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East Oregonian
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Soccer
HILLCLIMB:
Flat
US breezes into Gold Cup Semifinals track race added to
this year’s festivities
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA
—
Omar Gonzalez and Eric
Lichaj scored late in the first
half and the United States
beat El Salvador 2-0 on
Wednesday night in an ugly
CONCACAF Gold Cup
quarterfinal.
The Americans, who
started five veterans added
for the tour-
Gold Cup n a m e n t ’s
knockout
p h a s e ,
overcame
USA
s h a k y
defensive
play
and
p o o r
passing,
advancing
El Salvador
to a semi-
final against
Costa Rica
on Saturday
in Arlington, Texas.
Bruce Arena changed all
11 starters for the second
straight game and at 7-0-5 set
a record for longest unbeaten
streak at the start of a U.S.
coaching tenure, topping Bob
Bradley’s 10-0-1 in 2007.
The U.S. improved to
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2
0
AP Photo/Matt Rourke
United States’ Eric Lichaj (15) reacts after kicking a goal during a CONCACAF Gold
Cup quarterfinal soccer match against El Salvador in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
6-0 against El Salvador in
the Gold Cup, also winning
quarterfinals 4-0 in 2002 and
5-1 in 2013. The Americans
are 17-1-5 overall against the
Salvadorians, the only loss an
exhibition at San Salvador in
1992.
Altidore, forward Clint
Dempsey,
midfielders
Michael
Bradley
and
Darlington Nagbe, and goal-
keeper Tim Howard were all
added to the lineup.
A crowd of 31,615 at
half-filled Lincoln Financial
Field was evenly split with
supporters of both teams.
But the main events
take place on Saturday
and Sunday when the
professionals take their turn
at mastering the 275-foot
hill. Saturday features
qualifying rounds from 9
a.m. until 3 p.m., a 450cc
pro main event at 3:30
p.m., and then a side by side
X-climb at 6 p.m.
Action wraps up Sunday
with the main event starting
at Noon and running till
approximately 2 p.m.
Dillon said that there is an
increase in the number of
competitors that registered
for this years event, and
they are expecting around
3,000 fans over the three
days.
There will be free
shuttles running to the hill-
climb from the Pendleton
Convention Center, where
Bike Week festivities are
localized. Tickets are $20
and $5 for children, but are
good for all three days of
the event.
On top of the hillclimb,
Dillon is also putting on
a flat track motorcycle
race on Friday night at the
Round-Up Arena, dubbed
Thunder in the Blues. It will
be the first motorized race
in the arena since 1940, and
Dillon says that
“There really is a buzz
around town about it,”
he said. “A lot of people
are excited and some are
stunned that they’re letting
them ride on the dirt , but it
should be fun.”
The races will start at
6 p.m. with gates to the
Round-Up opening at 3
p.m. Like the hillclimb,
there will be various classes
racing, from vets (age
30-plus), women, and kids,
to vintage, street-legals and
the pro open classes.
Tickets for it are same as
the hillclimb, with $20 for
adults and $5 for kids.
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MARINERS: Team finishes roadtrip 5-1, returns home to host Yankees
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six,” Paxton said. “That’s
awesome coming out of the
break so we’ve just got to
keep it going here and keep
ourselves in this race.”
Houston starter Charlie
Morton (7-4) retired the first
nine batters and the Astros
led 1-0 before Jean Segura
led off the fourth with a
single. Gamel’s first homer
since June 23 came next to
put Seattle up 2-1.
Segura had two hits and
Robinson Cano and Mike
Zunino drove in a run apiece
for the Mariners, who won
for the sixth time in seven
games. Edwin Diaz pitched
a scoreless ninth for his 18th
save.
The Astros had a chance
to cut into the lead in the
eighth when they had runners
at first and third with one out.
But Nick Vincent struck out
Evan Gattis before Marc
Rzepczynski fanned Carlos
Beltran to end the inning.
Morton allowed six hits
and four runs in 6 2/3 innings
for his first loss since coming
off the disabled list on July 7.
