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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
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the 1944 Blackhawks. Calle
Jarnkrok, Viktor Arvidsson
and Filip Forsberg also
scored for Nashville, which
improved to 9-1 at home.
“We were in a tough hole
against a really good team,
came home and took care
of the home games with the
help of all our great fans,”
Rinne said. “It’s a great
feeling. We played two really
good games.”
Sidney Crosby scored his
first goal in the series after
not getting a shot on goal in
Game 3. The goal was his
first in the Stanley Cup Final
since June 4, 2009 — a span
of 12 games. The goal came
after he was held without a
shot for only the fifth time in
his career in the playoffs.
The Penguins now have
lost two straight for the
second time this postseason.
They also lost Games 5 and 6
against Washington. Goalie
Matt Murray lost consecu-
tive games for the first time
in his young career.
Game 5 is Thursday night
in Pittsburgh.
Nashville tapped country
singer Dierks Bentley as the
latest to sing the national
anthem, while country
singer Jason Aldean waved
the towel to rev up the
crowd. Former NBA star and
TV commentator Charles
Barkley also was on hand,
accepting NHL Commis-
sioner Gary Bettman’s
invitation to watch in person.
Rain most of Monday
kept the crowd outside from
reaching the more than
50,000 who turned Saturday
night for the first Stanley Cup
Final game in Tennessee.
Enough people turned out
to fill up Broadway for three
blocks with three giant TV
screens, even with Nashville
opening up a downtown
amphitheater for fans to
watch.
After the anthem, two
catfish and one stuffed
penguin hit the ice despite
Nashville coach Peter Lavi-
olette’s video plea earlier
Monday asking fans not to
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) takes a
shot as Nashville Predators defenseman Roman Josi
(59), of Switzerland, defends during the third period in
Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Monday,
June 5, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn.
throw anything.
Craig Smith, who had
two of Nashville’s first six
shots, ricocheted a puck off
Murray’s pads that Jarnkrok
tapped in at 14:51 to start
the fans yelling. Pittsburgh
lost a challenge for goalie
interference.
Then
Crosby,
held
without a shot for only the
fifth time in the postseason
in his career, tied it up for
Pittsburgh on a breakaway.
He skated in on Rinne,
holding the puck before
scoring behind the goalie’s
leg just 66 seconds later
for his eighth goal and 24th
point of the playoffs.
Rinne kept it tied in the
early minutes of the second
first with a stop of Jake
Guentzel before a big save
on Chris Kunitz on a break-
away.
Play was underway
when the horn sounded,
and officials reviewed a
play and ruled Gaudreau’s
wraparound attempt slid the
puck just over the line before
Murray stopped it. Referee
Dan O’Halloran announced
it as a goal, giving Nashville
a 2-1 lead 3:45 into the
second.
“I heard it on the bench
that it was possibly in the
net,” Gaudreau said. “I
wasn’t certain. When I heard
the horn, I sort of thought it
was in.”
Crosby had another
breakaway nearly midway
through the period, and
Rinne stopped him not once,
but twice. Then the goalie
slid to his right stopping
Guentzel with an assist
from Nashville defenseman
Roman Josi.
Arvidsson made it a 3-1
Nashville lead with his first
goal since the end of the first
round. James Neal started
the play, getting the puck
to captain Mike Fisher who
fed the puck up to Arvidsson
while falling to the ice.
Arvidsson beat Murray
under his glove, putting the
puck just inside the right post
at 13:08.
Forsberg sealed the win
with an empty-netter with
3:23 left.
Notes: Fisher, scoreless
until the Final, now has four
points. He got his fourth on
his 37th birthday. ... With
his goal, Crosby now has
161 career playoff points
and moved past Mike Bossy,
Gordie Howe, Al MacInnis
and Bobby Smith for 20th
all-time by himself. ... The
Penguins now are 13-3 after
a playoff loss under coach
Mike Sullivan, and Murray
is 7-1 in playoff games
started after a loss.
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kids they’ve never met and
that is powerful to us. They
don’t know our kids but
they stepped up to make a
decision that was right for
the kids and we’re excited
that they felt that way about
our community.”
