Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, July 31, 2015 Twins end skid against reeling M’s <DQNHHVJHW$FNOH\ MLB in three-player trade Seattle gets two prospects in return By STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press $5/,1*721 7H[DV ² 0DQDJHU -RH *LUDUGL KDV some more versatility on the <DQNHHV EHQFK DIWHU 1HZ <RUNDFTXLUHG'XVWLQ$FNOH\ from Seattle on Thursday. $FNOH\ KDV DSSHDUHG DW ¿YH positions during his 584 major league games since 2011, all with the Mari- ners. “He’s a guy that we feel we could move everywhere,” Ackley *LUDUGLVDLG New York sent right- hander Jose Ramirez and RXW¿HOGHU 5DPRQ )ORUHV to the Mariners in the deal FRPSOHWHG D GD\ EHIRUH WKH non-waiver trade deadline. $FNOH\ LV KLWWLQJ ZLWKVL[KRPHUVDQG5%,V in 85 games this season. The second overall pick in the DPDWHXUGUDIW$FNOH\LV a .243 career hitter who has SOD\HGVHFRQGEDVH¿UVWEDVH DQGDOOWKUHHRXW¿HOGVSRWV 7KH WUDGH FDXJKW $FNOH\ E\VXUSULVH “It’s crazy. I guess you never know when this kind of thing is going to happen,” $FNOH\ WROG 6HDWWOHEDVHG reporters in the Mariners FOXEKRXVHEHIRUHWKHLUJDPH in Minnesota. “You see this all the time with guys. 7KLQJV KDSSHQ ,¶P H[FLWHG for what the future has to KROGDQGLW¶OOEHIXQ´ *LUDUGL VDLG $FNOH\ ZDV scheduled to join the Yankees in Chicago on Friday for the start of their weekend series against the White 6R[ “Just his YHUVDWLOLW\´ *LUDUGL responded when DVNHG ZKDW $FNOH\ EULQJV WKDW WKH Yankees didn’t already have. “Especially as we move forward here, and you’re trying to spell guys, his versatility should help in that situation. Five different spots, that’s pretty good.” Ramirez and Flores were ERWK DW 7ULSOH$ 6FUDQWRQ Wilkes-Barre and will report WR7ULSOH$7DFRPD 6HDWWOH UHFDOOHG ¿UVW EDVHPDQ-HVXV0RQWHURIURP Tacoma. Flores had three stints with the Yankees this season, KLWWLQJ LQ KLV ¿UVW major league games. Ramirez DOORZHG¿YHHDUQHGUXQVRYHU three innings in three relief appearances. By JON KRAWCZYNSKI Associated Press 0,11($32/,6 ² Eddie Rosario ripped a line GULYH WRZDUG OHIW ¿HOG WKDW seemed destined to fall in, w h i c h w o u l d h a v e made him WKH ¿UVW Minneapolis Minnesota Tw i n s player to hit for the cycle since Seattle 2009. Out of nowhere, Seattle shortstop Brad Miller OHDSHG WR VWDE LW RXW RI WKH air. It was the only thing that went wrong for Rosario all night. He had a homer, a triple, DGRXEOHDQGGURYHLQWKUHH runs to help the Twins snap a four-game skid with a 9-5 victory over the Mariners on Thursday night. $DURQ +LFNV DQG %ULDQ Dozier also homered for the Twins, who had lost 10 of their previous 12 games. Phil Hughes (10-6) gave XS¿YHUXQVRQKLWVDQG VWUXFNRXW¿YHLQ¿YHLQQLQJV DQG-RH0DXHUH[WHQGHGKLV hitting streak to 11 games. “I thought I had it,” Rosario said with a smile. “But he made a good play. 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Harris Todd Erwin of Tacoma watches his put on the 18th green at the Senior Oregon Open Invitational on Thurs- day at Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission. SENIOR OPEN: Christensen edges Starney for top amateur Continued from 1B either going to make it or WKUHHSXWWZKLFKLV¿QHEXW it went in.” The two-round leader, %RPDU ¿QLVKHG KLV ¿QDO round with a 69 for a three- round 203. Former SOOI FKDPSLRQV 5RE *LEERQV and defending champion Todd Erwin shot 66 and 68, UHVSHFWLYHO\WRDOVR¿QLVKDW 203. Bomar’s putter came through again in the playoff, DQGKHELUGLHGWRHDUQKLV¿UVW VHQLRUWLWOHLQWKH3*$3DFL¿F Northwest Section. “My last two putts weren’t any pressure at all. 