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Mound (Concluded from Page 27) mound would have much impact. Does a lower mound transform strikeouts into homers? Viscerally this doesn’t even feel like the results of cleaning out PEDs, because batters continue to hit the ball harder and farther — and less. Ultimately this seems like just more in the decades-long transformation of batting into mere swinging,” he said. Baseball remains the most traditional of American sports. Change comes slowly — widespread instant replay for umpires only began this year. “I would be reluctant to lower the mound further,” said John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, “as this might be using a sledgehammer to swat a fly.” Ever cautious, the players’ association says the time to consider such a step is “too far off right now,” according to new union head Tony Clark. “It’s a game of adjustments,” the former All-Star first baseman said, “and we’ll see as the pitching has adjusted how the offense adjusts and how long it takes to adjust or if it can adjust based on the current circumstances.” San Francisco pitcher Tim Lincecum, who last month threw his second career no-hitter, put it simply: “It’s been one of those things it’s a staple in the game. The bases are going to be 90 feet. The distance to the plate’s going to be 60 feet, 6 inches. The mound’s going to be yay high. It’d be weird to think of it any differently.”

Chase (Concluded from Page 27) good enough to be one of the last two teams standing next June. Ask NBA executives, many of whom aren’t upset to see Miami’s stranglehold as East favorites come to an end, and they say it’s all a good thing for the game. “Much more competitive this year,” Knicks President Phil Jackson said. “The East last year, I thought until the very end when the Knicks made a run, Toronto got going, Washington got going, there were a lot of teams languishing under or around .500. But I think this year, more talent’s spread around the East and I think it’s going to be very competitive.” The comparison might be what happened 20 years ago. Chicago was playing without Michael Jordan, who was beginning his retirement to play baseball, so the Bulls’ three-year run as NBA champions was widely expected to end. San Antonio’s David Robinson and Orlando’s Shaquille O’Neal were the league’s best two scorers that season, and neither made it out of the first round of the playoffs. Ewing and the Knicks found their way past the Bulls — still plenty good with Scottie Pippen — and into the NBA Finals, where the MVP that season, Hakeem Olajuwon, was waiting. The Rockets were deeper. They won in seven games, denying Ewing what was his best chance at that ring. The lesson: Even superstars know the best team probably gets it done. And in the East right now, who that best team is obviously up for much debate. “Teams have the ability to have two (superstars) now,” Ewing said. “We don’t know what the collective bargaining agreement is going to be, with the new TV money coming in, what’s going to happen. We’ll see what happens.”

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Local schedule All Times EDT ■■ TODAY, JULY 17 No events scheduled ■■ FRIDAY, JULY 18 Ohio Valley League Baseball Dubois Co. Bombers at Madisonville Miners . . 8:00 Semipro Baseball Louisville Black Sox at Jasper Reds (Ruxer) . . 8:00 ■■ SATURDAY, JULY 19 Ohio Valley League Baseball Hoptown Hoppers at Dubois County Bombers . 7:00

Amateur golf ■■ 45th ANNUAL HERALD DUBOIS COUNTY AMATEUR MEN’S GOLF TOURNAMENT All Times EDT Note: Tee times listed are for the final round Sunday at Sultan’s Run Golf Club. 11 a.m. — Jason Miller, Chris Klein, Brett Merkley 11:10 a.m. — Beau Schneider^, Nathan Pinkstaff, Frank Kiefer 11:20 a.m. — Nick Abbett, Kevin Olinger*, Marion Murphy* 11:30 a.m. — Chuck Smith, John Uebelhor*, Stan Klein, Brock Matthews 11:40 a.m. — Caleb Begle, Mike Cassidy, Cory Kraft, Kurt Uebelhor 11:50 a.m. — George Nord*, Ron Schitter*, Michael Bies, Phil Ohanian* Noon — Starter’s Time 12:10 p.m. — Tom Nord*, Carson Pierce^, Ian Weyer, Tyler Bartley 12:20 p.m. — Anthony Seng, Kody Nicholson, Jacob Bartley^, Jacob Grundhoefer 12:30 p.m. — Tyson Crandall, Michael Greive*, Matt Boeglin, John Parker* 12:40 p.m. — Starter’s Time 12:50 p.m. — Reid Lorey^, Justin Leibering, Greg Olinger*, Brad Bolling* 1 p.m. — Will Seger, Cam Weyer^, Derek Bolling, Bryson Bolling * denotes senior ^ denotes junior

