BY DAVE MATTERdmatter@columbiatribune.com | 815-1781

Ask Dan Quigley about his outstand-ing comeback season for the Missouri track and field team, and you’ll get a measured response, even when it comes to his record-breaking performances.

With two surgically repaired hips, Quigley set team records in the 5,000 meters in the indoor and outdoor sea-son. Last month, he became the first Missouri runner to break 14 minutes in the 5K.

His response?“A little bittersweet,” he said. “I

thought I could go faster.”Ask Quigley about his graduate degree

program in mechanical engineering, and you’re in for much more.

For his master’s project, Quigley is working with MU engineering professor Roger Fales in designing an oxygen-con-trol system for premature infants. The device uses sensors to monitor blood-oxygen level to calculate and control how much oxygen an infant receives while

being treated in the neonatal intensive-care unit. Too little oxygen and the baby’s lungs are too weak to survive. Too much oxygen can contribute to complications, including blindness. Quigley’s project is to develop a device that keeps the oxygen level in a safe range.

“It’s really interesting to me,” Quigley said. “There’s no commercially available product for this. There’s a few other research institutions working on these type of deals, but we’re one of the first that’s attempting to put a prototype in the hospital and test it.

“This is cutting-edge stuff.”Quigley is what the NCAA had in mind

with its slogan about athletes “going pro in something other than sports,” but his running career is far from complete. Having recovered from surgeries on each hip, Quigley is poised for a strong finish at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, beginning Friday at Kansas State.

Quigley shattered MU’s 5K outdoor record on April 19 in Walnut, Calif., fin-ishing second at the Mt. SAC Relays in 13:55.46. That was 10 seconds faster than the mark set by Ryan Hampton in 2005. After leading the pack most of the race, Quigley wasn’t thrilled with his time.

“My expectations were higher,” he said.

Quigley can blame himself for the high standard. At February’s Big 12

Indoor Championships, he broke the school’s 5K indoor mark with a strong push in the final stretch to finish in 14:03.49, good for eighth place in a load-ed Big 12 field.

“It was more surprising to run that fast” at the indoor meet, he said. “And it felt a little better.”

Especially in the hips. Three years ago while warming up for the steeplechase at the Big 12 outdoor meet, Quigley tore the cartilage in his right hip. He didn’t realize the extent of the injury or visit with trainers before the race. The team’s medical staff later discovered Quigley’s hip joint was misshapen — likely a birth defect, he said — and it caused the carti-lage to tear against the bone.

Quigley described the sensation as “a grinding, stabbing pain.” As the injury worsened and his hip joint lost stability, other muscles compensate, leading to tightness in his back and legs.

After six months of rehab, he opted for surgery, which required doctors to shave off part of his hip bone. For the next six weeks, Quigley couldn’t do any physical activity.

He recovered in time to compete some the next year, but in the fall of 2010 car-tilage damage attacked his left hip. He underwent the same procedure and the same rehab, forcing him to miss the 2011 indoor season.

Quigley recovered in time for the 2011 cross country season and quickly returned as one of the track team’s best

distance runners by indoor season. Quigley said the team’s medical staff suggested he stop racing competitively — especially in the more taxing steeple-chase — but he’s set on finishing his eli-gibility and racing at a high level.

“Not many people can ever come back from that kind of surgery and run com-petitively again,” said the senior from St. Louis. “But it’s not impossible. The doc-tors were a little reluctant to say, ‘Don’t even try.’ I didn’t really hear the message, ‘You can’t do this.’ So I just did it.”

MU first-year distance coach Joe Lynn noticed a difference in Quigley’s confi-dence at the start of the indoor season.

“Having that period of injuries and then coming back after having so much inconsistency, I think we’re just begin-ning to see where his potential is down the road,” Lynn said.

For Quigley, the road doesn’t end this spring. He has one outdoor season of eligibility remaining, and he plans to run for the Tigers next year in the team’s inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference. His season-best time in the 5K ranks eighth in the Big 12. It would rank first among current SEC runners.

“It goes to show how strong the Big 12 is right now,” Lynn said, “and we’re going to take advantage of the competition and try to throw down a faster time.”

Plus, another year on campus allows Quigley time to complete his master’s program before he’ll go pro in some-thing other than running.

I f battle scars are the measure by which we gauge our love of sport, then consider Colleen

Blake and Christian Losciale head-over-handlebars for the toughest game on two wheels: bike polo.

Blake is nursing a crescent-shaped swath of road rash on her calf and Losciale’s sunburn is so profound that his shoulders are starting to blister and ooze. But much like the tattoos that adorn other regions of their bodies, these scars are worn like badges.

“I got this from falling off my bike and onto the asphalt,” Blake said proudly as she geared up for a weekly pick-up game atop the Hitt Street parking garage.

Every Wednesday night an infor-mal group of 12 to 15 COMOPOLO players — most of them in their 20s — pedal to the top level of the garage for pick-up bike polo games contested against the panorama of downtown Columbia. On Sundays, they play at Cosmo Park’s outdoor roller hockey rink.

Blake and Losciale sustained their “souvenirs” last weekend at the fourth-annual Ladies Army & Coed bike polo tournament in Lex-ington, Ky.

“That was the first time we field-ed an” all-women “Columbia team at the Ladies Army,” Blake said.

That COMOPOLO has enough members now to field a women’s team speaks volumes about not only the club’s growth, but also the popularity of the sport. What start-ed four years ago as a handful of local enthusiasts has since tripled in size.

Origins of the sport can be traced back to Ireland in the late 19th century, but over pregame beer and pizza at Gumby’s, Tim Donahoe touts Seattle’s bike mes-senger scene in the late 1990s as the impetus of the modern game.

“They had a parking lot outside their messenger hub, and they had a lot of downtime,” Donahoe said. “They were like, ‘Let’s just hit a soc-cer ball around with wooden mal-lets,’ and those little pick-up games became more and more serious. It’s one of the best and biggest accidents. It just happened.”

Pick-up games are typically played to five points, either on hard or grass courts. Tournament games are usually timed matches lasting 10 or 15 minutes.

“Hardcore bike polo is like hock-ey on bikes,” Donahoe said.

Two teams of three face off

against each other using self-con-structed mallets to hit rubber floor hockey balls into homemade goals. Sawed-off ski poles are used for mallet shafts. Mallet heads are made from high-density polyeth-ylene gas piping. Holes are often drilled in the heads to reduce weight.

“It’s always been a very do-it-yourself kind of thing. One of the things that you can attribute to the success and growth of the sport is that you can start playing bike polo

for zero dollars,” Nick Kruse said. “People will give you ski poles and find you bikes.”

Atop the Hitt Street garage, the structure’s concrete walls are the court’s side barriers and plywood boards mark the ends of the court and keep the ball in play.

Players move the ball up and down the court by passing or shuf-fling the ball with the broad face of the mallet. However, shots must be taken with the round ends of the mallet.

The first and foremost rule of bike polo is feet must remain on the bike at all times.

“If you put your foot down, you have to go to the middle of the court and tap out at center court,” Kruse said.

After touching that spot, the player can get back into the game.

Now that members routinely play in tournaments featuring national and international teams, members say they’ve identified COMOPOLO’s style of play.

“Defensive powerhouse, fast breaks and transition offense,” Kruse described.

“Missouri bike polo style is defensive, so we usually keep someone back. We make most of our goals by making other teams make mistakes,” Donahoe said. “We play smash-mouth polo.”

Players try to avoid contact, but a few collisions are inevitable.

As players lucidly riffed on strategy, discussed custom bike frames special ordered from Peru and described trick shots such as the “Blind Watson” and the “Tulsa Turnaround,” it was hard to believe COMOPOLO is only four years old. Like many offbeat ideas, the group can trace its roots to the time-honored tradition of the digital age: goofing around on the Internet.

“I wish I had a better story than that,” said Drew Deubner, who helped found COMOPOLO in 2008. “It was me just dorking around on the Internet. I saw a picture of people playing polo on bikes. I said, ‘Wow, that seems pretty cool. I can do that. That seems like something we could do.’ I got together with a couple other kids, and things just snow-balled.”

While bike polo has evolved over

the years from leisurely time-killer to legit sport, COMOPOLO mem-bers say it’s snowballed into some-thing more important: a commu-nity.

“When we’re traveling around to these other towns and playing tournaments, forming all these friendships, it really becomes this international community,” Kruse said. “You always have a couch to stay on. You always have some-thing to do. You have instant friends.”

Losciale says this element of fel-lowship is why bike polo has reso-nated so strongly with him.

“To be honest,” before bike polo, “I didn’t have that many friends in Columbia. I never really found a niche, but everyone here really took me in,” he said. “It immedi-ately went from friends to family. There are certain dudes here I’d take a bullet for, and I’m sure they’d probably say the same thing.”

In fact, Losciale was so smitten by the bike polo scene in Lexing-ton last weekend that he’s moving there at the end of the summer. To prove how serious he his, his apart-ment is already up for rent on Craigslist and he’s alerted his employers of his decision.

“I’m not the type of person to move somewhere for a job or a woman,” he said. “But I would for bike polo.”

Blake likened tournaments like the Ladies Army to family reunions and says her “relatives” are a color-ful bunch from all walks of life.

“We have straight-edgers, drunks, southerners who still go to church,” Blake said.

“There are northerners that grew up as hockey jocks, bike punks in tattered denim vests with patches all over them,” Donahoe added. “You have all these little camps, but everyone has this one thing in common.”

Players unanimously praise the club’s inclusiveness and say any-one curious about playing or watching the sport should stop by a pick-up game.

“We always try to have an air of acceptance,” Kruse said. “Nobody has ever come up to the garage and felt like they weren’t received like anyone else.”

Members encourage a curious public to come to Cosmo Park next month when COMOPOLO hosts its fifth tournament on June 23-24 on the outdoor roller hockey rink.

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Advantage, TexasThe Texas baseball team wins the first game of a weekend series against Missouri. Story on 3B

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HEAD OVER HANDLEBARSColumbia’s bike polo players fall in love with unconventional sport.

