Monday, April 15, 2019
The Observer
Eastern softball stays in playoff chase with three wins
❖✬✭✮✯✰✮✯ ✭❡✱✲✲
❙❂❁❀✷✹ ❃✳❇❇✾✻✻ ✳✷✹ ■❇✾❊❀✹❂✷❄❂
q❤P ✼❀✷❅✻❂✼ ✿✾ ✽✻✳✿❂ ✿❋✾ ❉✾❇❂
⑤✷ ❂❇❇✾❇ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✺❇✼✿ ✳✻✻✾❋❂✹
✳✷ ❂❇❇✾❇ ✻❂✹ ✿✾ ✿❋✾ ❇❈✷✼ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
❆✾❇ ✼❀❯✿❁ ✽✻✳❄❂ ❋❀✿❁ ✿❋✾ ❋❂❂●✼ ✿✾
❇❈✷✼ ✳✷✹ ❅❀❊❂ ♥✳✼✿❂❇✷ ✳ r❣❥ ❂✹❅❂❑
✇✽❂✷❄❂❇ ✿✾ ✼❄✾❇❂ ✿❁❂ ◗✾❈✷✿✳❀✷ -
✺❇✼✿❍ ✳✷✹ ♠✳✷✷✳❁ ❹✳✷✹✾❉❂✻❂✷
❂❂❇✼⑥ ✺❇✼✿ ❇❈✷❑
❁❀✿ ✳ ✿❋✾❣❇❈✷ ✹✾❈❙✻❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❂❄ -
The Eastern Oregon softball
team gained ground on the sixth
✳✷✹ ✺✷✳✻ ✼✽✾✿ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❃✳✼❄✳✹❂ ❃✾✻ -
✽✻✳❱❑
Friday
run in the seventh for Provi-
✻❂❅❀✳✿❂ ❃✾✷❆❂❇❂✷❄❂ ✿✾❈❇✷✳❉❂✷✿
❳❨❩ ❬❭ ❪❫❨❴❵❜❳❝❞❳ ❢
✹❂✷❄❂❍ ❙❈✿ ✿❁❂ ◗✾❈✷✿✳❀✷❂❂❇✼
❁✳✹ ✿❋✾ ❁❀✿✼ ❆✾❇ ♥①②❑ ⑤❉✳✷✹✳
❁❂✻✹ ✾✷❑
✇❉❀✿❁ ✽❀✿❄❁❂✹ ✿❁❇❂❂ ❀✷✷❀✷❅✼ ✾❆
♥✳✼✿❂❇✷❍ ❋❁❀❄❁ ❁✳✹ ⑨❈✼✿ ❆✾❈❇
❇❂✻❀❂❆ ✿✾ ✽❀❄● ❈✽ ✿❁❂ ❋❀✷❍ ✳✻✻✾❋ -
❁❀✿✼ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❂❄✾✷✹ ❅✳❉❂❍ ❅✾✿ ✾✷
✉✳❇✻❀❂ ✇✾❈✿❁❋✾❇✿❁ ❁❀✿ ✳ ❁✾❉❂
✇✽❂✷❄❂❇
✳✷✹
♠❂✷✻❂❱
❂✳❄❁
ond for a four-run advantage for
■❇✾❊❀✹❂✷❄❂❑
by taking three of four games
from the University of Provi-
✹❂✷❄❂ ✾❊❂❇ ✿❁❂ ❋❂❂●❂✷✹❍ ❀✷❄✻❈✹ -
❋❂❂●❂✷✹ ✼❂✿ ❋❀✿❁ ✳ ❄✾❉❂❣❆❇✾❉❣
❙❂❁❀✷✹ ❊❀❄✿✾❇❱❍ ✼❄✾❇❀✷❅ ✿❁❇❂❂
✾✷✹ ❀✷✷❀✷❅ ❋❁❂✷ q✳❱✷❂ ✇✽❂✷❄❂❇
❀✷❅ ✾✷❂ ❇❈✷ ✾✷ ✿❋✾ ❁❀✿✼ ❋❀✿❁ ✿❋✾
the board on Sarah Bonner’s
❀✷❅ ❋❀✷✷❀✷❅ ✿❋✾ ✾❆ ✿❁❇❂❂ ❃❃❃
times in the bottom of the sixth
❁❀✿ ✳✷ q❤P ✼❀✷❅✻❂❍ ❙❈✿ ❆❂✻✻ ❙❂❁❀✷✹
✼✿❇❀●❂✾❈✿✼❑
q❤P ✹✾❈❙✻❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❂❄✾✷✹ ❀✷✷❀✷❅❑
❅✳❉❂✼❍ ❀✷ ■✳✼❄✾❍ ❏✳✼❁❀✷❅✿✾✷❑
❀✷✷❀✷❅ ✿✾ ✿✳●❂ ✿❁❂ ✻❂✳✹ ❆✾❇ ❅✾✾✹❑
❥❣③ ❋❁❂✷ ✿❁❂ ⑤❇❅✾✼ ✼❄✾❇❂✹ ❆✾❈❇
