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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Motorsports
Carl Edwards snags pole for Bristol night race
By PETE IACOBELLI
Associated Press
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Carl
Edwards is looking for Sprint
Cup gold and there are few more
successful spots him this season
than Bristol Motor Speedway.
Edwards won from the pole at
the track in April and on Friday led
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Olympic-style,
1-2-3 sweep of the top three spots
in qualifying for the Saturday
night race.
“Hopefully, we’ll be sitting
here tomorrow night at the end
of this deal talking about how we
did it in the race,” Edwards said.
“That’d be pretty neat.”
Edwards had a fast lap of
131.407 mph on the concrete
surface of the half-mile track in
the inal segment of the three-
round knockout qualifying. He
bested teammates Denny Hamlin
in second and Kyle Busch in third.
Hamlin set the Bristol quali-
fying record of 131.668 mph in
the irst round of NASCAR’s three
rounds of knockout qualiications.
Bass Pro Shops NRA
Night Race at Bristol
AP Photo/Wade Payne
Carl Edwards makes his way around Bristol Motor Speedway
during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race, Fri-
day, Aug. 19, 2016, in Bristol, Tenn.
Ryan Blaney was fourth, his
Ford disrupting a quartet of JGR
racers as he inished a tick in front
of Matt Kenseth.
Chase Elliott was sixth,
followed by Martin Truex Jr., AJ
Allmendinger, Brad Keselowski
and Joey Logano.
Jeff Gordon was 11th, his best
showing in the four races he has
subbed for injured Dale Earnhardt
Jr.
Chris Buescher, the winner at
Pocono last month, rounded out
the top 12.
It looks dificult for anyone to
• Saturday, 5 p.m.
• TV: NBCSN
• STARTING LINEUP
1. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota
2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toy-
ota
3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
4. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford
5. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota
6. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevy
7. (78) Martin Truex, Toyota
8. (47) AJ Allmendinger,
Chevy
9. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
10. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
crack what appears to be JGR’s
dominance. While most of the
garage is scrambling for position
to make the championship Chase,
Gibbs’ four drivers are already
locked into the 16-driver ield
with a combined 10 victories in
the season’s irst 22 races.
“All of our cars were all very
fast,” Hamlin said. “When you’ve
got drivers that have equal equip-
ment, all good drivers, it will be
close.”
Edwards claimed his 21st
career Sprint Cup pole and fourth
at Bristol. Hamlin will start in the
top 10 for the 21st time this season
while Busch will make his 16th
top-10 start of the year.
LOGANO THREE-PEAT?:
Joey Logano has won the past two
summer night races at Bristol and
believes he can make it three in a
row this weekend.
Logano, locked into the cham-
pionship Chase since winning at
Michigan, has a string of consis-
tently high inishes eight top-10s
over the past 10 races — six of
those top ive or better. He will
start 10th on Saturday.
The last driver to win two
straight August events was Kyle
Busch in 2009 and 2010. The
last to win three straight summer
events here was Darrell Waltrip in
1981, 1982 and 1983.
MARINERS: Dae-Ho Lee, Joe Wieland optioned to Triple-A, Cishek activated
Seattle
Mariners’
Nelson
Cruz
drives
in a run
with a
single
against
the Mil-
waukee
Brewers
during
Friday’s
game in
Seattle.
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Brent Suter (0-1) made his major
league debut for Milwaukee but
was unable to make it out of the
ifth inning, giving up four runs and
seven hits.
Suter became the irst left-handed
pitcher to start a game for the Brewers
since Aug. 23, 2013. Milwaukee had
used just right-handers in its starting
rotation for nearly three calendar
years — a span of 474 games. Suter
snapped the second-longest streak in
major league history of right-handed
starters. The longest streak still
belongs to the Dodgers, who used
just right-handed starters for 681
straight games from 1992-97.
For the irst three innings, Suter
was just ine. Aside from three
walks, he didn’t allow a hit through
the irst 10 outs. Seager ended that
streak with a long home run to right
ield. Suter was unable to make it out
AP Photo/
Elaine Thomp-
son
of the ifth inning, giving up Cano’s
two-run shot and Romero’s base hit
before being lifted.