Top right, COMOPOLO player Tim Donahoe talks to teammates outside Gumby’s Pizza on Wednesday before heading to the top of the Hitt Street parking garage for a night of bike polo. Above, teams of three compete against each other. Donahoe describes the club’s style as “smash-mouth polo.” Left, scraped legs are an occupational hazard.

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Quigley’s story is a breath of fresh air

Don Shrubshell/TribuneDan Quigley has overcome surgeries on both hips to break Missouri records in the indoor and outdoor 5,000-meter runs.

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ScoreboardBASEBALL

MLBAMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 19 8 .704 - Baltimore .........................17 9 .654 1½ Toronto ............................ 16 11 .593 3 New York ........................ 14 12 .538 4½ Boston ...............................11 14 .440 7

Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland ........................ 14 10 .583 - Detroit ..............................13 12 .520 1½ Chicago ............................12 14 .462 3 Kansas City ......................8 17 .320 6½ Minnesota .........................6 18 .250 8

West Division W L Pct GB Texas 17 9 .654 - Oakland ............................13 14 .481 4½ Seattle ...............................11 16 .407 6½ Los Angeles ................... 10 17 .370 7½

Yesterday’s scoresDetroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Cleveland 6, Texas 3 Baltimore 6, Boston 4, 13 innings Tampa Bay 7, Oakland 2 N.Y. Yankees 6, Kansas City 2 Toronto 4, L.A. Angels 0 Minnesota at Seattle, (N)

Today’s gamesBaltimore (Hammel 3-1) at Boston (Cook 0-0), 12:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Floyd 2-3) at Detroit (Scherzer 1-3), 3:05 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 2-2) at Cleveland (D.Lowe 4-1), 6:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-3) at Kansas City (Paulino 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Oakland (Colon 3-2) at Tampa Bay (Hellick-son 3-0), 6:10 p.m. Toronto (Drabek 2-2) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 3-2), 8:05 p.m. Minnesota (Marquis 2-0) at Seattle (F.Her-nandez 2-1), 8:10 p.m.

Tomorrow’s gamesChicago White Sox at Detroit, 12:05 p.m. Texas at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 12:35 p.m. Oakland at Tampa Bay, 12:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

National League East Division

W L Pct GB Washington ....................17 9 .654 - Atlanta ............................. 16 11 .593 1½ New York .........................13 13 .500 4 Philadelphia ....................13 14 .481 4½ Miami ..................................11 14 .440 5½

Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis .......................... 16 10 .615 - Cincinnati ........................13 12 .520 2½ Houston ............................12 14 .462 4 Milwaukee.........................11 14 .440 4½ Pittsburgh ........................11 15 .423 5 Chicago ........................... 10 16 .385 6

West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles ....................17 9 .654 - Arizona ............................ 14 13 .519 3½ Colorado ..........................12 13 .480 4½ San Francisco ................12 13 .480 4½ San Diego .........................9 17 .346 8

Yesterday’s scoresChicago Cubs 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 3, 11 innings Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 4 Houston 5, St. Louis 4 Atlanta 9, Colorado 8, 11 innings Miami at San Diego, (N) Milwaukee at San Francisco, (N)

Today’s gamesL.A. Dodgers (Capuano 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-3), 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Worley 2-1) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 2-1), 12:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (J.Santa-na 0-2), 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Wolf 2-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-1), 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 0-3) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 1-1), 6:05 p.m. St. Louis (J.Garcia 2-1) at Houston (Norris 1-1), 6:05 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 2-2) at Colorado (Moyer 1-2), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Buehrle 1-4) at San Diego (Richard 1-3), 7:35 p.m.

Tomorrow’s gamesArizona at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m. St. Louis at Houston, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 2:10 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Yesterday’s box scoresAmerican League

Yankees 6, Royals 2 New York ab r h bi Kansas City ab r h biJeter ss ...........5 2 2 2 Dyson cf ....... 4 1 1 0 Grndrs cf ........5 0 1 0 AGordn lf ..... 4 1 1 1 Teixeir 1b ........4 1 2 2 Butler dh ...... 4 0 0 0 ARdrgz dh .....4 0 1 0 Hosmer 1b ... 4 0 1 0 Cano 2b..........4 1 1 0 Francr rf ....... 4 0 1 1 AnJons rf .......4 0 1 0 Mostks 3b .... 4 0 1 0 J.Nix lf .............3 0 0 0 B.Pena c ........3 0 0 0 Wise ph-lf ....... 1 0 1 0 Getz 2b ..........3 0 1 0 ENunez 3b ....3 1 1 1 AEscor ss ......3 0 1 0 CStwrt c .........4 1 1 1 Totals ............... 37 6 11 6 Totals ..............33 2 7 2New York ............................200 000 400 — 6 Kansas City ........................200 000 000 — 2 E-A.Escobar (3). DP-New York 1, Kansas City 2. LOB-New York 5, Kansas City 4. 2B-Wise (1), A.Gordon (6), Francoeur (7), Moustakas (9), A.Escobar (9). 3B-E.Nunez (1), Hosmer (1). HR-Jeter (5), Teixeira (4). SB-E.Nunez (4), A.Escobar (6). CS-Teixeira (1). IP H R ER BB SO New York Sabathia W,4-0 ..........8 7 2 2 0 5 Robertson ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 3 Kansas City B.Chen L,0-4 ........... 6.2 9 6 6 1 4 Collins ......................... 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 Coleman ......................1.2 1 0 0 0 2 Hottovy ...................... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 PB-B.Pena. Umpires-Home, Phil Cuzzi First, Greg Gibson Second, Manny Gonzalez Third, Vic Cara-pazza. T-2:34. A-24,153 (37,903).

Indians 6, Rangers 3 Texas ab r h bi Cleveland ab r h biKinsler 2b ......3 0 0 1 Damon lf ...... 4 0 1 2 Andrus ss.......4 0 1 0 Cnghm lf ......0 0 0 0 Hamltn cf .......4 0 1 0 Kipnis 2b ...... 4 1 2 0 MYong dh ......4 2 2 0 ACarer ss ......3 0 1 0 DvMrp lf .........4 0 2 1 Hafner dh......3 0 0 1 N.Cruz rf.........4 0 1 1 CSantn c ...... 4 1 2 0 Napoli c ..........3 0 0 0 Choo rf ......... 4 1 1 2 Morlnd 1b .......4 1 2 0 Brantly cf ......3 0 1 0 AlGnzlz 3b ....2 0 0 0 Ktchm 1b .......2 1 0 0 Beltre ph ......... 1 0 0 0 Hannhn 3b ....3 2 2 1 Totals ...............33 3 9 3 Totals ............. 30 6 10 6Texas .....................................001 101 000 — 3 Cleveland ............................. 021 001 20x — 6

E-Hannahan (5). DP-Texas 1, Cleveland 3. LOB-Texas 6, Cleveland 3. 2B-M.Young 2 (5), Dav.Murphy (5), Moreland (3), Kipnis (3). 3B-Damon (1). HR-Choo (1), Hannahan (2). SB-Kipnis (6). CS-Hamilton (1), A.Cabrera (2), Brantley (4). S-Alb.Gonzalez. SF-Kinsler, Hafner. IP H R ER BB SO Texas Lewis L,3-1 ................ 6.2 10 6 6 1 2 R.Ross ...........................1.1 0 0 0 0 2 Cleveland J.Gomez W,2-1 ............7 8 3 3 1 2 Pestano H,7 .................. 1 1 0 0 0 1 C.Perez S,10-11 .............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by R.Ross (A.Cabrera). Umpires-Home, Dale Scott First, CB Buc-knor Second, Angel Campos Third, Dan Ias-sogna. T-2:26. A-16,147 (43,429).

Tigers 5, White Sox 4 Chicago ab r h bi Detroit ab r h biDe Aza cf .......4 0 0 0 AJcksn cf ..... 4 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss ......4 1 1 0 Boesch rf ..... 4 0 0 0 A.Dunn dh .....3 0 0 1 MiCarr 3b ..... 4 0 2 1 Konerk 1b .......3 0 2 0 Fielder 1b ..... 4 0 1 0 Przyns c .........4 0 1 0 Dirks dh .........3 0 0 0 Rios rf .............4 0 0 0 RSantg ph .....1 0 0 0 Viciedo lf .......3 1 1 0 Avila c ............3 2 3 1 Lillirdg lf .......... 1 0 1 0 Laird pr .........0 1 0 0 Morel 3b .........3 1 1 0 JhPerlt ss ..... 4 1 2 2 Bckhm 2b ......4 1 3 3 Raburn 2b ....2 0 0 1 Kelly lf ............3 1 1 0 Totals ...............33 4 10 4 Totals ..............32 5 9 5Chicago ................................001 001 200 — 4 Detroit ..................................010 100 012 — 5 One out when winning run scored. DP-Chicago 1, Detroit 2. LOB-Chicago 5, Detroit 4. 2B-Beckham (4), Avila (3). 3B-Al.Ramirez (1). HR-Beckham (2), Avila (4), Jh.Peralta (1). SB-Lillibridge (7). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Peavy ..........................7.2 7 3 3 1 6 Thornton L,1-1 BS,1-2.2 2 2 2 0 0 Detroit Smyly .............................6 7 2 2 0 7 Dotel ..............................1.1 2 2 2 0 1 Below ......................... 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 Valverde W,2-0 ........... 1 1 0 0 0 1 PB-Avila. Umpires-Home, Chris Guccione First, Jeff Nelson Second, Bill Welke Third, Tim Tschi-da. T-2:49. A-33,615 (41,255).