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TURNBERRY, Scotland — Donald Trump’s show-stealing arrival at the Women’s British Open on Thursday XSVWDJHGDQRWKHUVWURQJVWDUWWRDPDMRUE\ 6RXWK.RUHD¶V+\R-RR.LP .LPZDVPLGZD\WKURXJKFRPSLOLQJD XQGHULQWKH¿UVWURXQGZKHQ7UXPS WKH $PHULFDQ SUHVLGHQWLDO FDQGLGDWH ODQGHG LQ D SULYDWH KHOLFRSWHU WR EHJLQ D two-day visit at the tournament at his 7XUQEHUU\UHVRUWLQZHVWHUQ6FRWODQG The on-course action was initially a sideshow for Trump, who seized the DWWHQWLRQE\LQYLWLQJWKHPHGLDWRKLVKRWHO near the course to continue his presiden- WLDO FDPSDLJQ 7KH 5HSXEOLFDQ FHOHEULW\ ELOOLRQDLUHHYHQWXDOO\ZDWFKHGVRPHJROI DOWKRXJK WKH OHDGHUERDUG ZDV YLUWXDOO\ ORFNHGLQE\WKHQ 7KH IRXUWKUDQNHG .LP ZKR VKRW D ¿UVWURXQG LQ ZLQQLQJ WKH (YLDQ Championship on her major champion- VKLS GHEXW ODVW \HDU ZDV OHDGLQJ E\ RQH VWURNHIURP/\GLD.RRI1HZ=HDODQGDQG &ULVWLH.HUURIWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV .RZKRVHZDVKHUORZHVWVFRUHLQD PDMRULVORRNLQJWREHFRPHWKH\RXQJHVW ZLQQHU RI D PDMRU 6KH¶OO EH \HDUV three months, nine days on Sunday, seven months younger than Morgan Pressel ZKHQWKH$PHULFDQZRQWKH.UDIW1DELVFR Championship in 2007. 7RSUDQNHG ,QEHH 3DUN EHJDQ KHU quest to complete a sweep of the majors E\ VKRRWLQJ LQ ZKDW VKH GHVFULEHG DV “perfect conditions for golf,” with three of KHU¿YHELUGLHVFRPLQJLQKHUODVW¿YHKROHV Defending champion Mo Martin shot 70, DQG0LFKHOOH:LHZHDULQJDEUDFHRQKHU OHIWDQNOHEHFDXVHRIDERQHVSXUKDGD $XVWUDOLD¶V.DUULH:HEEWKHODVWFKDP- D-JAXX: North Medford FRPLQJXSQH[W Continued from 1B AP Photo/Scott Heppell Presidential contender Donald Trump looks on at the 16th green on the 1st first day of the Women’s British Open golf championship on the Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, Thursday, July 30, 2015. 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The win advanced the '-D[[ WR WKH TXDUWHU¿QDOV RI WKH GRXEOH HOLPLQDWLRQ EUDFNHW ZKHUH WKH\ SOD\ North Medford today at 7 p.m. North Medford defeated Centennial 12-1 in its game. ,Q WKH ORVHU¶V EUDFNHW Wilson advanced with a ZLQ RYHU 5RVHEXUJ DQG Sheldon stayed alive with a ZLQRYHU$VKODQG SCOREBOARD Baseball Central Division MLB American League East Division W L Pct GB New York 57 43 .570 — Baltimore 51 50 .505 6½ Toronto 52 51 .505 6½ Tampa Bay 51 52 .495 7½ Boston 45 58 .437 13½ Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 61 40 .604 — Minnesota 53 48 .525 8 Detroit 50 52 .490 11½ Chicago 49 51 .490 11½ Cleveland 46 54 .460 14½ West Division W L Pct GB Houston 58 45 .563 — Los Angeles 55 46 .545 2 Texas 48 52 .480 8½ Seattle 46 57 .447 12 Oakland 45 57 .441 12½ ——— Thursday’s Games Detroit 9, Baltimore 8 Toronto 5, Kansas City 2 Boston 8, Chicago White Sox 2 N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Houston 3, L.A. Angels 0 Minnesota 9, Seattle 5 Cleveland at Oakland, (n) Today’s Games Detroit (Farmer 0-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Cueto 0-0) at Toronto (Hutchison 9-2), 4:07 p.m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 8-4) at Boston (E.Rodriguez 6-3), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 10-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 4-3), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 7-7) at Minnesota (Milone 5-2), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 8-6) at Oakland (Graveman 6-7), 6:35 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Kershaw 8-6), 7:10 p.m. St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee West Division National League East Division Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Paul Molitor said. “It kind of lightens the mood a little ELW´ The Mariners are EXULHG LQ WKH $/ :HVW VR WKH\ VKLSSHG $FNOH\ WR the Yankees for prospects 5DPRQ)ORUHVDQRXW¿HOGHU and Jose Ramirez, a right- handed pitcher. 