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BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Recalled C Steve Clevenger from Norfolk (IL). Designated C Ryan Lavarnway for assignment.

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Announced Brett Hayes cleared waivers and was sent outright to Columbus (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Activated LHP Jason Vargas from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Brandon Finnegan to Omaha (PCL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Recalled INF Grant Green from Salt Lake (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Activated LHP Sean Doolittle from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Angel Castro to Nashville (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS—Activated OF Austin Jackson from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Danny Farquhar to Tacoma (PCL).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Placed RHP Enrique Burgos on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Vidal Nuno from Reno (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled LHP Chris Rusin from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned LHP Yohan Flande to Albuquerque.

MIAMI MARLINS—Placed INF Michael Morse on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 24. Recalled RHP Jose Urena from New Orleans (PCL). Reassigned third base coach Brett Butler to outfield and base-running coach. Named Lenny Harris third base coach.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Waived-injured LB Keith Pough. Waived DL Calvin Barnett. Signed OL Eric Olsen and LB Mike Reilly.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Waived-injured WR Chris Boyd. Signed WR A.J. Jenkins and OL Chaz Green.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed LB Dane Fletcher. Signed WR Zach D'Orazio.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Waived DL Daryl Waud.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Signed coach Ken Hitchcock to a one-year contract.

COLLEGE

NEBRASKA—Signed men's basketball coach Tim Miles to a one-year contract extension through the 2019-20 season.

NORTHWESTERN—Agreed to terms with men's basketball coach Chris Collins a contract extension.

OREGON—Announced graduate student OL Matt Hegarty has transferred from Notre Dame.

TENNESSEE—Announced the resignation of associate head baseball coach Greg Bergeron.

Baseball

minor league

south atlantic league

Northern Division

W L Pct. GB

Hickory (Rangers) 31 14 .689 —

West Virginia (Pirates) 26 18 .591 4½

Hagerstown (Nationals) 24 21 .533 7

Delmarva (Orioles) 22 23 .489 9

Lakewood (Phillies) 21 22 .488 9

Kannapolis (White Sox) 21 24 .467 10

Greensboro (Marlins) 18 27 .400 13

Southern Division

W L Pct. GB

Greenville (Red Sox) 26 18 .591 —

Charleston, S.C. (Yankees)

23 22 .511 3½

Augusta (Giants) 21 22 .488 4½

Rome (Braves) 21 24 .467 5½

Savannah (Mets) 20 25 .444 6½

Asheville (Rockies) 19 26 .422 7½

Lexington (Royals) 19 26 .422 7½

Tuesday's games

Hickory 9, Delmarva 4

Hagerstown 10, Greensboro 3

Rome 8, Charleston, S.C. 1

Kannapolis 4, Lexington 1

Savannah 5, Asheville 1

Greenville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

West Virginia at Lakewood (n)

Wednesday's games

Delmarva at Hickory, 11 a.m.

West Virginia at Lakewood, 11:05 a.m.

Hagerstown at Greensboro, 12:30 p.m.

Lexington at Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m.

Rome at Charleston, S.C., 7:05 p.m.

Asheville at Savannah, 7:05 p.m.

Greenville at Augusta, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday's games

Rome at Hickory, 7 p.m.

Lakewood at Greensboro, 7 p.m.

Greenville at Lexington, 7:05 p.m.

Kannapolis at Hagerstown, 7:05 p.m.

West Virginia at Delmarva, 7:05 p.m.

Charleston, S.C. at Savannah, 7:05 p.m.

Augusta at Asheville, 7:05 p.m.

Lexington 100 000 000—1 7 1

Kannapolis 200 000 11x—4 8 1

Stephenson, Marte (7), Guevara (8) and Villegas; Almonte, Salgado (8) and Fish. W—Almonte (3-2). L—Stephenson (1-3). Sv—Salgado (3).

college

ncaa tournament

SUPER REGIONALS

(Double-elimination; x-if necessary)

Louisville

Friday's games

Game 1 — Michigan (37-23) vs. Bradley (35-19), 2 p.m.

Game 2 — Louisville (43-16) vs. Morehead State (38-20), 6 p.m.

Saturday's games

Game 3 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, noon

Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 31

Game 5 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, Noon

Game 6 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 4 p.m. Monday

x-Game 7 — Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m.

high school

11th region at Henry Clay

Wednesday's semifinals

Sayre (24-13) vs. Madison Central (31-6), 6

Lexington Christian (25-11) vs. Henry Clay (16-20), 8:30 p.m.

Thursday's finals

Semifinals winners, 7 p.m.

Basketball

nba

playoffs

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE FINALS

Monday's game

Golden State at Houston (n), Golden State leads series 3-0

Tuesday's game

Cleveland 118, Atlanta 88, Cleveland wins series 4-0

Wednesday's game

Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

Friday's game

x-Golden State at Houston, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 31

x-Houston at Golden State, 9 p.m.

cavaliers 118, hawks 88

Cleveland wins series 4-0

ATLANTA (88) — Carroll 3-9 0-2 7, Millsap 5-13 6-8 16, Horford 1-6 0-0 2, Teague 8-13 0-0 17, Bazemore 4-11 4-6 12, Mack 4-11 1-2 10, Scott 1-5 0-0 2, Schroder 2-7 0-0 4, Muscala 4-5 0-0 8, Jenkins 4-5 0-0 10. Totals 36-85 11-18 88.

