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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Football: Larry Wright was an offensive lineman at North Salem
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had forgotten he played in
the game until my grandma
(Kay) reminded him about
it. She brought out all these
articles and photos.”
Larry Wright was an all-
state offensive lineman for
North Salem High School,
and later played at Univer-
sity of Oregon before he
was drafted to serve in the
Vietnam War.
It has been 55 years since
Larry Wright played in the
Shrine Game, but he still
has his jersey, and proudly
wore it for a photo with his
grandson.
Surgery changes
everything
Wright grew up playing
soccer, and was on a select
team in Milton-Freewater
when he was 11 years old.
When he was 12, he
began having pains in his
left thigh. He eventually
was diagnosed with slipped
capital femoral epiphysis
(SCFE), where the growth
plate is not fully developed,
and that results in slippage
of the overlying end of the
femur.
The first surgery in 2012
impacted his mobility, but
he refused to let it beat him.
He continued to play soccer,
wrestle and rodeo.
“It’s a lot better to think
positively than negatively,”
Wright said. “It affects your
entire life.”
He had two additional
surgeries in high school, the
last being in March 2018.
After
his
sopho-
more year, Wright trans-
ferred from Mac-Hi to
Weston-McEwen,
and
switched from soccer to
football. The 5-foot-8, 210-
pound Wright was a Blue
Mountain Conference hon-
orable mention pick as an
offensive lineman his senior
year, as well as team captain
for the TigerScots.
He also continued to
Tennis: Coco Gauff
still undefeated
Continued from Page B1
who is 30, before getting past
Hercog, 28. When a reporter
wanted to know how Gauff
might spend the prize money
she’s already earned of about
175,000 pounds ($220,000),
she replied: “I mean, I can’t
buy a car, because I can’t
drive.”
That made her giggle, as
did some of the other things
she said at her news con-
ference through a perma-
nent smile, including her
unprompted opening line
about Jayden Smith’s new
album, her plea for tickets to
a Beyonce concert and pok-
ing fun at her mother, Candi,
for the way she waved her
arms overhead when Fri-
day’s victory was over.
“Please tell me she’s a
meme,” Gauff said. “I’m so
excited to go on Instagram.”
Next up: A fourth-round
matchup against 2018
French Open champion and
former No. 1 Simona Halep,
who eliminated two-time
major champ Victoria Aza-
renka 6-3, 6-1.
Other women’s contests
Monday will be No. 3 seed
Karolina Pliskova against
Karolina Muchova, No. 8
Elina Svitolina against No.
24 Petra Martic, and Dayana
Yastremska against Zhang
Shuai, who defeated former
No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki
6-4, 6-2.
The top half of the men’s
draw, meanwhile, saw more
in its series of upsets, leav-
ing defending champion
Novak Djokovic with what
seems like little resistance
in his road to the final. The
No. 1 seed got a brief test
Friday before quickly right-
ing himself and getting past
Hubert Hurkacz 7-5, 6-7 (5),
6-1, 6-4. No one else on that
side of the bracket is ranked
higher than 17th; that’s the
spot held by Milos Raonic,
who is also the only other
player who ever has been to
a Grand Slam final.
Those exiting Friday
included last year’s run-
ner-up, No. 4 Kevin Ander-
son, who was knocked off by
No. 26 Guido Pella 6-4, 6-3,
7-6 (4). Pella beat 2017 run-
ner-up Marin Cilic last year
at Wimbledon and now will
face 2016 runner-up Raonic,
who beat Reilly Opelka of
the U.S. 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1.
No. 10 Karen Khachanov,
No. 11 Daniil Medvedev and
No. 19 Felix Auger-Alias-
sime all lost.
“It’s impossible to say
who is going to figure things
out more than the others
to do what it takes to win
Slams,” Anderson said.
That could be said of
Gauff, of course, but she
sure is looking like someone
who can go far in the com-
ing years.
She has a big serve, dial-
ing it up to 118 mph on Fri-
day — only Hercog and
Serena Williams have hit
one faster this week — and
good groundstrokes off both
wings, along with some
touch and guile. And what
she possesses, above all,
is some real calm amid a
storm.
As Hercog perfectly
put it: “She’s probably
older in her head than the
numbers show.”
