B2 - Friday, September 7, 2012 Skagit Valley Herald / goskagit.com Djokovic gets past del Potro to reach semis SPORTS BRIEFLY a pair of past U.S. Open there, attempting another backhand winner moments sessions.” Serbian to play champions. lob. It landed long. later ended the tiebreaker, The second-seeded Serb McIlroy David Ferrer More than a dozen shots A point from a two-set gave him a commanding will face fourth-seeded in, defending champion lead, Djokovic threw his lead, and sent him on the David Ferrer of Spain By HOWARD FENDRICH Djokovic tossed up a lob. head back, roared “Come way to a 6-2, 7-6 (3), 6-4 on Saturday, with a spot tied for AP Tennis Writer Del Potro, the 2009 cham- on!” and pumped his victory Thursday night that in Sunday’s final at stake. pion, sprinted with his arms. Del Potro leaned put him in his 10th consec- Ferrer advanced to his NEW YORK — Locked back to the court, got to his elbows atop the net, utive Grand Slam semifi- fourth career major semifi- lead in a taut, thrill-a-min- the ball and lofted a lob hunched over and rested nal. nal by using his high-ener- ute second set, Novak the other way. his head on his arms. “We played some gy brand of leg-churning, Djokovic and Juan Martin Djokovic slammed an Close and compelling incredible rallies and ball-chasing tennis to out- Woods sitting del Potro headed to a tie- overhead. Del Potro some- as their quarterfinal was, incredible points,” Djokov- last eighth-seeded Janko breaker and promptly pro- how kept the ball in play. it might as well have been ic said. “It’s always enter- Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-3, one shot back duced a 20-stroke master- Djokovic laced a drop over right then and there. taining, always so much 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in 4 piece of a point befitting shot. Again, del Potro got Djokovic’s down-the-line fun, playing in these night hours, 31 minutes. The Associated Press CARMEL, Ind. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy seem to be spending a lot of time together lately. Scoreboard That includes the top of a busy leaderboard at the BASEBALL MARINERS STATISTICS BMW Championship. The biggest star in golf Major League Baseball Through Thursday American League Today’s Area Schedule BATTERS AVG OBA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E and his heir apparent put East Division Gutierrez...... 278 .342 72 11 20 4 0 3 11 5 14 3 1 0 W L Pct GB Jaso...... 270 .392 244 33 66 15 2 8 44 49 41 4 0 0 on a dazzling show Thurs- Baltimore...... 77 60 .562 — PREP SPORTS Montero...... 264 .301 440 41 116 17 0 15 54 24 88 0 2 3 day at Crooked Stick, New York...... 77 60 .562 — Seager...... 251 .315 490 52 123 26 1 16 78 43 91 13 5 10 Tampa Bay...... 75 62 .547 2 Saunders...... 245 .299 424 60 104 27 1 14 43 32 109 18 3 3 where the gallery caught a Boston...... 63 75 .457 14½ Football Boys’ Soccer Thames...... 241 .285 245 25 59 12 3 7 22 15 72 1 1 2 Toronto...... 61 75 .449 15½ Robinson...... 240 .313 104 12 25 4 1 2 8 10 27 6 3 1 glimpse of the best players Central Division Mount Vernon at Stanwood 7 p.m. Mount Vernon Christian Ackley...... 232 .300 521 76 121 18 2 10 48 51 110 13 3 5 W L Pct GB Burlington-Edison at Shoreline Christian 3:15 p.m. Liddi...... 231 .289 104 7 24 3 1 3 10 9 42 1 1 4 in the world for the first Chicago...... 74 62 .544 — at Bellingham 7 p.m. Wells...... 225 .291 236 32 53 10 2 8 29 19 69 3 0 0 time since the 1991 PGA Detroit...... 73 63 .537 1 Olivo...... 