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www.yankton.net Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan ■ Saturday, June 19, 2010 PAGE 9A BALL US OPEN From Page 7A Mickelson Moves Into Second Place PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Friday night, sending Siouxland to its second win of the day. With each birdie, Phil Mickelson Daylon Stapp and Aaron Carlson each put some life into an overcast had two hits for the Stars, who added two day at Pebble Beach and gave runs in the fifth inning. Alec Hauge, Brenden himself another chance to finally Irwin and Drayton Stapp each had one hit. Logan Jurgensmeier picked up the win. take something more than silver Aberdeen scored two runs in the first home from a U.S. Open. inning, but was held to two hits until a two- One day after he didn’t make run fifth inning. a single birdie, Mickelson made six of them Friday. It wasn’t Lakers 5, Irene 4 enough to catch Graeme Shay Robinson scored on a walk-off McDowell of Northern Ireland, passed ball as the Yankton Lakers won their who set the early pace with a 3- second game of the day, 5-4 over Irene in Friday’s final game of the Tereshinski Classic. under 68 to take a two-shot lead Robinson also picked up the win, allow- into the weekend, but all that ing four runs on three hits with six strikeouts. mattered to Mickelson was get- Lane Sawatzke and Tanner Termansen ting back to even par. both went 2-3 for the Lakers, while Robinson, JUSTIN RUST/P&D He did that one better. Will Steward and Mitch Mueller each added a Elk Point-Jefferson third baseman Mick Blackwell (right) tags out a hit. With five birdies in a seven- Yankton Reds runner during their game Friday afternoon at the Bob For Irene, Clay Jorgensen tripled, Brian hole stretch early in his round, Tereshinski Wood Bat Classic at Riverside Stadium. Huth doubled and Dustin Livingston singled. Mickelson shot a tournament- NHAT V. MEYER/SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS/MCT best 66 and joined a shrinking Graeme McDowell tees off on the fourth hole during the second group of five players who have round of the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble beaten par over two days at Beach, Calif. on Friday. Pebble Beach. World Cup: Ties Algeria, Serbia Wins McDowell was at 3-under 139, kind of the goal.” onship,” Woods said. “I just need The Masters champion to make a few more birdies, a CAPE TOWN, South Africa goalkeeper Robert Green muffed yellow for a hand ball. and he made even more friends with a bogey on the final hole opened with a 75 Thursday, after few more putts on the weekend, (AP) — Algeria held England to a ’s 25-yard in the Germany played a man down missing a half-dozen birdie putts and I’ll be right there.” 0-0 draw, leaving Group C wide opener. Now England has to face from the 37th, when Klose was that assured 60-year-old Tom Watson of two more rounds in inside 12 feet. On Friday, he It starts with McDowell, a 30- open headed into the final game its inability to beat Algeria, the ejected by Spanish referee hardly missed anything. year-old with five European Tour of first-round play. lowest-ranked team (30th) in the Alberto Undiano following his what likely will be his final U.S. Open. It began with an approach victories and a pair of 18-hole With Wayne Rooney held with- group. second yellow card. into about 4 feet on the tough leads in the majors. out a goal for the seventh straight Jovanovic scored a minute Mickelson was joined at 1- under 141 by two-time U.S. Open par-4 second hole, and He was among the early match, England lacked a scoring Serbia 1, Germany 0 later, controlling a header and fir- Mickelson was relentless on the starters, when the greens were in touch against an opponent fight- ing in a side-foot shot from direct- champion Ernie Els (68), 18-year- PORT ELIZABETH, South old Ryo Ishikawa (71) and Dustin front nine until hitting into the the best shape and the air was ing to avoid becoming the first Africa (AP) — Milan Jovanovic ly in front of goalkeeper Manual cavernous bunker short of the cool and calm. McDowell holed a nation eliminated from the tour- Neuer. Johnson (70), who has won the scored one minute after Germany last two times in the Pebble ninth green and making his only 35-foot birdie putt on the 14th — nament. striker Miroslav Klose was eject- The victory gave Serbia its bogey. the par 5 that chewed up so England hasn’t scored since first World Cup win as an inde- Beach National Pro-Am and looks ed, giving Serbia a 1-0 upset win right at home in much firmer By then, he was back in the many other players throughout the fourth minute of its opening over the three-time World Cup pendent nation, and both teams game. the day — and pulled ahead with match against the , now have three points