Rays 7, Athletics 2 Oakland ab r h bi Tampa Bay ab r h biJWeeks 2b ....4 0 0 0 DJnngs lf .......3 1 2 0 Pnngtn ss.......4 1 1 1 BUpton cf .... 4 2 2 2 Reddck rf .......4 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b ......3 0 0 0 Cespds cf.......4 0 1 0 Joyce rf .........2 1 1 1 JGoms dh ......3 1 2 0 Scott dh ....... 4 0 1 2 Inge 3b ...........4 0 0 0 Zobrist 2b .... 4 0 0 0 KSuzuk c ........3 0 1 1 Rhyms 3b .....3 1 1 0 S.Smith ph .....0 0 0 0 EJhnsn ss .......1 0 0 0 Kaaihu 1b .......3 0 0 0 JMolin c ........ 4 1 1 2 Taylor lf ..........3 0 0 0 SRdrgz ss-3b 4 1 1 0 Totals ...............32 2 5 2 Totals ..............32 7 9 7Oakland ................................010 000 001 — 2 Tampa Bay .........................003 400 00x — 7 DP-Oakland 1. LOB-Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 5. 2B-J.Gomes (1), K.Suzuki (7), B.Upton 2

(4), S.Rodriguez (1). HR-Pennington (1). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland T.Ross L,1-2.................3.1 9 7 7 2 2 Figueroa ......................1.2 0 0 0 0 1 Blevins .........................1.2 0 0 0 1 3 J.Miller...........................1.1 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay Price W,5-1 ...................8 3 1 1 1 12 B.Gomes .................... 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 Jo.Peralta S,2-3.1 ........0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by T.Ross (Joyce), by B.Gomes (J.Gomes). WP-Figueroa, B.Gomes. PB-K.Suzuki. Balk-T.Ross. Umpires-Home, Doug Eddings First, Paul Nauert Second, Dana DeMuth Third, Kerwin Danley. T-2:50. A-18,799 (34,078).

Orioles 6, Red Sox 4 (13 inn) Baltimore ab r h bi Boston ab r h biAndino 2b .....4 0 1 0 Aviles ss ........5 0 0 0 Hardy ss .........6 0 1 0 Mdlrks 3b ..... 6 1 1 0 Markks rf ........6 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b .... 6 1 3 0 AdJons cf ......5 1 0 0 Pedroia 2b ....5 1 2 1 Wieters dh ....6 2 2 1 Ortiz dh .........5 0 0 1 Betemt lf ........3 1 1 1 C.Ross rf-cf . 4 1 1 1 C.Davis 1b ......6 0 2 1 DMcDn lf .......5 0 0 0 MrRynl 3b ......4 2 2 2 Byrd cf ...........3 0 0 0 RPauln c .........4 0 0 0 Sweeny ph-rf 3 0 1 0 EnChvz ph ...... 1 0 1 0 Shppch c .......2 0 0 0 Exposit c ......... 1 0 0 0 Sltlmch ph-c .1 0 0 0 Totals ...............46 6 10 5 Totals ............. 45 4 8 3Baltimore .............001 200 100 000 2 — 6 Boston ...................012 010 000 000 0 — 4 E-Andino (3), Markakis (1), Mar.Reynolds (4). DP-Baltimore 1, Boston 2. LOB-Baltimore 9, Boston 10. 2B-Mar.Reynolds (5), Middle-brooks (2), Pedroia (8). 3B-Wieters (1), C.Ross (1). HR-Mar.Reynolds (1). CS-Aviles (2). S-Andino, Shoppach. SF-Mar.Reynolds, C.Ross. IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore W.Chen ..........................5 5 4 3 3 4 Lindstrom ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Strop ..............................2 1 0 0 1 0 Ayala ..............................2 1 0 0 1 0 Patton W,1-0 ................2 1 0 0 0 0 Ji.Johnson S,8-8 ......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Boston Lester .............................6 5 3 3 3 2 Padilla BS,1-1.2 .............. 1 1 1 1 0 R.Hill ............................ 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Albers ............................2 0 0 0 1 0 Aceves ........................2.2 2 0 0 0 6 F.Morales L,0-1.2.........2 2 2 1 0 Atchison .................... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Ayala (Pedroia). PB-R.Paulino. Umpires-Home, Jim Reynolds First, Mike Estabrook Second, James Hoye Third, Jim Joyce. T-4:37. A-37,223 (37,495).

Blue Jays 4, Angels 0 Toronto ab r h bi Los Angeles ab r h biKJhnsn 2b .....5 0 0 0 Trout cf ......... 4 0 0 0 YEscor ss .......4 1 2 1 MIzturs 3b ... 4 0 1 0 Bautist rf ........3 1 1 2 Pujols 1b ....... 4 0 0 0 Lind 1b ............4 0 1 0 KMorls dh .... 4 0 1 0 Encrnc dh ......4 1 0 0 TrHntr rf ........3 0 1 0 Thams lf .........4 0 1 0 HKndrc 2b ....3 0 1 0 Lawrie 3b.......4 0 0 1 Trumo lf .........3 0 0 0 Rasms cf ........3 0 0 0 Aybar ss ........3 0 1 0 Mathis c ..........3 1 0 0 BoWlsn c ......2 0 0 0 Callasp ph .....1 0 1 0 Iannett c .......0 0 0 0 Totals ...............34 4 5 4 Totals .............. 31 0 6 0Toronto ................................003 000 001 — 4 Los Angeles ...................... 000 000 000 — 0 E-Isringhausen (1), Aybar (5). DP-Toronto 2. LOB-Toronto 6, Los Angeles 5. 2B-Y.Escobar (5), M.Izturis (3), Aybar (3). HR-Bautista (5). SB-Lawrie (3). IP H R ER BB SO Toronto H.Alvarez W,2-2 .........9 6 0 0 1 3 Los Angeles E.Santana L,0-6 .........8 3 3 3 2 10 Isringhausen ................. 1 2 1 1 1 1 Umpires-Home, Brian Knight First, Mike Winters Second, Mark Wegner Third, Wally Bell. T-2:10. A-33,160 (45,957).

National LeagueAstros 5, Cardinals 4

St. Louis ab r h bi Houston ab r h biFurcal ss .........5 1 2 0 Schafer cf .... 4 2 0 0 Jay cf ..............5 1 2 0 Altuve 2b ......5 2 2 3 Hollidy lf .........5 1 2 1 JDMrtn lf .......3 0 0 0 Craig 1b ..........3 0 0 1 Ca.Lee 1b ..... 4 0 2 1 Freese 3b ......4 0 1 0 Lowrie ss ...... 4 0 2 1 YMolin c .........4 0 1 0 Bogsvc rf ......3 0 0 0 MCrpnt rf .......3 1 0 0 CJhnsn 3b ... 4 0 0 0 Schmkr 2b .....2 0 1 0 CSnydr c .......3 0 1 0 Lohse p ........... 1 0 0 0 Harrell p .........1 1 1 0 Descals ph.....0 0 0 0 Wrght p ........0 0 0 0 Roinsn ph ....... 1 0 0 0 WLopez p ....0 0 0 0 Salas p ............0 0 0 0 FRdrgz p ......0 0 0 0 VMarte p ........0 0 0 0 MDwns ph .....1 0 0 0 Beltran ph ...... 1 0 0 0 Myers p .........0 0 0 0 Rzpczy p........0 0 0 0 Totals ...............34 4 9 2 Totals ..............32 5 8 5St. Louis .................................112 000 000 — 4 Houston ............................... 230 000 00x — 5 E-Craig (1), M.Carpenter (2), C.Johnson (3). DP-Houston 1. LOB-St. Louis 8, Hous-ton 9. 2B-Freese (4), Lowrie (4). 3B-Holli-day (1). HR-Altuve (2). SB-Schafer 2 (11), Altuve (5). S-Lohse, Harrell, W.Wright. SF-Craig. IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Lohse L,4-1 ...................5 7 5 3 1 3 Salas .............................1.2 1 0 0 1 0 V.Marte ....................... 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Rzepczynski ................. 1 0 0 0 1 0 Houston Harrell W,2-2 .............5.1 7 4 3 2 3 W.Wright H,4.2 ............ 1 0 0 0 0 W.Lopez H,2 ................. 1 0 0 0 0 2 Fe.Rodriguez H,3 ........ 1 0 0 0 1 0 Myers S,7-7.................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 W.Wright pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Balk-Harrell. Umpires-Home, Paul Emmel First, Scott Barry Second, Jerry Meals Third, Lance Bar-rett. T-2:59. A-27,201 (40,981).

Cubs 5, Dodgers 4 Los Angeles ab r h bi Chicago ab r h biDGordn ss .....4 0 1 0 DeJess rf ...... 4 1 3 1 M.Ellis 2b........2 1 0 0 Campn cf ......3 0 0 0 Kemp cf ..........4 1 1 1 SCastro ss ....5 2 2 1 Ethier rf ..........3 1 1 1 LaHair 1b ...... 4 0 1 0 JRiver lf-1b ....4 0 0 0 ASorin lf ........3 0 3 2 Loney 1b .........2 0 0 0 IStewrt 3b .....3 0 0 0 Uribe ph .......... 1 0 0 0 Barney 2b .... 4 1 1 0 Elbert p ..........0 0 0 0 Soto c.............3 0 0 0 Coffey p .........0 0 0 0 Mahlm p ........2 0 0 0 Lindlm p .........0 0 0 0 Mather ph ......1 1 1 1 GwynJ ph ....... 1 0 0 0 Russell p.......0 0 0 0 HrstnJr 3b .....4 1 3 2 Camp p .........0 0 0 0 A.Ellis c ...........2 0 0 0 K.Wood p .....0 0 0 0 AKndy pr .......0 0 0 0 RJhnsn ph .....1 0 0 0 Blngsly p ........2 0 0 0 Dolis p ...........0 0 0 0 Abreu ph-lf ...2 0 0 0 Totals ................31 4 6 4 Totals ..............33 5 11 5Los Angeles ........................001 000 120 — 4 Chicago ...............................200 101 10x — 5 DP-Los Angeles 1, Chicago 1. LOB-Los Ange-les 5, Chicago 10. 2B-Ethier (7), DeJesus (5), A.Soriano 2 (4), Barney (4). 3B-Kemp (1), Hairston Jr. (1), DeJesus (1). HR-Hairston Jr. (1), Mather (2). SB-D.Gordon (11), M.Ellis (2), S.Castro (11). CS-Campana (1). SF-Ethier. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Billingsley L,2-2 ..........6 8 4 4 3 4 Elbert .......................... 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 Coffey ........................ 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 Lindblom ....................... 1 0 0 0 1 2 Chicago Maholm W,3-2 ............6 3 1 1 0 4

Russell H,2.2 ................2 1 1 0 0 Camp H,2.1 ...................0 0 0 1 1 K.Wood H,2 ................... 1 1 2 2 1 0 Dolis S,2-3 ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Maholm (M.Ellis), by Dolis (A.Ellis). Umpires-Home, Marty Foster First, Tim Timmons Second, Jeff Kellogg Third, Eric Cooper. T-3:17. A-37,332 (41,009).