❪❫❨❴❵❜❳❝❞❳ ⑦❭ ❳❨❩ ⑧
▼❁❂ ◗✾❈✷✿✳❀✷❂❂❇✼ ✾✽❂✷❂✹ ✿❁❂
▼❁❂ ❋❀✷✼❍ ❄✾❈✽✻❂✹ ❋❀✿❁ ❃✳❇ -
❤❇✳✷✹❀ ❤✾❋✻❀✷❅ ✿❀❂✹ ✿❁❂ ✼❄✾❇❂
♥①② ✿✾✾● ✳ ③❣④ ✻❂✳✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❂❄ -
✿❀❉❂✼ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❆✾❈❇✿❁❑
❇✾✻✻ ❃✾✻✻❂❅❂ ✼❈◆❂❇❀✷❅ ✳ ✼❋❂❂✽
✳✿ ❥❣❥ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❀❯✿❁ ❋❀✿❁ ✳ ✼✳❄❇❀ -
▼❋✾ ❂❇❇✾❇✼ ✻❂✹ ✿✾ ✿❋✾ ❉✾❇❂
✳❅✳❀✷✼✿ ❃✾✻✻❂❅❂ ✾❆ P✹✳❁✾❍ ✽❈✿✼
✺❄❂ ❧❱ ❙❂❆✾❇❂ ♠✳✻❂❱ ♥❙✷❂❇ ✳✷✹
♥①② ❇❈✷✼ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✺❆✿❁ ✿✾ ❁❂✻✽ ✿❁❂
✿❁❂ ◗✾❈✷✿✳❀✷❂❂❇✼ ✿❋✾ ❅✳❉❂✼
♣✾❇✹✳✷ ♠❂✷✻❂❱ ❁❀✿ ❙✳❄●❣✿✾❣❙✳❄●
◗✾❈✷✿✳❀✷❂❂❇✼ ✹❇✳❋ ❄✻✾✼❂❇❑
Smith surrendered four runs
▼❁❂ ⑤❇❅✾✼ ⑨❈❉✽❂✹ ✾❈✿ ✿✾ ✳
✾✷ ❆✾❈❇ ❁❀✿✼ ❀✷ ✿❋✾ ❀✷✷❀✷❅✼ ❆✾❇
⑩❈❀❄● ❶❣❷ ✻❂✳✹ ✿❁✳✿ ✿❁❂❱ ✷❂❊❂❇ ❇❂ -
✿❁❂ ✻✾✼✼ ❆✾❇ ♥①②❑ ♣❂✼✼❀❄✳ ❺✳❉ -
✻❀✷⑩❈❀✼❁❂✹ ❀✷ ❸❇❀✹✳❱⑥✼ ✷❀❅❁✿❄✳✽❑
❙❂❇✿❍ ❀✷ ❇❂✻❀❂❆❍ ●❂✽✿ ♥①② ❀✷ ✿❁❂
✇✾❈✿❁❋✾❇✿❁⑥✼ q❤P ✹✾❈❙✻❂ ✳✷✹
See Eastern / Page 7A
Tigers pummel
rival Bulldogs
❖✬✭✮✯✰✮✯ ✭❡✱✲✲
✿✾✷ ✳✷✹ ❤✾❋❂✷ ➅ ✼❄✾❇❂✹
▼❁❂ ❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼
softball team turned in a
❙❂✳✿✹✾❋✷ ✾❆ ❂✽❀❄ ✽❇✾✽✾❇ -
tions on rival Baker Fri-
✹✳❱❍ ✼❋❂❂✽❀✷❅ ✳ ✹✾❈❙✻❂ -
▼❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ✼❄✾❇❂✹ ❀✷
❂✳❄❁ ✾❆ ✿❁❂ ✺❊❂ ❀✷✷❀✷❅✼❍
✿✳●❀✷❅ ✳ r❣❷ ✻❂✳✹ ✿❁❇✾❈❅❁
✿❋✾ ❆❇✳❉❂✼ ❙❂❆✾❇❂ ✽✾✼✿ -
The onslaught featured a
ing nine runs in the third
to turn the game into a
✷✾❣❁❀✿✿❂❇ ❙❱ ⑤✻✻❀❂ ❤❇✾❄●
✻✳❈❅❁❂❇❑
✳✷✹ ✇✾✽❁❀❂ ❤❂✻✻ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
✇❂✳❊❂❇✿ ❙✾✿❁ ❁❀✿ ✿❋✾ ❇❈✷
✾✽❂✷❀✷❅ ❅✳❉❂❑
✼❀✷❅✻❂✼ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❆❇✳❉❂❍ ♠✳ -
❽❾ ❿❫❾❝❜❳ ➀⑧❭ ➁❾➂❳❫ ➃
❆❂❇ ✳✷✹ ❺❂❯❂❂ ❻✾❉❂✼ ❂✳❄❁
❁❂✳✹❂❇❍ ③④❣❷ ✳✷✹ ③❼❣❷❑
❏❀❅❅❀✷✼
✳✷✹
