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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018
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SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Expansion
Vegas Golden
Knights advance
to Stanley Cup
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The
Vegas Golden Knights are going
to the Stanley Cup Final — with a
chip on their shoulder.
“Everybody on this team
has something to prove,” Ryan
Reaves said. “We call ourselves
‘The Golden Misfits’ for a reason.
We’re doing a good job of prov-
ing everybody wrong.”
Reaves scored the winning
goal, Marc-Andre Fleury made
31 saves and the Golden Knights
beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on
Sunday to wrap up the Western
Conference final in five games.
“It’s insane,” said defenseman
Deryk Engelland, who grabbed
the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl
after the final buzzer to celebrate
with his teammates. “Your goal is
always to make the playoffs. But
if I were to guess I would be sit-
ting here doing this right now, you
would be a little skeptical at the
time.”
Alex Tuch also scored for the
Knights. They lost Game 1 in
Winnipeg before winning four
straight to become the first expan-
sion team since the 1968 St. Louis
Blues — when the six initial
expansion teams were put alone
in the West — to get to the final.
STATE TRACK
Warrenton, Knappa, Jewell athletes earn medals
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EUGENE — Competition in the
small school divisions of the OSAA
state track meet took place Thursday
and Friday at Hayward Field, where
three schools from Clatsop County
had athletes competing at three differ-
ent levels.
In the Class 3A portion of the
meet, the Warrenton Warriors had four
athletes participating in seven events.
After a rough day Thursday, the
Warriors finally came up with a medal
in Friday’s competition.
Sophomore Mark Warren took
10th place in Thursday’s shot put, but
bounced back with a second-place
showing in Friday’s javelin, with a
throw of 165 feet, 4 inches.
Junior Fernanda Alvarez com-
pleted her meet with a 10th-place
showing in Friday’s shot put, with a
toss of 32-8 ¼.
Two Knappa athletes scored points
in the 2A standings Friday.
Spencer Teague was the No. 2 seed
in the high jump, and finished fourth
after clearing 5-11.
After qualifying for the final in the
100 meters, sophomore Kanai Phil-
lip took eighth in the final, in 11.77
seconds.
All eight runners were within a
half-second of each other, with the
winner (Weston-McEwen’s Jacob
Speed) finishing in 11.41.
In Class 1A action, two Jewell
athletes combined to score 20 points
in Friday finals, for 11th in the team
standings.
Junior Lily Kaczenski cleared a
personal best 8-4 for second place in
the pole vault.
On the track, senior Gabi Morales
concluded her career with a fourth-
place finish in the 100-meter hurdles,
and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles,
both in career-best times.
Seeded second with a time of 17.30
in the 100 hurdles, Morales ran a 16.92
in the preliminaries, then lowered her
time again in the finals, to 16.83.
She finished the 300 hurdles in
48.17, after running a 50.22 in the
prelims.
Griner has 29
points and 10
boards, Mercury
beat Storm 87-82
SEATTLE — Brittney Griner
had 29 points and 10 rebounds to
help the Phoenix Mercury hold
on for an 87-82 victory over the
Seattle Storm on Sunday night.
Griner, who led the WNBA
in scoring and blocks per game
last season, shot 10 for 16 from
the field and added four assists
and three blocks. Briann January
finished with 15 points and six
assists, while Diana Taurasi and
DeWanna Bonner scored 12 points
apiece for the Mercury (2-0).
Sue Bird hit a jumper with
1:21 to play and Jordin Canada
had a steal and a layup before
Natasha Howard made a basket to
cap a 6-0 run that pulled Seattle
(0-1) within two points with 24.8
seconds left. After January’s free
throw made it 83-80, Breanna
Stewart answered with a layup,
but Taurasi hit two foul shots to
push the Mercury’s lead to three
with 9.8 to go. The Storm com-
mitted a turnover on their next
possession and Bonner hit two
free throws to cap the scoring.
