SPORTS
Saturday, April 8, 2017
East Oregonian
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NBA
Westbrook secures triple-double average
By BOB BAUM
Associated Press
PHOENIX — Russell West-
brook became the second player
in NBA history to average a triple-
double for a season, but failed for
the second game in a row to break
Oscar Robertson’s single-season
record for most triple-doubles.
Westbrook fell two assists shy
of what would have been his 42nd
triple-double in the Oklahoma
City Thunder’s one-sided 120-99
loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday
night.
On a rough night all around,
Westbrook had 23 points (on
6-of-25 shooting, 2 of 12 on
3-pointers), 12 rebounds and eight
assists, along with eight turnovers
before coach Billy Donovan pulled
him with 2:34 to play.
Devin Booker scored 21 of his
37 points in the fourth quarter for
the Suns, who snapped a 13-game
losing streak.
Westbrook did get the six assists
he needed to assure that he’d join
Robertson as the only players to
average a triple-double for a season.
Robertson averaged 30.8 points,
12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists
for the Cincinnati Royals in the
1961-62 season.
Enes Kanter added 17 points
for the Thunder, who shot just 37
percent. T.J. Warren scored 23 for
Phoenix.
Westbrook had probably his
worst shooting half of the season
and his teammates didn’t show
much interest in the contest as the
Suns opened a 28-point lead.
He missed his first 11 shots
before sinking a 17-footer with 50.4
seconds left in the half. He followed
that quickly with a three-point play
on an acrobatic drive to the basket.
But his halftime stats were ugly:
2-for-13 shooting, 0 for 4 on 3s, 7
rebounds, 3 assists, 6 turnovers.
Phoenix, meanwhile, shot 61
percent in the first half, led by
Warren’s 15 points on 7-of-10
shooting, to Oklahoma City’s 39
percent and led 71-48 at the half.
Westbrook earned assists on
Oklahoma City’s first three baskets
in the opening minute of the second
half but he got only two more the
rest of the night.
THREE MORE CHANCES
Westbrook has three more
chances for that 42nd triple-double,
two of them against Denver.
AP Photo/Matt York
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) spins around Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker
during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Phoenix.
NASCAR
With Texas changes, 6-time winner not even a favorite
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
Associated Press
FORT WORTH, Texas —
Jimmie Johnson has led more
laps at Texas than any other
NASCAR Cup Series driver,
and won a record six times
there.
But all that was before the
entire 1 1/2-mile track was
repaved, and Turns 1 and 2
were reconfigured.
“It’s a clean sheet of
paper. You can’t pick a
favorite right now,” Johnson
said Friday. “Any time there
is a reconfiguration, a new
asphalt, it’s a total game
changer. All of past history is
now out the window and it’s
like we are coming here for
the first time.”
Even for guys like Johnson
, who will make his 28th start
Sunday at the Texas track
that was completely repaved
earlier this year for the first
time since 2001.
“Everyone is on equal
playing ground,” Trevor
Bayne said. “Nobody has 10
years of notebooks to go to
and say, ‘I am Kevin Harvick
and I run the bottom at
Atlanta and I am really good
at it.’ You can’t do that now.
You don’t know what you
need to do.”
Harvick is the polesitter
after winning all three
rounds of qualifying Friday,
including a fast lap of
198.405 mph on the fresh
track. Johnson qualified
24th, making it through the
first round despite a spin
and then not running another
qualifying lap.
On only the second lap
of the nearly 2 1/2-hour
Cup practice Friday, Denny
Hamlin got loose and spun
through Turns 1 and 2, but
was able to keep his car off
the wall. Kyle Busch later
made slight contact with the
rear of his car against the
outer wall after going too
high into the wider and less-
banked area on the track.
“I just missed the entry
point getting into Turn 1,”
Busch said, referring to the
area in the track where the
changes begin.
Chase Elliott wasn’t
as fortunate, forced into a
backup car after crashing the
primary No. 24 Chevrolet
coming out of Turn 2. Erik
Jones also had to go to a
backup car after his crash,
when he went hard into the
AP Photo/Larry Papke
Jimmie Johnson, left, talks with crew chief Chad
Knaus on pit road during qualifying for Sunday’s NA-
SCAR Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway
in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, April 7, 2017.
wall through Turns 3 and 4.
“It’s going to get better,
but the problem is the
groove itself keeps getting
better and better and better
as we run in it,” Martin
Truex Jr. said “The faster
you’re going in the groove,
the faster you’re going when
you get out of it.”