❤❇✾❄● ✼✿❇❈❄● ✾❈✿ ✺❊❂
✳✹✹❂✹ q❤P ✼❀✷❅✻❂✼❍ ✳✷✹
❤❈✻✻✹✾❅ ❙✳✿✿❂❇✼ ❀✷ ✿❋✾
❻✾✾✹❂❇❁✳❉ ❄✳✽✽❂✹ ✿❁❂
❀✷✷❀✷❅✼❍ ✳✷✹ ❤❂✻✻ ❆✳✷✷❂✹
❀✷✷❀✷❅ ❋❀✿❁ ✳ ✿❁❇❂❂❣❇❈✷
✿❋✾ ❉✾❇❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❇❂❂ ❆❇✳❉❂✼❍
✹✾❈❙✻❂❑
❋❁❀✻❂ ✿❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ✽❀✻❂✹ ❈✽
a solo home run in the
③④ ❁❀✿✼ ✿✾ ❇✾✻✻ ✽✳✼✿ ✿❁❂
❆✾❈❇✿❁❑
❁✳✽✻❂✼✼ ❤❈✻✻✹✾❅✼❑
❽❾ ❿❫❾❝❜❳ ➀➇❭ ➁❾➂❳❫ ➃
♣✳❱✹❂
❘ ✁✂✄☎ ✆ ✁☎✴✝✞✟ ✠✡☛✟☞✌✟☞
✿❁❇❂❂ ❇❈✷✼ ❂✳❄❁❑
❏❀❅❅❀✷✼
❋❂✷✿
▼❁❂
✇❂✳❊❂❇✿
✳✹✹❂✹
✷❀❅❁✿❄✳✽
❸❇❀✹✳❱
❶❣❆✾❇❣❥ ❋❀✿❁ ✺❊❂ q❤P✼❑
✼✳❋ ✿❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ✽✾✼✿ ③❼
♣✳❱❄❂ ✇❂✳❊❂❇✿ ✳✷✹ ✉❀✷➄❱
❁❀✿✼❍
▲✍ ✎✏✍✑✒✓ ✔✕✏✖✑✗✓✏✔s ✘✏✙✚ ✛✓✘✗s t✍❛✜✑ ❲✢✖✗✓s ✣✖✤❦ ❚✔✖✍✗✔✙✔ ✍✑✒ ✥✙✔✢ ♦✙✛✛✚✍✑s ✗✙✙❦ ✗✢✓ ✗✙✕ ✗✢✏✓✓ ✔✕✙✗✔ ✖✑ ✗✢✓ ✦✙✧✔
❤✾❋❂✷ ❂✳❄❁ ❁✳✹ ✿❁❇❂❂
✶✵✵ t✍✗✜✏✒✍✧ ✍✗ ✗✢✓ ▲✍ ✎✏✍✑✒✓ ★✑✈✖✗✍✗✖✙✑✍✛✩❚✢✓❚✖✐✓✏ ✦✙✧✔ ✪✙✑ ✶✶ ✓✈✓✑✗✔ ✗✙ ✓✍✔✖✛✧ ✪✖✑ ✗✢✓ ✗✓✍✚ ✗✖✗✛✓✩
❁❀✿✼❍ ❋❀✿❁ ✇❂✳❊❂❇✿ ✹❇❀❊ -
❁✾❉❂ ❇❈✷✼❍ ✳✼ ✿❁❂❱ ✺✷ -
❀✼❁❂✹ ✾◆ ✿❁❂ ❂✳✼❱ ✼❋❂❂✽❑
Tigers own the track
➏➐ ➑➒➓➔→➣ ➏➒➓➣
↔↕✮ ❖✬✭✮✯✰✮✯
❀✷❄✻❈✹❀✷❅
✿❁❇❂❂
ing in four runs and hit-
❤❂✻✻❍ ♠✳❆❂❇ ✳✷✹ ❻❇✳❄❂
✿❀✷❅ ✳ ❁✾❉❂ ❇❈✷❑ ✉✳❇✳
➈❂❂❇ ❂✳❄❁ ❋❂✷✿ ✹❂❂✽ ❆✾❇
❻✾✾✹❂❇❁✳❉ ✳✷✹ ♣✳❀✹❂✷
✿❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼❑ ♠✳❆❂❇ ❁❀✿ ✳
♠✳❆❂❇ ❙✾✿❁ ✳✹✹❂✹ ✿❁❇❂❂
✿❋✾❣❇❈✷ ✼❁✾✿ ✹❈❇❀✷❅ ✳✷
q❤P✼❍ ✳✷✹ ✿❁❇❂❂ ✽✻✳❱❂❇✼ ➅
❂❀❅❁✿❣❇❈✷
❻✾✾✹❂❇❁✳❉❍ ♣✳❄❀❂ ♠✾❋ -
❆✾❈❇✿❁❍
✳✷✹
See Softball / Page 7A
✳✷✹ ♣✾✼❁ ➋✾✻✻❉✳✷ ❀✷ ❼➡❶③❑❷❶
✳✷✹ ❤❂✷✷❂✿✿ ❏❂✻❄❁❍ ❏❂✼✿❀✷
forth by the members of the
❤✻✳●❂❍ ♥✻❀ ◗❄❺❂✳✷ ✳✷✹ ❃❇❀✼❀ -
✿✳✷ ◗❂✷✹✾➄✳ ❀✷ ❼➡❶❼❑④r➝❍
❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ❙✾❱✼ ✿❇✳❄●
❏❁❀✿❂ ➜③❼❑❥❥➝ ✳✷✹ ➋✾✻✻❉✳✷
▼❁❂ ✹✾❉❀✷✳✷✿ ❂◆✾❇✿ ✽❈✿
✳✷✹ ✺❂✻✹ ✿❂✳❉ ✹❀✹✷⑥✿ ✼❈❇✽❇❀✼❂
➜③❶❑❷❷➝ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ③❷❷❍ ✳✷✹