215 .226 261 24 56 10 0 9 24 4 71 1 4 4 Kansas City...... 61 76 .445 13½ Squalicum Boys’ Tennis Carp...... 207 .314 145 17 30 6 0 5 20 20 37 1 0 2 Championship. Cleveland...... 58 79 .423 16½ at Sedro-Woolley 7 p.m. Kawasaki...... 196 .257 97 12 19 1 0 0 7 8 15 1 2 0 Mount Vernon Ryan...... 195 .280 354 40 69 17 3 2 28 40 84 10 5 7 Minnesota...... 56 81 .409 18½ Lynden at Anacortes 7 p.m. at Lake Stevens 3:30 p.m. McIlroy, flawless with West Division Smoak...... 193 .260 410 36 79 9 0 14 41 37 100 1 0 2 W L Pct GB Lummi at La Conner 7 p.m. Anacortes Figgins...... 185 .260 162 17 30 5 2 2 11 17 45 4 1 1 his irons, birdied his last Peguero...... 167 .184 48 2 8 1 1 2 5 1 25 0 0 0 Texas...... 82 55 .599 — Liberty Bell at Concrete 7 p.m. at Sedro-Woolley 3:45 p.m. two holes for an 8-under Oakland...... 76 60 .559 5½ Team Totals .232 .294 4634 531 1076 194 23 121 503 393 1051 95 32 54 Los Angeles...... 74 63 .540 8 Burlington-Edison 64 and was part of a four- Seattle...... 67 71 .486 15½ at Bellingham 3:45 p.m. PITCHERS W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Volleyball Perez...... 1 2 1.66 25 0 0 21.2 22 4 4 0 8 23 way tie for the lead with Thursday’s Games Mount Vernon Christian Furbush...... 5 2 2.27 41 0 0 43.2 24 11 11 3 13 51 Baltimore 10, N.Y. Yankees 6 at Orcas Island 5:30 p.m Girls’ Swimming Hernandez...... 13 6 2.51 28 28 0 204.0 165 61 57 11 48 191 Indiana native Bo Van Texas 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings Pryor...... 3 0 2.51 16 0 0 14.1 13 4 4 4 6 18 Northwest Conference Wilhelmsen...... 4 3 2.58 63 0 24 66.1 50 21 19 4 26 73 Pelt, U.S. Open champion Today’s Games Relays, Bellingham 3:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 13-12) at Balti- Girls’ Soccer Luetge...... 1 1 3.13 57 0 2 37.1 31 14 13 2 20 36 Webb Simpson and Gra- more (W.Chen 12-8), 4:05 p.m. Iwakuma...... 6 3 3.14 25 11 2 97.1 83 37 34 13 39 80 Texas (D.Holland 10-6) at Tampa Bay Mount Vernon Christian Kelley...... 2 3 3.34 37 0 0 35.0 38 17 13 4 10 36 ham DeLaet, the Cana- (Hellickson 8-10), 4:10 p.m. at Orcas Island 3 p.m. Kinney...... 0 2 3.68 23 0 1 22.0 14 9 9 1 13 25 Toronto (H.Alvarez 7-12) at Boston (Dou- Ramirez...... 0 2 3.82 11 4 0 30.2 27 15 13 4 7 25 dian who is quietly becom- bront 10-7), 4:10 p.m. Vargas...... 14 9 3.85 29 29 0 191.2 178 83 82 31 47 121 ing the Cinderella of these Cleveland (J.Gomez 5-7) at Minnesota Millwood...... 5 12 4.27 27 27 0 156.0 166 84 74 12 55 104 (Hendriks 0-7), 5:10 p.m. Capps...... 0 0 4.91 9 0 0 11.0 12 6 6 0 7 13 FedEx Cup playoffs. Kansas City (Mendoza 7-9) at Chicago COLLEGE SPORTS Beavan...... 9 9 5.01 22 22 0 125.2 141 70 70 20 19 61 White Sox (Liriano 5-11), 5:10 p.m. Noesi...... 2 11 5.77 17 17 0 96.2 94 63 62 20 34 60 Just three days after Detroit (Scherzer 15-6) at L.A. Angels Sherrill...... 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 1.1 6 4 4 2 1 0 (E.Santana 8-11), 7:05 p.m. Team Totals 67 71 3.71 138 138 38 1236.0 1135 540 509 141 383 990 McIlroy won the Deutsche Oakland (Griffin 4-0) at Seattle Volleyball Bank Championship, he (F.Hernandez 13-6), 7:10 p.m. Skagit Valley at Highline Tournament Milwaukee, 176; Bumgarner, San Francis- Quarterfinals looked just as impressive American League Leaders co, 173. David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Janko BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .330; SAVES—AChapman, Cincinnati, 35; Kim- Tipsarevic (8), Serbia, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 2-6, in the opening round