Seattle also took advantage of
three Milwaukee errors. Marte
reached on shortstop Orlando
Arcia’s throwing error leading
off the sixth and scored when left
ielder Jake Elmore couldn’t hold on
to Cruz’s sinking line drive. Elmore
initially made the catch but lost the
ball as he hit the ground.
Carter’s home run was his 28th of
the year and according to Mariners
records was 3 feet longer than Mark
Teixeira’s 462-foot home run in
2007.
Seattle’s victory coupled with a
loss by Baltimore helped the Mari-
ners gain one game in the Wild Card
standings, as they now sit just two
games back of the second playoff
spot.
ROSTER SHUFFLE
Brewers: Along with bringing up
Suter to make the start, Milwaukee
also optioned RHP Damien
Magniico to Triple-A Colorado
Springs, designated OF Ramon
Flores for assignment and reinstated
OF Domingo Santana from the
15-day DL.
Mariners:
Seattle
optioned
slumping slugger Dae-Ho Lee to
Triple-A Tacoma, along with RHP
Joe Wieland. Romero was recalled
from Tacoma and RHP Steve Cishek
was activated from the 15-day DL.
UP NEXT
Brewers: Wily Peralta (5-8)
goes for his second straight victory.
Peralta allowed one run in six innings
in his last start against Cincinnati.
Mariners: Felix Hernandez (7-4)
looks for his fourth win since being
activated off the DL on July 20.
Hernandez allowed two runs over
6 2/3 innings in a victory over the
Angels in his last start.
BEAVERS: Defense limited big plays, came up with several goal-line stops
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“Darrel
(Garretson)
didn’t throw much and that’s
by script,” Andersen said.
That meant plenty of reps
for backup quarterbacks
Marcus McMaryion and
Mason Moran, and both
players responded with solid
performances.
After a brief appearance
by Garretson, McMaryion
took over and was sharp on
his irst drive. His decisions
in the passing game were
quick and decisive and his
throws were accurate.
McMaryion wound up
completing ive of eight
passes for 67 yards.
Andersen
said
McMaryion has put together
his best week overall and
has been on top of his game
since the Bend trip to open
fall camp.
“Marcus as you can see,
he’s more athletic, he’s more
comfortable, he’s getting rid
of the ball faster,” Andersen
said. “I’m sure a lot of that
has to do with him studying
and working very hard in
the offseason to improve his
body and understand what
T-WOLVES:
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the versatility this season’s team
possesses but said there were still
some things to work out before the
start of the season.
The Timberwolves controlled
the action for the most part using
a variety of line-ups during their
three 30-minute and one 15-minute
games against Columbia Basin,
but it was evident both teams
were playing their irst games as
moments of perfect execution
were followed by breakdowns in
communication and positioning.
The lineup that brought the
most excitement and unpre-
dictability was with sophomore
middle Kristin Williams and
sophomore hitters Miah Perez,
Kailey Buckner and Jordan Mix,
sophomore libero Bailey Tillotson
and freshman setter Brooke
Lomica.
Mix, Perez and Buckner all had
a strong afternoon hitting while
Williams was dominant at the net
— she had ive blocks in the third
game alone.
Lomica, who at 5-foot-10 is
just as tall as BMCC’s hitters, also
showed her athleticism with some
nice kills that seemed to catch
Columbia Basin off guard.
Freshman Shelby Schreier also
displayed a powerful and accurate
hitting arm.
The next action for the volley-
ball team is at the Spring Show-
case on Aug. 27-28 in Springield.
They host their ist home match
of the season on Sept. 21 against
Treasure Valley.
The women’s soccer team will
also be at the fall showcase but
will play another scrimmage at
Western Oregon on Wednesday.
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or (541) 966-0838.
he’s putting in his body from
a nutrition standpoint and
feeling comfortable with the
offense.”
Andersen also liked what
he saw out of Moran.
“What I want to see out
of Mason is that consistent
composure that he seemed
to have today,” Andersen
said. “When it didn’t go his
way he just lined up and
played again and wasn’t
starry-eyed at all. He had the
most composure I’ve seen
out of him.
“So I’m proud of both of
those kids and they did some
good things today.”
Tim Cook and Artavis
Pierce continued their
impressive play at running
back.
Cook inished with 40
yards on eight carries and
Pierce had 46 with a touch-
down on six attempts.
