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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Washington picked by media to win Pac-12 football crown SPORTS IN BRIEF Gordon’s error in 9th allows Giants to beat Mariners By GREG BEACHAM Associated Press SEATTLE — Pablo Sandoval hustled out of the box, and once the ball trickled past pitcher Edwin Diaz, he knew there was a chance of reaching base to keep San Fran- cisco’s ninth-inning rally alive. In this case, a hustling Panda was speedy enough for the Giants — with a little help from a bad throw by Seattle second baseman Dee Gordon. Steven Duggar scored from second base on Gordon’s throw- ing error, giving the Giants a 4-3 win over the Mariners on Tuesday night. Sandoval came up as a pinch-hitter with two outs and Duggar at second after a one-out single off Diaz. Duggar advanced to second when Alen Hanson grounded to the mound. Sandoval hit a slow roller toward second base on a 1-2 pitch from Diaz (0-3) that Gor- don charged from the outfield grass. Sandoval was going to beat the play, but Gordon still tried a rushed throw that first baseman Ryon Healy was unable to han- dle. As the ball bounced toward the Seattle dugout, Duggar scored. LOS ANGELES — Washing- ton is the overwhelming favorite to win the Pac-12 in the annual preseason poll of media members. The Huskies and Southern Cal- ifornia were picked to win their respective league divisions in the poll released Wednesday before Pac-12 media day in Hollywood. Washington received 37 of 43 votes as the media’s choice to win the Pac-12 for the sec- ond time in three years. Two sea- sons after their run to the College Football Playoff, the Huskies are led again by veteran quarterback Jake Browning and running back Myles Gaskin. Stanford was picked second behind Washington in the Pac-12 North, followed by Oregon. Defending league champion USC edged Utah as the Pac- 12 South favorite. Arizona was picked third. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Golf — Oregon Coast Invitational, at Astoria Golf & Country Club, all day GOLF Oregon Coast Invitational at Astoria Golf & Country Club Tuesday’s results Women’s Championship flight: Gigi Stoll def. Robin Wood; Molly Edmunds def. Ali Battaglia; Cappy Mack def. Linette Weislogel; Alex McMenamin def. Joey Ringwald; Lara Tennant def. Marcella Betts; Amanda Jacobs def. Kat Magner; Gretchen Johnson def. Dawn McIntosh; Brooke Hamilton def. Kate Sturgell. Women’s Seniors Championship flight: Terry Mattson def. Leanne Dehn; Wanda Osgood def. Mary Jacobs; Leslie Bickmore def. Mary Swingle; Marie Gann def. Kathy Hub- bard; Dotty Johnson def. Jody Orrell; Kristin Finnegan def. Beth Clark; Betsy Furrer def. Debbi Adams; Vicki Okazaki def. Susan Bartholomew. Second flight: Karen Hoffman, bye; Barb Sloan def. Mary Wohler; LaVo- na Goforth def. Kandi Walters; Luanne Fordney def. Debby Gerrish; Mary Stein def. Kathleen Cooney; Jan Whitty def. Kim Kress; Kathleen Casey def. Ann Johnson; Zeta Rennie def. Deborah Lacey-Baker. Seniors Championship flight: Scott Melrose def. John McGowan; Robert Tennant def. Mike Ivory; Tom Mulflur def. George Osgood; Rob Turk def. Wayne McDon- nell; Patrick Regan def. Mark Dunbar; Bruce Hart def. John Mayer; Bob Knut- sen def. Bryn Torkelson; Doug Wiese def. Bill Hurst. Second flight: Greg Hope def. Robert Smith; Mark Gutzler def. Jim Whitte- more; Rick Campbell def. Dan Wheal- don; Harold Buell def. Chris Peterson; Skip Nau def. Rick Nelson; Bill Bristol def. Walter Yeaw; Paul Robben def. Andy Gauntz; Bret Stevens def. Fred Hamel. Fourth flight: John Shepherd def. Ev- ans Van Buren; Brent Seppa def. Ran- dy Zmrhal; George Vance def. Michael McNamara; John Lamont def. Bart Bar- tholomew; Mark Branlund def. Richard Yugler; John Holmes def. Jesse French; John Holt def. Steve Hart; Larry Perkins def. Mike O’Brien. Sixth flight: Robert Sznewajs, bye; Bill Stevens def. Jim Carder; Alex Rev- erman, bye; John Lansing def. Chester Trabucco; Rick Fordney, bye; Jack Kron def. Steve Scruggs; Royal Latham, bye; Ed Kropp def. Jerry McCoy. Super Seniors Championship flight: Michael Healy def. Lang Bates; George Mack, Sr. def. Marshall Gleason; John Lewis def. Jef- frey Dehn; Gaylord Davis def. David Vis- tica; Bill Scharwatt def. Larry Wobbrock; Gordon Harris def. Mike Kuratli; Jack Cartwright def. Jon Palmberg; Jeff Lein- assar def. Roger Stalick. Second flight: Jarrett Jones def. Mike Capri; Lou Libby def. Clifford Fick; Ray Grubbs def. Kevin Kelly; Tom Isenhour def. Stanley Gott; Hugh Stelson def. Scott Peterson; Jerry Romano def. An- thony Rennie; Sam Kress def. John Dunkin; Phillip Patton def. Steve Ariens. Fourth flight: Craig Honeyman def. William Drevescraft; Craig Johnson def. John Young; Jeff Wohler def. Al Onkka; Thomas Carter def. Jack Nantz; Larry Veltman def. John Holmes; Dale Lump- kin def. Wayne Spencer; Michael Millette def. Patrick Oser; Vic Horgan def. Rus- sell Betts. Sixth flight: Jerry Briggs def. Tony Pasion; Tom Hageman def. Joe Uzelac; Michael Whitty, Sr. def. Roger Schultz; Jim Hauck def. Ron Martell; Tom Stea- rns def. Robert Mesher; Jim Franklin def. Miles Sweeney; Ron Marenda def. Michael Clark; Jon Woodson def. Stan Rotenberg. Eighth flight: Dan Van Dusen def. John Tennant, Jr.; Marty Sells def. John McLoughlin; Larry Grant def. Rick Wil- liams; Mike Furrer def. Peter Goforth; John Harlow def. Herb Sundby; Ron Le- land def. Chuck Martin; Chuck Carnese def. Terry Graff; Chris Robinson def. Al- bert Carder. Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian Gigi Stoll narrowly misses a putt on the sixth hole in Tuesday’s match play at the Astoria Country Club. Stoll scores first Oregon Coast Invitational win The Daily Astorian W ARRENTON — Golfers in the women’s division opened match play Tues- day at the Astoria Golf & Country Club, where the action is begin- ning to heat up in the 108th annual Oregon Coast Invitational. And speaking of a hot summer, collegiate golfer Gigi Stoll con- tinued her offseason with a first- round win in the women’s cham- pionship flight. Two days after winning med- alist honors in qualifying, Stoll scored a victory over Robin Wood in Tuesday’s match play. A junior golfer at the Univer- sity of Arizona, by way of Bea- verton High School, Stoll is com- ing off a win in the 117th Pacific Northwest women’s amateur championship earlier this month, held at the Palouse Ridge Golf Club in Pullman, Washington. A native of Tigard and a mem- ber of the Portland Golf Club, Stoll defeated Alivia Brown 2&1 in the PNGA victory in Pullman. It was another strong perfor- Former Coast Invitational champion Amanda Jacobs tees off on the third hole in Tuesday’s round. mance by Stoll, who keyed the Arizona Wildcats in several big matches this spring on their way to the 2018 NCAA national cham- pionship in May. Stoll shot an 8-under par 64 in the morning round of the Pacific Northwest women’s amateur, and carded a 2-under 71 in Sunday’s qualifying round for the Oregon Coast Invite. She will face Molly Edmunds in a second-round match Thursday. The women’s division is loaded with talent, with other Tuesday wins coming from defending champion Lara Ten- nant, and past champions Cappy Mack and Amanda Jacobs. The tournament continues Wednesday with action in the grand champions, junior/seniors and super seniors divisions. Williams hits out again at testing ‘discrimination’ Associated Press Serena Williams has complained on social media that it’s “test Serena” time again as she once more hit out at the frequency with which she is selected for anti-doping tests. The 23-time Grand Slam cham- pion took to Twitter on Tuesday night after she received another visit from a tester. Williams tweeted: “And it’s that time of the day to get ‘randomly’ drug tested and only test Serena. Out of all the players it’s been proven I’m the one getting tested the most. Dis- crimination? I think so. At least I’ll be keeping the sport clean.” In a second message, the 36-year- old American added: “But I’m ready to do whatever it takes to have a clean sport so bring it on. I’m excited.” Williams has complained before at being drug-tested more than other American tennis players this year. “Just test everyone equally,” Wil- liams said on the eve of this year’s Wimbledon, where she lost to Angeli- que Kerber in the final. A report by Deadspin said Wil- liams had been checked five times in Paxton scratched for M’s, hopes to make next start SEATTLE — James Paxton and the Seattle Mariners are hop- ing a bit of caution now keeps from dealing with additional prob- lems later. Paxton had a setback in his recovery from a lower back injury and was scratched from his sched- uled start on Tuesday. Rather than coming off the disabled list to face San Francisco, Paxton remained on the DL dealing with the stiff- ness in his lower back. Roenis Elias was scheduled to get the start against the Giants. “Just trying to be smart. I think I’ve made the mistake in the past of pushing it a little bit and then having something linger for a while and me not pitching at my best for a period of time,” Paxton said. “We’re fighting for postsea- son here. We need the best me out there to help us.” Stewart, Bird get double-doubles, Storm beat Fever INDIANAPOLIS — Bre- anna Stewart had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Sue Bird also had a dou- ble-double and the league-lead- ing Seattle Storm eased past the last-place Indiana Fever 92-72 on Tuesday night. Natasha Howard added 16 points and nine rebounds for Seat- tle (19-7). Jewell Loyd scored 13 points and Bird had 11 points and 11 assists. Seattle built a 43-23 lead mid- way through the second quarter but went scoreless for the next three- plus minutes as Indiana closed the half on an 11-3 run to cut it to 46-34. But Stewart scored 16 of Seattle’s 25 third-quarter points as the Storm built an 18-point lead. Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points for Indiana (3-23). Can- dice Dupree had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Cappie Pondexter scored 10. Cavs sign Love to $120M extension AP Photo/Tim Ireland Serena Williams of the United States is dejected after losing a point to Germany’s Angelique Kerber during their women’s singles final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on July 14. 2018 by June, more than other U.S. women and men in the sport. Williams returned to competition this season after missing more than a year as a result of pregnancy. She gave birth to a daughter last September. As part of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency’s “intelligent” out-of-compe- tition testing program, it is not unusual for top athletes — those who have had sustained success in their sport — to be tested more often than others. Following her loss to Kerber, Wil- liams said she had proven to her- self that she could still compete to win Grand Slams. Her next Grand Slam title would tie her with Marga- ret Court for the most with 24. She already has the most major trophies in the professional era. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kevin Love signed his new con- tract and proudly put on a hard hat. The Cleveland Cavaliers will rebuild around him. The All-Star forward made a long-term commitment to the franchise on Tuesday by signing a four-year, $120 million extension with the Cavaliers, who believe Love can help them stay compet- itive following LeBron James’ departure. — Associated Press
