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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Miethe delivers 24 kills in victory The Daily Astorian Soccer schedule change for Clatsop Clash The Daily Astorian Because of a schedule change, Tuesday’s Clatsop Clash soccer games will take place at two dif- ferent ields. Seaside vs. Astoria boys will kick off at 5 p.m. at Volunteer Field in Warrenton. Admission for the Endowment Game is $6 for adults, $4 for students. Only OSAA-approved passes will be allowed for free admission. The Seaside vs. Astoria girls soccer game is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start at CMH Field in Astoria. Admission is also $6 for adults, $4 for students. Fans attending the boys’ varsity game will not be charged admis- sion to the girls’ game, provided they show proof of payment. Junior varsity soccer games (Astoria vs. Seaside) will both take place in Seaside. JV girls start at 4:15 p.m. at Broadway Field, followed by the JV boys’ game (free admission). SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Soccer — Seaside at Astoria, 5 p.m. (at Volunteer Field, Warrenton). Girls Soccer — Seaside at Astoria, 7:30 p.m. (at CMH Field) WEDNESDAY Volleyball — Banks at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Tillamook at Seaside, 7 p.m. THURSDAY Football — Banks at Astoria, 7 p.m.; Perrydale JV at Jewell, 7 p.m. Volleyball — Knappa at Nestucca, 6 p.m. Boys Soccer — Gladstone at Sea- side, 6:30 p.m. FRIDAY Football — Tillamook at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Portland Christian at Warrenton, 7 p.m.; Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa, 7 p.m.; Ilwaco at Willapa Valley, 7 p.m. STANDINGS FOOTBALL Cowapa League League Overall Astoria 3-0 5-1 Scappoose 3-0 4-2 Banks 2-1 4-2 Valley Catholic 1-2 4-2 Seaside 0-3 2-4 Tillamook 0-3 0-6 Northwest League Knappa 2-0 3-3 Neah-Kah-Nie 1-0 2-3 Gaston 1-1 3-3 Vernonia 0-1 2-4 Nestucca 0-2 1-5 Pacific 2B Coastal Ilwaco 2-0 4-2 Willapa Valley 1-0 3-2 North Beach 1-1 3-3 Raymond 1-1 3-3 South Bend 0-1 2-3 Ocosta 0-2 2-3 Nationals take 2-1 lead By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES — Jayson Werth always wanted to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium when he played two seasons in the venerable ballpark. His latest attempt came close with a 450- foot blast into the upper reaches of the left-ield pavilion. Werth’s homer helped break open a one-run game in the ninth inning, moving the Washington Nationals within one victory of taking a postseason series for the irst time with an 8-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-ive NL playoff. Heck, he even tied Babe Ruth with his 15th career postseason homer, good for 11th all-time. “Ever since Dusty (Baker) moved me into the two-hole, I just felt like my job is to get on base for the animals behind me,” said Werth, whose three hits tied a postseason career high. Four relievers combined for 4 2/3 shutout innings, putting the Nationals in position to wrap up the NL Division Series on Tues- day at Dodger Stadium. “They work quick and they’re not afraid to go after anybody,” said third baseman Anthony Rendon. Landree Miethe CLATSKANIE — The War- renton volleyball team locked up a spot in the upcoming Lewis & Clark League playoffs, with a four-game victory at Clatskanie Monday. Warrenton bounced back from a loss in Game 1, and closed it out in quick fashion, 20-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-14. Warrior senior Landree Miethe pounded out 24 kills to lead Warrenton, which improves to 5-5 in league play, 8-8 overall. The Warriors are currently a half-game ahead of Catlin Gabel (4-5) in the standings, with one league match remaining for War- renton (next Monday at Rain- ier), while Catlin Gabel has two matches left, since the Eagles play in a different division of the Lewis & Clark League. Warrenton and Catlin Gabel will likely meet in a sixth-place vs. ifth-place league play- off match, date and time to be announced. Warrenton’s Michelle Arney was 22-of-25 serving with nine aces, while Sierra Lyons had 21 digs, Claire Bussert inished with 17 digs, and Miethe added 16 digs. Morgan Blodgett had three blocks. “We just kept feeding Landree for the attacks,” said Warrenton coach Jim