Guillermo
Heredia
doubled to start the sixth
before Segura reached on an
infield single. Then an error
by first baseman Yuli Gurriel
allowed Gamel to reach and
load the bases with no outs.
The Mariners pushed the
lead to 3-1 when Heredia
scored on a groundout by
Cano that left Gamel out at
second. Morton was able
to limit the damage when
Nelson Cruz grounded into a
double play to end the inning.
Zunino’s RBI double
with two outs in the seventh
pushed the lead to 4-1 and
chased Morton.
Alex Bregman singled
with no outs in the third,
AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith
Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager (15) at-
tempts to throw out Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve
during the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday,
July 19, 2017, in Houston.
advanced to second on a
sacrifice bunt and stole third
base. Houston took a 1-0 lead
when he scored on a sacrifice
fly by George Springer.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: OF Mitch
Haniger was out for the
fourth straight game after
injuring his right index finger
on Saturday night. Servais
had initially said that Haniger
would play on Wednesday,
but decided to give him an
extra day to recover.
Astros: All-Star SS Carlos
Correa announced in an Insta-
gram post from his hospital
bed that he had surgery to
repair a torn ligament in his
left thumb on Wednesday.
Correa is expected to be
out 6 to 8 weeks recovering
from the injury he suffered
on a swing Monday night.
... Ace Dallas Keuchel, who
hasn’t pitched since June 2
because of a pinched nerve
in his neck, will make his
second rehabilitation start
on Saturday, but the Astros
haven’t decided where it will
be yet.
THEY SAID IT
Servais on Seattle’s 5-1
road trip: “We talked about
some things out of the break
where we needed to get to
and how we were going to
get there and the guys have
responded.”
DIG IT UP
Two days after the Astros
held a fake funeral to bury
Beltran’s glove because he
hadn’t played in the field
in two months, he was in
the lineup in left field. The
40-year-old has played in
78 games this season, but
Wednesday was just the
10th time he didn’t serve as
the team’s designated hitter
and the first since May 16 in
Miami.
UP NEXT
Mariners:
Felix
Hernandez (5-3, 4.20 ERA)
will start for Seattle in the
opener of a four-game
series against the Yankees
on Thursday. Hernandez
allowed six hits and three
runs in five innings of a 4-3
win over the White Sox in his
previous start.
TOUR: Germany’s Marcel Kittel, winner of five stages, crashes and withdraws
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shadow, zoomed down in
that group, too.
The bill, at the end, was
costly for Aru.
Having started Stage 17
in second place overall, just
18 seconds behind Froome,
the Astana team rider slipped
back to fourth — 53 seconds
behind the race leader, who
is getting stronger in the
last week of the three-week
cycling marathon.
Uran leapfrogged from
fourth to second overall.
Bardet is still third. That
podium could stick all the
way to Paris on Sunday, as
they both trail Froome by 27
seconds.
“At this stage of the race,
everyone’s on their hands
and knees, let’s see what
happens,” Froome said. “It’s
still all to race for.”
Beating everyone to the
top of the Galibier — a feat
that earned him a bonus of
5,000 euros ($5,750) from
race organizers — was
Tour rookie Primoz Roglic.
Showing nerves of steel on
the 28-kilometer (17-mile)
descent to the finish at the
Serre-Chevalier ski station,
the former ski jumper
became the first Slovenian to
win a stage in the 114-year
history of the Tour.
“It’s
unbelievable,”
Roglic said. “A really crazy
stage.”
Froome’s group of Uran,
Bardet and French rider
Warren Barguil rolled over
the line 1 minute and 13
seconds after the 27-year-old
Team Lotto rider, who
moved to cycling in his early
twenties.
Determined
not
to
give any ground, Froome
outsprinted Bardet to the
finish line, securing four
bonus seconds for placing
third on the stage. Uran was
quicker still, beating Froome
to get six bonus seconds for
second place.
“It was a big day of
climbing,” Froome said.
“My legs certainly felt a lot
better than a week ago in the
Pyrenees, which is a good
sign.”
