SPORTS
Saturday, May 28, 2016
East Oregonian
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Pro Baseball
Dean outshines Hernandez as Twins down M’s
MLB
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Seattle Mariners catcher Chris Iannetta, right, gives a
pat to starting pitcher Felix Hernandez on Friday.
SEATTLE — Robbie
Grossman’s
bases-loaded
double keyed a ive-run third
inning and Pat Dean pitched
effectively for seven innings
for his irst major league
victory to pace the Minne-
sota Twins past the Seattle
Mariners 7-2 on Friday
night.
Dean (1-1), allowed two
runs on four hits, striking
out eight and walking none
in his second start and
fourth appearance since
being called up May 11.
Ryan Pressley pitched the
Minnesota
Seattle
7
2
eighth and Brandon Kintzler
inished.
Seattle
ace
Felix
Hernandez
(4-4),
who
entered with a 2.21 ERA,
was tagged for six runs on
eight hits in six innings.
The Twins, who won
for just the ifth time on
the road against 19 losses,
rocked Hernandez for ive
hits, including three doubles,
during the third to take a
6-1 lead. Danny Santana
doubled to open the third,
Eduardo Nunez reached on a
bunt single and Brian Dozier
followed with an RBI double
to make it 2-1. Joe Mauer
added the fourth consecutive
hit with an RBI single and
Miguel Sano walked to load
the bases.
Grossman’s
two-run,
ground-rule down the right-
ield line put the Twins up
5-1. Sano scored on Byung
Ho Park’s ground out to third.
Seattle got a run back
in the fourth on a triple
by Robinson Cano and
broken-bat single by Dae-Ho
Lee.
Joe Mauer added a solo
homer in the seventh to make
it 7-2.
Franklin Gutierrez staked
the Mariners to a 1-0 lead in
the irst, driving an 0-1 pitch
deep over the wall in right for
his third home run.
Sano answered for the
Twins in the top of the second
with a solo shot to left-center,
his ninth homer.
The Twins were playing
their irst game since
pitching coach Neil Allen
was suspended following
his arrest on suspicion
of drunken driving early
Thursday.
NBA Playoffs
LeBron, Cavaliers back to Finals
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO — LeBron
James scored 33 points,
Kevin Love had 20 points and
12 rebounds and the Cleve-
land Cavaliers advanced to
their second straight NBA
Finals by beating the Toronto
Raptors 113-87 in Game 6 of
the Eastern Conference inals
Friday night.
It’s the third inals appear-
ance in team history for the
Cavaliers. Cleveland lost to
Golden State in six games
last year and got swept by
San Antonio in 2007.
For James, it’s his sixth
straight trip to the inals,
including four with Miami.
He broke the 30-point barrier
for the irst time this post-
season and inished with 11
rebounds and six assists.
Kyrie Irving had 30 points
and J.R. Smith had 15 for
the Cavaliers, who will face
Eastern Finals
Cleveland
Toronto
113
87
• Cavs win series 4-2
the winner of the Golden
State-Oklahoma City series
on Thursday.
Cleveland would open at
home against the Thunder but
would be on the road against
the 73-win Warriors, who
trail 3-2 against Oklahoma
City heading into Saturday’s
Game 6.
The Cavs will be seeking
to end Cleveland’s 52-year
championship drought, the
longest by any city with at
least three professional teams.
No Cleveland team has won it
all since the Browns blanked
Baltimore 27-0 to win the
NFL championship in 1964.
Kyle Lowry scored 35
points and DeMar DeRozan
had 20 as the deepest playoff
run in Raptors team history
ended, much to the disap-
pointment of a sellout crowd
of 20,605 dressed in red and
white T-shirts that formed
a maple leaf pattern on
either side of the court. Fans
stood and cheered “Let’s go,
Raptors! Let’s go, Raptors!”
throughout most of the inal
three minutes.
Toronto prolonged the
series with back-to-back
home wins in Games 3 and 4
but never mounted much of a
challenge to the conference
champions in Game 6, falling
behind by 21 in the third
quarter.
The Cavaliers came in
0-4 at Air Canada Centre
counting the regular season
and playoffs, but looked
much more like the team that
handed the Raptors a trio of
lopsided losses in Cleveland
this series.
