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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian HERMISTON Wednesday, June 17, 2015 MLB Four Bulldogs Giants beat M’s to snap home skid rewarded for hard work one ever at AT&T Park in 2000. They did it by getting some rare offense at home. SAN FRANCISCO — Matt San Francisco had scored Duffy homered and drove in just 17 runs during the home three runs to help the San Fran- skid and had not homered in cisco Giants snap a nine-game ¿YH VWUDLJKW JDPHV KHUH EHIRUH home losing streak by beating Duffy went deep in the second the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on inning against J.A. Happ (3-3). Tuesday. Lincecum, who has won C a s e y ¿YH RI VL[ GHFLVLRQV DW KRPH McGehee IDLOHGWRPDNHLWRXWRIWKHVL[WK added a inning. He allowed a solo homer two-run double San Francisco LQWKH¿IWKWR0LOOHUDQGWKHQDQ and Angel 5%,VLQJOHWR0LOOHULQWKHVL[WK Pagan hit an that cut the lead to 3-2. AP Photo/ Ben Margot RBI single George Kontos entered with as the Giants WZRRXWVDQGUXQQHUVRQ¿UVWDQG snapped their WKLUGDQGJRW0LNH=XQLQRWRÀ\ Seattle longest home out. Kontos has not allowed any skid since an of the 16 runners he has inher- 11-gamer at ited this season to score. New York’s Pagan was ejected in the eighth Polo Grounds in 1940. Tim inning after arguing with home Lincecum (7-3) allowed two plate umpire John Hirschbeck. UXQVDQG¿YHKLWVLQLQQLQJV The Giants still ended up with to get the win in his second start some insurance runs when Tom against his hometown team. Wilhelmsen walked two batters Brad Miller homered and series in San Francisco and The Giants avoided their before Duffy hit an RBI single drove in two runs for the Mari- ¿QLVKHG RQ DQ HLJKWJDPH ¿UVW ZLQOHVV KRPHVWDQG RI DW and McGehee broke it open with ners, who split the two-game road trip. OHDVW ¿YH JDPHV VLQFH WKH ¿UVW a pinch-hit, two-run double. By JOSH DUBOW Associated Press East Oregonian Four outgoing Bulldogs have been awarded scholarships from the proceeds of the Annual Kings and Queens Couples Golf Tournament. Hermiston High seniors Peden LaCoursiere, Zac Adams, Madison Welch and Saige Smith are this year’s recipi- ents following another successful golf season this spring. “Our goal is to encourage high school golf participation for the life lessons that come from the sport,” tourna- ment committee chairman Don Obrist said in a press LaCoursiere release. The scholarships were open to any high school golfer in Umatilla or Morrow County. LaCoursiere and Welch each received $500 awards, and Adams and Smith were awarded $250. Welch, a four-year varsity player and three- Welch time state participant, will continue her career at Concordia University after leading the Bulldogs to state appearances in her freshman and junior seasons. In just her second season as a varsity player, Smith was often Herm- iston’s second shooter in tournaments this season. Adams Like Smith, Adams and LaCoursiere haven’t signed with a college golf program, but were integral to their team’s success during their high school careers, which saw both play in four state tourna- ments. LaCoursiere led the Bulldogs to fourth place at the state championships Smith in May, and placed tied for 15th with a two-round score of 163. Adams tied for second on the team with a 165 that tied him for 18th overall. The team’s fourth-place ¿QLVKZDVLWVKLJKHVWHYHU San Francisco Giants’ Tim Lince- cum works against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of a baseball game Tues- day, June 16, 2015, in San Fran- cisco. 6 2 NBA FINALS: .HUU¿QGVHGJHLQOLQHXS Continued from 1B Golden State allowed the Cavaliers to creep within eight points in the fourth before XQOHDVKLQJ D ÀXUU\ RI V WR ensure they would be taking the Larry O’Brien Trophy back to California. Curry’s step-back made it 78-68, and after the Cavs closed within seven on J.R. Smith’s trey, Iguodala, Curry and Klay Thompson each drained one in a span of 81 seconds to make it 89-75. Iguodala added another long shot for good measure before he strutted back on defense holding RXWWKUHH¿QJHUVRQHDFKKDQG +HFRXOGKDYHVKRWDQLQGH[ ¿QJHULQWRWKHDLUDWWKDWSRLQW² Golden State is No. 1. James returned from Miami to deliver a title to his home region, but the 30-year-old, left to do most of the work by himself after All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were injured in the postseason, came two wins shy RIJLYLQJ&OHYHODQGLWV¿UVWSUR sports