SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 2015 SPORTS

Gonzales grabs lead Furyk seeks Firestone title Bouchard splits with coach BARRACUDA: American Andreas Gonzales fired 11 birdies and a single bogey to AKRON: PGA Tour veteran Jim Furyk has twice come agonis- TORONTO: Eugenie Bouchard’s coaching merry-go-round will take another turn after grab a share of the 36-hole lead in the Barracuda Championship at the Montreux ingly close to victory at Firestone and on Friday he put him- the Canadian announced on Friday she had split with Sam Sumyk following a six Golf and Country Club on Friday. Gonzales, who joined countryman Brendan Steele self in a good position to finally cross the finish line here in months blighted by injury and a succession of early exits from tournaments. at the top of the leaderboard, posted a record 21-points in the modified Stableford top spot. The 45-year-old American fired a four-under-par 66 The 21-year-old will be coached temporarily by Serbian Marko Dragic at the scoring system, beating the old single-round mark of 19 set by John Mallinger in the for a second day in a row at the WGC-Bridgestone Roger’s Cup in Toronto as she seeks to rebound from her first-round loss at third round last year. Gonzales and Steele, who earned 18 points on Friday, are tied Invitational to establish a commanding four-stroke halfway Wimbledon. Bouchard parted ways with long-time coach Nick Saviano in November, on 26, two points ahead of 2012 winner J.J. Henry and Swede Jonas Blixt. The tour- lead. Although he still has 36 holes left at the World Golf ending a partnership which saw her reach the semi-finals of three of the four grand nament scoring format awards players eight points for double eagle, five for eagle, Championships (WGC) event, Furyk has an extra bounce in slams during last year’s break-out season, including a maiden final appearance at two for birdie, none for par, minus-one for bogey and minus-three for double bogey his step after ending a five-year title drought on the PGA Wimbledon. But since a run to the quarter-finals at this year’s Australian Open, the for- or worse. Gonzales bogeyed No. 10, his first hole, and then played the remaining Tour in April. “It’s nice to get some confidence,” Furyk told mer world number five’s ranking has slumped to 25 and she has been beaten holes in 11-under par for a stroke-play score of 62. He credited his caddie for calcu- reporters as he reflected on his playoff victory four months in opening matches at eight tournaments, including the French Open. “I lating the right yardages in the high altitude. “Today was a lot of fun,” Gonzales said. ago at the RBC Heritage. He had finished runner-up seven just feel like I haven’t been quite myself, my confident, aggressive game “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without my caddie, Brandon DeStefano. times since his previous win at the 2010 Tour Championship. lately and that’s something that I’ve been working on very hard in “He did a lot of number figuring here. Playing at altitude here in Reno, “It had been so long since I’d won. Had I not won at Hilton practice,” Bouchard told reporters at a pre-tournament media confer- early in the morning it can play a little bit less and then get to the after- Head, we’d be talking about how many leads I took into ence. “I have the belief and I know my skills are still there and nothing noon and it can play a little bit more. “I went off what he said and hit Sunday and didn’t work out and how long it’s been since I’ve can just vanish ... It’s just about working hard to getting back on track.” a lot of good putts.” The 32-year-old Gonzales is winless in 69 PGA won and why haven’t I? It helps any time you get over the Bouchard said she had no plans in place for a permanent coaching Tour starts, but does have a pair of top 10s in 25 events this sea- hump and go ahead and win. appointment. “I’m looking for someone who can help me improve all son. Steele, who holed out from a bunker at the par-5 2nd “Hopefully I’ll play well tomorrow and get myself in posi- areas of my game,” she said. “I think it’s very important to be able to hole, has not won since his lone victory at the tion for Sunday. If I do, I’ll look back on that round and what I address the technical side, the tactical side, the mental side and 2011 Texas Open.—Reuters did right and try to do those things again.”—Reuters the physical side.” —Reuters Mets block Rays, Yankees stumble