75$'(7$/. 7ZLQV *0 7HUU\ 5\DQ said he had “every inten- tion” of making a deal EHIRUH WKH WUDGH GHDGOLQH on Friday afternoon. The 7ZLQV¶ ELJJHVW QHHGV DUH LQ WKHEXOOSHQDQGDWVKRUWVWRS 75$,1(5¶65220 0DULQHUV % 5RELQVRQ &DQRDEGRPLQDOVWUDLQDQG %/RJDQ0RUULVRQEUXLVHG OHIW WKXPE VDW RXW DJDLQ and are listed as day to day. 0DQDJHU/OR\G0F&OHQGRQ told Seattle reporters that he hopes to use Cano as the DH on Friday night. Twins: CF Byron %X[WRQ OHIW WKXPE WRRN HDUO\ EDWWLQJ SUDFWLFH ZLWK manager Paul Molitor calling it “a very good day.” %X[WRQ LV QHDULQJ D UHKDE assignment. UP NEXT Mariners: RHP Taijuan Walker (7-7, 5.03) looks to JHWEDFNRQWUDFNDIWHUJRLQJ ZLWKDQ(5$RYHU his last four starts. 7ZLQV /+3 7RPP\ Milone (5-2, 3.58) will make his 10th career start against the Mariners. He LV ZLWK D (5$ LQ his previous nine outings against Seattle. W 54 52 46 42 39 L 46 50 56 60 64 Pct GB .540 — .510 3 .451 9 .412 13 .379 16½ W 65 59 54 46 44 L 37 42 47 54 59 Pct .637 .584 .535 .460 .427 GB — 5½ 10½ 18 21½ W L Pct GB Los Angeles 57 45 .559 — San Francisco 56 45 .554 ½ Arizona 49 51 .490 7 San Diego 49 53 .480 8 Colorado 43 57 .430 13 ——— Thursday’s Games San Diego 8, N.Y. Mets 7 Washington 1, Miami 0 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 15, Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 9, Colorado 8 Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 2 Today’s Games Atlanta (W.Perez 4-0) at Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 1-5), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 5-6) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-5), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Miami (Phelps 4-7), 4:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 9-7), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 11-5) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-6), 5:05 p.m. Arizona (R.De La Rosa 8-5) at Houston (Feldman 4-5), 5:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-5) at Milwau- kee (Jungmann 5-2), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (K.Kendrick 4-11) at St. Louis (Wacha 11-4), 5:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 7-4) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Kershaw 8-6), 7:10 p.m. Trades Houston Astros acquired OF Carlos Go- mez, RHP Mike Fiers and slot number 76 in the 2015-16 international pool from the Milwaukee Brewers for LHP Josh Hader, RHP Adrian Houser, OF Brett Phillips and OF Domingo Santana. Seattle Mariners acquired OF Ramon Flores and RHP Jose Ramirez from the New York Yankees for OF Dustin Ackley. Toronto Blue Jays acquired LHP David Price from Detroit for LHP Daniel Norris, LHP Matt Boyd and LHP Jairo Labourt. Atlanta Braves acquired INF Hector Oli- vera, LHP Paco Rodriguez and RHP Zacha- ry Bird from the Los Angeles Dodgers and Miami’s 2016 competitive balance draft lottery selection A for LHPs Luis Avilan and Alex Wood, RHPs