The Team Sky leader
was greeted at the finish by
French President Emmanuel
Macron, who followed the
stage in a car with the race
director.
If he wants to catch up
with the main contenders,
Aru will have to strike back
on Thursday in the last
Alpine stage, with a moun-
tain-top finish at the Col
d’Izoard — another storied
2,000-meter
(6,500-feet)
pass.
After that, the last big
opportunity to make up
places is the race-against-
the-clock time trial in
Marseille on Saturday. But
that discipline isn’t Aru’s
forte — unlike Froome.
“I fought until the very
last meters, I gave my all to
minimize losses,” Aru said.
“Anyway, I don’t see a big
drama in today’s stage. The
race ends in Paris.”
While Bardet’s repeated
bursts of acceleration on the
Galibier eventually cracked
Aru, they couldn’t shake off
Froome. To hold onto the
race leader’s yellow jersey
all the way to Paris, the
three-time champion can ride
defensively, keeping tabs on
Uran and Bardet and, now to
a lesser extent, on Aru.
“I did my utmost,” Bardet
said. “I raced to take the
jersey and I came close to
dropping them at the top
of the Galibier. I attacked.
That’s the way I love to race.
I have no regrets. I tried
everything.”
One of the most active
riders on Wednesday was
two-time champion Alberto
Contador. Riding with the
panache of his glory days,
the 35-year-old Spaniard
sped away from Froome’s
group on the second and
longest climb, the 24-kilo-
meter (15-mile) ascent to
the Col de la Croix-de-Fer.
But Contador faded in the
Galibier and could not stay
with Roglic.
“I want people to
remember me as a rider who
tried things, who was coura-
geous,” Contador said.
The Tour lost Marcel
Kittel, the winner of five
stages this year, after he
crashed. The German had
been leading the Tour’s
green jersey competition,
awarded for points collected
in sprints during and at
the end of stages. With
his departure, Australian
Michael Matthews inherits
the jersey.
17th Stage
At Briancon, France
A 113.7-mile ride from La Mure to
Serre-Chevalier including the Galibier climb:
1. Primoz Roglic, Slovenia, Team Lot-
toNl-Jumbo, 5 hours, 7 minutes and 41
seconds.
2. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, Cannon-
dale-Drapac, 1:13 behind.
3. Christopher Froome, Britain, Team Sky,
same time.
4. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, same time.
5. Warren Barguil, France, Team Sunweb,
same time.
6. Mikel Landa, Spain, Team Sky, 1:16.
7. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Quick-Step
Floors, 1:43.
8. Alberto Contador, Spain, Trek-Segafre-
do, 1:44.
9. Louis Meintjes, South Africa, UAE
Team Emirates, same time.
10. Fabio Aru, Italy, Astana Pro Team,
same time.
11. Mathias Frank, Switzerland, AG2R La
Mondiale, same time.
12. Darwin Atapuma, Colombia, UAE
Team Emirates, 1:59.
13. Serge Pauwels, Belgium, Dimension
Data, 3:10.
14. Simon Yates, Britain, Orica-Scott, 3:14.
15. Daniel Navarro, Spain, Cofidis, Solu-
tions Credits, 5:07.
16. Damiano Caruso, Italy, BMC Racing
Team, same time.
17. Ondrej Cink, Czech Republic, Bah-
rain-Merida, same time.
18. Amael Moinard, France, BMC Racing
Team, 6:00.
19. Alexis Vuillermoz, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, same time.
20. Brice Feillu, France, Team Fortuneo -
Oscaro, same time.
8. Louis Meintjes, South Africa, UAE
Team Emirates, 6:35.
9. Alberto Contador, Spain, Trek-Segafre-
do, 7:45.
10. Warren Barguil, France, Sunweb, 8:52.
11. Damiano Caruso, Italy, BMC Racing,
10:03.
12. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar,
12:54.
13. Alexis Vuillermoz, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, 20:36.
14. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, 21:16.
15. Emanuel Buchmann, Germany,
Bora-Hansgrohe, 27:06.
