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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian OSU: Majority of the offense has been installed Continued from 1B Conor Blount all had trou- ble moving the ball. The second half was controlled by the offense. Wide receivers coach Kefense Hynson was happy to see the Beavers get some more live reps Friday. “We don’t have a huge veteran group,” Hyn- son said. “We’ve got some older guys that have played, but every- body needs those reps. It was good to get some live action and make some full- speed mistakes that we can teach off of. And some guys did some really good things, too.” O F F E N S E INSTALLED: Following Thursday’s practice, head coach Jonathan Smith said the majority of the new offense had been installed. The Beavers seem to be picking it up. “When learning new offense, the main thing you’ve got to be is consis- tent with it,” Bradford said. “New plays and just mak- ing sure you know every- thing, because you’ve got to learn on the fly.” Added Luton: “We’ve been hammering away at it all summer. There’s been some new wrinkles and some new things put in later in camp, but I feel really comfortable with it, I feel really good with it and I’m ready to play.” DEPTH AT RUN- NING BACK: Through- out much of fall camp, Ore- gon State’s running backs have stolen the show. Junior Artavis Pierce is the lone back with substan- tial game experience, but freshmen Jermar Jefferson, Kase Rogers and B.J. Bay- lor have all proven to be dangerous. “A lot of talent,” Luton said of the running backs. “To have two young guys (Jefferson and Rogers) step into a group that was already really talented, and the older guys we’ve got, it’s huge. I think there’s an abundance of talent in the backfield.” QB BATTLE GOES ON: The Beavers held a short 11-on-11 session at the end of Saturday’s practice. Luton, Colletto and Blount all took reps with the first-team offense. Smith has yet to name a starting quarterback. “All three are more than capable of winning the job,” Bradford said. “I don’t know who it’s going to be. They don’t really mention that to us.” OSU’s first-string defense spent a good chunk of the time in a 2-4-5 for- mation with true freshman Isaac Hodgins and senior Kalani Vakameilalo on the line. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano, second from left, is embraced by Nelson Cruz (23) and followed by Dee Gordon, second right, and Mitch Haniger after Cano’s three-run home run against the Houston As- tros in the eighth inning. MARINERS: King Felix solid in his return Continued from 1B the division race, while the Astros fell back into a tie with Oakland for the top spot in the AL West. Alex Colome (4-5) pitched a perfect eighth and Edwin Diaz closed out the ninth for his 48th save. Seattle finally came through with runners in scoring position after going 1 for 12 through the first seven innings, the only hit being Mitch Han- iger’s RBI single in the sixth inning that pulled the Mariners even at 4-4. Dee Gordon reached on an infield single with one out in the eighth — with manager Scott Servais ejected during the at-bat — and Haniger followed with a walk. Cano got a fastball on the outside part of the plate and drove it out. Marwin Gonzalez hom- ered in the first and added a two-run double in the third, but Houston was limited to one hit after the third inning. Seattle pitch- ers retired 21 of the final 22 batters. Felix Hernandez was solid in his return to the rotation after a brief demo- tion to the Seattle bullpen. Hernandez allowed four runs in six innings, with Gonzalez being the only batter to cause Hernandez issues. Hernandez scat- tered five hits — three of those to Gonzalez — and despite the four earned runs had one of his better starts of the season. EJECTION Servais was ejected in the eighth inning, pro- tecting Gordon after he started arguing a strike call by home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski. Servais stepped between the two and was quickly tossed. It was his third ejection of the season. MVP RETURNS The Astros expect to activate 2B Jose Altuve off the 10-day disabled list before Tuesday’s game. Altuve has been out since July 26 with a sore knee. He played one game for Triple-A Fresno on Sun- day and collected his first- ever Triple-A hit. Altuve made the jump directly from Double-A to joining the Astros. TRAINER’S ROOM Astros: OF George Springer was scratched from the lineup due to a sore left quad. Manager A.J. Hinch said Springer reported the soreness after arriving at the ball- park. It’s not consid- ered serious and Springer could have been used off the bench if needed. ... C Brian McCann and RHP Chris Devenski will con- tinue their rehab assign- ments with Double-A Cor- pus Christi later this week. Their chances of rejoining the Astros will be re-eval- uated next week when the club comes off the road and returns to Houston. Mariners: LHP James Paxton threw for the sec- ond straight day as he recovers from the forearm contusion suffered when he was hit by a line drive. Paxton threw at about 90-100 feet but still no set timetable on his potential return. ... Relief pitcher Sam Tuivailala had surgery late last week to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered