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Saturday NASCAR — Bucyrus 200, ESPN, 2:30 p.m. PGA — Travelers Championship, CBS, noon MLB — Indians at Giants, FOX, 1 p.m. A’s at Phillies, MLB, 4 p.m. Tennis — Wimbeldon 3rd round, NBC, 10 a.m. Sports 1B Weekend June 25-26, 2011 SONOMA (AP) — Joey Logano never thought he’d win the pole at Infineon Raceway, even after he claimed the top qualifying spot. As he sat in his Joe Gibbs Rac- ing hauler Friday watching the final drivers make their qualifying laps, Logano expected to be bumped. But when Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch all failed to beat him, Logano wound up with just the second pole of his career. Logano turned a lap at 93.256 mph in his Toyota to claim the top starting spot in Sunday’s race. ‘‘I was very surprised,’’ he said. ‘‘We were sitting in the trailer watching the last three guys to go and it was Kasey, who got the pole here last year, Denny, who is really good here and our teammate, and then Kurt, who has got the last three poles in a row. We didn’t think we were going to be good enough to get the pole, but made some good adjustments and got some speed in the car. ‘‘This is the last place I expect- ed to get a pole. I never considered myself a road course racer.’’ Logano snapped Busch’s streak of three straight poles this season. Jamie McMurray qualified sec- ond in a Chevrolet with a lap at 93.223 and Paul Menard was third in a Chevrolet. Hamlin was fourth, Ryan Newman fifth and Kahne sixth. Richard Petty Motorsports teammates AJ Allmendinger and Marcos Ambrose qualified seventh and eighth in Fords. Clint Bowyer and Brian Vick- ers filled out the top 10. Busch wound up 11th and defending race winner Jimmie Johnson was 12th. Tony Ave was the only driver to fail to qualify for the race. Current points leader Carl Edwards qualified 23rd and decid- ed to skip the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Road America. Running the event in Wisconsin would have forced him to miss both practices Saturday in Sono- ma, and he decided to let Billy Johnson race in his place to con- centrate on Cup. It will snap Edwards’ streak of 210 consecutive starts — the longest active streak in the Nation- wide Series. ‘‘We felt like as a team that we needed more practice on the Cup side,’’ Edwards said. For Logano, the qualifying run was a much-needed boost for a struggling driver. After closing last season strong, he was picked by many to make the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship this year. But he’s had a rocky start to the Roddick exits Wimbledon in 3 sets WIMBLEDON, Eng- land (AP) — Head bowed, Andy Roddick trudged off Centre Court, his purple Wimbledon towel dragging along the turf. As the three-time runner- up at the All England Club headed for the exit, he passed some kids clamoring for an autograph from their front-row perch. Roddick paused and tossed his blue- framed racket underhand. Thanks to his latest earlier- than-anticipated Grand Slam loss, the American won’t be needing it next week. The eighth-seeded Rod- dick departed quickly Fri- day, beaten 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round by unseeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain. Lopez served spectacularly well, hitting 28 aces, and finally got the better of the 2003 U.S. Open champion after losing all seven previous matches they played. Roddick turns 29 in August, and he was asked whether, as the years go by, one particularly depressing thought creeps into his mind: He might never win Wimbledon. ‘‘Well, sure. You’re human. I mean, of course it does,’’ he replied. Then, speaking directly to the reporter, Roddick added: ‘‘You know, you may never get your favorite job, either — no offense to your cur- rent employer.’’ Roddick lost to Roger Federer in the 2004, 2005 and 2009 finals — 16-14 in the fifth set of that last one — but only made it as far as the fourth round last year, and second round in 2008. ‘‘What do you do? You keep moving forward until you decide to stop,’’ Rod- dick said. ‘‘At this point, I’ve not decided to stop, so I’ll keep moving forward.’’ He hasn’t been past the quarterfinals at any of the past seven major tourna- American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Boston 44 31 .587 — New York 43 31 .581 1/2 Tampa Bay 42 34 .553 2 1/2 Toronto 36 39 .480 8 Baltimore 34 39 .466 9 Central Division WL Pct GB Cleveland 40 33 .548 — Detroit 40 36 .526 1 1/2 Chicago 37 39 .487 4 1/2 Minnesota 32 42 .432 8 1/2 Kansas City31 45 .40810 1/2 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 41 36 .532 — Seattle 37 38 .493 3 Los Angeles37 39 .487 3 1/2 A’s 34 43 .442 7 National League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia48 29 .623 — Atlanta 43 33 .566 4 1/2 Washington 38 37 .507 9 New York 37 39 .48710 1/2 Florida 33 42 .440 14 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 42 35 .545 — St. Louis 41 35 .539 1/2 Pittsburgh 38 37 .507 3 Cincinnati 39 38 .506 3 Chicago 31 44 .413 10 Houston 28 49 .364 14 West Division WL Pct GB Arizona 43 34 .558 — Giants 41 34 .547 1 Colorado 38 37 .507 4 Los Angeles34 42 .447 8 1/2 San Diego 32 44 .42110 1/2 Joey Logano wins pole at Sonoma year, and has just two top-10 fin- ishes through the first 15 races. He’s ranked 23rd in points. Starting first Sunday will give him his first lap led at Sonoma, and in two previous starts, he’s not fin- ished higher than 19th. ‘‘We’ve been going through a bit of a drought, so this is going to help us a lot,’’ Logano said. ‘‘I real- ly think the big thing today is self- confidence in me and the team and giving us momentum. ‘‘Knowing you can do it now and you can drive around a road course, I think that is going to help us get our car setup better and in the race help us be as smart and methodical as you can.’’ Amateur Cantlay shoots 60 to take Travelers lead CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Nineteen-year-old UCLA star Patrick Cantlay has insisted he has no inten- tion of leaving school early to join the PGA Tour. But the low amateur last week in the U.S. Open soft- ened his stance just a little Friday after shooting a course-record 10-under 60 — the lowest PGA Tour round ever by an amateur — to take a four-stroke lead in the Travelers Championship. ‘‘I’m going to stay amateur definitely for the Walker Cup (in September), and my plan is to stay amateur until I finish college,’’ he said. Taking advantage of preferred lies at soggy TPC River Highlands, Cantlay tied the tournament record set by Tommy Bolt when the event was played in Wethers- field in 1954. MCT photo Russia's Maria Sharapova hits a shot against Britain's Laura Robson dur- ing the second round of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships in Wimble- don, England, Friday. Sharapova defeated Robson, 7-6, 6-3. ments; he withdrew from the French Open in May because of a right shoulder injury, but said he’s healthy at the moment. That, in part, is why Roddick figured he’d make a deep run at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. ‘‘He gears a lot of his year for Wimbledon. It’s a tough loss,’’ said Roddick’s coach, Larry Stefanki. ‘‘He’s disappointed. Very disappointed.’’ It didn’t help that Lopez was nearly perfect, conjur- ing up 57 winners and eight unforced errors. ‘‘Unbelievable,’’ Lopez said. ‘‘When I came back in the locker room, my coach- es told me. I was surprised that I didn’t miss anything, almost.’’ Because of rain, only two other third-round men’s matches finished Friday: No. 4 Andy Murray moved forward in his bid to give Britain its first male cham- pion at Wimbledon since 1936, beating Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) with the help of a behind-the- SCOREBOARD Friday’s Games Arizona 7, Detroit 6 Pittsburgh 3, Boston 1 Baltimore 5, Cincinnati 4, 12 innings Colorado 4, N.Y.Yankees 2 Philadelphia 1, Oakland 0 Texas 8, N.Y. Mets 1 Tampa Bay 5, Houston 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Kansas City 4 Milwaukee 4, Minnesota 3 Washington at Chicago White Sox, late Toronto at St. Louis, late L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, late Seattle at Florida, late Cleveland at San Francisco, late Saturday’s Games Colorado (Cook 0-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 9-4), 10:05 a.m. Cleveland (Masterson 5-5) at San Fran- cisco (Cain 6-4), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Chatwood 4-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 5-8), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 6-6) at Texas (Ogando 7-2), 1:10 p.m. Washington (Gorzelanny 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-8), 1:10 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 4-3) at Detroit (Ver- lander 9-3), 4:05 p.m. Boston (Wakefield 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 4-4), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 6-6) at Baltimore (Matusz 1-2), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 7-5) at Philadelphia (Hamels 9-3), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (W.Davis 6-5) at Houston (Norris 4-5), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 6-4) at Kansas City (Duffy 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Liriano 4-6) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-4), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (C.Villanueva 4-1) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 6-2), 4:15 p.m. Seattle (Vargas 5-4) at Florida (Volstad 2- 7), 7:10 p.m. back, between-the-legs trick shot under the Centre Court roof; and No. 17 Richard Gasquet of France beat Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Murray plays Gas- quet next. Roddick is the highest- seeded man out of the tour- nament so far. Two of the top three women already are gone: No. 2 Vera Zvonare- va, the runner-up at Wim- bledon and the U.S. Open in 2010, was eliminated by No. 32 Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-3 Friday, less than 24 hours after No. 3 Li Na, the French Open champion, lost. Pironkova reached the semifinals last year, when she upset five-time Wimble- don champion Venus Williams, and they’ll have a rematch in the fourth round next week. Williams over- powered 76th-ranked Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain 6-0, 6-2 on Court 1. ‘‘I’m in the next round. That’s my main goal, regardless whether I play amazing, whether I play halfway decent. Doesn’t matter,’’ Williams said. ‘‘It’s just about finding a way to win.’’ Pironkova, Williams said: ‘‘Last year, you know, Looking ahead to facing I think I just got unhappy with how I was playing, and I let that affect my game. This year, I won’t let that happen.’’ Another past Wimble- don winner, Maria Sharapo- va, struggled at the start against 17-year-old Laura Robson of Britain before righting herself to win their second-round match 7-6 (4), 6-3, her shot-accompa- nying shrieks as loud as ever. Sharapova trailed 4-1 early, then fell behind 4-2 in the tiebreaker, before taking the set’s last five points, closing it with a 108 mph service winner against 2008 Wimbledon junior champi- on Robson. ‘‘She was much more aggressive than I was in the beginning,’’ Sharapova said. ‘‘But then I just kind of got my rhythm a little bit and started playing better.’’ Cantlay birdied the final two holes to reach 13 under. After shooting a 67 on Friday morning in the rain- delayed first round, he had eight birdies and an eagle in the afternoon. It was his second eagle of the day on the par-5 13th. He said he had no idea that he was setting an ama- teur record. ‘‘I knew where I was. I knew I needed to make eagle on 18 for 59,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s tough to hole it from 152.’’ But he came close. His approach landed just above the hole and rolled back to just over 2 feet below the pin. ‘‘I thought it had a chance, it was covering the flag pretty good,’’ he said. ‘‘It takes some luck.’’ D.J. Trahan (62), Webb Simpson (65) Alexandre Rocha (66) and Vaughn Taylor (66) were tied for sec- ond along with Andres Romero who had completed five holes when play was suspended because of dark- ness just after 8 p.m. Seventy-seven players are sched- uled to complete the second round Saturday. Players had perfect scoring conditions Friday with rain-softened greens and little wind. And because of the wet conditions, players were allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls hit in the fairway, another big advantage. The projected cut line was 3-under par. ‘‘A day like today, play good in the first round, you just kind of keep it going,’’ Taylor said. Generally, your swing feels the same and your game feels the same, so you just kind of stay in it and just keep playing.’’ An amateur hasn’t won a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in the 1991 Northern Telecom Open in Ari- zona. If Cantlay wins, he would have 60 days to decide whether to accept a spot on the tour and the two-year exemption that goes with it. Cantlay just completed his freshman year at UCLA, and said he still plans to stay until he earns his degree. ‘‘I’m going to stay amateur definitely for the Walker Cup, and my plan is to stay amateur until I finish col- lege,’’ he said. Four players have shot 61s at the TPC River High- lands course. The last was Kenny Perry in 2009. A’s waste good outing from Moscoso PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Guiller- mo Moscoso strengthened his case to stay in Oakland’s starting rotation. Moscoso took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but had nothing to show for the best start of his young career. He was gone by the time pinch-hitter Ben Fran- cisco hit an RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 1-0 victory over the Ath- letics on Friday night. ‘‘This game was good for my con- fidence,’’ Moscoso said. ‘‘I just hope I can stay in the rotation. We’ll just have to see what happens.’’ Moscoso gave up two hits and walked three in a career-high seven innings. Moscoso replaced the injured Tyson Ross in the rotation on May 25, and is 2-2 with a 2.65 ERA in six starts. ‘‘He located well and used his breaking ball and change more than he has in the past,’’ A’s manager Bob Melvin said. ‘‘He used more pitches than he has been throwing. He’s been good, but this one was his best yet.’’ In a game in which rookie starters Moscoso and Vance Worley took no- hitters into the sixth, neither team got a runner to third until the ninth. Shane Victorino walked to start the inning against Brian Fuentes (1-8). He went to sec- ond on Domonic Brown’s one-out single to right. Both runners advanced on Brian Schneider’s grounder to first. Francisco then hit a high bouncer over third baseman Scott Sizemore’s head to drive in Victorino. It was Oakland’s third straight loss after six wins in a row. ‘‘They’re all equally frustrating,’’ Melvin said. Michael Stutes (3-0) pitched a per- fect ninth to get the win for the major league-leading Phillies (48-29). Four pitchers combined on the two-hitter. Worley allowed one hit and walked four in six innings, tying for the longest of his eight career starts. Hideki Matsui lined a double to left-center with two outs in the sixth for the first hit of the game. Victorino made a diving attempt for the ball, but it was way out of his reach. A disappointed Worley slumped off the mound as fans gave him a nice ovation. Placido Polanco lined a single to center for Philadelphia’s first hit with one out in the bottom half. The last time both starting pitchers took a no-hitter into the sixth inning of the same game was June 13, 2010, according to STATS, LLC. Chicago Cubs lefty Ted Lilly lost his no-hitter in the ninth and White Sox righty Gavin Floyd lost his bid in the sev- enth. The Phillies helped Worley with two outstanding defensive plays in the fifth. Kurt Suzuki led off with a slow bouncer to third. Polanco charged hard, barehanded the ball and just beat Suzuki with a strong, off-balance throw. This was the A’s first visit to Philadelphia since playing at Veterans Stadium in 2003. The teams have split 10 meetings. The A’s — not the Phillies — are the most successful baseball team to play in Philadelphia. They spent 54 seasons here from 1901-54 before moving to Kansas City, and won five World Series titles in that span.