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SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016 7A Summit defeats Astoria Ford, 3-1 The 106th annual The Daily Astorian MONMOUTH — The Sum- mit Storm had only two hits and scored in just one inning, but it was enough for a 3-1 victory over Astoria Ford Saturday, in a consolation game of the Junior Baseball state tournament at Western Oregon University in Monmouth. Astoria stranded eight base runners in the season-ending loss, while the Storm had both hits and scored all three of its runs in the second inning, then let pitcher Hayden Love close it out. Love went the distance on the mound, allowing ive hits with three strikeouts and three walks, while Astoria’s Jackson Arnsdorf (one hit allowed, four strikeouts, four walks) took the loss in four innings of work. Tyler Lyngstad pitched the inal two innings, giving up one hit. The Fishermen posted their lone run in the fourth inning, a double by Jaysn Gohl that scored Samboy Tuimato, who SCOREBOARD BASEBALL Summit 3, Astoria Ford 1 Astoria 000 100 0—1 5 0 Summit 030 000 x—3 2 1 Arnsdorf, Lyngstad (5) and Gohl; Love and Howdy, Graziani (3). W: Love. L: Arnsdorf. RBI: Sum, Steelhammer, Scarburough. 2B: Ast, Lucore. HBP: Ast, Englund; Sum, Peterson. LOB: Astoria Ford 8, Summit 6. had two of Astoria’s ive hits. Summit scored three runs in the second inning on a ielder’s choice and a groundout by Drew Steelhammer. The state tournament ield of 16 teams included seven schools from the 6A level and eight 5A schools. Astoria was the only 4A school competing. Thurston 5, Astoria 4 MONMOUTH — Before Saturday’s loss to Summit, Astoria Ford lost a 5-4 nail-biter to Thurston Friday afternoon, in a quarterinal game of the Thurston 5, Astoria Ford 4 Astoria 002 020 0—4 2 2 Thurston 000 101 3—5 7 3 Englund, Hageman (7) and Gohl; Howard and Thoreson, Neer (4). W: Howard. L: Englund. RBI: Thu, Bulom 2, Steelmen 2, Francis. 2B: Ast, O’Brien. 3B: Thu, Bulom. HBP: Ast, Tuimato; Thu, Sargeant 2. LOB: Astoria Ford 8, Thurston 7. tournament. Thurston — Junior Baseball state champions in 2008 and 2010 — overcame a 4-2 deicit after six innings with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to score the victory. Astoria Ford, which had won Junior Baseball state titles in 2006, 2007 and 2009, had just two hits in the loss, both by lead- off batter Cade O’Brien. The rest of the Fishermen lineup was 0-for-20. Instead, Astoria took advan- tage of three Thurston errors, plus eight walks and a hit bat- ter by Thurston pitcher Alec Howard, who went the distance despite struggling. Ole Englund took the loss for the Fishermen, as he pitched six-and-a-third innings, with two strikeouts, two walks and six hits allowed. Trey Hageman came on in relief, and gave up one hit. Astoria scored the irst run in the third inning, when O’Brien singled and eventually scored on a passed ball. Englund walked and also scored on a passed ball later in the inning. The Fishermen tacked on two in the ifth, as O’Brien and Samboy Tuimato both scored on an error for a 4-1 lead. Trailing 4-2 to start the bot- tom of the seventh, Thurston’s Connor Morton reached on an error with one out and took second on a single by Carson Werder. Kobe Bulom followed with a two-run triple to center ield to tie the game. After a pitching change, Thurston’s Decker Stedman sin- gled to center, scoring Bulom with the game-winner. Coast Invitational begins play today The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — Match play begins today in the 106th annual Oregon Coast Invitational, follow- ing a weekend of qualifying at the Astoria Golf & Coun- try Club. Riley Elmes of the Oregon Golf Club won medalist honors Sat- urday in the Grand Champions Division. Elmes — who lost a tie- breaker to Anthony Arvid- son for medalist in last year’s qualifying round — shot a 67 to edge Harri- son Moir of Waverley, who carded a 68. Jay Ross in- ished with a 69. Returning champi- ons include Michael Healy (Seniors) and David Vistica (Super Seniors), while nine- time Women’s champion Lara Mack Tennant is not competing this year because of a shoulder injury. Other medalists from a weekend of qualifying included James Folk, who shot an even-par 72 for his second straight medalist title in the Junior/Seniors Division; and 67-year-old Jeff Leinassar shot a 67 to earn medalist honors for the Super Seniors. Qualifying scores for Women’s and Seniors divi- sions were not available. Match play starts today in the Grand Champions and Junior/Seniors divi- sions, and action continues every day through Saturday at the Astoria Golf & Coun- try Club. Grifey Jr., Piazza inducted into Hall of Fame By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Two