SPORTS
WEEKEND, JULY 30-31, 2016
1B
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MLB
Chicago
Cubs’
Chris
Coghlan,
right,
celebrates
with David
Ross (3)
after Ross’
home run
during
the sixth
inning of
Friday’s
game in
Chicago.
Cubs clobber Mariners
Seattle back at Wrigley
for fi rst time since 2007
By SARAH TROTTO
Associated Press
CHICAGO — Hisashi Iwakuma was in
tough shape, even before his fi rst pitch.
The Seattle right-hander said his arm felt
tight during his pre-game bullpen and even
though he was able to get loose, he struggled
with command as the Chicago Cubs routed the
Mariners 12-1 Friday.
Seattle
Chicago
1
12
“I’m OK, though. I just couldn’t keep the ball
down,” Iwakuma said through a translator.
Iwakuma (11-7) had won his last fi ve starts,
but gave up fi ve runs and eight hits in three
innings.
“I don’t think it’s anything to be alarmed
about, just took him awhile to get loose today,
wasn’t on top of his game,” Mariners manager
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AP Photo/Charles
Rex Arbogast
PENDLETON
College Football
Local teams face uncertainty
The
pool at
BMCC
in
Pend-
leton
stands
empty
and
is in
need of
some
serious
repairs.
Ducks again
looking for
starting QB
Three players to battle
for starting job in camp
By STEVE GRESS
Albany Democrat-Herald
Staff photo
by E.J.
Harris
Pendleton, Hermiston bracing for BMCC pool closure
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
The Pendleton and Hermiston varsity
swim teams sent a combined 13 athletes to
the OSAA 5A swimming state champion-
ships this past season, but for the 2016-2017
season there is a chance neither school could
even have a team.
It is a real possibility staring at each
school right now as Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College — which houses the pool that
both school’s use for practice — considers
whether the pool is worth it to them to keep
open or cut their losses and shut it down for
good. BMCC has stated multiple times and
even showed the community in a public tour
on Thursday evening that the facility is worn
down and extremely behind on maintenance
and would need an estimated $2.3 million
to overhaul the pool into a properly-working
condition.
Both Pendleton swim coach Amy
Ashton-Williams and Hermiston coach
Kevin Hamblin agreed that not having a
team is a possibility, but both hope the situa-
tion does not bring that consequence.
“It just can’t happen,” Ashton-Williams
said. “(We) have some to-be seniors that
have a legitimate chance to swim at major
universities and they cannot afford to mis
their senior years ... we just can’t do that to
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It’s a new season for the Oregon football
program but the same question is at the
forefront as a year ago: Who will start at
quarterback?
The Ducks turned to Eastern Washington
graduate transfer Vernon Adams to replace
Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota
last year.
This year, Oregon could once again turn
to a graduate transfer from a Football Cham-
pionships Series team with former Montana
State quarterback Dakota Prukop in the mix.
Also in the hunt is Tyler Jonsen, a redshirt
freshman, and Terry
Wilson, a true freshman
who enrolled early and
was on campus for spring
practice.
“We had a three-man
race early in the spring,
and that will continue into fall camp,” coach
Mark Helfrich said at the Pac-12’s media
days a couple weeks back. “This summer is
pivotal for those guys as far as developing
within our offense and executing at a high
level.”
Helfrich said he has no timetable for
when he will name a starter.
“It can’t be something where you’re 52.7
percent of the vote and somebody else is —
you don’t want those little tiny nuances,”
Helfrich said. “You want it to be obvious and
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PGA Championship
Streb, Walker share lead at after two rounds at Baltusrol
Robert
Streb
watches
his tee
shot
during
the
second
round of
the PGA
Cham-
pion-
ship on
Friday.
AP Photo/Seth
Wenig
Streb becomes the 28th player to
shoot a 63 in a major tournament
By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — In a major championship
season of endless theater, the PGA Championship
lived up to its end of the bargain Friday.
Robert Streb led the way, even if hardly anyone
noticed.
As thousands of fans crammed into the closing
holes at Baltusrol to see if Jason Day could fi nish off
his amazing run and Phil Mickelson could make it to
the weekend, Streb hit a 6-iron into 20 feet on his fi nal
hole at the par-3 ninth for a shot at 63.
He made the birdie putt during a TV commercial
break, making him the 28th player to shoot 63 in a
major, and the third in the last 16 days.
“It was pretty noisy for the 15 people that were out
there,” Streb said.
No matter where anyone was at Baltusrol, there
was no shortage of entertainment.
Mickelson hit his opening tee shot off the property
and onto a side street and made triple bogey, only to
rally to make the cut. Rickie Fowler fi nished bird-
ie-eagle to get back into the picture. Rory McIlroy
only needed to birdie the par-5 18th, the easiest hole
on the course, to make the cut. From the fairway, he
made bogey and was headed home to fi gure out what
was wrong with his putting.
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Sports shorts
Marlins acquire Andrew Cashner
MIAMI (AP) The Miami Marlins acquired
the pitching reinforcements they sought in a
trade that cost them four players, including two
minor leaguers.
Right-handers Andrew Cashner
FACES and Colin Rea were sent to Miami
by the San Diego Padres in a
seven-player deal Friday.
The Marlins, eager to shore up
their rotation for a playoff push,
will also receive pitching prospect
Tayron Guerrero for right-handers
Jarred Cosart and Carter Capps
Cashner
and two minor leaguers, pitching
prospect Luis Castillo and fi rst
baseman Josh Naylor.
Cashner is 4-7 this year with a 4.76 ERA in
16 starts, and has a career record of 30-49 with
a 3.73 ERA in seven seasons. Rea, who is in his
second major league season, is 5-5 with a 4.98
ERA in 19 games this year.
“It really just comes
down to generally this
-- there’s some things
that are negotiable,
and money always is
negotiable, obviously —
but there’s certain things
in contracts language-
wise ... We’re still
working through it.”
— Tom Telesco
San Diego Chargers GM
speaking about the team’s con-
tract negotiations with fi rst-round
pick Joey Bosa, who is the only
fi rst-round pick that has yet to
sign a contract.
US women’s basketball team
overwhelms Canada 83-43
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) Diana Taurasi
scored 14 points and Elena Delle Donne added
12 to help the U.S. women’s
basketball team beat Canada
83-43 on Friday night in an
exhibition game.
After struggling in their fi rst
two exhibition games in the fi rst
half, the Americans jumped all
over their neighbors to the north.
The U.S. only had a three-point lead on the
select team in their pre-Olympic tour opener
Monday and led France by one Wednesday
at the half. The Americans wouldn’t let that
happen against Canada.
Taurasi, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Tina
Charles and Breanna Stewart struggled a little
offensively when they were in, but defensively
they shut down Canada.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1932 — The 10th modern
Olympic Games open in Los
Angeles.
1996 — The American
softball team wins the gold
medal, beating China 3-1
behind
a
controversial
two-run homer from Dot
Richardson in the fi rst
Olympic competition in that
sport.
2010 — The NFL’s No.
1 overall draft pick Sam
Bradford agrees to a six-year,
$78 million contract with the
St. Louis Rams, with $50
million in guaranteed money.
The guaranteed money is the
highest ever in the NFL.
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