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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS Saturday, April 8, 2017 East Oregonian Page 3B NBA Westbrook secures triple-double average By BOB BAUM Associated Press PHOENIX — Russell West- brook became the second player in NBA history to average a triple- double for a season, but failed for the second game in a row to break Oscar Robertson’s single-season record for most triple-doubles. Westbrook fell two assists shy of what would have been his 42nd triple-double in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s one-sided 120-99 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday night. On a rough night all around, Westbrook had 23 points (on 6-of-25 shooting, 2 of 12 on 3-pointers), 12 rebounds and eight assists, along with eight turnovers before coach Billy Donovan pulled him with 2:34 to play. Devin Booker scored 21 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter for the Suns, who snapped a 13-game losing streak. Westbrook did get the six assists he needed to assure that he’d join Robertson as the only players to average a triple-double for a season. Robertson averaged 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists for the Cincinnati Royals in the 1961-62 season. Enes Kanter added 17 points for the Thunder, who shot just 37 percent. T.J. Warren scored 23 for Phoenix. Westbrook had probably his worst shooting half of the season and his teammates didn’t show much interest in the contest as the Suns opened a 28-point lead. He missed his first 11 shots before sinking a 17-footer with 50.4 seconds left in the half. He followed that quickly with a three-point play on an acrobatic drive to the basket. But his halftime stats were ugly: 2-for-13 shooting, 0 for 4 on 3s, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 turnovers. Phoenix, meanwhile, shot 61 percent in the first half, led by Warren’s 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting, to Oklahoma City’s 39 percent and led 71-48 at the half. Westbrook earned assists on Oklahoma City’s first three baskets in the opening minute of the second half but he got only two more the rest of the night. THREE MORE CHANCES Westbrook has three more chances for that 42nd triple-double, two of them against Denver. AP Photo/Matt York Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) spins around Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Phoenix. NASCAR With Texas changes, 6-time winner not even a favorite By STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Jimmie Johnson has led more laps at Texas than any other NASCAR Cup Series driver, and won a record six times there. But all that was before the entire 1 1/2-mile track was repaved, and Turns 1 and 2 were reconfigured. “It’s a clean sheet of paper. You can’t pick a favorite right now,” Johnson said Friday. “Any time there is a reconfiguration, a new asphalt, it’s a total game changer. All of past history is now out the window and it’s like we are coming here for the first time.” Even for guys like Johnson , who will make his 28th start Sunday at the Texas track that was completely repaved earlier this year for the first time since 2001. “Everyone is on equal playing ground,” Trevor Bayne said. “Nobody has 10 years of notebooks to go to and say, ‘I am Kevin Harvick and I run the bottom at Atlanta and I am really good at it.’ You can’t do that now. You don’t know what you need to do.” Harvick is the polesitter after winning all three rounds of qualifying Friday, including a fast lap of 198.405 mph on the fresh track. Johnson qualified 24th, making it through the first round despite a spin and then not running another qualifying lap. On only the second lap of the nearly 2 1/2-hour Cup practice Friday, Denny Hamlin got loose and spun through Turns 1 and 2, but was able to keep his car off the wall. Kyle Busch later made slight contact with the rear of his car against the outer wall after going too high into the wider and less- banked area on the track. “I just missed the entry point getting into Turn 1,” Busch said, referring to the area in the track where the changes begin. Chase Elliott wasn’t as fortunate, forced into a backup car after crashing the primary No. 24 Chevrolet coming out of Turn 2. Erik Jones also had to go to a backup car after his crash, when he went hard into the AP Photo/Larry Papke Jimmie Johnson, left, talks with crew chief Chad Knaus on pit road during qualifying for Sunday’s NA- SCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, April 7, 2017. wall through