players who began their careers at opposite ends of the spectrum nearly three decades ago ended up in the same place on Sunday — with their names etched on plaques at the Baseball Hall of Fame. For Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, the culmination of their long journeys was tinged with tears all around. “I stand up here humbled and overwhelmed,” Griffey said, staring out at his fam- ily and tens of thousands of fans. “I can’t describe how it feels.” The two became a piece of history on their special day. Griffey, the irst pick of the 1987 amateur draft, became the highest pick ever inducted. Piazza, a 62nd-round pick the next year —No. 1,390 — is the lowest pick to enter the Hall of Fame. Griffey played 22 big- league seasons with the Mar- iners, Reds and White Sox and was selected on a record 99.32 percent of ballots cast, an afirmation of sorts for his clean performance during baseball’s so-called Steroids Era. A 13-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove Award winner in center ield, Griffey hit 630 home runs, sixth all- time, and drove in 1,836 runs. He also was the American League MVP in 1997, drove in at least 100 runs in eight seasons, and won seven Silver Slugger Awards. Starting with Mariners Griffey, who fell just three votes shy of being the irst unanimous selection, hit 417 of his 630 homers and won all 10 of his Gold Gloves with the Seattle Mariners. He played the irst 11 seasons of his career with the Mariners and led them to the playoffs for the irst two times in fran- chise history. “Thirteen years with the Seattle Mariners, from the day I got drafted, Seattle, Wash- AP Photo/John Froschauer AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth Seattle Mariners’ Ken Griffey Jr. hits a solo home run on a pitch from Texas Rangers’ Tommy Hunter during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Oct. 3. National Baseball Hall of Fame electees Ken Griffey Jr., left, and Mike Piazza smile during an awards ceremony at Doubleday Field on Saturday, in Cooperstown, N.Y. The two were inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday. ‘I stand up here humbled and overwhelmed. I can’t describe how it feels.’ Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball Hall of Fame inductee ington, has been a big part of my life,” Griffey said, punc- tuating the end of his speech by putting a baseball cap on backward as he did through- out his career. “I’m going to leave you with one thing. In 22 years I learned that one team will treat you the best, and that’s your irst team. I’m damn proud to be a Seattle Mariner.” Dubbed “The Natural” for his effortless excellence at the plate and in center ield, Griffey avoided the Hall of Fame until his special week- end because he wanted his irst walk through the front doors of the stately build- ing on Main Street to be with his kids, whom he singled out one by one in his 20-minute speech. “There are two mis- conceptions about me — I didn’t work hard and every- thing I did I made look easy,” Griffey said. “Just because I made it look easy doesn’t mean that it was. You don’t become a Hall of Famer by not working, but working day in and day out.” Griffey’s mom, Birdie, and his father, former Cincin- nati Reds star Ken Sr., both cancer survivors and integral to his rise to stardom, were front and center in the irst row. “To my dad, who taught me how to play this game and to my mom, the stron- gest woman I know,” Junior said. “To have to be mom and dad, she was our biggest fan and our biggest critic. She’s the only woman I know that lives in one house and runs ive others.” Tough start Selected in the draft by the Dodgers after Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda, a close friend of Piazza’a father, Vince, put in a good word, Piazza struggled. He briely quit the game while in the minor leagues, returned and persevered despite a heavy workload as he switched from irst base to catcher and teammates criti- cized his erratic play. Mom and dad were fore- most on his mind, too. “Dad always dreamed of playing in the major leagues,” said Piazza, just the second Hall of Famer depicted on his plaque wearing a Mets cap, after Tom Seaver in 1992. “He could not follow that dream because of the realities of life. My father’s faith in me, often greater than my own, is the single most important fac- tor of me being inducted into this Hall of Fame. Thank you dad. We made it, dad. The race is over. Now it’s time to smell the roses.” Piazza played 16 years with the Dodgers, Marlins, Mets, Padres and Athlet- ics and hit 427 home runs, including a major league record 396 as a catcher. A 12-time All-Star, Piazza won 10 Silver Slugger Awards and inished in the top ive of his league’s