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SPORTS Saturday, May 30, 2015 East Oregonian MLB Mariners sizzle behind Walker Associated Press 6($77/( ² 7DLMXDQ :DONHU allowed two hits over eight strong innings, Seth Smith hit a two-run homer, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Indians 2-1 Friday night. :DONHU JRW KLV ¿UVW ZLQ VLQFH April 27 with one of the best starts of the 22-year-old’s young career. He did not walk a batter and struck out eight, matching his career high. 6PLWK EDWWLQJ FOHDQXS IRU WKH ¿UVW time this season with Robinson Cano out sick, hit a 2-1 pitch from Trevor Bauer (4-2) into the right-center seats in the sixth inning. It scored Nelson Cruz, who had singled. The Mariners have homered in eight straight games and 13 of their last 14. Fernando Rodney had trouble in the ninth, allowing a pinch-hit, run-scoring single by Ryan Raburn, but still earned his 14th save in 16 opportunities. Bauer went seven innings, allowing two runs, six hits with three walks and 10 strikeouts. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: LHP James Paxton was placed on the 15-day DL Friday with D VWUDLQHG WHQGRQ LQ KLV PLGGOH ¿QJHU RHP Dominic Leone was called up to replace him. ... RHP Hisashi Iwakuma (strained lat), on the DL since April 24, threw catch from 90 feet Friday with no timetable for a return. ... LHP Joe Beimel was placed on the restricted list to attend his son’s high school graduation. ... LHP Lucas Luetge was called up from Triple-A Tacoma. ... 2B Cano missed College Baseball Iowa drops Oregon SPRINGFIELD, Mo. $3 ² 7\OHU 3H\WRQ limited Oregon to one run in 7 1-3 innings to help second-seeded Iowa beat the third-seeded Ducks 3-1 on Friday in their NCAA regional opener. Peyton (7-4) struck RXW ¿YH DQG GLGQ¶W ZDON D batter to help the Hawkeyes ZLQ IRU WKH ¿UVW time in NCAA tournament play since the 1972 College World Series. Iowa had baserunners in HYHU\ LQQLQJ EXW WKH ¿UVW Nick Day’s RBI single in the second inning put the Hawkeyes in front, and Nick Roscetti added RBI groundouts in the third and ¿IWKLQQLQJV Iowa stranded 13 men on base and left the bases loaded in three innings. Oregon (37-24), making its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance, was limited to a third-inning RBI single from Austin Grebeck. Phil Craig-St. Louis went 2 for 3. On Saturday, Iowa will face the Missouri State- Canisus winner. Oregon will play the loser. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners closing pitcher Fernando Rodney points toward the out- field after the final out of the Mariners’ baseball game against the Cleve- land Indians on Friday in Seattle. The Mariners won 2-1. WKHJDPHZLWKÀXOLNHV\PSWRPV UP NEXT Mariners: LHP Roenis Elias (2-1, 2.56) started the season at Triple-A 7DFRPDEXWDIWHU¿YHVWDUWVKDVEHFRPH an integral part of the Mariners inju- ry-riddled rotation. Elias has won his past two starts and has not allowed more than three runs in any start. Indians: RHP Shawn Marcum (1-0, 6.28) will try to rebound from a poor start Monday against Texas. He lasted just 2 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs and four hits. He gave up two home runs, had six strikeouts and three walks. +HLVZLWKD(5$LQ¿YHFDUHHU starts against Seattle. STRIKEOUT STREAK The Mariners are going through a particularly tough stretch of strikeout pitchers. It started Wednesday, facing Tampa’s Chris Archer, second in the AL with 82 (he had 12). On Thursday, they faced Cleveland’s Corey Cluber, the leader with 96 (he had 13). Bauer, who came in with 55, had 10. On Sunday, &OHYHODQG¶V'DQQ\6DOD]DUWLHGIRU¿IWK with 66, is scheduled, and on Monday the Yankees’ Michael Pineda, fourth with 67, is expected to start. PUT HIM IN COACH With two hits Friday, Cruz is batting .376 with 15 HRs and 30 RBIs when KH VWDUWV LQ ULJKW ¿HOG$V D '+ KH LV batting .286 with three HRs and 8 RBIs. Tampa Bay beats Rangers, will play for Cup 1(:<25.