✿❁❂❀❇ ❄✾✳❄❁❑
❏❂✻❄❁ ➜❶➡④r❑❼➉➝ ✳✷✹ ◗❂✷ -
➙▼❁❂❱⑥❇❂ ⑨❈✼✿ ✿❁✳✿ ❁❀❅❁
EOU women
cruise in Nampa
❖✬✭✮✯✰✮✯ ✭❡✱✲✲
✹✾➄✳ ➜❶➡③❷❑➉❶➝ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ④❍❥❷❷❑
❀✷ ❶➡④➞❑➞③❑ ⑤✻✼✾ ❀✷ ✿❁❀❇✹
⑩❈✳✻❀✿❱ ✾❆ ✳ ✿❂✳❉❍➛ ♠❂✳✹
❏❂✻❄❁ ✳✻✼✾ ❁❂✳✹❂✹ ✳ ④❣❼❣❶
The Eastern Oregon
❃✾✳❄❁ ♣❈✻❀❂ ❤✾✹✺✼❁ ✼✳❀✹ ✳❆ -
✺✷❀✼❁ ❆✾❇ ❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
❋✾❉❂✷⑥✼ ✿❇✳❄● ✳✷✹ ✺❂✻✹
➜④➡❷❷❑➞➉➝❍
✿❂❇ ✿❁❂ ❺♠✇ ❙✾❱✼ ❇❂❄✾❇✹❂✹
➍❷❷❍ ❋❀✷✷❀✷❅ ❀✷ ③➡❷❥❑④❷ ❋❀✿❁
team turned in a solid
❂❇ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❷❷ ❁❈❇✹✻❂✼
④④ ❊❀❄✿✾❇❀❂✼ ✳✷✹ ③❥ ✿✾✽❣✿❁❇❂❂
❤✻✳●❂ ➜③➡❷r❑④④➝ ❆✾✻✻✾❋❀✷❅ ❀✷
✽❂❇❆✾❇❉✳✷❄❂
✺✷❀✼❁❂✼ ✿✾ ❇✾❈✿ ✿❁❂ ❄✾❉✽❂✿❀ -
✿❁❀❇✹ ✳✷✹ ◗❂✷✹✾➄✳ ➜③➡❷r❑➞➞➝
❋❀✷✼ ✳✷✹ ✳ ❙❂❊❱ ✾❆ ✿✾✽❣
➈❅✳❀✹✳ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❁❀❅❁ ⑨❈❉✽
✿❀✾✷ ✳✿ ✿❁❂ ❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ P✷❊❀✿✳ -
❀✷ ❆✾❈❇✿❁❑ ♥❙❂✻ ➜④➞❑❥r➝ ✳✷✹
❆✾❈❇ ✺✷❀✼❁❂✼ ✳✿ ✿❁❂ ➈➈②
➜❥❣❆❂❂✿❣③❣④➠❶➝❍
✿❀✾✷✳✻ ✇✳✿❈❇✹✳❱❑
❃✻✳❱ ➜④➞❑r③➝ ✿✾✾● ✺❇✼✿ ✳✷✹
P✷❊❀✿✳✿❀✾✷✳✻ ✇✳✿❈❇✹✳❱❑
❤❇✳✷❄❁ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✻✾✷❅ ⑨❈❉✽
✿❋✾
♥❉❀✻❱
➜④➡❷➍❑❷❶➝❍
■✳✻❉ -
✉✳✻❈✻❈✼✷✾
❹❀❄✿✾❇❀✳
Mountaineers
➜④➞❣❆❂❂✿❣➍❣❼➠❶➝❍ ♣✾✻✻❂❱ ❀✷
③❶❼❑❥ ✽✾❀✷✿✼❍ ❉✾❇❂ ✿❁✳✷ ✹✾❈ -
✹❀✹
➜❶❷❣❆❂❂✿❣④④❣
✽❀❄●❂✹ ❈✽ ❊❀❄✿✾❇❀❂✼ ❆❇✾❉
✿❁❂ ✿❇❀✽✻❂ ⑨❈❉✽ ➜❼❶❣❆❂❂✿❣
❙✻❂ ✿❁❂ ✽✾❀✷✿✼ ✾❆ ❇❈✷✷❂❇❣❈✽
④➠③➝ ✳✷✹ ➟✾❈✷❅❙✻✾✾✹ ➜❼➍❣
✿❁❂❀❇ ❶❯❶❷❷ ❇❂✻✳❱ ✿❂✳❉
❶❣❼➠❶➝❍ ➎✳✷❀❂✻✻❂ ❃❁❈❇❄❁
❤✳●❂❇ ➜➉❼ ✽✾❀✷✿✼➝❑
❆❂❂✿❣➞➝ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✿❇❀✽✻❂ ⑨❈❉✽❑
✾❆ ■✳❀❅❂ ➎✾✹✹❍ ◗❂❅✳✷
❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❁✾✿ ✽❈✿ ➜❼➉❣❆❂❂✿❣➉❣
➙❏❁❂✷ ❱✾❈ ✻✾✾● ✳✿ ✿❁❂
❏❁❀✿❂❍ ▼✼❀✳✿✼✾✼❍ ➋✾✻✻❉✳✷ ✳✷✹
❤✾✳✻✼❍ ♥✻❀➄✳❙❂✿❁ ♠❂❇❙❂✼
❼➠❶➝❍ ✳✷✹ ◗✳●✳❱✻✳ ⑤●❂❇✼
