THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2016
SPORTS
7A
Mariners blow 6-run lead, lose 7-6 to Cubs in 12 innings
By JAY COHEN
AP Sports Writer
CHICAGO — Everything
went right for Seattle for much
of Sunday night. Nelson Cruz,
Robinson Cano and Dae-Ho
Lee homered, and Felix Her-
nandez helped the Mariners
get into position for a big win
against the Chicago Cubs.
Then everything unraveled
in a hurry.
Steve Cishek allowed three
runs in the ninth and Seattle
lost 7-6 when Chicago pitcher
Jon Lester drove in Jason Hey-
ward with a two-strike squeeze
bunt in the 12th inning.
“I think for our club, com-
ing in here, they’ve got the best
record in baseball. And quite
frankly, we should have got two
out of three,” Mariners manager
Scott Servais said. “It didn’t
happen. You’ve got to inish.”
Heyward sparked the win-
ning rally with a leadoff dou-
ble against Cody Martin (1-1).
He advanced on Willson Con-
treras’ ly ball to center before
Lester, hitting for Hector Ron-
don (2-2), managed to get a
safety squeeze down right in
front of the plate.
“He did a good job of get-
ting it down,” Martin said. “He
completely deadened it. I had a
longer run than you’d want to
get to the ball. If he hits it any
harder, most likely make that
play. Kudos to him.”
Heyward made it home
with a headirst slide, sparking
a frenzied celebration at Wrig-
ley Field.
“I just kept telling myself,
‘Don’t be late to square
around,”’ Lester said. “That’s
one thing over the last year that
I’ve kind of picked up on on
AP Photo/Matt Marton
Seattle
Mariners
relief
pitcher Steve Cishek (31)
reacts after the Chicago
Cubs tied the game 6-6 in
the ninth inning of a base-
ball game on Sunday,, in
Chicago.
AP Photo/Matt Marton
Chicago Cubs Jason Heyward celebrates with teammates after he scored on a sacrifice bunt hit by Jon Lester (34) in
the 12th inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday, in Chicago. The Chicago Cubs beat the
Seattle Mariners 7-6.
bunting, and it’s helped me just
be a little more consistent.”
The Cubs trailed 6-3 before
they got to Cishek in the ninth,
handing the sidewinding right-
hander his sixth blown save
in 31 opportunities. Addison
Russell hit an RBI single and
Contreras drove in another run
when he hustled down the line
to beat out a potential dou-
ble-play grounder.
With two outs and run-
ners on the corners, Cishek
uncorked a wild pitch that
allowed Russell to come home
with the tying run. Matt Szczur
then lied out to right, ending
the inning.
“Stuff was terrible tonight,”
Cishek said. “I had a hard
time commanding my fastball,
slider was the not the same and
I got exposed.”
It was a heartbreaking loss
for Seattle, which was in posi-
tion to take the rubber game
of the weekend series before
the late rally by Chicago.
Cruz, Cano and Lee each hit
a two-run homer against Brian
Matusz, helping the Mariners
jump out to a 6-0 lead.
Hernandez walked ive
and hit a batter, but limited
the Cubs to two runs in ive
innings in his third appear-
ance since coming off the
disabled list after being side-
lined by a strained right calf.
“Tough luck for us. Our
offense came through in the
irst three innings,” Hernandez
said. “It’s a tough loss.”
TRADING MILEY
On the eve of the non-
waiver trade deadline, Seat-
tle dealt left-hander Wade
Miley to Baltimore before
closing out a 4-4 road trip to
Toronto, Pittsburgh and Chi-
cago. It went 12-12 in July, but
remains in the hunt for a wild
card.
“We are glad that Wade
can go from one team in
playoff contention to another,
and to a division that he has
had success in during his
career,” general manager
Jerry Dipoto said in an email.
“This decision is the best
move for the Mariners’ pres-
ent and future.”
Seattle received left-
hander Ariel Miranda in
the deal. The Cuban pitcher
has spent most of the year
with Triple-A Norfolk. He
appeared in one game for Bal-
timore on July 3 at Seattle,
allowing three runs and four
hits in two innings.
SCOREBOARD
GOLF
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
James Folk tees off on the No. 10 hole, which served as the seventh playoff hole of his victory in the Junior Seniors division.
Invitational: Folk’s long putt on 18th hole
forced playoff in Junior Seniors division
she said. “I love this event, and
I love the 36-hole inal. Some-
times I wish it was just 18, but I
love being in the inals.”
Regardless, “the Coast Invi-
tational is always on my sched-
ule,” Jacobs said. “It’s a week
I get to spend with my sister
and my mom and dad, and that
doesn’t happen very often.”
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It was literally a “walk off
win” for Storm Floten, who
aced the 17th hole to win the
third light of the Junior Seniors.