$3²7KH only history the Tampa Bay Lightning were interested in was what they would create. Such as handing the New <RUN 5DQJHUV WKHLU ¿UVW Game 7 loss at Madison Square Garden, which they did Friday night with their second straight 2-0 road victory behind Ben Bishop’s 22 saves. Such as heading to their VHFRQG 6WDQOH\ &XS ¿QDO where they will play Chicago or Anaheim, which will decide the Western Confer- Page 3B ence title Saturday night. Such as going 9-0 ZKHQ VFRULQJ ¿UVW LQ WKLV postseason, which they did when Alex Killorn slipped a backhander under Henrik Lundqvist early in the third period. Bishop, pulled from a Game 6 loss after allowing ¿YH JRDOV GLG PXFK RI WKH rest, and Ondrej Palat iced it with 8:43 to go. ³, IHOW SUHWW\ FRQ¿GHQW LQ this building,” said Bishop, who sure looked it after being so shaky Tuesday night. “We’ve done well against them all year. I was just looking forward to getting out there again.” The Lightning, who won the Cup in 2004 in a seventh game over Calgary, allowed only four goals in as many games at the Garden. “For whatever reason that was probably the most calm Game 7 I’ve ever been a part of,” Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said. “And not just for me, but on the bench. Going into the third, we were just loose. “We knew we were playing the game the right way, we knew were going to get one.” New York had the NHL’s best record this season and was 15-3 in its last 18 elimination games. The most recent defeat was in the ¿IWK JDPH RI WKH &XS ¿QDOV last year at Los Angeles. But Bishop made sure there would be another loss for the Rangers, extending his shutout string at the Garden to 145 minutes, 43 seconds. MAC-HI: Fortune drives in crucial run again Continued from 1B The shutout was Robert’s 15th on the VHDVRQIRU0DF+LDQG¿IWKLQWKH last six games, as the school extended its win streak to 18 games to gain entrance LQWR WKHLU WKLUG VWUDLJKW VWDWH VHPL¿QDO round. “Not a lot of people can hit her,” Mac-Hi coach Nicole Christian. “If they’ve never seen her it’s hard to prep for it. You can speed your hands up as best as possible, but, with her on the mound I expect to be in every game.” Just like the spring heat, Robert was torrid to open the game, sending seven of the Trojan (21-6) batters down YLD SXQFKRXW WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKURXJK the lineup. She struck out 11 in all, including Taylor Holcomb looking to close the game out. “Her change-up was really good today,” said third baseman Micha Fortune. Trojan pitcher Cidny Dupper was tough on the Pioneer lineup. She limited WKH 3LRQHHUV WR MXVW ¿YH KLWV ² RQO\ WZRRIZKLFKOHIWWKHLQ¿HOG²EXWWZR errors cost her and the Trojans runs in WKH ¿UVW WKUHH LQQLQJV WR SXW 0DF+L DKHDG )RUWXQH DQG -HQQ\ )LHOG ¿QDOO\ broke through with a pair of earned runs driven in the sixth inning. A game after displaying surprising SRZHU ZLWK KHU ¿UVW FDUHHU KRPHU Fortune gave Mac-Hi a 3-0 lead on D WULSOH WR ULJKW ¿HOG WR VFRUH 6LGQH\ Richwine. ³,¶YH JRW D ORW PRUH FRQ¿GHQFH since my last game when I hit it over the fence,” she said. “I’m kind of small and they think I’m going to bunt, but I can actually hit it, too. It keeps them off balance.” Field drove in Fortune one batter later with a chopper to short to give the ¿QDOVFRUH “We always want that extra cushion,” &KULVWLDQVDLG³:HVD\$ÀDFEHFDXVH we want some insurance runs. Micha had the dagger.” Mallory Copeland drove in the pair of unearned runs in the early innings with two groundouts to third base, each of which scored Brooke Kralman. Douglas committed two costly errors LQ WKH ¿UVW DQG WKLUG LQQLQJV )LUVW ¿UVW EDVHPDQ 6N\OHU &RDWH GURSSHG D strong throw from third baseman Ally 6FKR¿HOG RQ D URXWLQH JURXQGHU IURP Shannon Carter. Mac-Hi would score on Copeland’s two-out groundout three batters later. Then Dupper made matters hard on herself, tossing a slow roller off of Kral- PDQ¶VEDWZLGHRI&RDWH¶VJORYHDW¿UVW Mac-Hi didn’t capitalize on the Trojan errors as much as they might KDYHOLNHG7KH\OHIWHDFKWKH¿UVWDQG third innings with two runners on base, ERWKWLPHVRQ$EL%LJJVÀ\RXWV “We were all there ready to play, but we were struggling a little bit at the plate,” said Robert, who was 2-for-2 on the day with two singles. “We got people on, but we weren’t able to execute when we needed to. “We’ve all been ripping it all over the place (all season), now we come up and QRUHDOO\PDGHLWWRWKHRXW¿HOG´ Robert was the only Pioneer player with more than one hit. 7KH ZLQ VHWV XS D VHPL¿QDO FRQWHVW with Yamhill-Carlton for Tuesday in Milton-Freewater. Yamhill-Carlton ousted the other half of last year’s Class 4A championship game with a 4-1 in over Henley Friday. 