Johnson has 1,023 laps
led in the Lone Star State,
well ahead of Matt Kenseth’s
854 that is the second-most
and with one more start
there. Johnson has 20 top-10
finishes,
including
the
runner-up four times by less
than a half-second.
Before last year, when
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers
swept the two Texas races,
Johnson had won three in a
row and five of the previous
seven here. Busch won last
April and Carl Edwards, who
has since stepped away from
driving, got his fourth Texas
victory last fall.
Texas announced plans in
January to repave the track
and do extensive drainage
improvements after both
NASCAR weekends and
the IndyCar race at Texas
last year were hampered by
rain. TMS President Eddie
Gossage said the old asphalt
had become porous, almost
like sponge, making it diffi-
cult to dry in a timely matter.
The IndyCar race had to be
pushed back 2 1/2 months
after two days of rain.
As part of the project,
completed before this race so
the track would be the same
for the Chase race there in
November, Texas also made
changes in Turns 1 and 2. The
banking was reduced from 24
degrees to 20 degrees and the
racing surface widened from
60 to 80 feet in that area.
“I think the asphalt itself is
going to be a bigger factor in
this first race,” Johnson said.
“As time goes on I think the
extra real estate we have in 1
and 2 will become more the
story, but getting started it’s
going to be tire wear-related
and the asphalt.”
At least it should be dry.
There’s no significant chance
for rain in North Texas until
next week.
Harvick wins pole
Kevin Harvick quickly
got up to speed on the new
pavement at Texas Motor
Speedway, while some top
drivers never made on the
track for qualifying.
Harvick won all three rounds
of Monster Energy NASCAR
Cup Series qualifying Friday,
earning his 19th career pole
with a lap of 198.405 mph
during the final segment at
the 1 1/2-mile track that was
completely repaved this year.
“It’s been a stressful day,
coming and breaking in a
new race track and then
going out there and running
as fast as we had to run for
qualifying,” Harvick said.
Nine of the 40 cars in the
race didn’t make it through
inspection in time to make
qualifying
runs.
Those
included series points leader
Kyle Larson, three of the four
drivers for Hendrick Motor-
sports and defending race
winner Kyle Busch after his
practice crash earlier in the day.
Ryan Blaney qualified
second at 198.020 mph, and
will start on the front row
Sunday even though he had
the same qualifying speed as
Clint Bowyer.
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Today
Mac-Hi at Ontario (2), 1/3 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen (2), 11
a.m./1 p.m.
Monday
Hermiston at Kennewick (WA), 4 p.m.
Tuesday
College Place (WA) at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m.
Irrigon at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m.
Heppner vs. Dufur (DH) (at The Dalles),
2/4 p.m.
Sherman at Weston-McEwen (DH), 2/4 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Saturday
Culver at Pilot Rock (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m.
Echo at Bonanza, 11 a.m.
Mac-Hi at Ontario (2), 1/3 p.m.
Central Catholic at Hermiston (2), 1/3 p.m.
Echo vs. Oakland (at Bonanza), 2 p.m.
Tuesday
La Grande at Hermiston (DH), 3/5 p.m.
Pendleton at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m.
Umatilla at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
PREP GOLF
Monday
Hermiston (boys) at Bend CC, 11 a.m.
Hermiston (girls) at Indian Creek G.C.,
10 a.m.
Tuesday
Mac-Hi (Girls), Heppner at La Grande
CC, 1 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Today
Pendleton, Riverside, Umatilla, Stanfield,
Pilot Rock, Heppner, Weston-McEwen,
Echo, Helix at Stanfield, 10 a.m.
Hermiston at Eisenhower (WA), 10 a.m.
Arlington at Seaside, 10 a.m.
Ione at Glide, 11 a.m.
Tuesday
Condon/Wheeler at Crook County, 4 p.m.
PREP TENNIS
Today
Mac-Hi at La Grande, 11 a.m.
Sherman, Riverside at Helix, 10 a.m.
Tuesday
Pendleton at Baker, 4 p.m.
Mac-Hi (boys) at The Dalles, 4 p.m.
The Dalles at Mac-Hi (girls), 4 p.m.
Hermiston (boys) at Hood River, 4 p.m.
Hood River at Hermiston (girls), 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Ione, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m.