Baseball: Diamondjaxx
sweep Spokane in opener
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The comeback was bol-
stered by Louden Marsa-
lis, who singled on a hard
ground ball to right field that
drove in a run. Two more
runs were scored on the
throw.
Cooper Roberts dou-
bled on a line drive to left
field for two RBIs, allow-
ing Pendleton to briefly pull
even. But Northwest Advan-
tage wasn’t done, and would
shoot ahead for the sec-
ond and final time just one
inning later.
The team, comprised of
players from various Wash-
ington high schools, posted
two more RBI-singles to
escape with the win in the
bottom of the fifth.
Kyle Field struck out
four Northwest batters, but
also let slip six runs over
four innings, which was
too much for Pendleton to
recover from.
Hodgen
Distributing
fought through another tie in
their day’s closer against Mt.
Spokane, but this time, they
came out on top.
The two teams stayed
tied at 1-1 from the third
inning onward until Pendle-
ton came to life in the bot-
tom of the fifth, scoring
three runs.
Ty Beers doubled to right
field, driving in Michael
Flores. Curtis Simons
crossed home on a wild pitch
one at-bat later, and Logan
Weinke’s following fly fall
to center field allowed Beers
to score.
“We had a little more
enthusiasm in the sec-
ond game,” Armstrong
said. “When Coop’s on the
mound, he brings it out of the
rest of the team. He’s always
throwing strikes, pitching to
contact, and putting the ball
in play. It’s always a good
ball game when the pitcher’s
throwing strikes.”
Roberts, an incom-
ing Pendleton High School
senior, threw a complete
game and finished the day
with six strikeouts, with just
two hits and one run given
up along the way.
“Coop has shown us,
throughout the high school
season and even now, that
he’s capable of finishing
a game,” Armstrong said.
“Any time you put a ball in
his hands, he’ll deliver.”
team was like a big fam-
ily. I didn’t experience that
with soccer. I wish I would
have played football for four
years.”
Wright also is a mem-
ber of the Boy Scouts. He
earned his Eagle Scout
badge, re-roofing the Amer-
ican Legion Hall in Mil-
ton-Freewater as his proj-
ect. He went on to earn
additional badges to finish
the scouting program with
three palms.
The next chapter
Photo courtesy of Sharee LaRue-Wright
An X-ray shows the five screws that helped stabilize Patton
Wright’s hips.
wrestle, and was a three-
time state qualifier.
“I played soccer for a
long time, but I had other
commitments that made it
difficult to keep up with it,”
Wright said. “I love foot-
ball — the mix of a physi-
cal game and the camara-
derie. I got a lot of yellow
cards in soccer, so it was an
easy transition. The football
Wright is headed to East-
ern Oregon University,
where he will play baritone
sax in the jazz band and
study nursing. He would
like to be a critical care
nurse, possibly at a Shriners
Hospital.
“When I was younger, I
had no idea what I wanted
to do,” Wright said. “When
the radiologist figured out
what was wrong with my
hip, I thought I wanted to do
that job. Then I realized you
sit in a room all day staring
at screens. I’m a people per-
son, I want to help people.
I want to be the first person
you see.”
Wright graduated with a
3.98 GPA and earned sev-
eral scholarships to help
with school. Once he com-
pletes his courses at EOU,
he plans to continue in the
nursing program at Oregon
Health & Science Univer-
sity in Portland.
But first, he has one more
game to play, and he’s giv-
ing it his all.
Each player selected to
the Shrine Game is asked
to raise $300, with contrib-
utors honored in the game
program. Wright earned
$1,385.
“Words cannot describe
how this opportunity to
give back impacts me,”
Wright said. “I don’t even
know where to start. I have
found that actions speak
louder than words.”
Pendleton 16U girls soccer places 2nd in Richland
Photo contributed by Kirsten Lovercheck
From left to right: Shae Wyland, Sage Wyland, Ashtyn Larsen, Lindsey Pasena-Littlesky, Reilly Lovercheck, Kelsey Lover-
check, Addison Bonzani, and coach Cesar Argueta pose after taking second place at Richland’s Beat the Heat soccer tourna-
ment on June 28, 2019. Registered in the freshman division, the team won three games and tied one.
