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.