at Trout, Los Angeles, .330; Beltre, Texas, brel, Atlanta, 34; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 34; 6-3, 7-6 (4). Crooked Stick. .320; Jeter, New York, .318; DavMurphy, Motte, St. Louis, 33; Papelbon, Philadel- Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Juan Texas, .316; Mauer, Minnesota, .315; phia, 31; Clippard, Washington, 30; Putz, Martin del Potro (7), Argentina, 6-2, 7-6 “He hits it great, putts Fielder, Detroit, .314. PRO SPORTS Arizona, 28. (3), 6-4. RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 108; Kin- ——— Doubles it great and top of that, sler, Texas, 93; Hamilton, Texas, 92; MiCa- Minor League Baseball Men he’s just a really nice kid,” brera, Detroit, 89; AJackson, Detroit, 87; Major League Baseball Pacific Coast League Semifinals Jeter, New York, 85; Encarnacion, Toronto, Playoffs Leander Paes, India, and Radek Ste- Woods said in some of his 84; Granderson, New York, 84; AdJones, Oakland at Seattle 7:10 p.m. (x-if necessary) panek (5), Czech Republic, def. Marcel Baltimore, 84. First Round Granollers and Marc Lopez (6), Spain, 6-6, strongest praise ever for RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 116; Hamilton, (Best-of-5) retired. Texas, 116; Willingham, Minnesota, 98; Albuquerque vs. Omaha Bob and Mike Bryan (2), United States, another player. “The game Encarnacion, Toronto, 95; Fielder, Detroit, Wednesday: Omaha 8, Albuquerque 4 def. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and 94; Pujols, Los Angeles, 93; Beltre, Texas, Thursday: Albuquerque 5, Omaha 3 Jean-Julien Rojer (9), Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4. of golf is in great hands 89. Today: Omaha at Albuquerque, 6:05 p.m. Women with him, and he’s here to HITS—Jeter, New York, 183; MiCabrera, TV-Radio x-Saturday: Omaha at Albuquerque, 6:05 Semifinals Detroit, 173; Beltre, Texas, 166; AGo- p.m. Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (2), Italy, stay.” rdon, Kansas City, 164; Butler, Kansas x-Sunday: Omaha at Albuquerque, 12:05 def. Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose City, 160; Cano, New York, 159; Andrus, p.m. Martinez Sanchez (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Woods, who finished Texas, 158. Today Reno vs. Sacramento Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka DOUBLES—AGordon, Kansas City, 45; Wednesday: Reno 3, Sacramento 1 (3), Czech Republic, def. Hsieh Su-wei, two shots behind Monday Pujols, Los Angeles, 40; Cano, New York, Time TV Radio Thursday: Sacramento 1, Reno 0 Taiwan, and Anabel Medina Garrigues (16), in Boston, isn’t going away 38; Kinsler, Texas, 38; Choo, Cleveland, Major League Baseball Today: Sacramento at Reno, 7:05 p.m. Spain, 7-6 (2), 6-4. 37; AdGonzalez, Boston, 37; Brantley, x-Saturday: Sacramento at Reno, 7:05 ——— quietly. He was only sharp Cleveland, 36. Oakland at Seattle 7 p.m. ROOT 1430 AM p.m. TRIPLES—AJackson, Detroit, 10; Prep Boys’ Tennis x-Sunday: Sacramento at Reno, 1:05 Anacortes 4, South Whidbey 3 when it came to scoring, JWeeks, Oakland, 8; Rios, Chicago, 7; p.m. Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 7; Andrus, Texas, 6; Canadian Football League Singles: J. Wigen (A) def. Simmons 6-2, making enough birdies to AEscobar, Kansas City, 6; ISuzuki, New Northwest League 6-2; Irving (A) def. Turpin 6-3, 6-0; K. Wigen York, 6; Trout, Los Angeles, 6. Calgary at Edmonton 6 p.m. NBCSN Playoffs (A) def. Peterson 6-2, 6-3; Gallo (A) def. stay in the game, including HOME RUNS—Hamilton, Texas, 39; Championship Hood 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Doubles: Sparkman/ Stelling (SW) def. Kiesser/Manion 6-0, 6-1; a 30-foot chip-in on his last ADunn, Chicago, 38; Encarnacion, Toronto, College Football (Best-of-5) 37; MiCabrera, Detroit, 35; Granderson, Boise vs. Vancouver Hughes/Baldwin (SW) def. Douglas/Ever- hole for a 65. New York, 34; Willingham, Minnesota, 33; Utah at Utah State 5 p.m. ESPN2 Thursday: late ton 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Conns/ Simchuck (SW) Beltre, Texas, 30; Trumbo, Los Angeles, Saturday: Vancouver at Boise, 5:45 def. Keltner and Higgins, 6-1, 6-0. 30. p.m. STOLEN BASES—Trout, Los Angeles, Golf Sunday: Vancouver at Boise, 5:45 p.m. FOOTBALL College Football 44; RDavis, Toronto, 40; Revere, Minne- European KLM Open 5:30 a.m. Golf sota, 32; Crisp, Oakland, 31; AEscobar, n Kansas City, 27; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 27; LPGA Kingsmill Championship 9:30 a.m. Golf SOCCER National Football League EUGENE, Ore. — Regular Season Kipnis, Cleveland, 26. PGA BMW Championship noon Golf The University of Oregon PITCHING—Price, Tampa Bay, 17-5; Major League Soccer Week 1 Weaver, Los Angeles, 16-4; Scherzer, Wednesday’s Game EASTERN CONFERENCE .Dallas 24, New York Giants 17 is implementing random Detroit, 15-6; Sale, Chicago, 15-6; MHar- Tennis W L T Pts GF GA rison, Texas, 15-9; Darvish, Texas, 14-9; Sporting Kansas City. 15 7 5 50 34 24 Sunday’s Games drug testing of all its ath- Vargas, Seattle, 14-9. U.S. Open 9:30 a.m. KIRO 7 New York...... 13 7 7 46 46 39 Indianapolis at Chicago, 10 a.m. STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 209; Houston...... 12 7 9 45 40 33 Philadelphia at Cleveland, 10 a.m. letes, following a media Scherzer, Detroit, 204; FHernandez, Seat- Chicago...... 13 8 5 44 35 31 St. Louis at Detroit, 10 a.m. report earlier this year tle, 191; Darvish, Texas, 188; Shields, Auto Racing Miami at Houston, 10 a.m. Columbus...... 12 9 6 42 33 32 Atlanta at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay, 181; Price, Tampa Bay, 175; Formula One practice 5 a.m. Speed D.C...... 12 10 5 41 43 38 that estimated from 40 to Peavy, Chicago, 162; Sale, Chicago, 162. Montreal...... 12 14 3 39 43 46 Jacksonville at Minnesota, 10 a.m. SAVES—Rodney, Tampa Bay, 42; JiJohn- Sprint Cup practice 9 a.m. ESPN2 Washington at New Orleans, 10 a.m. 60 percent of the football New England...... 7 14 7 28 35 38 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. son, Baltimore, 41; RSoriano, New York, Sprint Cup practice 11:30 a.m. ESPN2 Philadelphia...... 7 13 5 26 25 30 36; CPerez, Cleveland, 34; Nathan, Texas, Toronto FC...... 5 16 6 21 30 48 New England at Tennessee, 10 a.m. team smoked marijuana. 30; Valverde, Detroit, 28; Aceves, Boston, Nationwide qualifying 1 p.m. ESPN2 Seattle at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE San Francisco at Green Bay, 1:25 p.m. Oregon’s previous drug 25; Reed, Chicago, 25. Nationwide race 4:30 p.m. ESPN W L T Pts GF GA San Jose...... 16 6 5 53 56 33 Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1:25 p.m. policy allowed for testing National League Sprint Cup qualifying 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Real Salt Lake...... 14 11 4 46 38 33 Pittsburgh at Denver, 5:20 p.m. East Division Seattle...... 12 6 8 44 41 27 Monday’s Games when there was reason- W L Pct GB Los Angeles...... 13 11 4 43 48 40 Cincinnati at Baltimore, 4 p.m. Washington...... 85 52 .620 — High School Football Vancouver...... 