gible for the pole on Sunday.Ed Carpenter's four-lap average of 230.661 mph was just ahead of Carolos Munoz for the top spot.Busch made two attempts at Indianapolis to crack the top nine. He briefly posted one of the fastest speeds on his second run and had a grip on contention for a front row spot in the No. 26 Suretone Honda for Andretti Autosport. Not for long. He lost his spot and was on his way to North Carolina to race in NASCAR's All-Star race.From his seat in a Cessna 750 Citation X, Busch scrolled through the rest of the qualifying times on his mobile phone. He had left IMS behind for a flight to Charlotte Motor Speedway and race in the $1 million Sprint All-Star Race.Busch was knocked out with 39 minutes left in qualifying when 2000 Indy winner Juan Pablo Montoya surpassed Busch's speed of 229.960. The top nine all topped 230.Busch could have bumped his way back into the fast nine had he not already left for NASCAR's All-Star race.On Memorial Day weekend, Busch will try to race in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600. Only John Andretti, Tony Stewart and Robby Gordon have attempted The Double, and no driver has tried since Gordon in 2004. Only Stewart has completed both races.''I can check 230 mph off the list,'' Busch said at CMS. ''It's a hair-raising experience to put a car on edge for four laps. I had three, what I felt were moments, in the car. If I had had a fourth, I might not be here right now. I'm glad that we went as fast as we did today to make the Final Nine was really exceeding expectations.''Busch made a short helicopter ride from the golf course outside IMS to an airport, then took a 51-minute, 372-mile flight to Concord. One more quick helicopter trip later and he was the track,Lebron 10 cork, ready to change into his Stewart-Haas Racing gear.He took a 20-minute nap on the plane.Busch has received support from drivers and fans in both series as he pursues one of racing's rarest feats.''Dale Junior has been tweeting about it. And I heard when I did do my qualifying run to get up as high as P3, Tony Stewart said congratulations,'' Busch said. ''That one hit me hard just with the Indiana feel of everything. It's near. Everybody has been curious about it. There are still a lot of anxious moments and the speed is probably the most fun part. ''Busch was scheduled to return Sunday morning to Indianapolis and try and qualify as high as 10th for the 500.
PHOENIX (AP) - Clayton Kershaw had been solid in two starts since returning from the disabled list.Advertisement Once the Arizona Diamondbacks started hitting the two-time Cy Young Award winner, he couldn't stop them.Kershaw allowed seven runs in the second inning in the second-shortest outing of his career, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers in a deep hole that led to an 18-7 loss to the Diamondbacks on Saturday night.''I just got hit hard tonight. I don't know why,'' Kershaw said. ''I left some balls up. They got hits. You can't really make excuses saying they found holes. They hit balls hard, they hit gaps. I just got hit hard tonight.''Hoping to shake out of an early season funk, the Diamondbacks announced before the game that they had hired Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa as their chief baseball officer.Once it started, Arizona showed off its offensive capabilities by beating up on Kershaw (2-1).The Dodgers came storming back with a five-run sixth to pull within 9-7, but Arizona kept hitting to set team records for runs, hits in a nine-inning game (21),Air Jordan 1 Black and Red, extra-base hits (13) and triples in an inning (3 in the second).Paul Goldschmidt was the catalyst, with two homers,Air Jordan 11 Black Red White, two doubles, a career-high six RBIs and a team-record five runs.Chris Owings finished a single shy of the cycle, Martin Prado had three RBIs and Chase Anderson (2-0) pitched into the sixth inning for Arizona. A.J. Pollock and Eric Chavez also homered, helping the Diamondbacks emphatically end a seven-game home losing streak to Los Angeles.''We hadn't really broken out this year and tonight we did,'' Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said. ''Anybody they threw at us, we were patient, got good pitche