Scoreboard

Published 5:00 am Saturday, May 28, 2011

Basketball

N BA

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Playoffs

All Times PDT

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FINALS

(Best-of-7)

(x-if necessary)

Miami vs. Dallas

Tuesday, May 31: Dallas at Miami, 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 2: Dallas at Miami, 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 5: Miami at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Tuesday, June 7: Miami at Dallas, 6 p.m.

x-Thursday, June 9: Miami at Dallas, 6 p.m.

x-Sunday, June 12: Dallas at Miami, 5 p.m.

x-Tuesday, June 14: Dallas at Miami, 6 p.m.

Hockey

NHL

NATIONAL HOCKEY League

Playoffs

All Times PDT

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CONFERENCE FINALS

(Best-of-7)

(x-if necessary)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Boston 4, Tampa Bay 3

Saturday, May 14: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 2

Tuesday, May 17: Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5

Thursday, May 19: Boston 2, Tampa Bay 0

Saturday, May 21: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3

Monday, May 23: Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1

Wednesday, May 25: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4

Friday, May 27: Boston 1, Tampa Bay 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Vancouver 4, San Jose 1

Sunday, May 15: Vancouver 3, San Jose 2

Wednesday, May 18: Vancouver 7, San Jose 3

Friday, May 20: San Jose 4, Vancouver 3

Sunday, May 22: Vancouver 4, San Jose 2

Tuesday, May 24: Vancouver 3, San Jose 2

STANLEY CUP FINALS

(Best-of-7)

(x-if necessary)

Boston vs. Vancouver

Wednesday, June 1: Boston at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Saturday, June 4: Boston at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

Monday, June 6: Vancouver at Boston, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8: Vancouver at Boston, 5 p.m.

x-Friday, June 10: Boston at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

x-Monday, June 13: Vancouver at Boston, 5 p.m.

x-Wednesday, June 15: Boston at Vancouver, 5 p.m.

GOLF

PGA Tour

Byron Nelson Championship

Friday

At TPC Four Seasons Resort Course

Irving, Texas

Purse: $5.5 million

Yardage: 7,116; Par: 70

(a-amateur)