Reds 6, Pirates 1 Cincinnati ab r h bi Pittsburgh ab r h biCozart ss ........5 2 2 1 Tabata rf ....... 4 0 0 0 Stubbs cf .......4 1 2 1 Presley lf ...... 4 0 0 0 Votto 1b ..........3 0 0 0 McLoth cf .... 4 1 2 0 Phillips 2b ......5 0 1 1 Walker 2b .... 4 0 1 0 Bruce rf ..........5 2 2 1 PAlvrz 3b ......3 0 1 1 Rolen 3b ........4 0 1 0 GJones 1b .....3 0 1 0 Heisey lf .........5 1 2 1 Barmes ss .....3 0 1 0 Hanign c .........4 0 2 1 Resop p ........0 0 0 0 Cueto p ..........4 0 0 0 Barajs c ..........3 0 0 0 Correia p .......2 0 1 0 Navarr ss ........1 0 0 0 Totals ...............39 6 12 6 Totals .............. 31 1 7 1Cincinnati ............................010 110 210 — 6 Pittsburgh ......................... 000 100 000 — 1 LOB-Cincinnati 10, Pittsburgh 4. 2B-Stubbs (4), Bruce (7), Rolen (5), Hanigan (2), G.Jones (5), Barmes (7). 3B-Heisey (2). HR-Cozart (2), Stubbs (2), Bruce (8). CS-Tabata (4). SF-P.Alvarez. IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati Cueto W,4-0 ................9 7 1 1 0 4 Pittsburgh Correia L,1-2 .................7 9 5 5 1 3 Resop .............................2 3 1 1 3 1 Umpires-Home, Alan Porter First, Ron Kulpa Second, Jim Wolf Third, Derryl Cousins. T-2:41. A-20,445 (38,362).

Diamondbacks 5, Mets 4 Arizona ab r h bi New York ab r h biBlmqst ss .......5 0 0 0 Tejada ss ...... 4 1 1 0 GParra cf ........4 0 1 0 DnMrp 2b......5 1 2 0 J.Upton rf ......5 1 0 0 DWrght 3b ...2 1 1 0 Kubel lf ...........3 1 0 0 Duda rf ..........3 0 1 0 MMntr c ..........3 1 1 0 Vldspn pr .....0 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b .......5 1 1 2 RRmrz p .......0 0 0 0 Ransm 3b ......3 1 2 3 Hairstn lf ...... 4 1 1 2 A.Hill 2b..........4 0 1 0 I.Davis 1b ...... 4 0 0 1 Miley p ............2 0 1 0 ATorrs cf....... 4 0 3 1 RRorts ph ....... 1 0 0 0 Thole c .......... 4 0 0 0 Ziegler p ........0 0 0 0 Gee p ..............2 0 0 0 Overay ph ....... 1 0 1 0 Rottino ph .....1 0 0 0 DHrndz p .......0 0 0 0 Parnell p .......0 0 0 0 Putz p .............0 0 0 0 Byrdak p ......0 0 0 0 Rauch p ........0 0 0 0 Niwnhs rf .......1 0 0 0 Totals ...............36 5 8 5 Totals ..............34 4 9 4Arizona ................................020 000 030 — 5 New York ........................... 004 000 000 — 4 E-Miley (1), Gee (1), I.Davis (2). DP-Arizona 2. LOB-Arizona 10, New York 7. 2B-Gold-schmidt (5), Overbay (4), Dan.Murphy (7), Hairston (4), A.Torres (1). HR-Ransom (3). IP H R ER BB SO Arizona Miley ...............................6 7 4 4 2 4 Ziegler W,1-1 .................. 1 1 0 0 0 0 D.Hernandez H,6......... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Putz S,6-8...................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 New York Gee..................................6 4 2 2 3 6 Parnell H,4 ..................... 1 0 1 0 0 0 Byrdak H,5.1 .................0 1 1 1 1 Rauch L,3-1 BS,2-2.2 .3 1 1 0 1 R.Ramirez ...................... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Parnell pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP-by Miley (Tejada), by Gee (Ransom). Umpires-Home, Dan Bellino First, Jerry Layne Second, Bob Davidson Third, Chris Conroy. T-3:09. A-26,995 (41,922).

Nationals 4, Phillies 3 (11 inn)Philadelphia ab r h bi Washington ab r h biRollins ss ........5 0 0 0 Dsmnd ss ..... 6 0 1 0 Pierre lf ...........3 1 1 0 Lmrdzz 3b ... 6 1 3 0 Qualls p ..........0 0 0 0 Harper lf ........3 0 0 0 Schndr c.......... 1 0 0 0 Werth rf .........5 0 0 0 Polanc 3b ......5 0 1 0 Tracy 1b .........5 2 2 1 Pence rf ..........5 1 1 2 Clipprd p ......0 0 0 0 Victorn cf .......4 0 1 0 Perry p ..........0 0 0 0 L.Nix 1b ...........2 0 0 0 Ramos ph ......1 0 1 1 Wggntn ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Espinos 2b ...3 1 2 0 Ruiz c ..............4 1 2 1 Ankiel cf ....... 4 0 3 0 Schwm p ........0 0 0 0 Flores c ......... 4 0 1 2 Orr 2b .............2 0 0 0 Strasrg p .......2 0 1 0 Galvis ph-2b .2 0 0 0 Berndn ph ...0 0 0 0 Kndrck p ........2 0 0 0 Grzlny p ........0 0 0 0 Savery p .........0 0 0 0 Stmmn p ......0 0 0 0 Contrrs p .......0 0 0 0 Nady ph .......0 0 0 0 Bastrd p .........0 0 0 0 HRdrgz p .....0 0 0 0 Mayrry ph-lf ..2 0 0 0 TMoore 1b ......1 0 0 0 Totals ...............39 3 6 3 Totals ............. 40 4 14 4Philadelphia ..............000 210 000 00 — 3 Washington ..............000 101 010 01 — 4 Two outs when winning run scored. E-Rollins (3), Gorzelanny (1), Stammen (1), Lombardozzi (1). DP-Philadelphia 2, Wash-ington 1. LOB-Philadelphia 5, Washington 14. 2B-Ankiel (5), Flores (1), Strasburg (2). HR-Pence (4), Ruiz (5), Tracy (1). SB-Pence (3), Victorino (9). CS-Victorino (1), Espinosa (2), IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia K.Kendrick ....................5 7 1 1 2 2 Savery H,1.1 .................... 1 1 1 1 0 Contreras H,2.2............ 1 0 0 0 0 Bastardo H,4 ................ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Qualls BS,2-2 ................ 1 2 1 1 2 0 Schwimer L,0-1 ........2.2 3 1 1 2 2 Washington Strasburg ......................6 3 3 3 1 4 Gorzelanny .................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 Stammen ....................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 H.Rodriguez .................. 1 0 0 0 1 2 Clippard ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Perry W,1-0 ................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Contreras (Bernadina). Umpires-Home, Rob Drake First, Second, Sam Holbrook Third, Andy Fletcher. T-3:42. A-34,377 (41,487).

Braves 9, Rockies 8 (11 inn) Atlanta ab r h bi Colorado ab r h biBourn cf .........6 1 3 0 Scutaro 2b ...5 0 1 0 C.Jones 3b ....5 3 3 2 EYong pr ......0 0 0 0 Fremn 1b ........6 2 4 2 Roenck p .....0 0 0 0 McCnn c .........6 0 1 2 Rosrio ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Uggla 2b ........4 1 1 0 JHerrr 3b-2b 3 3 2 1 Heywrd rf ......4 0 1 0 CGnzlz lf .......5 1 0 0 OFlhrt p .........0 0 0 0 Tlwtzk ss ...... 4 1 1 0 Durbin p .........0 0 0 0 Helton 1b ...... 6 2 2 3 Pstrnck ph ...... 1 1 1 0 Cuddyr rf ..... 6 1 1 1 Kimrel p..........0 0 0 0 RHrndz c .......3 0 0 0 Hinske lf .........6 1 4 3 Fowler cf .......3 0 1 2 JWilson ss .....5 0 1 0 Moscos p ......2 0 0 0 THudsn p .......4 0 0 0 MtRynl p ......0 0 0 0 Medlen p ........0 0 0 0 Colvin ph .......1 0 0 1 Diaz rf .............2 0 0 0 Belisle p ........0 0 0 0 Brothrs p ......0 0 0 0 Giambi ph ......1 0 0 0 RBtncr p.......0 0 0 0 Nelson 3b ....0 0 0 0 Totals ...............49 9 19 9 Totals ............. 40 8 8 8Atlanta ........................... 002 041 000 02 — 9 Colorado ....................... 500 011 000 01 — 8 E-C.Jones (3), R.Hernandez (1). DP-Colorado 1. LOB-Atlanta 13, Colorado 10. 2B-Bourn 2 (7), Freeman (8), Uggla (5), Hinske (2), J.Herrera (2), Helton (7). HR-C.Jones (5), Freeman (5), Hinske (1), J.Herrera (2). SB-Bourn 2 (9), Heyward (9). CS-Heyward (2). IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta T.Hudson .......................6 6 7 6 3 6 Medlen .........................1.2 0 0 0 2 1 O’Flaherty ...................1.1 1 0 0 1 2 Durbin W,2-0 ............... 1 0 0 0 2 0 Kimbrel S,9-10 ............. 1 1 1 1 1 1 Colorado Moscoso ..................... 4.1 7 6 6 3 5

Mat.Reynolds ............1.2 4 1 1 2 2 Belisle.............................. 1 2 0 0 0 1 Brothers ......................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 R.Betancourt ................ 1 1 0 0 0 0 Roenicke ........................ 1 1 0 0 1 1 E.Escalona L,0-1 .......... 1 2 2 2 0 1 WP-Moscoso. Umpires-Home, Tim McClelland First, Ted Barrett Second, Brian Runge Third, Marvin Hudson. T-4:00. A-33,184 (50,398).

