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2B – Daily News – Monday, May 31, 2010 GIANTS Continued from page 1B Diamondbacks left fielder Gerardo Parra saved a run in the seventh with a perfect throw home to get Ryan Rohlinger. The Giants loaded the bases in the first against Ian Kennedy and Bengie Molina hit a sacrifice fly. Posey followed with an RBI double. ‘‘These games are really tough to lose, especially for losing so many in a row,’’ Kennedy said. ‘‘It looked like we were going to win.’’ Giants starter Todd Wellemeyer matched his career high of seven strikeouts. He allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2-3 innings. NOTES: Qualls blew his fourth save. ... All six of Huff’s homers this year have been at home and leading off an inning. ... C Molina is 2 for 34 over his last 10 games. Whiteside replaced him in the 10th. ... Ari- zona’s Jackson is in an 0-for-13 funk since his six-game hitting streak ended Wednesday at Colorado. ... CF Aaron Rowand and SS Uribe weren’t in the starting lineup for San Francisco but Uribe entered in the eighth as a defensive replacement. Rohlinger earned a rare start at SS but was replaced by Uribe after straining his left hamstring rounding third before the close play at home. He heard a pop and likely will go on the DL on Monday. INF Matt Downs could be the callup. ... The Giants sold out for the sixth time in 2010, drawing 41,394. ... Giants LHP reliever Jeremy Affeldt made his first appearance in a week since injuring his left ham- string at Oakland. The hamstring tightened up again and his status was uncertain. He expected to know more Monday. ... Injured Giants LF Mark DeRosa (left wrist) will begin a rehab assignment Monday with Class-A San Jose. A’S Continued from page 1B innings. Jack Cust got Oakland’s first hit in the fourth — a one-out double that just eluded left fielder Ryan Raburn — but Scherzer threw a called third strike past Mark Ellis and got Gabe Gross swinging to end the threat. ‘‘I could tell from the first inning from his veloc- ity and the life on his fast- ball that he was going to have a good game,’’ Tigers catcher Gerald Laird said. ‘‘He knew he had to go down there and get some things right, and he knew he was going to have a chance to come up here again and show what he can do. He got a lot of swings and misses, and that tells you what kind of stuff he had.’’ Scherzer struck out the first two batters of the sixth, then narrowly missed on a 3-2 pitch to Cust. He then hit Ellis with his 113th pitch and was removed by manager Jim Leyland. The crowd of 32,510 saluted Scherz- er’s effort with a standing ovation. ‘‘That meant a lot,’’ Scherzer said. ‘‘These are some of the best fans in baseball, so for them to give me that kind of sup- port — it tickles me to death.’’ Phil Coke struck out Jake Fox to end the inning but gave up Barton’s third homer in the seventh. Detroit put the game away with five runs off Vin Mazzaro in the eighth, including Cabrera’s fourth homer in three days. ‘‘There’s not a lot you can do with Cabrera,’’ Oak- land manager Bob Geren said. ‘‘Dallas had him swinging with one hand off the bat, and he still hit it for a double. Vin threw him a good pitch and Cabrera got under it, and he still hit it out. He’s so good and so strong that even his mis- takes are trouble.’’ NOTES: Heisman Tro- phy winner Mark Ingram threw out the first pitch with a professional-look- ing delivery off the pitch- ing rubber. His fastball, though, was high and out- side. ... Scherzer struck out all nine Oakland starters at least once. ... Lolich struck out 16 bat- ters twice in 1969. ... Braden, who pitched a perfect game on May 9, said he didn’t feel he was a good enough pitcher to call Roy Halladay when he joined the club on Sat- urday night. ‘‘If there is a protocol that says I should call him, I’d love to, just to have a chance to talk to the man,’’ he said. ‘‘But I don’t think there’s any- thing a guy like me can say to congratulate a star of his level.’’ INDY Continued from page 1B about a balky car, she picked and poked her way from 23rd to sixth. Patrick never found her comfort zone in the 88- degree weather — at one point saying she wished she could make up as much time on the track as in the pits — but she was patient and dis- ciplined and now has five top-10 finishes in six years. Marco Andretti was third, followed by England’s Alex Lloyd and Scott Dixon. ‘‘I’m very happy with the result, and the reasons we got it were that our pit stops rocked and we had a perfect strategy,’’ Patrick said. Not so for Tony Kanaan, who finished 11th after start- ing last in the 33-car field and moving as high as sec- ond, less than half a second behind. His bid to become the first driver in 94 years of Indys to go from worst to first ended when he had to BUSCH Continued from page 1B Jamie did a great job,’’ he smiled. ‘‘My old buddy Penske beat me tonight.’’ Kyle Busch rallied from a mid- race crash on pit road to finish third in a Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. Mark Martin finished fourth — the highest finishing Hendrick Motor- sports car — and defending race winner David Reutimann was fifth for Michael Waltrip Racing. Gordon wound up sixth and was followed by Clint Bowyer and Paul Menard, who had the highest finish- ing Ford. Ryan Newman and Kenseth rounded out the top 10. While Kurt Busch celebrated in Victory Lane, his younger brother was getting an earful on pit road PLAID Continued from page 1B got a pretty good chance.’’ Johnson’s closing 6- under 64 left him three strokes ahead of Davis, who had a closing 68. ‘‘Zach won the tourna- ment, I didn’t lose it,’’ Davis said. ‘‘It was a weird feeling walking up 18 knowing you can’t win.’’ When the horn sounded to suspend play the first time, Johnson was approaching his tee shot at No. 15 that had landed in the right rough short of a bunker. After that delay, he hit his approach onto the green and made the putt to get back to 20 under. By time play was stopped again 31 minutes later, before he teed off at 18 for a closing par, Johnson was go to the pits for a splash of fuel with four laps to go. ‘‘I hope I made it exciting out there,’’ Kanaan said. Franchitti said he didn’t forget about Kanaan, even after the Brazilian stopped for the quick fill-up. ‘‘I was concerned about running out of fuel. I was concerned about Tony, that he pitted,’’ Franchitti said. ‘‘The guys were, like, ‘Just get to the finish. Just see if you’ll get to the finish.’’ The crew started pressing Franchitti to conserve fuel with about 15 laps left. He did as he was told, and after leading 154 of the first 199 laps at speeds of up to 224.287 mph, he slowed steadily at the end — to 210 mph, then 209 and 206. Wheldon, whose crew was also telling him to slow, started bearing down, posi- tioning himself to make the last lap of the Indy 500 the first lap he had led all year on the circuit. Could he have caught Franchitti? ‘‘I don’t think he could have picked us off,’’ Ganassi said. He never had to find out. That’s when the cars behind them went flying. ‘‘Maybe if I was young, I would have totally ignored them, tried to run Dario down when I saw him slow- ing down,’’ Wheldon said. ‘‘Just one of those things.’’ With the yellow flag out, Franchitti’s wife, actress Ashley Judd, put her hand over her head, hoping her man had enough fuel to make it. He did, and a bit later, he was wearing a milk mustache in Victory Lane. ‘‘It’s much easier when you’re just running wide open,’’ Franchitti said. ‘‘But that’s part of it. Strategy is part of racing, whether it’s IndyCar racing, stock car racing, sports car racing, you have to find the best way to get to the finish line.’’ Both times he’s crossed it first at Indy, he’s crossed it without really racing. In 2007, he won when the race from a furious Jeff Burton. Burton was eighth on the final restart, running right next to Kyle Busch, when contact between the two cars ruined any chance for a solid finish for Burton. He faded to 25th and angrily confronted Busch after the race. ‘‘Kyle made it three-wide on the restart, trying to make something happen, which I don’t have a prob- lem with,’’ Burton said. ‘‘So he runs into me and cuts my left-rear tire, then I have a problem with it. He’s real aggressive. That’s cool. But when he starts affecting me with his aggressiveness, I just will not put up with it. I’ve been around here long enough. I just will not tolerate it.’’ It soured yet another stellar comeback for Kyle Busch, who ral- lied from two laps down on Satur- day to win the Nationwide Series ready for the plaid jacket. ‘‘Quite frankly, the biggest one, I thought, was probably on 15,’’ he said. ‘‘It calmed me down.’’ The delays were because of threatening weather. Light rain fell despite sunny skies after the second delay lasted 46 minutes, a minute shorter than the first one. Jeff Overton and Ben Crane both shot 67 to finish tied for third at 17 under. Scott Verplank (65) and Bryce Molder (70), who led after the second and third rounds, were another shot back. Davis was again contend- ing for his first PGA Tour victory, six weeks after the 35-year-old Englishman called a two-stroke penalty on himself on the first hole of a playoff at Hilton Head. At Colonial, Davis was 19 under with a two-stroke Scoreboard MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Tampa Bay 34 17 .667 — New York 30 20 .6003 1/2 Toronto 30 22 .5774 1/2 Boston 29 23 .5585 1/2 Baltimore 15 36 .294 19 Central Division Minnesota 30 20 .600 — Detroit WL Pct GB 26 23 .5313 1/2 Chicago 22 28 .440 8 Kansas City 21 30 .4129 1/2 Cleveland 18 30 .375 11 West Division Oakland 27 24 .529 — Texas WL Pct GB 26 24 .520 1/2 Los Angeles 25 27 .4812 1/2 Seattle 19 30 .388 7 ——— Saturday’s Games Cleveland 13, N.Y.Yankees 11 Toronto 5, Baltimore 2 L.A. Angels 5, Seattle 1, 10 innings Minnesota 8, Texas 3 Oakland 6, Detroit 0 Tampa Bay 8, Chicago White Sox 5 Boston 1, Kansas City 0 Sunday’s Games N.Y.Yankees 7, Cleveland 3 Detroit 10, Oakland 2 Toronto 6, Baltimore 1 Boston 8, Kansas City 1 Chicago White Sox 8, Tampa Bay 5 L.A. Angels 9, Seattle 7 Minnesota 6, Texas 3 Monday’s Games Cleveland (Talbot 6-3) at N.Y.Yankees (Pet- titte 6-1), 10:05 a.m. Oakland (Cahill 3-2) at Detroit (Verlander 5- 3), 10:05 a.m. L.A. Angels (E.Santana 4-3) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-2), 11:10 a.m. Tampa Bay (Garza 5-3) at Toronto (Morrow 3-4), 4:07 p.m. Minnesota (Liriano 4-3) at Seattle (Fister 3- 2), 7:10 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Baltimore at N.Y.Yankees, 4:05 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Oakland at Boston, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. National League At A Glance East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 28 21 .571 — Atlanta 28 22 .560 1/2 New York 26 25 .510 3 Florida 25 26 .490 4 Washington 25 26 .490 4 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 30 21 .588 — St. Louis 29 22 .569 1 Chicago 24 27 .471 6 Milwaukee 21 29 .4208 1/2 Pittsburgh 20 31 .392 10 Houston 17 33 .34012 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB San Diego 30 20 .600 — Los Angeles 28 22 .560 2 San Francisco 27 22 .551 2 1/2 Colorado 26 24 .520 4 Arizona 20 31 .39210 1/2 ——— Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis 0 Cincinnati 12, Houston 2 Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 6 Philadelphia 1, Florida 0 Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 11, L.A. Dodgers 3 San Diego 4, Washington 2 San Francisco 12, Arizona 1 Sunday’s Games Houston 2, Cincinnati 0, 10 innings Florida 1, Philadelphia 0 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 10, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 9, Chicago Cubs 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 3 San Francisco 6, Arizona 5, 10 innings San Diego 3, Washington 2, 11 innings Monday’s Games Philadelphia (Blanton 1-3) at Atlanta (Han- son 4-3), 10:05 a.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 4-2) at Florida (N.Robertson 4-4), 10:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 3-3) at Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 0-3), 10:35 a.m. Washington (Atilano 4-1) at Houston (Oswalt 3-6), 11:05 a.m. Colorado (Jimenez 9-1) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-1), 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 5-2) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 4-2), 1:15 p.m. Arizona (R.Lopez 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 6-2), 6:10 p.m. N.Y.Mets (Takahashi 4-1) at San Diego (Cor- reia 4-4), 7:05 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Florida, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Houston, 5:05 