10 11 7 37 29 37 San Diego at Oakland, 7:15 p.m. able suspicion. A recent Atlanta...... 78 60 .565 7½ Burlington-Edison at Bellingham 7 p.m. skagitradiosports.com FC Dallas...... 8 12 9 33 34 38 decision by the general Philadelphia...... 66 71 .482 19 Colorado...... 9 17 2 29 36 41 GOLF New York...... 65 72 .474 20 1430 AM Chivas USA...... 7 11 7 28 20 39 counsel gives temporary Miami...... 61 77 .442 24½ kbrcradio.com Portland...... 7 14 6 27 27 46 Central Division NOTE: Three points for victory, one point PGA Tour permission for random W L Pct GB Mount Vernon at Stanwood 7 p.m. 660 AM for tie. BMW Championship Cincinnati...... 83 55 .601 — 102.1 FM Thursday testing effective this St. Louis...... 74 63 .540 8½ kapsradio.com At Crooked Stick Golf Club Course Thursday’s Game Carmel, Ind. month. Pittsburgh...... 72 64 .529 10 Lynden at Anacortes 7 p.m. 1340 AM Houston 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Milwaukee...... 67 70 .489 15½ Saturday’s Game Purse: $8 million Chicago...... 51 86 .372 31½ Chivas USA at Seattle FC, 1 p.m. Yardage: 7,497; Par: 72 (36-36) Houston...... 42 95 .307 40½ First Round College Basketball West Division Webb Simpson...... 33-31—64 -8 W L Pct GB Saturday BASKETBALL Bo Van Pelt...... 31-33—64 -8 San Francisco...... 77 60 .562 — Rory McIlroy...... 32-32—64 -8 n A hospital spokes- Los Angeles...... 73 65 .529 4½ Time TV Radio Graham DeLaet...... 32-32—64 -8 Arizona...... 68 70 .493 9½ Major League Baseball Women’s National Tiger Woods...... 33-32—65 -7 man says Texas Tech coach San Diego...... 64 74 .464 13½ Basketball Association Vijay Singh...... 34-31—65 -7 Billy Gillispie has been Colorado...... 56 80 .412 20½ L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco 1 p.m. KCPQ 13 EASTERN CONFERENCE Ryan Palmer...... 32-34—66 -6 Oakland at Seattle 6 p.m. ROOT 1430 AM W L Pct GB Ryan Moore...... 34-32—66 -6 discharged from the hos- Thursday’s Games x-Connecticut...... 20 7 .741 -- Luke Donald...... 34-32—66 -6 Atlanta 1, Colorado 0 x-Indiana...... 17 9 .654 2½ Jimmy Walker...... 34-33—67 -5 pital after a six-day stay Miami 6, Milwaukee 2 Major League Soccer Atlanta...... 15 13 .536 5½ Zach Johnson...... 35-32—67 -5 New York...... 11 16 .407 9 Robert Garrigus...... 33-34—67 -5 amid an investigation into Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 2 Chivas USA at Seattle 1 p.m. KONG 6 Today’s Games Chicago...... 10 16 .385 9½ Justin Rose...... 32-35—67 -5 alleged player mistreat- Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 4-11) at Pitts- Washington...... 5 22 .185 15 Rickie Fowler...... 34-33—67 -5 burgh (A.J.Burnett 15-5), 4:05 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Ben Crane...... 34-33—67 -5 ment. Colorado (Francis 5-4) at Philadelphia College Football W L Pct GB Ian Poulter...... 36-32—68 -4 (Cl.Lee 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Auburn at Mississippi State 9 a.m. ESPN x-Minnesota...... 22 4 .846 -- Adam Scott...... 33-35—68 -4 Miami (Ja.Turner 0-2) at Washington x-Los Angeles...... 19 9 .679 4 Kyle Stanley...... 34-34—68 -4 (Strasburg 15-6), 4:05 p.m. Central Florida at Ohio State 9 a.m. ESPN2 x-San Antonio...... 17 9 .654 5 Matt Every...... 35-33—68 -4 Auto Racing Atlanta (Maholm 11-9) at N.Y. Mets Penn State at Virginia 9 a.m. KOMO 4 Seattle...... 12 14 .462 10 Chris Kirk...... 35-33—68 -4 (Niese 10-8), 4:10 p.m. Phoenix...... 6 20 .231 16 Seung-Yul Noh...... 34-34—68 -4 n Houston (Harrell 10-9) at Cincinnati Tulane at Tulsa 9 a.m. ROOT Tulsa...... 