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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS MLB Walker roughed up, leaves with discomfort Astros hit three home runs to beat M’s Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Tai- juan Walker, right, looks away as Houston Astros’ A.J. Reed, left, rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tues- day, July 5, 2016, in Houston. By KRISTIE RIEKEN Associated Press HOUSTON — Luis Valbuena hit a solo homer and Colby Rasmus and rookie A.J. Reed added two-run shots in the fourth inning to back up a solid start by Dallas Keuchel and give the Houston Seattle Astros a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Mari- ners on Tuesday night. Keuchel (6-9), last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner who has Houston struggled this season, allowed fi ve hits and two runs in six innings for his season-high third straight win. Will Harris, who was named to his fi rst All-Star team on Tuesday, pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save. The Astros trailed by one in the fourth inning when Rasmus launched his homer off Taijuan Walker (4-7) to the bullpen in right-center fi eld to make it 3-2. Valbuena drew a walk before, with two outs and two strikes, Reed hit his second career homer to left-center to extend it to 5-2. Walker yielded fi ve hits and fi ve runs before leaving after four innings with discomfort in his right foot. It’s his third start that has been shortened because of this problem. He left early on June 14 and June 19 because of his foot. 2 5 AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve, bot- tom, steals second past Seattle Mariners shortstop Ketel Marte in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday in Houston. Nelson Cruz homered for the Mari- ners, who dropped their second straight to Houston. The three home runs Walker allowed tied a career-high and all were by left- handers. He’s been plagued by homers by lefties this season and 13 of the 18 homers he has allowed have been to them. Dae-Ho Lee singled with one out in the second before a double by Kyle Seager. The Mariners took a 1-0 lead on an RBI groundout by Chris Iannetta. Valbuena’s homer, which landed in the second deck in right fi eld, came with two outs in the bottom of the inning to tie it at 1-all. Cruz’s 22nd home run gave Seattle a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning. PENDLETON Rodeo Hanchey sets holiday record Bucks honor their roots Temple family in 2016 Hall of Fame class Louisiana roper earns top dollar during Cowboy Christmas East Oregonian PRCA Media COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Cowboy Christmas run, which went from June 28 through July 4, included 28 rodeos with a total purse of $3,402,557 up for grabs. As cowboys drove many miles and got little sleep, they were all hoping for a big piece of the fi nancial pie. Tie-down roper Shane Hanchey won the most of any competitor, collecting a total of $32,293. That amount was a new single-event timed-event EO fi le photo by E.J. Harris In this Aug. 15, 2015 fi le photo, Shane Hanchey of Sulphur, La., competes in tie-down roping at the Farm-City Pro Ro- deo in Hermiston. Cowboy Christmas record, surpassing the $30,105 by fellow tie-down roper Blair Burk in 2000. The 2013 PRCA world champion moved from 36th to fi fth in the world standings. “This is by far the best I’ve felt since I won my See RODEO/2B PENDLETON Diamondjaxx continue hot streak Sandford’s 3 hits lift team to victory East Oregonian The Pepsi Diamondjaxx won for the fourth time in the past fi ve games with a 10-6 victory over Perth Heat on Tuesday afternoon. Blake Been toed the rubber to start the game for the Diamondjaxx and pitched well enough to earn the victory with four solid innings allowing four hits and four runs — though just two of those runs were earned. The Diamondjaxx scored the fi rst run of the game in the bottom of the fi rst inning when Been scored on a steal of home for the 1-0 lead. After Perth Heat scored a pair of runs in the second inning, the Diamond- jaxx did not wait long to answer the scoring run. Blake Davis singled to start off the second inning and two batters later he would score on an RBI single by Shawn Yeager to tie the game at 2-2. Then after back-to-back outs, the Diamondjaxx played add-on with a two-RBI double to center by Cameron Standford to go up 4-2. Sandford also scored later in the inning on a balk by the opposing pitcher to give the Diamondjaxx the 5-2 lead after two full innings. The Diamondjaxx would score fi ve more times between the fi fth and sixth innings, and withstood an attempted late-in- ning rally by Perth Heat to hang on for the victory. Sandford was the Diamond- jaxx’s top hitter in the game going 3-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs, while Gabe Umbarger and Chris Large each scored two runs