Ryan Nall is still at
the top of the depth chart,
but Andersen has praised
Cook’s progress at the
position.
“Tim has deinitely
closed
the
distance,”
Andersen said. “I think his
ball security has been very
good, he was physical out
here today. He seemed very
at peace with himself out
there, so that was good to
see.
“Tim Cook has been
really good as far as getting
to where we need to be about
feeling comfortable about
letting him go into a game.
So he’ll be ready to go.”
Safety Devin Chappell
said the defensive has been
making steps in the right
direction.
The Beavers were solid
on that side of the ball,
coming up with some stops
at the goal line and not
allowing any big plays.
“Every day we have seen
less and less mistakes but as
a defense we’re never satis-
ied,” Chappell said. “We’ve
got to get better each and
every day, each and every
week and throughout the
season we need to make
improvements.
“You can never be perfect,
no team in the country is
perfect. We haven’t arrived
and we don’t think we’ve
arrived and we’re always
going to strive to get better
and better each day.”
SCOREBOARD
Olymmpics
TV SCHEDULE
TODAY
NBC — Women’s Triathlon - Gold Medal Final
(LIVE); Canoe/Kayak - Sprint Gold Medal Finals;
Men’s Diving - 10m Platform Semiinal; Women’s
Golf - Final Round (LIVE); Women’s Basketball - Gold
Medal Final (LIVE); Men’s Water Polo - Gold Medal
Final (LIVE), 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Track & Field - Gold
Medal Finals (LIVE): Women’s High Jump, Men’s
Javelin, Men’s 1500m, Women’s 800m, Men’s
5000m, Women 4x400m Relay and Men 4x400m
Relay; Women’s Volleyball - Gold Medal Final (LIVE);
Men’s Diving - 10m Platform Gold Medal Final, 8
p.m.-Midnight. Rhythmic Gymnastics - Individual
All-Around Gold Medal Final, 12:30-1:30 a.m.
NBCSN — Men’s Soccer - Bronze Medal (LIVE);
Men’s Wrestling - Freestyle Qualifying; Women’s
Cycling - Mountain Bike Gold Medal Final; Men’s
Soccer - Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Noon-7:30 p.m.
MSNBC — Women’s Volleyball - Bronze Medal
(LIVE); Men’s Badminton - Bronze Medal; Women’s
Handball - Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Noon-5 p.m.
USA — Rhythmic Gymnastics - Group Qualiica-
tions (LIVE); Women’s Basketball - Bronze Medal
(LIVE); Men’s Water Polo - Bronze Medal (LIVE);
Women’s Handball - Bronze Medal; Rhythmic
Gymnastics - Individual All-Around Gold Medal Final
(LIVE); Men’s Badminton - Singles Gold Medal Final;
Boxing - Gold Medal Finals; Men’s Wrestling - Free-
style Gold Medal Finals; Men’s Modern Pentathlon;
Taekwondo - Gold Medal Finals, 9 a.m.-Midnight.
GOLF CHANNEL — Golf Central Live From the
Olympics, 5-6:30 a.m. & 3-5 p.m.; Women’s Golf -
Final Round (LIVE), 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
NBC BASKETBALL CHANNEL — Women’s
Basketball - Bronze Medal (LIVE), Gold Medal Final
(LIVE), 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
NBC SOCCER CHANNEL — Men’s Soccer -
Bronze Medal (LIVE), Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Medal
Ceremony (LIVE), Noon-Midnight
TELEMUNDO — Men’s Soccer - Bronze Medal
(LIVE); Boxing - Gold Medal Finals; Men’s Soccer -
Gold Medal Final (LIVE), Medal Ceremony, Noon-7
p.m.
FRIDAY’S SCORES AND RESULTS
BASKETBALL
Men
Semiinals
United States 82, Spain 76
Serbia 87, Australia 61
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FIELD HOCKEY
Women
Bronze Medal
Germany 2, New Zealand 1
Gold Medal
Britain 3, Netherlands 3, Britain wins 2-0 in
shootout
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SOCCER
Women
Bronze Medal
Canada 2, Brazil 1
Gold Medal
Germany 2, Sweden 1
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TEAM HANDBALL
Men
Semiinals
France 29, Germany 28
Denmark 29, Poland 28, OT
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VOLLEYBALL
Men
Semiinals
Italy 3, United States 2 (30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22,
15-9)
Brazil 3, Russia 0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-17)
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WATER POLO
Women
Seventh Place
China 10, Brazil 5
Bronze Medal
Russia 19, Hungary 18
Fifth Place
Spain 12, Australia 10
Gold Medal
United States 12, Italy 5
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TRACK & FIELD
Men
4x400 Relay
Final
1. Jamaica (Nickel Ashmeade; Usain Bolt; Yohan
Blake; Asafa Powell), 37.27.