COLLEGEBig 12

Standings Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.Baylor..................18 0 1.000 38 8 .826Texas ................... 13 6 .684 27 16 .628Texas A&M ......... 12 7 .632 33 13 .717Oklahoma St. ... 12 7 .632 27 17 .614Oklahoma ........... 9 9 .500 29 18 .617Missouri .............7 12 .368 23 22 .511Texas Tech .......... 5 14 .263 26 23 .531Kansas ................. 4 13 .235 19 27 .413Kansas State...... 3 15 .167 20 27 .426

Yesterday’s scoresTexas 6, Missouri 4Kansas 5, Air Force 2Texas A&M 4, Texas Tech 2Kansas State 9, Nebraska-Omaha 4Oklahoma State 3, Oklahoma 0

Today’s gamesTexas at Missouri, 1 p.m. (FSN, FCSC)Texas Tech at Texas A&M, 2 p.m.Nebraska-Omaha at Kansas State, 2 p.m.Air Force at Kansas, 3 p.m.Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Tomorrow’s gamesTexas at Missouri, 1 p.m.Nebraska-Omaha at Kansas State, 1 p.m.Texas Tech at Texas A&M, 1 p.m.Missouri State at Kansas, 1 p.m.Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, 4 p.m.

Last night’s box scoreTexas 6, Missouri 4

Texas ab r h bi Missouri ab r h biPayton rf ........4 0 0 1 Chmpgn cf ...5 0 0 0Weiss 3b ........5 1 1 0 Brown f ..........3 1 0 0JoWalsh lf......4 2 1 2 Turner c ........ 4 1 1 1Felts c .............5 2 2 1 Mach 3b ........3 0 0 0Silver 1b ..........3 0 2 1 Opel lf ............3 0 0 1Etier ss ............5 0 1 1 Plackis 1b ..... 4 1 1 0Stnhagen dh .. 1 0 0 0 Garcia ss ...... 4 1 2 0 Lusson dh ....3 1 0 0 Munson dh ....1 0 0 0Marlow 2b .....2 0 2 0 Belfonte dh ..1 0 0 0Maitland cf ....2 0 0 0 Everett 2b.... 4 0 1 1Totals ...............34 6 9 6 Totals 32 4 ...5 3Texas ..................................... 012 020 010 — 6Missouri .............................. 000 012 100 — 4 E—Etier 2; Knebel; Mach; Zastryzny. DP—Texas 1; Missouri 1. LOB—Texas 9; Missouri 6. 2B—Felts; Etier; Turner; Garcia. 3B—Plackis. HR—Jo.Walsh. SB—Jo.Walsh; Etier. CS—Marlow. IP H R ER BB SO TexasFrench W, 6-2 .......... 4.1 1 1 1 2 3Milner ...........................2.1 2 3 3 1 1Knebel S, 9.................2.1 2 0 0 0 2MissouriZastryzny L, 4-3 .....7.2 9 6 5 3 3Ja. Walsh ................... 0.1 0 0 0 1 0Yuengel ...................... 1.0 0 0 0 1 2HBP—by French (Mach); by Ja.Walsh (Pay-ton). BK—Milner.T—2:34. A—1,387.

BASKETBALL

NBAPlayoffs

FIRST ROUND(Best-of-7)

Yesterday’s scoresBoston 90, Atlanta 84, OT, Boston leads series 2-1 Philadelphia 79, Chicago 74, Philadelphia leads series 2-1 Denver 99, L.A. Lakers 84, Los Angeles leads series 2-1

Today’s gamesIndiana at Orlando, 1 p.m. Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m.

Tomorrow’s gamesChicago at Philadelphia, 12 p.m. Miami at New York, 2:30 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Yesterday’s box scoresCeltics 90, Hawks 84

Atlanta (84) -Jo.Johnson 11-28 4-5 29, M.Williams 1-6 1-2 3, Collins 2-4 0-0 4, Teague 9-16 5-6 23, Hinrich 0-3 0-0 0, Dampier 3-5 0-0 6, McGrady 5-14 2-2 12, I.Johnson 1-4 0-0 2, Pargo 0-4 0-0 0, Green 2-5 0-0 5, Radmanovic 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-90 12-15 84. Boston (90) -Pierce 3-12 14-14 21, Bass 3-6 2-2 8, Garnett 9-18 2-2 20, Rondo 7-22 3-4 17, Bradley 2-5 0-0 5, Stiemsma 0-1 0-0 0, Allen 6-12 1-3 13, Pietrus 2-3 0-0 6, Dooling 0-0 0-0 0, Hollins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-79 22-25 90. Atlanta .........................19 19 20 22 4—84 Boston .........................17 23 20 20 10—90 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 4-20 (Jo.Johnson 3-7, Green 1-2, M.Williams 0-1, Radmanovic 0-1, Pargo 0-1, Teague 0-2, McGrady 0-3, Hinrich 0-3), Boston 4-13 (Pietrus 2-3, Bradley 1-2, Pierce 1-3, Rondo 0-1, Allen 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Atlanta 54 (M.Williams 11), Boston 55 (Rondo 14). Assists-Atlanta 15 (Teague 6), Boston 18 (Rondo 12). Total Fouls-Atlanta 21, Boston 18. Technicals-Bos-ton defensive three second 3. A-18,624 (18,624).

76ers 79, Bulls 74Chicago (74) -Deng 2-7 0-1 5, Boozer 9-17 0-0 18, Noah 4-7 4-4 12, Watson 0-4 0-0 0, Hamilton 4-15 8-12 17, Lucas 4-12 2-2 12, Gibson 3-6 0-2 6, Asik 2-2 0-2 4, Korver 0-5 0-0 0, Butler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-75 14-23 74. Philadelphia (79) -Iguodala 2-9 1-2 5, Brand 0-5 0-0 0, Hawes 7-15 6-6 21, Holi-day 5-10 7-9 17, Turner 5-12 6-8 16, Williams 5-14 4-4 14, Allen 0-3 0-0 0, T.Young 2-8 2-4 6, Meeks 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-76 26-33 79. Chicago .......................... 20 19 21 14—74 Philadelphia .................... 19 21 11 28—79 3-Point Goals-Chicago 4-14 (Lucas 2-4, Deng 1-3, Hamilton 1-3, Watson 0-1, Korver 0-3), Philadelphia 1-14 (Hawes 1-1, Holiday 0-2, Turner 0-2, Williams 0-4, Iguodala 0-5). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Chicago 61 (Boozer 10), Philadelphia 52 (T.Young 11). Assists-Chicago 22 (Hamilton 7), Philadel-phia 13 (Holiday 6). Total Fouls-Chicago 26, Philadelphia 20. A-20,381 (20,318).

HOCKEY

NHLStanley Cup Playoffs

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS(Best-of-7)

Yesterday’s scoresPhoenix 1, Nashville 0, Phoenix leads series 3-1

Today’s gamesNY Rangers at Washington, 11:30 p.m.

Tomorrow’s gamesSt. Louis at Los Angeles, 2 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL

COLLEGEBig 12

Standings Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct.Oklahoma .......... 15 4 .786 41 7 .854Texas ...................14 7 .667 40 9 .816Missouri ........... 14 7 .667 39 11 .776Texas A&M .........14 8 .636 34 16 .618Texas Tech .......... 11 9 .550 38 14 .731Oklahoma St. .....7 11 .389 24 21 .533Baylor................... 8 13 .382 31 19 .620Kansas ................. 6 15 .286 31 18 .633Iowa State .......... 2 16 .111 14 34 .292

Yesterday’s scoresBaylor 7, Iowa State 0Texas A&M 3, Kansas 0Oklahoma 5, Texas 2Missouri 5, Oregon 4

Today’s gamesOklahoma State at Texas Tech, 1 p.m.Iowa State at Baylor, 2 p.m.Texas at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.Missouri at Oregon, 3 p.m. (DH)Kansas at Texas A&M, 3 p.m.

Tomorrow’s gamesKansas at Texas A&M, 11 a.m.Iowa State at Baylor, noonTexas at Oklahoma, noon (ESPN)Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Yesterday’s box score (9) Missouri 5, (12) Oregon

Missouri ab r h bi Oregon ab r h biSykes cf ..........4 0 0 0 Howard 2b .. 4 1 2 1Marston c .......4 1 1 0 Takeda cf ......3 0 0 0 Flming rf ........4 1 1 2 Chambrs ss ..3 1 0 0 Hudson 3b ....4 1 2 0 Cuico 1b ........ 4 1 2 2 Roth 1b ...........3 0 1 0 Pappas rf ......3 0 2 0 Corwin pr ....0 1 0 0 Nieto dp ....... 4 0 1 0 Muller dp........3 1 0 0 Peterson c ....2 0 0 0 Genovese ss .3 0 1 0 Sullivan 3b ....3 0 0 0 Kingsley lf ......3 0 1 1 .... Andersn dp 2 0 0 0 Stephens 2b .2 0 0 0 Goodrm pr .0 0 0 0 Thomas p.......2 1 1 1 Burger lf ........3 1 0 0 Moore p ....0 0 0 0 Totals ...............30 5 7 3 Totals 28 4 ...7 3Missouri ................................ 012 002 0 — 5Oregon ................................. 012 100 0 — 4E – Sykes; Peterson; Burger; Moore. DP – Missouri 1 LOB - Missouri 5; Oregon 8. 2b – Hudson; Kingsley; Cuico. HR – Fleming; Howard; Cuico. SB – Stephens. IP H R ER BB SO MissouriThomas W, 20-7 .....7.0 7 4 3 5 6 OregonMoore L, 24-10.........7.0 7 5 1 1 5 T-2:18. A-400

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Missouri basketball fans witnessed the season debut of Missouri basketball fans witnessed the season debut of Notre Dame senior forward Tim Abromaitis in November when Notre Dame senior forward Tim Abromaitis in November when the Tigers took on the Fighting Irish in the semifi nals of the the Tigers took on the Fighting Irish in the semifi nals of the CBE Classic in Kansas City. Though the game was an MU rout, CBE Classic in Kansas City. Though the game was an MU rout,

Abromaitis, who missed the fi rst four Abromaitis, who missed the fi rst four games while serving an NCAA-mandated games while serving an NCAA-mandated suspension for appearing in two exhibi-suspension for appearing in two exhibi-tion games before redshirting as a soph-tion games before redshirting as a soph-omore, showed why he was selected to omore, showed why he was selected to the preseason All-Big East fi rst team.the preseason All-Big East fi rst team.

