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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, June 18, 2016 US Open He’s back: Dustin Johnson tied for lead Leaderboard At Oakmont Country Club Oakmont, Pa. Purse: TBA ($10 million in 2015) Yardage: 7,254; Par: 70 (35-35) Partial Second Round Dustin Johnson 67-69 Scott Piercy 68-70 Sergio Garcia 68-70 Daniel Summerhays 74-65 Andy Sullivan 71-68 Lee Slattery 72-68 Jason Kokrak 71-70 Brendan Steele 71-71 Justin Thomas 73-69 Graeme McDowell 72-71 Brooks Koepka 75-69 Spencer Levin 73-72 Bill Haas 76-69 Chris Wood 75-70 Tim Wilkinson 71-75 Cameron Smith 71-75 Ryan Moore 74-72 Charley Hoffman 72-74 Billy Horschel 72-74 Tony Finau 72-75 Gary Stal 71-76 Kevin Tway 74-73 Geoff Ogilvy 71-76 Sebastian Soderberg 75-73 Jamie Donaldson 74-74 Soren Kjeldsen 73-76 William McGirt 75-74 Kent Bulle 76-74 Anirban Lahiri 73-78 Brandt Snedeker 80-71 Webb Simpson 77-74 Thitiphun Chuayprakong 73-79 J.J. Henry 77-75 Alex Noren 74-78 Carlos Ortiz 76-76 Hideki Matsuyama 74-78 Billy Hurley III 78-75 Jaco Van Zyl 75-78 Smylie Kaufman 77-76 Miguel Tabuena 74-80 Jeev Milkha Singh 76-79 Max Kieffer 77-78 By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press 136 138 138 139 139 140 141 142 142 143 144 145 145 145 146 146 146 146 146 147 147 147 147 148 148 149 149 150 151 151 151 152 152 152 152 152 153 153 153 154 155 155 OAKMONT, Pa. — Dustin Johnson unleashed another powerful tee shot that got lost in the darkening sky over Oakmont. Positioned some 200 yards away on a forward tee, his caddie tried to track the light of the ball until he gave up and said, “Where did it go?” Like he even had to ask. One year after Johnson let the U.S. Open slip away from him at Cham- bers Bay, he drove his way to the top of the leaderboard Friday at Oakmont on a marathon day of 36 holes with rounds of 69-66 that left him poised for another shot at a major. “I’ve got a good game plan for this course,” Johnson said. “And if I keep driving it like I am, I’ll be tough to beat.” More than the long ball, Johnson has a short memory. For all his chances in the majors — four of them and counting — he has the remarkable capacity to move on. The most crushing was last summer at Chambers Bay, when Johnson had AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Dustin Johnson lines up his putt on the seventh hole during the rain delayed second round of the U.S. Open golf championship at Oak- mont Country Club on Friday, June 17, 2016, in Oakmont, Pa. a 12-foot eagle putt to win the U.S. Open and three-putted to inish one behind Jordan Spieth. When asked if last year motivated him, Johnson deadpanned, “What happened last year.” This year has been nothing short of impressive. Johnson played 27 holes before making his only bogey in two rounds. He still hasn’t made a birdie on a par 5. And he was at 4-under 136, the best score by two shots of the 50 players who inished two rounds in the rain-delayed championship. Andrew Landry had a much shorter day. The 28-year-old qualiier only had to hit one shot Friday when he returned in the morning to make a 10-foot birdie putt for a 66 and the lead. It was the best opening round in 10 majors at Oakmont, beating a record shared by Ben Hogan and Tom Watson. Landry also became the irst player in 30 years to have the sole lead after his irst U.S. Open round. Now his name shares billing with Johnson, whom Spieth recently described as “arguably the most talented player on the PGA Tour.” Landry doesn’t start his second round until Saturday morning. Three storm delays Thursday left a disjointed schedule and no clear picture of who’s in control. The nine players who completed the opening round Thursday, including 19-year-old Scottie Schefler and his 69, had the entire day off Friday. Those who had to return to inish the irst round initially were given tee times deep into the evening until the USGA decided it best that everyone from that half of the ield — including Spieth at 2 over — start Saturday morning. OTHER VIEWS Open so messy Oakmont squirrel will need a makeover T his U.S. Open has become such a slog that by the time it’s over, the Oakmont Country Club logo will need a makeover. The suggestion here is swap out the squirrel holding a ball for a