SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2015
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Astros beat M’s
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McHugh win his 10th
straight
decision with
a go-ahead
three-run
double in the
eighth inning,
and the Houston Astros
rallied for a 6-3 win over the
Seattle Mariners on Tuesday
night.
Down 3-1 entering the
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times against the Mariners
bullpen, capped by Altuve’s
bases-clearing liner into the
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fourth straight victory. Al-
tuve had been hitless in his
previous eight at-bats.
The rally made a surprise
winner out of McHugh (3-0)
and continued the longest
winning streak by a Houston
pitcher since Wade Miller
won 12 straight decisions
during the 2002 season.
Budenholzer
voted NBA coach
of the year
ATLANTA (AP) — Mike
Budenholzer was right
where he didn’t want to be:
the center of attention.
There was no avoiding it.
Not after leading the Atlanta
Hawks to the top of the
Eastern Conference.
Budenholzer was
honored as the NBA coach
of the year on
FACES Tuesday.
A longtime
assistant
under Gregg
Popovich at
San Antonio,
Budenholzer
Budenholzer won the Red
Auerbach
Trophy for guiding the
Hawks to a 60-22 mark
during the regular season,
the best in franchise history.
The Hawks had a
19-game winning streak,
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to go 17-0 during a calendar
month, and cruised to their
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which also was the last time
they held a No. 1 seed.
Golden State’s Steve
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an NBA-best 67-15 in
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Warriors, was second in
the balloting, the only other
candidate to receive serious
consideration.
“I think there
needs to be an
attitudinal shift
from the players.
They should be
making sure that
they’re delivering
clean sport. They
should be making
sure that they’re
not protecting the
bad guys, the one
or two who may
try to cheat or
actually cheat.“
— David Howman
World Anti-Dop-
ing Agency director
criticizing the NFL’s
policy on performance
enhancing drugs.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1987 — The NBA grants
expansion franchises to
Charlotte, Miami, Minne-
sota and Orlando. Charlotte
and Miami join the league
in the 1988-89 season, while
Minnesota and Orlando join
in 1989-90.
1993 — Chris Bosio
pitches a no-hitter, and the
Seattle Mariners beat the
Boston Red Sox 7-0.
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HERMISTON
PENDLETON
Bulldogs stumble again Bucks
club
Eagles
Pendleton routs
Hood River in
CRC play
East Oregonian
Photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Makayla Kopacz prepares to make the tag on The Dalles’ Maddy Bradford in the Bull-
dogs’ 6-2 loss to the Riverhawks on Tuesday in Hermiston.
The Dalles takes third straight from Hermiston
secutive league loss dat-
ing back to last season.
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nings,” Bulldog
to remedy a
coach Kylee Lete
weekend sweep
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said.
against
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at Rocky Heights
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ergy-level wasn’t
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Instead, they
few innings,” se-
found more dis-
nior Abi Drotz-
appointment.
mann added.
Behind
a
four-run
third
It was an aus-
Hermiston
inning, the Riv-
picious problem
erhawks dumped
to have consider-
Hermiston 6-2.
ing the Bulldogs
The defeat plac-
recent
history.
es Hermiston (6-
Coming off of a pair of
10) in a three-game hole one-run defeats over the
in league play and counts
as the school’s 12th con- See HHS SOFTBALL/2B
By ERIK SKOPIL
East Oregonian
Hermiston’s
Madisen
Ledbetter
throws from
the pitching
circle in the
Bulldogs’ 6-2
loss to The
Dalles on
Tuesday in
Hermiston.
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HERMISTON
Riverhawks rally past Dawgs
By SAM BARBEE
EO Media Group
For four innings on Tuesday,
the Hermiston baseball team was
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came off for the Bulldogs against
The Dalles.
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a two-run single by Gordy Harris to
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said and done, The Dalles walked
away from Armand Larive Middle
School with a 10-8 win and took
two of three in the season-opening
home-and-home CRC series.
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only got one run. In the fourth, the
Dawgs again had the bases loaded,
but a called third strike ended the
threat with none pushed across. In
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Hermiston
The Dalles
corners with no outs, but The Dalles
sniffed out Hermiston’s suicide
squeeze, and the Bulldogs couldn’t
doubles and an RBI, and senior out- do any more.
Head coach Lance Hawkins
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was frustrated with the amount of
an RBI single in the game.
“It’s pretty frustrating because missed opportunities.
we know we can beat them,” Smith
“Our big issue still is not getting
said. “We already beat them once. the job done at the plate, not being
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should’ve come out with a little gonna be the man. I’m gonna do
more pop in our bats, but we bat- what I need to help the team,’ and
tled. It just didn’t fall our way.”
we’re not doing that,” he said. “Re-
Hermiston (8-6, 1-2) pounded ally, we haven’t done that all sea-
out 12 hits and had many oppor- son. I’m just waiting. That’s why I
tunities to score but couldn’t come put it back on them.”
through when it mattered.
Despite the Bulldogs’ lack of sit-
In the second, the Bulldogs had
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the bases loaded and one out but
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Hermiston struggles
to get out of innings
HOOD RIVER — The
Buckaroos dealt Hood River
Valley a dose of deja vu on
Tuesday in a Columbia River
Conference
softball
SOFTBALL
win.
Pend-
l e t o n
Pendleton
knocked the
ball around
the
park
and got out
early with
an
18-5
Hood River
six-inning
rout
that
followed
Saturday’s
doubleheader sweep in Pend-
leton.
The Buckaroos (9-7, 3-0
CRC) tallied 21 hits, giving
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stymies
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Pendleton
struggles at plate,
falls in eight
East Oregonian
HOOD RIVER — The
Buckaroos didn’t bring
enough
offense to
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overcome
their errat-
ic pitching
Hood River
and Hood
River Val-
ley
sent
them home
with a 2-1
defeat
in
Pendleton
eight
in-
nings
on
Tuesday.
Caden
Smith gave Pendleton six
strong innings on the mound,
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NBA
Injuries again playing prominent role in playoffs
Grizzlies going
against history in
Game 2
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Associated Press
The NBA playoffs have picked
up right where the regular season
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to stay healthy when they are need-
ed most.
Injuries threaten to play a piv-
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ries, including all three Game 2s on
Wednesday night — Spurs at Clip-
pers, Nets at Hawks and Trail Blaz-
ers at Grizzlies.
The defending champions are
missing big man Tiago Splitter, and
his replacement Aron Baynes was
exploited by the Clippers in their
Game 1 victory. Tony Parker is also
ailing, and the Spurs were hoping to
take advantage of an extra day be-
tween Games 1 and 2 to get them
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol (33), of Spain, collides with
Portland Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard, left, in the second
half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball Western Conference playoff
series Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn.
both on the mend.
The Hawks lost defensive spe-
cialist Thabo Sefolosha just before
the playoffs after a confrontation
with police in New York City and
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ger on his right hand in Game 1, but
plans to play through it.
And the banged-up Blazers hope
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strained right shoulder that kept him
out for the previous six games while
LaMarcus Aldridge continues to
play through a torn ligament in his
left thumb for the last three months.
“The intent and purpose for me
being on this team this season with
all the injuries we’ve had was to
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said. “So I wasn’t brought here to
watch. I wasn’t brought here just
to play a small role, and obviously
I felt I could’ve helped the team ...
I’m doing what I can to get healthy.”
The Grizzlies are on the other
side — at least somewhat.
Memphis got Tony Allen (ham-
string) back in the lineup and Mike
Conley is playing with a sprained
right foot. Both played well in their
dominating Game 1 win.
“Hopefully they keep getting
better and the time in between is
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