Second Round

Ryan Palmer 65-67—132

Sergio Garcia 66-66—132

Tim Petrovic 69-66—135

Scott Piercy 66-69—135

Nick Watney 68-68—136

Joe Ogilvie 66-70—136

Chad Collins 67-69—136

Chris DiMarco 70-67—137

Ryuji Imada 69-68—137

Chris Riley 66-71—137

Josh Teater 66-71—137

Keegan Bradley 66-71—137

a-Jordan Spieth 69-68—137

Jerry Kelly 67-71—138

John Rollins 68-70—138

Jeff Overton 64-74—138

Brett Wetterich 69-69—138

Rod Pampling 70-68—138

Paul Stankowski 69-70—139

Carl Pettersson 70-69—139

Ted Purdy 68-71—139

Steve Flesch 70-69—139

Fran Quinn 69-70—139

Brandt Jobe 67-72—139

Ricky Barnes 67-72—139

Robert Garrigus 70-69—139

Justin Hicks 70-69—139

Michael Putnam 67-72—139

Robert Gamez 68-72—140

Jason Dufner 70-70—140

Matt Kuchar 69-71—140

William McGirt 69-71—140

Martin Piller 68-72—140

Gary Woodland 69-71—140

Vaughn Taylor 67-73—140

Arjun Atwal 68-72—140

Steven Bowditch 75-65—140

Kyle Stanley 70-70—140

James Driscoll 70-71—141

Vijay Singh 68-73—141

Michael Bradley 68-73—141

Charles Howell III 71-70—141

J.J. Henry 69-72—141

Kevin Kisner 72-69—141

Tom Gillis 69-72—141

Jeff Quinney 66-75—141

Michael Connell 71-70—141

Dustin Johnson 66-75—141

Zack Miller 67-74—141

Garth Mulroy 67-74—141

Alexandre Rocha 71-70—141

Scott Gordon 70-71—141

Ben Crane 71-71—142

Hunter Haas 70-72—142

Billy Mayfair 72-70—142

Scott McCarron 69-73—142

K.J. Choi 71-71—142

D.J. Trahan 72-70—142

Will Strickler 66-76—142

Greg Chalmers 73-70—143

Tommy Gainey 72-71—143

Harrison Frazar 71-72—143

D.A. Points 68-75—143

Brian Gay 71-72—143

Anthony Kim 72-71—143

Fredrik Jacobson 70-73—143

Alex Prugh 71-72—143

Chad Campbell 69-74—143

Jason Day 72-71—143

Tim Herron 68-75—143

Tag Ridings 70-73—143

Rich Beem 73-70—143

George McNeill 69-74—143

Cameron Percy 71-72—143

Failed to qualify

Mike Weir 74-70—144

John Senden 70-74—144

Duffy Waldorf 72-72—144

Joseph Bramlett 75-69—144

Ben Martin 72-72—144

Andres Gonzales 73-71—144

Jim Herman 70-74—144

Chris Stroud 69-75—144

Woody Austin 71-73—144

Bob Estes 69-75—144

Blake Adams 70-74—144

Jarrod Lyle 69-75—144

Sunghoon Kang 71-73—144

Todd Fischer 71-73—144

Briny Baird 70-75—145

John Mallinger 73-72—145

Charlie Wi 69-76—145

Chris Tidland 69-76—145

Colt Knost 74-71—145

Shane Bertsch 70-75—145

Bryce Molder 74-71—145

Shaun Micheel 73-72—145

Michael Thompson 73-72—145

John Merrick 70-76—146

Chez Reavie 71-75—146

Parker McLachlin 74-72—146

Matt McQuillan 73-73—146

Jimmy Walker 75-71—146

Joe Durant 71-75—146

Michael Sim 71-75—146

Kevin Chappell 73-73—146

Nick O’Hern 69-77—146

Heath Slocum 76-70—146

Kent Jones 72-74—146

Dean Wilson 69-77—146

David Mathis 71-75—146

Justin Leonard 76-71—147

J.P. Hayes 74-73—147

David Hearn 73-74—147

Charles Warren 75-72—147

Robert Allenby 69-78—147

Scott Verplank 73-74—147

Andres Romero 70-77—147

Marc Leishman 70-77—147

Scott Gutschewski 69-78—147

Brian Davis 72-76—148

Garrett Willis 72-76—148

Sean O’Hair 75-73—148

Nathan Green 75-73—148

Bio Kim 72-76—148

Nate Smith 75-73—148

a-Sam Smith 75-73—148

Matt Weibring 72-76—148

Charley Hoffman 74-74—148

Chris Baryla 71-77—148

Michael Letzig 72-76—148

Jim Renner 78-71—149

Aron Price 77-72—149

Kris Blanks 73-76—149

Matt Bettencourt 73-76—149

Martin Flores 72-77—149

Cameron Tringale 71-78—149

Jerod Turner 72-78—150

Cameron Beckman 71-79—150

Steve Elkington 73-77—150

Richard S. Johnson 75-75—150

Rory Sabbatini 69-82—151

Todd Hamilton 72-79—151

Fabian Gomez 73-78—151

Lee Janzen 74-78—152

Derek Lamely 72-81—153

Bobby Gates 71-82—153

Billy Horschel 73-80—153

Stephen Ames 71-82—153

Scott Stallings 76-77—153

Daniel Summerhays 72-82—154

Troy Matteson 76-78—154

Rick Woodson 77-79—156

D.J. Brigman 80-76—156

Chris Kirk 68—DQ

Jeff Maggert 72—WD

Champions Tour

Senior PGA Championship

Friday

At Valhalla Golf Club

Louisville, Ky.

