Tennis

COLLEGE WOMEN

No. 11 Stanford 5, Washington State 2

At Pullman, Simmelink Tennis Courts

Singles - Elisabeth Fournier (WSU) def. No. 8 Hilary Barte (STAN), 6-4, 6-0; No. 94 Liudmila Vasilieva (WSU) def. No. 61 Lindsay Burdette (STAN), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Mallory Burdette (STAN) def. Ksenia Googe (WSU), 6-1, 6-1; No. 69 Stacey Tan (STAN) def. Andjela Kankaras (WSU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; No. 109 Carolyn McVeigh (STAN) def. Marina Nicolas (WSU) 6-0, 6-1; Veronica Li (STAN) def. Lea Jansen (WSU), 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles - Barte/Burdette (STAN) def. Fournier/Vasilieva (WSU), 8-0; Burdette/Tan (STAN) def. Googe/Kankaras (WSU), 8-5; McVeigh/Li (STAN) def. Nicolas/Jansen (WSU), 8-4.

ATP World Tour U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

Thursday

At River Oaks Country Club

Houston

Purse: $607,200 (WT250)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Horacio Zeballos (6), Argentina, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-3, 6-2.

Wayne Odesnik, United States, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 7-5.

Lleyton Hewitt (4), Australia, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 1-6, 6-0, 7-6 (2).

Sam Querrey (3), United States, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-1.

Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. John Isner (2), United States, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3).

Fernando Gonzalez (1), Chile, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Doubles

Quarterfinals

Nathan Healey and Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, and Alessandro Motti, Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Semifinals

Stephen Huss, Australia, and Wesley Moodie (3), South Africa, def. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, and Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-3.

WTA TOUR THE MPS GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS

Thursday

At Sawgrass Country Club

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Green Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Second Round

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 6-2, 6-2.

Elena Vesnina (4), Russia, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-3, 6-2.

Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 6-1, 6-1.

Melanie Oudin (8), United States, def. Peng Shuai, China, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Doubles

Quarterfinals

Sarah Borwell, Britain, and Raquel Kops-Jones, United States, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 tiebreak.

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Yan Zi (1), China, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, and Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-2, 6-1.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

y-Boston 49 29 .628 -

Toronto 38 40 .487 11

New York 28 50 .359 21

Philadelphia 26 52 .333 23

New Jersey 11 67 .141 38

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

y-Orlando 55 23 .705 -

x-Atlanta 49 29 .628 6

x-Miami 44 34 .564 11

x-Charlotte 42 36 .538 13

Washington 24 54 .308 31

Central Division

W L Pct GB

z-Cleveland 61 18 .772 -

x-Milwaukee 44 34 .564 161/2

Chicago 38 40 .487 221/2

Indiana 30 48 .385 301/2

Detroit 25 53 .321 351/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Dallas 51 27 .654 -

x-San Antonio 48 30 .615 3

Houston 40 38 .513 11

Memphis 39 39 .500 12

New Orleans 35 44 .443 161/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

x-Denver 52 27 .658 -

x-Utah 51 28 .646 1

x-Oklahoma City 48 30 .615 31/2

x-Portland 48 30 .615 31/2

Minnesota 15 63 .192 361/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

y-L.A. Lakers 55 23 .705 -

x-Phoenix 51 27 .654 4

L.A. Clippers 27 52 .342 281/2

Sacramento 25 54 .316 301/2

Golden State 24 54 .308 31

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Thursday's Games

Chicago 109, Cleveland 108

Sacramento 116, L.A. Clippers 94

Denver 98, L.A. Lakers 96

Today's Games

Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Indiana at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Chicago at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.