College baseball AT HUNTINGBURG/League Stadium OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE ■■ Owensboro Oilers 7, Dubois County Bombers 2, 10 innings Owensboro............001 010 000 5 — 7-13-2 Dubois County.......100 100 000 0 — 2-6-2 Pitchers and catchers: (O) Kesson, Meyer (4), Johnson (6), Chemello (10) and Bohorques; (DC) Barnett, Eckert (7), Wichman (8), Murray (9), Dills (10), Pearcy (10) and Linton. WP: Johnson. LP: Murray (1-1). Doubles: (DC) Sturino Triples: (O) Cessna ■■ OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE STANDINGS All Times EDT Team W L Pct. GB Owensboro Oilers . . . . . . . . . 24 12 .667 — Hoptown Hoppers . . . . . . . . . 21 14 .600 21⁄2 Fulton Railroaders . . . . . . . . 18 17 .514 51⁄2 Dubois County Bombers . . . . 18 20 .474 7 Madisonville Miners . . . . . . . . 8 26 .235 15 Wednesday’s Games Owensboro 7, Dubois County 2 Hoptown 10, Fulton 5 Today’s Games Hoptown at Owensboro (DH), 6:30 p.m. Madisonville at Fulton, 8 p.m. Friday’s Games Dubois County at Madisonville, 8 p.m. Hoptown at Fulton, 8 p.m. Saturday’s Games Hoptown at Dubois County, 7 p.m. Madisonville at Owensboro, 8 p.m. Sunday’s Games Owensboro at Madisonville, 8 p.m. Hoptown at Fulton, 8 p.m.

Pro baseball ■■ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL All Times EDT NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 42 .548 — Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 43 .547 — New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 50 .474 7 Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 50 .468 7½ Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 53 .442 10 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 43 .552 — St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 44 .542 1 Cincinnati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 44 .537 1½ Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 46 .516 3½ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 54 .426 12 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 43 .557 — San Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . 52 43 .547 1 San Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 54 .432 12 Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 55 .421 13 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 56 .417 13½ Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Cincinnati (Undecided) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4), 7:05 p.m. Colorado (Undecided) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 1-7), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 9-4) at Washington (Strasburg 7-6), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 10-7) at Miami (Eovaldi 5-4), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (A.Burnett 6-8) at Atlanta (E.Santana 7-6), 7:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 8-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 10-6), 8 p.m. Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 5-10) at Arizona (Cahill 1-6), 9:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 8-8) at San Diego (Kennedy 7-9), 10:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Toronto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