SCOREBOARD
SOCCER
2019 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
W L T GF GA Pts
x-France
3 0 0
7
1
9
x-Norway
2 1 0
6
3
6
x-Nigeria
1 2 0
2
4
3
South Korea 0 3 0
1
8
0
x-advanced to second round
THIRD PLACE
Saturday, July 6
At Nice, France
England vs. Sweden, 8 a.m.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, July 7
At Lyon, France
United States vs. Netherlands, 8 a.m.
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
EASTERN
W L T Pts GF GA
Philadelphia
10 5 5 35 37 26
D.C. United
8 5 7 31 25 21
Montreal
9 8 3 30 24 31
Atlanta
9 7 2 29 24 20
New York City FC
7 1 8 29 30 19
New York
8 7 3 27 30 24
Toronto FC
6 8 5 23 30 33
New England
6 8 5 23 22 36
Chicago
5 7 7 22 31 28
Orlando City
6 9 3 21 25 25
Columbus
5 12 2 17 16 28
Cincinnati
3 13 2 11 15 42
WESTERN
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles FC
12 2 4 40 44 15
LA Galaxy
11 7 1 34 26 22
FC Dallas
8 7 5 29 29 25
Seattle
8 5 5 29 27 24
Minnesota United
8 7 3 27 33 27
Houston
8 6 3 27 26 22
Real Salt Lake
8 8 2 26 25 28
San Jose
7 7 4 25 29 30
Portland
6 8 2 20 25 28
Vancouver
4 7 8 20 21 25
Colorado
5 10 4 19 29 38
Sporting Kansas City 4 7 7 19 28 34
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
———
Thursday, July 4
FC Dallas 2, D.C. United 0
New England 2, Colorado 1
LA Galaxy 2, Toronto FC 0
Saturday, July 6
Orlando City at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Houston at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota United at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Seattle at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at Sporting Kansas City,
5:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles FC, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 7
New York at Atlanta, 11 a.m.
Portland at New York City FC, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, July 12
New England at D.C. United, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles FC at Houston, 6 p.m.
San Jose at LA Galaxy, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 13
Columbus at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago, 5 p.m.
FC Dallas at Minnesota United, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver,
7 p.m.
Colorado at Portland, 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 14
Atlanta at Seattle, 1 p.m.
New York City FC at New York, 3:30 p.m.
TENNIS
WIMBLEDON RESULTS
LONDON (AP) — Results Friday from
Wimbledon at The All England Lawn
Tennis & Croquet Club (seedings in
parentheses):
MEN’S SINGLES
Third Round
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Hubert
Hurkacz, Poland, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4.
Ugo Humbert, France, def. Felix Auger
Aliassime (19), Canada, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.
David Goffin (21), Belgium, def. Daniil
Medvedev (11), Russia, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6,
6-3, 7-5.
Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Thomas
Fabbiano, Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4.
Guido Pella (26), Argentina, def. Kevin
Anderson (4), South Africa, 6-4, 6-3,
7-6 (4).
Milos Raonic (15), Canada, def. Reilly
Opelka, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1.
Roberto Bautista-Agut (23), Spain, def.
Karen Khachanov (10), Russia, 6-3, 7-6
(3), 6-1.
Benoit Paire (28), France, def. Jiri Vesely,
Czech Republic, 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (2).
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Third Round
Elina Svitolina (8), Ukraine, def. Maria
Sakkari (31), Greece, 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-2.
Petra Martic (24), Croatia, def. Danielle
Rose Collins, United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic, def.
Anett Kontaveit (20), Estonia, 7-6 (7), 6-3.
Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic,
def. Su-Wei Hsieh (28), Chinese Taipei,
6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Simona Halep (7), Romania, def. Victoria
Azarenka, Belarus, 6-3, 6-1.
Cori Gauff, United States, def. Polona
Hercog, Slovenia, 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5.
Shuai Zhang, China, def. Caroline Wozni-
acki (14), Denmark, 6-4, 6-2.
Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, def. Vik-
torija Golubic, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3.
MEN’S DOUBLES
First Round
Ivan Dodig, Croatia and Filip Polasek,
Slovakia, def. Jamie Murray, Britain and
Neal Skupski (10), Britain, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 3-6,
6-1, 6-4.
Second Round
Lukasz Kubot, Poland and Marcelo Melo
(1), Brazil, def. Matt Reid, Australia and
Alex de Minaur, Australia, 6-7 (11), 6-4,
6-3, 7-6 (10).