CLEVELAND (118) — James 10-20 1-4 23, Thompson 6-8 4-8 16, Mozgov 5-9 4-5 14, Irving 6-11 2-3 16, Shumpert 1-8 0-0 3, Dellavedova 3-6 3-3 10, Smith 7-14 0-0 18, Jones 1-5 2-3 5, Harris 2-2 2-2 7, Miller 1-1 0-0 3, Perkins 1-2 1-2 3, Marion 0-0 0-0 0, Haywood 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-87 19-30 118.

Atlanta 20 22 18 28— 88

Cleveland 32 27 26 33—118

Three-point goals—Atlanta 5-32 (Jenkins 2-3, Carroll 1-5, Teague 1-5, Mack 1-5, Muscala 0-1, Schroder 0-1, Scott 0-4, Millsap 0-4, Bazemore 0-4), Cleveland 13-31 (Smith 4-10, Irving 2-3, James 2-6, Harris 1-1, Miller 1-1, Dellavedova 1-2, Jones 1-4, Shumpert 1-4). Rebounds—Atlanta 46 (Millsap 10), Cleveland 65 (Thompson 11). Assists—Atlanta 22 (Millsap, Horford 5), Cleveland 23 (James 7). Total fouls—Atlanta 20, Cleveland 18. Technicals—Bazemore, Thompson. A—20,562 (20,562).

rockets 128, warriors 115

Monday's game; Golden State leads series 3-1

GOLDEN STATE (115) — Barnes 6-13 0-0 14, Green 9-14 1-1 21, Bogut 0-1 0-2 0, Curry 7-18 3-3 23, Thompson 9-21 0-0 24, Iguodala 4-9 3-5 13, Barbosa 5-10 0-0 12, Ezeli 2-5 0-2 4, Livingston 2-6 0-0 4, Lee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-97 7-13 115.

HOUSTON (128) — Ariza 5-10 4-4 17, Smith 7-8 3-12 20, Howard 6-10 2-7 14, Terry 4-9 0-0 10, Harden 13-22 12-13 45, Prigioni 1-1 0-0 3, Jones 6-11 1-1 14, Brewer 0-4 1-2 1, Capela 1-1 2-4 4. Totals 43-76 25-43 128.

Golden State 22 37 25 31—115

Houston 45 24 30 29—128

Three-point goals—Golden State 20-46 (Curry 6-13, Thompson 6-13, Barnes 2-4, Green 2-5, Barbosa 2-5, Iguodala 2-6), Houston 17-32 (Harden 7-11, Smith 3-4, Ariza 3-7, Terry 2-6, Prigioni 1-1, Jones 1-2, Brewer 0-1). Fouled out—Green. Rebounds—Golden State 50 (Green 15), Houston 60 (Howard 12). Assists—Golden State 26 (Curry, Green, Bogut 4), Houston 22 (Harden, Smith 5). Total fouls—Golden State 29, Houston 16. Technicals—Golden State Coach Kerr, Livingston, Jones. Flagrant fouls—Howard. A—18,239 (18,023).

Golf

state

Callaway Stableford Classic

At Hunting Creek C.C.

Stableford scoring

Matt Hermann, LaGrange 35

Logan Watts, New Albany 35

Daniel Utley, Louisville 35

Barry Bonifield, Louisville 35

David Huffman Jr., Louisville 34

Andrew Lardner, Shelbyville 34

Austin Meyer, Jamestown 34

John Bachman, Louisville 33

Keith Ohr, Louisville 32

David Shearn, Louisville 31

Blake Watts, Louisville 31

Mel McIntyre, Kuttawa 31

Ryne Burnett, Paducah 30

Alex Martin, Georgetown 30

Adam Gary, Bowling Green 30

Kirk Schooley, Frankfort 30

local

hole-in-one

Sunday at The Brook G.C., Versailles

Larry Kincaid aced the 152-yard 13th hole with a 6-iron. Witnesses: Ricky Coke, Gary Dunaway, Zeke Freeman.

ladies' day

At Meadowbrook G.C.

Gross—Jan Keifer 70, Janet Beers 78, Barbara Sterrett 87.

Fayette Women's Golf Association

9 holes

At Lakeside G.C.

Gross—Kathryn Drydyk 47, Katherine Walcott 47; Most bogies—Drydyk 4, Pat Pecoraro 4.

18 holes

At Gay Brewer, Jr. Course at Picadome

First flight, gross—Roz Tender 87; net—Jackie Resinger 79, Susanne Adams 80, Peggy Hek 80.

Second flight, gross—Lynda Campbell 94; net—Janet Clark 75, Donna Eastburn 75, Becky Hudson 79.

