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Show DAILY HERALD Thursday, May 8, 2008 Washington State rains on BYU Nadal loses at Rome Masters; Henin advances Andrew Dampf THE Neil Warner K. DAILY HERALD Washington State coach Donnie Marbut should start clearing his schedule now. Head out on tour. Make some money On the talk circuit. What makes Mar- but more of an expert over another Pac-1- 0 baseball coach? His team scored five runs on one hit. Let's see Arizona State do that. Washington State WASH got creative Wednes- - gyu day night at Miller Field. The other Cougars scored five runs in the top of the first inning off one hit, and by the end of three innings had scored 10 times as Washington State took its second straight game from BYU by a score of 12-The win gave Washington e State a sweep and helped the visiting Cougars "improve To 0 on the year, ' while BYU dropped its third straight and fell to 0 on the season. "The hardest thing is when you've got a rain delay and guys are unsure. I always try to preach this from my own personal experience that you've got to try and stay focused and anticipate that you're going to play even when it looks like you're going to play," Law said. "It was obvious to me that we had a couple of guys weren't ready to play and as a result we fell behind on one hit.8 After an hour rain delay to start the game, BYU could never recover from the first inning where Washington State had just one hit, but took two-gam- 25-2- 19-3- 5-- 0 advantage of BYU miscues to score big. Let's see, three BYU errors, two wild pitches, two walks, one hit and voila, BYU was . in a five-ru- n hole. That may not have been so bad, but it got worse. Washington State scored three more runs in the second and two more in the third. After three innings Washington State had 10 runs on just ST. five hits. BYU didn't offer 12 much resistance. 5 B7 The Cougars scored three times in the bottom of the fir st to try and keep the game close. Sean McNaughton led off with a double and scored a run off a Washington State error. BYU added another run off a Jonathan Cluff ground out and a Thomas Bills RBI , single. BYU added another run the fourth, but then got shut down for the next five innings thank to reliever Connor Lambert, who gave up just two hits in 5 innings of work. Kent Walton tried to ignite a comeback in the bottom of the eighth when he tripled with one out. He scored on a Thomas Bills ground ball, but BYU's inning ended when Chad grounded out. McNaughton was the only BYU player to finish with two hits. He was with an RBI. Washington State's Shea Vucinich went and scored twice. Na-cap- I Neil Warner can be reached at nwarnerheraldextra.com. Tests falling behind revealed a strep throat. "I finished with my medication yesterday," Djokovic said. "So hopefully now I'll get better in the future." Rafael Nadal's ROME preparations for a run at a fourth straight French Open title were thrown into disarray Wednesday. The second-ranke- d Spaniard lost on clay for only the second time in 105 matches, falling to countryman Juan Carlos Ferre-r- o 1 in the second round of the Rome Masters. Nadal's last loss on clay came against Roger Federer in May 2007. Before that, he had won a record 81 consecutive matches on clay, a streak that began in 2005. He also has a large blister on the bottom of his right foot and only four days to recover for next week's Hamburg Masters. "Two Masters Series without playing best conditions on clay is going to kill me," Nadal said. "The calendar is impossible." Nadal had never lost at the Foro Italico, winning the Rome tournament each of the previous three yearsThe 7-- 5, 3-- 2. 6-- ASSOCIATED PRESS Also, fourth-seede- d Nikolay Davydenko beat Croatian wild No. 8 card Mario Ancic James Blake held off Andreas 6-- Seppi of Italy 6-- 2; (5), 7-- 6 3-- 6-- and No. 12 Fernando Gonzalez, last year's finalist, defeated v Russian qualifier Evgeny 6-- 6-- 6-- I Ivanovic, Henin advance: At Berlin, defending champion Ana Ivanovic overcame a slow start before defeating qualifier (0), Akgul Amanmuradova at the German Open. d Justine Henin cruised past Chan Yungjan 7-- 6 6-- 2 Top-ranke- it ,''' : 6-- 0, '- - Jelena fourth-seede- d 6-- Jankovic defeated Peng Shuai 7- a and Victoria 5, 6-- Aza-renk- upset sixth-seede- Anna d 6 Chakvetadze (1), 64. Ivanovic couldn't