16. Brice Feillu, France, Fortuneo-Oscaro,
33:32.
17. Serge Pauwels, Belgium, Dimension
Data, 34:47.
18. Carlos Betancur, Colombia, Movistar,
35:23.
19. Tiesj Benoot, Belgium, Lotto Soudal,
37:46.
20. Guillaume Martin, France, Wanty-
Groupe Gobert, 43:53.
SCOREBOARD
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Boston
54 42 .563 —
Tampa Bay
51 45 .531
3
New York
48 45 .516 4½
Baltimore
45 49 .479
8
Toronto
43 51 .457 10
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
48 45 .516 —
Minnesota
48 46 .511
½
Kansas City
46 47 .495
2
Detroit
43 50 .462
5
Chicago
38 54 .413 9½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
63 32 .663 —
Seattle
48 48 .500 15½
Los Angeles
47 50 .484 17
Texas
45 49 .479 17½
Oakland
43 52 .453 20
———
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1
Seattle 4, Houston 1
Oakland 7, Tampa Bay 2
San Francisco 5, Cleveland 4
Baltimore 10, Texas 2
Boston 5, Toronto 1
L.A. Dodgers 9, Chicago White Sox 1, 8
innings
Kansas City 4, Detroit 3
L.A. Angels 7, Washington 0
Thursday’s Games
Toronto (Liriano 5-5) at Boston (Fister 0-3),
10:35 a.m.
Texas (Hamels 4-0) at Baltimore (Miley
4-8), 4:05 p.m.
Detroit (Fulmer 10-6) at Kansas City (Duffy
5-6), 5:15 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Severino 5-4) at Seattle
(Hernandez 5-3), 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
Washington
57
Atlanta
45
New York
42
Miami
42
Philadelphia
32
L
37
48
50
51
61
Pct
.606
.484
.457
.452
.344
GB
—
11½
14
14½
24½
Central Division
Milwaukee
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
West Division
W
52
49
47
46
40
L
45
45
48
48
54
Pct GB
.536 —
.521 1½
.495
4
.489 4½
.425 11
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
66 29 .695 —
Colorado
56 41 .577 11
Arizona
54 40 .574 11½
San Diego
40 54 .426 25½
San Francisco
37 59 .385 29½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 8, Atlanta 2
Philadelphia 10, Miami 3
Colorado 18, San Diego 4
San Francisco 5, Cleveland 4
Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 7, St. Louis 3
Cincinnati 4, Arizona 3, 11 innings
L.A. Dodgers 9, Chicago White Sox 1, 8
innings
L.A. Angels 7, Washington 0
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis (Lynn 8-6) at N.Y. Mets (Lugo
4-2), 9:10 a.m.
Arizona (Walker 6-4) at Cincinnati (Castillo
1-2), 9:35 a.m.
Milwaukee (Nelson 8-4) at Pittsburgh
(Taillon 5-3), 9:35 a.m.
Atlanta (Foltynewicz 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers
(McCarthy 6-3), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Chacin 8-7) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 0-3), 7:15 p.m.
MiLB
Northwest League
North Division
W
L Pct. GB
Vancouver
18 16 .529 —
Tri-City
17 17 .500
1
Spokane
14 20 .412
4
Everett
13 20 .394 4½
South Division
W
L Pct. GB
Hillsboro
20 14 .588 —
Boise
19 15 .558
1
Eugene
19 14 .576
½
Salem-Keizer
15 19 .441
5
———
Wednesday’s Games
Hillsboro 6, Vancouver 0
Tri-City 8, Boise 5
Salem-Keizer 3, Spokane 2
Everett at Eugene, late finish
Thursday’s Games
Vancouver at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Boise at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Spokane at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Eugene at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
Soccer
CONCACAF Gold Gup
QUARTERFINALS
Wednesday
At Philadelphia
Quarterfinal One
Costa Rica 1, Panama 0
Quarterfinal Two
United States 2, El Salvador 0
Thursday
At Glendale, Ariz.