His 22-point, eight-rebound eff ort was His 22-point, eight-rebound eff ort was supposed to mark the beginning of a supposed to mark the beginning of a

brilliant senior season, but he struggled the next night, shoot-brilliant senior season, but he struggled the next night, shoot-ing 1 for 12 against Georgia in the consolation game, and never ing 1 for 12 against Georgia in the consolation game, and never got a chance to make amends. Two days later, he blew out his got a chance to make amends. Two days later, he blew out his knee.knee.

This week, the NCAA saw to it that the injury ended his col-This week, the NCAA saw to it that the injury ended his col-lege career.lege career.

College sports’ governing body denied Abromaitis’ request College sports’ governing body denied Abromaitis’ request for a sixth year of eligibility while declining to elaborate on the for a sixth year of eligibility while declining to elaborate on the decision. It seems particularly callous because Abromaitis was decision. It seems particularly callous because Abromaitis was a model for how the NCAA wants us to view all of its “student-a model for how the NCAA wants us to view all of its “student-athletes.”athletes.”

Abromaitis, who played alongside Missouri’s Marcus Den-Abromaitis, who played alongside Missouri’s Marcus Den-mon for the United States in last summer’s World University mon for the United States in last summer’s World University Games, was named the Big East’s Scholar Athlete of the Year Games, was named the Big East’s Scholar Athlete of the Year for the third straight season in March and was also a two-time for the third straight season in March and was also a two-time Academic All-American. He graduated with a degree in fi -Academic All-American. He graduated with a degree in fi -nance a year ahead of schedule in 2010, so he used his fourth nance a year ahead of schedule in 2010, so he used his fourth year to earn a master’s degree.year to earn a master’s degree.

Maybe with another year he could have been halfway to a Maybe with another year he could have been halfway to a Ph.D.Ph.D.

— Steve Walentik— Steve Walentik

Westminster tennis players make All-SLIAC teamSix Westminster men’s tennis players made the All-St. Louis Six Westminster men’s tennis players made the All-St. Louis

Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team. First-teamers were Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team. First-teamers were Anthony Becker at No. 2 singles, Justin Arnold at No. 6 singles, Anthony Becker at No. 2 singles, Justin Arnold at No. 6 singles, David Berry and Tyler Wollmershauser at No. 3 doubles. Hon-David Berry and Tyler Wollmershauser at No. 3 doubles. Hon-orable-mention picks were Tony Stephenson at No. 1 singles, orable-mention picks were Tony Stephenson at No. 1 singles, Wollmershauser at No. 4 singles, Berry at No. 5 singles and Wollmershauser at No. 4 singles, Berry at No. 5 singles and Stephenson and Steven Yob at No. 1 doubles. Yob made the Stephenson and Steven Yob at No. 1 doubles. Yob made the all-sportsmanship team.all-sportsmanship team.

Three Westminster women’s tennis players made the All-Three Westminster women’s tennis players made the All-SLIAC team. Accashia Thomas was a fi rst-team pick at No. 6 SLIAC team. Accashia Thomas was a fi rst-team pick at No. 6 singles. Sarah Heeter earned honorable-mention honors at No. singles. Sarah Heeter earned honorable-mention honors at No. 1 singles. Amy Osborn made the all-sportsmanship team.1 singles. Amy Osborn made the all-sportsmanship team.

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HOUSTON (AP) — St. Louis starter Kyle Lohse entered last night’s game against the Houston Astros having allowed just six runs combined in his first four starts.

Lohse wasn’t able to continue that success, giving up all of Hous-ton’s runs in the first two innings.

Jose Altuve put the Astros on top with a three-run homer in the sec-ond inning, and they held on for a 5-4 win over the Cardinals.

It was the fourth straight win for the Astros and the second consec-utive loss for the National League Central-leading Cardinals.

Lohse (4-1), who started the sea-son 4-0 for the first time in his career, had his worst outing of the season. He allowed seven hits and five runs — both season highs — in a season-low five innings. Three of his runs were earned, the others came because of two errors by the Cardinals.

“It was a grind,” Lohse said. “I felt like I was up and missed a couple spots early. They made me work a little bit more than I have had to in recent starts.”

St. Louis Manager Mike Mathe-ny said Lohse had trouble getting the ball down.

“He got balls in the air,” Mathe-ny said. “This was a day that he just didn’t have that down bite. When he is up in the zone, it is going to be a tough day for him. You can tell that by the fly balls.”

Jordan Schafer reached in the first inning on a fielding error by Matt Carpenter. Altuve followed with a single and the pair advanced on a double steal. A single by Car-los Lee scored Schafer before Jed Lowrie’s single sent Altuve home to make it 2-1.

Lohse said he got frustrated at one point.

“I didn’t think I had too bad of control,” Lohse said. “I felt like I was up in the zone. I felt like I was around the zone all night. There were a couple calls that could have gone either way ... It was one of those things where you are out there grinding, feel like you are hit-ting your spots, and you keep run-ning full counts and 2-2 counts.”

The game was tied at 2 before Altuve’s shot, which a fan in the top row of the Crawford Boxes in left field caught, to give Houston a 5-2 lead.

After Altuve’s home run, Lohse gave up two singles and a walk in his final 32/3 innings of work.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Missouri’s Andreas Plackis arrives at fi rst base a split-second before Texas’ Alex Silver catches the ball in the second inning but is called out on the play. The Tigers lost 6-4 in the fi rst game of a weekend series at Taylor Stadium.

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MU is opportunisticbut loses 5th straight.BY MATT NESTORmnestor@columbiatribune.com | 815-1786

It wasn’t so much the number of hits the Missouri baseball team collected. It was the timeliness that had the Tigers thinking they’re moving in the right direction.

Missouri finished with just five hits in a 6-4 loss to Texas last night on Simmons Field — snapping a string of four straight four-hit games. The Tigers took advantage of Long-horns mistakes to keep runners moving around.

“I feel a lot better tonight than I did last Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday,” MU Coach Tim Jamieson said, referring to losses at Texas Tech and Arkansas. “I felt like we competed. I thought we did some good things tonight, which, after that Friday night at Tech, we hadn’t done much. So it’s some-thing to build on.”

Eric Garcia had two hits and a run and Andreas Plackis tripled and scored for the Tigers, who rallied from a five-run deficit.

Losing pitcher Rob Zastryzny pitched into the eighth inning, allowing five earned runs on nine hits and three walks.

Jonathan Walsh hit a two-run home run for the Longhorns (27-16, 13-6 Big 12), who scored three of their runs with two outs.

“I went long enough, I just didn’t give us solid innings all the way through,” Zast-ryzny said. “They had some good hits, and I made some bad pitches, and they capital-ized on it.”

Sitting sixth in the Big 12 standings, the Tigers (23-22, 7-12) remain 2½ games behind fifth-place Oklahoma (9-9) but missed an opportunity to separate them-selves from the teams trailing them in the standings — Texas Tech lost at Texas A&M; Kansas and Kansas State both are playing nonconference series.

Jeff Emens is scheduled to start for the Tigers today in Game 2 of the series. Texas had Corey Knebel penciled in as today’s starter, but Knebel pitched 21/3 innings in relief last night, earning his ninth save, and is

not expected to start. A replacement starter was not named.

The Tigers had to feel like they were reliv-ing the worst of the skid as Texas starter Parker French held them without a hit through the first four innings. But they took advantage of some miscues to scratch back into the game.

Plackis broke up the no-hit bid with a lead-off triple in the fifth. After issuing a one-out walk to Case Munson, French left the game with an elbow injury. He was scheduled to be examined last night, and the extent of the injury was not known. Hoby Milner entered and was called for a balk, allowing Plackis to score.

Missouri added a pair of runs in the sixth after a Blake Brown leadoff walk. Ben Turner doubled into the left-center gap to score Brown. Turner moved to third on Conner Mach’s long flyout to center and scored on Dillon Everett’s groundout.

In the seventh, Garcia led off with a double and moved to third on pinch-hitter Sal Bel-fonte’s sacrifice bunt. Everett hit a sharp grounder that shortstop Jordan Etier mis-played to get Missouri within 5-4.

“We started to get some guys on. We caught a few situations that we definitely took advan-tage of,” Garcia said. “When we did get guys on base, we were able to move them around, score some runs. Unfortunately, we didn’t get enough of them.”

The Tigers missed on a chance to tie the game with two outs. Everett raced around to third on Knebel’s errant pickoff attempt. Brown had a green light on a 3-0 count and chased a high fastball. He eventually struck out.

“I got the green light from Coach and kind of made up my mind at that point that I was going to swing,” Brown said. “It’s what we call a rookie mistake.”

Jordan Etier hit an RBI double in the sec-ond inning, and Walsh connected for his fourth home run of the year in the third to stake the Longhorns to a 3-0 advantage. Texas extended the lead to 5-0 in the fifth inning. Zastryzny retired the first two hitters, but a walk to Walsh gave the Horns new life. Jacob Felts hit an RBI double then scored on Alex Silver’s single.

The Longhorns added an insurance run in the eighth — again with two outs. Zastryzny erased the first two hitters on two pitches before Kevin Lusson hit a hard grounder that third baseman Mach couldn’t field cleanly. A Brooks Marlow single ended Zastryzny’s night, and Jake Walsh walked a batter and hit a batter to push home the runner.