Hackwith. “She really had a great night. We had a slow start in the irst game, but we slowly turned it around in Game 2, and just decided we were going to start playing volleyball.” Giants stay alive after 13 innings NATIONAL LEAGUE Panik’s walk-off double extends postseason series Chicago 2, San Francisco 1 Today: Cubs at Giants, 5:40 p.m. (FS1) Washington 2, Los Angeles 1 Today: Nationals at Dodgers, 2:05 p.m. (FS1) By JANIE MCCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Sure is hard to send these San Francisco Giants home in October. Joe Panik doubled off the right-center wall in the 13th inning to drive in Brandon Crawford, and the Giants outlasted the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Monday night in Game 3 to extend their NL Division Series. Boosted by Conor Gillaspie’s go-ahead triple in the eighth off Aroldis Chapman, the Giants rallied from a three-run deicit and won their 10th straight game when facing post- season elimination. San Francisco overcame Kris Bryant’s two-run homer off closer Sergio Romo that tied it 5-all in the ninth, and an early three-run shot by pitcher Jake Arrieta against Giants ace Madison Bumgarner. “Just because we’re down, we’re not out. If we’re breathing, we’re still ighting,” Panik said. The wild-card Giants forced Game 4 at their raucous ballpark, postponing a potential Cubs clinch party in the visitors’ clubhouse. Chicago leads the best-of-ive playoff 2-1 and will send John Lackey to the mound Tuesday night opposite lefty Matt Moore. “We played it hard, we played it right — and they beat us,” Cubs man- ager Joe Maddon said. Teammates piled on Panik in cel- ebration after he came through on the 57th pitch from Mike Montgomery, beginning his ifth inning of relief. Crawford hit a leadoff double on an 0-2 curve, bringing Panik to the plate. His big hit ended a 5-hour, 4-min- ute game that was only 29 minutes AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez San Francisco Giants’ Joe Panik, right, hits a double to score Brandon Crawford in front of Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross during the thir- teenth inning of Game 3 of baseball’s National League Division Series in San Francisco, Monday. The Giants won 6-5 in 13 innings. notforsale shy of the total time it took to play the irst two series games combined last week at Wrigley Field. “Somehow we always just ind a way with our backs up against the wall,” Panik said. “It’s always somebody.” Gillaspie hit a two-run triple in the eighth and Crawford added an RBI single to give the Giants a 5-3 lead. Rookie left-hander Ty Blach earned the win, escaping a 13th-in- ning jam when pinch-hitter David Ross bounced into a double play. “There’s a sense of calmness,” Panik said. “It’s like we’ve been there before.” Bryant’s tying drive hit the top of the left-ield fence and bounced into the seats, silencing the orange tow- el-swirling sellout crowd. The slug- ger received a warm hug of congratu- lations in the dugout from Chapman, who had just given up the lead. On a night when the early focus was the marquee pitching matchup between Bumgarner and Arrieta, the bullpens decided this one hours later. Arrieta’s three-run drive in the second held up most of the way. “The game had everything — pitch- ing, timely hitting on both sides. It was just a fun game to be involved with,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Arrieta’s shot ended Bumgar- ner’s postseason scoreless streak at 24 innings. The left-hander had also thrown 24 straight shutout innings with the Giants facing postseason elimination, a separate string that was snapped as well. Buster Posey hit an RBI single for the Giants in the third, and Brandon Belt had a sacriice ly in the ifth. Chapman relieved with two on in the eighth, trying for the second six- out save of his career, and Gillaspie tripled to deep right-center to put San Francisco ahead 4-3. Starting at third base for a banged-up Eduardo Nunez, Gillaspie also hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning for all the runs in Bumgar- ner’s wild-card win over the Mets last Wednesday in New York. In the bottom of the ninth, Albert Almora Jr. made a diving catch in deep right ield on Posey’s sinking liner and doubled up Belt at irst base for an