L Pct GB 42 .553 — 47 .510 4 47 .500 5 53 .454 9½ 52 .453 9½

Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 38 .582 — Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 46 .511 6½ Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 47 .500 7½ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 51 .469 10½ Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 50 .468 10½ West Division W L Pct GB Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 36 .621 — Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 37 .606 1½ Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 44 .537 8 Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 56 .417 19½ Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 57 .400 21 Friday’s Games Cincinnati (Undecided) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4), 7:05 p.m. Texas (Darvish 8-5) at Toronto (Dickey 7-9), 7:07 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 3-4) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 6-3), 7:08 p.m. Kansas City (Shields 9-5) at Boston (Buchholz 4-5), 7:10 p.m. Houston (Feldman 4-6) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-7), 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 4-6) at Minnesota (Gibson 8-7), 8:10 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 7-5) at Oakland (Samardzija 1-1), 10:05 p.m. Seattle (Iwakuma 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 10-6), 10:05 p.m. ■■ MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING G AB R H BA Tulowitzki, COL . . . . . . . 89 310 71 107 .345 Adams, STL . . . . . . . . . 81 301 31 99 .329 McCutchen, PIT . . . . . . 93 355 57 115 .324 McGehee, MIA . . . . . . . 93 361 37 115 .319 Lucroy, MIL . . . . . . . . . 88 340 45 107 .315 Morneau, COL . . . . . . . 89 333 38 104 .312 Puig, LAD . . . . . . . . . . . 90 343 53 106 .309 Gennett, MIL . . . . . . . . 84 282 40 87 .309 Goldschmidt, ARI . . . . . 95 357 66 110 .308 Blackmon, COL . . . . . . . 93 350 53 107 .306 RUNS — Tulowitzki, Colorado, 71; Pence, San Francisco, 67; Rendon, Washington, 67; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 66; FFreeman, Atlanta, 64; Rizzo, Chicago, 62; Stanton, Miami, 61. RBIs — Stanton, Miami, 63; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 61; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 61; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 60; Morneau, Colorado, 60; Desmond, Washington, 57; Howard, Philadelphia, 56. HITS — AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 115; McGehee, Miami, 115; DanMurphy, New York, 113; Pence, San Francisco, 113; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 110; FFreeman, Atlanta, 108; Blackmon, Colorado, 107; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 107; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 107. DOUBLES — Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; Lucroy, Milwaukee, 32; FFreeman, Atlanta, 28; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 28; Span, Washington, 28; Puig, Los Angeles, 27; SCastro, Chicago, 26. TRIPLES — DGordon, Los Angeles, 9; BCrawford, San Francisco, 8; Braun, Milwaukee, 6; BHamilton, Cincinnati, 6; Yelich, Miami, 6; 7 tied at 5. HOME RUNS — Stanton, Miami, 21; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 21; Rizzo, Chicago, 20; Frazier, Cincinnati, 19; Byrd, Philadelphia, 18; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 17; JUpton, Atlanta, 17. STOLEN BASES — DGordon, Los Angeles, 43; BHamilton, Cincinnati, 38; Revere, Philadelphia, 26; EYoung, New York, 25; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 21; Rollins, Philadelphia, 19; Blackmon, Colorado, 18. PITCHING — Simon, Cincinnati, 12-3; Wainwright, St. Louis, 12-4; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 11-2; Greinke, Los Angeles, 11-5; Ryu, Los Angeles, 10-5; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 10-6; Cueto, Cincinnati, 106; Lynn, St. Louis, 10-6; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 10-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 10-7. ERA — Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.83; Cueto, Cincinnati, 2.13; Beckett, Los Angeles, 2.26; HAlvarez, Miami, 2.63; Simon, Cincinnati, 2.70; Teheran, Atlanta, 2.71; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.73. STRIKEOUTS — Strasburg, Washington, 149; Cueto, Cincinnati, 141; Kennedy, San Diego, 133; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 128; Greinke, Los Angeles, 127; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 126; TRoss, San Diego, 126. SAVES — Kimbrel, Atlanta, 29; Rosenthal, St. Louis, 28; Jansen, Los Angeles, 27; FrRodriguez, Milwaukee, 27; Street, San Diego, 24; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 22; Romo, San Francisco, 22; RSoriano, Washington, 22. AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING G AB R H BA Beltre, TEX . . . . . . . . . . 81 309 51 104 .337 Altuve, HOU . . . . . . . . . 93 388 49 130 .335 Cano, SEA . . . . . . . . . . 91 353 49 118 .334 Chisenhall, CLE . . . . . . 79 262 39 86 .328 V. Martinez, DET . . . . . . 80 302 45 99 .328 Brantley, CLE . . . . . . . . 90 351 63 113 .322 Trout, LAA . . . . . . . . . . 90 345 65 107 .310 Suzuki, MIN . . . . . . . . . 79 278 26 86 .309 Cabrera, DET . . . . . . . . 90 343 57 105 .306 Rios, TEX . . . . . . . . . . . 94 364 41 111 .305 RUNS — Dozier, Minnesota, 69; Trout, Los Angeles, 65; Kinsler, Detroit, 64; Brantley, Cleveland, 63; Donaldson, Oakland, 61; Bautista, Toronto, 58; Pujols, Los Angeles, 58. RBIs — MiCabrera, Detroit, 75; NCruz, Baltimore, 74; JAbreu, Chicago, 73; Trout, Los Angeles, 73; Encarnacion, Toronto, 70; Moss, Oakland, 66; Donaldson, Oakland, 65. HITS — Altuve, Houston, 130; Cano, Seattle, 118; MeCabrera, Toronto, 117; AJones, Baltimore, 116; Kinsler, Detroit, 115; Brantley, Cleveland, 113; Markakis, Baltimore, 113. DOUBLES — MiCabrera, Detroit, 34; Altuve, Houston, 29; Plouffe, Minnesota, 27; Hosmer, Kansas City, 26; Kinsler, Detroit, 26; Pedroia, Boston, 26; Trout, Los Angeles, 26. TRIPLES — Rios, Texas, 8; Bourn, Cleveland, 7; Eaton, Chicago, 6; Gardner, New York, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 5; 9 tied at 4. HOME RUNS — JAbreu, Chicago, 29; NCruz, Baltimore, 28; Encarnacion, Toronto, 26; Trout, Los Angeles, 22; VMartinez, Detroit, 21; Moss, Oakland, 21; Donaldson, Oakland, 20; Ortiz, Boston, 20; Pujols, Los Angeles, 20. STOLEN BASES — Altuve, Houston, 41; RDavis, Detroit, 24; Ellsbury, New York, 24; AEscobar, Kansas City, 22; Andrus, Texas, 20; JDyson, Kansas City, 18; LMartin, Texas, 18. PITCHING — Tanaka, New York, 12-4; Porcello, Detroit, 12-5; Richards, Los Angeles, 11-2; FHernandez, Seattle, 11-2; Kazmir, Oakland, 11-3; Scherzer, Detroit, 11-3; 5 tied at 10. ERA — FHernandez, Seattle, 2.12; Kazmir, Oakland, 2.38; Tanaka, New York, 2.51; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.55; Buehrle, Toronto, 2.64; Lester, Boston, 2.65; Gray, Oakland, 2.79. STRIKEOUTS — Price, Tampa Bay, 164; FHernandez, Seattle, 154; Scherzer, Detroit, 146; Kluber, Cleveland, 142; Darvish, Texas, 142; Tanaka, New York, 135; Lester, Boston, 134. SAVES — Rodney, Seattle, 27; Holland, Kansas City, 25; DavRobertson, New York, 23; Perkins, Minnesota, 22; Nathan, Detroit, 19; Uehara, Boston, 18; Soria, Texas, 16