⑩❈✳✻❀✿❱ ✾❆ ✽❂❇❆✾❇❉✳✷❄❂ ✾❆ ✿❁❂
➟✾❈✷❅❙✻✾✾✹ ❋✾✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❯④❷❷
✳✷✹ ◗❀❄❁❂✻✻❂ ♠❂❇❙❂✼ ❀✷ ✳
❀✷ ✿❁❂ ⑨✳❊❂✻❀✷ ➜④③❶❣❆❂❂✿❣
❅❈❱✼ ✾❊❂❇✳✻✻❍ ✿❁❂❱ ✳❇❂ ❇❀❅❁✿
❇❂✻✳❱ ➜❶❶❑❷③➝❍ ❏❀❅❅❀✷✼ ✿✾✾●
✿❀❉❂ ✾❆ ❼➡❥➞❑rr❍ ✳✷✹ ◗✾❇ -
❶➝❍ ✳✷✹ ❀✷ ❆✾❈❇✿❁ ❋❂❇❂
❋❁❂❇❂ ❋❂ ❋✳✷✿ ✿❁❂❉ ➜✿✾ ❙❂➝❍➛
✿❁❂ ❁❀❅❁ ⑨❈❉✽ ➜➞❣❆❂❂✿❣❷➝ ✳✷✹
gan Reddington took the
✉❂✷✷❂✹❱ ❺✳●❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✽✾✻❂
❤✾✹✺✼❁ ✼✳❀✹❑
♣✳❄✾❙ ♠❈✷✿✼❉✳✷
✿✾✽ ✼✽✾✿ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✻✾✷❅ ⑨❈❉✽
❊✳❈✻✿ ➜➉❣❆❂❂✿❣➞❣④➠③➝ ✳✷✹
❋❀✿❁ ✳ ❉✳❇● ✾❆ ④r❣❆❂❂✿❣❶❣
✉✳❇❀✳✷✷❂ ➋✾✻✻❉✳✷ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
❼➠❶❑
⑨✳❊❂✻❀✷ ➜④③❼❣❆❂❂✿❣❶➝❑
▼❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ✺✷❀✼❁❂✹ ❋❀✿❁
▼❁❂
✽❂❇❆✾❇❉✳✷❄❂✼
❀✷ -
The
❋❀✿❁
❋❂❇❂ ❤✾✳✻✼ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❷❷
✿❁❀❇✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ④④❷ ❁❈❇✹✻❂✼❍ ✳✼
▼✼❀✳✿✼✾✼
❄✻✳❀❉❂✹
✿❁❂ ✽✾✻❂ ❊✳❈✻✿ ➜④❼❣❆❂❂✿❣❷➝❑
❙✾❱✼ ④❷❷ ❆❇✾❉ ✇✳⑨❈✷ ❏❁❀✿❂
❏❁❀✿❂ ✼✳❀✹ ✿❁❂ ✿❂✳❉ ❀✼ ❅❂✿ -
ting into a rhythm after hav-
❘ ✁✂✄☎ ✆ ✁☎✴✝✞✟ ✠✡☛✟☞✌✟☞
▼❁❂ ♠❂❇❙❂✼ ✼❀✼✿❂❇✼ ❙✾✿❁
▼❁❂ ❉❂✷⑥✼ ✿✾✽ ❂◆✾❇✿
➜④④❑❥r ✼❂❄✾✷✹✼➝❍ ➈❀❄● ▼✼❀✳✿ -
❀✷❅ ✿✾ ✹❂✳✻ ❋❀✿❁ ✿❁❂ ❀✷❄✻❂❉❂✷✿
▲✍ ✎✏✍✑✒✓➆✔ ✥✍✤✙✦ ✫✜✑✗✔✚✍✑ ✤✛✓✍✏✓✒ ✶✸ ✘✓✓✗ ✗✙ ✪✖✑ ✗✢✓
✳✹✹❂✹ ❀✷✹❀❊❀✹❈✳✻ ✼❂❄✾✷✹❣
❄✳❉❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✽✾✻❂ ❊✳❈✻✿❍
✼✾✼ ➜④④❑❥➍➝❍ ♣✾✼❁ ➋✾✻✻❉✳✷
❋❂✳✿❁❂❇ ✿❁✳✿ ❁✳✼ ❁✳❉✽❂❇❂✹
✦✙✧✔ ✕✙✛✓ ✈✍✜✛✗✩
✽✻✳❄❂ ✺✷❀✼❁❂✼ ➅ ♥✻❀➄✳ -
❋❀✿❁ ❃✾❇❂❱ ✇✻❂✹❅❂ ✿✳● -
➜④④❑➞③➝ ✳✷✹ ❺❈●❂ ❤✻✾✾✹❅✾✾✹
✿❁❂ ✷✾❇✿❁❂✳✼✿ ✽✾❇✿❀✾✷ ✾❆ ✿❁❂
❙❂✿❁ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ③❷❷ ➜③❥❑➞➞
❀✷❅
➜④④❑r➉➝ ✳✷✹ ✳ ④❣③❣❼ ✽❂❇❆✾❇ -
✼✿✳✿❂ ❉❈❄❁ ✾❆ ✿❁❂ ✼✽❇❀✷❅❑
✼❂❄✾✷✹✼➝
◗❀❄❁❂✻✻❂
