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SPORTS Saturday, August 27, 2016 MLS East Oregonian Page 3B Motorsports Seattle’s Joey Logano wins another pole at Michigan Dempsey Pure Michigan 400 to miss against Portland By NOAH TRISTER Associated Press Will also miss US World Cup qualiiers Associated Press TUKWILA, Wash. — Seattle Sounders and U.S. national team forward Clint Dempsey will miss Sunday’s MLS match against Portland as he undergoes evaluations for an irregular heartbeat. T h e Sounders announced Dempsey’s s t a t u s Friday, two days before their Cascadia Dempsey showdown against the Timbers. He will miss at least Sunday’s game but his status beyond that is still to be determined. Dempsey played 90 minutes and scored two goals in Seattle’s 3-1 win over Portland last Sunday. He did not make the trip to Houston for the Sounders’ midweek game, remaining in Seattle, although the team said that decision was made separately from the irregular heartbeat issue. The team said: “As the medical process unfolds and information is gathered internally, no other details are being made publicly available at this time.” Seattle general manager Garth Lagerwey said a timetable on Dempsey’s potential return won’t be known until all the eval- uations are complete. He said the irregular heartbeat is something the team has been monitoring during the season and the club is now waiting on the recommen- dations of doctors on how to proceed. “Everybody here — us, U.S. Soccer, Clint — we’re all on the same page,” Lagerwey said at practice Friday. “Let’s get to the bottom of this, let’s see what’s going on and let’s do what’s best for Clint.” Dempsey is in his fourth season with the Sounders and has eight goals and two assists. Seattle is unbeaten in its last ive matches as it tries to get back into playoff contention in the Western Conference. “Clint has given a great service to this club and we owe him an equal measure of respect and support as we go through this medical evaluation,” Lagerwey said. BROOKLYN, Mich. — Joey Logano won the pole at Michigan International Speedway — and lately at this track, that’s been a pretty good indicator of things to come. It’s Logano’s third pole in 16 Cup races at MIS, and the previous two times he won the pole, he also went on to win the race. That includes his victory at Michigan in June. In fact, three of the last four race winners at Michigan also took the pole — Logano this year, Matt Kenseth last August and Jeff Gordon in August of 2014. “Obviously starting up front here is an advantage for sure when you talk about track position and safety on restarts, being how crazy it is with the low-downforce package on restarts,” Logano said. “Having the irst pit stall is probably the most important of all that.” Logano won Friday with a lap of 201.698 mph in his No. 22 Ford. Jimmie Johnson was second in qualifying for Sunday’s race, • Sunday, 11 a.m. • TV: NBCSN • Starting Top 10 (Car No. in parenthesis) 1) Joey Logano (22) 2) Jimmie Johnson (48) 3) Denny Hamlin (11) 4) Devin Harvick (4) 5) Chase Elliott (24) 6) Alex Bowman (88) 7) Ryan Blaney (21) 8) Jamie McMurray (1) 9) Carl Edwards (19) 10) Ryan Newman (31) AP Photo/Paul Sancya Joey Logano exits Turn 4 during qualiications for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. followed by Denny Hamlin. Logano has won 17 poles in his Cup career and three in 2016. Johnson won twice early this season but has only two top-10 inishes in his last 10 races, so his strong showing in qualifying was encouraging. “All signs are pointing toward progress being made and I’m very excited about that. I just want to thank everybody at Hendrick Motorsports for their long hours and all the time they’re putting in to get a little better in all areas,” Johnson said. “It’s not just one thing. We have to look at everything globally and everybody in all departments is inding a way to bring a little bit more, and it’s showing up. I think all four Hendrick cars showed a lot of speed today.” TEAM EFFORT: Among Johnson’s Hendrick teammates, Kasey Kahne qualiied 11th, Chase Elliott was ifth and Alex Bowman was sixth. Bowman is illing in for Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is still recovering from a concussion. MIDDLE OF THE PACK: Greg Bifle, the active leader with four victories at Michigan, quali- ied 22nd. OREGON: One week away from opener against UC-Davis Continued from 1B out of Sheldon High School in Eugene, threw for 3,170 yards and 37 touchdowns as a senior last year. He won the backup job over redshirt freshman Travis Jonsen and freshman Terry Wilson, who had both played in Oregon’s annual spring game. “Justin’s done a great job of not putting the