Scoreboard
W L Pct. GB
Pro baseball
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North American League
Northern Division
W L Pct. GB
San Rafael 31 23 .574 —
Maui 29 25 .537 2
Hawaii 23 25 .479 5
Sonoma County 19 29 .396 9
Southern Division
W L Pct. GB
Edinburg 46 30 .605 —
Rio Grande Valley 43 32 .573 2½
Fort Worth 42 34 .553 4
San Angelo 38 38 .500 8
Abilene 30 45 .400 15½
McAllen 28 48 .368 18
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
San Angelo at Edinburg, 2:05 p.m.
Fort Worth at Abilene, 2:05 p.m.
McAllen at Rio Grande Valley, 2:05 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Maui at Maui, 5:35 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Fort Worth at Abilene, 2:05 p.m.
McAllen at Rio Grande Valley, 2:05 p.m.
San Angelo at Edinburg, 2:05 p.m.
Hawaii vs. Maui at Maui, 5:35 p.m.
Note: Hawaii Stars games are broadcast on KPUA Radio, 670 AM.
WNBA
Women’s National
Basketball Association
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
Olympic break, plays continues Thursday, Aug. 16
NFL
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Eng. 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
Indianapolis 1 0 0 1.000 38 3
Jacksonville 1 0 0 1.000 32 31
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
Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 17 31
Carolina 0 1 0 .000 13 26
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 Fran. 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
Thursday’s Games
Washington 7, Buffalo 6
Philadelphia 24, Pittsburgh 23
Baltimore 31, Atlanta 17
New England 7, New Orleans 6
San Diego 21, Green Bay 13
Denver 31, Chicago 3
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 20, Miami 7
Cincinnati 17, N.Y. Jets 6
Jacksonville 32, N.Y. Giants 31
Cleveland 19, Detroit 17
Kansas City 27, Arizona 17
San Francisco 17, Minnesota 6
Saturday’s Games
Houston 26, Carolina 13
Seattle 27, Tennessee 17
Sunday’s Game
Indianapolis 38, St. Louis 3
Monday’s Game
Dallas 3, Oakland 0
Thursday, Aug. 16
Cleveland at Green Bay, 2 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 2 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 17
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.
Monday’s Sports
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).
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.
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.
TROY — Named Michael Berry women’s assistant basketball coach.
WENTWORTH TECH — Named David Breglio men’s assistant lacrosse coach.
TENNIS
Western & Southern Open Results
A U.S. Open Series event
Monday
At The Lindner Family Tennis Center
Mason, Ohio
Purse: Men, $3.43 million (Masters 1000); Women, $2.17 million (Premier)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
First Round
Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (13), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-1.
Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.
Jesse Levine, United States, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (2).
Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-0.
Brian Baker, United States, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (15), Germany, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3).
Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 6-4, 7-5.
Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 7-5, 6-2.
Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-4, 6-3.
Women
First Round
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 6-0, 6-4.
Timea Babos, Hungary, def. Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, def. Simona Halep, Romania, 6-3, 6-0.
Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.
Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-3, 6-3.
Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Francesca Schiavone (14), Italy, 6-1, 6-3.
Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, def. Vania King, United States, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6).
Doubles
Men
First Round
Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Eric Butorac, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 tiebreak.
Women
First Round
Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (5), Czech Republic, def. Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5).
Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Paola Suarez, Argentina, def. Chuang Chia-jung, Taiwan, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4.
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting KC 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 Eng. 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
R-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.
Sunday’s Games
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’s Games
Vancouver at Seattle FC, 10 a.m.
Sporting 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’s Games
Philadelphia at D.C. United, 11 a.m.
Portland at New York, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Houston, 3 p.m.
