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SPORTS Thursday, April 16, 2015 Soccer East Oregonian Page 3B MLB 0RUULVVFRUHVLQ¿UVWVWDUW Dodgers complete sweep SAN ANTONIO — Jor- dan Morris made a loud statement LQ KLV ¿UVW Friendly start for the U.S. na- tional team USA against his c o u n t r y ’s biggest and most bitter rival. His re- Mexico ward? A game pen- nant given to him by veteran Michael Bradley to hang in his room at college. The 20-year-old Stanford VRSKRPRUH VFRUHG KLV ¿UVW international goal early in the second half, Juan Agude- ORDGGHGKLV¿UVWLQWHUQDWLRQ- al goal in four years, and the Americans dispatched Mex- ico by their traditional 2-0 score in an exhibition game Wednesday night. “I was nervous but I was excited,” Morris said. “It’s something I’ve dreamed of since I was a little kid, scor- ing a goal, especially in such a big game in front of so many fans.” Morris, thought to be the ¿UVWFROOHJLDQWRVWDUWIRUWKH U.S. in at least two decades, scored in the 49th minute af- ter Bradley brought the ball XS¿HOGDQGSDVVHGWR*\DVL Zardes. The return pass ric- ocheted off defender Mario Osuna and was picked up by Morris at the top of the pen- alty area. He took a touch, broke in and slid the ball be- tween the legs of goalkeep- er Cirilo Saucedo from 10 yards. “It just kind of popped out,” Morris said. “I’m happy that when I got the chance, I got to the ball and put it away.” Agudelo replaced Morris in the 65th and scored seven minutes later. Bradley made DORQJSDVVIURPWKHPLG¿HOG line and Agudelo controlled it just outside the penalty area. He cut inside with half board in the fourth when Cruz homered to right-cen- ter. They got another run in the sixth on an RBI ground- LOS ANGELES — Brett Los Angeles Seattle out by Kyle Seager with $QGHUVRQ SRVWHG KLV ¿UVW the bases loaded, and were victory with the Los Angeles threatening for more when Dodgers, Scott Van Slyke hit a two-run double, and straight games. The three- Robinson Cano ran himself the two-time defending NL time All-Star led the majors into a costly out. Paco Rodriguez had just West champions completed last season with nine inter- a three-game sweep of the league home runs, and he walked Morrison when Cano Seattle Mariners with a 5-2 had four in this series. Cruz inexplicably kept creeping victory on Wednesday night. signed a four-year, $47 down the third base line, try- Anderson (1-0) allowed million, contract with the ing to get catcher Yasmani two runs — one earned — and Mariners in December af- Grandal napping. But Ro- VL[KLWVRYHU¿YHLQQLQJVDQG ter hitting a career-high 40 driguez frantically motioned and yelled to his battery- struck out three in the annual homers for Baltimore. The Dodgers, coming off mate, who reacted quickly Civil Rights Game, which in- cluded a pregame ceremony back-to-back walkoff vic- and ran Cano back to third celebrating the 68th anniver- tories against Seattle in the before Juan Uribe tagged sary of Jackie Robinson’s ma- ¿UVWLQWHUOHDJXHVHULHVRIWKH him for the second out. season for both clubs, did all TRAINER’S ROOM jor league debut. Mariners: Felix Hernan- Pedro Baez, one of sev- RI WKHLU VFRULQJ LQ WKH ¿UVW eral relievers manager Don three innings. They grabbed dez, whose second start of Mattingly is leaning on in D OHDG LQ WKH ¿UVW RQ D the season on Sunday at the absence of injured clos- two-out RBI single by An- 2DNODQGHQGHGDIWHU¿YHLQ- er Kenley Jansen, pitched dre Ethier and Van Slyke’s nings because of tightness in his right quadriceps, threw 1 1-3 scoreless innings and GRXEOHWROHIW¿HOG Adrian Gonzalez hit an a side session Wednesday J.P. Howell got two outs for KLV¿UVWVDYHVLQFH-XQH RBI single off the glove of RQ ÀDW JURXQG DQG GLG QRW ¿UVW EDVHPDQ /RJDQ 0RU- experience any setbacks. 2011, with Tampa Bay. Taijuan Walker (0-1) rison in the second, and Joc So, the 2010 AL Cy Young JDYH XS ¿YH UXQV VL[ KLWV Pederson added a run-scor- Award winner is a go to start and four walks in four in- ing single in the third. He on Saturday against Texas at added a double in the sixth Safeco Field. “My conversa- nings. Seattle’s Nelson Cruz for his 19th hit in the team’s WLRQZLWK)HOL[LVKH¶V¿QH´ manager Lloyd McClendon extended his home run ¿UVWQLQHJDPHV The Mariners got on the said. “He’s ready to go.” VWUHDN WR D FDUHHUEHVW ¿YH By JOE RESNICK Associated Press By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press 5 2 0 AP Photo/Darren Abate USA forward Jordan Morris (8) chases the ball against Mexico defender Carlos Salcedo (13) during the first half of an international friendly soccer match, Wednes- day, April 15, 2015, in San Antonio. a dozen touches and beat Saucedo to the near post with a low shot from 19 yards. It was the third interna- tional goal for Agudelo and ¿UVWVLQFH0DUFK3OD\- ing his second international match since November 2012 DQGKLV¿UVWVLQFH0DUFKODVW year, he dropped to his knees and was mobbed by a group of teammates. Before a sellout crowd of 64,369, U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann improved to 3-0- 3 against his team’s regional rival. The U.S. has defeated Mexico by “dos a cero” in four straight home World &XSTXDOL¿HUVDOOLQ&ROXP- bus, Ohio. The U.S. is 13-5-5 against Mexico since 2000, including a win in the second round of the 2002 World Cup. With the game not on a FIFA international date, both teams were missing top play- ers. And with the U.S. look- ing ahead to this summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, Klinsmann mixed a roster of veterans and young players. Morris, who trained with the national team last May and made his debut at Ireland in November, started because captain Clint Dempsey is sidelined by a hamstring in- jury and Jozy Altidore was serving a one-game suspen- sion for a red card. “You say, ‘Why not give him a chance?”’ Klinsmann said. “He trained very well. We see his improvement.” Klinsmann also saw some nerves in the youngster. “When Jordan was doing his shooting before the game, he was pretty much missing everything. I told him, ‘Just relax. It’s OK,”’ Klinsmann said. “To see a boy like Mor- ULVVFRUHKLV¿UVWLQWHUQDWLRQDO goal, you jump for joy.” Klinsmann also gave de- fender Ventura Alvarado his ¿UVW VWDUW DQG VWDUWHG FHQWHU back Omar Gonzalez for the ¿UVWWLPHVLQFHODVWVXPPHU¶V World Cup. 2 AP Photo/Alex Gallardo Seattle Mariners’ Fernando Rodney, right, looks over as players stand on the first base line to honor Jackie Robinson day by wearing number 42 for a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. HERNANDEZ: Defense admission during closing arguments played key role Continued from 1B him from the team. The team declined to comment on the verdict. Prosecutors presented a wealth of evidence that Her- nandez was with Lloyd at the time he was killed, including home security video from Hernandez’s mansion, wit- ness testimony and cellphone records that tracked Lloyd’s movements. Hernandez’s lawyer, James Sultan, acknowledged IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHGXULQJFORV- ing arguments that Hernan- dez was there when Lloyd was killed. But the attorney pinned the shooting on two of Her- nandez’s friends, Ernest Wal- lace and Carlos Ortiz, saying his client was a “23-year-old kid” who witnessed a shock- ing crime and did not know what to do. Wallace and Ortiz will stand trial later. Prosecutors have sug- gested Lloyd may have been killed because he knew too much about Hernandez’s al- leged involvement in a 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston that killed two. But they were not allowed to tell the jury that because the judge said it was speculation. As a result, they never of- fered jurors a motive beyond saying Hernandez appeared angry with Lloyd at a night- club two nights before the killing. In the 2012 case, Hernan- dez is accused of gunning down a pair of men over a spilled drink at a nightclub. All 12 jurors and three alternates spoke to report- ers Wednesday, saying they were shocked by the defense admission that Hernandez was at the scene of the killing — an acknowledgement that WKH\VDLGKHOSHGFRQ¿UPWKDW he was guilty. They also described how the judge talked to them privately after they reached their decision and told them about other allegations and evidence not presented in the case, including the 2012 slayings and the last texts Lloyd sent minutes before he died saying that said he was with “NFL.” The jurors said that infor- PDWLRQUHDI¿UPHGWKHLUIHHO- ing that they had made the right decision. In the Lloyd killing, the defense argued that investi- JDWRUV ¿[DWHG RQ +HUQDQGH] because of his celebrity and conducted a shoddy investi- JDWLRQLQWKHLU]HDOWRFRQ¿UP their suspicions. Prosecutors said Hernan- dez organized the killing, summoned his two friends to help carry it out and drove Lloyd and the others to the secluded spot in the indus- trial park. During closing arguments, prosecutors also accused Hernandez of pull- ing the trigger, though under the law it was not necessary WRSURYHZKR¿UHGWKHVKRWV to convict him. Security video from inside BLAZERS: Griz will have home court advantage Continued from 1B his sixth straight game with a right knee injury, and Devin Harris was sidelined after injuring his left big toe Mon- day against Utah. But all the other regulars played. Chandler had his 31st double-double — the most since he had 38 with New Orleans in 2007-08 — while Dirk Nowitzki had 16 points and Monta Ellis added 15. “I don’t know how you tune up if you’re not trying to win,” Dallas coach Rick Car- lisle said before the game. “Probably not a very useful exercise to be out there if you’re not going for it.” Hernandez’s home showed him holding what appeared to be a gun less than 10 min- utes after Lloyd was killed. The surveillance system also captured Hernandez, Wal- lace and Ortiz relaxing at his home hours after Lloyd was shot, hanging out in the base- ment “man cave,” lounging by the pool and cuddling Hernandez’s baby daughter. The conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole and automat- ically triggers an appeal to Massachusetts’ highest court. Hernandez was initial- ly taken to the state’s Cedar Junction prison, a maxi- mum-security facility less than a 4-mile drive from Gil- lette Stadium, where he once caught touchdown passes from Tom Brady in front of tens of thousands of fans. He was to be processed there and eventually taken to Souza Baranowski pris- on in Shirley, another max- imum-security institution, according to Darren Duarte, a spokesman for the Massa- chusetts Department of Cor- rections. Lloyd’s sister, Olivia Thi- bou, said Wednesday that prosecutors in the trial were her “dream team.” Lloyd’s mother, Ursula Ward, told the judge she forgave Hernandez and everyone else “who had a hand in my son’s murder, either before or after.” 5K RUN, 5K WALK, 10K RUN, KID'S BUTTE SCOOT All races begin & end at Hermiston's Butte Park DRAWINGS • FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Online registration & race information at WWW.BUTTECHALLENGE.COM REGISTER ONLINE BY APRIL 23RD TO ORDER A CUSTOM TECHNICAL RACE T-SHIRT All proceeds benefit THE HERMISTON CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM Thank you for your support!