golfer waving a white lag. The locals occasionally refer to the course as “Soakmont” and rarely has the moniker been more itting than during Round 1, when fast- moving storms swept across the place in three powerful waves, the last one mercifully ending play Thursday after only nine golfers had completed 18 holes. That left a big disparity in how many holes golfers in the 156-man ield had to play Friday. Overnight leader Andrew Landry, for instance, got a full night’s sleep, then was back in place at 7:30 a.m. with nothing more strenuous than a 10-foot birdie putt to inish Round 1. As he came through the gate early Jim Friday, Litke hundreds of AP Sports spectators were still lined up on Hulton Road, kept off the course until 8 a.m. while groundskeepers mopped up the mess left by overnight rain. So when Landry — a U.S. Open rookie ranked No. 624 in the world, no less — rolled in the putt to reach 4 under, Oakmont was almost empty. Asked whether he’d ever made a birdie on the 18th hole and heard nothing, Landry wisecracked, “Yes, many times. It’s called the mini-tours.” But at least his work for the day was done. He’ll return early Saturday to play Round 2, and if he makes the cut, Landry can expect to tee off in the third round around 2 p.m. On the other end of the spectrum was Dustin Johnson, who teed off for his irst round at 8:36 a.m. Friday, part of a group of 78 players who didn’t set foot on the course a day earlier. He had just enough time to sign his Round 1 scorecard for a 67 before heading out for Round 2 in mid-afternoon. Asked between rounds whether he had a game plan, Johnson said, “You know it’s going to be a long day. Still do everything exactly how you would if you were just playing 18.” Granted, it’s not like these guys are carrying bricks in the hot sun. But by the end of the day, after carding a 69 on his second 18-hole trip around Oakmont, Johnson had played 36 holes to Landry’s one putt — yet the two shared the perch at 4 under atop the leaderboard. If the weatherman cooperates and the plan hatched by U.S. Golf Association schedule-makers runs smoothly, everyone in the ield will have two rounds under their belt by around 2 p.m. and the 60 or so players who make the cut will begin Round 3 shortly after that. Whether the reduced ield begins that round in threesomes, or goes off both the irst 10th tees to make sure they can squeeze in 18 holes, remains to be seen. In any case, the plan is to make Sunday’s inal round — players going off as twosomes with everyone leaving off the irst tee — look like just about every other U.S. Open inal round for the last 50 years. Confused? Don’t fret. So is just about everyone else at Oakmont. Pro golfers are inicky and most are creatures of habit. The brutal rough and lightning-fast greens already had plenty of players fearing they’d be embarrassed or worse. A few get upset simply because their favorite brand of shampoo isn’t available in the locker room. Even for those who’ve made all the other adjustments required to contend, the impromptu schedule here has messed with their dining and sleeping routines. Take Masters champion Bubba Watson. He inished his Round 1 on Friday at 1 under, then was told he’d begin Round 2 around 8 p.m. “I need 12 hours of sleep. I get cranky,” Watson said. “I’m not going to get my 12 hours of sleep tonight.” Fortunately, USGA oficials changed course and moved Watson’s tee time to 8 a.m. Saturday. But whether he gets his full beauty rest may not matter. There’s scant evidence that a good night’s sleep is going to make a difference at Oakmont. One of the most interesting things about the chaos is that the golfers who teed off Thursday morning inished, on average, two shots higher than their counterparts by the time both halves of the ield completed Round 1. “It has just been a really, really long day on a really tough golf course,” said Lee Slattery, even after two rounds, speaking for most of the players in the ield. “I’m going to sleep well tonight, that’s for sure.” CNFR: MARINERS: Cano sets slugging record for AL second basemen Continued from 1B Continued from 1B a time of 14.43 which helped her to a 5th place inish in aggregate to advance onto Saturday’s championship round. Sorey completed the course in 