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 7:05 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. NBA By The Associated Press FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston 4, Orlando 2 Sunday, May 16: Boston 92, Orlando 88 Tuesday, May 18: Boston 95, Orlando 92 Saturday, May 22: Boston 94, Orlando 71 Monday, May 24:Orlando 96, Boston 92, OT Wednesday, May 26: Orlando 113, Boston 92 Friday, May 28: Boston 96, Orlando 84 WESTERN CONFERENCE L.A. Lakers 4, Phoenix 2 Monday, May 17: L.A. Lakers 128, Phoenix 107 Wednesday, May 19: L.A. Lakers 124, Phoenix 112 Sunday, May 23: Phoenix 118, L.A. Lakers 109 Tuesday, May 25: Phoenix 115, L.A. Lakers 106 Thursday, May 27: L.A. Lakers 103, Phoenix 101 Saturday, May 29: L.A. Lakers 111, Phoenix 103 NBA FINALS Boston vs. L.A. Lakers Thursday, June 3: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. Sunday, June 6:Boston at L.A.Lakers, 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 8: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 9 p.m. Thursday, June 10: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 13: L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 15: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. x-Thursday, June 17: Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m. NASCAR By The Associated Press Sunday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1.(2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 400 laps, 147.8 rat- ing, 195 points, $399,623. 2. (27) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 400, 118.5, 175, $299,404. 3. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 400, 110.2, 170, $240,256. 4. (11) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 400, 90, 160, $170,450. 5. (6) David Reutimann, Toyota, 400, 119.7, 160, $177,731. 6. (15) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 400, 94.9, 155, $172,701. 7. (10) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 400, 113.2, 151, $129,075. 8. (33) Paul Menard, Ford, 400, 95.3, 142, $122,825. 9. (1) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 400, 95.1, 143, $196,454. 10. (16) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 400, 94.9, 139, $153,451. 11. (23) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 400, 89.1, 130, $143,331. 12. (4) Kasey Kahne, Ford, 400, 82.9, 127, $145,365. 13. (8) Joey Logano, Toyota, 400, 98.5, 129, $141,065. 14. (18) AJ Allmendinger, Ford, 400, 78.2, 121, $139,476. 15. (26) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 400, 87.1, 123, $137,998. 16. (31) Carl Edwards, Ford, 400, 72.3, 115, $136,098. 17. (14) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 400, 62.7, 112, $106,860. 18.(7) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 400, 71.6, 114, $113,800. 19. (32) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 400, 64.9, 106, $104,125. 20. (37) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 400, 66, 108, $122,210. 21. (39) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 400, 60.4, 100, $108,825. 22. (24) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 400, 65.8, 102, $101,150. 23.(3) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 400, 76.3, 99, $96,400. 24. (35) David Ragan, Ford, 400, 67.6, 96, $99,350. 25.(12) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 399, 96.8, 88, $126,040. 26. (28) David Gilliland, Ford, 398, 47.5, 90, $108,048. 27. (25) Bill Elliott, Ford, 397, 49.9, 82, $85,850. 28. (41) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 397, 46.5, 79, $107,085. 29. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, 396, 46.6, 76, $126,923. 30. (21) Scott Speed, Toyota, 395, 44.7, 73, $104,648. 31. (38) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 395, 38, 70, $88,925. 32. (40) Greg Biffle, Ford, 394, 64.2, 67, $93,075. 33. (36) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 394, 47.8, 64, $101,198. 34. (43) J.J. Yeley, Dodge, 393, 35.5, 61, $84,550. 35. (42) Kevin Conway, Ford, 393, 32.4, 58, $86,400. 36. (34) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, accident, 375, 49.4, 55, $104,623. 37. (5) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 364, 79.3, 57, $140,403. 38. (20) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, accident, 306, 54.2, 49, $119,616. 