The Raptors trailed 88-78
on a jumper by DeRozan
with 10:23 remaining but
James scored six points in a
14-3 run that gave the Cavs
a 102-81 lead with about 6
minutes left.
James scored 14 in the
irst and ive of Cleveland’s
nine ield goals were from
long range as the Cavaliers
led 31-25 after one.
After video review, the
oficials waved off a basket
by Biyombo with 3:18 left
in the period and gave him
a lagrant foul for knocking
down Love.
Tempers lared again early
in the second when Richard
Jefferson reacted angrily
to catching an elbow from
Jonas Valanciunas as the
two battled for a rebound.
Patrick Patterson came over
and shoved Jefferson out of
the way. Both Patterson and
Jefferson were given tech-
nical fouls.
Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James reacts to
the crowd during Game 6 against the Toronto Raptors
in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference inals Friday.
French Open
Pro Golf
Nine-time champ Nadal out with injury
Molder leads in
suspended second
round at Colonial
By HOWARD FENDRICH
Associated Press
PARIS — For a decade,
Rafael Nadal ruled Roland
Garros the way no other man
has dominated any Grand
Slam site.
On Friday, his powerful
left wrist wrapped in a blue
brace, Nadal delivered the
surprising news he was
withdrawing before his third-
round match at the French
Open because of an injury
that would prevent him from
delivering the whiplike, spin-
heavy forehand that carried
him to a record nine champi-
onships and a 72-2 record on
the tournament’s red clay.
“To win the tournament,
I need ive more matches,”
Nadal said, his face expres-
sionless, his arms crossed
in front of him, “and the
doctor says that’s 100 percent
impossible.”
His announcement, at what
he called “one of the toughest
press conferences in my
career,” overshadowed every-
thing else going on around the
grounds on Day 6 of the French
Open, from the straight-set
victories by defending cham-
Americans in Paris
How the American players have fared
at the French Open through Friday:
AP Photo/Alastair Grant
Spain’s Rafael Nadal acknowledges cheering spec-
tators after winning his second round match of the
French Open tennis tournament against Argentina’s
Facundo Bagnis at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris,
France, Thursday, May 26, 2016.
pion Stan Wawrinka and No.
2-seeded Andy Murray, to
the out-of-nowhere 6-0, 6-7
(3), 6-0 upset of two-time
Wimbledon champion Petra
Kvitova by 108th-ranked
Shelby Rogers, a 23-year-old
American.
No. 15 John Isner, the last
U.S. man in the ield, found out
about Nadal’s abrupt departure
about 15 minutes after winning
a ive-setter to set up a show-
down with Murray for a berth
in the quarterinals.
“It was a shock,” Isner said.
“I had no idea.”
It robbed the event of more
star power, coming a week
after 17-time major champion
Roger Federer pulled because
of lingering back problems.
It cleared one potential
obstacle from the path of No.
1 Novak Djokovic, who is
attempting to win a fourth
consecutive major title and his
irst in Paris.
Men (6-9)
No. 15 John Isner — beat John Millman; beat Kyle
Edmund; beat Teymuraz Gabashvili; vs. No. 2 Andy Murray,
Sunday.
No. 23 Jack Sock — beat Robin Haase; beat Dustin
Brown; lost to Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
No. 33 Steve Johnson — lost to Fernando Verdasco.
Brian Baker — lost to No. 20 Bernard Tomic.
w-Bjorn Fratangelo — beat Sam Querrey; lost to No. 9
Richard Gasquet.
Taylor Fritz — lost to Borna Coric.
Denis Kudla — lost to Dusan Lajovic.
Sam Querrey — lost to Bjorn Fratangelo.
Rajeev Ram — lost to Jiri Vesely.
Donald Young — lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili.
Women (15-14)
No. 1 Serena Williams — beat Magdalena Rybarikova;
beat Teliana Pereira; vs. No. 26 Kristina Mladenovic,
Saturday.
No. 9 Venus Williams — beat Anett Kontaveit; beat Louisa
Chirico; vs. Alize Cornet, Saturday.
No. 15 Madison Keys — beat Donna Vekic; beat Mariana
Duque-Marino; vs. Monica Puig, Saturday.
