UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) β Masters winner Jordan Spieth (SPEETH) and Patrick Reed start third round play at the 115th U.S. Open tied for the lead at five under par. That’s one shot better than Dustin Johnson and Branden Grace.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) β Tiger Woods won’t be around for the weekend after shooting 76 yesterday to finish his two rounds 16 over par. The 14-time major champion has some company — notables defending U.S. Open champ Martin Kaymer (KY’-mur), Bubba Watson, Sergio Garcia, Bill Haas, Lucas Glover and two-time U.S. Open champion Retief (reh-TEEF’) Goosen also missed the cut.
NEW YORK (AP)β Alex Rodriguez didn’t wait long last night to end the suspense about when he would get his 3,000th hit. A-Rod homered in the first inning of the Yanks’ 7-2 victory off Detroit ace Justin Verlander to become the 29th major leaguer to join the 3,000 hit club.
TORONTO (AP) β Marco Estrada’s no-hit bid for the Toronto ended on a bloop single by Baltimore Orioles pinch-hitter Jimmy Paredes leading off the eighth inning in the Blue Jays’ 5-4 win over the Orioles. The Blue Jays have won nine straight home games.
WASHINGTON (AP) β Joe Ross struck out 11 in his third major league start, and the Washington Nationals beat A.J. Burnett and the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 last night to end their eight-game winning streak. The 22-year-old Ross allowed one run, six hits and a walk in 7 1-3 innings and improved to 2-1.