Bronson Arroyo and Jim Johnson and INF Jose Peraza. Miami Marlins acquired RHPs Kevin Guzman, Jeff Brigham and Victor Araujo from the Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP Mat Latos, 1B Michael Morse and cash considerations. St. Louis Cardinals acquired OF-1B Brandon Moss from Cleveland for LHP Rob Kaminsky. Cincinnati Reds acquired INF Adam Duvall and RHP Keury Mella from the San Francisco Giants for RHP Mike Leake. Basketball WNBA Thursday’s Games Phoenix 78, Tulsa 66 Today’s Games Seattle at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Washington at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Soccer MLS Saturday’s Games Montreal at New York City FC, 11 a.m. Real Salt Lake at D.C. United, 4 p.m. New York at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Columbus at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at New England, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. Golf PGA Quicken Loans National Thursday’s Leaders At Robert Trent Jones Golf Club Gainesville, Va. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,385; Par 71 (36-35) First Round Retief Goosen 32-31—63 Ryo Ishikawa 33-30—63 Justin Leonard 33-31—64 Kevin Chappell 33-31—64 Ernie Els 33-31—64 Steve Wheatcroft 33-32—65 Jeff Overton 31-34—65 Mark Hubbard 32-33—65 Andy Sullivan 31-34—65 Patrick Rodgers 32-34—66 Greg Owen 34-32—66 Jonas Blixt 32-34—66 Justin Rose 32-34—66 Justin Thomas 32-34—66 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 34-32—66 Arjun Atwal 31-35—66 Ollie Schniederjans 32-34—66 Jason Bohn 33-34—67 Rickie Fowler 33-34—67 Danny Lee Pat Perez John Peterson Adam Hadwin 34-33—67 35-32—67 35-32—67 33-34—67 Tennis ATP BB&T Atlanta Open A U.S. Open Series event Thursday At Atlantic Station Atlanta Purse: $585,870 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Second Round Denis Kudla, United States, def. Jack Sock (3), United States, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Benjamin Becker (8), Germany, 7-5, 6-3. Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Steve Johnson (6), United States, 6-4, 6-2. John Isner (1), United States, def. Radek Stepanek (96), Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7). Doubles Quarterfinals Colin Fleming, Britain, and Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, and Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 7-6 (8), 6-2. Bob Bryan, United States, and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Steve Johnson, United States, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4). WTA Brasil Tennis Cup Thursday At Federacao Catarinense de Tenis Florianopolis, Brazil Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Quarterfinals Annika Beck (3), Germany, def. Gabriela Ce, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, def. Ma- ria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Teliana Pereira (4), Brazil, def. Laura Siegemund (7), Germany, 6-3, 7-5. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (5), United States, def. Tereza Martincova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-1. Doubles Semifinals Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, and Paula Kania (2), Poland, def. Marina Melnikova, Russia, and Laura Pous-Tio, Spain, 6-4, 6-2. Annika Beck and Laura Siegemund (4), Germany, def. Mandy Minella, Luxem- bourg, and Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (1), Spain, 6-2, 6-4.