The WIAA executive
board approved a set of
guidelines at its April
meeting that would allow an
out-of-state school to seek
membership, after having
numerous discussions with
both the OSAA and the
Idaho High School Athletic
Association. The board also
reached out to associations
in California, Arizona,
Nevada and others who
currently have out-of-state
members as well.
“This was a unique
situation for both Hermiston
and the WIAA,” said WIAA
Executive Director Mike
Colbrese in a press release.
“The Executive Board
worked closely with the
OSAA and IHSAA to put
measures in place to eval-
uate the situation at hand,
and set a standard going
forward.”
The WIAA’s decision
didn’t come without some
back-and-forth discussion,
though. Usher said on
Monday that the school had
not received specific details
on the vote or the board’s
discussion, but was told it
was a “two-hour long spir-
ited debate.”
The move north will
DUCKS: End season 54-8 overall
It remains to be seen
just how much Hermiston’s
‘rivalry’ with Pendleton will
be affected, as though the
two schools will no longer
be conference rivals they
will still likely play in most
sports.
“Reducing travel time
and loss of instructional time
is something we are very
committed to and it does
mean we’ll be exploring
non-conference games as
close to home as we can, like
with Pendleton,” Usher said.
“It’ll be no different from
any other Mid-Columbia
team that comes down to
play us and Pendleton ... if
we’re given the choice of
having to travel to Spokane
or Vancouver or Yakima, or
travel to Pendleton, obvi-
ously Pendleton will be a
good choice for us.”
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Super Regionals, first since 2012
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was moving towards foul
territory, Oregon catcher
Gwen Svekis picked it up
and made an errant throw
to first. Wodach ended up
on second.
Oregon coach Mike
White thought the ball
went into foul territory,
and he thinks there should
be a way to find out.
“One thing I’d like to
see going forward, and I
think this tournament has
really illustrated it, is the
need for an instant replay,
a need for the ability to
make a challenge,” White
said. “There’s been so
many games decided by
some calls that could
have gone — I think were
incorrect calls to be quite
frank, and that made a
big difference. This game
is played at a high speed.
Umpires are human. You
should have the ability to
challenge a call.”
Pinch runner Raegan
Rogers stepped in for
Wodach and scored on a
fielder’s choice. Knighten
then dropped the ball
lightly into right field to
score Nicole Mendes and
bring some changes to
Hermiston’s sports land-
scape. Boys and girls soccer
and boys and girls swim-
ming will both split up,
with boys soccer moving to
the spring season and girls
swimming moving to the
fall. Also, bowling will be
added to Hermiston’s lineup
as it is a sanctioned sport by
the WIAA, and Usher said
that the school already has
a popular bowling club team
that is excited to make the
move.
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Sarah Phipps/The Oklahoman via AP
Oregon’s Danica Mercado, left, and Jenna Lilley
walk off the field as Oklahoma celebrates follow-
ing the Women’s College World Series game at ASA
Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City on Sunday.
Kelsey Arnold.
Knighten had hoped to
make better contact.
“I’ll take it,” she said.
“It worked. All I wanted
to do was just put the ball
in play, come into the right
side, and just give my
team a chance to score.”
Nicole
Pendley
followed with a double to
score Knighten and chase
Kleist.
Lowary closed the deal
with two perfect innings to
claim her 10th save of the
season.
Now, Oklahoma, the
No. 10 seed, has the
chance to defend its title.
The Sooners view them-
selves as underdogs.
“They really are getting
into their groove,” Gasso
said. “We’ve wasted about
eight weeks of trying to
figure this out, and I think
we’re making up for lost
time, and they are relaxed,
they’re playing their best
softball, they’re having a
blast. They don’t want it
to end.”
eighth.
Nick Madrigal had four
base-hit bunts in the game.
Brandon Eisert (5-0) pitched
3 2/3 scoreless innings of
relief for the win.
“I never have never seen
that, that I can recall. I’m
old enough that it could
have happened and I don’t
remember,” Casey said about
Madrigal’s line. “Good for
Nick.”
It is the sixth time that
Oregon State has advanced
to the Super Regionals.
On Saturday night Jack
Anderson and KJ Harrison
each homered to lead Oregon
State to an 11-0 victory over
Yale. Luke Heimlich (11-1)
pitched
seven
innings,
allowing just two hits and
striking out eight.