7KLV LV QRW WKH ¿UVW WLPH VFKRRO¶V have met this season. Mac-Hi defeated the Tigers 6-2 on April 4. No time has been set for Tuesday’s game. ²²² MAC-HI 4, DOUGLAS 0 R H E DOUG 000 000 0 — 0 2 2 MAC 101 002 x — 4 5 1 C. Dupper and S. Johnson. C. Robert and M. Copeland. W — C. Robert. L — C. Dupper 3B — M. Fortune (MAC). Sam Barbee photo The Pilot Rock softball team celebrates after a walk- off 1-0 quarterfinal win over Knappa Friday in Pilot PILOT ROCK: Road game at Central Linn next for Rockets Continued from Page B1 For six innings, Cameron and Ostrom traded barbs. A couple times Knappa got some runners on, including that bases loaded jam in the fourth, but both pitchers found ways to get outs. “You have to clear your mind,” Ostrom said of being in a jam. “It’s scary and you get nerved XS,WDNHIRXUWR¿YHGHHS breaths before I even pitch, and close my eyes and say, ‘Relax. All you need is a strike. Your defense will help you out.’” And the Rockets did. They committed zero errors behind Ostrom, keeping her and the team in the game. It wasn’t until the seventh that Pilot Rock really got going. Before, though, Fitz- patrick pulled his team together and gave them one ¿QDODGGUHVV “I said, ‘This is it. This LV RXU ¿HOG :H¶UH KHUH to defend it,’” Fitzpatrick said. “Let’s get tough. Let’s win this game right now. Whatever it takes.’” After an out to start the inning, Wilson singled on a blooper up the third base line that Cameron tried to snag with a dive, but she was just late and the ball bounced off her glove into foul territory, providing ample time for Wilson to VFDPSHU WR ¿UVW .D\OD Deist then reached on a perfect bunt single. Deist can run, and there was no SOD\DW¿UVW5K\DQQH2DWHV then reached on an error to load the bases with the two outs, bringing the senior Weikne to the plate. “I was just focusing on getting my bat on that ball,” she said. “I knew I was not going to strike out. I was not going to let my team down, and I was either going to go up there and hit that ball or I was going to help myself into a walk. I just knew I had to get Jayce home, and so I was going to do anything I could to get her to home plate.” Weinke didn’t need to swing the bat, though. Cameron found the strike ]RQH RQ WKH ¿UVW SLWFK RI at-bat, but the next four pitches rose out of the zone. Ball four wasn’t close. “We had some great at-bats in that last inning,” Fitzpatrick said. “Some tough at-bats. The kids were real disciplined, and that’s what it takes.” 7KH ZLQ JLYHV D FRQ¿- dent Pilot Rock team even PRUH FRQ¿GHQFH KHDGLQJ LQWRWKHVHPL¿QDOV “Going on, it just really puts in our minds that we really were meant to go on,” Ostrom said. “Some- thing like that just doesn’t happen to be. You just really have to work at it. So we’re going all the way now. We’ve come this far. We can’t let up.” ²²² PILOT ROCK 1, KNAPPA 0 KHS 000 000 0 — 0 8 3 PRP 000 000 1 — 1 3 0 K. Cameron and K. Truax; T. Ostrom and B. Weinke. WP — T. Ostrom. LP: — K. Cameron. SCOREOBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Tuesday Pendleton at Hood River Valley (5A semifi- nals), 4:30 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Tuesday Silverton at Pendleton (5A semifinals), 4:30 p.m. Yamhill-Carlton at Mac-Hi (4A semifinals), 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Union (2A/1A semi- finals), TBD Pilot Rock at Cenral Linn (2A/1A semifi- nals), 4:30 p.m. Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State vs. Cleveland Thursday, June 4: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 9: Golden State/Houston at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Thursday, June 11: Golden State/Houston at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, June 14: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 16: Golden State/Houston at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Friday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden State/Houston, 6 p.m. Baseball MLB East Division New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Toronto Boston Central Division Kansas City Minnesota W 25 24 23 23 22 L 24 25 24 27 27 Pct GB .510 — .490 1 .489 1 .460 2½ .449 3 W 29 28 L Pct GB 18 .617 — 19 .596 1 Detroit Chicago Cleveland West Division Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas Oakland ²²² 28 22 22 22 .560 2½ 25 .468 7 26 .458 7½ W 30 25 24 24 19 L 19 24 24 25 32 Pct GB .612 — .510 5 .500 5½ .490 6 .373 12 Friday’s Games Kansas City 8, Chicago Cubs 4 Baltimore 2, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 7, Boston 4 Chicago White Sox 6, Houston 3, 11 innings Toronto 6, Minnesota 4 L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 0 Oakland 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 2, Cleveland 1 Saturday’s Games Toronto (Aa.Sanchez 4-4) at Minnesota (Gibson 4-3), 11:10 a.m. Tampa Bay (E.Ramirez 2-2) at Baltimore (W.Chen 1-3), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 2-5) at Houston (Keuchel 6-1), 1:10 p.m. Boston (Miley 4-4) at Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 0-0), 4:15 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-0), 4:15 p.m. Detroit (Greene 4-3) at L.A. Angels (Weav- er 3-4), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 4-1) at Oakland (Hahn 2-4), 7:05 p.m. Cleveland (Marcum 1-0) at Seattle (Elias 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Boston at Texas, 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. Detroit at L.A. Angels, 5:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore at Houston, 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. National League East Division Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Central Division St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati Milwaukee West Division San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego Arizona Colorado ²²² W 28 27 23 19 19 L 20 22 25 30 31 Pct GB .583 — .551 1½ .479 5 .388 9½ .380 10 W 32 25 25 20 16 L 16 22 23 27 33 Pct .667 .532 .521 .426 .327 W 30 28 24 22 20 L 20 19 26 25 26 Pct GB .600 — .596 ½ .480 6 .468 6½ .435 8 GB — 6½ 7 11½ 16½ Friday’s Games Kansas City 8, Chicago Cubs 4 Colorado 4, Philadelphia 1 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Cincinnati 5, Washington 2 Arizona 7, Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 0 San Diego 6, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2 Saturday’s Games Colorado (J.De La Rosa 1-2) at Philadel- phia (Harang 4-4), 12:05 p.m. Arizona (Hellickson 2-3) at Milwaukee (Lohse 3-5), 1:10 p.m. Miami (Koehler 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-5), 1:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 4-2) at Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-1), 1:10 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-0), 4:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Frias 3-2) at St. Louis (Wacha 7-0), 4:15 p.m. Atlanta (W.Perez 0-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-2), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 1-0) at San Diego (T.Ross 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Miami at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Washington at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Colorado at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m. Arizona at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Kansas City at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 6:10 p.m. Monday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at St. Louis, 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Atlanta at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Golf PGA AT&T Byron Nelson Friday’s Leaders At TPC Four Seasons Resort Irving, Texas Purse: $7.1 million Yardage: 7,166; Par 70 (35-35) Second Round Jon Curran 67-63—130 Jimmy Walker 64-66—130 Steven Bowditch 62-68—130 Cameron Percy 