2. Japan (Shota Iizuka; Aska Cambridge; Yoshihide
Kiryu; Ryota Yamagata), 37.60.
3. Canada (Aaron Brown; Akeem Haynes; Andre de
Grasse; Brendon Rodney), 37.64.
8. United States (Justin Gatlin; Tyson Gay; Trayvon
Bromell; Mike Rodgers), DQ.
Hammer Throw
Final
1. Dilshod Nazarov, Tajikistan, (78.68), 258-1 3-4.
2. Ivan Tsikhan, Belarus, (77.79), 255-2 1-2.
3. Wojciech Nowicki, Poland, (77.73), 255-0 1-4.
Women
5000M
Final
1. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, Kenya, 14:26.17.
2. Hellen Onsando Obiri, Kenya, 14:29.77.
3. Almaz Ayana, Ethiopia, 14:33.59.
4x100 Relay
Final
1. United States (Tori Bowie; Tianna Bartoletta;
English Gardner; Allyson Felix), 41.01.
2. Jamaica (Veronica Campbell-Brown; Elaine
Thompson; Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce; Christania
Williams), 41.36.
3. Britain (Desiree Henry; Asha Philip; Daryll Neita;
Dina Asher-Smith), 41.77.
Pole Vault
Final
1. Ekaterini Stefanidi, Greece, (4.85), 15-10 3-4.
2. Sandi Morris, United States, (4.85), 15-10 3-4.
3. Eliza McCartney, New Zealand, (4.80), 15-8 3-4.
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BOXING
Men’s Fly (52kg)
Semiinals
Shakhobidin Zoirov, Uzbekistan, def. Yoel Segundo
Finol, Venezuela, 3-0.
Misha Aloian, Russia, def. Jianguan Hu, China, 3-0.
Light Welter (64kg)
Semiinals
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov, Uzbekistan, def. Vitaly
Dunaytsev, Russia, 2-1.
Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo, Azerbaijan, def. Artem
Harutyunyan, Germany, 3-0.
Super Heavy (+91kg)
Semiinals
Tony Victor James Yoka, France, def. Filip Hrgovic,
Croatia, 2-1.
Joe Joyce, Britain, def. Ivan Dychko, Kazakhstan,
3-0.
Women
Women’s Light (57-60kg)
Gold Medal
Estelle Mossely, France, def. Junhua Yin, China,
2-1.
Middle (69-75kg)
Semiinals
Claressa Maria Shields, United States, def. Dariga
Shakimova, Kazakhstan, 3-0.
Nouchka Fontijn, Netherlands, def. Qian Li, China,
2-1.
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CYCLING (BMX)
Men
Final
1. Connor Fields, United States, 34.642.
2. Jelle van Gorkom, Netherlands, 35.316.
3. Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes, Colombia, 35.517.
4. Nicholas Long, United States, 35.522.
Women
Final
1. Mariana Pajon, Colombia, 34.093.
2. Alise Post, United States, 34.435.
3. Stefany Hernandez, Venezuela, 34.755.
4. Brooke Crain, United States, 35.520.
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MODERN PENTATHLON
Women
Final Ranking
1. Chloe Esposito, Australia, 1372.
2. Elodie Clouvel, France, 1356.
3. Oktawia Nowacka, Poland, 1349.
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Toronto
69 53 .566 —
Boston
68 53 .562 ½
Baltimore
67 54 .554 1½
New York
62 59 .512 6½
Tampa Bay
50 70 .417 18
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
70 50 .583 —
Detroit
64 58 .525
7
Kansas City
61 60 .504 9½
Chicago
57 64 .471 13½
Minnesota
49 72 .405 21½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Texas
73 50 .593 —
Seattle
65 56 .537
7
Houston
62 60 .508 10½
Oakland
53 69 .434 19½
Los Angeles
51 71 .418 21½
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Friday’s Games
Houston 15, Baltimore 8
Cleveland 3, Toronto 2
Boston 10, Detroit 2
Texas 6, Tampa Bay 2
Oakland 9, Chicago White Sox 0
Minnesota at Kansas City, late
N.Y. Yankees 7, L.A. Angels 0
Seattle 7, Milwaukee 6
Saturday’s Games
Texas (Grifin 5-2) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 7-5),
3:10 p.m.