■■ 2014 MLB DRAFTEES SIGNING BONUSES The signing bonuses for the first-round selections in the 2014 baseball amateur draft: 1. Houston, Brady Aiken, lhp, Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego. 2. Miami, Tyler Kolek, rhp, Shepherd (Texas) HS., $6 million 3. Chicago White Sox, Carlos Rodon, lhp, N.C. State, a $6,582,000. 4. Chicago Cubs, Kyle Schwarber, c, Indiana, $3,125,000 5. Minnesota, Nick Gordon, ss, Olympia HS, Orlando, Fla., $3,851,000 6. Seattle, Alex Jackson, of, Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego, $4.2 million 7. Philadelphia, Aaron Nola, rhp, LSU, $3,300,900 8. Colorado, Kyle Freeland, lhp, Evansville, $2.3 million 9. Toronto, Jeff Hoffman, rhp, East Carolina, $3,080,800 10. N.Y. Mets, Michael Conforto, of, Oregon State. 11. Toronto (Phillip Bickford-unsigned), Max Pentecost, c, Kennesaw State, $2,888,300 12. Milwaukee, Kodi Medeiros, lhp, Waiakea HS, Hilo, Hawaii, $2.5 million 13. San Diego, Trea Turner, ss, N.C. State, $2.9 million 14. San Francisco, Tyler Beede, rhp, Vanderbilt. 15. L.A. Angels, Sean Newcomb, lhp, Hartford. 16. Arizona, Touki Toussaint, rhp, Coral Springs (Fla.) Christian Academy, $2.7 million 17. Kansas City, Brandon Finnegan, lhp, TCU, $2,200,600 18. Washington, Erick Fedde, rhp, UNLV. 19. Cincinnati, Nick Howard, rhp, Virginia. 20. Tampa Bay, Casey Gillaspie, 1b, Wichita State, $2,033,000 21. Cleveland, Bradley Zimmer, of, San Francisco, $1.9 million 22. L.A. Dodgers, Grant Holmes, rhp, Conway (S.C.) HS, $2.5 million 23. Detroit, Derek Hill, of, Elk Grove (Calif.) HS, $2 million 24. Pittsburgh, Cole Tucker, ss, Mountain Pointe HS, Phoenix, $1.8 million 25. Oakland, Matt Chapman, 3b, Cal State-Fullerton, $1.75 million 26. Boston, Michael Chavis, ss, Sprayberry HS, Marietta, Ga., $1,870,500 27. St. Louis, Luke Weaver, rhp, Florida St., $1,843,000 28. Kansas City (Santana-Atlanta), Foster Griffin, lhp, The First Academy, Orlando, Fla., $1,925,000 29. Cincinnati (Choo-Texas), Alex Blandino, ss, Stanford, $1,788,000 30. Texas (Cruz-Baltimore), Luis Ortiz, rhp, Sanger (Calif.) HS, $1.75 million 31. Cleveland (Jimenez-Baltimore), Justus Sheffield, lhp, Tullahoma (Tenn.) HS, $1.6 million 32. Atlanta (McCann-NY Yankees), Braxton Davidson, of, T.C. Roberson HS, Asheville, N.C., $1,705,400 33. Boston (Ellsbury-NY Yankees), Michael Kopech, rhp, Mount Pleasant (Texas) HS, $1.5 million 34. St. Louis (Beltran-NY Yankees), Jack Flaherty, rhp, Harvard-Westlake HS, Studio City, Calif., $2 million ■■ THIS DATE IN BASEBALL July 17 1936 — Carl Hubbell’s 24-game winning streak over two years began as he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on five hits. 1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games was stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland. The Yankees still won, 4-3. 1956 — In the second game of a doubleheader against Kansas City, Ted Williams hit his 400th career home run. Williams connected in the sixth inning off Tom Gorman to give the Red Sox a 1-0 win over the A’s. 1974 — Bob Gibson struck out Cesar Geronimo of the Reds in the second inning to become the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 strikeouts. Cincinnati beat St. Louis, 6-4. 1978 — Doc Medich of the Texas Rangers saved the life of a 61-year-old fan who had a heart attack just before a scheduled game at Baltimore. Medich, a medical student, administered heart massage until help arrived. 1987 — Don Mattingly became the first AL player to hit at least one home run in seven consecutive games as the New York Yankees disposed of the Texas Rangers 8-4.

