Scoreboard: August 31, 2011
Published 9:03 am Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sports slate
PREP?FOOTBALL
Friday
Pendleton at Kennewick (WA), 7 p.m.
Hermiston at Walla Walla (WA), 7 p.m.
Tillamook at Mac-Hi (Endowment), 7 p.m.
Elgin at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Umatilla at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m.;
Heppner at Culver (Endowment), 7 p.m.
Dayton (WA) at Stanfield, 7 p.m.
Pilot Rock vs. Gaston (at The Dalles Wahtonka, Endowment), 7 p.m.
Irrigon at Tri-Cities Prep (WA), 4 p.m.
Ione at Liberty Christian (WA) (at Hanford HS), 7 p.m.
Saturday
Echo vs. Butte Falls (at Dufur Classic), 10 a.m.
PREP?SOCCER
BOYS
Saturday
Umatilla at Hermiston, 1 p.m.
GIRLS
Friday
The Dalles at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Umatilla at Hermiston, 1 p.m.
Riverside Jamboree, 4 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Friday
Umatilla Jamboree, noon
Imbler at Ione (Endowment), 4 p.m.
Portland Lutheran at Ione (Endowment), 4 p.m.
Saturday
Hermiston Tournament, 8 a.m.
Pilot Rock at Grant Union, 9 a.m.
PREP?CROSS?COUNTRY
Friday
Pendleton, Stanfield, Nixyaawii and Mac-Hi at Mile High Trail Race (Elgin), 1 p.m.
College volleyball
Tuesday
Eastern Oregon 3, Blue Mountain 1 (25-12, 25-19, 22-25, 25-17)
Friday-Saturday
Blue Mountain at Chemeketa CC Tournament (Salem), TBA
College football
Saturday
Sacramento State at Oregon State, 1 p.m.
Southern Oregon at Portland State, 1:05 p.m.
Idaho State at Washington State, 2 p.m.
Oregon vs. LSU (at Arlington, Texas), 5 p.m.
Boise State at Georgia, 5 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Montana Tech, 5 p.m.
Pro football
Thursday
Detroit at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m.
Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 4 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Kansas City at Green Bay, 5 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Tennessee at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Denver at Arizona, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 7 p.m.
Friday
Oakland at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.
Pro baseball
Major League Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 82 52 .612
New York 81 52 .609 ½
Tampa Bay 73 61 .545 9
Toronto 67 68 .496 15½
Baltimore 54 79 .406 27½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 74 61 .548
Chicago 68 65 .511 5
Cleveland 67 65 .508 5½
Minnesota 56 79 .415 18
Kansas City 56 80 .412 18½
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 77 59 .566
Los Angeles 73 62 .541 3½
Oakland 60 75 .444 16½
Seattle 57 77 .425 19
Tuesday
Detroit 2, Kansas City 1, 10 innings
Cleveland 6, Oakland 2
Baltimore 6, Toronto 5, 10 innings
N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 2
Texas 2, Tampa Bay 0
Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 6
L.A. Angels 13, Seattle 6
Today
Kansas City (F.Paulino 2-6) at Detroit (Porcello 12-8), 10:05 a.m.
Minnesota (Diamond 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 6-6), 11:10 a.m.
Oakland (Harden 4-2) at Cleveland (Jimenez 2-1), 4:05 p.m.
Toronto (H.Alvarez 0-2) at Baltimore (Jo-.Reyes 7-10), 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 4-4) at Boston (Beckett 11-5), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 12-10) at Texas (Ogando 12-6), 5:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Haren 13-7) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-11), 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 85 46 .649
Atlanta 79 55 .590 7½
New York 64 69 .481 22
Washington 63 70 .474 23
Florida 60 74 .448 26½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 81 55 .596
St. Louis 71 64 .526 9½
Cincinnati 67 68 .496 13½
Pittsburgh 62 73 .459 18½
Chicago 59 77 .434 22
Houston 46 90 .338 35
West Division
W L Pct GB
Arizona 77 59 .566
San Francisco 71 65 .522 6
Los Angeles 64 70 .478 12
Colorado 64 72 .471 13
San Diego 60 76 .441 17
Tuesday
Florida 6, N.Y. Mets 0
Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 0
Washington 9, Atlanta 2
Houston 8, Pittsburgh 2
St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 1
Arizona 9, Colorado 4
L.A. Dodgers 8, San Diego 5
Chicago Cubs 5, San Francisco 2
Today
San Diego (LeBlanc 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 8-13), 12:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (R.Lopez 4-5) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 8-12), 12:45 p.m.
Florida (Volstad 5-11) at N.Y. Mets (Capuano 10-11), 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 14-7) at Cincinnati (Willis 0-3), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Lannan 8-10) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 8-12), 4:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 8-6) at Houston (Happ 4-15), 5:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Westbrook 10-7) at Milwaukee (Wolf 11-8), 5:10 p.m.
Colorado (Rogers 6-3) at Arizona (Collmenter 8-8), 6:40 p.m.
Transactions
Tuesday
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BALTIMORE RAVENS Placed RB Matt Lawrence on injured reserve.
BUFFALO BILLS Released LB Brad Jefferson.
CAROLINA PANTHERS Placed G Geoff Schwartz, TE Gary Barnidge, WR David Gettis and OL Zack Williams on injured reserve. Waived/injured QB Tony Pike and G Duke Robinson. Released LS Chris Massey.
CLEVELAND BROWNS Claimed OL Oniel Cousins off waivers from Baltimore. Placed G Eric Steinbach on injured reserve.
GREEN BAY PACKERS Released WR Antonio Robinson, LB K.C. Asiodu and G Adrian Battles.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Waived DE Marc Schiechl and C Bradley Vierling.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Placed OT Ryan O’Callaghan on injured reserve. Released K Todd Carter.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Released DE Alex Brown. Signed K John Kasay.
NEW YORK GIANTS Placed DT Marvin Austin on injured reserve and WR Ramses Barden and C Adam Koets on the reserve-physically unable to perform list. Waived/injured WR Duke Calhoun.
NEW YORK JETS Released P Chris Bryan, K Nick Novak and WR Courtney Smith.
OAKLAND RAIDERS Placed LB Travis Goethel on injured reserve. Waived FB Bryson Kelly, WR Damola Adeniji, WR Steve Goulet, OL Ben Lamaak, OL Lou Eliades, S Josh Bullocks and DT Derrick Hill.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Released WR Tyler Beiler, OT Donovan Edwards, G Nick Howell, WR Kevin Jurovich, LB Scott McKillop, P Sam Paulescu, RB Seth Smith.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Released DT Jay Alford and S Rickey Thenarse.
ST. LOUIS RAMS Waived/injured, S Mikail Baker, DT Jermelle Cudjo and CB Dionte Dinkins.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS Waived/injured WR Malcolm Kelly.
COLLEGE
NCAA Suspended Miami junior DL Olivier Vernon six games, junior S Ray Ray Armstrong and sophomore TE Dyron Dye four games apiece, and senior QB Jacory Harris, senior LB Sean Spence, senior WR Travis Benjamin, junior DL Marcus Forston and junior DL Adewale Ojomo one game each for accepting extra benefits from third parties.