apiece. PENDLETON — Since its inaugural fi ve-man class in the 2004, the Buck- aroo Football Hall of Fame has inducted 77 individuals. One name appears on the list more than any other — Temple. With fi ve members already enshrined, the Temple clan’s impact on Buckaroo football is plain to see. Tim Temple was the fi rst to enter the Hall of Fame with the second class in 2005. Mark Temple followed in 2008, then Kelly Temple (2010), Holman Mike Temple (2011) and Mark Temple (2014). On Friday, the Hall will widen its doors to welcome all Temples, inducting the entire bloodline along with six more individuals and the 1965-66 Christensen team at the Hall of Fame Recep- tion at Pendleton Convention Center. Mike Holman, Jay Brunner, Jim Christensen, Kelly Dietz, Toby Moore and Ron Schuening complete the 2016 class. Moore The Temples are the second family to earn induction — the Thorne family was enshrined in 2013. The Temples were there at the very beginning, and Earnest Temple suited up for Pendle- ton’s fi rst team in 1899. He started a run of decorated linemen that included Lee Temple (1918-20) and David Temple (1922-24) before Mark (1927-30) became the young program’s all-time rusher. Mack Temple (1951-53) ushered in the next generation, along with linemen Joe Temple (1952-54) and Bob Temple (1954-55). The ’60s brought all-staters Tim Temple (1961-62) and Mike Temple (1962-64), and the ’70s produced Greg Temple (1971-73) and all-stater Kelly Temple (1973-75). Mark Temple and Patrick Temple came through in the ’80s as the most recent to play. The 1965-66 team is the 11th squad to gain Brunner enshrinement and the fourth from its decade. The Buckaroos fi nished the season 10-1 with a 20-0 loss to Reynolds in the state semifi nals in front of 5,000 fans at Round-Up Stadium. The team produced one Dietz fi rst-team all-state selection (Danny Svetich) and two Shriner’s All-Stars (Svetich, Jerry Whitaker). Holman played for some of Pendleton’s best teams in 1972-74 and ranks in the Schuening program’s all-time top 10 with 1,691 yards rushing and 170 points. Brunner was a three-year letterman See HALL OF FAME/2B Sports shorts Kittel wins sprint to Lomiges LIMOGES, France (AP) Hit by a virus, denied a place on the Tour de France and then parting company with his team, not much went right last season for German sprinter Marcel Kittel. FACES Now he’s back with a vengeance. Kittel claimed his ninth stage win at cycling’s biggest race in a mass sprint on Tuesday, as the fourth leg of the Tour took the peloton from the medieval town of Saumur to Limoges in central Kittel France. “For me the victory means a lot, because I know how hard my way back to this moment was,” said Kittel, who was fi ghting back the tears at the podium ceremony. Kittel, who wore the race leader’s yellow jersey in 2013 and 2014, joined the Etixx Quick Step team from Giant-Alpecin for this season. “There’s only so much that’s in your control. You’ve got a city with a mountain in the middle, and you’ve got to go around it.“ — Aretha Thurmond Director of international teams for USA Track & Field speaking Tuesday about the logistical diffi culties track and fi eld athletes expect to face at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Unlike at past games where athletes are housed near where they practice and compete, It’s expected to be a 45-to-60-minute drive from the athletes’ village to both the stadium and the training center. Five Chicago Cubs elected to start in All-Star Game NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs became the fi rst team since the 1976 Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine to have fi ve players voted as All-Star Game starters when their entire infi eld earned the honor Tuesday along with centerfi elder Dexter Fowler. First baseman Anthony Rizzo, second baseman Ben Zobrist, shortstop Addison Russell and third baseman Kris Bryant also were elected. The only other team to start four infi elders was the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. The July 12 game at San Diego’s Petco Park will feature 11 fi rst-time starters, the most since 2005. In a sign of the sport’s generational change, 12 of the 17 elected starters are 26 or younger. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1933 — The fi rst major league All-Star game is played at Comiskey Park, Chicago. The American League tops the National League 4-2 on Babe Ruth’s two-run homer. 1997 — Pete Sampras wins the fourth Wimbledon title and 10th Grand Slam title of his career, easily defeating Frenchmen Cedric Pioline 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. 2013 — Jimmie Johnson becomes the fi rst driver in 31 years to sweep Daytona International Speedway. The Daytona 500 winner is the fi rst driver since Bobby Allison in 1982, and the fi fth overall, to win both Daytona races. 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