The Beavers won back-
to-back College World
Series titles in 2006 and
2007 and have advanced to
the postseason 17 times with
a 53-33 overall record. It is
the sixth time they’ve hosted
a regional, the first since
2012, and they’re 28-6 in
postseason play at home.
Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP
Oregon State’s Michael Gretler (10) celebrates his home
run against Yale with Trevor Larnach (11) and Adley
Rutschman, behind Larnach, during an NCAA college
baseball regional tournament game in Corvallis, Ore.,
Sunday, June 4, 2017.
The Beavers went 27-3 in
Pac-12 play for the league
title, surpassing Arizona
State’s record of 26 league
wins set in 1981. Along
the way, coach Pat Casey
surpassed the 1,000-win
milestone.
Oregon State’s four losses
in the regular season were the
fewest since Texas was 53-4
going into the tournament in
1982.
Yale, which won the
Ivy League this year, was
making its sixth tournament
appearance and first since
1993.
“I could not be prouder of
my team,” Yale coach John
Stuper said. “We started out
3-9. Both of my degrees are
in English but I can figure
out that we went 31-9 after
that and set a school record
for us.”
SCOREBOARD
Hockey
Baseball
NHL Playoffs
STANLEY CUP FINAL
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Pittsburgh 2, Nashville 2
May 29: Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 3
May 31: Pittsburgh 4, Nashville 1
June 3: Nashville 5, Pittsburgh 1
Monday: Nashville 4, Pittsburgh 1
Thursday: Nashville at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 11: Pittsburgh at Nashville,
5 p.m.
x-Wednesday, June 14: Nashville at Pitts-
burgh, 5 p.m.
Basketball
NBA Playoffs
FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Golden State 2, Cleveland 0
June 1: Golden State 113, Cleveland 91
June 4: Golden State 132, Cleveland 113
Wednesday: Golden St. at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Friday: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.
x-Monday, June 12: Cleveland at Golden
State, 6 p.m.
x-Thursday, June 15: Golden State at
Cleveland, 6 p.m.
x-Sunday, June 18: Cleveland at Golden
State, 5 p.m.
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Washington
5
2
Atlanta
4
2
New York
4
3
Indiana
3
4
Connecticut
2
5
Chicago
1
6
Pct GB
.714 —
.667 ½
.571
1
.429
2
.286
3
.143
4
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
Minnesota
7
0 1.000 —
Seattle
4
2 .667 2½
Los Angeles
3
2 .600
3
Phoenix
4
3 .571
3
Dallas
3
4 .429
4
San Antonio
0
7 .000
7
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Sunday’s Games
Washington 78, Atlanta 72
New York 88, Phoenix 72
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
Washington at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Seattle at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Atlanta at New York, 8 a.m.
Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m.
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
New York
32 22
Boston
31 25
Baltimore
29 26
Tampa Bay
29 30
Toronto
28 30
Central Division
W
L
Minnesota
29 24
Cleveland
29 26
Detroit
28 28
Kansas City
24 32
Chicago
24 31
West Division
W
L
Houston
42 16
Los Angeles
29 31
Seattle
28 30
Texas
26 31
Oakland
25 32
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Monday’s Games
Houston 7, Kansas City 3
Oakland 5, Toronto 3
Pct GB
.593 —
.554
2
.527 3½
.492 5½
.483
6
Pct GB
.547 —
.527
1
.500 2½
.429 6½
.436
6
Pct GB
.724 —
.483 14
.483 14
.456 15½
.438 16½
Tuesday’s Games
Boston (Pomeranz 5-3) at N.Y. Yankees
(Tanaka 5-5), 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Nova 5-4) at Baltimore (Gaus-
man 3-4), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-7) at Tampa
Bay (Archer 4-3), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Chavez 4-6) at Detroit (Norris
2-3), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 4-2) at Texas (Gee 0-0),
5:05 p.m.
Houston (Paulino 0-0) at Kansas City (TBD),
5:15 p.m.
Cleveland (Clevinger 2-2) at Colorado
(Senzatela 7-2), 5:40 p.m.