No. 19 Sloane Stephens — beat Margarita Gasparyan;
beat Veronica Cepede Royg; lost to Tsvetana Pironkova.
Madison Brengle — lost to Elena Vesnina.
q-Louisa Chirico — q-beat Tereza Martincova; q-beat
Andrea Hlavackova; q-beat Irina Khromacheva; beat Lauren
Davis; lost to No. 9 Venus Williams.
Samantha Crawford — lost to Timea Babos.
Lauren Davis — lost to Louisa Chirico.
Irina Falconi — beat Mona Barthel; lost to Pauline
Parmentier.
Nicole Gibbs — lost to Heather Watson.
Varvara Lepchenko — lost to No. 27 Ekaterina Makarova.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands — lost to No. 25 Irina-Camelia
Begu.
Christina McHale — lost to Myrtille Georges.
Alison Riske — lost to Viktorija Golubic.
Shelby Rogers — beat No. 17 Karolina Pliskova; beat Elena
Vesnina; beat No. 10 Petra Kvitova; vs. No. 25 Irina-Camelia
Begu, Sunday.
w-Taylor Townsend — beat Amandine Hesse; lost to No.
18 Elina Svitolina.
CoCo Vandeweghe — beat Naomi Broady; lost to No. 25
Irina-Camelia Begu.
q-Sachia Vickery — q-beat Rebecca Peterson; q-beat Cindy
Burger; q-beat Fiona Ferro; lost to Anastasija Sevastova.
q-qualiier
w-wild card
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Bryce
Molder would have a magical number if he
could combine his front-nine scores through
two days at Colonial into one round.
Bolstered by 11 combined birdies on Nos.
1-9 at Hogan’s Alley, Molder had a one-stroke
lead with three holes to play Friday in the Dean
& Deluca Invitational when second-round play
was suspended because of darkness.
“It was kind of tale of two nines even though
I didn’t inish the second nine,” Molder said.
“The irst nine was really clean. ... Everything
was going right.”
At 9 under, Molder was a stroke ahead of
Webb Simpson and two in front of second-
ranked Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed. Simpson
and Spieth completed their rounds.
Molder was the irst-round leader after an
opening 64 with six birdies on the front nine. He
had ive more birdies on that side Friday, which
would translate to a 59 — that is the best score
ever shot on the PGA Tour.
“You know, I thought about that when I was
on No. 6 today,” Molder said. “That was fun.
I mean, I wish I could have just turned back
around, teed off on No. 1 and just kept going
because that side has been really good to me.”
Play was stopped with 61 of the 121 players
still on the course. They will return to complete
the second round Saturday morning, scheduled to
resume just more than 11 hours after stopping. The
third round will be played after the cut is made.
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Tuesday
No. 4 Irrigon at No. 1 Burns (2A/1A
semiinals), 4 p.m.
No. 3 Stanield at No. 2 Rainier (3A
semiinals), 4 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Tuesday
No. 3 Churchill at No. 2 Pendleton (5A
semiinals), TBD
No. 4 Gladstone at No. 1 Mac-Hi (4A
semiinals), 4:30 p.m.
No. 5 Kennedy at No. 1 Pilot Rock (2A/1A
semiinals), 5 p.m.