❼➠❶➝❍ ✇✳❉ q✾✹✹❂❋❀❅ ❀✷
❄✻❈✹❂✹ ✳ ④❣③❣❼❣❶ ❂◆✾❇✿ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
✿❁❀❇✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✹❀✼❄❈✼ ➜④❷➉❣❆❂❂✿❣
❆❂❂✿❣➞➝ ✳✷✹ ❻❂✾❱ ❻❇❂❂✷✻❂❂
✳✷✹
✼❂❄✾✷✹
➜④➞❣❆❂❂✿❣❷❣
❉✳✷❄❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✻✾✷❅ ⑨❈❉✽ ❙❱
➙▼❁❀✼ ❉❂❂✿ ✼❁✾❋✼ ❋❂⑥❇❂
❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❷❷ ➜❥➍❑❼③➝❍ ✳✷✹
✿❁❀❇✹❍ ✳✷✹ ♣✾✷✳❁ ❃✾✳✿✼
❄✾❉❀✷❅ ❙✳❄●❑ ❏❂⑥❇❂ ❄✾❉❀✷❅
❥❣❼➠❶➝❍ ✳✷✹ ✉❇❂❈✿➄ ❋✳✼ ✼❂❄ -
✾✷✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❷❷ ➜❥❥❑❥❼➝❑ ♥❙❂✻
➜❥❶❑➍❥➝ ✳✼ ✽✳❇✿ ✾❆ ✳ ④❣❼❣❶
▼✼❀✳✿✼✾✼ ➜③④❣❆❂❂✿❣➞➝❍ ♠❈✷✿❂❇
✺✷❀✼❁ ❋❀✿❁ ❃✻✳❱ ❏❀✻❁❂✻❉
➟✾❈✷❅❙✻✾✾✹ ➜③❷❣❆❂❂✿❣➍❣❼➠❶➝
❆✾❇ ✿❁✳✿ ✼✿✳✿❂ ✿❀✿✻❂ ✳❅✳❀✷❍➛ ❁❂
✳✷✹ ❃✻✳❱ ❋❂✷✿ ❼❣❶ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❼❷❷
➜❥❥❑➞r➝ ✳✷✹ ✇❀❉✽✼✾✷ ➜❥❥❑➉➉➝❑
♥✻❀➄✳❙❂✿❁ ❇✳✷ ✾✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❂❄ -
✾✷✹❣✽✻✳❄❂ ❶❯④❷❷ ✿❂✳❉
❆✾❇ ❆✾❈❇✿❁❍ ❋❀✿❁ ✿❁❂ ✻✳✿✿❂❇
✳✷✹ ➋✳❄❁ ❏❀❅❅❀✷✼ ➜③❷❣❆❂❂✿❣
✼✳❀✹❑ ➙❏❂ ●❀✷✹ ✾❆ ✹✾❉❀✷✳✿❂✹
❁❈❇✹✻❂✼❍ ❙✾✿❁ ❀✷ ❶❶❑④④❑
➞➝❑ ⑤✷✹❍ ❀✷ ✿❁❇❂❂ ❂❊❂✷✿✼❍ ✿❁❂
✿✾✹✳❱❍ ❋❁❀❄❁ ❀✼ ❅✾✾✹❑➛
✳✷✹ ❺❈❄✳✼ ♠❀✹✳✻❅✾ ✿❱❀✷❅
▼❁❂ ❶❯❶❷❷ ❇❂✻✳❱ ✿❂✳❉ ✾❆ ❏❱ -
❋❀✿❁ ♠✳✻❂❱ ❏❁❀✿❂❍ ✉❀✷✷✳❁
✿❁❇❂❂ ✳✻✻ ❄✻❂✳❇❀✷❅ ④❶❣❆❂❂✿❣
▼❁❂ ♥✻❅❀✷ ♠❈✼●❀❂✼❍ ❋❁✾
✳✿✿ ♠✳✻✻❅✳❇✿❁❍ P✳✷ ✇❉❀✿❁❍ ❏❀✻ -
Rhodes and Payton Jolley
④❣④➠❶❑ ➎❂❊❀✷ ❺❂❋❀✼❣⑤✻✻❂✷
➜❶➉❑❼③➝❑
➜❶➍❑➍➞➝ ✳✷✹ ♣✾✼❁ ❏✳✻✻❀✷
✳
✽✻✳❄❂✹ ✿❁❀❇✹ ❋❀✿❁ ❥r ✽✾❀✷✿✼❍
❁❂✻❉ ✳✷✹ ✇❀❉✽✼✾✷ ❋✳✼ ✿❁❀❇✹
✿❁❂ ❶❯❶❷❷ ❇❂✻✳❱ ➜❃✳✻✻❈❉
✼❂❄✾✷✹❣✽✻✳❄❂ ✺✷❀✼❁ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
❄✾✻✻❂❄✿❂✹ ❋❀✷✼ ❆❇✾❉ ▼❇❀✼✿✳✷
❀✷ ❼➡❶❶❑❷④❍ ✳✷✹ ✿❁❂ ❶❯④❷❷
◗✳❅❅❀❂ ❺❂✹❙❂✿✿❂❇ ✳✻✼✾
➜❥❷❑④❷➝ ✿❈❇✷❂✹ ❀✷ ✳ ③❣❼
♥❙❂✻❍ ▼❑♣❑ ❃✻✳❱❍ ①❋❂✷ ✉❇❂❈✿➄
⑨✳❊❂✻❀✷ ➜④❼r❣❆❂❂✿❣❼❣④➠③➝ ✳✷✹
✇❀❉✽✼✾✷ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ⑨✳❊❂✻❀✷ ➜④❥④❣