Other Championship Flight
winners included a pair of Asto-
ria Club members — Jamie
Ihander in the Seniors division,
and David Vistica for the sec-
ond year in a row in the Super
Seniors.
But before all the awards
were handed out, Folk and Hval
had to inish their champion-
ship match to decide the Junior
Seniors’ winner.
With Hval 1-up going into
the last (18th) hole, Folk sank
a long putt to force a playoff. A
very long playoff.
The two longtime goling
buddies went back and played
the 18th fairway — ive times
— without breaking the tie.
Folk sank a 15-foot putt on
the second playoff hole, seconds
before Hval knocked in one
from eight feet.
Both missed putts on the
fourth playoff hole, while Folk
missed a 50-foot putt by inches
on the ifth playoff hole.
The two golfers moved to
the 10th fairway for the 24th and
25th holes, and both landed their
tee shots on the green.
It wasn’t until Hval narrowly
missed a putt for par on the sev-
enth playoff hole, that Folk
could inally claim the win.
“It wasn’t pretty — just
Elmes a Grand Champ
Amanda Jacobs won her fourth Oregon Coast Invitational
championship, defeating Cappy Mack in Saturday’s final.
kind of a lengthy battle of attri-
tion,” said Folk, who was play-
ing Junior Seniors for the sec-
ond year. “It was one of those
matches you don’t really want
to win or lose, because he’s such
a good dude.”
The biggest lead the entire
match “was only 1-up,” he
added. “We both didn’t play
very well. My putt on 18 in
regulation was the big one. I
was 1-down, and made that
45-footer to tie it with a birdie.
That was it.”
Playing in front of the gal-
lery was “a little” unnerving, he
said, but “you just have to block
it out and hit your shot, and hit
the next one.”
Jacobs claims win
It wasn’t nearly as close or
dramatic for the Women’s divi-
sion championship.
Playing for her fourth OCI
title, Jacobs held a 3-up lead
after the morning round, and it
quickly went to 5-up early in the
afternoon round.
Mack bogeyed several holes,
while “early in the round, I hit
a bunch of great irons,” Jacobs
said. “I didn’t make a lot of
putts, but I made enough to get
a 3-up lead, and at that point you
just need to keep the pressure
on. Cappy did a great job. She
sank some putts, and I thought,
‘man, I really have to work at
this just to tie the hole on 9.’ It is
36 holes, and you really have to
earn everything.”
Jacobs has now made the
inals in every single one of
her appearances in the Coast
Invitational.
“I’ve been privileged to play
well enough to make the inals
every time I’ve played here,”
The Grand Champions match
between Elmes and Arvidson
was close, wire-to-wire.
“We were even most of the
(morning) round,” Elmes said.
“Neither one of us played great,
but we both got around even
par.”
Elmes held a slim 1-up lead
for a few holes of the afternoon
round, before Arvidson sank a
putt on No. 13 to draw even.
A birdie putt on the 14th
put Elmes back in front, and
that’s where he stayed, despite
a great tee shot to within four
feet of the cup by Arvidson on
the 15th. His follow-up putt
missed, as did the opportunity
to tie.
“I had seven three-putts
today, which pretty much cost
me the match,” Arvidson said.
“But Riley’s a great player, and
he deserves to win. I have no
regrets. I just wish I could have
given him more of my best
game.
“I just didn’t have the putter
to compete this afternoon,” he
said. “But that’s how golf goes.”
Oregon Coast Invitational
Final Results
Grand Champions
Championship Flight: Riley
Elmes def. Anthony Arvidson.
Semifinals: Elmes def. Kenneth
Sheldon; Arvidson def. Mike
Fritz.
First Flight: Brock Anderson
def. Patrick Wood. Semifinals:
Wood def. Jamie Sumner; An-
derson def. Preston Van Hook.
Second Flight: Eric Larson
def. Rex Puterbaugh. Semifi-
nals: Larson def. Colin Alexan-
der; Puterbaugh def. Ric Huewe.
Third Flight: Fritz Benz def.
Billy Ryan II. Semifinals: Benz
def. Jeff Jetton; Ryan II def.
Conor Kelly.
Fourth Flight: . Semifinals:
Andy Songer def. Jacob Wob-
brock; Brendan McNeill def.
Steve Mozinski.
Fifth Flight: Justin Jennings
def. Kevin Kidd. Semifinals:
Kidd def. Michael Wood; Jen-
nings def. Matt Triesch.
Women’s
Championship
Flight:
Amanda Jacobs def. Cappy
Mack. Semifinals: Jacobs def.
Terry Mattson; Mack def. Katie
Sturgell.
First Flight: Nikki Mack def.
Molly Edmunds. Semifinals:
Edmunds def. Cheryl Wessell;
Mack def. Marcia Walsh.