“I’ll tell ya, that’s the most frustrating part,” Zastryzny said of the two-out runs. “As a competitor, when I get two outs, I smell blood and I go after them. Today, I just didn’t.”

TIGERSTTTTTLAST NIGHT

Texas 6, Missouri 4

TODAYTexas at Missouri, 1 p.m. (FSN)

Texas’ Brooks Marlow forces out Mis-souri’s Conner Mach at second and completes the double play in the fourth inning of the Longhorns’ 6-4 victory.

MLBMMMYankees 6, Royals 2

MLBMMMMMMAstros 5, Cardinals 4

Jeter leadsYankees

over RoyalsKANSAS CITY (AP) — Derek

Jeter belted a two-run homer, CC Sabathia went eight innings for the third straight time and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 last night.

The night began with closer Mariano Rivera’s announce-ment that he plans to return from a devastating knee injury rather than retire and ended when David Robertson struck out the side in the ninth to give Sabathia (4-0) his fourth straight victory.

Jeter singled and scored on Mark Teixeira’s homer in the first inning and then broke the game open with his fifth homer during a four-run seventh. Jeter hit only six homers all last year, his fifth coming on Sept. 4. He’s batting a robust .404 so far this season.

All the damage came against Royals left-hander Bruce Chen (0-4).

Lohse getsstuck withfirst loss

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Kewpies win eventsin Jefferson City dualBY THE TRIBUNE’S STAFF

The Hickman track team competed in a dual meet with Jefferson City yes-terday at Pete Adkins Stadium.

On the girls side, Kiona Hughes, Hannah Corbin, Corey Potter and Mikayla Logan won the 400-meter relay with a time of 50.3 seconds. Hughes also won the 100, and Logan won the long jump. Potter took second in the hurdles. Melissa Lowary and Dakotah Meierotto took second and third in the pole vault with a height of 9 feet. Nicole Mello placed in the 800 with a time of 2:25.

On the boys side, Devin Sander came back from injury to run his first meet of the season with a time of 4:38 in the 1,600. David Ludeman won the triple jump.

BaseballHickman 11, Troy Buchanan 9:

Jake Alexander hit a home run and a double and drove in four runs to lead the Kewpies (14-6) in Troy.

Hickman overcame a 6-0 first-inning deficit and rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh. Jonathan Jones went 2 for 4 with two runs, and Colby Fitch drove in two runs. Sam Wright got the win with two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief, and Ben

Welch earned the save.Centralia 3, Blair Oaks 1: Nate Van

Boening threw a six-hit complete game to lead the Panthers (14-8), who turned three double plays in Wardsville. Cul-len Ralphs hit a three-run double in the second inning, and Zach Etzler went 2 for 3 with a run.

Mexico 4, Hallsville 0: Hunter Haynes and Cody Creed threw a com-bined no-hitter in the seventh-place game of the Fulton Tournament. Haynes pitched five innings with nine strikeouts while Creed finished the game. Mexico (9-12) scored all their runs in the first inning. Tanner Church allowed six hits and struck out four in six innings for Hallsville (9-10).

Girls soccerChristian Fellowship 2, Christian

Academy of Greater St. Louis 1: The Knights advanced to the champi-onship game of the Missouri Christian Schools Athletic Association State Tournament in Joplin. Anna Brug-mann and Chandler Greenwood each had a goal and an assist.

Sacred Heart 1, Southern Boone 0: The Gremlins broke the tie in the 78th minute with a goal from Morgan Boguss. Southern Boone (10-7-1) hosts Osage on Monday.

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MU softball teamoutlasts Oregon

BY THE TRIBUNE’S STAFFThe Missouri softball team won a battle of ranked oppo-

nents with a 5-4 victory over Oregon last night in Eugene, Ore. The ninth-ranked Tigers improved to 39-11, and the 12th-ranked Ducks dropped to 36-13.

Chelsea Thomas (20-7) worked out of trouble all night and ended the game by striking out Christie Nieto with the tying run on third base. Thomas yielded seven hits, walked five and struck out six.

Ashley Fleming hit a two-run home run — her 14th of the year — to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead in the third. Oregon tied it in the bottom half of the inning and took a 4-3 lead in the fourth. With the help of two botched rundowns, Missouri scored twice in the sixth, with Lindsey Muller scoring the winning run after an errant attempt to tag her out at third.

Nicole Hudson went 2 for 4 with a run, and Kayla Kingsley went 1 for 3 with an RBI.

HAAC Tournament: Rebecca Lipsey hit a two-run dou-ble in the sixth inning to lead 20th-ranked Central Method-ist to a 2-1 victory over Baker. The Eagles also beat MidAmer-ica Nazarene 3-1 to advance to the championship round in Overland Park, Kan.

Kelsey Johnley tied the school’s career record for stolen bases at 60 with one successful attempt. Aubrey Utley won both games in the circle and tied her school record with 24 wins. The Eagles improved to 39-12.

BaseballHAAC Tournament: Central Methodist beat Evangel 7-5

and Avila 10-3 to advance to the championship round in St. Joseph. Daniel Peters, Neil Hansen and Mike Allen had three hits each against Evangel for the Eagles (25-21-1).

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — It’s on to Talladega Superspeedway, where the focus yesterday was on engine temperatures and tandem racing and everything that factors into the fast Alabama track.

But as everyone turned their attention to tomorrow’s race, there was still a hangover from the dra-matic decisions that altered NASCAR’s last outing.

A late penalty took Carl Edwards out of contention for the win Sat-urday night at Richmond, and a caution for debris gave Kyle Busch the opening to take the victory away from Tony Stewart. After fin-ishing third, Stewart complained the debris was nothing more than a plastic bottle that provided zero threat to anyone on the track.

Both drivers left Richmond unhappy with NASCAR, but both had cooled by the time they got to Talladega.

“There is nothing else that I can do,” said Edwards, who was penal-ized for jumping a restart. “I am satisfied with that personally, that I did everything I could do and that

is that.”Stewart also seemed resigned to

simply accepting the final out-come.

“It looked like a bottle to me, but the end result is the same thing: It still cost us an opportunity. It still cost us a win,” Stewart said. “Yes, they did what they needed to do,

but you just hate the timing of it. And you hate that it even hap-pened in the first place.”

Either way, the late-race theat-rics had people talking, and that’s what NASCAR needed after a stretch of ho-hum racing. The last month has featured unusually clean, caution-free racing, and the

long green-flag runs have stretched the field and eliminated accidents. The last multi-car accident in the Sprint Cup Series was at Martins-ville Speedway, four races ago.

Yesterday, NASCAR President Mike Helton defended both the penalty against Edwards — “It was never in doubt he jumped the restart” — and the need for the caution debris that spoiled Stew-art’s race — “It was a good bit more significant than a water bottle.”

But he didn’t discount the effect both incidents had on the percep-tion of the overall product, which usually spikes whenever NASCAR is shrouded in controversy and drama. Helton remains confident there’s plenty of action ahead for NASCAR.

“I’ve been around long enough that I’ve seen stretches where we’ve got more drama than we can han-dle, and I’ve seen stretches where the focus should be on the race track,” he said. “So just sit tight. In

my opinion, there’s going to be drama, and there was a little last weekend between them and us.”

Now comes Talladega, where it’s unclear what kind of racing we’ll see.

The 2.66-mile superspeedway has traditionally been one of the most exciting venues on the NASCAR schedule, in part because of the constant threat of a massive accident that can collect a large portion of the field. The mandated use of restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega kept the entire 43-car field bunched in a pack, and one wrong move by one driver could trigger “The Big One.”

That changed over the last few years as drivers figured out the fastest way around the track was in a two-car tandem with one driver pushing another. Fans hated the tandem racing, and NASCAR worked tirelessly over the winter to create a rules package that would end the practice. It worked in breaking up the two-car tandems in the Daytona 500, and tomorrow might also be void of that style.

4B www.columbiatribune.com COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE Saturday, May 5, 2012

HORSE RACING

Bodemeister enters today’s Kentucky Derby as a 4-1 favorite, but a deep and talented fi eld make it a tough race to predict. Morry Gash/AP

A hot time at the DerbyOne of the best fi eldsin years will competein Run for the Roses.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Hot pace. Muggy day. One of the deepest, talented fields in years.

A delicious stew with all the ingredients for an unpredictable Kentucky Derby.

The 20-horse field for today’s race is so stacked that unbeaten Gemologist is no bet-ter than the third choice on the morning line.

In other years, the colt would be the talk of the Derby. In this one, early favorites Bode-meister and Union Rags have grabbed the spotlight.

Still, some very talented colts could go off at big odds — I’ll Have Another at 12-1 or, at 15-1, Take Charge Indy, whose jockey, Calvin Borel, has brought home long-shot winners twice in five years.

“This is the best bunch I’ve seen in a long time,” four-time Derby-winning trainer D. Wayne Lukas said. “I was out there riding next to some of them, and let me tell you, this is a hell of a group.”

Lukas will saddle one of the longest shots, 50-1 Optimizer.

“History tells us that you can’t throw any-one out,” said Todd Pletcher, a former Lukas assistant who has two Derby starters, includ-ing Gemologist. “There have been some win-ners the past few years that have been way down everybody’s depth charts.”

Some of the strongest contenders — Han-sen, for example — have had the most suc-cess running at or near the pace. But their task is complicated by the presence of speed-ball Trinniberg, who could prove to be enough of a pest on the front end to compromise any horse willing to keep pace with him.

If the early fractions in the 1¼-mile race are fast enough, it could set up well for a deep closer like Dullahan, Daddy Nose Best or I’ll Have Another.

Three-time Derby winner Bob Baffert, who trains 4-1 favorite Bodemeister and long shot Liaison, called it “one of the toughest Derbys I’ve been in probably the last 10 years.”

“I’ve brought some really good horses here, and they were the best horse, but they got

beat,” he said, referring to Lookin At Lucky, the 2010 race-day favorite who was trapped on the rail and finished sixth. In 2001, his heavy favorite Point Given wound up fifth.

“I don’t want to get myself too pumped up. Even my son, Bode, doesn’t want to talk about it,” he said.

