Australias golf aces need to conjure a miracle to contend for British Open glory despite Jason Days second-round heroics at Royal Troon.Day defied savage conditions to fire a brilliant one-under-par 70 - the only red number of the afternoon - to keep his hopes flickering.But the world No.1 will enter moving day a distant 11 shots behind halfway leader Phil Mickelson, with Australias closest challengers Adam Scott and Matt Jones both 10 adrift of the American.Day, though, isnt giving up the ghost after rediscovering his swing - and mojo - when a menacing squall that swept the Scottish links course threatened to wipe him out of the Open.We totally expected to have conditions that were going to be difficult, but not to the point where it was blowing 30 to 40 miles an hour with winds and rain coming in sideways, Day said.I think I went through four gloves during that little time span, and it was coming down pretty heavy on me.My weather gear is totally soaked now and Ive got to somehow dry it out before tomorrow.Day held firm in the worst of the weather after four birdies in five holes on the front nine revived his flagging fortunes.Obviously Ive got to go into the next couple days with a positive attitude regardless how the weather is, because its going to be hard on everyone, Day said.Its going to be hard to win a major tournament. Mickelson has been playing some tremendous golf over the last two days, but you just never know whats going to happen in major tournaments.Ive just got to keep trying to push forward and trying to get myself back into contention somehow.Scott was the only Australian to land on the right side of the Open draw, but failed to take advantage in a disappointing second-round 73, the same score as Jones shot playing in the worst of it late afternoon.Leishman carded a classy 69 after teeing off just before midday to be one over for the championship along with Greg Chalmers (71).Scott Hend (73) got it to four under at one point on Friday before finishing at two over after being caught up in what Day described as the worst storm hed ever encountered on a golf course.It felt like the rain was coming up underneath the umbrella, Day said.That was pretty atrocious.Marcus Fraser and Rod Pampling - who bogeyed the last - were both devastated to miss the four-over cut by a shot after each notching second-round 75s.Nathan Holman was also left shattered after the infamous Postage Stamp par-3 eighth killed his chance of making the half-way cut on his major debut.Holman, 25, racked up a triple bogey and, despite gallantly making birdie on the last in darkness, fell two shots short of a weekend tee time.Nick Cullen, at eight over, and Steve Bowditch, at 15 over, also crashed out. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Outfielder Michael Conforto is returning to the New York Mets after a 16-game stint with Triple-A Las Vegas.The Mets announced that Conforto will rejoin the club at Wrigley Field for Mondays series opener against the Chicago Cubs.Rookie Brandon Nimmo was demoted to the Pacific Coast League after Sundays 5-0 rubber-game win against the Philadelphia Phillies.Nimmo hit .235 (12-for-51) with one homer and four RBIs.Conforto had been in an 8-for-75 rut when he was demoted to Las Vegas on June 25. He hit .344 (21-for-61) with three homers and 15 RBIs during his three-week stint in the minors.Conforto also was exposed to right field while playing with Las Vegas, making four starts at the position. That is noteworthy because Yoenis Cespedes acknowledged Sunday that he would prefer to exclusively play left field and not see time in center field for the remainder of the season.Conforto previously has only played left field with the Mets, so Cespedes preference should have the ripple effect oof forcing Conforto to man the other corner spot for some playing time.ddddddddddddimmo hopes to primarily play center field, just dabbling at the corner outfield spots, with Las Vegas.I know I have a lot to work on, and I can still do that in Triple-A, Nimmo said after learning of the demotion. I think right now they feel like Conforto can really help out the team. I think that he can, too. I hope that hes healthy and good to go and can help this team and spur them on to a nice winning streak.Nimmo added that his first big league experience taught him that he can succeed in the majors.I think its given me some confidence, Nimmo said. It also helped me realize a dream, and obviously take some stress and pressure off. Coming up here and getting a feel for how it is has let me know that its the same game, just at a little more consistent pace, but one that I can play at. ' ' '