Pro basketball ■■ WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6 .714 — Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 12 .455 5½ Connecticut . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 13 .435 6 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 13 .409 6½ Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 13 .381 7 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 13 .381 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 .850 — Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 .739 1½ San Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 .500 7 Los Angeles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 .476 7½ Seattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 .375 10 Tulsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 15 .318 11 Wednesday’s Games New York 77, Atlanta 75 Minnesota 93, Tulsa 82 Today’s Games San Antonio at Tulsa, 12:30 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. Connecticut at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Washington at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

Pro soccer ■■ MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER All Times EDT EASTERN W L T Pts GF GA Sporting Kansas City.9 5 5 32 27 17 D.C.........................9 5 4 31 26 19 Toronto FC...............7 5 4 25 24 21 New England............7 9 2 23 24 29 New York.................5 6 8 23 31 30 Philadelphia.............5 8 7 22 32 34 Columbus................4 7 8 20 21 25 Chicago...................3 4 10 19 25 27 Houston..................5 11 3 18 20 38 Montreal..................3 9 5 14 17 29 WESTERN W L T Pts GF GA Seattle...................12 4 2 38 35 24 Real Salt Lake.........7 4 7 28 27 24 Los Angeles.............7 3 6 27 25 14 Colorado..................7 5 6 27 27 22 FC Dallas.................7 7 5 26 30 29 Vancouver................6 4 8 26 28 26

Chivas USA..............6 7 5 23 20 27 Portland..................4 6 9 21 30 32 San Jose.................4 8 4 16 16 18 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday’s Game Colorado at Portland, 11 p.m. Saturday’s Games Los Angeles at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m. San Jose at New York, 7 p.m. Montreal at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New England at FC Dallas, 9 p.m. Toronto FC at Houston, 9 p.m. Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 10 p.m. Sunday’s Game Chivas USA at D.C. United, 8 p.m.