ST. PETERSBURG: Michael Conforto hit a ager Don Mattingly moved an outfielder into tying double and Wilmer Flores had a go- the infield but the left-handed hitting Alvarez ahead single in the ninth inning to help the singled into right field. surging New York Mets beat the Tampa Bay The Pirates won for the 13th time in their Rays 4-3 on Friday night for their seventh con- last 16 home games and improved to 37-18 at secutive victory. PNC Park this season. They are 12-2 against NL Juan Uribe and Daniel Murphy homered West teams. late for the NL East leaders. They improved to Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw had his 4-0 on a six-game road trip and moved 2 1/2 streak of 37 consecutive scoreless innings end games ahead of second-place Washington. when Gregory Polanco hit his first pitch of the Lucas Duda reached first base to start the game for a home run. Antonio Bastardo (4-1) ninth on a throwing error by reliever Brad pitched a scoreless 10th for his second win in Boxberger (4-8). Duda went to second on a two games. wild pitch and came home on Conforto’s liner to left-center. The rookie scored to make it 4-3 CARDINALS 6, BREWERS 0 when Flores blooped a two-out single to Randal Grichuk hit a three-run homer to right. cap a six-run fifth inning, and Lance Lynn Tyler Clippard (1-0) was the winner, and pitched St. Louis past Milwaukee. Lynn (9-6) Jeurys Familia got three outs for his 30th save. stranded nine runners in six innings as the NL The Mets said it was the first time in franchise Central leaders became the first major league history they overcame three different deficits team to reach 70 wins this season. in each of the last three innings to win. Evan He allowed six hits and four walks while Longoria, James Loney and Grady Sizemore throwing 109 pitches. It was the second con- homered for the Rays. secutive shutout and 12th this season for the Cardinals (70-39), who beat Cincinnati 3-0 on BLUE JAYS 2, YANKEES 1 Thursday behind All-Star Michael Wacha. Jose Bautista homered with one out in the Carlos Villanueva pitched three perfect 10th inning after two of the top slugging innings for his second save.Brewers rookie teams in the major leagues engaged in a Tyler Cravy (0-3) was the loser. pitchers’ duel, lifting surging Toronto past New York for its sixth straight victory. CUBS 7, GIANTS 3 Bautista connected off Branden Pinder (0- Rookie Kyle Schwarber had two hits and 1) to pull Toronto within 3 1/2 games of the two RBIs to back Jon Lester, and Chicago beat AL East-leading Yankees. Brett Cecil (3-4) got San Francisco for its eighth victory in nine the win, and Roberto Osuna pitched a perfect games. 10th for his ninth save. Schwarber, who homered the previous two The first of 13 games remaining between games, also scored two runs to help put the the division rivals started as most expected, Cubs 1 1/2 games ahead of San Francisco for with a slugfest. Josh Donaldson hit his 30th the second wild card. They also moved 12 for Toronto in the first and Mark Teixeira con- games over .500 for the first time since the nected for his 30th an inning later - after a 2008 NL Central championship season. replay reversal - giving the Yankees a homer in Schwarber doubled and scored in the first, 13 straight games. then drove in two and came around in the fifth. The Cubs scored five in that inning to ROCKIES 5, NATIONALS 4 break open a 1-1 game. Dexter Fowler home- ST. PETERSBURG: New York Mets short stop Wilmer Flores (right) forces out Tampa Bay Rays’ Kevin Kiermaier (39) at second base and relays Drew Storen allowed Carlos Gonzalez’s red and had three of Chicago’s 12 hits. Lester the throw to first base in time to turn double play against Rays’ John Jaso during the third inning of an interleague baseball ame.g —AP eighth-inning grand slam, and Washington (7-8) gave up two runs and six hits over seven blew a four-run lead in the loss to Colorado. innings. Hector Rondon worked the final 1 2-3 go-ahead run in the sixth to help Kansas City Keuchel (13-6) gave up three runs and 10 hits secutive home runs off Cole Hamels to start When Storen entered with six outs to go and innings for his 18th save in 21 chances. Ryan beat Chicago. Volquez (11-6) limited the in 7 2-3 innings. the sixth inning, powering Seattle to victory the