Prep scores
BASEBALL
Friday’s Games
6A Quarterinals
WESTVIEW 2, West Salem 1
JESUIT 7, McMinnville 1
OREGON CITY 5, Grant 4 (8 inn)
SHELDON 7, West Linn 4
5A Quarterinals
SUMMIT 9, Putnam 3
Churchill 7, CRATER 5
HOOD RIVER VALLEY 2, Ashland 0
CRESCENT VALLEY 10, Marist Catholic 1
4A Quarterinals
BANKS 7, Elmira 3
Astoria 4, COTTAGE GROVE 2 (9 inn)
HENLEY 15, Hidden Valley 7
Estacada 4, VALLEY CATHOLIC 3
3A Quarterinals
RAINIER 8, Glide 3
ST. MARY’S-MEDFORD 7, Horizon Chris-
tian-Tualatin 0
STANFIELD/ECHO 17, Catlin Gabel 1
SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 5, Dayton 2
2A/1A Quarterinals
BURNS 7, Waldport 1
IRRIGON 12, Kennedy 3
KNAPPA 6, North Douglas 3
MONROE 21, Weston-McEwen 4
SOFTBALL
Friday’s Games
6A Quarterinals
Grants Pass 6, FRANKLIN 0
NORTH MEDFORD 8, McMinnville 4
JESUIT 11, Reynolds 0 (6 inn)
Glencoe 8, OREGON CITY 6
5A Quarterinals
LEBANON 7, The Dalles / Dufur 5
CHURCHILL 6, Dallas 0
Marist Catholic 5, PUTNAM 0
PENDLETON 11, Silverton 0 (5 inn)
4A Quarterinals
BANKS 5, Ontario 1
SCAPPOOSE 10, Newport 0
GLADSTONE 1, Henley 0 (10 inn)
MCLOUGHLIN 11, Douglas 2
3A Quarterinals
DAYTON 18, Cascade Christian 0
Pleasant Hill 5, WESTON-MCEWEN/GRIS-
WOLD 4 (8 inn)
SCIO 10, Harrisburg 0 (5 inn)
RAINIER 10, Amity 0 (5 inn)
2A/1A Quarterinals
UNION/COVE 12, Central Linn 2 (6 inn)
PILOT ROCK/NIXYAAWII 7, Vernonia 0
BONANZA 2, Oakland 1
Kennedy 9, NORTH DOUGLAS 1
Basketball
NBA
Playoff Glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 4, Toronto 2
Tuesday, May 17: Cleveland 115, Toronto 84
Thursday, May 19: Cleveland 108, Toronto 89
Saturday, May 21: Toronto 99, Cleveland 84
Monday: Toronto 105, Cleveland 99
Wednesday: Cleveland 116, Toronto 78
Friday: Cleveland 113, Toronto 87
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Oklahoma City 3, Golden State 2
Monday, May 16: Oklahoma City 108,
Golden State 102
Wednesday, May 18: Golden State 118,
Oklahoma City 91
Sunday: Oklahoma City 133, Golden
State 105
Tuesday: Oklahoma City 118, Golden
State 94
Thursday: Golden State 120, Oklahoma
City 111
Saturday: Golden State at Oklahoma City,
6 p.m. (TNT)
x-Monday: Oklahoma City at Golden
State, 6 p.m.
WNBA
Friday’s Games
San Antonio 79, Chicago 78
Minnesota 74, Indiana 71
Dallas 93, Atlanta 102
Saturday’s Games
Connecticut at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Indiana at Atlanta, Noon
Chicago at Dallas, 1:30 p.m.
Washington at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
Baseball
MLB
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia 2
St. Louis 6, Washington 2
N.Y. Mets 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Atlanta 4, Miami 2
Pittsburgh 9, Texas 1
Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 5
Colorado 5, San Francisco 2
San Diego 10, Arizona 3
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-6) at Chicago
Cubs (Hendricks 2-4), 11:20 a.m.
Cincinnati (Simon 1-5) at Milwaukee
(Anderson 2-6), 1:10 p.m.
Miami (Chen 3-2) at Atlanta (Blair 0-3),
1:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-2) at Colora-
do (Rusin 1-2), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 3-3) at N.Y. Mets
(Syndergaard 5-2), 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Nicasio 4-3) at Texas (Darvish
0-0), 4:15 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 4-3) at Washington
(Gonzalez 3-2), 4:15 p.m.
San Diego (Vargas 0-2) at Arizona (Greinke
5-3), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
St. Louis at Washington, 10:35 a.m.
Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Texas, 12:05 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 1:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 5:00 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Toronto 7, Boston 5
Baltimore 6, Cleveland 4
N.Y. Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 1
Pittsburgh 9, Texas 1
Kansas City 7, Chicago White Sox 5
Detroit 4, Oakland 1
L.A. Angels 7, Houston 2
Minnesota 7, Seattle 2
Saturday’s Games
Boston (Porcello 7-2) at Toronto (Stroman
5-1), 10:07 a.m.
Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-4) at Kansas
City (Ventura 4-3), 11:15 a.m.