The 7-year-old namesake of Bodemeister is worried. Upon learning the colt was head-ed to the Derby, he asked his dad, “Well, what if he loses?”

“It’s a little extra pressure for me to make sure that he runs well,” said Baffert, who had a medical scare in March when he was hospi-talized with a heart attack in Dubai.

Bodemeister, ridden by Hall of Fame jock-ey Mike Smith, goes into the starting gate staring down 129 years of Derby history. The last horse to win without racing as a 2-year-old was Apollo in 1882.

Union Rags, the 9-2 second choice ridden by Julien Leparoux, is the best horse trainer Michael Matz has brought to the Derby since he won with undefeated Barbaro in 2006.

“I was lucky enough once,” he said. “It’s hard to believe you can get lucky twice.”

Matz trains the strapping colt for Phyllis Wyeth, the former steeplechase rider who was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1962

car accident and gets around in a wheelchair. She is married to painter Jamie Wyeth, whose father was the renowned artist Andrew Wyeth.

Gemologist, undefeated in five races, is trained by 2010 Derby winner Pletcher, yet he’s been overshadowed by the other entrants since arriving late in Louisville and getting most of his training in Florida.

“He’s done everything he could possibly do,” Pletcher said, “but part of it might be because the 2-year-old races he ran in weren’t the Breeders’ Cup races. He was a little late in developing.”

Two of Gemologist’s wins came at Churchill Downs.

“Anytime you’ve had success over this track in the past, it bodes well for the future,” Pletcher said.

Hansen is a standout on looks alone. The colt is nearly white, and his outspoken owner, Kendall Hansen, tried to doll him up by hav-ing his tail painted blue for the Blue Grass three weeks ago. The track stewards didn’t approve, and neither did trainer Mike Maker.

“We’re going to win this race,” Hansen said. “We’re not worried about anybody. We’ve got the best horse.”

Like Baffert and Pletcher, Steve Asmussen has two horses in the Derby — Daddy Nose Best and Sabercat — who will try to help him end an 0-for-10 skid. He came close last year when Nehro finished second to Animal King-dom.

“It is definitely on the bucket list,” Asmus-sen said. “I like my horses, love how they’re doing, feel that they’re going to run real good Saturday.”

Today’s forecast calls for a high of 86 with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunder-storms. The Derby day temperature has topped 80 degrees just five times since 1969, when it hit 87.

Making it feel subtropical is the humidity, which was close to 70 percent yesterday. The heat combined with humidity affects horses in different ways. Some sweat profusely. All Derby horses will be examined by vets on race morning.

“The hot weather may be to our advan-tage,” said Mark Casse, who saddles 30-1 shot Prospective. “There are some hot-headed horses in this field that it could hurt. My horse stays calm and cool.”

PP Horse Jockey Odds

1. Daddy Long Legs Colm O’Donahue 30-1

2. Optimizer Jon Court 50-1

3. Take Charge Indy Calvin Borel 15-1

4. Union Rags Julien Leparoux 9-2

5. Dullahan Kent Desormeaux 8-1

6. Bodemeister Mike Smith 4-1

7. Rousing Sermon Jose Lezcano 50-1

8. Creative Cause Joel Rosario 12-1

9. Trinniberg Willie Martinez 50-1

10. Daddy Nose Best Garrett Gomez 15-1

11. Alpha Rajiv Maragh 15-1

12. Prospective Luis Conteras 30-1

13. Went the Day Well John Velazquez 20-1

14. Hansen Ramon Dominguez 10-1

15. Gemologist Javier Castellano 6-1

16. El Padrino Rafael Bejarano 20-1

17. Done Talking Sheldon Russel 50-1

18. Sabercat Corey Nakatani 30-1

19. I’ll Have Another Mario Gutierrez 12-1

20. Liaison Martin Garcia 50-1

Kentucky Derby fieldBodemeister is the favorite at odds of 4-1 for the 138th running of the Derby. He will face a full field of 20 horses.

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Edwards ready to move on at Talladega

Nigel Kinrade/Autostock, APCarl Edwards, right, talks with Doug Yates, the CEO of Roush Yates Engines, yesterday during practice in Talladega, Ala.

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Bowlsbyis bullish on Big 12BY BLAIR KERKHOFFThe Kansas City Star

Iowa football Coach Kirk Ferentz remembered being surprised when his athletic director, Bob Bowlsby, left for Stanford.

“It caught us a little off guard, because he had been here for a

while and was an Iowa native,” Ferentz said. “But a new chal-lenge was intriguing to him. And I imag-ine that was the case here.”

It was precise-ly the case as Bowlsby was introduced as

the Big 12’s new commissioner yesterday at the league headquar-ters in Irving, Texas. Bowlsby, who spent 15 years at Iowa and the last six at Stanford, desired to have a bigger voice in college athletics.

“I’ve kind of traveled the path that in the old days might have led to becoming the NCAA president,” Bowlsby said. “The leadership positions I’ve held put you in shape to have a crack at that. But that train had left the station. That job goes to university presidents, and that’s how it should be. This gives me the best opportunity to have a say in what college football looks like, what college athletics looks like.”

Not to mention shaping the image of the ever-shifting Big 12.

Bowlsby, 60, took more than an hour’s worth of questions yester-day, and many focused on the sta-bility of the conference, which has lost four members and gained two over the last two years.

Bowlsby said he wouldn’t have listened to the search firm that approached him or accepted the job unless he believed the Big 12 was good for the long haul.

“I came into the discussion with apprehension. I had a vision of this conference as being unstable,” Bowlsby said. “What I found was a group of CEOs committed to one another, and it very quickly put my mind at ease.”

Bowlsby once had a predator’s perspective of the Big 12. Twice in the last two years, it appeared the league could crumble because its members would join the Pac-12. One, Colorado, did.

“Obviously, I had some inside information about what was going on,” Bowlsby said. “It was hard during the middle of that process to not think, at least in the back of my mind, that it was like rats leav-ing a sinking ship. But cooler heads prevailed. I know the league has learned a lot from those process-es.”

But have the other members of the conference learned to trust Texas?

The Longhorns wield much power in the Big 12 — strong enough to drive Texas A&M and Missouri away and to keep the conference alive and valuable to television suitors by staying put. Oklahoma also flexed its influence last fall, causing uncertainty by expressing doubts about the Big 12’s future and flirting with the Pac-12.

It’s a situation unlike any other in major college sports. Bowlsby was asked specifically about being a puppet for the league’s power brokers.

“I would suggest you do your homework,” he said. “I haven’t been good at being a puppet over the years.”

Still, Bowlsby acknowledged Texas’ uniqueness and said during the interview process he asked “probing questions” about the Longhorns’ relationship with the remainder of the conference.

“Texas is always going to be an 800-pound gorilla in college ath-letics,” Bowlsby said. “I’m very impressed with the way Texas is committed to the conference and to the best outcomes for them and the nine other members.”

Oklahoma State President Burns Hargis, chairman of the Big 12 Board of Directors, said the league is likely to extend the conference’s six-year grant of rights that serves as a binding agreement tied to media revenue. The Big 12 has an agreement with Fox for about $1.2 billion through 2012 and is work-ing on a similar arrangement with ESPN.

As a first task, Bowlsby wants the rest of college sports to know what he learned the last few weeks.

“I’m concerned about making sure we do things in branding and messaging that demonstrates the solidarity I have found,” Bowlsby said. “The public perception is sig-nificantly less positive than the private reality. We need to go about the process of shouting from the rooftop, that these are 10 schools that are going to do great things.”

Bob Bowlsby:New Big 12 commissioner

Woods hasearly exit atWells Fargo

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nick Watney answered what he referred to as a wake-up call at the Wells Fargo Championship by taking the lead.

Tiger Woods might need one after missing the cut.

Watney had gone nine straight rounds on the PGA Tour with-out breaking 70 and had failed to crack the top 10 in all nine of his stroke-play tour-naments this year. He worked hard to change that, and it paid off yesterday with an 8-under 64 that gave him a one-shot lead over Webb Simpson going into the weekend.

A two-time winner last year, Watney had failed to crack the top 30 in a full-field event this year and missed the cut in New Orleans for his first weekend off at a tourna-ment since July.

“Last week was a wake-up call for me,” Watney said. “And I’ve worked really hard these five days leading into this event. I think it just shows I’m making progress. Who knows what’s going to hap-pen this weekend, but I’m really excited for it. More hard work, and hopefully I’ll be in this position a lot more.”

Woods wound up in rare posi-tion.

He failed to make a birdie on any of the par 5s or any hole on his back nine, missing a 4-foot birdie putt on his 17th hole with the cut on the line. Woods wound up with a 73 — his eighth consecutive round in the 70s — for an even-par 144 to miss the cut by one shot.

It was only the eighth time in 267 events on the PGA Tour that Woods missed the cut and the first time it happened at the same place twice — Quail Hollow, where in four trips before the downfall in his personal life Woods had won once and never finished worse than 11th.

“This is one of my favorite tour stops, and unfortunately, I’m just not going to be around for the last two days,” Woods said.

Phil Mickelson and Lee West-wood narrowly avoided joining him.

Mickelson was right on the cut line and facing a scary finish on the par-3 17th over water and the par-4 18th, with a stream running down the left side and trees and trouble on the right. He played both holes perfectly for pars, though his 72 left him 11 shots out of the lead.

Mickelson couldn’t believe how much the course had changed from Thursday morning, especially with the swirling wind that made the course nearly tough enough to let Woods back into the tourna-ment. Woods was tied for 85th when he finished.

Seventy-four players made the cut at 1-under 143, the first time in the 10-year history at Quail Hollow the cut was under par.

Westwood was outside the cut line until he holed an 18-foot bird-ie on the 17th and made par on No. 18 for a 72. He will play with Mick-elson today.

Watney was at 12-under 132 and will play in the final group with Simpson, who had a 68. Watney is staying with Simpson, who lives about a mile away. One side bene-fit from his 64 was that he has a bet with his host that high score takes out the garbage each day.

Nick Watney:Leads at Wells Fargo tourney