championship since 1964. They city’s three pro teams — the Cavs, Browns and Indians — have gone a combined 144 seasons without one of them winning it all. James had 32 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists in Game 6 and was dominant during the series, showing why he’s the world’s best player. The Warriors were simply the better team. James was replaced in the ¿QDOVHFRQGVEXWEHIRUHKHOHIW BRIEFLY Morgans, Big River to host Fire Cracker Open on 4th UMATILLA — Ray Morgan will host his 90th birthday party at Big River Golf Course with the Fire Cracker Open on July 4. Ray and Dee Morgan will be adding $200 to the pot for each of the four age brackets, which ZLOOHDFKDZDUGSUL]HVIRU¿UVWDQGVHFRQG JURVVVFRUHDQG¿UVWWKURXJK¿IWKQHWVFRUH The 18-hole tournament is open all golfers age 16 and up, and the entry fee is $30. For more information call the pro shop at (541) 922-3006. the court, the four-time MVP shook hands with Curry and offered congratulations to Kerr and the rest of the Warriors. ³7KH VDFUL¿FH HYHU\ JX\ made from Andre and David (Lee) stepping away from the starting lineup, we just played,” Kerr said. “And they were all in it just to win. That’s all that mattered. This is an amazing group of guys.” This series, which opened with two overtime games in 2DNODQG ÀLSSHG ZKHQ .HUU employed a small lineup in the fourth quarter of Game 3 and the Warriors nearly overcame a SRLQWGH¿FLWEHIRUHORVLQJ Kerr stuck with revamped lineup in Game 4, giving Iguodala a start, switching Green to center and benching the ineffective Andrew Bogut. The move was as golden as the :DUULRUV ZKR ¿QLVKHG ZLWK wins, the third-highest single- season total in history. Only the 1995-96 and 1996-97 Bulls won more, and Kerr was on both of those teams. Cleveland fans did all they could to force a Game 7. They entered the building chanting “Let’s Go Cavs!” and joined Marlana VanHoose for WKH ¿QDO VWDQ]D RI WKH QDWLRQDO anthem, a touching moment that showed Cleveland was “All In” to take on Golden State. The Warriors, though, were ready. Down early after missing RSHQ VKRWV WKH\ EHJDQ ¿QGLQJ their range. Golden State capitalized on nine turnovers in WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU PDGH IRXU V and built a 13-point lead when Harrison Barnes knocked down a long 3 — a shot that sent several dozen gold-and-blue Warriors fans sitting near their bench into a frenzy. This was their night, the one they’ve waited for 40 years. While Golden State had some solid teams in the past — the “Run TMC” version coached by Don Nelson and featuring Tim Hardaway, Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond among them — the franchise has been undermined by dysfunction. Along with long playoff gaps, there were bad trades, poor drafts and numerous coaching changes. The Warriors often made headlines for the wrong reasons. Remember when Latrell Sprewell choked coach P.J. Carlesimo? Well, those days are gone, washed away by Curry and Thompson — the “Splash Brothers” — and a roster of VHOÀHVV SOD\HUV ZKR ERQGHG under Kerr and have returned basketball glory to Oakland. These new Warriors have been a model team: sharing the ball, defending together and VDFUL¿FLQJLQGLYLGXDOJRDOV “Strength in Numbers” was their motto as the Warriors used depth and balance to jump from 51 wins to a franchise-record 67 during the regular season. WNBA Indiana holds off Atlanta Associated Press ATLANTA — Marissa Coleman scored 18 points and Maggie Lucas had 17 to lead Indiana to a 90-79 win over Atlanta on Tuesday. Natalie Achonwa added 12 points and veteran Tamika Catchings had a double- double with 11 points and 10 Indiana rebounds for the Fever (2-4). Achonwa ¿QLVKHG of 6 from Atlanta WKH¿HOG Indiana shot 50 percent, including 9 of 19 from 3-point range. Sancho Lyttle had 19 points and Angel McCoughtry added 15 for the Dream (2-4), and Shoni Schimmel chipped in seven points on a pair of three- pointers and a free throw. Atlanta rallied within 10 points in the fourth quarter, but could get no closer. 