Detroit (Boyd 0-0) at Oakland (Hahn 1-2),
1:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Jimenez 2-5) at Cleveland
(Salazar 4-3), 1:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 2-5) at Tampa Bay
(Moore 1-3), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Nicasio 4-3) at Texas (Darvish
0-0), 4:15 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 2-6) at L.A. Angels
(Weaver 4-3), 7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Hughes 1-7) at Seattle (Miley
5-2), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Boston at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 11:15 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Texas, 12:05 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 1:10 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Playoff Glance
STANLEY CUP FINALS
(Best-of-7)
San Jose vs. Pittsburgh
Monday: San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, June 1: San Jose at Pitts-
burgh, 5 p.m.
Saturday, June 4: Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m.
Monday, June 6: Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
Friday’s Games
D.C. United 1, Sporting Kansas City 0
Saturday’s Games
Houston at Vancouver, 3 p.m.
Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.
Seattle at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Montreal, 5 p.m.
Portland at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 6 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Game
Orlando City at New York City FC, 1:30 p.m.
Tennis
FRENCH OPEN
Friday
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Purse: $35.9 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Third Round
Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Andrej
Martin, Slovakia, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-3.
Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Ivo Karlovic
(27), Croatia, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, def. Jack
Sock (23), United States, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4,
4-6, 6-4.
Richard Gasquet (9), France, def. Nick
Kyrgios (17), Australia, 6-2, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Fernando
Verdasco, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4.
John Isner (15), United States, def.
Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 7-6 (7), 4-6,
2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Jere-
my Chardy (30), France, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.
Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Gilles
Simon (16), France, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Women
Third Round
Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, def. Yanina
Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-3, 6-0.
Simona Halep (6), Romania, def. Naomi
Osaka, Japan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Irina-Camelia Begu (25), Romania, def.
Annika Beck, Germany, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
Sam Stosur (21), Australia, def. Lucie Sa-
farova (11), Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-7 (0), 7-5.
Shelby Rogers, United States, def. Petra
Kvitova (10), Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-7 (3), 6-0.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (13), Russia, def.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (24), Russia,
6-1, 6-4.
Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, def.
Barbora Strycova (30), Czech Republic, 6-2,
6-7 (6), 6-2.
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Sloane
Stephens (19), United States, 6-2, 6-1.
Golf
PGA
Dean & Deluca Invitational
Friday’s Leaders
At Colonial Country Club
Fort Worth, Texas
Purse: $6.7 million
Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70
Partial Second Round
Webb Simpson
65-67—132
Jordan Spieth
67-66—133
Tony Finau
68-67—135
Jonas Blixt
67-69—136
Brandt Snedeker
68-68—136
Steven Bowditch
69-68—137
Bill Haas
67-70—137
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-7
-5
-4
-4
-3
-3
Johnson Wagner
Chris Stroud
Scott Piercy
Ben Crane
Ricky Barnes
Charley Hoffman
Steve Stricker
Charl Schwartzel
Matt Kuchar
Daniel Summerhays
Tom Hoge
70-67—137
69-69—138
71-67—138
70-69—139
68-71—139
71-69—140
72-68—140
71-69—140
73-67—140
72-68—140
70-70—140
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-2
-2
-1
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Motorsports
NASCAR
Sprint Cup
Coca-Cola 600 Lineup (Top 10)
Thursday qualifying; race Sunday
At Charlotte Motor Speedway
Concord, North Carolina
Race distance: 600 miles, 400 laps
1. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 192.328
mph.
2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 192.007.
3. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 191.428.
4. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 191.388.
5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 190.968.
6. (16) Greg Bifle, Ford, 190.503.
7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet,
190.282.
8. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 190.268.
9. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 189.853.
10. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 189.587.
INDYCAR
Indy 500 Lineup (Top 10)
Race Sunday, May 29
At Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Lap length: 2.5 miles
(Car number in parentheses.
1. (5) James Hinchcliffe, Honda,
02:36.0063, 230.760 mph.
2. (21) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet,
02:36.0470, 230.700.
3. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda,
02:36.0821, 230.648.
4. (29) Townsend Bell, Honda, 02:36.1950,
230.481.
5. (26) Carlos Munoz, Honda, 02:36.3264,
230.287.
6. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 02:36.7471,
229.669.
7. (7) Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, 02:36.8205,
229.562.
8. (22) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet,
02:37.1096, 229.139.
9. (3) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet,
02:37.1265, 229.115.
10. (77) Oriol Servia, Honda, 02:37.1638,
229.060.