PREP LACROSSE
Today
Hermiston at Cleveland, 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Selah (WA) at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Today
Walla Walla at Blue Mountain (2), 1/4 p.m.
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley (2), 1/4 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Today
Northwest at Eastern Oregon (2), 11
a.m./1 p.m.
Prep Scores
BASEBALL
Class 6A
REYNOLDS 4, Gresham 3
CLACKAMAS 5, Centennial 0
CENTRAL CATHOLIC 4, Oregon City 2
Lakeridge 5, CANBY 1
Class 5A
La Salle Prep 8, SANDY 3
LEBANON 11, Dallas 5
Mountain View 20, REDMOND 5 (5)
Summit 6, RIDGEVIEW 0
HERMISTON 12, Heritage (WA) 11
Heritage (WA) 12, HERMISTON 2
Class 4A
Estacada 14, CROOK COUNTY 3
PHILOMATH 12, Stayton 0
Baker / Powder Valley 17, OROFINO
(ID) 7
Phoenix 4, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 1
MAZAMA 17, Lakeview 3
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 7, Phoenix 6
Class 3A
Irrigon 13, UMATILLA 0
Joseph / Enterprise / Wallowa 7, VALE 6
Nyssa 17, RIVERSIDE 2
Stanfield / Echo 11, BURNS 0 (6 inn)
Stanfield / Echo 15, BURNS 5
RIVERSIDE 9, Nyssa 2
Irrigon 13, UMATILLA 0
Joseph / Enterprise / Wallowa 12, VALE
1 (5 inn.)
SOFTBALL
Class 6A
GLENCOE 5, Beaverton 4 (9 innings)
JESUIT 11, Aloha 2
Century 7, LIBERTY 2
Roseburg 7, SOUTH MEDFORD 6
SOUTH MEDFORD 3, Roseburg 2
Clackamas 15, LAKERIDGE 5
Westview 10, HOOD RIVER VALLEY 3
THE DALLES / DUFUR 22, Canby 0
REYNOLDS 19, Sherwood 8
Class 5A
Mountain View 23, REDMOND 8
RIDGEVIEW 16, Summit 2
PENDLETON [JV] 12, Irrigon 11
IRRIGON 12, Pendleton [JV] 6
Class 4A
Crook County 13, ESTACADA 2 (6 inn)
MADRAS 14, Molalla 13 (8 innings)
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 17, Phoenix 8
Phoenix 6, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 3
Class 3A
VALE 10, Enterprise / Joseph / Wallowa 9
VALE 4, Enterprise / Joseph / Wallowa 2
Echo / Stanfield 21, BURNS 0
Echo / Stanfield 26, BURNS 0
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
1. y-Cleveland
51 28
2. x-Boston
50 29
3. x-Toronto
49 31
4. y-Washington 48 31
5. Atlanta
41 38
6. Milwaukee
40 39
7. Chicago
39 40
8. Indiana
39 40
——
Miami
38 41
Charlotte
36 43
Detroit
36 43
New York
30 50
Philadelphia
28 51
Orlando
28 51
Brooklyn
19 60
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
1. z-Golden State 65 14
2. y-San Antonio 61 18
3. x-Houston
53 26
4. x-Utah
49 30
5. x-L.A. Clippers 48 31
6. x-Oklahoma City 45 34
7. x-Memphis
43 37
8. Portland
39 40
——
Denver
38 41
New Orleans
33 46
Dallas
32 47
Sacramento
31 48
Minnesota
31 48
L.A. Lakers
24 55
Phoenix
23 57
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Pct
.646
.633
.613
.608
.519
.506
.494
.494
GB
—
1
2½
3
10
11
12
12
.481
.456
.456
.375
.354
.354
.241
13
15
15
21½
23
23
32
Pct
.823
.772
.671
.620
.608
.570
.538
.494
GB
—
4
12
16
17
20
22½
26
.481
.418
.405
.392
.392
.304
.288
27
32
33
34
34
41
42½
z-clinched conference
———
Friday’s Games
Atlanta 114, Cleveland 100
Toronto 96, Miami 94
Detroit 114, Houston 109
Memphis 101, New York 88
San Antonio 102, Dallas 89
Denver 122, New Orleans 106
Utah 120, Minnesota 113
Phoenix 120, Oklahoma City 99
L.A. Lakers 98, Sacramento 94
Saturday’s Games
Chicago at Brooklyn, 2 p.m.
Boston at Charlotte, 3 p.m.