score 4-0, Washington appeared well on Vogelsong (7-8) was the loser. White Sox to one run and four hits and has over Texas. its way recording a second straight win for allowed three or less runs in seven straight TWINS 10, INDIANS 9 Hisashi Iwakuma pitched seven effective only the second time since the All-Star break. RED SOX 7, TIGERS 2 starts, lowering his ERA to 3.11. Torii Hunter hit a ninth-inning homer to lift innings and Mark Trumbo also went deep for Everything changed during a rare ineffective David Ortiz homered and Hanley Ramirez Left-hander John Danks (6-9), who has a 9- Minnesota past Cleveland, ending the Twins’ the Mariners, who ended Texas’ four-game performance by the Nationals’ former closer, and Xander Bogaerts added two-run doubles 2 career record against the Royals, gave up five-game losing streak. Hunter connected winning streak. who lost his job when Jonathan Papelbon was to lead Boston past Detroit. JD Martinez hit three runs on five hits and three walks in six against Bryan Shaw (1-2) to complete a come- Before the game, the Rangers reacquired obtained in a July 28 trade with Philadelphia. his 30th homer for the Tigers. innings. Greg Holland gave up a home run to back for the Twins, who couldn’t hold an early first baseman Mike Napoli from Boston for a With two outs and a runner on first, Jose Daniel Norris (2-2) gave up three hits in a Adam LaRoche in the ninth, but earned his 6-0 lead. Hunter also drove in two runs in the player to be named or cash. Boston also sent Reyes and Nolan Arenado singled to load the 39-pitch first inning, including Ramirez’s dou- 24th save in 27 chances. Twins’ six-run third. money to Texas as part of the trade. bases for Gonzalez, who drove a 1-0 pitch into ble that staked Joe Kelly (4-6) to an early lead. Trevor May (8-7) pitched a scoreless eighth, Cruz opened the sixth with a shot to left the Washington bullpen in right field. It was Ortiz made it 4-0 in the third with a drive DIAMONDBACKS 2, REDS 0 and Glen Perkins worked out of trouble in the field for his 32nd homer in his first season the first time in 15 appearances since June 24 to deep right field, his 22nd of the season. It Chase Anderson pitched seven innings of ninth for his 30th save. Carlos Santana drew a with Seattle. That extended his hitting streak that Storen (2-1) gave up a run. was his 20th homer at Comerica Park, the four-hit ball in his return from the disabled one-out walk and pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn to 17 games, two short of his career high. He’s Scott Oberg (3-2) pitched a scoreless sev- most by a visiting player in the 15 seasons list, and Welington Castillo homered again in singled with two outs, but Jerry Sands struck batting .421 during the streak with five dou- enth inning, John Axford worked the eighth, since it opened. He averages a home run Arizona’s victory over Cincinnati. out on three pitches to end the game. bles, 11 homers and 15 RBIs. and Tommy Kahnle got three outs for his first almost every 10 at-bats at the park in his Anderson (5-4) struck out seven and major league save. career. walked two in his first win since June 28. He ANGELS 8, ORIOLES 4 PHILLIES 4, PADRES 3 Boston’s Justin Masterson loaded the bases was activated before the game after missing Mike Trout homered on his birthday for the Cameron Rupp hit Philadelphia’s fourth PIRATES 5, DODGERS 4 with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but almost three weeks with right triceps inflam- third time in his career, and Chris Iannetta home run of the game, a leadoff shot in the Pinch-hitter Pedro Alvarez lined a bases- Koji Uehara killed any hopes of a rally and mation. Brad Ziegler pitched the ninth for his delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the 12th inning that lifted the Phillies to a 4-3 vic- loaded single over a five-man infield in the earned his 25th save in 27 chances by striking 20th save. Two singles, a flyout and a walk Los Angeles Angels’ victory over Baltimore. tory against skidding San Diego. 