67-64—131 Ryan Palmer 65-66—131 Nick Watney 67-65—132 Jerry Kelly 68-64—132 Jonathan Randolph 69-63—132 Hunter Mahan 68-64—132 Jordan Spieth 69-64—133 Zac Blair 69-64—133 Scott Pinckney 69-64—133 John Merrick 66-67—133 Zach Johnson 69-64—133 Rory Sabbatini 69-64—133 Jeff Overton 69-65—134 Luke Guthrie 69-65—134 John Senden 67-67—134 Andrew Loupe 69-65—134 Derek Ernst 67-67—134 Michael Thompson 68-66—134 Charley Hoffman 69-65—134 Hockey NHL Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) EASTERN CONFERENCE Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 -9 -9 -9 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 Saturday, May 16: N.Y. Rangers 2, Tampa Bay 1 Monday, May 18: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 2 Wednesday, May 20: Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Rangers 5, OT Friday, May 22: N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 1 Sunday, May 24: Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Tuesday, May 26: N.Y. Rangers 7, Tampa Bay 3 Friday: Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Anaheim 3, Chicago 3 Sunday, May 17: Anaheim 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, May 19: Chicago 3, Anaheim 2, 3OT Thursday, May 21: Anaheim 2, Chicago 1 Saturday, May 23: Chicago 5, Anaheim 4, 2OT Monday, May 25: Anaheim 5, Chicago 4, OT Wednesday, May 27: Chicago 5, Anaheim 2 Saturday, May 30: Chicago at Anaheim 5 p.m. Soccer Friday’s Games Sporting Kansas City 4, FC Dallas 0 Saturday, May 30 San Jose at Toronto FC, 2 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Vancouver, 3 p.m. Houston at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at D.C. United, 4 p.m. Columbus at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Colorado, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 31 New York at Seattle, 2 p.m. Los Angeles at New England, 4 p.m. Tennis French Open Friday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $30.86 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Richard Gasquet (20), France, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. Third Round Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Stan Wawrinka (8), Switzerland, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Nicolas Ma- hut, France, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-1. Tomas Berdych (4), Czech Republic, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (14), France, def. Pablo Andujar, Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-3. Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Pablo Cue- vas (21), Uruguay, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Women Third Round Alize Cornet (29), France, def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 6-0, 6-3. Elina Svitolina (19), Ukraine, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Ekaterina Makarova (9), Russia, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Lucie Safarova (13), Czech Republic, def. Sabine Lisicki (20), Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (2). Garbine Muguruza (21), Spain, def. Angeli- que Kerber (11), Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Sam Stosur (26), Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Flavia Pennetta (28), Italy, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles Men Second Round Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, and Lucas Pouille, France, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3). Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (11), Australia, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colom- bia, and Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-2. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini (6), Italy, def. Frantisek Cermak and Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 5-1 (15-40), retired. Maximo Gonzalez, Argentina, and Andre Sa, Brazil, def. Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Henri Kontinen (13), Finland, 6-3, 6-3. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Leander Paes (10), India, def. Andre Begemann, Germany, and Julian Knowle, Austria, 7-6 (3), 6-2.