Turns 3 and 4. “It’s going to get better, but the problem is the groove itself keeps getting better and better and better as we run in it,” Martin Truex Jr. said “The faster you’re going in the groove, the faster you’re going when you get out of it.” Johnson has 1,023 laps led in the Lone Star State, well ahead of Matt Kenseth’s 854 that is the second-most and with one more start there. Johnson has 20 top-10 finishes, including the runner-up four times by less than a half-second. Before last year, when Joe Gibbs Racing drivers swept the two Texas races, Johnson had won three in a row and five of the previous seven here. Busch won last April and Carl Edwards, who has since stepped away from driving, got his fourth Texas victory last fall. Texas announced plans in January to repave the track and do extensive drainage improvements after both NASCAR weekends and the IndyCar race at Texas last year were hampered by rain. TMS President Eddie Gossage said the old asphalt had become porous, almost like sponge, making it diffi- cult to dry in a timely matter. The IndyCar race had to be pushed back 2 1/2 months after two days of rain. As part of the project, completed before this race so the track would be the same for the Chase race there in November, Texas also made changes in Turns 1 and 2. The banking was reduced from 24 degrees to 20 degrees and the racing surface widened from 60 to 80 feet in that area. “I think the asphalt itself is going to be a bigger factor in this first race,” Johnson said. “As time goes on I think the extra real estate we have in 1 and 2 will become more the story, but getting started it’s going to be tire wear-related and the asphalt.” At least it should be dry. There’s no significant chance for rain in North Texas until next week. Harvick wins pole Kevin Harvick quickly got up to speed on the new pavement at Texas Motor Speedway, while some top drivers never made on the track for qualifying. Harvick won all three rounds of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying Friday, earning his 19th career pole with a lap of 198.405 mph during the final segment at the 1 1/2-mile track that was completely repaved this year. “It’s been a stressful day, coming and breaking in a new race track and then going out there and running as fast as we had to run for qualifying,” Harvick said. Nine of the 40 cars in the race didn’t make it through inspection in time to make qualifying runs. Those included series points leader Kyle Larson, three of the four drivers for Hendrick Motor- sports and defending race winner Kyle Busch after his practice crash earlier in the day. Ryan Blaney qualified second at 198.020 mph, and will start on the front row Sunday even though he had the same qualifying speed as Clint Bowyer. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Mac-Hi at Ontario (2), 1/3 p.m. Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Monday Hermiston at Kennewick (WA), 4 p.m. Tuesday College Place (WA) at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Stanfield, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Heppner vs. Dufur (DH) (at The Dalles), 2/4 p.m. Sherman at Weston-McEwen (DH), 2/4 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Saturday Culver at Pilot Rock (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Echo at Bonanza, 11 a.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario (2), 1/3 p.m. Central Catholic at Hermiston (2), 1/3 p.m. Echo vs. Oakland (at Bonanza), 2 p.m. Tuesday La Grande at Hermiston (DH), 3/5 p.m. Pendleton at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m. Umatilla at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m. PREP GOLF Monday Hermiston (boys) at Bend CC, 11 a.m. Hermiston (girls) at Indian Creek G.C., 10 a.m. Tuesday Mac-Hi (Girls), Heppner at La Grande CC, 1 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Today Pendleton, Riverside, Umatilla, Stanfield, Pilot Rock, Heppner, Weston-McEwen, Echo, Helix at Stanfield, 10 a.m. Hermiston at Eisenhower (WA), 10 a.m. Arlington at Seaside, 10 a.m. Ione at Glide, 11 a.m. Tuesday Condon/Wheeler at Crook County, 4 p.m. PREP TENNIS Today Mac-Hi at La Grande, 11 a.m. Sherman, Riverside at Helix, 10 a.m. Tuesday Pendleton at Baker, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi (boys) at The Dalles, 4 p.m. The Dalles at Mac-Hi (girls), 4 p.m. Hermiston (boys) at Hood River, 4 p.m. Hood River at Hermiston (girls), 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Ione, 4 p.m. Riverside at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. PREP