90 79 CNFR: Pendleton’s Carter one of few bull riders to score Kings and Queens tourney sets tee times for late July Continued from 1B UMATILLA — The 5th Annual Kings and Queens Tournament will be held on July 25-26 at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. ,WLVDWZRGD\KROHÀLJKWHGWRXUQDPHQW that is held to raise money that will be put toward college scholarships for high school golfers in Umatilla and Morrow counties. An 18-hole complimentary practice round will be held Friday, July 24, with tournament action beginning at 8 a.m, on Saturday and Sunday. A cocktail hour and dinner at the Pheasant Cafe and Lounge will follow Saturday’s action. Cost is $180 per couple, which includes greens fees, meals and special events. There is an entry deadline of July 1. For more information on the tournament or to sign up, call Don Obrist at (541) 571-0572. The BMCC men are also having a strong week, and were in fourth place as a team after Tuesday’s action. University of Tennessee-Martin, Missouri Valley and College of Southern Idaho were the top three. Clayton Hansen and Jordan Tye have been BMCC’s top performers, and were third and fourth in the men’s all-around, respectively. Tuesday’s performance didn’t help the Timberwolves, though. Tye had no-times in both his events. He was unable to rope his calf in tie-down and will have to sit on his 20.8 on two that had him in seventh place. — East Oregonian He also missed in team roping, where he and header Austin 7KRPSVRQ ¿QLVKHG WKH GD\ LQ fourth with 18.8 on two. Hansen also ran into some trouble in steer wrestling, and ¿QLVKHGWKHGD\ZLWKWKHVDPH Hansen also ran into trouble in team roping, and he and heading twin brother Chase Hansen are in ninth with 14.6 on two he entered with. It was still JRRGHQRXJK¿IWKLQDJJUHJDWH He and twin brother header &KDVHDOVRFRPSOHWHGWKHLU¿UVW team roping run in Tuesday with DUXQDIWHUPLVVHVLQWKH¿UVW two rounds. They were the only locals to compete on Tuesday, but they aren’t the only ones chasing titles this week. Blue Mountain’s Jared Parke has a chance in tie-down with 21.3 on two. Tennessee-Martin’s Clark Adcock lead the event with 33.6 on three. Oregon State’s Devin Robinson, of Heppner, saw his title chances dashed with a no-time in Round 2. He has 14.4 on one. Parke is also looking good in steer wrestling where he has 18.7 on two. Newt Novich of University of Montana, Western leads with 25.4 on three. In bull riding, Pendleton’s Bryan Carter is tied for fourth with the 71.5 he scored in Round 1. That was good for third in the round, but he was one of the many to get bucked in Round 2. Only nine bull riders have completed at least one ride, and only two have covered two. None of Tuesday’s riders scored in the performance. Ranger College’s Gray Essary leads the aggregate with 151 on two. BMCC’s Tyler Potter has 130.5 on two saddle bronc rides, and Colorado Northwest Commu- nity College’s Colton Onyett has the lead with 220 on three. Both BMCC’s bareback riders, Kody Rinehart and Ryan Verling, came up empty on their ¿UVWWZRULGHV The third round will continue with evening performances through Friday. The short-go, consisting of the top 12 in each event, will begin on Saturday at 7 p.m. SCOREBOARD Basketball NBA FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 4, Cleveland 2 Thursday, June 4: Golden State 108, Cleveland 100, OT Sunday, June 7: Cleveland 95, Golden State 93, OT Tuesday, June 9: Cleveland 96, Golden State 91 Thursday, June 11: Golden State 103, Cleveland 82 Sunday, June 14: Golden State 104, Cleveland 91 Tuesday, June 16: Golden State 105, Cleveland 97 WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Connecticut 3 1 .750 Washington 3 1 .750 New York 3 2 .600 Chicago 2 2 .500 Atlanta 2 4 .333 Indiana 2 4 .333 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Tulsa 4 1 .800 Minnesota 3 1 .750 Phoenix 2 2 .500 Seattle 2 2 .500 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 San Antonio 0 4 .000 ——— Tuesday’s Games Indiana 90, Atlanta 79 Tulsa 88, San Antonio 61 Connecticut at Seattle, (n) Minnesota at Los Angeles, (n) Wednesday’s Games West Division No games scheduled GB — — ½ 1 2 2 GB — ½ 1½ 1½ 2½ 3½ Baseball MLB American League East Division Tampa Bay New York Baltimore Toronto Boston Central Division Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago West Division Houston Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland W 36 34 33 34 28 L 30 30 31 32 38 Pct GB .545 — .531 1 .516 2 .515 2 .424 8 W 36 34 34 30 28 L 25 30 31 33 35 Pct GB .590 — .531 3½ .523 4 .476 7 .444 9 W 38 35 33 29 28 L 28 30 32 36 39 Pct .576 .538 .508 .446 .418 W 36 34 31 29 22 L 30 31 34 37 44 Pct GB .545 — .523 1½ .477 4½ .439 7 .333 14 W 43 37 34 29 24 L 21 27 28 35 42 Pct GB .672 — .578 6 .548 8 .453 14 .364 20 GB — 2½ 4½ 8½ 10½ National League East Division