GOLF

THE MASTERS

Thursday

At Augusta National Golf Club

Yardage: 7,435 Par: 72 (36-36)

First Round

(a-amateur)

Fred Couples 34-32 - 66

Tom Watson 34-33 - 67

Lee Westwood 35-32 - 67

Phil Mickelson 35-32 - 67

Y.E. Yang 35-32 - 67

K.J. Choi 35-32 - 67

Anthony Kim 33-35 - 68

Nick Watney 34-34 - 68

Ian Poulter 34-34 - 68

Tiger Woods 33-35 - 68

Ricky Barnes 36-32 - 68

David Toms 35-34 - 69

Sandy Lyle 35-34 - 69

Trevor Immelman 36-33 - 69

Charl Schwartzel 35-34 - 69

Adam Scott 37-32 - 69

Francesco Molinari 35-35 - 70

Soren Kjeldsen 33-37 - 70

Zach Johsnon 35-35 - 70

Yuta Ikeda 37-33 - 70

Matt Kuchar 33-37 - 70

Bernhard Langer 33-38 - 71

John Senden 36-35 - 71

Steve Marino 33-38 - 71

Dustin Johnson 37-34 - 71

Mike Weir 36-35 - 71

a-Matteo Manassero 35-36 - 71

Ernie Els 35-36 - 71

Hunter Mahan 37-34 - 71

Robert Karlsson 36-35 - 71

Ben Crane 36-35 - 71

Nathan Green 36-36 - 72

Heath Slocum 36-36 - 72

John Merrick 36-36 - 72

Jerry Kelly 35-37 - 72

Marc Leishman 38-34 - 72

Bill Haas 35-37 - 72

Ryo Ishikawa 35-37 - 72

Robert Allenby 39-33 - 72

Ryan Palmer 35-37 - 72

Ryan Moore 36-36 - 72

Sean O'Hair 36-36 - 72

Kenny Perry 36-36 - 72

Miguel Angel Jimenez 37-35 - 72

Scott Verplank 36-37 - 73

a-Brad Benjamin 38-35 - 73

Angel Cabrera 33-40 - 73

Ben Curtis 38-35 - 73

Steve Stricker 37-36 - 73

Brian Gay 34-40 - 74

a-Nathan Smith 35-39 - 74

Geoff Ogilvy 40-34 - 74

Luke Donald 39-35 - 74

Todd Hamilton 35-39 - 74

Retief Goosen 35-39 - 74

Kevin Na 37-37 - 74

Soren Hansen 39-35 - 74

Thongchai Jaidee 37-37 - 74

Camilo Villegas 37-37 - 74

Rory McIlroy 37-37 - 74

Sergio Garcia 37-37 - 74

Padraig Harrington 37-37 - 74

Louis Oosthuizen 36-39 - 75

Graeme McDowell 40-35 - 75

Mark O'Meara 38-37 - 75

Rory Sabbatini 36-39 - 75

Tim Clark 35-40 - 75

Alvaro Quiros 36-39 - 75

Paul Casey 36-39 - 75

Justin Leonard 37-38 - 75

Steve Flesch 40-35 - 75

a-Ben Martin 36-39 - 75

John Rollins 34-41 - 75

Jason Dufner 36-39 - 75

Shingo Katayama 38-37 - 75

Martin Kaymer 38-38 - 76

Larry Mize 37-39 - 76

Vijay Singh 38-38 - 76

Edoardo Molinari 37-39 - 76

Lucas Glover 37-39 - 76

Stewart Cink 35-41 - 76

David Duval 35-41 - 76

Simon Dyson 38-39 - 77

Ben Crenshaw 40-37 - 77

Ross Fisher 39-38 - 77

Oliver Wilson 40-38 - 78

a-Byeong-Hun An 39-39 - 78

Chris Wood 41-37 - 78

Craig Stadler 42-37 - 79

Chad Campbell 38-41 - 79

a-Chang-won Han 39-40 - 79

Anders Hansen 39-41 - 80

Jim Furyk 36-44 - 80

Henrik Stenson 41-39 - 80

Ian Woosnam 41-40 - 81

Michael Campbell 41-42 - 83

Baseball

American League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 2 1 .667 -

Tampa Bay 2 1 .667 -

Toronto 2 1 .667 -

Baltimore 1 2 .333 1

Boston 1 2 .333 1

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 3 1 .750 -

Cleveland 2 1 .667 1/2

Detroit 2 1 .667 1/2

Chicago 1 2 .333 11/2

Kansas City 1 2 .333 11/2

West Division

W L Pct GB

Oakland 3 1 .750 -

Texas 1 2 .333 11/2

Los Angeles 1 3 .250 2

Seattle 1 3 .250 2

Thursday's Games

Toronto 3, Texas 1

Detroit 7, Kansas City 3

Oakland 6, Seattle 2

Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4

Cleveland 5, Chicago White Sox 3, 11 innings

Minnesota 10, L.A. Angels 1

Today's Games