Stewart led Seattle with 22
points, 15 rebounds and three
blocks.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
Baseball — 4A state playoff: Ma-
dras at Astoria, 4 p.m.; 3A state play-
off: Warrenton at Cascade Christian,
TBA; 2A/1A state playoff: Riddle at
Knappa, 4 p.m.
Softball — 2A/1A state playoff:
North Douglas at Knappa, TBA
BASEBALL
Astoria 12, Rainier 6
Astoria
300 513 0—12 14 0
Rainier
200 004 0—6 4 7
Hageman, Reed (6) and Hillard; Kei-
zur, Carr (4), Nelson (5), Marcum (6)
and Guerr. W: Hageman. L: Carr. RBI:
Ast, Matthews 4, Hillard 2, Johnson
2, Kolee, Reed; Rai, Co.Rea 2, Carr,
Boulch. 2B: Ast, Matthews. 3B: Ast,
Hageman. HR: Ast, Matthews. HBP:
Ast, Hillard. LOB: Astoria 12, Rainier 3.
Knappa 10, Kennedy 0
Kennedy
000 00—0 2 1
Knappa
091 0x—10 6 0
W: Miller. L: Klein. RBI: Kna, Miller 3,
Miethe 2, Bartlett. 2B: Kna, Bartlett. HR:
Kna, Miller. HBP: Kna, Cruz. LOB: Ken-
nedy 4, Knappa 5.
SOFTBALL
Elmira 8, Astoria 4
Astoria
120 000 x—3 10 2
Elmira
400 130 0—8 13 1
W: Kylee Anderson (8 Ks, 3 walks). L:
Julia Norris (1 K, 1 walk). RBI: Ast, Ran-
ta 2, Norris, Hankwitz; Elm, Anderson
2, Dorsey 2, Haffner 2, Dickson, Feltz.
2B: Ast, Ranta; Elm, Dorsey, Dickson.
HR: Elm, Anderson. LOB: Astoria 9, El-
mira 8. DP: Elmira.
Vicki Stultz O’Brien/For The Daily Astorian
Astoria’s Julia Norris raps out a hit in Friday’s softball state playoff game at Elmira.
Elmira win ends Astoria’s season
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ELMIRA — A long spell of bad luck in
the 4A regional play-in round continued for
the Astoria softball team Friday afternoon at
Elmira.
In a game that had a combined seven runs
and 10 hits over the first two innings, the No.
6-ranked Falcons eventually topped the Lady
Fishermen, 8-4.
Elmira (21-6 overall) advances to the state
playoffs, while the season comes to a close for
Astoria (10-14), now 0-5 in regional play-in
games since 2011, including a pair of losses
at Elmira.
Still, it looked good early for the Fisher-
men, as Astoria wasted little time in putting
pressure on Falcon pitcher Kylee Anderson.
In the top of the first, Hailey Ranta had a
one-out double to left and Lexxis Lyngstad
drew a walk on five pitches.
Julia Norris followed with a single to
left to score Ranta with the first run. Hailey
O’Brien reached on an error to load the bases,
but Anderson retired the next two batters to
get out of the inning.
The lead did not last long, however, as
Anderson made amends with a leadoff home
run to center field in the bottom of the first to
tie the game.
After a walk and a single by Cheyanne
White, a base hit up the middle by Ashley
Feltz scored Josie Dickson for a 2-1 advan-
tage, and Taylor Dorsey made it 4-1, as she
Mariners rally late, beat Tigers 3-2
followed with a two-run double to left.
The Fishermen bounced right back in the
top of the second, as Kayla Helligso had a
leadoff single, followed by walks to Halle
Helmersen and McKailyn Rogers to load the
bases with no outs. Ranta belted a two-run sin-
gle to right to bring Astoria to within 4-3, but
that’s all the Fishermen would get as Ander-
son retired three of the next four.
The Falcons tacked on a run in the fourth,
and a costly two-out error by Astoria in the
fifth led to three more runs, highlighted by
three straight singles from Kinsley Stone,
Courtney Haffner and Anderson.
The Fishermen managed one more run,
with O’Brien scoring on a single by Brook-
lynn Hankwitz in the seventh.