LACROSSE Today Hermiston at Cleveland, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday Selah (WA) at Hermiston, 7 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Today Walla Walla at Blue Mountain (2), 1/4 p.m. Wednesday Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley (2), 1/4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today Northwest at Eastern Oregon (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Prep Scores BASEBALL Class 6A REYNOLDS 4, Gresham 3 CLACKAMAS 5, Centennial 0 CENTRAL CATHOLIC 4, Oregon City 2 Lakeridge 5, CANBY 1 Class 5A La Salle Prep 8, SANDY 3 LEBANON 11, Dallas 5 Mountain View 20, REDMOND 5 (5) Summit 6, RIDGEVIEW 0 HERMISTON 12, Heritage (WA) 11 Heritage (WA) 12, HERMISTON 2 Class 4A Estacada 14, CROOK COUNTY 3 PHILOMATH 12, Stayton 0 Baker / Powder Valley 17, OROFINO (ID) 7 Phoenix 4, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 1 MAZAMA 17, Lakeview 3 CASCADE CHRISTIAN 7, Phoenix 6 Class 3A Irrigon 13, UMATILLA 0 Joseph / Enterprise / Wallowa 7, VALE 6 Nyssa 17, RIVERSIDE 2 Stanfield / Echo 11, BURNS 0 (6 inn) Stanfield / Echo 15, BURNS 5 RIVERSIDE 9, Nyssa 2 Irrigon 13, UMATILLA 0 Joseph / Enterprise / Wallowa 12, VALE 1 (5 inn.) SOFTBALL Class 6A GLENCOE 5, Beaverton 4 (9 innings) JESUIT 11, Aloha 2 Century 7, LIBERTY 2 Roseburg 7, SOUTH MEDFORD 6 SOUTH MEDFORD 3, Roseburg 2 Clackamas 15, LAKERIDGE 5 Westview 10, HOOD RIVER VALLEY 3 THE DALLES / DUFUR 22, Canby 0 REYNOLDS 19, Sherwood 8 Class 5A Mountain View 23, REDMOND 8 RIDGEVIEW 16, Summit 2 PENDLETON [JV] 12, Irrigon 11 IRRIGON 12, Pendleton [JV] 6 Class 4A Crook County 13, ESTACADA 2 (6 inn) MADRAS 14, Molalla 13 (8 innings) CASCADE CHRISTIAN 17, Phoenix 8 Phoenix 6, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 3 Class 3A VALE 10, Enterprise / Joseph / Wallowa 9 VALE 4, Enterprise / Joseph / Wallowa 2 Echo / Stanfield 21, BURNS 0 Echo / Stanfield 26, BURNS 0 Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L 1. y-Cleveland 51 28 2. x-Boston 50 29 3. x-Toronto 49 31 4. y-Washington 48 31 5. Atlanta 41 38 6. Milwaukee 40 39 7. Chicago 39 40 8. Indiana 39 40 —— Miami 38 41 Charlotte 36 43 Detroit 36 43 New York 30 50 Philadelphia 28 51 Orlando 28 51 Brooklyn 19 60 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L 1. z-Golden State 65 14 2. y-San Antonio 61 18 3. x-Houston 53 26 4. x-Utah 49 30 5. x-L.A. Clippers 48 31 6. x-Oklahoma City 45 34 7. x-Memphis 43 37 8. Portland 39 40 —— Denver 38 41 New Orleans 33 46 Dallas 32 47 Sacramento 31 48 Minnesota 31 48 L.A. Lakers 24 55 Phoenix 23 57 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Pct .646 .633 .613 .608 .519 .506 .494 .494 GB — 1 2½ 3 10 11 12 12 .481 .456 .456 .375 .354 .354 .241 13 15 15 21½ 23 23 32 Pct .823 .772 .671 .620 .608 .570 .538 .494 GB — 4 12 16 17 20 22½ 26 .481 .418 .405 .392 .392 .304 .288 27 32 33 34 34 41 42½ z-clinched conference ——— Friday’s Games Atlanta 114, Cleveland 100 Toronto 96, Miami 94 Detroit 114, Houston 109 Memphis 101, New York 88 San Antonio 102, Dallas 89 Denver 122, New Orleans 106 Utah 120, Minnesota 113 Phoenix 120, Oklahoma City 99 L.A. Lakers 98, Sacramento 94 Saturday’s Games Chicago at Brooklyn, 2 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 3 p.m. Miami at Washington, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Utah at Portland, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Toronto at New York, 9 a.m. Cleveland at Atlanta, 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 2 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 3 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 3 p.m. Houston at Sacramento, 3 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Indiana at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Orlando at Chicago, 5 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 7 p.m. Houston at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts y-Montreal 81 46 26 9 101 x-Ottawa 80 43 27 10 96 x-Boston 81 44 30 7 95 Toronto 80 39 26 15 93 Tampa Bay 81 41 30 10 92 Buffalo 80 33 35 12 78 Florida 80 33 36 11 77 Detroit 80 32 36 12 76 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts x-Washington 80 54 18 8 116 x-Pittsburgh 80 50 19 11 111 x-Columbus 80 49 23 8 106 x-N.Y. Rangers 80 47 27 6 100 N.Y. Islanders 80 39 29 12 90 Philadelphia 80 38 33 9 85 Carolina 80 35 31 14 84 New Jersey 80 28 38 14 70 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts z-Chicago 81 50 23 8 108 x-Minnesota 81 48 25 8 104 x-St. Louis 80 44 29 7 95 x-Nashville 81 41 28 12 94 Winnipeg 81 39 35 7 85 Dallas 81 33 37 