39.(19) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, overheating, 46, 28.5, 46, $83,825. 40. (29) Todd Bodine, Toyota, transmission, 41, 27.3, 43, $83,715. 41. (22) Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet, transmis- sion, 37, 29.9, 40, $83,555. 42. (30) Michael McDowell, Toyota, brakes, 34, 31.6, 37, $83,475. 43. (17) Dave Blaney, Toyota, transmission, 25, 27.6, 34, $83,838. INDY 500 By The Associated Press Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Lap length: 2.5 miles (Starting position in parentheses) 1. (3) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 2. (18) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 3. (16) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 4. (26) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 200, Run- ning. 5. (6) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Run- ning. 6. (23) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 7. (11) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 8. (2) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 200, Run- ning. 9. (1) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 10. (5) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 11. (33) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 12. (7) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 13. (27) Mario Romancini, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 14.(22) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 15. (20) Tomas Scheckter, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running. 16. (10) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running. 17. (8) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 199, Running. 18. (17) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 198, Contact. 19. (15) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 198, Contact. 20. (31) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 198, Running. 21. (21) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 196, Running. 22. (24) Bertrand Baguette, Dallara-Honda, 183, Running. 23. (32) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara- Honda, 159, Contact. 24. (4) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 147, Contact. 25. (19) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 139, Con- tact. 26. (29) Sarah Fisher, Dallara-Honda, 125, Contact. 27. (30) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 105, Contact. 28. (9) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, 76, Handling. 29. (12) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 72, Contact. 30. (28) John Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 62, Contact. 31. (13) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 17, Contact. 32. (25) Bruno Junqueira, Dallara-Honda, 7, Contact. 33. (14) Davey Hamilton, Dallara-Honda, 0, Contact. Race Statistics Winners average speed: 161.623 Time of Race: 03:05:37.0131 Margin of victory: Under caution Cautions: 9 for 44 laps Lead changes: 13 among 8 drivers Lap Leaders: Franchitti 1-30, Power 31-35, Franchitti 36, Briscoe 37-38, Franchitti 39- 108, Scheckter 109-113, Franchitti 114-142, M. Andretti 143, Briscoe 144-146, Franchitti 147-162, Conway 163-177, Wilson 178-188, Castroneves 189-191, Franchitti 192-200. Points:Power 227, Franchitti 216, Dixon 203, Castroneves 199, Hunter-Reay 175, Wilson 167, Briscoe 155, Kanaan 151, Wheldon 142, M. Andretti 134. FRENCH OPEN PARIS (AP) — A look at the French Open on Sunday: Men’s Fourth-Round Results: No. 1 Roger Federer def. No. 20 Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2;No.5 Robin Soderling def.No.10 Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, No. 11 Mikhail Youzhny def. No. 8 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, ret.; No. 15 Tomas Berdych def. No. 4 Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. Women’s Third-Round Result:No.22 Justine Henin def. No. 12 Maria Sharapova 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Women’s Fourth-Round Results:No.3 Caro- line Wozniacki def.No. 14 Flavia Pennetta 7- 6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-2; No. 5 Elena Dementieva def. Chanelle Scheepers 6-1, 6-3; No. 17 Francesca Schiavone def. No. 30 