break Amanmuradova's serve in the first spt hilt shut hpr niit in thp FeTTerofooklhe Rome " tiebreaker with precise drop title 2001, two years before he shots and forehand winners. was the French Open champion. The second-ranke- d Serb The Rome Masters is an imtook control in the second set warmup for portant against Amanmuradwa, who Roland Garros, which begins replaced the injured Amelie Mauresmo on Monday. May 25 with Nadal the three-tim- e "This was the tournament defending champion. ALESSANDRA TARANTINOAssociated Press that made me. I found "It's one week that he lost, my Rafael Nadal reacts after losing a point to Juan Carlos Ferrero and he will try again to play game here," the his level in Hamburg," Ferrero during their second-roun-d Ivanovic said of last year's match Wednesday. said. "He has a lot of time to win. "Ever since then, I have the confidence to believe I can prepare for Roland Garros." Nadal has spoken to ATP presi- and yesterday, and they put spe- clay court specialist Nicolas be a top player." dent Etienne de Villiers about the cial protection on it and cream, But Ivanovic had trouble Almagro beat seventh-seede- d crowded schedule, to no aval but it was still tough." David Nalbandian 64, 3 AmanmuIgor against the "I'm just going home to rest Ferrero, too, was not fully fit. Andreev defeated No. 13 Juan radova, a former basketball and prepare for Hamburg," he He pulled out of Barcelona last Monaco 64; and Stanplayer. "I definitely didn't perform said. islas Wawrinka upset No. 14 week with a groin problem. "I felt it again yesterday Nadal called for a trainer (5). well," Ivanovic said. "She's Andy Murray late in the second set to treat against Nicolas Kiefer," FerreMurray received treatment very tall, she has a strong ro said. "Today they put a ban- for an apparent groin injury. the blister, which began bothserve and they kicked high. e Novak Djokov-i- c It took to get used to ering him Sunday when he dage and I could move well." Four other seeded players also them." won the Barcelona Open. The showed no signs of illness In other matches, Svetlana were upset in the second round. week before, Nadal won the when he cruised past Steve in his openMonte Carlo Masters. Kuznetsova defeated Catalina Coming off a loss to Nadal in Darcis 64, d and Agniesz-ks- a Castano "Today when I woke up, I said the Barcelona final, ing match. In Monte Carlo, it was impossible to play," Nadal David Ferrer fell to Radek Radwanska rolled past Djokovic pulled out of his said. "I spoke to the doctor today Stepanek Bachmann Spanish semifinal against Federer after 7-- 23rd-"rank- clay-cou- rt -- 7-- 6-- 4-- 6-- Third-ranke- -- 5; 7-- 6 d me-tim- 6-- 0 fifth-seede- Muted crowds return to Churchill Downs Will Graves THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Frank LOUISVILLE, Ky. Daniels stood outside the paddock at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, thinking about the first race of the day while watching a rebroadcast of the Kentucky Derby on a big screen. Daniels is a racing fan who's been coming to Churchill Downs for. 35 years. His eyes stayed fixed as Big Brown surged to victory. A split second later, filly Eight Belles followed, storming to the finish 4 lengths behind but well ahead of the remaining 18 colts. "She didn't look hurt, did she," Daniels said. "That's a horse right strong-lookin- g there." What the replay didn't show, or anyone could have guessed as she lunged for the wire under jockey Gabriel Saez, is that Eight Belles would be dead a quarter-mil- e later after breaking both of her front legs as she galloped out. She was quickly was euthanized on the track, tempering Big Brown's dominant win and raising questions on ev- erything from the safety of the dirt at Churchill Downs to whether Saez abused Eight Belles with his whip in the dash to the wire. Daniels rolls his eyes at the controversy. He's seen a lot of racing and a handful of injured horses put down on the track. He considers what happened to Eight Belles an accident. 