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had a big individual day
❆✾❇ ♥✳✼✿❂❇✷❍ ✿✳●❀✷❅ ✼❂❄ -
✺✷❀✼❁ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❷❷❑ ➎✳❋ -
✼✾✷ ✉❂✷✷✾✷ ➜④➉❷❣❆❂❂✿❣❼➝
✾✷✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❁✾✿ ✽❈✿ ➜❶④❣
and Jakob Sandhagen
▼❀❅❂❇✼ ✿✾✾● ✿❁❂ ✿✾✽ ✿❋✾ ✼✽✾✿✼➡
✉❂❀✿❁
①✼❋✳✻✹
✳✹✹❂✹
La Grande earns key road sweep of Baker
❖✬✭✮✯✰✮✯ ✭❡✱✲✲
❆❂❂✿❣④➝ ✳✷✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✹❀✼❄❈✼
➜④➍➍❣❆❂❂✿❣④❷➝ ❋❂✷✿ ❼❣❶ ❀✷
➜④❼❼❣❆❂❂✿❣r➝ ✳✷✹ ✳✹✹❀✷❅
✿❁❂ ⑨✳❊❂✻❀✷❑ ⑤✻✼✾ ❀✷ ✿❁❀❇✹
✳ ❆✾❈❇✿❁❣✽✻✳❄❂ ❂◆✾❇✿ ❀✷
❋❂❇❂ ❤❇✳✷✹❂✷ ■❁✳✷❉✳❁✳
❸❇❂✹❂❇❀❄● q❤P ✹✾❈❙✻❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✺❆✿❁
q✾❙❀✷✼✾✷❍ ✉❀✷❄✳✹❂ ✳✷✹ q❀✻❂❱ ❃✾✾ -
✿❁❂ ❁✳❉❉❂❇ ✿❁❇✾❋ ➜④❼❥❣
❀✷ ✿❁❂ ④❷❷ ➜④④❑❼❶➝ ✳✷✹
▼❁❂ ❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ❙✳✼❂❙✳✻✻
❂❊❂✷❂✹ ✿❁❂ ✼❄✾❇❂ ✳✿ ③❣③❍ ✳✷✹ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
✽❂❇ ❂✳❄❁ ✹❇✾❊❂ ❀✷ ✿❋✾ ❇❈✷✼ ❆✾❇ ❺✳
❆❂❂✿❣❶➝❑ ➎✾✹✹❍ ❀✷ ✳✹✹❀✿❀✾✷
❃❁✳✼❂ ❹✳✷ ❏❱❄● ❀✷ ✿❁❂
✼❁✾✿ ✽❈✿ ➜❶r❣❆❂❂✿❣❶❣④➠❶➝❍
team earned a key doubleheader
✼❀❯✿❁ ❤❇✾✹❱ ✉❀✷❄✳✹❂⑥✼ q❤P ✼❀✷❅✻❂
❻❇✳✷✹❂❑ q✾❙❀✷✼✾✷⑥✼ ✿❋✾❣❇❈✷ ✼❀✷❅✻❂ ❀✷
✿✾ ❙❂❀✷❅ ✾✷ ✿❁❂ ❋❀✷✷❀✷❅
✼❋❂❂✽ ✾❆ ❇❀❊✳✻ ❤✳●❂❇ ✾✷ ✿❁❂ ❇✾✳✹ ❀✷
✳✷✹ q❀✻❂❱ ◗❀✻✻❂❇⑥✼ q❤P ✹✾❈❙✻❂ ❅✳❊❂
✿❁❂ ✼❂❄✾✷✹ ❅✳❊❂ ❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ ✿❁❂ ✻❂✳✹
❶❯❶❷❷ ✿❂✳❉❍ ❋✳✼ ✼❂❄✾✷✹
✳✷✹ ❀✷ ❆✾❈❇✿❁ ❋✳✼ ✿❁❂
❻❇❂✳✿❂❇ ①❇❂❅✾✷ ❺❂✳❅❈❂ ✽✻✳❱ ❸❇❀✹✳❱❍
✿❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼ ✿❁❂ ✻❂✳✹ ❆✾❇ ❅✾✾✹❑
❆✾❇ ❅✾✾✹ ✳✿ ❼❣④❑ ✉❀✷❄✳✹❂ ❁❀✿ ✳✷ ❂✳❇✻❱
❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❁❀❅❁ ⑨❈❉✽ ➜❥❣❆❂❂✿❣
❶❯❶❷❷ ❇❂✻✳❱ ✿❂✳❉ ✾❆ ✉✾❙❂
❋❀✷✷❀✷❅ ❶❣③ ✳✷✹ ➉❣❶ ✿✾ ❉✾❊❂ ❀✷✿✾