11 77 Colorado 80 22 55 3 47 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts x-Anaheim 80 44 23 13 101 x-Edmonton 79 45 25 9 99 x-San Jose 80 44 29 7 95 x-Calgary 80 45 31 4 94 Los Angeles 79 37 35 7 81 Arizona 81 30 41 10 70 Vancouver 79 30 40 9 69 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference GF GA 223 198 207 209 233 209 244 236 230 225 199 230 205 237 201 240 GF GA 260 179 277 226 244 189 252 215 233 238 212 230 207 228 180 236 GF GA 242 210 263 207 227 212 239 222 247 255 219 259 161 271 GF GA 216 196 235 202 215 199 224 215 189 195 196 257 177 232 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. ——— Friday’s Game Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 2 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 9:30 a.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. Washington at Boston, Noon (NBC) Chicago at Los Angeles, Noon N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 4 p.m. Montreal at Detroit, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Carolina, 4 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Arizona, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games New Jersey at Detroit, 2 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Columbus at Toronto, 3 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Florida at Washington, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 6 p.m. END REGULAR SEASON Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 3 0 1.000 — Boston 2 1 .667 1 Tampa Bay 3 2 .600 1 Toronto 1 3 .250 2½ New York 1 3 .250 2½ Central Division W L Pct GB Minnesota 4 0 1.000 — Cleveland 3 1 .750 1 Detroit 2 1 .667 1½ Chicago 1 2 .333 2½ Kansas City 1 3 .250 3 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 3 2 .600 — Houston 3 2 .600 — Oakland 2 3 .400 1 Texas 1 3 .250 1½ Seattle 1 4 .200 2 ——— Friday’s Games Detroit 6, Boston 5 Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 8 Texas 10, Oakland 5 Kansas City 5, Houston 1 Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Arizona 7, Cleveland 3 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 1 Saturday’s Games Boston (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Zim- mermann 0-0), 10:10 a.m. Minnesota (Mejia 0-0) at Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 0-0), 11:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-1) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 0-0) at Tampa Bay (Archer 1-0), 3:10 p.m. Kansas City (Duffy 0-0) at Houston (Keuchel 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Graveman 1-0) at Texas (Darvish 0-0), 5:05 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 0-0) at Arizona (Greinke 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Hernandez 0-1) at L.A. Angels (Nolasco 0-1), 7:07 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 3 New York 2 Miami 2 Philadelphia 1 L 1 2 2 3 Pct GB .750 — .500 1 .500 1 .250 2 Atlanta 1 3 .250 2 Central Division W L Pct GB Cincinnati 3 1 .750 — Chicago 2 2 .500 1 Milwaukee 2 3 .400 1½ Pittsburgh 1 2 .333 1½ St. Louis 1 3 .250 2 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 4 1 .800 — Colorado 4 1 .800 — Los Angeles 3 2 .600 1 San Diego 2 3 .400 2 San Francisco 1 4 .200 3 ——— Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 4 Washington 7, Philadelphia 6 Colorado 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 San Diego 7, San Francisco 6 Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 2, Chicago Cubs 1, 11 innings Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 0 Arizona 7, Cleveland 3 Saturday’s Games Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0) at St. Louis (Wacha 0-0), 11:15 a.m. Atlanta (Dickey 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Washington (Guthrie 0-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0) at Milwau- kee (Milone 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Conley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Gsell- man 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bauer 0-0) at Arizona (Greinke 0-0), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-0) at Colorado (Gray 0-0), 5:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-0) at San Diego (Chacin 0-1), 5:40 p.m. Golf PGA Tour The Masters Friday At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. Purse: TBA ($10 million in 2016) Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72 Second Round Charley Hoffman 65-75—140 Sergio Garcia 71-69—140 Thomas Pieters 72-68—140 Rickie Fowler 73-67—140 William McGirt 69-73—142 Ryan Moore 74-69—143 Jon Rahm 73-70—143 Fred Couples 73-70—143 Justin Rose 71-72—143 Adam Scott 75-69—144 Jordan Spieth 75-69—144 Phil Mickelson 71-73—144 Matt Kuchar 72-73—145 Rory McIlroy 72-73—145 Soren Kjeldsen 72-73—145 Charl Schwartzel 74-72—146 Hideki Matsuyama 76-70—146 Martin Kaymer 78-68—146 Jason Day 74-76—150 Failed to make the cut — Notables Danny Willett 73-78—151 Jim Furyk 78-73—151 Zach Johnson 77-74—151 Bubba Watson 74-78—152 Motorsports NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Lineup Race Sunday, 10:30 a.m. (TV: FOX) At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas (Car number in parenetheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford 2. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford 3. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford 4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford -4 -4 -4 -4 -2 -1 -1 -1 -1 E E E +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +6 +7 +7 +7 +8 5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford 6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet 7. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota 8. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota 9. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 10. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford 11. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford 12. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford 13. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet 14. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 15. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford 16. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet 17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 18. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford 19. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford 20. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota 21. (38) David Ragan, Ford 22. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet 23. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota 24. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 25. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 26. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford 27. (7) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet 28. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet 29. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota 30. (15) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet 31. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet 32. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet 33. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 34. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota 35. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet 36. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota 37. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet 38. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet. 39. (51) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet 40. (55) Derrike Cope, Toyota Transactions Friday BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Pittsburgh minor league RHP Junior Lopez (Bradenton-FSL) 25 games following a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIORE ORIOLES — Acquired RHP Miguel Castro from Colorado for a player to be named or cash considerations. Desig- nated RHP Joe Gunkel for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP Garrett Richards on 10-day DL, retroactive to April 6. Recalled RHP Mike Morin Salt Lake City (PCL). National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Rich Hill on the 10-day DL, retroactive to April 6. Recalled RHP Josh Fields from Oklahoma City (PCL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed C Hector Sanchez on the 7-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Jabari Blash from El Paso (PCL). Transferred OF Alex Dickerson to the 60-day DL. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Hunter Strickland on the paternity list. Recalled LHP Steven Okert from Sacramento (PCL). FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Marcus Cromartie, OT Cameron Jefferson, LB Jacob Lindsey, DE Jake Metz, OL Jordan Mudge, DB Bradley Sylve, LB Junior Sylvestre and LB Eddie Yarbrough. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed DB Nickell Robey-Coleman. NEW YORK JETS — Signed CB John Ojo. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed LB Jayson DiManche to a one-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Anaheim F Nick Ritchie two games for roughing Chicago D Michal Rozsival during an April 6 game.