10th inning to lift Pittsburgh past Los Angeles. out Jose Iglesias and getting Ian Kinsler to produced the first run of the game. David After Trout was serenaded with a birthday Rupp drove a 90 mph fastball from Kevin The Pirates loaded the bases with no outs meekly ground out. Peralta drove in Ender Inciarte with a one-out song from the Angel Stadium outfield crowd Quackenbush (1-2) an estimated 416 feet to against Jim Johnson (2-4). Jung Ho Kang single off Raisel Iglesias (2-4) in the first. in the first inning, the reigning AL MVP cele- straightaway center field. It was his third of walked, Francisco Cervelli singled and Sean ROYALS 3, WHITE SOX 2 Castillo’s seventh-inning shot, an opposite- brated his 24th birthday by drilling his major the season. Domonic Brown, Ryan Howard Rodriguez had a bunt single. Edinson Volquez pitched seven strong field drive off reliever Manny Parra, gave the league-leading 33rd homer over the fence in and Cody Asche hit long home runs off Padres Left-hander J.P. Howell relieved and man- innings and Lorenzo Cain doubled home the catcher seven home runs in his last 10 games. left-center in the bottom half. starter James Shields. Castillo has hit 12 of his 14 homers this season Trout also homered on his birthday in 2012 Hector Neris (2-0) pitched the 11th for the since being acquired from Seattle on June 3. and 2013. Pinch-hitter C.J. Cron hit a two-run win. Ken Giles worked the 12th for his fourth The Diamondbacks are 10-1 this season when homer in the seventh for the Angels, who save, allowing two broken-bat singles before Castillo goes deep. trimmed Houston’s lead in the AL West to 1 1- striking out Jedd Gyorko to end it. The Phillies 2 games with their third win in four games fol- (43-67) have won 14 of 19 since the All-Star BRAVES 6, MARLINS 3 lowing a six-game skid. break to tie Miami for fourth place in the NL Nick Markakis had three hits, including a East. The teams share the worst record in the tie-breaking two-run double in the seventh MARINERS 4, RANGERS 3 majors. The Padres have lost four straight and inning, and Atlanta beat Miami. Nelson Cruz and Robinson Cano hit con- five of six.—AP Markakis extended his hitting streak to 14 games, finishing 3 for 4 with two RBIs. Ross Detwiler (1-5) earned the win by getting one MLB results/standings out after coming in for starter Julio Teheran with two outs in the seventh. Arodys Vizcaino Chicago Cubs 7, San Francisco 3; Toronto 2, NY Yankees 1 (10 innings); Colorado 5, Washington 4; Pittsburgh 5, picked up his second career save with a score- LA Dodgers 4 (10 innings); Boston 7, Detroit 2; NY Mets 4, Tampa Bay 3; Minnesota 10, Cleveland 9; Atlanta 6, less ninth. Miami 3; St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 0; Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 2; Arizona 2, Cincinnati 0; Oakland 3, Teheran gave up three runs and six hits Houston 1; LA Angels 8, Baltimore 4; Philadelphia 4, San Diego 3 (12 innings); Seattle 4, Texas 3. with one walk and three strikeouts in 6 2-3 American League National League innings. Kendry Flores (0-1) took the loss in Eastern Division Eastern Division relief of Jose Fernandez. W L PCT GB NY Mets 59 50 .541 - NY Yankees 61 47 .565 - Washington 56 52 .519 2.5 ATHLETICS 3, ASTROS 1 Toronto 59 52 .532 3.5 Atlanta 50 60 .455 9.5 Josh Phegley had two hits and drove in a Baltimore 55 53 .509 6 Miami 43 67 .391 16.5 Tampa Bay 54 56 .491 8 Philadelphia 43 67 .391 16.5 run, Danny Valencia hit a home run and Sonny Boston 49 61 .445 13 Central Division Gray won a pitching duel with Dallas Keuchel Central Division St. Louis 70 39 .642 - in Oakland’s victory over Houston. Kansas City 64 44 .593 - Gray (12-4) improved to 5-1 over his last 11 Minnesota 55 54 .505 9.5 Pittsburgh 63 44 .589 6 starts by giving up one run and five hits. He Detroit 53 56 .486 11.5 Chicago Cubs 60 48 .556 9.5 struck out five and did not walk a batter in his Chicago White Sox 51 56 .477 12.5 Cincinnati 48 59 .449 21 third complete game, all within his last six Cleveland 49 59 .454 15 Milwaukee 47 64 .423 24 starts. Western Division Western Division Billy Burns had two hits and drove in a run Houston 61 50 .550 - LA Dodgers 62 47 .569 - LA Angels 58 50 .537 1.5 San Francisco 59 50 .541 3 and Marcus Semien had three hits to help the Texas 54 54 .500 5.5 Arizona 53 55 .491 8.5 A’s improve to 4-3 over their past seven Seattle 51 59 .464 9.5 San Diego 52 58 .473 10.5 NEW YORK: Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson dodges an inside pitch during the 10th games. Luis Valbuena hit his 21st home run Oakland 49 62 .441 12 Colorado 46 61 .430 15 inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees. —AP for the Astros. They have lost four of five.