Cleveland (Huff 0-0) at Detroit (Porcello 0-0), 10:05 a.m.

Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Baltimore (Bergesen 0-0), 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Vazquez 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Seattle (Vargas 0-0) at Texas (Lewis 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

Boston (Wakefield 0-0) at Kansas City (Davies 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Liriano 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Oakland (G.Gonzalez 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Palmer 0-0), 7:05 p.m.

National League

All Times Pacific

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 2 1 .667 -

Florida 2 1 .667 -

Philadelphia 2 1 .667 -

New York 1 2 .333 1

Washington 1 2 .333 1

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Milwaukee 2 1 .667 -

Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 -

St. Louis 2 1 .667 -

Chicago 1 2 .333 1

Cincinnati 1 2 .333 1

Houston 0 3 .000 2

West Division

W L Pct GB

San Francisco 3 0 1.000 -

Arizona 2 1 .667 1

Colorado 1 2 .333 2

Los Angeles 1 2 .333 2

San Diego 1 2 .333 2

Thursday's Games

L.A. Dodgers 10, Pittsburgh 2

Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 1

Washington 6, Philadelphia 5

Chicago Cubs 2, Atlanta 0

Florida 3, N.Y. Mets 1

Friday's Games

San Diego (Richard 0-0) at Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0), 1:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Hudson 0-0) at San Francisco (Sanchez 0-0), 1:35 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Silva 0-0) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 0-0) at Florida (Volstad 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (Mock 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Happ 0-0) at Houston (Norris 0-0), 5:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Lohse 0-0) at Milwaukee (Bush 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 0-0) at Arizona (R.Lopez 0-0), 6:40 p.m.

COLLEGE

East

Bentley 2, Stonehill 1, 13 innings

Oneonta 14, Old Westbury 2

Richard Stockton 3, Rutgers-Camden 1

Rowan 3, College of N.J. 2

Wentworth Tech 11, Newbury 4

William Paterson 7, Ramapo 5 SOUTH

Aususta St. 5, Limestone 3

Lee 19, Tenn. Temple 1

St. Augustine's 13-14, St. Paul's 0-0

Shenandoah 12, E.Mennonite 5

Southwest

New Mexico 11, BYU 5

NW Oklahoma 11, Oklahoma Christian 6

S. Nazarene 13, St. Gregory's 3

Hockey

National Hockey League

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-New Jersey 80 46 27 7 99 213 189

x-Pittsburgh 80 46 27 7 99 251 231

Philadelphia 80 40 34 6 86 231 220

N.Y. Rangers 80 37 33 10 84 217 213

N.Y. Islanders 80 34 36 10 78 216 251

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Buffalo 80 44 26 10 98 229 203

x-Ottawa 81 44 31 6 94 223 233

Boston 80 37 30 13 87 198 195

Montreal 81 39 33 9 87 214 219

Toronto 81 29 38 14 72 210 264

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

z-Washington 80 53 15 12 118 310 227

Atlanta 80 34 33 13 81 231 251

Carolina 81 35 36 10 80 228 252

Florida 80 32 36 12 76 204 237

Tampa Bay 80 32 36 12 76 210 256

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Chicago 80 51 22 7 109 264 204

