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Sports MONDAY JUNE 13 2016 1BFACEBOOK.COM/STARTELEGRAM TWITTER.COM/STARTELEGRAMSTAR-TELEGRAM.COM 1 PENGUINS OUTLAST SHARKS 3-1 IN GAME 6 TO CLAIM FOURTH STANLEY CUP 8B PENS MIGHTY The future is now for NAS- CAR. Joey Logano pulled away to win Sunday at Mi- chigan Speedway, followed by 20-year-old Chase El- liott and Kyle Larson, 23, to become the youngest top three finishers in Sprint Cup history. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 39th out of 40. 2B NASCAR SPRINT CUP LOGANO, 26, LEADS YOUTH MOVEMENT, WINS AT MICHIGAN Texas Motor Speedway presi- dent Eddie Gossage expressed disappointment in how his sum- mer race weekend turned out.

Rain wreaked havoc on In- Firestone 600. The race was postponed Saturday night after heavy rainfall, and then had another delay Sunday. It finally started at 1:49 p.m. Sunday, but was halted after 71 laps when more rain hit the area. With additional rain in the forecast Monday, IndyCar and track officials decided the best option would be to resume the race Aug.

27, a Saturday. James Hinchcliffe will be the leader followed by Ryan Hun- ter-Reay and Mikhail Aleshin. Gossage said. is the nature of things when you do this sport. You hate to see this happen.

You want to do the best for your fans. who all of us work for. who we want to please. man, frustrating to us. But what can you do? You cannot beat Mother Fans who had tickets for the race can use them for the Au- gust date.

If fans cannot make that race, the track will ex- change them for a future race within the year for equal or lesser value. The tentative plan calls for a full-day event Aug. 27, with a practice session and an autograph session. The race would resume INDYCAR AT TMS Rain gods win, race postponed to Aug. 27 BY DREW DAVISON Firestone 600 at TMS 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 27 SEE TMS, 2B SEATTLE A successful weekend at Safeco Field helped the Texas Rangers remain atop of the American League West and kept their streak of consecutive series win alive. Their offense flexed its mus- cles. The two most senior members of the starting rota- tion were terrific, and the im- portance of playing quality defense was magnified. The Rangers had been doing a lot right and continued that trend.

But the series in which they took two of three games from the second-place Seattle Mari- ners might also be remembered as the series when Mitch Moreland turned around his season. The first baseman hit a two- run homer Sunday and made a key defensive play late, and Cole Hamels allowed one run in seven innings as the Rangers beat the Mariners 6-4. kind of my job to make the plays behind the pitchers and drive the Moreland said. happy I was able to do that. It was a good one for The game ended on another standout play from Nomar Mazara, who threw from the right-field corner to get Rob- inson Cano trying to stretch his RBI single into a double.

Had Cano been safe, Nelson Cruz would have batted as the potential tying run, a scenario closer Sam Dyson and manager Jeff Banister were glad they have to face. think we can give Mazara a save Banister said. an incredible way to end Hamels (6-1) became the 77th pitcher in MLB history to record 2,000 strikeouts when JOHN FROSCHAUER AP Elvis Andrus doubles past Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager to drive in Ryan Rua from third base with the first run in the fourth inning Sunday in Seattle. Andrus went 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs. RANGERS 6, MARINERS 4 Moreland delivers in series clincher First baseman homers, makes key defensive play Hamels allows one run, gets career strikeout Rangers push AL West lead to five games BY JEFF WILSON KIND OF MYJOB TO MAKE THE PLAYS BEHIND THE PITCHERS AND DRIVE THE BALL.

HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. IT WAS A GOOD ONE FOR US. Mitch Moreland on Game 3 heroics Rangers at Athletics 9:05 tonight, FSSW COLLEGE STATION Austen Wade had a hit. He need one to give TCU a lead in the seventh inning and a chance to go to the College World Series. The sophomore right fielder from Midland drew a full-count walk that forced in the go-ahead run, and the Horned Frogs scored two more runs on a sacri- fice fly and a wild pitch on the way to a 4-1 victory in Game 3 of a Super Regional against Texas at Blue Bell Park.

Wade, 0-for-10 when he stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and one out, got ahead 3-0 against Aggies reliev- er Andrew Vinson, took two strikes and then walked on a pitch way outside. It was first RBI of the series, and it gave TCU a 2-1 lead. turned to its best reliev- er, Mark Ecker, and on the sec- ond pitch, Cam Warner fol- lowed with a sacrifice fly to deep right, scoring Dane Steinh- agen for a 3-1 lead. Evan Skoug got ahead 3-1, TCU 4, TEXAS 1 Howard lifts TCU to CWS BY CARLOS MENDEZ SAM CRAFT AP Brian Howard limited Texas to two hits and no earned runs over seven innings. COLLEGE STATION Truth be told, there was a point during the Horned Frogs baseball season when TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle just wanted his team to get to play a few more games.

Inconsistency had shadowed the Frogs. Youth had made an example of them. A 6-6 swoon near the early part of May had left TCU won- dering what kind of contender they really were. were times during the Schlossnagle recalled, I remember talking to the coaches and saying, how, got to get this team into a regional, just so they can get some postseason experi- From modest expectations, however, a familiar dream stirred. The bats awoke.

The pitchers seized the challenge. Frogs find Omaha groove again IN MY OPINION BY GIL LEBRETON SEE LEBRETON, 6B The Golden State Warriors are just one win from another NBA title, but their quest grew tougher Sunday. The NBA assessed Draymond Green with a Fla- grant 1 foul from his Game 4 scuffle with LeBron James and sus- pended Green for Game 5 (8 p.m., 8). 3B NBA FINALS GREEN SUSPENDED FOR GAME 5 WITH FLAGRANT FOUL College World Series TCU vs. Texas Tech, TBA SEE TCU, 6B.