Marcelo Demoliner, Brazil and Divij Sha-
ran, India, def. Sander Gille, Belgium and
Joran Vliegen, Belgium, 7-6 (1), 5-7, 7-6
(6), 6-4.
Nicolas Mahut, France and Edouard Rog-
er-Vasselin (11), France, def. Leonardo
Mayer, Argentina and Joao Sousa, Portu-
gal, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.
Aisam Qureshi, Pakistan and Santiago
Gonzalez, Mexico, def. Bruno Soares,
Brazil and Mate Pavic (4), Croatia, 4-6,
4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
Henri Kontinen, Finland and John Peers
(8), Australia, def. Robert Lindstedt, Swe-
den and Tim Puetz, Germany, 4-6, 6-7 (1),
7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-4.
Rajeev Ram, United States and Joe Salis-
bury (12), Britain, def. Matthew Ebden,
Australia and Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-5,
6-4, 7-6 (3).
Frederik Nielsen, Denmark and Robin
Haase (16), Netherlands, def. Ken
Skupski, Britain and John-Patrick Smith,
Australia, 7-6 (14), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2).
Michael Venus, New Zealand and Raven
Klaasen (3), South Africa, def. Lleyton
Hewitt, Australia and Jordan Thompson,
Australia, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Horia Tecau, Romania and Jean-Julien
Rojer (5), Netherlands, def. Fabrice Mar-
tin, France and Hugo Nys, France, 6-1,
6-4, 6-4.
Robert Farah, Colombia and Juan Sebas-
tian Cabal (2), Colombia, def. Mikhail
Kukushkin, Kazakhstan and Alexander
Bublik, Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Second Round
Abigail Spears, United States and Nadiia
Kichenok, Ukraine, def. Kirsten Flipkens,
Belgium and Johanna Larsson (12), Swe-
den, 6-3, 6-3.
Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic and
Nicole Melichar (7), United States, def.
Desirae Krawczyk, United States and
Giuliana Olmos, Mexico, 6-4, 6-4.
Latisha Chan, Chinese Taipei and Hao-
Ching Chan (9), Chinese Taipei, def. Ali-
son van Uytvanck, Belgium and Greet
Minnen, Belgium, 6-2, 6-1.
Elise Mertens, Belgium and Aryna
Sabalenka (6), Belarus, def. Aleksan-
dra Krunic, Serbia and Shuko Aoyama,
Japan, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4.
Saisai Zheng, China and Ying-Ying Duan
(13), China, def. Renata Voracova, Czech
Republic and Makoto Ninomiya, Japan,
5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
Yifan Xu, China and Gabriela Dabrowski
(4), Canada, def. Arina Rodionova, Aus-
tralia and Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine,
6-2, 6-1.
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany and
Demi Schuurs (8), Netherlands, def. Alicja
Rosolska, Poland and Astra Sharma, Aus-
tralia, 6-3, 6-0.
Barbora Krejcikova, Czech Republic and
Katerina Siniakova (2), Czech Republic,
def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine and Aliak-
sandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 4-1, ret.
MIXED DOUBLES
First Round
Denys Molchanov, Ukraine and Galina
Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Jurgen
Melzer, Austria and Anastasia Pavly-
uchenkova, Russia, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-4.
Matwe Middelkoop, Netherlands and
Zhaoxuan Yang, China, def. Naomi
Broady, Britain and Jonny O Mara, Brit-
ain, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Marcus Daniell, New Zealand and Jen-
nifer Brady, United States, def. Nick Kyr-
gios, Australia and Desirae Krawczyk,
United States, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Henri Kontinen, Finland and Heather
Watson, Britain, def. Marcelo Demoliner,
Brazil and Abigail Spears, United States,
6-3, 6-2.
Venus Williams, United States and Fran-
ces Tiafoe, United States, def. Scott Clay-
ton, Britain and Sarah Beth Grey, Brit-
ain, 6-2, 6-3.
Shuko Aoyama, Japan and Christopher
Rungkat, Indonesia, def. Nicolas Mahut,
France and Alize Cornet, France, 1-6,
6-4, 6-4.
Philipp Oswald, Austria and Monique
Adamczak, Australia, def. Kevin Krawi-
etz, Germany and Sabrina Santamaria,
United States, 7-5, 6-2.