Toronto (Estrada 4-3) at Oakland (Hahn 1-4),
7:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Santiago 4-5) at Seattle (Paxton
4-0), 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
Washington
36
New York
24
Atlanta
24
Miami
24
Philadelphia
20
Central Division
W
Chicago
29
Milwaukee
30
St. Louis
26
Cincinnati
26
Pittsburgh
26
L
20
31
31
32
35
Pct
.643
.436
.436
.429
.364
GB
—
11½
11½
12
15½
L
27
28
29
30
31
Pct GB
.518 —
.517 —
.473 2½
.464
3
.456 3½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Colorado
36 23 .610 —
Los Angeles
35 24 .593
1
Arizona
34 25 .576
2
San Francisco
24 35 .407 12
San Diego
23 35 .397 12½
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Monday’s Games
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 2
Philadelphia 11, Atlanta 4
San Francisco 7, Milwaukee 2
Chicago Cubs 3, Miami 1
Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2
Tuesday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Nova 5-4) at Baltimore (Gaus-
man 3-4), 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 6-3) at Cincinnati
(Adleman 3-2), 4:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 2-3) at Atlanta (Garcia
2-3), 4:35 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 3-4) at Milwaukee
(Anderson 4-1), 4:40 p.m.
Miami (Locke 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta
5-4), 5:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 4-2) at Texas (Gee 0-0),
5:05 p.m.
Cleveland (Clevinger 2-2) at Colorado
(Senzatela 7-2), 5:40 p.m.
San Diego (Lamet 2-0) at Arizona (Ray 5-3),
6:40 p.m.
Washington (Scherzer 6-3) at L.A. Dodgers
(McCarthy 5-2), 7:10 p.m.
NCAA Baseball
Tournament Regionals
Monday’s Games
Kentucky 10, NC State 5
Vanderbilt 8, Clemson 0
Florida State 6, Auburn 0
Missouri State 3, Arkansas 2
Texas vs. Long Beach State, late finish
TCU 15, Dallas Baptist 3
Mississippi State 8, Southern Miss 1
Southern Miss. vs. Mississippi State, late
Super Regionals
June 9-12
Oregon State (52-4) vs. Vanderbilt (36-23)
Long Beach/Texas vs. Cal State Fullerton
(37-21)
Sam Houston State (44-21) vs. Florida
State (43-21)
Miss. State/Southern Miss vs. LSU (46-17)
Davidson (35-24) vs. Texas A&M (39-21)
Kentucky (43-21) vs. Louisville (50-10)
TCU (45-16) vs. Missouri State (43-18)
Wake Forest (42-18) vs. Florida (45-17)
NCAA Softball
Championship Series
At ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma 1, Florida 0
Monday: Oklahoma 7, Florida 5, 17 innings
Tuesday: Oklahoma vs. Florida, 8 p.m.
x-Wednesday: Oklahoma vs. Florida, 8 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts
Toronto FC
8 2
5 29
Chicago
7 3
4 25
Orlando City 7 5
3 24
NYC FC
7 5
3 24
Columbus
7 8
1 22
New England 5 5
5 20
New York
6 7
2 20
Atl. United FC 5 5
3 18
Philadelphia 4 6
4 16
Montreal
4 4
4 16
D.C. United 4 7
3 15
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts
Sporting K.C. 7 4
4 25
FC Dallas
6 2
5 23
Houston
7 6
2 23
Portland
6 5
3 21
Vancouver
6 6
1 19
Seattle
5 6
4 19
San Jose
5 6
4 19
Los Angeles 5 5
3 18
Minn. United 4 8
2 14
Real Salt Lake 4 10
2 14
Colorado
4 8
1 13
GF
26
23
16
27
24
26
15
28
20
19
10
GA
15
16
18
19
26
21
21
20
18
18
21
GF
19
21
27
24
18
18
16
19
19
15
12
GA
10
11
22
21
18
22
20
19
33
35
18
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
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Saturday’s Games
New York City FC 2, Philadelphia 1
Sporting KC 3, Minnesota United 0
Vancouver 3, Atlanta United FC 1
Los Angeles 0, D.C. United 0, tie
Montreal 1, New York 0
New England 3, Toronto FC 0
FC Dallas 6, Real Salt Lake 2
Colorado 2, Columbus 1
Sunday’s Games
Chicago 0, Orlando City 0, tie
Seattle 1, Houston 0
Saturday, June 10
Atlanta United FC at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Montreal at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.