Third flight, gross—Greer Klesk 95; net—Mihi Soung 64, Melinda Flynn 73.

Fourth flight, gross—JoAnn Nevitt 109; net—Susie Lindon 74, Kathy Rasmussen 77.

At Moss Hill G.C., Versailles

18 holes

Gross—Connie Burnette; net—Cathy Weil; Fewest putts—Burnette; Special—Burnette

Hockey

nhl

playoffs

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

CONFERENCE FINALS

Monday's game

Anaheim 5, Chicago 4 (OT), Anaheim leads series 3-2

Tuesday's game

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay (n), Tampa Bay led series 3-2

Wednesday's game

Anaheim at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Friday's game

x-Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 30

x-Chicago at Anaheim 8 p.m.

Softball

college

NAIA WORLD SERIES

(Double-elimination)

At Sioux City, Iowa

TUESDAY's games

Oregon Tech 4 Central Methodist 3 (16)

LSU-AlexandriaLindsey Wilson (n)

Concordia Auburn-Montgomery (n)

WEDNESDAY's games

Game 16: Oregon Tech vs. LSUA-LW winner, 5 p.m.

Game 17: Game 16 winner vs. Concordia-AM loser, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY's games

Game 18: Concordia-AM winner vs. Game 17 winner, 6 p.m.

Game 19: Game 18 winner vs. Game 18 loser (if necessary), TBD

high school

11th reGIon at Paul Dunbar

Wednesday's semifinals

Paul Dunbar (17-14) vs. Scott Co. (28-8), 6 p.m.

Woodford Co. (32-3-1) vs. Madison Central (24-14), 8 p.m.

Thursday's finals

Semifinals winners, 7 p.m.

Tennis

professional

french open

At Paris

Surface: hard-outdoor

MEN'S SINGLES

First round

David Ferrer (7), Spain, d. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1; Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, d. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Joao Sousa, Portugal, d. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-1; Leonardo Mayer (23), Argentina, d. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2.

Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, d. Maxime Hamou, France, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, d. Joao Souza, Brazil, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4; Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, d. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1, 7-5; Rafael Nadal (6), Spain, d. Quentin Halys, France, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.

Jeremy Chardy, France, d. Michael Berrer, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Kevin Anderson (15), South Africa, d. Tim Smyczek, U.S., 6-4, 6-4, 6-2; Richard Gasquet (20), France, d. Germain Gigounon, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0; John Isner (16), U.S., d. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3.

Nicolas Almagro, Spain, d. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6); Andrea Arnaboldi, Italy, d. James Duckworth, Australia, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-0; Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, d. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2; Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, d. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.

Jack Sock, U.S., d. Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-3; Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, d. Victor Estrella Burgos, Dominican Republic, 6-3, 6-1, 6-0; Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, vs. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 4-6, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), susp., darkness.

Women's singles

First round

Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, d. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova (18), Russia, d. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Julia Goerges, Germany, d. CoCo Vandeweghe, U.S., 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, d. Taylor Townsend, U.S., 6-3, 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, d. Karin Knapp, Italy, 6-3, 6-0; Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, d. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-4, 6-3; Timea Bacsinszky (23), Switzerland, d. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-3, 6-4; Zarina Diyas (32), Kazakhstan, d. Dinah Pfizenmaier, Germany, 6-4, 6-1.

Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, d. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7); Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, d. Shelby Rogers, U.S., 6-2, 6-1; Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, d. Jelena Jankovic (25), Serbia, 6-3, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone, Italy, d. Wang Qiang, China, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Kristina Mladenovic, France, d. Eugenie Bouchard (6), Canada, 6-4, 6-4; Irina Falconi, U.S., d. Manon Arcangioli, France, 6-2, 6-0; Madison Keys (16), U.S., d. Varvara Lepchenko, U.S., 7-6 (3), 6-3; Serena Williams (1), U.S., d. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3.

Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, d. Alexa Glatch, U.S., 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, d. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3; Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, d. Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (4); Lourdes Dominguez Lino, Spain, d. Christina McHale, U.S., 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

wednesday's SHOW COURT SCHEDULE

Play begins at 5 a.m.

Court Philippe Chatrier

Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, vs. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia; Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, vs. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil; Gael Monfils (13), France, vs. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina; Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, vs. Virginie Razzano, France

Court Suzanne Lenglen

Sam Stosur (26), Australia, vs. Amandine Hesse, France; Marcel Granollers, Spain, vs. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland; Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, vs. Simona Halep (3), Romania; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, vs. Dudi Sela, Israel

Court No. 1

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, vs. Gilles Simon (12), France; Alize Cornet (29), France, vs. Alexandra Dulgheru, Romania; Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, vs. Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic; Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, vs. Misaki Doi, Japan

Court No. 2

Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, vs. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia; Ernests Gulbis (24), Latvia, vs. Nicolas Mahut, France; Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain, vs. Camila Giorgi, Italy; Teliana Pereira, Brazil, vs. Ekaterina Makarova (9), Russia