Purse: $2 million

Yardage: 7,297, Par 72

Partial Second Round

Note: Play was suspended due to darkness

Kiyoshi Murota 66-67—133

Nick Price 67-70—137

Hale Irwin 69-68—137

Olin Browne 68-70—138

Loren Roberts 68-70—138

Gary Hallberg 72-67—139

Eduardo Romero 73-67—140

Chien-Soon Lu 70-70—140

Tom Watson 70-70—140

Mark O’Meara 68-72—140

Mark Calcavecchia 72-69—141

Michael Allen 71-70—141

Peter Senior 73-68—141

Mark McNulty 70-72—142

Lonnie Nielsen 69-73—142

David Eger 74-68—142

Trevor Dodds 67-75—142

Tom Lehman 73-70—143

Brad Bryant 74-69—143

Roger Chapman 73-70—143

Tom Pernice 73-70—143

Bob Tway 73-70—143

Dan Forsman 75-68—143

Stu Ingraham 73-70—143

Boonchu Ruangkit 74-70—144

Kenny Perry 69-75—144

Craig Stadler 75-69—144

Ted Schulz 72-72—144

Hal Sutton 77-67—144

Corey Pavin 72-72—144

Curt Byrum 69-76—145

Chip Beck 75-70—145

Morris Hatalsky 74-71—145

Michael Cunning 72-73—145

Bill Glasson 75-70—145

Jay Don Blake 73-72—145

John Cook 71-74—145

Massy Kuramoto 75-71—146

Fred Funk 75-71—146

Larry Nelson 75-71—146

Barry Lane 71-75—146

Rod Spittle 73-73—146

Bruce Vaughan 69-77—146

Jay Haas 73-73—146

Gene Fieger 73-74—147

Jeff Sluman 76-71—147

Mark Mouland 73-74—147

Joe Daley 73-74—147

Mark Wiebe 74-73—147

Ross Drummond 77-71—148

Michael Goodes 75-73—148

Timothy Parun 72-76—148

Marc Farry 75-73—148

Mike Lawrence 72-76—148

Mike Harwood 73-75—148

Matt Seitz 75-73—148

Peter Fowler 73-75—148

David Frost 74-74—148

Hideki Kase 74-74—148

Lee Rinker 74-74—148

Mike San Filippo 75-73—148

Christopher Williams 74-74—148

Jim Woodward 73-75—148

Mark Faulkner 73-75—148

David Peoples 75-73—148

Jim Rutledge 75-73—148

Scott Simpson 78-70—148

Juan Quiros 73-76—149

Perry Arthur 73-76—149

Darrell Kestner 73-76—149

Bill Britton 76-73—149

John Harris 72-77—149

Chris Campbell 73-77—150

Gary Wolstenholme 75-75—150

Wayne Levi 73-77—150

Peter Jacobsen 77-73—150

Larry Mize 78-72—150

Phil Blackmar 77-74—151

Bob Gilder 73-78—151

Mike Reid 78-73—151

Mark James 74-77—151

Shinji Ikeuchi 79-72—151

Jeff Roth 78-73—151

Tom Kite 72-79—151

Sam Torrance 79-72—151

Tom Sutter 77-75—152

Bobby Wadkins 80-72—152

Jerry Tucker 80-72—152

John Morse 78-74—152

Tommy Armour 74-78—152

Jon Fiedler 75-77—152

Robin Freeman 76-76—152

Jim White 73-79—152

James Blair 78-75—153

David Russell 77-76—153

Ronnie Black 76-77—153

Tom Byrum 75-78—153

Brian Kelly 75-78—153

Mark Johnson 78-75—153

Gil Morgan 77-77—154

John Jacobs 75-79—154

Ed Sabo 78-76—154

Mitch Camp 78-76—154

Robert Thompson 75-79—154

Jerry Bruner 80-74—154

Jim Sobb 74-80—154

Bill Longmuir 80-74—154

Andy North 77-77—154

Gary Sowinski 79-76—155

George Forster 78-77—155

Chris Starkjohann 79-76—155

Daniel Wilkins 81-75—156

Thomas Dawson 78-79—157

Lyndsay Stephen 79-78—157

Mark Keating 78-80—158

Dave Kendall 84-77—161

Ken Green 80-82—162

Jim Karr 85-77—162

Bill Dodd 83-79-162

Mark Hayes 89-76—165

Anders Forsbrand 84-83—167

Angel Franco 82-WD

Failed to complete second round

Des Smyth 70

Kirk Hanefeld 70

Bobby Clampett 71

Steve Pate 72

Tom Jenkins 72

Sonny Skinner 72

Ken Martin 73

Mark Brooks 74

D.A. Weibring 74

Steve Lowery 74

Tom Atchison 74

Jim Gallagher, Jr. 75

Jerry Pate 75

Keith Fergus 75

Gordon J. Brand 75

P.H. Horgan, III 75

Tim Simpson 75

Daniel Hornig 75

Joe Ozaki 76

Willie Wood 76

Mike Diffley 76

Butch Sheehan 77

Jim Thorpe 77

Keith Clearwater 77

David Arbuckle 78

Mike Hulbert 78

Tim White 78

J.L. Lewis 79

Kazuhiro Takami 80

Andrew Oldcorn 80

Fuzzy Zoeller 82

Leaderboard at time of suspended play

SCORE THRU

1. Kiyoshi Murota -11 F

2. Hale Irwin -7 F

2. Nick Price -7 F

4. Olin Browne -6 F

4. Loren Roberts -6 F

6. Gary Hallberg -5 F

7. Eduardo Romero -4 F

7. Chien-Soon Lu -4 F

7. Tom Watson -4 F

7. Mark O’Meara -4 F

11. Peter Senior -3 F

11. Steve Pate -3 14

11. Mark Calcavecchia -3 F

11. Michael Allen -3 F

Tennis

French Open

Friday

At Stade Roland Garros

Paris

Purse: $24.99 million (Grand Slam)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles

Men

Third Round

David Ferrer (7), Spain, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky (31), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3.

Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Janko Tipsarevic (29), Serbia, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3.

Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (30), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.

Gael Monfils (9), France, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

Albert Montanes, Spain, def. Mikhail Youzhny (12), Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (0), 6-1.

Richard Gasquet (13), France, def. Thomaz Bellucci (23), Brazil, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Stanislas Wawrinka (14), Switzerland, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (17), France, 4-6, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3.

Juan Martin del Potro (25), Argentina, vs. Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, 3-6, 6-3, susp., darkness.

Women

Third Round

Francesca Schiavone (5), Italy, def. Peng Shuai (29), China, 6-3, 1-2, retired.

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Sam Stosur (8), Australia, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Jelena Jankovic (10), Serbia, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (13), Russia, def. Rebecca Marino, Canada, 6-0, 6-4.

Marion Bartoli (11), France, def. Julia Goerges (17), Germany, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Daniela Hantuchova (28), Slovakia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, 6-1, 6-3.

Vera Zvonareva (3), Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-2, 6-3.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (14), Russia, def. Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

SOCCER

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PDT

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Houston 3 4 5 14 15 13

Columbus 3 3 4 13 8 10

New England 3 4 4 13 10 14

Philadelphia 5 3 2 17 8 7

D.C. 3 4 3 12 13 18

Toronto FC 2 4 6 12 11 17

New York 4 2 5 17 17 10

Chicago 1 4 5 8 13 17

Sporting Kansas City 1 6 1 4 11 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 7 2 5 26 19 12

FC Dallas 6 3 3 21 14 10

Seattle 4 4 5 17 14 12

Portland 5 3 2 17 13 14

Real Salt Lake 5 1 2 17 9 2

Colorado 4 3 5 17 14 12

Chivas USA 3 4 3 12 11 10

San Jose 3 4 3 12 12 12

Vancouver 1 5 5 8 12 16

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

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Today’s Games

Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 9:30 p.m.

New York at Vancouver, 2:30 p.m.

Chivas USA at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at New England, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Houston, 5:30 p.m.

Seattle FC at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

D.C. United at Portland, 2 p.m.

Softball

College

NCAA Division I Softball Super Regionals Glance

All Times PDT

(Best-of-3)

(x-if necessary)

Host school is home team for Game 1; visiting school is home team for Game 2; coin flip determines home team for Game 3:

At Gainesville, Fla.

Friday, May 27: Florida 9, Oregon 1, Florida leads series 1-0

Today, May 28: Oregon vs. Florida, 9 a.m.

x-Today, May 28: Oregon vs. Florida, 11:30 a.m.

Baseball

College

Pacific-10 Conference

All Times PDT

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Conference Overall

W L W L

Oregon State 17 8 38 15

UCLA 17 8 32 21

Arizona State 16 9 38 15

Arizona 13 12 34 19

Stanford 13 12 31 20

California 13 12 31 19

USC 13 12 25 29

Oregon 9 16 31 26

Washington State 8 17 24 28

Washington 6 19 17 35

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Friday’s Games

Stanford 3, California 2

Arizona 9, Washington 0

USC 6, Washington State 2

UCLA 10, Arizona State 3

Oregon 4, Oregon State 1

Today’s Games

Stanford at California, 1 p.m.

Washington State at USC, 2 p.m.

Oregon State at Oregon, 2 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 6 p.m.

UCLA at Arizona State, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Washington State at USC, noon

Washington at Arizona, noon

UCLA at Arizona State, 12:30 p.m.

Oregon State at Oregon, 1 p.m.

Stanford at California, 1 p.m

Auto racing

IndyCar

Indianapolis 500 Lineup

Sunday

At Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis

Lap length: 2.5 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

All cars Dallara chassis, Honda engine

1. (77) Alex Tagliani, 2 minutes, 38.2613 seconds (227.472 mph).

2. (9) Scott Dixon, 2:38.3528 (227.340).

3. (2) Oriol Servia, 2:38.4727 (227.168).

4. (99) Townsend Bell, 2:38.6696 (226.887).

5. (12) Will Power, 2:38.7493 (226.773).

6. (98) Dan Wheldon, 2:38.9477 (226.171).

7. (44) Buddy Rice, 2:39.4431 (225.786).

8. (67) Ed Carpenter, 2:39.9137 (225.121).

9. (10) Dario Franchitti, 2:39.0253 (226.379).

10. (5) Takuma Sato, 2:39.4785 (225.736).

