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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, July 14, 2016 Golf Enough Olympic talk: It’s time for the British Open The International Golf Federation, run by former R&A chief Peter Dawson, TROON, Scotland — took over Open week on Jordan Spieth, going for the Monday to announce that third leg of the career Grand Olympic qualifying had Slam, spent more time ended and that Spieth (along talking about a golf course with Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, Dustin Johnson and 16 he will never see. The majority of his press other men) was not playing. The next day, Spieth conference was taken up with questions about the stood by his decision Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (“health concerns”) and and why he chose not to said his goal would be to play. Spieth knew that was get to the Tokyo Games in coming. It was only when 2020, assuming the men are he was leaving the room still in the games. McIlroy that the 22-year-old Texan followed him into the room smiled and said to no one DQG EODVWHG JROI RI¿FLDOV in particular, “Do we have a who for the last seven years have preached the Olympics tournament this week?” as an opportunity to grow the Finally, yes. Colin Montgomerie, game. “I didn’t get into golf to who lived across the street from Royal Troon when his grow the game,” McIlroy father was the club secretary, said. “I got into golf to win KLWV WKH ¿UVW WHH VKRW ZKHQ championships, and win the British Open begins major championships.” Even on Wednesday, on Thursday. That should put to rest three days of the day before the 145th consternation about another Open began, another press tournament — the Olympics conference was held with the — that doesn’t have nearly IGF backdrop to announce the history or the tradition of Britain’s golf team. Claret jug, anyone? golf’s oldest championship. Jordan Spieth points during Wednes- day’s prac- tice round ahead of the Brit- ish Open Champi- onship at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press PENDLETON: Jenness double scores two, gains lead for good Continued from 1B ended the threat, but Pendleton was far from done. Portland got its leadoff batter on with an error in the bottom of the fourth, but didn’t get a runner past second and Jordan Jones walked to OHDGRIIWKH¿IWK She took second on a passed ball, then scored on a single by Ella Chrisman (1 for 3). Chrisman also advanced on a passed ball, and pulled Pendleton within 4-3 when she scored on a ground-out by Kylie Parsons. Maria Lilienthal (2 for 4) restarted the rally with a single, then Wilson walked to bring up Duchek, who singled to drive in Lilienthal and knot the score at four apiece. Jenness then put Pendleton up for good with a two-RBI double to FHQWHU ¿HOG 6DXUHQ *DUWRQ IRU singled to move Jenness to third, and a ground-out by Burke brought her home to cap the rally. Burke got a swinging strikeout to strand runners on the corners during 3RUWODQG¶V ¿IWK DQG :LOVRQ VFRUHG 3HQGOHWRQ¶V¿QDOUXQLQWKHVL[WKRQDQ HUURURQDEDOOKLWWROHIW¿HOGE\'XFKHN Portland got runners on second and third with one out in the bottom of the VL[WKEXWDÀ\RXWWR-RQHVLQOHIW¿HOG and a ground-out to Wilson at second ended the game. Pendleton will represent Oregon at the Little League Softball West Regional Tournament at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino, California, on July 22-29. It will open the 12-team bracket in pool play with state champions from Alaska, Montana and Utah. Other teams at West Regionals will be Hawaii, Idaho, Northern California, Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Wyoming. The winner will advance to the Little League Softball World Series in Portland on Aug. 10-17. Despite coming up short in the state tournament, Southeast Portland will receive an automatic berth at the World Series as the host team. ——— R H E PEN 000 161 — 8 9 4 SEP 013 000 — 4 10 2 W — M. Burke. L — Ailee P. 2B — D. Jenness (PEN): Elizabeth B., Claire W., Ailee P. (SEP). 