ball into tight (situa- tions),” Oregon quarterbacks coach David Yost told the media earlier this week. Yost also said that Prukop, and the whole group, had shown prog- ress over fall camp. “The irst week of two-a-days we threw it away too many times,” he said. “But we’ve steadily gotten better and better.” Jonsen is a dual-threat quarter- back from Anaheim, California, who injured his toe last fall and required surgery. Wilson enrolled early last spring at Oregon to get a head start. Jonsen completed 15 of 24 attempts for 188 yards with a touch- down and an interception in the spring game. Wilson completed four of 10 passes for 22 yards and was picked off once. Prukop completed 20 of 29 passes for 190 yards and two TDs. Taylor Alie and Jeff Lockie, who both saw playing time at quarterback last season when Adams was hurt, were moved to receiver in the spring game. Coach Mark Helfrich told reporters Thursday that the team goes into the irst game preparation week of the season in good shape. “Knock on wood, we’re healthier than we were last year, we’re stronger than we were last year. I think when we get to a game-planned-out, dialed-in situation, we’ll have a lot of guys playing with conidence,” Helfrich said. “We’re very young, we’re very immature. We’ll see how we react to the highs and how we react to the lows, because there’s going to be both of those.” Oregon went 9-4 last season, the irst time the Ducks inished with fewer than 10 wins since 2007. The season was capped by a triple-over- time loss to TCU in the Alamo Bowl. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BOYS SOCCER Today Umatilla at Hermiston, 8 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Today Umatilla at Hermiston, 6 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Today Weston-McEwen, Heppner, Pilot Rock at Grant Union Tournament, 8 a.m. Pendleton at Lewiston (ID) Tournament, 8:30 a.m. Riverside at Stanield Tournament, 9 a.m. COLLEGE WOMENS SOCCER Today Blue Mountain vs SW Oregon at Fall Showcase (Springield), 1 p.m. Eastern Oregon at George Fox, 6 p.m. Sunday Blue Mountain vs Grays Harbor at Fall Showcase (Springield), 2 p.m. Eastern Oregon at Lewis & Clark, 2 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Today Eastern Oregon vs Concordia (Neb.), vs Vanguard (at Butte, Mont.), 8 a.m./4 p.m. Blue Mountain vs Shoreline, vs Chemeketa, vs Tacoma, vs Linn-Benton at Fall Showcase (Springield), 12:45/2/4:30/5:45 p.m. Sunday Blue Mountain vs North Idaho, vs Highline at Fall Showcase (Springield), 9 a.m./1 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct Toronto 72 56 .563 Boston 71 57 .555 Baltimore 70 58 .547 New York 66 61 .520 Tampa Bay 54 73 .425 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 73 54 .575 Detroit 69 59 .539 Kansas City 67 61 .523 Chicago 61 66 .480 Minnesota 49 79 .383 West Division W L Pct Texas 75 54 .581 Seattle 68 60 .531 Houston 67 61 .523 Oakland 55 73 .430 Los Angeles 54 74 .422 ——— Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 14, Baltimore 4 GB — 1 2 5½ 17½ GB — 4½ 6½ 12 24½ GB — 6½ 7½ 19½ 20½ Toronto 15, Minnesota 8 Detroit 4, L.A. Angels 2 Kansas City 6, Boston 3 Cleveland 12, Texas 1 Houston 5, Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 3, Chicago White Sox 1 St. Louis 3, Oakland 1 Saturday’s Games Baltimore (Bundy 7-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Green 2-3), 10:05 a.m. Minnesota (Santana 6-10) at Toronto (Stroman 9-5), 10:07 a.m. Kansas City (Duffy 11-1) at Boston (Price 12-8), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Oberholtzer 3-2) at Detroit (Fulmer 10-4), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Miranda 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 10-9), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 4-6) at Houston (Keuchel 8-12), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Neal 2-3) at St. Louis (Leake 9-9), 4:15 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 9-6) at Texas (Grifin 5-3), 5:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 75 53 .586 — Miami 67 61 .523 8 New York 65 63 .508 10 Philadelphia 59 69 .461 16 Atlanta 47 82 .364 28½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 81 45 .643 — St. Louis 68 59 .535 13½ Pittsburgh 65 61 .516 16 Milwaukee 56 72 .438 26 Cincinnati 54 73 .425 27½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 71 56 .559 — San Francisco 70 58 .547 1½ Colorado 60 68 .469 11½ Arizona 54 75 .419 18 San Diego 53 75 .414 18½ ——— Friday’s Games Washington 8, Colorado 5 Miami 7, San Diego 6 N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 3, Oakland 1 Arizona 4, Cincinnati 3, 11 innings Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, late San