MVP voting four times. Perhaps even more impres- sive, Piazza, a .308 career hit- ter, posted six seasons with at least 30 home runs, 100 RBIs and a .300 batting average (all other catchers in baseball his- tory combined have posted nine such seasons). Though the Dodgers gave AP Photo/Mike Groll Fans of inductee Ken Griffey Jr. stand at the start of the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sports Center on Sunday, in Cooperstown, N.Y. him his start, Piazza found a home in New York when he was traded to the Mets in May 1998. Three years later, he became a hero to the home- town fans with perhaps the most notable home run of his career. His two-run shot in the eighth inning at Shea Stadium lifted the Mets to a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves in the irst sporting event played in New York after the 9/11 terror attacks. Piazza paid tribute to that moment. “To witness the darkest evil of the human heart ... will be forever burned in my soul,” Piazza said. “But from trag- edy and sorrow came bravery, love, compassion, character and eventual healing. “Many of you give me praise for the two-run home run in the irst game back on Sept. 21st, but the true praise belongs to police, ireight- ers, irst responders that knew that they were going to die, but went forward anyway. I pray that we never forget their sacriice.” Attendance was estimated at around 50,000 by the Hall of Fame, tying 1999 for sec- ond-most all time. International Olympic Committee leaders stop short of complete ban on Russians from Rio By GRAHAM DUNBAR and STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer AP Photo/Matthias Schrader Doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova, who ran under a neutral flag during the European Athletics Champion- ships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where all athletes competed with a anti-doping slogan “I run clean” on their bibs. The IOC said Sunday, 800-meter Yulia Stepanova, who along with her husband provided evidence of wide- spread doping in Russian track and field, could not race in Rio because she once served a doping ban. LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Rejecting calls by anti-dop- ing oficials for a complete ban on Russia, Olympic lead- ers on Sunday gave individ- ual sports federations the task of deciding which athletes should be cleared to compete in next month’s Rio de Janeiro Games. Citing the need to protect the rights of individual ath- letes, the International Olympic Committee decided against tak- ing the unprecedented step of excluding Russia’s entire team over allegations of state-spon- sored doping. Instead, the IOC left it to 27 international sports federations to make the call on a case-by-case basis. “Every human being is enti- tled to individual justice,” IOC President Thomas Bach said after the ruling of his 15-mem- ber executive board. Bach said the IOC had decided instead on a set of “very tough criteria” that could dent Russia’s overall contingent and medal hopes in Rio, where the Olympics will open on Aug. 5. Under the measures, no Rus- sian athletes who have ever had a doping violation will be allowed into the games, whether or not they have served a sanc- tion, a rule that has not applied to athletes in other countries. In addition, the international sports federations were ordered to check each Russian athlete’s drug-testing record, with only doping controls conducted out- side Russia counting toward eli- gibility, before authorizing them to compete. Final entry is con- tingent on approval from an independent sports arbitrator. The IOC decision was sharply criticized by anti-dop- ing bodies as a sellout that undermines clean athletes and destroys the idea of a level play- ing ield. World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie said the organization is “disap- pointed that the IOC did not heed WADA’s executive com- mittee recommendations” after investigators “exposed, beyond a reasonable doubt, a state-run doping program in Russia that seriously undermines the princi- ples of clean sport.” Joseph de Pencier, chief executive of the 59-member Institute of National Anti-Dop- ing Organisations, said the IOC “failed to confront force- fully the indings of evidence of state-sponsored doping in Rus- sia corrupting the Russian sport system,” describing it as “a sad day for clean sport.” U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart said the “IOC has refused to take deci- sive leadership” in a most important moment for the integ- rity of the Olympic Games and clean athletes. “The decision regarding Russian participation and the confusing mess left in its wake is a signiicant blow to the rights of clean athletes,” Tygart said.