World soccer ■■ FIFA WORLD RANKINGS FIFA rankings released for July (previous month’s position in parentheses): 1. Germany (2) 2. Argentina (7) 3. Netherlands (15) 4. Colombia (5) 5. Belgium (12) 6. Uruguay (6) 7. Brazil (4) 8. Spain (1) 9. Switzerland (8) 10. France (16) 11. Portugal (3) 12. Chile (13) 13. Greece (10) 14. Italy (9) 15. United States (14) 16. Costa Rica (34) 17. Croatia (20) 18. Mexico (19) 19. Bosnia and Herzegovina (25) 20. England (11) 21. Ecuador (28) 22. Ukraine (17) 23. Russia (18) 24. Algeria (25) 25. Ivory Coast (21) 26. Denmark (23) 27. Scotland (22) 28. Romania (32) 29. Sweden (25) 30. Venezuela (41)

Transactions WEDNESDAY’S SPORTS TRANSACTIONS ■■ BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Edward Fabian on a minor league contract. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Raul Fernandez off waivers from Colorado and assigned him to Winston-Salem (Carolina). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Designated 3B Jimmy Paredes for assignment. Optioned RHP Louis Coleman to Omaha (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Released C John Buck. TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Jason Frasor to Kansas City for RHP Spencer Patton and assigned Patton to Round Rock (PCL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Signed 1B Frangel Feliciano. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Assigned 1B Clint Robinson outright to Albuquerque (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent 3B Reid Brignac to Clearwater (FSL) for a rehab assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms wtih RHP Silas Bohannan on a minor league contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Assigned 2B Brandon Hicks outright to Fresno (PCL). ■■ BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Agreed to terms with F Brandon Rush on a two-year contract. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed G Anthony Morrow to a three-year contract. ■■ FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Placed CB Leodis McKelvin and LB Randell Johnson on the PUP list, OT Cordy Glenn and DT Alan Branch on the non-football illness list and LB Kiko Alonso on the non-football injury list. Released TE Mike Caussin. Signed LB Stevenson Sylvester. DALLAS COWBOYS — Released QB Kyle Orton. DETROIT LIONS — Signed RB George Winn. Waived G D.J. Morrell. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Agreed to terms with WR Marqise Lee on a four-year contract. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Announced the retirement of DL Armond Armstead. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Named Ed Goines general counsel and vice president, government affairs. ■■ MOTORSPORTS NASCAR — Docked Trucks series driver Erik Jones 10 championships points, car owner Kyle Busch 10 owner points and fined crew chief Eric Phillips $6,000 for a failed post-race inspection last week in Iowa. ■■ COLLEGE MEMPHIS — Named Keelon Lawson men’s assistant basketball coach.

On the air All Times EDT ■■ TODAY, JULY 17 TELEVISION 7 p.m. — Boxing: Super-featherweight, Argenis Mendez vs. Rances Barthelemy (FS1) 7 p.m. — WNBA basketball: Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever (FOXSMW) 8:30 p.m. — CFL football: Edmonton Eskimos at Winnipeg Blue Bombers (ESPN2) ■■ FRIDAY, JULY 18 TELEVISION 7 a.m. — PGA golf: British Open, second round (ESPN) 1 p.m. — NASCAR racing: Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol 200 (FS1) 7 p.m. — MLB baseball: Cincinnati Reds at New York Yankees (FOXSMW – alternate) 8 p.m. — Boxing: Friday Night Fights (ESPN2) 8 p.m. — MLB baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals (FOXSMW) 10 p.m. — CFL football: Hamilton Tigers-Cats at Calgary Stampeders (ESPN2) 10 p.m. — Boxing: Lightweight, Mercito Gesta vs. Luis Arceo (FS1) RADIO 7:20 p.m. — MLB baseball: Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees (WQKZ 98.5 FM)