3B — D. Duchek (PEN). ALL-STATE: Continued from 1B Roe is joined by four Pilot Rock WHDPPDWHV RQ WKH DOOVWDWH ¿UVW WHDP roster as well as seven Rockets overall, giving the team the most representatives on the all-state teams of any school in Class 2A/1A. -RLQLQJ5RHRQWKHDOOVWDWH¿UVWWHDP roster was junior pitcher Tehya Ostrom (12-0, 1.01 ERA, 84 K, 75.2 IP), soph- omore catcher Rhyanne Oates (.404 DYJ5%,UXQVVHQLRULQ¿HOGHU and state championship MVP Madison Dave (.520 avg., 15 doubles, 5 HR, 49 RBI), and junior utility player Sara Weinke (.456 avg., .554 OBP, 2 HR, 25 RBI, 27 runs). Senior pitcher Rebekka Holman (9-2, 1.65 ERA, 57 K, 50.2 IP) and VRSKRPRUHRXW¿HOGHU.D\OD'HLVW avg., 19 runs) were each named as all-state honorable mentions for Pilot 5RFN ,UULJRQ VHQLRU RXW¿HOGHU .HOO\ McLaughlin was also named as an honorable mention. Pilot Rock’s Darin Fitzpatrick was also selected as Class 2A/1A Coach of the Year. AP Photo/Peter Morrison Spieth let it slip through KLV ¿QJHUV ODVW \HDU DW 6W Andrews going for his third straight major, and he wound up holding it later that evening — but only because he was with Zach Johnson, the champion golfer of the year, when it was over. “I crave to have that trophy in my possession at some point,” Spieth said. “And to reach a third leg of the Grand Slam this week would be a fantastic achieve- ment.” History is on his side, even if it’s more of a coincidence. The last six British Open champions at Royal Troon dating to 1950 are Amer- icans, and it didn’t escape Spieth when he looked at photos of the winners in the clubhouse. The last two winners, Todd Hamilton and Justin Leonard, lived in Dallas. Spieth arrived on the weekend and already saw the unpredictable nature of these Ayrshire links off the Irish Sea. The wind was into his face on Saturday and Sunday on the easier opening holes, and the prevailing wind at his back returned the following three days. Royal Troon is clearly a tale of two nines. The front nine typically is downwind and doesn’t have a par 4 longer than 422 yards. The back nine turns into the wind and doesn’t have a par 4 that his shorter than 430 yards. The common denom- inator? Bunkers dot the landscape on both sides, along with thick, prickly gorse bushes more prevalent at the turn. Fairway bunkers effectively are a half-shot penalty, possibly a full shot or more if the ball rolls up against the vetted faces. “We looked at the holes, and on paper it looked relatively simple,” Masters champion Danny Willett said. “But you start knocking it in a couple of the bunkers, up near the faces, the bunker design is a little bit sneaky.” The closing holes into the wind can be a three-club difference. “You can see when it’s ÀDWWHQHG RXW \RX FDQ KDYH a go at the golf course,” he said. “But if you get it breezy, like in any Open venue, this place really shows its teeth.” The record score at Royal Troon is 12-under 272 when Leonard won in 1997. Youth Baseball Bliss and Bower homer, Hodgen splits with Bend East Oregonian Naughton and Caleb Cary were 2 for 4. Austin Zaugg started with the PENDLETON — A pair of solid starts yielded just a split for ball in Game 2 and tossed three Hodgen Distributing on Tuesday hitless innings before running into when it took on Bend in an Amer- trouble in the fourth. Bend scored four runs on three hits and three ican Legion doubleheader. The difference for the Pend- errors to go up 4-2, and Zaugg hit leton club came on offense as two batters and gave up two runs Hodgen scored early and often in EHIRUHUHFRUGLQJDQRXWLQWKH¿IWK 13-5 win in Game 1, then went and turned the ball over to Hayden cold before a too-little-too-late Villers with the bases loaded. 9LOOHUVSOXQNHGKLV¿UVWEDWWHU rally in a 9-5 loss in Game 2. Daniel Naughton took the hill then a passed ball allowed another WRVWDUWWKH¿UVWJDPHDQGDOORZHG run to score to make it 8-2. Two looking strikeouts and a one run on just one hit over four innings. He also struck out six and ground-out to third stranded one walked one. Wyatt Morris went the IRU+RGJHQLQWKH¿IWKDQG%HQG rest of the way and allowed four extended its lead with a run in the runs, though none were earned, on sixth. A lead-off walk and another three hits. Hodgen’s offense allowed Hodgen error (it had six in the both pitchers to work stress-free, game), put runners on second and though, and churned out 11 hits third with no outs. Villers struck with home runs from Mathan out two of the next three batters, but Bend pushed a run in with a Bliss and Nick Bower. Bliss’s was a solo shot to lead ground-out to second. Hodgen had a chance to cut the off the bottom of the third and put Hodgen up 5-1, and Bower’s was lead in the sixth when an error and a three-run job in the fourth to two walks gave it bases loaded with one out, but a strikeout extend the lead to 9-1. Bliss and Ryan Russell each IROORZHG E\ D JURXQGRXW WR ¿UVW went 2 for 3 at the plate, and ended that opportunity. Hodgen turned a double play to get out of the seventh unscathed, and started to rally when Bower reached on an error and scored on a double by Johnny Malcom. Bliss then walked and Villers was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs. Jared Beveridge pushed another run across, but hit into a GRXEOHSOD\IRUWKH¿UVWWZRRXWV Zaugg then walked and Avery Deutz hit an RBI single, but a ground-out to shortstop ended the game. ——— Game 1 R H E BND 001 040 0 — 5 4 4 HOD 312 340 X — 13 11 3 W — D. Naughton. 