after two conditions. champions. The names weren’t important Tiger Woods believes he’s still smart shots into the fourth hole also a draw. Algeria hasn’t scored In a game with a tournament- games in Group D. Ghana also has in the mix, too, although a pedes- and the par-5 sixth to build his at all. three points, and plays its second to Mickelson. Only the numbers. high nine yellow cards, Serbia “I’m in a good spot,” said trian round of 1-over 72 left him lead. The result was bound to turn goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic match — against Australia — on seven shots behind. Woods has “I’m really trying to put no up the heat on England, a pre- Saturday. Mickelson, whose five runner-up stopped Lukas Podolski’s penalty finishes is a U.S. Open record. “I never won a major when trailing expectations on myself this tournament favorite that already kick for Germany in the 60th by more than six shots going weekend because I know there’s gave the U.S. a 1-1 draw when don’t look at the leaderboard. I minute after Nemanja Vidic got a don’t look at other players. I look into the weekend. a lot of great players out here ... at par. If you can stay around Asked if he liked his posi- and this golf course is extremely par, you’re going to be in the tions, Woods replied, difficult,” McDowell said. est,” Donovan said. “I don’t know handled 100 percent correctly or tournament Sunday. That was “Absolutely.” It just didn’t look that way how they stole that last goal from fairly. But that’s the way the game “I’m right there in the champi- Friday. CUP us.” works sometimes, so you move Donovan took a free kick from on.” From Page 7A the side of the penalty area in the Slovenia was outshot 14-7, but 85th minute, as players jostled in had two shots on goal in the first front. Aleksandar Radosavljevic half and scored on both. And for one moment, Edu felt held in a bear The Green Dragons went “pure excitement.” hug, and Edu spun away from ahead when Valter Birsa got It did not last. Bojan Jokic and, one step into the behind Bradley and the defense, Now it comes down to 6-yard box, stuck out his left foot found 5 yards of space and from Wednesday’s match against and put the ball in. about 28 yards caught Howard Algeria. It was unclear to the U.S. what flat-footed. The goalkeeper was “My guess is there’s not many Coulibaly actually called. At the screened by defender Oguchi teams in this tournament that time of the whistle, American cap- Onyewu, who slid across to deny could have done what we did and tain , who was a Birsa the right side of the goal. arguably won the game. And that few feet away from Edu, did have The ball sailed past Howard and is what the American spirit is an arm around Nejc Pecnik, pre- went in. about,” Donovan said. “And I’m venting the Slovene from jumping “I just lost sight of it,” Howard sure people back home are proud for the ball. said. of that.” “Whistles were blown very The U.S. nearly tied it when Slovenia (1-0-1) leads Group C early. No explanation,” Bocanegra Clint Dempsey crossed toward with four points and would have said. Donovan inside the 6-yard box. qualified for the second round “There’s no point talking about But as Donovan was about to redi- with a win. The U.S. and England it,” said a disgusted Michael rect the ball into the goal, Miso (both 0-0-2) are tied for second Bradley, the coach’s son. Brecko made a sliding deflection with two points each following But there’s no forgetting it to knock it away. Donovan skid- England’s 0-0 draw with Algeria (0- either. ded into the goal without the ball, 1-1). “What I’ve heard is that there and several American players put The top two teams in the group were three fouls in the box, and all their hands on their heads in frus- advance, so the U.S. would make of which were against Slovenia tration. the second round with a victory players,” coach said. On the counterattack, Zlatan against Algeria. The Americans “In the midst of the game with Ljubijankic ran up the middle, also could advance if they tie the everything that’s going on, it’s rare took a pass and sent an 8-yard Algerians while England draws that when a tough call is made right-footed shot under Howard. Slovenia, provided the U.S. main- that a referee at that moment will A pro-American crowd of tains its advantage in goals scored give you an answer,” he said. 45,583 at Ellis Park that had been Gene Limberg Michael Hanlon Janet Harmelink over the English, currently 3-1. “Sometimes after the fact you chanting “USA!” was silenced. “We can still get through,” goal- Renner Sioux Falls Sioux Falls might get an answer, but that’s not Frustration showed when $5,000 Wild Card $200,000 Powerball $2,500 Quicksilver keeper said. “Being always the case, either. 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