14.49 seconds and inished 20th in aggregate. Lauren Leyva continued the successful evening for Blue Mountain as she advanced out of the long go with a fourth place inish after a 6.6-second turn. Her performance, teamed with the barrel racers, helped the Blue Mountain women vault back into irst place in the team standings with 300 points — just ive points ahead of second place Gillette. On the men’s side, Blue Mountain had just one competitor advance on Friday as J.T. Garland made the cut in steer wrestling. Garland stopped the clock at 10.3 seconds, which was his slowest time of the Finals, but quick times in the irst two rounds helped him to a 10th place inish. Jared Parke missed the cut with a 14th place inish in steer wrestling. Also competing on Friday were Tyler Potter in bareback riding and Jordan Tye/Jared Parke in team roping. Potter earned a 64.5 point ride and inished 27th overall, while Tye and Parke stopped the clock at 6.3 seconds for the ifth-best time of the round, however a slow second round pushed their aggregate scores to a 15th place inish. Also missing the cut for BMCC was Kenny Haworth in bareback (19th), and Jordan Tye came one spot short of advancing with a 13th place inish in tie-down roping. The Blue Mountain men’s team did move up 12 spots in the team standings into 18th place with 150 points, and trail irst place Feather River who leads with 710 points. Hermiston native Michael Pederson, competing with Oregon State, missed the cut in tie-down roping with a 14th place inish. The championship round kicks off today at 7 p.m. at the Casper Events Center. Steve Cishek came in to end a threat by Boston in the ninth and picked up his 16th save. The Mariners roughed up former teammate Roenis Elias (0-1) early in his irst start for Boston, which acquired him in an offseason deal with Seattle. Elias threw 30 pitches in the irst inning and was down 2-0 after just three of them. Ketel Marte singled on the opening pitch, then Gutierrez hit a 1-0 changeup out to center for his sixth homer of the season. Gutierrez led off the third with a shot to left that cleared the Green Monster and everything above it, then just missed a grand slam in the fourth with a three-run double to the base of the right-ield wall that gave the Mariners a 6-0 lead. “So close from hitting the third one. It really was,” Servais said. “Obviously he was seeing the ball really good.” Gutierrez scored on a single by Cano. Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia drove in runs with a pair of sacriice lies in the seventh for Boston to cut the lead to 8-4. STREAKING CANO Cano has multiple hits in seven of his last 10 games. He atoned for a base-running mistake in the fourth, when he tried to stretch a single into a double and was thrown out at second, with his 258th homer. It was his 247th as a second baseman, which according to the Mariners broke a tie with Joe Gordon for the most by a second baseman in American League history. “American League’s been around for a while. That’s a pretty big deal,” Servais said. Jeff Kent holds the MLB record for homers by a second baseman with 351. ON THE ROAD AGAIN The Red Sox called up Elias from Triple-A Pawtucket earlier in the day, then sent him right back down after Friday night’s loss. Manager John Farrell said Elias did a good job to steady himself after the rough start, but couldn’t over- come the damage done by Gutierrez. “Gutierrez was the story tonight against him,” Farrell said. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: Placed LHP Wade Miley on the 15-day DL because of a left shoulder impingement and recalled RHP Jonathan Aro and LHP David Rollins from Triple-A Tacoma. Red Sox: Placed IF Josh Rutledge (left knee tendinitis) on the 15-day DL and recalled Elias from Triple-A Pawtucket. Farrell said Boston sent Elias and OF Rusney Castillo back to Triple-A after the game and planned to return Clay Buchholz to the starting lineup. UP NEXT Mariners: RHP Adrian Sampson is expected to make his major league debut in place of Miley. Sampson was with the Mariners but not on the active roster Friday night. Sampson is 7-4 with a 3.25 ERA in 13 starts at Triple-A Tacoma this season. Red Sox: Rick Porcello (7-2, 3.81) tries to remain unbeaten in starts