6 21 .222 16½ Graeme McDowell...... 33-35—68 -4 RICHMOND, Va. — (H.Bailey 10-9), 4:10 p.m. Miami at Kansas State 9 a.m. FX x-clinched playoff spot Lee Westwood...... 34-34—68 -4 Louis Oosthuizen...... 35-33—68 -4 Ryan Newman has signed Milwaukee (Gallardo 14-8) at St. Louis E. Washington at Washington State noon Pac-12 660 AM (Lohse 14-2), 5:15 p.m. Thursday’s Game Dustin Johnson...... 36-32—68 -4 a contract extension with Arizona (Skaggs 1-1) at San Diego (Cash- 102.1 FM Seattle 101, Tulsa 74 Steve Stricker...... 33-35—68 -4 ner 3-3), 7:05 p.m. USC at Syracuse 12:30 p.m. KOMO 4 Today’s Games Ernie Els...... 34-34—68 -4 Stewart-Haas Racing for L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 1-1) at San Fran- Phoenix at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Geoff Ogilvy...... 33-35—68 -4 cisco (Lincecum 8-14), 7:15 p.m. Purdue at Notre Dame 12:30 p.m. KING 5 Los Angeles at Washington, 4 p.m. Jim Furyk...... 33-36—69 -3 next season. Newman is in Delaware State at Delaware 12:30 p.m. NBCSN Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Phil Mickelson...... 33-36—69 -3 the final year of the deal National League Leaders Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Matt Kuchar...... 35-34—69 -3 BATTING—MeCabrera, San Francisco, Rice at Kansas 12:30 p.m. ROOT Indiana at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Sergio Garcia...... 37-32—69 -3 he signed in 2009. The .346; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .345; Air Force at Michigan 12:30 p.m. ESPN2 David Hearn...... 34-35—69 -3 Posey, San Francisco, .325; YMolina, St. Tom Gillis...... 35-34—69 -3 extension is a one-year Louis, .323; DWright, New York, .313; Florida at Texas A&M 12:30 p.m. ESPN Storm 101, Shock 74 Kevin Stadler...... 35-34—69 -3 Braun, Milwaukee, .311; CGonzalez, Colo- Bud Cauley...... 35-34—69 -3 agreement, and he said rado, .310. Wisconsin at Oregon State 1 p.m. FX TULSA (74) Bubba Watson...... 35-34—69 -3 RUNS—AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 93; Fresno State at Oregon 3:30 p.m. Pac-12 Holt 0-4 0-0 0, G.Johnson 6-9 3-4 15, Brandt Snedeker...... 36-33—69 -3 Thursday he took a pay- Braun, Milwaukee, 90; Bourn, Atlanta, 88; Black 1-2 0-0 2, Hodges 3-11 0-0 8, Latta Martin Laird...... 35-34—69 -3 cut just like almost every JUpton, Arizona, 86; CGonzalez, Colorado, Washington at LSU 4 p.m. ESPN 1430 AM 6-12 2-4 18, Williams 5-12 2-2 17, Dorrell Charl Schwartzel...... 35-34—69 -3 85; Holliday, St. Louis, 85; MeCabrera, San Nebraska at UCLA 4 p.m. KCPQ 13 2-6 0-0 6, Lacy 1-8 0-0 2, Pedersen 0-3 3-4 Ben Curtis...... 36-34—70 -2 driver has of late. Francisco, 84. 3, Paris 1-1 1-1 3. Totals 25-68 11-15 74. John Senden...... 35-35—70 -2 RBI—Braun, Milwaukee, 99; Headley, Portland State at North Dakota 4 p.m. Comcast 179 SEATTLE (101) John Huh...... 35-35—70 -2 n NASCAR has San Diego, 94; Bruce, Cincinnati, 93; Hol- Army at San Diego State 4:30 p.m. NBCSN Smith 2-2 0-0 6, Little 1-4 4-4 6, Jack- Hunter Mahan...... 34-36—70 -2 passed a rule that will curb liday, St. Louis, 92; LaRoche, Washington, Georgia at Missouri 4:45 p.m. ESPN2 son 9-12 3-4 23, Wright 3-4 2-2 9, Bird 4-7 Nick Watney...... 33-37—70 -2 92; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 89; ASoriano, 2-2 11, Stricklen 5-7 1-2 15, Wauters 2-6 Padraig Harrington...... 35-35—70 -2 the ability of teams to set Chicago, 88. Illinois at Arizona State 7:30 p.m. ESPN 0-0 5, Abrosimova 2-6 0-2 5, Thompson Troy Matteson...... 