Second Flight: Beth Jackman
def. Peggy Wobbrock. Semifi-
nals: Jackman def. Beth Clark;
Wobbrock def. Luanne Fordney.
Third Flight: Cathleen Nally
def. Lori Petersen. Semifinals:
Nally def. Kathy Hubbard; Pe-
tersen def. Pam Kearney.
Fourth Flight: Helene Mayer
def. Theresa Floten. Semifinals:
Mayer def. Jan Whitty; Floten
def. Cindy Darracott.
Fifth Flight: Mary Wohler def.
Lavona Goforth. Semifinals:
Wohler def. Karen Hoffman; Go-
forth def. Tasca Gulick.
Junior Seniors
Championship Flight: James
Folk def. Steve Hval (25th).
Semifinals: Folk def. Joe Schul-
te; Hval def. Mark McGraw.
First Flight: William Benning-
ton def. Scott Hamilton. Semifi-
nals: Hamilton def. Steve Ford-
ney; Bennington def. Rob Turk.
Second Flight: Mike Ralston
def. James Titus. Semifinals:
Ralston def. Don Ossey; Titus
def. Doug Edwards.
Third Flight: Storm Floten def.
Steve Roos. Semifinals: Roos
def. Dewayne Ledbetter; Floten
def. Anthony Peterson.
Fourth Flight: Greg Korkows-
ki def. Dan Hall. Semifinals: Hall
def. Scott Hoodenpyle; Korkow-
ski def. Jim Fromer.
Fifth Flight: Tal Gohl def. John
Mangan. Semifinals: Gohl def.
David Ellis; Mangan def. Wes
Lariviere.
Sixth Flight: Tim Regan def.
Robert Endres. Semifinals: En-
dres def. David Gilbert; Regan
def. Robert Moir.
Seventh Flight: Pat Kearney
def. Tony Magden. Semifinals:
Kearney def. Wayne Monfries;
Magden def. Jeff Ter Har.
Seniors
Championship Flight: Jamie
Ihander def. Bill Bristol. Semifi-
nals: Bristol def. Patrick Regan;
Ihander def. Bob Knutsen.
First Flight: Joe Vaughan
def. Mike Maltman. Semifinals:
Vaughan def. Scott Melrose;
Maltman def. Michael Healy.
Second Flight: Paul Gulick
def. Todd Stucky. Semifinals:
Stucky def. Walter Yeaw; Gulick
def. Buzz Campion.
Third Flight: Patrick Terrell
def. Scott Langley. Semifinals:
Terrell def. Todd Innes; Langley
def. Mike Capri.
Fourth Flight: Brooke Benz
def. Paul Robben. Semifinals:
Robben def. John Mayer; Benz
def. Darwin Meiners.
Fifth Flight: Jim Whittemore
def. Michael Clark. Semifinals:
Clark def. Rick Nelson; Whitte-
more def. Evans Van Buren.
Sixth Flight: Scott Peterson
def. Skip Nau. Semifinals: Nau
def. Steven Severeide; Peterson
def. Steve Hart.
Seventh Flight: Bob Hubbard
def. Roy Latham. Semifinals:
Latham def. Brian Radditz; Hub-
bard def. Tom Stearns.
Super Seniors
Championship Flight: David
Vistica def. Larry Wobbrock.
Semifinals: Wobbrock def. Mike
Graham; Vistica def. John Lewis.
First Flight: Ray Grubbs def.
Jeff Leinassar. Semifinals:
Leinassar def. George Mack;
Grubbs def. Jon Woodson.
Second Flight: John Holmes
def. Russ Taggard. Semifinals:
Holmes def. Ed Ulman; Taggard
def. John Savage.
Third Flight: Bill Weed def.
Jarrett Jones. Semifinals: Weed
def. Stan Rotenberg; Jones def.
Jeff Wohler.
Fourth Flight: Larry Veltman
def. Michael Whitty, Sr. Semifi-
nals: Veltman def. John Young;
Whitty, Sr. def. Nantz.
Fifth Flight: Ed Murphy def.
Paul Kauttu. Semifinals: Kaut-
tu def. Garry Kahn; Murphy def.
Larry Perkins.
Sixth Flight: Steve Ariens def.
Peter Goforth. Semifinals: Ari-
ens def. Milton Lankton; Goforth
def. Jim Hauck.
Seventh Flight: Michael
Millette def. John McLoughlin.
Semifinals: Millette def. David
Aase; McLoughlin def. Miles
Sweeney.
Eighth Flight: Larry Grant
def. Bill Hutchison. Semifinals:
Hutchison def. Mort Zalutsky;
Grant def. Albert Carder.
Ninth Flight: Ron Leland def.
Chuck Martin. Semifinals: Le-
land def. Chris Robinson; Martin
def. Herb Sundby.
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