11. (14) Vitor Meira, 2:39.5814 (225.590).

12. (4) JR Hildebrand, 2:39.5895 (225.579).

13. (06) James Hinchcliffe, 2:39.5942 (225.572).

14. (30) Bertrand Baguette, 2:39.7973 (225.285).

15. (11) Davey Hamilton, 2:39.8223 (225.250).

16. (3) Helio Castroneves, 2:39.8464 (225.216).

17. (43) John Andretti, 2:40.0133 (224.981).

18. (59) EJ Viso, 2:40.1907 (224.732).

19. (22) Justin Wilson, 2:40.3488 (224.511).

20. (88) Jay Howard, 2:40.3685 (224.483).

21. (07) Tomas Scheckter, 2:40.4040 (224.433).

22. (82) Tony Kanaan, 2:40.4156 (224.417).

23. (78T) Simona de Silvestro, 2:40.4335 (224.392).

24. (23) Paul Tracy, 2:40.0433 (224.939).

25. (7) Danica Patrick, 2:40.0987 (224.861).

26. (6T) Ryan Briscoe, 2:40.2572 (224.639).

27. (26) Marco Andretti, 2:40.2648 (224.628).

28. (83) Charlie Kimball, 2:40.3574 (224.499).

29. (38) Graham Rahal, 2:40.4424 (224.380).

30. (19) Alex Lloyd, 2:40.7451 (223.957).

31. (36) Pippa Mann, 2:40.7600 (223.936).

32. (24) Ana Beatriz, 2:40.8012 (223.879).

33. (41) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 2:40.2203 (224.691)

Note: No. 41 car originally qualified 19th by Bruno Junqueira

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Activated OF Grady Sizemore from the 15-day DL.

DETROIT TIGERS—Traded 2B Scott Sizemore to Oakland for LHP David Purcey. Recalled 2B Danny Worth from Toledo (IL). Recalled LHP Andy Oliver from Toledo. Optioned RHP Ryan Perry to Toledo. TEXAS RANGERS—Recalled LHP Michael Kirkman from Round Rock (PCL). Sent RHP Brett Tomko outright to Round Rock.

National League

CINCINNATI REDS—Placed RHP Homer Bailey being placed on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Mike Leake from Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled INF-OF Eric Young Jr. from Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated INF Jose Lopez for assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Placed C Humberto Quintero on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of C Robinson Cancel from Oklahoma City (PCL).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Announced LHP Dan Merklinger cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Huntsville (Southern) and OF Brandon Boggs accepted his outright assignment to Nashville (PCL).

NEW YORK METS—Activated OF Angel Pagan from the 15-day DL. Called up RHP Dale Thayer from Buffalo (IL). Optioned OF Fernando Martinez to Buffalo. Designated LHP Pat Misch for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Placed INF Orlando Hudson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 26. Recalled INF Logan Forsythe from Tucson (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Placed LHP Tom Gorzelanny on the on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 24.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

MINNESOTA WILD—Signed LW Kris Foucault to a three-year contract.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS—Agreed to terms with G Anders Nilsson on a three-year contract.

SAN JOSE SHARKS—Signed F Freddie Hamilton.

WINTER SPORTS

U.S. BOBSLED AND SKELETON FEDERATION—Named Todd Hays coach of the U.S. women’s bobsled team.

COLLEGE

DRAKE—Named Mark Phelps and Brett Nelson men’s assistant basketball coach, and Jamelle McMillan coordinator of basketball operations.

LEHIGH—Named Ryan Krueger and Stephen Ott men’s assistant basketball coaches.

SOUTH CAROLINA—Named Cypheus Bunton men’s assistant basketball coach.

SOUTHERN CAL—Announced F Eric Wise will transfer from UC Irvine.

UNC GREENSBORO—Named Gayle Coats women’s assistant basketball coach and Craig Fink associate director of athletics for advancement.

WINGATE—Named Corey Iacofano men’s golf coach and Dr. Jerry Surratt director of golf.

Fis h count

Upstream daily movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead, and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Thursday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 443 502 71 18

The Dalles 218 470 5 1

John Day 522 1,070 6 2

McNary 1,221 991 10 9 1

Upstream year-to-date movement of adult chinook, jack chinook, steelhead, and wild steelhead at selected Columbia River dams last updated on Thursday.

Chnk Jchnk Stlhd Wstlhd

Bonneville 161,096 44,221 4,955 1,822

The Dalles 117,951 32,092 1,404 747

John Day 96,208 30,079 2,775 1,744

McNary 91,004 20,564 2,605 1,580

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