inning-ending double play that kept the Cubs in it. The Giants won the World Series in 2010, ‘12 and ‘14, and still believe they can get by Chicago and do it again given their remarkable track record with the season at stake. “I just think it’s part of our DNA,” Belt said. “We never think we’re out of it.” No big hits left for Big Papi as Red Sox swept By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON — David Ortiz didn’t want it to end. With his team trailing the Cleve- land Indians by two runs in Game 3 of the AL Division Series, Boston’s big- gest star trotted to irst base after an eighth-inning walk Monday night and turned toward the Red Sox fans who had cheered him through so many memorable moments for 14 seasons. Raising his hands high above his head , he tried to clap the Fenway Park crowd into a frenzy one more time. It wasn’t to be. After providing so many huge hits for the franchise, winning three World Series championships and becoming a beloved igure in Boston, it was time for Big Papi’s story to end. That four-pitch walk turned out to be the inal plate appearance of his storied, 20-year major league career. He was soon replaced by a pinch run- ner and left to a standing ovation. But he could only watch from the dugout in a red pullover when Travis Shaw hit a game-ending lyout an inning later as the Red Sox were swept out of the playoffs with a 4-3 loss. After the inal out, the crowd of 39,530 — the largest at Fenway since at least World War II — chanted “We’re not leaving!” and “Thank you, Pa-pi!” for more than 10 min- utes, drawing Ortiz back onto the ield. The 40-year-old slugger strolled out to the mound to cheers and tipped his cap in all directions, tapping his heart and eventually wiping tears from his eyes as a year’s worth of emotions lowed through him. “I went through like three differ- AP Photo/Charles Krupa Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz blows a kiss from the mound at Fenway Park after Game 3 of baseball’s ALDS against the Cleveland Indians, Monday in Boston. The Indians won 4-3 to sweep the Red Sox in the series. Ortiz said he will retire at the end of the season. ent times where emotions popped. But they’re different,” Ortiz said. His initial thoughts were about the loss of his friend and Miami Marlins star Jose Fernandez, killed in a boat- ing accident last month. It wasn’t until later that Ortiz thought about his own career . “Tonight when I walked to the mound, I realized that it was over,” he said. “Even if things didn’t end up the way we were looking for, I believe that in baseball, especially in the baseball game that we play in today’s day, it’s a big step because it’s like going from bad to good, from day to night.” After a career that included a 2013 World Series MVP award and 10 All-Star appearances, Ortiz had two chances Monday to deliver another one of the clutch postseason hits he’s become so well known for. In the sixth inning against reliever Andrew Miller, the designated hitter came to the plate with one out and runners on second and third, but could only muster a sacriice ly to center ield that scored Dustin Pedroia and pulled Boston to 4-2. That was still the score in the eighth when Ortiz came up with two outs and Mookie Betts on irst base. Ortiz walked on four straight pitches before imploring the crowd to its feet. He inished his inal game 0 for 1 with two walks and an RBI. But he was just 1 for 9 in the series. “Obviously, I’m not happy that moment shows up,” Ortiz said. “I was cheering so bad. Once I got out of the game, I was screaming at my team to put me back in it. Make me wear this uniform one more day. Because I wasn’t ready to be over with the playoffs.” Reminders of Ortiz’s 14 seasons in Boston greeted him from the moment he arrived at the ballpark. The irst piece of nostalgia came in a “Thank You! 34” banner that hung over the players’ parking lot through- out the season. It features a caricature of him with both hands pointing to the sky as he gazes upward. During batting practice, about a dozen TV cameras lined up for Ortiz as he made his way through the clubhouse tunnel to the ield. They panned and then paused with him as he reached the top of the dugout and leaned for a moment against his bat while looking toward the Green Monster.