Indiana at Orlando, 3 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Utah at Portland, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Toronto at New York, 9 a.m.
Cleveland at Atlanta, 12:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Denver, 2 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
Detroit at Memphis, 3 p.m.
Houston at Sacramento, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Indiana at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Orlando at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Washington at Detroit, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Portland, 7 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Utah at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT Pts
y-Montreal 81 46 26
9 101
x-Ottawa
80 43 27 10 96
x-Boston
81 44 30
7 95
Toronto
80 39 26 15 93
Tampa Bay 81 41 30 10 92
Buffalo
80 33 35 12 78
Florida
80 33 36 11 77
Detroit
80 32 36 12 76
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts
x-Washington 80 54 18
8 116
x-Pittsburgh 80 50 19 11 111
x-Columbus 80 49 23
8 106
x-N.Y. Rangers 80 47 27
6 100
N.Y. Islanders 80 39 29 12 90
Philadelphia 80 38 33
9 85
Carolina
80 35 31 14 84
New Jersey 80 28 38 14 70
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts
z-Chicago 81 50 23
8 108
x-Minnesota 81 48 25
8 104
x-St. Louis 80 44 29
7 95
x-Nashville 81 41 28 12 94
Winnipeg 81 39 35
7 85
Dallas
81 33 37 11 77
Colorado
80 22 55
3 47
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts
x-Anaheim 80 44 23 13 101
x-Edmonton 79 45 25
9 99
x-San Jose 80 44 29
7 95
x-Calgary
80 45 31
4 94
Los Angeles 79 37 35
7 81
Arizona
81 30 41 10 70
Vancouver 79 30 40
9 69
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
GF GA
223 198
207 209
233 209
244 236
230 225
199 230
205 237
201 240
GF GA
260 179
277 226
244 189
252 215
233 238
212 230
207 228
180 236
GF GA
242 210
263 207
227 212
239 222
247 255
219 259
161 271
GF GA
216 196
235 202
215 199
224 215
189 195
196 257
177 232
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point
for overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per conference
advance to playoffs.
———
Friday’s Game
Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 2
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 9:30 a.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m.
Washington at Boston, Noon (NBC)
Chicago at Los Angeles, Noon
N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 3 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Florida, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
New Jersey at Detroit, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m.
Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Toronto, 3 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Florida at Washington, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 5:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
END REGULAR SEASON
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L
Pct GB
Baltimore
3 0 1.000 —
Boston
2 1 .667
1
Tampa Bay
3 2 .600
1
Toronto
1 3 .250 2½
New York
1 3 .250 2½
Central Division
W L
Pct GB
Minnesota
4 0 1.000 —
Cleveland
3 1 .750
1
Detroit
2 1 .667 1½
Chicago
1 2 .333 2½
Kansas City
1 3 .250
3
West Division
W L
Pct GB
Los Angeles
3 2 .600 —
Houston
3 2 .600 —
Oakland
2 3 .400
1
Texas
1 3 .250 1½
Seattle
1 4 .200
2
———
Friday’s Games
Detroit 6, Boston 5
Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 5
Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 8
Texas 10, Oakland 5
Kansas City 5, Houston 1
Minnesota 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Arizona 7, Cleveland 3
L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 1
Saturday’s Games
Boston (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Zim-
mermann 0-0), 10:10 a.m.
Minnesota (Mejia 0-0) at Chicago White
Sox (Gonzalez 0-0), 11:10 a.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 0-1) at Baltimore
(Gausman 0-0), 1:05 p.m.
Toronto (Sanchez 0-0) at Tampa Bay
(Archer 1-0), 3:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Duffy 0-0) at Houston
(Keuchel 1-0), 4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Graveman 1-0) at Texas (Darvish
0-0), 5:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Bauer 0-0) at Arizona (Greinke
0-0), 5:10 p.m.
Seattle (Hernandez 0-1) at L.A. Angels
(Nolasco 0-1), 7:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
Washington
3
New York
2
Miami
2
Philadelphia
1
L
1
2
2
3
Pct GB
.750 —
.500
1
.500
1
.250
2
Atlanta
1 3 .250
2
Central Division
W L
Pct GB
Cincinnati
3 1 .750 —
Chicago
2 2 .500
1
Milwaukee
2 3 .400 1½
Pittsburgh
1 2 .333 1½
St. Louis
1 3 .250
2
West Division
W L
Pct GB
Arizona
4 1 .800 —
Colorado
4 1 .800 —
Los Angeles
3 2 .600
1
San Diego
2 3 .400
2
San Francisco
1 4 .200
3
———
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 4
Washington 7, Philadelphia 6
Colorado 2, L.A. Dodgers 1
San Diego 7, San Francisco 6
Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 2
Milwaukee 2, Chicago Cubs 1, 11 innings
Cincinnati 2, St. Louis 0
Arizona 7, Cleveland 3
Saturday’s Games
Cincinnati (Arroyo 0-0) at St. Louis (Wacha
0-0), 11:15 a.m.