earlier this month. Recovery time is expected to be six to eight months, meaning Tuivailala will likely miss the start of the 2019 season. Tuesday, August 21, 2018 Kurt Busch snaps winless streak By JENNA FRYER Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kurt Busch stole the spotlight from his younger brother Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway to snap a 58-race winless streak and grab an overdue short track victory. Busch won for the first time this season — first since the 2017 season-open- ing Daytona 500 — but it was his sixth victory on the 0.533-mile bullring he once dominated. Busch once won three consecutive times on the Tennessee track and was considered the best in the business on the concrete oval. Then his younger brother learned his way around the place, and Kyle Busch became the master of the track. Kyle Busch has seven Cup wins at Bristol, 21 com- bined across NASCAR’s national series. He’s so good that he chose the song “All I Do Is Win” by D.J. Khaled to play as he was introduced before the race. The crowd responded with a thunder- ous jeering, and Kyle Bus- ch’s eventful evening was off to a roaring start. He triggered a 15-car accident just two laps into the race, fell two laps off the pace, came back to race Martin Truex Jr. for second, and moved Truex out the way late in the race. His late spin set up the final restart that helped Kurt Busch seal the victory. A frustrated Truex kicked his car in anger after the incident, and as Kyle Busch was tending to his wounded race car, older brother Kurt battled Stewart-Haas Rac- ing teammate Clint Bow- yer for the lead. Kurt Busch was relentless on the restart and got his Ford to the front, then came Kyle Busch’s spin for the ninth caution. Kurt Busch had a good restart and Kyle Larson, on fresher tires, desperately tried to catch him. Kurt Busch held him off and Lar- son, winner of the Xfinity Series race Friday night, finished second in his bid AP Photo/Wade Payne Kurt Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, in Bristol, Tenn. for the Bristol sweep. The victory was the 30th of Kurt Busch’s career and he and Kyle Busch became the only brothers in Cup history with 30 wins each. It was Kurt Busch’s first Bris- tol victory since 2006. Kyle Busch ranks fifth on Bris- tol’s career list, while Kurt Busch broke a tie with Jeff Gordon for sixth. “I love this place,” Kurt Busch said. “I always wanted to get to 30 (wins). This is a big win for me. Early on before I even won my first race I said, ‘Man, if I could win 30 races.’” The ninth driver to win this season, Kurt Busch earned a spot in the 16-driver playoff field. “It’s all about winning,” he said. “I wasn’t worried about not making the play- offs, so we could kind of treat these races coming up as free-for-alls, and we’re just going to keep going after it.” The victory was the 13th for Stewart-Haas Racing since it joined Ford last sea- son, and the 100th Cup vic- tory for the Fusion. Kyle Busch wound up 20th. He led the first 70 laps of the Xfinity Series race but wrecked with a flat tire, so his Bristol weekend was a bust. “We probably finished where we should have any- ways, as torn up as our race car is,” said Kyle Busch, who also accepted fault for the contact with Truex. “I feel terrible about that. Obviously I just misjudged it by a little bit - four inches, six inches, whatever — I didn’t think I was next to him yet and I clipped him and sent him for a whale of a ride.” Other events from an action-packed Bristol race: THEY SAID IT: “If we could race here every Satur- day and Sunday, our grand- stands would be packed, our TV ratings would be very high. Let’s build more Bris- tols,” said runner-up Kyle Larson. SCOREBOARD Local slate VOLLEYBALL Thursday Dufur at Weston-McEwen, 2 p.m. Imbler at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Ione at Helix, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Helix, 7 p.m. Friday Heppner at Irrigon, 1 p.m. Echo at Country Christian, 1 p.m. Umatilla vs. Heppner (at Irrigon), 3 p.m. Echo vs. Hosanna Christian (at Country Christian), 4 p.m. Umatilla at Irrigon, 5 p.m. Saturday Pendleton at Lewiston (ID), 8 a.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande, 8 a.m. Weston-McEwen, Pilot Rock, Heppner at Grant Union Tournament, 8 a.m. Echo vs. North Clackamas Christian (at Country Christian), 3 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Friday Mac-Hi at Stayton, 3 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Friday Mac-Hi at Stayton, 1 p.m. Saturday Mac-Hi at Estacada, 9 a.