2B — W. Morris, R. Russell (HOD). HR — N. Bower. M. Bliss (HOD). Game 2 R H BND 000 441 0 — 9 6 HOD 002 000 3 — 5 6 L — A. Zaugg. 2B — J. Malcom, T. Chichester. E 3 6 MILTON-FREEWATER 4-10, CONNELL 3-7 — At Milton-Free- water, the Milton-Freewater Blazers 16U baseball team found Connell’s weakness and exploited it repeat- edly for a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday. The Blazers stole 28 bases total to score 14 runs on 13 hits. Rudy Esparza stole home in the bottom of the seventh inning to push the Blazers to the win in Game 1, and Daeregan Stephens swiped the dish in the bottom of the third inning to put the Blazers up 8-7 in Game 2. Jesse Jones pitched a complete game in the opener. He overcame some early control issues to strike out 12 and hold Connell to three hits. Marcell Brinkley struggled in Game 2, allowing seven runs on seven hits and nine walks over four innings, but got enough backing from his offense to get the win. Eric Rencken preserved it for him with three innings of scoreless relief in which he allowed just one hit, struck out two and walked two. Big hitters on the day were Devon Humbert (3 for 5, two runs, RBI), Devon Cothey (2 for 3, three runs) and Esparza (2 for 4, four runs). ——— Game 1 R H CON 020 010 0 — 3 3 M-F 000 210 1 — 4 6 W — J. Jones. 2B — R. Esparza, D. Humbert (M-F). E 0 2 Game 2 R H CON 403 000 0 — 7 8 M-F 503 110 X — 10 7 W — M. Brinkley. 2B — R. Esparza, D. Humbert (M-F). E 1 1 Soccer 6SXUUHGE\VPDOO¿HOGÀDS1:6/SOD\HUVVRXQGRII with crooked lines, sad locker rooms and cleats that she said had melted after practice on an $QJHURYHUDQDUURZ¿HOGXVHG XQZDWHUHGDUWL¿FLDOWXUI¿HOGRQD for a National Women’s Soccer sweltering summer day. “The ‘We know things aren’t League match last weekend is drawing attention to larger issues up to par, but we’re going ahead with them anyway,’ attitude, DVSOD\HUV¿JKWIRUUHVSHFW U.S. national team and NWSL quite honestly, is a fairly accurate stars Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd and UHÀHFWLRQ RI KRZ WKH 1:6/ KDV Megan Rapinoe were among those functioned during the four years using social media to declare the of its existence,” Solo wrote. “It’s ¿HOG XQDFFHSWDEOH 0RUH EURDGO\ far past time that the women in Solo, the U.S. national team and our league start being treated like Seattle Reign goalkeeper who has professional athletes — otherwise, been vocal about gender equity in we might as well just admit that the her sport, took to her website to NWSL is just a semi-pro league, decry conditions for players in the and stop pretending like it’s the NWSL, now in its fourth season best women’s league in the world.” Saturday’s match between and widely considered one of the world’s strongest women’s leagues. the Western New York Flash and 6ROR SRVWHG SKRWRV RI ¿HOGV Reign was played at Frontier Field By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press in Rochester, New York, a minor- league baseball stadium. The Flash had to move the match because of DFRQFHUWDWWKHLUUHJXODU¿HOG 7KH ¿HOG PHDVXUHG \DUGV by 58 yards. But NWSL standards call for a width of 70 yards. ,PDJHV RI WKH VRFFHU ¿HOG ² DQJOHG LQ WKH RXW¿HOG ² quickly spread over social media, attracting the attention of U.S. national team players who had earlier in the day defeated South Africa in an exhibition to prepare for the Rio Olympics. National team players are allocated across the NWSL, but weren’t with their club teams this weekend because of the match. Lloyd, who plays for the +RXVWRQ 'DVK FDOOHG WKH ¿HOG “shocking and embarrassing” on Twitter. Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride) and Rapinoe (Reign) also weighed in, calling it unacceptable. Christine Sinclair, who plays for the Canadian national team and the NWSL’s Portland Thorns, posted: “How is this ok? Not good enough for professional soccer. Y¿HOG"´ NWSL Commissioner Jeff Plush said in a statement following the match that the league had signed off on the move, but admitted it was the wrong decision in retrospect. “As a professional league, we need to ensure that the integrity of the game is always respected both RQ DQG RII WKH ¿HOG´ 3OXVK VDLG “We did not do that tonight and we apologize to the NWSL players, coaches and fans.” SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W 51 49 51 44 34 L 36 38 40 44 54 Pct .586 .563 .560 .500 .386 GB — 2 2 7½ 17½ W 52 46 45 45 32 L 36 43 43 43 56 Pct .591 .517 .511 .511 .364 GB — 6½ 7 7 20 W 54 48 45 38 37 L 36 41 44 51 52 Pct .600 .539 .506 .427 .416 GB — 5½ 8½ 15½ 16½ W 54 47 47 42 31 L 36 41 41 48 58 Pct .600 .534 .534 .467 .348 GB — 6 6 12 22½ W 53 46 46 38 32 L 35 42 43 49 57 Pct .602 .523 .517 .437 .360 GB — 7 7½ 14½ 21½ W L Pct San Francisco 57 33 .633 Los Angeles 51 40 .560 Colorado 40 48 .455 San Diego 38 51 .427 Arizona 38 52 .422 ——— Monday-Thursday No games scheduled (All-Star break) GB — 6½ 16 18½ 19 Baltimore Boston Toronto New York Tampa Bay Central Division Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Chicago Minnesota West Division Texas Houston Seattle Oakland Los Angeles Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division Pct. .577 .538 .538 .444 GB — 1 1 3 Pct. .654 .462 .444 .346 GB — 5 5½ 8 Basketball NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Washington New York Miami Philadelphia Atlanta Central Division MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE North Division W L Tri-City (Padres) 15 11 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 14 12 Everett (Mariners) 14 12 Spokane (Rangers) 12 15 South Division W L Eugene (Cubs) 17 9 Hillsboro (Dbacks) 12 14 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 12 15 Boise (Rockies) 9 17 ——— Wednesday’s Game Vancouver 9, Boise 3 Everett 7, Hillsboro 3 Tri-City 3, Eugene 2 Spokane 9, Salem-Keizer 7 Today’s Game Vancouver at Boise, 6:15 p.m. Salem-Keizer at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Everett at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Eugene at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L New York 16 6 Atlanta 11 10 Washington 9 12 Indiana 9 12 Chicago 8 12 Connecticut 6 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Los Angeles 19 1 Minnesota 17 4 Dallas 9 12 Phoenix 9 13 Seattle 7 13 San Antonio 5 16 ——— Wednesday’s Games New York 86, Atlanta 62 Connecticut 86, Indiana 64 Los Angeles 77, Chicago 67 Phoenix 78, Washington 74 Pct .727 .524 .429 .429 .400 .300 GB — 4½ 6½ 6½ 7 9 Pct .950 .810 .429 .409 .350 .238 GB — 2½ 10½ 11 12 14½ Friday’s Games Los Angeles at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana 4 p.m. New York at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Seattle, 7 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L NYC FC 8 6 Philadelphia 8 6 Montreal 6 4 New York 7 9 Toronto FC 6 6 New England 5 7 D.C. United 5 7 Orlando City 4 4 Columbus 3 7 Chicago 4 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L FC Dallas 11 6 Colorado 9 2 Real Salt Lake 8 6 Los Angeles 7 3 Sporting KC 8 9 Vancouver 8 8 Portland 6 6 San Jose 5 6 Seattle 6 10 Houston 4 8 T 6 5 8 3 6 7 6 9 8 5 Pts 30 29 26 24 24 22 21 21 17 17 GF 31 32 29 28 20 26 17 28 23 16 GA 34 26 26 25 20 33 20 29 29 21 T 4 7 5 8 4 4 8 7 2 6 Pts 37 34 29 29 28 28 26 22 20 18 GF 31 21 29 31 24 31 29 19 19 23 GA 29 13 30 18 24 33 30 21 21 25 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Wednesday’s Games Toronto FC 1, Columbus 1, tie New York 2, Orlando City 0 Chicago 1, Sporting KC 0 Seattle 5, FC Dallas 0 Portland 1, Montreal 1 Vancouver 2, Real Salt Lake 0 Friday’s Game Houston at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Cycling Tour de France Wednesday At Montpellier, France 11th Stage A 101-mile flat ride from Carcassonne to Mont- pellier, with a pair of early Category 4 climbs 1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Tinkoff, 3 hours, 26 minutes, 23 seconds. 2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, same time. 3. Maciej Bodnar, Poland, Tinkoff, same time. 4. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha, 6 sec- onds behind. 5. Christopher Laporte, France, Cofidis, same time. Overall Standings (After 11 stages) 1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 52:34:37. 2. Adam Yates, Britain, Orica-BikeExchange, :28. 3. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Etixx-QuickStep, :31. 4. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, :35. 5. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek-Segafredo, :56. 6. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 7. Sergio Henao, Colombia, Sky, same time. 8. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 1:13. 9. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time. 10. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic, Tinkoff, 1:28. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule Sunday, July 17 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H. (TV: NBCSN) Sunday, July 24 — ‘Your Hero’s Name Here’ 400, Speedway, Ind. (TV: NBCSN) Sunday, July 31 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. (TV: NBCSN) Sprint Cup Points Leaders Through July 10 1. Kevin Harvick 599 2. Brad Keselowski 595 3. Kurt Busch 583 4. Carl Edwards 566 5. Joey Logano 533 6. Kyle Busch 521 7. Martin Truex Jr. 514 8. Chase Elliott 492 9. Jimmie Johnson 484 10. Matt Kenseth 477