Artem Sitak, New Zealand and Laura
Siegemund, Germany, def. Ken Skupski,
Britain and Darija Jurak, Croatia, 3-6,
6-3, 6-4.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States
and Jamie Murray, Britain, def. Katy
Dunne, Britain and Joe Salisbury, Britain,
7-5, 7-6 (8).
Su-Wei Hsieh, Chinese Taipei and
Cheng-Peng Hsieh, Chinese Taipei, def.
Miyu Kato, Japan and Ben Mclachlan,
Japan, 6-4, 6-4.
Asia Muhammad, United States and
Luke Bambridge, Britain, def. Rajeev
Ram, United States and Alison Riske,
United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Eden Silva, Britain and Evan Hoyt, Brit-
ain, def. Leander Paes, India and Saman-
tha Stosur, Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.
Saisai Zheng, China and Joran Vliegen,
Belgium, def. Frederik Nielsen, Denmark
and Kaitlyn Christian, United States,
6-3, 7-5.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
New York
Tampa Bay
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Central
Minnesota
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
West
Houston
W
57
50
46
33
26
W
54
48
41
28
30
W
55
L
29
39
41
56
61
L
32
38
43
54
59
L
33
Pct
.663
.562
.529
.371
.299
Pct
.628
.558
.488
.341
.337
Pct
.625
GB
—
8½
11½
25½
31½
GB
—
6
12
24
25½
GB
—
Oakland
48
40
.545
7
Texas
47
40
.540
7½
Los Angeles
45
44
.506
10½
Seattle
38
53
.418
18½
———
Friday’s Games
Kansas City 7, Washington 4, 11 innings
Baltimore 4, Toronto 1
N.Y. Yankees 8, Tampa Bay 4, 11 innings
L.A. Angels 5, Houston 4
Oakland 5, Seattle 2
Saturday’s Games
Texas (Chavez 3-3) at Minnesota (Pineda
5-4), 11:10 a.m.
Baltimore (Cashner 8-3) at Toronto (Rich-
ard 1-4), 12:07 p.m.
Kansas City (Sparkman 2-4) at Washing-
ton (Scherzer 8-5), 1:05 p.m.
Boston (Porcello 5-7) at Detroit (Zimmer-
mann 0-5), 1:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Bieber 7-3) at Cincinnati (DeS-
clafani 5-4), 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 5-4) at Tampa Bay
(Snell 5-7), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-6) at Chicago
White Sox (Giolito 11-2), 4:15 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-2) at Houston
(Cole 8-5), 4:15 p.m.
Oakland (Bassitt 5-3) at Seattle (Gonzales
9-7), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Baltimore at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.
Boston at Detroit, 10:10 a.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m.
Kansas City at Washington, 10:35 a.m.
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox,
11:10 a.m.
L.A. Angels at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
Texas at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.
Oakland at Seattle, 1:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
W
L
Pct
GB
Atlanta
52 36 .591
—
Philadelphia
46 42 .523
6
Washington
45 42
.517
6½
New York
39 49 .443
13
Miami
32 53 .376 18½
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Milwaukee
47 42 .528
—
Chicago
46 42 .523
½
St. Louis
43 42 .506
2
Pittsburgh
42 45 .483
4
Cincinnati
41 44 .482
4
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
60 29 .674
—
Colorado
44 42 .512 14½
Arizona
43 45 .489 16½
San Diego
42 45 .483
17
San Francisco 39 47 .453 19½
———
Friday’s Games
Kansas City 7, Washington 4, 11 innings
Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 6, 10 innings
Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Mets 2
Saturday’s Games
Kansas City (Sparkman 2-4) at Washing-
ton (Scherzer 8-5), 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Houser 2-2) at Pittsburgh
(Agrazal 1-0), 1:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Bieber 7-3) at Cincinnati (DeS-
clafani 5-4), 1:10 p.m.
Miami (Smith 3-4) at Atlanta (Fried 9-3),
1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-6) at Chicago
White Sox (Giolito 11-2), 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia (Arrieta 8-6) at N.Y. Mets
(Syndergaard 5-4), 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis (Mikolas 5-8) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 5-7), 7:05 p.m.
Colorado (Gray 9-5) at Arizona (Ray 5-6),
7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Paddack 5-4) at L.A. Dodgers
(Maeda 7-4), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 10:20 a.m.
Kansas City at Washington, 10:35 a.m.
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m.
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox,
11:10 a.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona, 1:10 p.m.
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.