Quarterfinal Three
Mexico vs. Honduras, 4:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal Four
Jamaica vs. Canada, 7:30 p.m.
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts GF GA
Toronto FC 11 3
6 39 36 21
Chicago
11 3
5 38 37 19
NYC FC
10 6
4 34 38 26
Atl. Untd. FC 9 7
3 30 39 27
New York
9 8
2 29 25 26
Orlando City 8 7
5 29 22 29
Columbus
9 10
1 28 30 32
Montreal
6 6
6 24 29 30
Philadelphia 6 8
5 23 26 23
New England 5 9
5 20 29 31
D.C. United 5 12
3 18 17 35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts GF GA
Sporting K.C. 8 4
8 32 24 14
FC Dallas
8 3
7 31 30 18
Houston
8 7
5 29 34 29
Vancouver
8 7
3 27 25 27
Portland
7 8
6 27 35 35
Seattle
7 7
6 27 29 31
San Jose
7 8
5 26 23 31
Los Angeles 6 9
4 22 28 33
Real Salt Lake 7 12
2 23 27 41
Minn. United 5 11
4 19 25 42
Colorado
6 11
1 19 19 27
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
———
Wednesday’s Games
Montreal 2, Philadelphia 1
New York 5, San Jose 1
Toronto FC 2, New York City FC 2, tie
Houston 0, Minnesota United 0, tie
Seattle 4, D.C. United 3
Real Salt Lake 4, Portland 1
Vancouver 1, Los Angeles 0
Friday’s Game
Atlanta United FC at Orlando City, 4 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Chicago at New York City FC, 11 a.m.
New York at Minnesota United, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Houston at D.C. United, 4 p.m.
FC Dallas at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Real Salt Lake,
7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Portland at Vancouver, 3:30 p.m.
San Jose at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
Washington
12
9 .571 —
Connecticut
12
9 .571 —
New York
10
9 .526
1
Atlanta
9 11 .450 2½
Indiana
8 12 .400 3½
Chicago
7 13 .350 4½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
Minnesota
16
2 .889 —
Los Angeles
14
5 .737 2½
Phoenix
11
9 .550
6
Dallas
10 12 .455
8
Seattle
9 11 .450
8
San Antonio
2 18 .100 15
———
Today’s Games
New York 96, Connecticut 80
Washington 100, Atlanta 96, OT
Minnesota 100, Dallas 74
Indiana 84, Phoenix 77
Thursday’s Games
Chicago at Los Angeles, 12:30 p.m.
Indiana at San Antonio, 5 p.m.
Cycling
Tour de France
Wednesday
Overall Standings
(After 17 stages)
1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 73:27:26.
2. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, Cannondale
Drapac, :27.
3. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, same time.
4. Fabio Aru, Italy, Astana, :53.
5. Mikel Landa, Spain, Sky, 1:24.
6. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Quick-Step
Floors, 2:37.
7. Simon Yates, Britain, Orica-Scott, 4:07.
Transactions
BASEBALL
BOSTON RED SOX — Released 3B Pablo
Sandoval. Recalled RHPs Kyle Martin and
Ben Taylor from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned
LHP Brian Johnson and RHP Hector
Velazquez to Pawtucket (IL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned
RHP Eduardo Paredes. Recalled RHP Alex
Meyer from Salt Lake City (PCL). Placed
OF Cameron Maybin on the 10-day DL.
Selected OF Shane Robinson.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Added INF
Todd Frazier and RHPs David Robertson
and Tommy Kahnle to the active roster.
Optioned LHP Chasen Shreve to Scranton/
Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated INF Ji-Man
Choi and INF/OF Rob Refsnyder for
assignment.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHPs
Michael Brady and Zach Neal to Nashville
(PCL).
National League
CINCINNATI REDS — Reinstated C Devin
Mesoraco from the 10-day DL. Optioned
RHP Lisalverto Bonilla to Louisville (IL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled OF
Franchy Cordero from El Paso (PCL). Op-
tioned RHP Jose Valdez to El Paso.