Atlanta (Dickey 0-0) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl
0-0), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Guthrie 0-0) at Philadelphia
(Nola 0-0), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-0) at Milwau-
kee (Milone 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Miami (Conley 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Gsell-
man 0-0), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Bauer 0-0) at Arizona (Greinke
0-0), 5:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-0) at Colorado
(Gray 0-0), 5:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-0) at San
Diego (Chacin 0-1), 5:40 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour
The Masters
Friday
At Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta, Ga.
Purse: TBA ($10 million in 2016)
Yardage: 7,435; Par: 72
Second Round
Charley Hoffman
65-75—140
Sergio Garcia
71-69—140
Thomas Pieters
72-68—140
Rickie Fowler
73-67—140
William McGirt
69-73—142
Ryan Moore
74-69—143
Jon Rahm
73-70—143
Fred Couples
73-70—143
Justin Rose
71-72—143
Adam Scott
75-69—144
Jordan Spieth
75-69—144
Phil Mickelson
71-73—144
Matt Kuchar
72-73—145
Rory McIlroy
72-73—145
Soren Kjeldsen
72-73—145
Charl Schwartzel
74-72—146
Hideki Matsuyama
76-70—146
Martin Kaymer
78-68—146
Jason Day
74-76—150
Failed to make the cut — Notables
Danny Willett
73-78—151
Jim Furyk
78-73—151
Zach Johnson
77-74—151
Bubba Watson
74-78—152
Motorsports
NASCAR
Monster Energy Cup Series
O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Lineup
Race Sunday, 10:30 a.m. (TV: FOX)
At Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
(Car number in parenetheses)
1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford
2. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford
3. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford
4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
-4
-4
-4
-4
-2
-1
-1
-1
-1
E
E
E
+1
+1
+1
+2
+2
+2
+6
+7
+7
+7
+8
5. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
7. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota
8. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota
9. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet
10. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford
11. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford
12. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford
13. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet
14. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
15. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford
16. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet
17. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
18. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford
19. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford
20. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota
21. (38) David Ragan, Ford
22. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet
23. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota
24. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
25. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
26. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford
27. (7) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet
28. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet
29. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota
30. (15) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet
31. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet
32. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
33. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
34. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
35. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
36. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota
37. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
38. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet.
39. (51) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet
40. (55) Derrike Cope, Toyota
Transactions
Friday
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
BASEBALL — Suspended Pittsburgh minor
league RHP Junior Lopez (Bradenton-FSL)
25 games following a violation of the Minor
League Drug Prevention and Treatment
Program.
American League
BALTIORE ORIOLES — Acquired RHP
Miguel Castro from Colorado for a player to
be named or cash considerations. Desig-
nated RHP Joe Gunkel for assignment.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP
Garrett Richards on 10-day DL, retroactive
to April 6. Recalled RHP Mike Morin Salt
Lake City (PCL).
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed
LHP Rich Hill on the 10-day DL, retroactive
to April 6. Recalled RHP Josh Fields from
Oklahoma City (PCL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed C Hector
Sanchez on the 7-day DL. Selected the
contract of OF Jabari Blash from El Paso
(PCL). Transferred OF Alex Dickerson to the
60-day DL.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed
RHP Hunter Strickland on the paternity
list. Recalled LHP Steven Okert from
Sacramento (PCL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Marcus
Cromartie, OT Cameron Jefferson, LB
Jacob Lindsey, DE Jake Metz, OL Jordan
Mudge, DB Bradley Sylve, LB Junior
Sylvestre and LB Eddie Yarbrough.
LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed DB
Nickell Robey-Coleman.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed CB John Ojo.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed LB
Jayson DiManche to a one-year contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended Anaheim F Nick
Ritchie two games for roughing Chicago D
Michal Rozsival during an April 6 game.