6-- 6-- 1, 6-- fastest lap in Tuesday's practice session, 226.599 mph. Pole qualifying is Saturday and An- INDIANAPOLIS dretti is already eyeing the top Andretti, Rahal, Foyt. It sounds like throw- - qualifying spot for race day back day at the Indianapolis 500. just like his grandfather, Mario, used to back in the day. Except this year, three of the Im going for the pole, biggest names in IndyCar hisMarco Andretti said. "If I'm tory are hoping to give the sixth or seventh, I'm going to starting field a brand new look. Their more famous relatives get back in line and go again are now watching from pit road because I'm not going to be as the next generation of Andret-ti- starting ninth again." Rahals and Foyts try to carve Foyt IV is the youngest out their own niche in a sport driver to ever start at Indy, where names mean everything. celebrating his 19th birthday on race day in 2003, and has been "It's a new Indy, that's for a regular on the circuit since Marco sure," said then. He spent three years drivAndretti. "It's great to keep the names in it, the generations ing for his grandfather before coming back. They're all very switching to George's Vision Racing last year, although there good drivers." All Indy Racing League offiare stM times he meanders into cials need now to the his grandfather's garage. "We really could have used prominence of racing in America is a few more wins the track time today, but instead I hung out at my grandfather's from these Generation Y guys. When CART and the IRL garage during parts of the rain delay," the youngest Foyt said parted ways more than a deafter Wednesday's practice was cade ago, some of the brand rained out. It s always pretty names split, too. Four time Indy winner A.J. entertaining in there." A.J. Foyt's son, Larry, has Foyt, the father of Larry and e drivbeen primarily a grandfather of A.J. Foyt IV, the er several with Tony years, startpast George's stayed series and continued bringing three straight races at Indy oval from 2004-0before sitting out ing cars to the last year. Now he's back in the as a team owner. Mario and Michael Andretti and Bobby cockpit and ready to live up to the family name. Rahal remained in the CART The newcomer this year is series initially before returning rookie to the Indy Racing League. Rahal, the Now there's another kind of who broke Marco Andretti's record as the youngest winner in unification in the garage area: The old guard is back in a difIndyCar series history last month at St. Petersburg. The son of ferent form. the 1986 Indy winner drives for Marco Andretti has spent n the last three seasons driving Racing, for his father's team, Andretti while Rahal's father owns a team of his own. Green Racing, and posted the Though the Kentucky Derby Museum has received a handful of letters and a flower arrangement in support of Eight Belles, there hasn't been the kind of overwhelming response to her death that accompanied 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's injury in the Preakness. The fans at Churchill Downs on Wednesday already appeared to have moved on. There wasn't an Eight Belles hat or pin to be seen in the modest crowd of a few thousand, though there were more than a few Big Brown hats scattered about the grandstand. Barbaro's remains will be buried outside Gate 1 at Churchill Downs. Plans to honor Eight Belles at the track have not been completed with owner Rick Porter, spokesman Darren Rogers said. The track is forwarding to Demost of its laware Park in Wilmington, Del., at Jones' request. The Derby museum is passing along cards to Fox Hill Farms in Lexington, which is owned Porter. "She really touched a lot of people, I think, because she's a filly," museum spokeswoman Wendy Treinen said. "But with Barbara, he had eight months after he was hurt where his battle was chronicled. This was just so well-wish- s. open-whe- 2.5-mi- 6 Newman-Haas-Laniga- lin- two-driv- ; 3 1 Deck CALL Same As Cash. O.A.C. 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If they want to try and make it safer, I'm all for it, but this wasn't anybody's fault." "It was just a freak thing," sudden." While the questions will he said. "When you have the racing will go on. like ger, (veterinarian) people Larry Bramlage saying they've never seen anything like that in their career, it just shows you how odd it really is." While saddened by Eight Belles' tragic end and for trainer Larry himself a Kentuck-ia- n Jones many patrons said the furor over her death is overblown. "It wasn't the track; it wasn't the breeding," Brian Johnston said. "It was a fluke. 6-- 35 East 400 South Springville Hours: Mon-Sa- t 8a.m to 6p.m. (TP RE) |