35-35—70 -2 HITS—AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 172; 5-6 1-2 11, Clark 2-3 0-0 6, Kobryn 2-5 0-0 Charlie Wi...... 34-36—70 -2 their cars up in a way that Prado, Atlanta, 160; MeCabrera, San Fran- Oklahoma St. at Arizona 7:30 p.m. Pac-12 4. Totals 37-62 13-18 101. Johnson Wagner...... 36-34—70 -2 cisco, 159; Bourn, Atlanta, 158; Holliday, Tulsa...... 24 16 9 25 — 74 J.B. Holmes...... 35-35—70 -2 gives the driver easier rear St. Louis, 157; Braun, Milwaukee, 156; Seattle...... 26 27 26 22 — 101 Tim Clark...... 35-36—71 -1 AHill, Arizona, 154; Reyes, Miami, 154. Golf 3-Point Goals—Tulsa 13-33 (Williams Bill Haas...... 37-34—71 -1 steer. DOUBLES—ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 43; European KLM Open 4 a.m. Golf 5-10, Latta 4-7, Dorrell 2-4, Hodges 2-7, Bob Estes...... 36-35—71 -1 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 39; Prado, Atlanta, Holt 0-2, Lacy 0-3), Seattle 14-20 (Stricklen Brendon de Jonge...... 36-35—71 -1 38; DWright, New York, 37; Votto, Cincin- PGA BMW Championship 9 a.m. KING 5 4-5, Smith 2-2, Clark 2-2, Jackson 2-2, Keegan Bradley...... 34-37—71 -1 nati, 36; AHill, Arizona, 35; Bruce, Cincin- LPGA Kingsmill Championship 9 a.m. Golf Wright 1-1, Wauters 1-2, Abrosimova 1-2, Mark Wilson...... 35-37—72 E nati, 34. Bird 1-3, Thompson 0-1). Fouled Out— TRIPLES—SCastro, Chicago, 11; Fowler, PGA BMW Championship 12:30 p.m. Golf None. Rebounds—Tulsa 37 (Hodges 7), Colorado, 11; Bourn, Atlanta, 10; MeCa- Seattle 40 (Stricklen 8). Assists—Tulsa 12 TRANSACTIONS brera, San Francisco, 10; Pagan, San Tennis (Williams 5), Seattle 29 (Wright 8). Total Francisco, 10; Colvin, Colorado, 9; Reyes, Fouls—Tulsa 18, Seattle 15. A—5,948 FOOTBALL Corrections Miami, 9. U.S. Open 9 a.m. KIRO 7 (9,686). National Football League HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 37; ATLANTA FALCONS—Re-signed CB Domi- Bruce, Cincinnati, 32; Stanton, Miami, 30; U.S. Open 5 p.m. KIRO 7 nique Franks. Waived WR Tim Toone. LaRoche, Washington, 29; Beltran, St. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed WR Derek TENNIS Hagan. Waived CB Coye Francies. The Skagit Valley Louis, 28; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 27; Hart, Auto Racing Milwaukee, 27; Kubel, Arizona, 27. U.S. Open HOCKEY Herald cares about accu- STOLEN BASES—Bourn, Atlanta, 38; Formula one qualifying 5 a.m. Speed American Hockey League Thursday PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Signed F Alden Reyes, Miami, 34; Pierre, Philadelphia, At The USTA Billie Jean King racy. If you feel an error 32; Victorino, Los Angeles, 32; Bonifacio, Sprint Cup race 4:30 p.m. KOMO 4 1380 AM Hirschfeld. National Tennis Center COLLEGE Miami, 30; CGomez, Milwaukee, 30; DGor- New York has been made, please don, Los Angeles, 30. AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE—Named Purse: $25.5 million (Grand Slam) Jared Hager director of strategic media. call Sports Editor Dan PITCHING—Dickey, New York, 18-4; Surface: Hard-Outdoor GGonzalez, Washington, 18-7; Cueto, Cin- FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON—Promoted Jona- Singles than Buchman, to men’s and women’s ten- Ruthemeyer at 360-416- cinnati, 17-7; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 15-5; STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, Washington, 195; GGonzalez, Washington, Men Strasburg, Washington, 15-6; 6 tied at 14. 201; Dickey, New York, 195; Strasburg, 185; Hamels, Philadelphia, 178; Gallardo, nis coach. 2133.