Francisco 7, Atlanta 0 Saturday’s Games Colorado (De La Rosa 8-7) at Washington (Cole 0-1), 10:05 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 13-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias 4-2), 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Hellickson 10-7) at N.Y. Mets (Synder- gaard 11-7), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Taillon 3-3) at Milwaukee (Nelson 7-13), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Richard 0-3) at Miami (Urena 2-4), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Neal 2-3) at St. Louis (Leake 9-9), 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-2) at Arizona (Godley 4-2), 5:10 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 6-5) at San Francisco (Peavy 5-9), 6:05 p.m. Wild Card Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE W Boston 71 Baltimore 70 Detroit 69 Seattle 68 Kansas City 67 Houston 67 New York 66 L 57 58 59 60 61 61 61 Pct. GB .555 +1 .547 — .539 1 .531 2 .523 3 .523 3 .520 3½ NATIONAL LEAGUE W San Francisco 70 St. Louis 68 Miami 67 Pittsburgh 65 New York 65 L 58 58 61 61 63 Pct. .547 .535 .523 .516 .508 GB +1½ — 1½ 2½ 3½ MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE Friday’s Games Tri-City 7, Spokane 3 Eugene 6, Salem-Keizer 4 Boise 7, Hillsboro 4, 10 innings Everett 9, Vancouver 2 Saturday’s Games Boise at Hillsboro, 5:03 p.m. Tri-City at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Eugene at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Vancouver at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Football NFL Preseason Friday’s Games Washington 21, Buffalo 16 New England 19, Carolina 17 Pittsburgh 27, New Orleans 14 Tampa Bay 30, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 21, San Francisco 10 Saturday’s Games Kansas City at Chicago, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 4 p.m. Detroit at Baltimore, 4 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. Tennessee at Oakland, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Denver, 6 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Diego at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Arizona at Houston, 1:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 5 p.m. Soccer MLS Friday’s Game Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 1 Saturday’s Games DC United at Chicago, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Sporting KC, 4 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Houston at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m. Basketball WNBA Friday’s Games Connecticut 84, Minnesota 80 New York 84, San Antonio 77 Chicago 90, Atlanta 82 Phoenix 98, Dallas 72 Seattle 79, Los Angeles 72 Saturday’s Games Washington at Indiana, 4 p.m. Sunday’s Games Connecticut at Atlanta, 12 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 1:30 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Washington, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Monday’s Games No games scheduled Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Pure Michigan 400 Race Sunday, 11 a.m. (TV: NBCSN) At Michigan International Speedway Brooklyn, Mich. Lap length: 2 miles Starting Lineup 1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 201.698 mph. 2. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 201.523. 3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 201.416. 4. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 201.382. 5. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 201.303. 6. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 201.207. 7. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 201.202. 8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 201.039. 9. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 201.005. 10. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 200.462. 11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200.028. 12. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 199.341. 13. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 200.390. 14. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200.356. 15. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 200.323. 16. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200.245. 17. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200.106. 18. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200.017. 19. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 199.253. 20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 199.203. 21. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 198.912. 22. (16) Greg Bifle, Ford, 198.791. 23. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 198.747. 24. 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