x-Detroit 80 42 24 14 98 225 214

x-Nashville 81 46 29 6 98 223 224

St. Louis 80 39 32 9 87 218 218

Columbus 81 32 35 14 78 216 258

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-Vancouver 81 48 28 5 101 265 219

x-Colorado 80 43 29 8 94 241 226

Calgary 81 40 31 10 90 201 203

Minnesota 81 38 36 7 83 216 242

Edmonton 80 26 46 8 60 208 274

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

y-San Jose 81 50 20 11 111 261 213

x-Phoenix 81 50 25 6 106 223 199

x-Los Angeles 80 45 27 8 98 236 214

Anaheim 80 38 31 11 87 228 243

Dallas 81 36 31 14 86 233 251

Thursday's Games

Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 3, SO

Dallas 3, Anaheim 2, SO

Minnesota 2, Calgary 1, SO

Phoenix 3, Los Angeles 2, SO

Boston 3, Buffalo 1

Carolina 5, Montreal 2

Pittsburgh 7, N.Y. Islanders 3

Florida 3, New Jersey 2

San Jose 4, Vancouver 2

Today's Games

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m.

Detroit at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

OAKLAND ATHLETICS-Claimed OF Jai Miller off waivers from Florida and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Transferred LHP Josh Outman to the 60-day DL.

SEATTLE MARINERS-Selected the contract of RHP Jesus Colome from Tacoma (PCL). Designated OF Ryan Langerhans for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS-Placed C Jarrod Saltalamacchia on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Matt Treanor from Oklahoma City (PCL). Transferred RHP Warner Madrigal to the 60-day DL.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES-Claimed RHP Cristhian Martinez off waivers from Florida and optioned Martinez to Gwinnett (IL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Agreed to terms with RHP Yovani Gallardo on a five-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Optioned RHP Andrew Carpenter to Lehigh Valley (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Released INF Ramon Vazquez unconditionally.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER-Assigned G Kyle Weaver to Tulsa (NBADL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS-Re-signed TE Derek Schouman.

CLEVELAND BROWNS-Signed OL Eric Ghiaciuc.

DALLAS COWBOYS-Signed DE Jason Hatcher and NT Junior Siavii.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS-Added LB Chad Nkang and DL Jarrell Chandler.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ATLANTA THRASHERS-Recalled D Arturs Kulda from Chicago (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES-Signed F Luke Adam to a three-year contract and assigned him to Portland (AHL). Recalled F Mark Mancari from Portland.

MINNESOTA WILD-Recalled D Maxim Noreau from Houston (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS-Recalled D Jared Cowen from Spokane (WHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES-Recalled F Lars Eller and D Jonas Junland from Peoria (AHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

CHICAGO FIRE-Signed D Deris Umanzor.

COLLEGE

BUTLER-Signed men's basketball coach Brad Stevens to a 12-year contract through the 2021-22 season.

GEORGETOWN, D.C.-Named David Patenaude offensive coordinator and Matt Dence receivers coach.

IONA-Named Tim Cluess men's basketball coach.

IOWA-Named Andrew Francis men's assistant basketball coach.

LIPSCOMB-Announced junior F Adnan Hodzic will enter the NBA draft.

MISSOURI-Named Robin Pingeton women's basketball coach.

OKLAHOMA-Announced sophomore G Willie Warren will enter the NBA draft.

PENN STATE-Announced junior G Talor Battle will enter the NBA draft.

ROBERT MORRIS-Signed men's basketball coach Mike Rice to a one-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season.

SIENA-Named Mitch Buonaguro men's basketball coach and signed him to a four-year contract.

SOUTHERN CAL-Named Dieter Horton men's assistant basketball coach. Promoted Bob Cantu to men's associate head basketball coach.

SUSQUEHANNA-Named Derek Pope running backs coach and Frank Duffy defensive backs coach.

TEXAS-Announced freshman G Avery Bradley will enter the NBA draft.