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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Friday, July 31, 2015
Twins
end
skid
against
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MLB
in three-player trade
Seattle gets two
prospects in return
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
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positions during his
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New York sent right-
hander Jose Ramirez and
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to the Mariners in the deal
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non-waiver trade deadline.
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in 85 games this season. The
second overall pick in the
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a .243 career hitter who has
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reporters in the Mariners
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in Minnesota. “You see
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for what the future has to
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scheduled to join the Yankees
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Yankees
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his versatility should help in
that situation. Five different
spots, that’s pretty good.”
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Tacoma.
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major league games. Ramirez
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three innings in three relief
appearances.
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Eddie Rosario ripped a line
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seemed destined to fall in,
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shortstop Brad Miller
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air. It was the only thing that
went wrong for Rosario all
night.
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runs to help the Twins snap
a four-game skid with a 9-5
victory over the Mariners on
Thursday night.
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Dozier also homered for
the Twins, who had lost 10
of their previous 12 games.
Phil Hughes (10-6) gave
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hitting streak to 11 games.
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was angry.”
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Smith hit two-run homers
for the Mariners, who traded
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to third on a triple in front of Seattle Mariners third
baseman Kyle Seager (15) during the fifth inning of a
baseball game in Minneapolis on Thursday.
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to the New York Yankees
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(4-6) gave up seven runs —
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scoreless ninth after a couple
of shaky outings and Rosario
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the highlight reel snare in
the eighth inning.
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might’ve tipped off and
got it. To see his reaction,
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inning, sending nine men
to the plate and getting a
leadoff homer from Dozier
and a three-run shot from
Rosario.
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second inning for Minne-
sota, Jackson hit a two-run
homer in the fourth for
the Mariners and Rosario
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in his four outings.
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these last four days, any win
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Golf
Trump lands, Kim leads at Women’s British
By STEVE DOUGLAS
Associated Press
Staff photo by E.J. 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.
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either going to make it or
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it went in.”
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round with a 69 for a three-
round 203. Former SOOI
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and defending champion
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203.
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Northwest Section.
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weren’t any pressure at all. I
had more pressure on 16 and
17 trying to get into the lead,
and didn’t handle those very
well,” he said, adding of the
playoff hole. “I just had such
a good read on it, and I was
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the hole just to get it feeding
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right where I hit it.”
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playing at Wildhorse, and
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of one championship when
he his foursome won the
36-hole team competition.
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great shape, I’m privileged to
play it. If you’re somewhat
long and straight (off the
tee), which I am, then you
can take advantage,” said the
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eagle, and today I had a lot of
little twisty ones that I didn’t
make.”
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runner-up in a playoff at
Wildhorse. He took second
in 2007 in a playoff with Jeff
Coston, and also came one
stroke from victory in 2011.
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the 13th consectutive year,
the SOOI has had a recent
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regulation, two more came
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round 197.
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still took home top amateur
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J.D. Cline of Woodinville,
Washington won the 36-hole
Super Senior competition
with rounds of 72-70—142.
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Trump’s show-stealing arrival at the
Women’s British Open on Thursday
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two-day visit at the tournament at his
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three months, nine days on Sunday, seven
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Championship in 2007.
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quest to complete a sweep of the majors
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“perfect conditions for golf,” with three of
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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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out in the second group after waking up
at 3:30 a.m., was on the 16th hole when
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history she could create this weekend.
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round in a British Open.
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run on a Daniel Naughton
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triple. He added a two-run
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hits and nine RBIs.
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four runs scored and four
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two runs and one RBI, and
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performance on the mound.
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SCOREBOARD
Baseball
Central Division
MLB
American League
East Division
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New York
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Baltimore
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Toronto
52 51 .505 6½
Tampa Bay
51 52 .495 7½
Boston
45 58 .437 13½
Central Division
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61 40 .604 —
Minnesota
53 48 .525
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Detroit
50 52 .490 11½
Chicago
49 51 .490 11½
Cleveland
46 54 .460 14½
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58 45 .563 —
Los Angeles
55 46 .545
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Texas
48 52 .480 8½
Seattle
46 57 .447 12
Oakland
45 57 .441 12½
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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
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Mariners
are
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the Yankees for prospects
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and Jose Ramirez, a right-
handed pitcher.
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said he had “every inten-
tion” of making a deal
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on Friday afternoon. The
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and are listed as day to day.
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told Seattle reporters that he
hopes to use Cano as the DH
on Friday night.
Twins:
CF
Byron
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manager Paul Molitor
calling it “a very good day.”
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assignment.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Taijuan
Walker (7-7, 5.03) looks to
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his last four starts.
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Milone (5-2, 3.58) will
make his 10th career start
against the Mariners. He
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his previous nine outings
against Seattle.
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57 45 .559 —
San Francisco
56 45 .554 ½
Arizona
49 51 .490
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San Diego
49 53 .480
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Colorado
43 57 .430 13
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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
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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.