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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018
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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