BASEBALL
Astoria downs Rainier
Associated Press
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SEATTLE — Once Fran-
cisc o Liriano was finished, the
Seattle Mariners finally got
started.
Mitch Haniger kept Seattle
alive with a tying two-run homer
in the ninth inning and Jean Segu-
ra’s RBI single in the 11th gave
the Mariners a 3-2 victory over
the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
The Mariners improved to 3-0 in
extra-inning games this season.
“The heart that this club has is
pretty, pretty impressive, it really
is,” Seattle manager Scott Ser-
vais said. “These guys, they just
keep battling through adversity.”
Liriano took a no-hitter into
the seventh but closer Shane
Greene blew his third save of
the season, giving up Haniger’s
11th home run on an 0-2 pitch
with one out. Haniger has hit
two game-tying home runs in
the seventh inning or later this
season.
“I couldn’t have made a
worse pitch at a worse time, and
I paid for it,” Greene said.
Second baseman Dee Gor-
don led off the 11th with a sin-
gle against Buck Farmer (0-3),
stole his AL-leading 16th base to
advance to second, then scored
on Segura’s single down the
right-field line, his second career
game-ending hit.
“When (Gordon) gets on
base, he sets the tone,” Segura
RAINIER — The Astoria baseball team scored a
measure of revenge Friday at Rainier, where the Fish-
ermen defeated the Columbians 12-6 in a nonleague
contest.
Astoria was coming off a 5-0 loss to Rainier three
days earlier.
In Friday’s rematch, the Fishermen were back to
looking like the Fishermen at the plate, collecting 14
hits off four Rainier pitchers.
Burke Matthews led the charge by going 4-for-5,
with a double, a home run, four RBIs and two runs
scored. Leadoff batter Trey Hageman scored three
runs, and was also the winning pitcher, allowing just
three hits in five and a third innings, with five strike-
outs and six walks.
Ebin Hillard and Danny Johnson each drove in
two runs, while the Columbians committed seven
errors.
Astoria begins state playoff action Wednesday (4
p.m.) at Tapiola Park vs. Madras.
Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Francisco Liriano throws
against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.
said. “. You put some much pres-
sure on the pitcher because Dee
is running. He left a fastball right
down the middle and I was able
to put some good contact on it.”
Liriano attempted to become
the first Tigers pitcher not named
Justin Verlander to throw a
no-hitter since 1984, but Hani-
ger’s line drive single with one
out in the seventh ended his run
at history. The lefty already has
one no-hitter to his credit, blank-
ing the White Sox while walk-
ing six in a 1-0 win on May 3,
2011, as a member of the Minne-
sota Twins.
Haniger reached on a two-
out walk in the first inning, one
of two in the inning for Liriano,
before 17 straight Mariners
failed to reach base.
“Great feeling for me to be able
to go out there and go deep in the
game,” Liriano said. “That’s my
whole mentality every five days.
Very happy for it.”
A one-out walk by third base-
man Gordon Beckham in the
eighth appeared to end Liriano’s
night. Liriano held out the ball
for manager Ron Gardenhire
as he walked out for a mound
visit, but stayed in and struck out
pinch-hitter Mike Zunino and
left fielder Andrew Romine to
end his night, finishing with five
strikeouts and three walks over
102 pitches.
“Great performance by
Liriano,” Gardenhire said.
“Exactly what we asked for
before the day. Get deep into the
game with our starter and figure
out a way to get your closer in
there. It just didn’t work out.”
Knappa ready for playoffs
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KNAPPA — In their final tune-up for the state
playoffs, the No. 1-ranked Knappa Loggers blanked
the Kennedy Trojans in a five-inning baseball game
Friday, 10-0.
Logger pitchers Kaleb Miller and Eli Takalo
combined on a two-hit shutout with seven strikeouts
and two walks.
Miller was also all the Loggers needed offen-
sively, as he finished 2-for-3 at the plate with a home
run and three RBIs.
Cameron Miethe also drove in two runs for
Knappa, which opens state playoff action Wednes-
day at home vs. Riddle/Days Creek.