New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Central Division St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee W L Pct GB Los Angeles 37 28 .569 — San Francisco 35 31 .530 2½ Arizona 31 33 .484 5½ San Diego 32 35 .478 6 Colorado 28 36 .438 8½ ——— Tuesday’s Games St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 Houston 8, Colorado 5 Oakland 6, San Diego 5 San Francisco 6, Seattle 2 Boston 9, Atlanta 4 Pittsburgh 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Baltimore 19, Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 5, Detroit 2 Miami 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 N.Y. Mets 3, Toronto 2 Washington 16, Tampa Bay 4 Cleveland 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Texas 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Kansas City 7, Milwaukee 2 L.A. Angels 4, Arizona 1 Wednesday’s Games Baltimore (U.Jimenez 4-3) at Philadelphia (Correia 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Urena 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 7-3), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Andriese 1-1) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-4), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6) at Toronto (Hutchi- son 5-1), 4:07 p.m. Boston (J.Kelly 2-4) at Atlanta (A.Wood 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Wada 0-1) at Cleveland (Marcum 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Price 6-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Fiers 3-6) at Kansas City (Blanton 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-6), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (C.Martinez 7-2) at Minnesota (Milone 2-1), 5:10 p.m. Houston (Oberholtzer 1-1) at Colorado (K.Kendrick 2-8), 5:40 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 4-3) at Arizona (C.Anderson 2-1), 6:40 p.m. San Diego (Despaigne 3-4) at Oakland (Chavez 2-6), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-3) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 9-3), 7:10 p.m. Texas (W.Rodriguez 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts D.C. United 8 5 4 28 New England 6 4 6 24 Orlando City 5 5 5 20 Toronto FC 6 5 1 19 New York 4 4 5 17 Columbus 4 6 5 17 Philadelphia 4 9 3 15 Montreal 4 5 2 14 Chicago 4 8 2 14 NY City FC 3 7 5 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Seattle 9 4 2 29 Vancouver 8 6 2 26 Kansas City 6 2 6 24 Portland 6 5 4 22 FC Dallas 6 5 4 22 Los Angeles 5 5 7 22 Houston 5 5 5 20 San Jose 5 5 4 19 Salt Lake 4 5 6 18 Colorado 2 4 8 14 GF 20 22 20 19 17 21 18 14 17 15 GA 16 20 19 16 17 22 25 18 22 19 GF 23 18 22 15 18 16 21 14 13 11 GA 11 15 15 14 22 19 19 15 18 12 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday’s Games New York City FC 3, Montreal 1 New England 2, Chicago 0 Columbus 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Seattle 3, FC Dallas 0 Sunday’s Games Orlando City 1, D.C. United 0 Women’s World Cup FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts x-Canada 1 0 2 2 1 5 x-China 1 1 1 3 3 4 Netherlands 1 1 1 2 2 4 New Zealand 0 1 2 2 3 2 x-advanced to Second Round Monday, June 15 At Montreal Canada 1, Netherlands 1 At Winnipeg, Manitoba China 2, New Zealand 2 GROUP B W L T GF GA Pts x-Germany 2 0 1 15 1 7 x-Norway 2 0 1 8 2 7 Thailand 1 2 0 3 10 3 Ivory Coast 0 3 0 3 16 0 x-advanced to Second Round Monday, June 15 At Winnipeg, Manitoba Germany 4, Thailand 0 At Moncton, New Brunswick Norway 3, Ivory Coast 1 GROUP C W L T GF GA Pts x-Japan 3 0 0 4 1 9 x-Cameroon 2 1 0 9 3 6 Switzerland 1 2 0 11 4 3 Ecuador 0 3 0 1 17 0 x-advances to the second round Tuesday, June 16 At Winnipeg, Manitoba Japan 1, Ecuador 0 At Edmonton, Alberta Cameroon 2, Switzerland 1 GROUP D W L T GF GA Pts x-United States 2 0 1 4 1 7 x-Australia 1 1 1 4 4 4 Sweden 0 0 3 4 4 3 Nigeria 0 2 1 3 6 1 x-advances to the second round Tuesday, June 16 At Vancouver, British Columbia United States 1, Nigeria 0 At Edmonton, Alberta Australia 1, Sweden 1 GROUP E W L T GF GA Pts x-Brazil 2 0 0 3 0 6 Costa Rica 0 0 2 3 3 2 Spain 0 1 1 1 2 1 South Korea 0 1 1 2 4 1 x-advances to the second round Wednesday, June 17 At Moncton, New Brunswick Costa Rica vs. Brazil, 4 p.m. At Ottawa, Ontario South Korea vs. Spain, 4 p.m. GROUP F W L T GF GA Pts Colombia 1 0 1 3 1 4 England 1 1 0 2 2 3 France 1 1 0 1 2 3 Mexico 0 1 1 2 3 1 Wednesday, June 17 At Montreal England vs. Colombia, 1 p.m. At Ottawa, Ontario Mexico vs. France, 1 p.m.