at Fenway Park this season. Porcello has a no-decision in each of his last four starts. SCOREBOARD Basketball NBA Playoff Glance FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 3, Cleveland 3 (all games on ABC) Thursday, June 2: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 Sunday, June 5: Golden State 110, Cleveland 77 Wednesday, June 8: Cleveland 120, Golden State 90 Friday: Golden State 108, Cleveland 97 Monday, June 13: Cleveland 112, Golden State 97 Thursday, June 16: Cleveland 115, Golden State 102 Sunday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 8 3 .727 — New York 7 4 .636 1 Chicago 5 7 .417 3½ Washington 5 7 .417 3½ Indiana 5 7 .417 3½ Connecticut 2 10 .167 6½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 11 0 1.000 — Los Angeles 11 0 1.000 — Dallas 4 7 .364 7 Phoenix 4 7 .364 7 Seattle 4 8 .333 7½ San Antonio 2 8 .200 8½ ——— Friday’s Games Atlanta 101, Chicago 97 (OT) Indiana 84, San Antonio 75 Los Angeles 77, Phoenix 71 Today’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Antonio at Connecticut, 10 a.m. New York at Indiana, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 4 p.m. Baseball NCAA College World Series At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Today’s Games Game 1 — Oklahoma State (41-20) vs. UC Santa Barbara (42-18-1), 12 p.m. (ESPN2) Game 2 — Miami (50-12) vs. Arizona (44-21), 5 p.m. (ESPN2) Sunday’s Games Game 3 — Texas Tech (46-18) vs. TCU (47-16), 12 p.m. (ESPNU) Game 4 — Florida (52-14) vs. Coastal Carolina (49-16), 5 p.m. (ESPN2) MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 38 28 .576 — Boston 37 29 .561 1 Toronto 39 31 .557 1 New York 33 34 .493 5½ Tampa Bay 31 34 .477 6½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 36 30 .545 — Kansas City 36 31 .537 ½ Detroit 34 33 .507 2½ Chicago 33 34 .493 3½ Minnesota 20 47 .299 16½ West Division W L Pct GB Texas 43 25 .632 — Seattle 36 31 .537 6½ Houston 32 36 .471 11 Los Angeles 29 38 .433 13½ Oakland 28 39 .418 14½ ——— Friday’s Games Toronto 13, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2 San Francisco 5, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 8, Boston 4 Cincinnati 4, Houston 2, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2 Kansas City 10, Detroit 3 Texas 1, St. Louis 0 Oakland 3, L.A. Angels 2 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 3-7) at Minnesota (Nolasco 3-4), 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels (Lincecum 0-0) at Oakland (Neal 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Seattle (Miley 6-3) at Boston (Porcello 7-2), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 4-7) at Baltimore (Gallar- do 1-1), 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Reed 0-0) at Houston (Keuchel 3-9), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Moore 3-4), 1:10 p.m. Texas (Martinez 1-1) at St. Louis (Marti- nez 7-5), 1:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-6) at Cleve- land (Salazar 7-3), 3:10 p.m. Detroit (Boyd 0-1) at Kansas City (Volquez 6-6), 5:15 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m. San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Seattle at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 11:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 11:15 a.m. Texas at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. L.A. Angels at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 43 25 .632 — New York 36 30 .545 5½ Miami 35 32 .522 7 Philadelphia 30 38 .441 12½ Atlanta 21 46 .313 21 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 45 20 .692 — St. Louis 35 31 .530 10½ Pittsburgh 33 34 .493 13 Milwaukee 31 37 .456 15½ Cincinnati 27 41 .397 19½ West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 42 26 .618 — Los Angeles 36 33 .521 6½ Colorado 32 34 .485 9 Arizona 30 39 .435 12½ San Diego 27 42 .391 15½ ——— Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 0 Arizona 10, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 5, Colorado 1 San Francisco 5, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 4, Houston 2, 11 innings Texas 1, St. Louis 0 Washington 7, San Diego 5 L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 2 Saturday’s Games Arizona (Greinke 9-3) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 