Houston (Fiers 8-6) at Baltimore (Tillman 15-4),
4:05 p.m.
Boston (Pomeranz 9-9) at Detroit (Norris 1-1), 4:10
p.m.
Oakland (Detwiler 1-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sale
14-6), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Sanchez 12-2) at Cleveland (Tomlin 11-6),
4:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Santiago 10-7) at Kansas City (Kennedy
7-9), 4:15 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 5-8) at Seattle (Hernandez 7-4),
6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Cessa 2-0) at L.A. Angels (Nolasco
4-10), 6:35 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
Washington
72
Miami
63
New York
60
Philadelphia
57
Atlanta
44
Central Division
W
Chicago
77
St. Louis
65
Pittsburgh
62
Cincinnati
52
L
49
59
62
66
78
Pct
.595
.516
.492
.463
.361
GB
—
9½
12½
16
28½
L
43
56
57
69
Pct
.642
.537
.521
.430
GB
—
12½
14½
25½
Milwaukee
West Division
52
69 .430 25½
W
68
67
58
51
50
L Pct GB
San Francisco
54 .557 —
Los Angeles
54 .554 ½
Colorado
63 .479 9½
San Diego
70 .421 16½
Arizona
71 .413 17½
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Friday’s Games
Miami 6, Pittsburgh 5
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 3, 11 innings
Cincinnati 9, L.A. Dodgers 2
Washington 7, Atlanta 6
San Francisco 8, N.Y. Mets 1
Arizona at San Diego, late
Chicago Cubs at Colorado, late
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Mets (Colon 10-7) at San Francisco (Moore
7-9), 1:05 p.m.
Miami (Phelps 6-6) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl 3-0), 4:05
p.m.
St. Louis (Weaver 0-0) at Philadelphia (Hellickson
9-7), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Anderson 0-1) at Cincinnati (Finneg-
an 7-9), 4:10 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 12-7) at Atlanta (Jenkins
2-3), 4:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 4-5) at Colorado,
5:10 p.m.
Arizona (Ray 6-11) at San Diego (Richard 0-2), 5:40
p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 5-8) at Seattle (Hernandez 7-4),
6:10 p.m.
Wild Card Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W
Boston
68
Baltimore
67
Seattle
65
Detroit
64
New York
64
Houston
62
L
53
54
56
58
58
60
Pct. GB
.562 +1
.554 —
.537
2
.525 3.5
.512
5
.508 5.5
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W
Los Angeles
67
St. Louis
65
Pittsburgh
62
Miami
63
New York
60
L
54
56
57
59
62
Pct. GB
.554 +2
.537 —
.521
2
.516 2.5
.492 5.5
MiLB
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
North Division
W
L Pct. GB
Everett (Mariners) 16
6 .727 —
Spokane (Rangers) 9 13 .409
7
Vancouver (Blue Jays) 9 13 .409
Tri-City (Padres)
8 14 .364
8
South Division
W
L Pct. GB
Eugene (Cubs)
17
5 .772 —
Hillsboro (Dbacks) 12 10 .545
5
Salem-Keizer (Giants)
9 13 .409
Boise (Rockies)
8 14 .363
9
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Friday’s Games
Vancouver 6, Spokane 3
Hillsboro 7, Salem-Keizer 1
Eugene 7, Boise 1
Everett 8, Tri-City 1
Saturday’s Games
Spokane at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Boise at Vancouver, 7:05 p.m.
Everett at Eugene, 7:05 p.m.
Salem-Keizer at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Boise at Vancouver, 1:05 p.m.
Spokane at Hillsboro, 1:05 p.m.
Everett at Eugene, 5:01 p.m.
Salem-Keizer at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
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