, .674. 4, Suzann Pettersen, .648. 5, Stacy Lewis, .643. 6, So Yeon Ryu, .611. 7, Na Yeon Choi, .604. 8, Inbee Park, .596. 9, Cristie Kerr, .551. 10, Karrie Webb, .549.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Po ints
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, 777. 2, Greg Biffle, 776. 3, Matt Kenseth, 775. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 760. 5, Brad Keselowski, 733. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 728. 7, Clint Bowyer, 719. 8, Tony Stewart, 716. 9, Kevin Harvick, 710. 10, Denny Hamlin, 693.
Roundup>11, Kasey Kahne, 653. 12, Carl Edwards, 650. 13, Ryan Newman, 644. 14, Kyle Busch, 638. 15, Jeff Gordon, 634. 16, Paul Menard, 629. 17, Marcos Ambrose, 600. 18, Joey Logano, 587. 19, Jeff Burton, 541. 20, Jamie McMurray, 541.
Money
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, $5,468,080. 2, Matt Kenseth, $5,133,463. 3, Tony Stewart, $4,506,040. 4, Denny Hamlin, $4,382,137. 5, Kyle Busch, $4,201,379. 6, Greg Biffle, $3,995,613. 7, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,923,830. 8, Brad Keselowski, $3,813,520. 9, Kevin Harvick, $3,720,967. 10, Jeff Gordon, $3,616,135.
Roundup>11, Carl Edwards, $3,484,256. 12, Martin Truex Jr., $3,459,966. 13, Ryan Newman, $3,456,844. 14, Jeff Burton, $3,412,075. 15, Clint Bowyer, $3,374,381. 16, Marcos Ambrose, $3,164,081. 17, Kasey Kahne, $3,135,796. 18, Aric Almirola, $3,055,107. 19, Jamie McMurray, $2,948,611. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,901,362.
transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended free agent minor league SS John Eshleman and Minnesota minor league C Michael Quesada 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded INF Carlos Rojas to Cleveland for LHP J.C. Romero.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled LHP Donnie Veal from Charlotte (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released 2B Jose Lopez.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with RHP Tony Pena on a minor league contract.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Reinstated INF Trevor Plouffe from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Tsuyoshi Nishioka to Rochester (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Derek Lowe. Optioned RHP Ryota Igarashi to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Assigned INF Alberto Gonzalez outright to Round Rock (PCL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned RHP Brett Tomko to Mobile (SL).
CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the contract of RHP Michael Bowden from Iowa (PCL). Optioned LHP Brooks Rale to Iowa. Transferred INF Ian Stewart to the 60-day DL.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed INF/OF Jerry Hairston Jr. on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 12. Recalled INF/OF Elian Herrera from Albuquerque (PCL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Recalled SS Jeff Bianchi from Nashville (PCL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed OF Nate Schierholtz on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B Hector Luna from Lehigh Valley (IL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Assigned LHP Atahualpa Severino outright to Syracuse (IL).
American Association
ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released C Benji Johnson.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Released LHP Dillon Wilson.
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released RHP Griffin Bailey.
Can-Am League
QUEBEC CAPITALES — Released RHP John Mariotti.
WORCESTER TORNADOES — Signed C Jimmy Best. Released OF Mike Samela.
Frontier League
JOLIET SLAMMERS — Released LHP Dustin Quattrocchi.
NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed RHP Justin Yackee. Released 2B J.B. Brown.
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed OF Corey Levier. Released INF Cory Amerson.
ROAD WARRIORS — Signed C Cody Coffman and OF Jacob Daniel. Released C Will Arnold.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Released C Matt Soderlund.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed OF Vinnie Fayard.
North American League
SAN ANGELO COLTS — Traded C Michael Pair to Rio Grande Valley for C Salvador Paniagua.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Activated TE Jeff King from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
BUFFALO BILLS — Waived G Michael Jasper.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Claimed LB Nate Bussey off waivers from New Orleans. Waived WR Charles Gilbert.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Waived WR Chad Johnson.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Waived S Janzen Jackson. Activated WR Hakeem Nicks from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Announced the retirement of OT Tra Thomas.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed OL Chris Campbell. Placed WR Darius Hanks on the waived-injured list.
Arena Football League
ORLANDO PREDATORS — Fired coach Bret Munsey.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Agreed to terms with RB Cory Boyd.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed G Jean-Sebastien Giguere to a one-year contract extension.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed C Brendan Gaunce.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
BUFFALO BANDITS — Traded A Kevin Buchanan and a 2013 third-round draft pick to Philadelphia for T David Brock and F Mike Hominuck.
COLLEGE
HIGH POINT — Named Mike Tuttle senior associate athletic director for facilities and operations and Jared Micklos assistant athletic director for internal operations. Promoted Bryan Weigel to director of external relations and Tim Wright to full-time assistant strength and conditioning coach.
LEES-MCRAE — Named Gene Renfro director of compliance.
MUHLENBERG — Named Marqus Hunter assistant to the director of athletics.
NEW MEXICO — Named Kelcy McKenna women’s assistant tennis coach.
OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN — Named Sam Dech, Melyssa Cardenas and Drew Harwell assistant cross country coaches.
QUINNIPIAC — Signed men’s hockey coach Rand Pecknold to a contract extension through the 2016-17 season.
SETON HALL — Named Jay Judge assistant director of athletics-development. Promoted Bryan Felt to associate director of athletics-development and external affairs and Kelly O’Neil to assistant director of athletics-marketing and promotions.
TROY — Named Michael Berry women’s assistant basketball coach.
WENTWORTH TECH — Named David Breglio men’s assistant lacrosse coach.