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 88 38 .698 — New York 78 46 .629 9 Tampa Bay 64 61 .512 23½ Toronto 56 69 .448 31½ Baltimore 37 88 .296 50½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 72 52 .581 — Minnesota 59 65 .476 13 Detroit 51 74 .408 21½ Chicago 47 77 .379 25 Kansas City 38 87 .304 34½ West Division W L Pct GB Houston 75 50 .600 — Oakland 75 50 .600 — Seattle 72 54 .571 3½ Los Angeles 63 63 .500 13 Texas 56 71 .441 20½ ———— Monday’s Games Toronto 5, Baltimore 3 Chicago White Sox 8, Minnesota 5 Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Tampa Bay 1, Kansas City 0 Oakland 9, Texas 0 Seattle 7, Houston 4 Tuesday’s Games Baltimore (Bundy 7-11) at Toronto (Gaviglio 2-6), 4:07 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-9) at Detroit (Zimmermann 5-5), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Bieber 6-2) at Boston (Eovaldi 5-4), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Sparkman 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Snell 14-5), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-4) at Miami (Lopez 2-3), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 11-8) at Chicago White Sox (Kopech 0-0), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pena 1-3) at Arizona (Corbin 10-4), 6:40 p.m. Texas (Jurado 2-2) at Oakland (Anderson 2-3), 7:05 p.m. Houston (TBD) at Seattle (Leake 8-7), 7:10 p.m. AL WILD CARD W 78 75 75 72 L 46 50 50 54 Pct GB .629 +4 .600 — .600 — .571 3½ NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Atlanta 69 Philadelphia 68 Washington 62 L 55 56 63 Pct GB .556 — .548 1 .496 7½ New York Houston Oakland Seattle New York 54 70 .435 15 Miami 50 76 .397 20 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 71 52 .577 — Milwaukee 70 57 .551 3 St. Louis 68 57 .544 4 Pittsburgh 63 63 .500 9½ Cincinnati 55 70 .440 17 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 69 56 .552 — Colorado 68 56 .548 ½ Los Angeles 67 58 .536 2 San Francisco 62 64 .492 7½ San Diego 49 78 .386 21 ——— Monday’s Games Atlanta 1, Pittsburgh 0 San Francisco 2, N.Y. Mets 1, 13 innings Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 2 St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, late finish Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Gausman 7-9) at Pittsburgh (Nova 7-7), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Velasquez 8-9) at Washing- ton (Roark 8-12), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 9-9) at Detroit (Zimmermann 5-5), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-4) at Miami (Lopez 2-3), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Stratton 8-7) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-10), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Romano 7-10) at Milwaukee (Guerra 6-8), 5:10 p.m. San Diego (Erlin 2-3) at Colorado (Ander- son 6-5), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pena 1-3) at Arizona (Corbin 10-4), 6:40 p.m. St. Louis (Poncedeleon 0-0) at L.A. Dodg- ers (Ryu 3-0), 7:10 p.m. NL WILD CARD Milwaukee Philadelphia Colorado St. Louis Los Angeles Pittsburgh Washington W 70 68 68 68 67 63 62 L 57 56 56 57 58 63 63 Pct GB .551 +½ .548 — .548 — .544 ½ .536 1½ .500 6 .496 6½ MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE North Division W L Pct. Vancouver (Blue Jays) 15 10 .600 Spokane (Rangers) 13 12 .520 Tri-City (Padres) 11 13 .458 x-Everett (Mariners) 11 13 .458 South Division W L Pct. x-Hillsboro (D-Backs) 17 8 .680 Eugene (Cubs) 12 13 .480 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 11 14 .440 Boise (Rockies) 9 16 .360 x-first-half champions ——— Monday’s Games Boise 8, Salem-Keizer 4 Hillsboro 2, Eugene 1 Everett 11, Spokane 6 Tri-City 10, Vancouver 2 Tuesday’s Games Boise at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Eugene at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Vancouver at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. Guayama (Puerto Rico) 3, Arraijan (Pana- ma) 1, Arraijan eliminated Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.) 5, Des Moines (Iowa) 4, Des Moines eliminated Surrey (British Columbia) 6, Matamoros (Mexico) 4, Matamoros eliminated Game 20: Peachtree City (Ga.) 7, Houston (TX) 6, 9 innings, Houston eliminated Tuesday, Aug. 21 Game B: Barcelona (Spain) vs. Coeur d’Alene (Idaho), 8 a.m. Game 21: Guayama (Puerto Rico) vs. Surrey (British Columbia), Noon Game 22: Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.) vs. Peachtree City (Ga.), 4:30 p.m. Basketball WNBA FINAL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 23 11 .676 — x-Washington 22 12 .647 1 x-Connecticut 21 13 .618 2 Chicago 13 21 .382 10 New York 7 27 .206 16 Indiana 6 28 .176 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Seattle 26 8 .765 — x-Phoenix 20 14 .588 6 x-Los Angeles 19 15 .559 7 x-Minnesota 18 16 .529 8 x-Dallas 15 19 .441 11 Las Vegas 14 20 .412 12 x-clinched playoff spot ——— PLAYOFF GLANCE First Round Tuesday, Aug. 21 Dallas at Phoenix, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Football GB — 2 4½ 4½ GB — 5 6 8 LITTLE LEAGUE Little League World Series At South Williamsport, Pa. Saturday, Aug. 18 Guayama (Puerto Rico) 6, Gold Coast (Australia) 0 Des Moines (Iowa) 9, Coventry (R.I.) 5 Surrey (British Columbia) 2, Barcelona (Spain) 1, 10 innings Peachtree City (Ga.) 3, Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) 0 Sunday, Aug. 19 Seoul (South Korea) 5, Matamoros (Mexico) 1 Staten Island (N.Y.) 2, Houston 1 Kawaguchi (Japan) 4, Arraijan (Panama) 2 Honolulu 8, Grosse Pointe Woods (Mich.) 3 Monday, Aug. 20 Coventry (R.I.) 15, Gold Coast (Australia) 0, 4 innings NFL PRESEASON Week 2 AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 2 0 0 1.000 63 Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 42 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 30 Miami 0 2 0 .000 44 South W L T Pct PF Houston 2 0 0 1.000 33 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 