Maria Kir- ilenko 6-4, 6-4;No.19 Nadia Petrova def.No. 2 Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3. Monday’s Top Matches: No. 2 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 24 Thomaz Bellucci, No. 3 Novak Djokovic vs. Robby Ginepri, No. 7 Fernando Verdasco vs. No. 19 Nicolas Almagro; No. 1 Serena Williams vs.No.18 Shahar Peer, No. 4 Jelena Jankovic vs. No. 23 Daniela Hantu- chova, No. 7 Samantha Stosur vs. No. 22 Justine Henin. Monday’s TV: Tennis Channel (2 a.m. to 9 a.m.); ESPN2 (9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) MOVES By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled RHP Jensen Lewis from Columbus (IL). Optioned LHP Aaron Laffey to Columbus. DETROIT TIGERS—Recalled RHP Max Scherzer from Toledo (IL). Designated LHP Dontrelle Willis for assignment. LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Placed 1B Kendry Morales on the 15-day DL.Recalled INF Robb Quinlan from Salt Lake (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS—Placed OF Nelson Cruz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 29. Recalled OF Craig Gentry from Okla- homa City (PCL). National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Recalled RHP Travis Schlichting from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned LHP Scott Elbert to Albu- querque. race. On Sunday, he was the leader when a bizarre sequence of events on Lap 167 changed the entire race. Four-time defending series cham- pion Jimmie Johnson was running fourth when he inexplicably hit the wall, and Denny Hamlin, running fifth, had to weave low through the grass to avoid hitting Johnson. Both cars suffered considerable damage and NASCAR called for a caution that sent everyone to pit road. Kyle Busch, at the time the strongest car in the race, ran into Brad Keselowski on pit road to damage his car. Even worse, NASCAR flagged him for speeding and he was forced to also serve a penalty. It dropped Kyle Busch all the way back to 26th in a race he maybe could have won. lead after a 5 1/2-foot putt at the seventh hole. But that was his last birdie of the day. A 9-footer at No. 17 slid just past the cup, then he finished with a bogey. It is the seventh PGA Tour victory for Johnson and first since winning in San Antonio last May. His best finish through 12 tourna- ments this season had been a tie for 12th at the Sony Open in Hawaii the second week of the season. Along with the plaid jacket, Johnson got a $1.116 million check. ‘‘Going into the back nine, my mindframe was I don’t care if I win this, I don’t care if I lose it, I’m content with whatever hap- pens,’’ he said. ‘‘I’m going to go out fighting, I’m going to go out aggressive.’’ Johnson’s clinching shot at the 381-yard 17th was his fifth birdie on the back nine, though he gave back one of those with his only bogey over his last 2 1/2 rounds. Three of those birdies came on putts of at least 22 feet in a four-hole stretch. He took the lead for good when he drained the longest of the three, a 25-footer at the 427-yard 15th hole soon after the initial weather delay. Kenny Perry was 19 under in both of his Colonial victories, in 2003 and 2005. The next-lowest score before this week was 17 under by a trio of players last year when Steve Stricker won the second playoff hole. The Colonial score was the lowest on the PGA Tour for a four-round tournament since Geoff Ogilvy won the season-opening SBS Cham- pionship in Hawaii at 22- under 270. was shortened to 166 laps because of rain. This time, the end came under slow, yellow-flag conditions that froze the order of finish. Ganassi said the key was getting a four- or five-second cushion early so Franchitti could hold off Wheldon at the end when he was con- serving fuel. ‘‘The worst thing you can do, and we’ve done it, is come up second in this race or third and have fuel in your tank that you didn’t use,’’ Ganassi said. How far would the remaining 1.6 gallons have gone? ‘‘I have no idea,’’ Ganas- si admitted. Ganassi won his fourth Indy and has a slice of histo- ry — first owner to win at NASCAR’s and IndyCar’s biggest races in the same year. ‘‘We go racing, and we like to win,’’ Franchitti said. ‘‘To be a part of a team like that just makes your job so easy as a driver.’’