➋✳❉✾❇✳❍ ❋❁✾ ✳✻✾✷❅ ❋❀✿❁ ❸❇❂✹❂❇❀❄●
q❤P ✼❀✷❅✻❂ ✳✷✹ ❋✳✼ ❁❀✿ ❙❱ ✳ ✽❀✿❄❁ ✹❈❇ -
❶❣④➠❶➝ ✳✷✹ ❆✾❈❇✿❁ ❀✷ ✿❁❂
❃❇❈❉✽❍ ➈❀❄❁✾✻✳✼ ❻❇❀➢✷❍
✳ ✿❀❂ ❆✾❇ ✺❇✼✿ ✽✻✳❄❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❻①❺ ✳✷✹
❁✳✹ ✿❋✾ ❁❀✿✼❍ ✳✻✼✾ ✽❀✿❄❁❂✹ ✼❀❯ ❀✷✷❀✷❅✼
❀✷❅ ✿❁❂ ✹❂❄❀✼❀❊❂ ✼❀❯✿❁❍ ✳✷✹ ❃✾✾✽❂❇ ❁❀✿
④❷❷ ❁❈❇✹✻❂✼ ➜④❥❑❶❼➝❍ ✳✷✹
♣❂◆ ■✳✿✿❂❇✼✾✷ ✳✷✹ ♠❈✷✿ -
❁✳✷✹ ✿❁❂ ❤❈✻✻✹✾❅✼ ✿❁❂❀❇ ✺❇✼✿ ✳✷✹ ✼❂❄ -
❆✾❇ ✿❁❂ ❋❀✷❍ ✳✻✻✾❋❀✷❅ ✿❋✾ ❇❈✷✼ ✾✷ ✼❀❯
✳ ✿❋✾❣❇❈✷ ✹✾❈❙✻❂ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❀❯✿❁ ✿❁✳✿
❏❁❀✿❂ ✳✹✹❂✹ ✳ ✼❂❄✾✷✹❣
❂❇ ✇❄❁❀❂✼✼ ➜❼➡❼❼❑❷❥➝ ✳✷✹
✾✷✹ ✻✾✼✼❂✼ ✾❆ ✿❁❂ ✼❂✳✼✾✷❑
❁❀✿✼ ❋❀✿❁ ✳ ❋✳✻● ✳✷✹ ✺❊❂ ✼✿❇❀●❂✾❈✿✼❑
❅✳❊❂ ❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂ ✳✷ ➍❣③ ✻❂✳✹❑ ❸❇❂✹❂❇ -
✽✻✳❄❂ ✺✷❀✼❁ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ❶❷❷
Patterson individually in
■✳❇●❂❇ q✾❙❀✷✼✾✷ ❋✾❇●❂✹ ✾❈✿ ✾❆ ✳
❀❄● ✳✹✹❂✹ ✳✷ q❤P ✼❀✷❅✻❂ ❆✾❇ ✿❁❂ ▼❀❅❂❇✼❑
❁❈❇✹✻❂✼ ➜④➡❷➞❑④➍➝❑
✿❁❂ ❶❷❷ ❁❈❇✹✻❂✼ ➜❥➞❑r➍➝❑
❽❾ ❿❫❾❝❜❳ ➊❭ ➁❾➂❳❫ ➀
The Tigers strung together a late
❇✳✻✻❱ ✿✾ ❄✾❉❂ ❙✳❄● ❆❇✾❉ ✳ ③❣❷ ✹❂✺❄❀✿
✳✷✹ ✿✳●❂ ✿❁❂ ✾✽❂✷❀✷❅ ❅✳❉❂❑
⑤ ✼✾✻✾ ❁✾❉❂ ❇❈✷ ❙❱ P✼✳✳❄ ➋✳❉✾❇✳
in the fourth inning and a Justin
⑨✳❉ ❀✷ ✿❁❂ ✼❂❊❂✷✿❁ ❆✾❇ ✿❁❂ ✼✳❊❂❑
⑤ ✼❂❄✾✷✹ ❶❯❶❷❷ ❇❂✻✳❱
❈✽ ✿❋✾ ❇❈✷✼ ✾✷ ❆✾❈❇ ❁❀✿✼ ❀✷ ✺❊❂ ❀✷ -
✿❂✳❉ ➅ ✉❂✷✹❇✳ ❤✻✳●❂❍
❂❇✷ ❀✼ ✿❁❂ ❃❃❃ ◗❈✻✿❀❣
The Tigers never trailed and dis-
✷❀✷❅✼ ❋❀✿❁ ✿❋✾ ❋✳✻●✼ ✳✷✹ ✷❀✷❂ ✼✿❇❀●❂ -
✉✳❀✿✻❱✷
♥❊❂✷✿✼
✿✳✷❄❂✹ ✿❁❂❉✼❂✻❊❂✼ ❋❀✿❁ ✳ ✺❊❂❣❇❈✷
✾❈✿✼❑ ➎❈❇❀✷❅ ✿❁✳✿ ✼✿❇❂✿❄❁❍ q✾❙❀✷✼✾✷
♣✾ ❻❂❙❁✳❇✹✿ ✳✷✹ ❸✳❀✿❁
Thursday and Friday in
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♠✾❉❂❇ ➅ ✽✻✳❄❂✹ ✿❁❀❇✹
❺✳ ❻❇✳✷✹❂❑
❽❾ ❿❫❾❝❜❳ ➌❭ ➁❾➂❳❫ ➊
✼❀❯✿❁ ❀✷✷❀✷❅ ✿✾ ❄✾❉✽✻❂✿❂ ✿❁❂ ✼❋❂❂✽❑
❤❈❇❅❂✼✼❍
✉✳✿❀❂
②✽
✷❂❯✿
❆✾❇
♥✳✼✿ -
q✾❙❀✷✼✾✷ ❄✾✻✻❂❄✿❂✹ ✿❁❂ ❋❀✷❍ ❅❀❊❀✷❅
❃❁✳❉✽❀✾✷✼❁❀✽✼