38 Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 34 Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 31 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 3 0 0 1.000 70 Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 51 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 37 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 65 West W L T Pct PF L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 41 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 31 Kansas City 1 1 0 .500 38 Denver 0 2 0 .000 51 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 Washington 1 1 0 .500 Dallas 0 2 0 .000 Philadelphia 0 2 0 .000 South W L T Pct Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 Tampa Bay 2 0 0 1.000 New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 Atlanta 0 2 0 .000 North W L T Pct Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 Chicago 1 2 0 .333 Detroit 0 2 0 .000 West W L T Pct Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 L.A. Rams 1 1 0 .500 Seattle 0 2 0 .000 ——— Saturday’s Games Jacksonville 14, Minnesota 10 L.A. Rams 19, Oakland 15 Cincinnati 21, Dallas 13 Tampa Bay 30, Tennessee 14 Houston 16, San Francisco 13 Chicago 24, Denver 23 L.A. Chargers 24, Seattle 14 PF 40 32 34 34 PF 55 56 39 14 PF 82 52 67 27 PF 44 37 26 31 PA 37 45 15 53 PA 23 37 34 61 PA 42 40 29 65 PA 38 29 31 66 PA 37 39 45 68 PA 43 38 40 45 PA 51 42 70 46 PA 32 37 48 43 Monday’s Games Baltimore 20, Indianapolis 19 Auto Racing NASCAR CUP SERIES Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Results Saturday At Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn. Lap length: 0.533 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Kurt Busch, Ford, 500 laps. 2. (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 500. 3. (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 500. 4. (19) Joey Logano, Ford, 500. 5. (14) Erik Jones, Toyota, 500. 6. (16) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 500. 7. (10) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 500. 8. (22) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 500. 9. (13) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 500. 10. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 500. 11. (23) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 500. 12. (24) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 500. 13. (18) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 500. 14. (7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 500. 15. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 500. 16. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 499. 17. (15) David Ragan, Ford, 499. 18. (21) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 499. 19. (28) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 499. 20. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 497. 21. (32) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 496. 22. (29) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 496. 23. (5) William Byron, Chevrolet, 496. 24. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 495. 25. (39) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 493. 26. (35) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 492. 27. (40) Blake Jones, Toyota, 485. 28. (37) Timmy Hill, Ford, 481. 29. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 435. 30. (17) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, accident, 431. 31. (8) Aric Almirola, Ford, 428. 32. (34) JJ Yeley, Toyota, accident, 423. 33. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, accident, 338. 34. (30) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, electri- cal, 234. 35. (33) Jesse Little, Toyota, accident, 59. 36. (4) Paul Menard, Ford, accident, 28. 37. (31) Michael McDowell, Ford, acci- dent, 10. 38. (27) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, accident, 3. 39. (25) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, accident, 1. 40. (38) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, accident, 1. ——— Race Statistics Time of Race: 2 hours, 58 minutes. Margin of Victory: 0.367 seconds. Caution Flags: 9 for 70 laps. Lead Changes: 19 among 9 drivers. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): R.Blaney, 3 times for 118 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times for 118 laps; C.Elliott, 2 times for 110 laps; J.Logano, 2 times for 93 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time for 23 laps; K.Larson, 5 times for 12 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times for 6 laps; A.Almirola, 2 times for 0 laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 0 laps. Golf PGA TOUR WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday At Sedgwfield Country Club Greensboro, N.C. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,127; Par 70 Final Leaderboard Brandt Snedeker 59-67-68-65—259 C.T. Pan 65-64-67-66—262 Webb Simpson 66-68-66-62—262 Jim Furyk 65-68-67-63—263 D.A. Points 64-64-68-67—263 Brian Gay 70-63-62-69—264 Ryan Moore 63-70-64-67—264 Ryan Armour 65-68-67-65—265 David Hearn 64-67-64-70—265 Nick Taylor 65-67-70-63—265 Notable Henrik Stenson 68-65-70-64—267 Sergio Garcia 66-65-67-70—268 -21 -18 -18 -17 -17 -16 -16 -15 -15 -15 -13 -12