4-8), 12:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Reed 0-0) at Houston (Keuchel 3-9), 1:10 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 8-4) at Miami (Chen 4-2), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 3-6) at Tampa Bay (Moore 3-4), 1:10 p.m. Texas (Martinez 1-1) at St. Louis (Marti- nez 7-5), 1:15 p.m. Atlanta (Blair 0-4) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-3), 5:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Niese 6-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 8-3), 5:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 4-6) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Bolsinger 1-4), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 8-4) at San Diego (Rea 3-3), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Colorado at Miami, 10:10 a.m. San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Arizona at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Cincinnati at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Texas at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Washington at San Diego, 1:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 5:08 p.m. NORTHWEST LEAGUE North Division W L Pct. Vancouver (Blue Jays) 1 0 1.000 Tri-City (Padres) 1 0 1.000 Everett (Mariners) 0 1 .000 Spokane (Rangers) 0 1 .000 South Division W L Pct. Hillsboro (Dbacks) 1 0 1.000 Eugene (Cubs) 1 0 1.000 Boise (Rockies) 0 1 .000 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 0 1 .000 ——— Friday’s Games Vancouver 5, Spokane 3 Hillsboro 6, Salem-Keizer 5 Eugene 6, Boise 1 Everett at Tri-City, 10:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Vancouver at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Boise at Eugene, 7:05 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. Sunday’s Games Vancouver at Spokane, 3:30 p.m. Boise at Eugene, 5 p.m. Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 5:05 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. GB — — 1 1 GB — — 1 1 Soccer Copa America QUARTERFINALS Thursday’s Game At Seattle United States 2, Ecuador 1 Friday’s Game Peru 0, Colombia 0, Colombia advanced on penalty kicks 4-2 Today’s Games Argentina vs. Venezuela, 4 p.m. Mexico vs. Chile, 7 p.m. SEMIFINALS Tuesday, June 21 (At Houston) United States vs. Argentina/Venezuela winner, 6 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Standings Through June 12 1. Kevin Harvick, 526 2. Kurt Busch, 496 3. Brad Keselowski, 480 4. Carl Edwards, 472 5. Joey Logano, 455 6. Chase Elliot, 453 7. Jimmie Johnson, 441 8. Martin Truex Jr, 433 9. Kyle Busch, 417 10. Matt Kenseth, 409 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr, 383 12. Austin Dillon, 381 13. Denny Hamlin, 380 14. Jamie McMurray, 374 15. Ryan Newman, 369 16. Ryan Blaney, 364 17. Kasey Kahne, 353 18. Trevor Bayne, 345 19. Kyle Larsen, 341 20. AJ Allmendinger, 337 21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 337 22. Paul Menard, 289 23. Clint Bowyer, 270 24. Greg Bifle, 267 25. Danica Patrick, 265 26. Aric Almirola, 264 27. Landon Cassill, 237 28. Casey Mears, 221 29. David Ragan, 208 30. Brian Scott, 197 31. Regan Smith, 186 32. Chris Buescher, 182 33. Michael McDowell, 161 34. Matt DiBenedetto, 158 35. Tony Stewart, 152 36. Cole Whitt, 133 37. Michael Annett, 124 38. Brian Vickers, 86 39. Josh Wise, 72 40. Jeffrey Earnhardt, 48 Golf LPGA Meijer Classic Scores Friday At Blytheield Country Club Belmont, Mich. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,451; Par: 71 (a-amateur) Second Round Leaders Lexi Thompson 65-67 Alena Sharp 66-67 Q Baek 66-67 In Gee Chun 66-67 So Yeon Ryu 66-67 Amy Yang 67-67 Minjee Lee 67-67 Haru Nomura 67-67 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 66-68 Amelia Lewis 66-68 Carlota Ciganda 65-69 Sei Young Kim 65-69 Nontaya Srisawang 70-65 Xi Yu Lin 68-67 Belen Mozo 67-68 Lydia Ko 67-68 Brooke M. Henderson 67-68 Paula Reto 65-70 Paula Creamer 70-66 Lizette Salas 68-68 Azahara Munoz 68-68 Ilhee Lee 68-68 Ashleigh Simon 68-68 Shanshan Feng 68-68 P.K. Kongkraphan 70-67 Jing Yan 70-67 Mi Jung Hur 70-67 Danielle Kang 69-68 Brittany Lincicome 69-68 132 133 133 133 133 134 134 134 134 134 134 134 135 135 135 135 135 135 136 136 136 136 136 136 137 137 137 137 137