FC Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Tennis
French Open
Monday
At Stade Roland Garros
Paris
Purse: $40.3 million (Grand Slam)
Singles
Men
Fourth Round
Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Karen Khacha-
nov, Russia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, def. Fernando
Verdasco, Spain, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0.
Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Gael
Monfils (15), France, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Marin Cilic (7), Croatia, def. Kevin Ander-
son, South Africa, 6-3, 3-0, retired.
Women
Fourth Round
Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Carla
Suarez Navarro (21), Spain, 6-1, 6-1.
Elina Svitolina (5), Ukraine, def. Petra
Martic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Caroline Garcia (28), France, def. Alize
Cornet, France, 6-2, 6-4.
Karolina Pliskova (2), Czech Republic, def.
Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, 2-6, 6-3,
6-4.
Doubles
Men
Quarterfinals
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah
(16), Colombia, def. Julio Peralta, Chile, and
Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-7 (1), 7-6
(6), 6-0.
Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Donald
Young, United States, def. Jamie Murray,
Britain, and Bruno Soares (5), Brazil, 3-6, 7-6
(3), 7-6 (4).
Women
Third Round
Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua,
Australia, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia,
and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 7-6
(2), 6-4.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2),
Russia, def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (15), Spain,
3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova (6),
Czech Republic, def. Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan,
and Barbora Krejcikova (12), Czech Republic,
7-5, 7-5.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States,
and Lucie Safarova (1), Czech Republic, def.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Kristina
Mladenovic (14), France, 6-4, 6-2.
Golf
Memorial Tournament
Final Scores
At Muirfield Village GC
Dublin, Ohio
Purse: $8.7 million
Yardage: 7,392; Par: 72
Sunday
Jason Dufner
65-65-77-68—275
Rickie Fowler
70-66-72-70—278
Anirban Lahiri
74-70-69-65—278
Matt Kuchar
69-70-67-73—279
Justin Thomas
67-71-69-72—279
James Hahn
74-72-65-69—280
Kevin Kisner
70-69-70-71—280
Kyle Stanley
74-67-71-68—280
Bubba Watson
71-68-68-73—280
Graham DeLaet 73-67-73-68—281
Jamie Lovemark 69-69-70-73—281
Dan Summerhays 66-69-68-78—281
-13
-10
-10
-9
-9
-8
-8
-8
-8
-7
-7
-7
Jordan Spieth
Kevin Streelman
Jason Day
Marc Leishman
David Lingmerth
Shane Lowry
Jim Herman
Phil Mickelson
66-72-71-73—282
73-69-67-73—282
75-71-67-70—283
70-70-72-71—283
65-74-71-73—283
72-68-70-73—283
70-74-67-73—284
70-70-72-73—285
-6
-6
-5
-5
-5
-5
-4
-3
Motorsports
NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series
AAA 400 Drive for Autism Results
Sunday
At Dover International Speedway
Lap length: 1.00 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
2. (5) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
3. (2) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota
4. (13) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet
5. (16) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
6. (3) Daniel Suarez, Toyota
7. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
8. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
9. (18) Kevin Harvick, Ford
10. (31) Danica Patrick, Ford
11. (11) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet
12. (9) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet
13. (4) Matt Kenseth, Toyota
14. (21) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
15. (7) Erik Jones, Toyota
16. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota
17. (20) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
18. (24) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrole
19. (28) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet
20. (36) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet
21. (17) Trevor Bayne, Ford, accident
22. (35) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet
23. (29) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet
24. (32) Gray Gaulding, Toyota
25. (26) Joey Logano, Ford
26. (34) Ryan Sieg, Toyota
27. (39) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet
28. (37) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet
29. (25) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford
30. (33) David Ragan, Ford, accident
31. (22) Clint Bowyer, Ford
32. (15) Ryan Blaney, Ford
33. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet
34. (30) Regan Smith, Ford
35. (38) Cody Ware, Chevrolet
36. (27) Landon Cassill, Ford
37. (6) Kurt Busch, Ford,
38. (8) Brad Keselowski, Ford
39. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 104.953
mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 52 minutes, 6
seconds.
Margin of Victory: Under Caution.
Caution Flags: 15 for 72 laps.
Lead Changes: 17 among 9 drivers.