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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Wimbledon Bouchard, Halep lose openers; Federer, Nadal win By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press LONDON — A year ago at :LPEOHGRQ(XJHQLH%RXFKDUG and Simona Halep met in a VHPL¿QDO VKRZFDVLQJ WZR RI WHQQLV¶XSDQGFRPLQJVWDUV %RXFKDUG ZDV RQO\ +DOHS%RXFKDUGZRQWKDW matchup to reach a Grand 6ODP¿QDOLQWKHVL[WKPDMRU tournament of her career, a month after Halep was the UXQQHUXSDWWKH)UHQFK2SHQ %DFN DW WKH $OO (QJODQG Club on Tuesday, both ZRPHQORVWLQWKH¿UVWURXQG to opponents ranked outside WKH WRS )RU %RXFKDUG DOVR D VHPL¿QDOLVW DW WKH Australian Open and French Open in 2014, it was the latest setback in a season full of them, including 12 losses LQKHUSDVWPDWFKHV ³,W¶V EHHQ D KXJH OHDUQLQJ process to have great results and then have, you know, so much DWWHQWLRQWKHQKDYHEDGUHVXOWV Just learning about the ups and downs of life and tennis, KRZ WKLQJV ZRQ¶W DOZD\V JR SHUIHFWO\ OLNH , H[SHFW WKHP WR´VDLG%RXFKDUGZKRVDLGD torn abdominal muscle limited her practice time leading into WKHPDWFK ³,¶P DOZD\V WU\LQJ WR NHHS the belief and stay true to P\VHOIDQGGRZKDW,QHHGWRGR WREHFRPHDVJRRGDV,NQRZ, FDQEH6RLW¶VUHDOO\MXVWEHHQ kind of eye-opening, a learning H[SHULHQFH´VKHDGGHGUHVWLQJ her chin on her right hand, then DGGHG ZLWK D ODXJK ³%XW ,¶P JRRG IRU WKH OHDUQLQJ H[SHUL- HQFHWREHRYHUQRZ´ +HUH[LWDJDLQVW WKUDQNHG TXDOL¿HU 'XDQ Ying-Ying of China made the KNIGHT: Swoosh gains controlling share of stocks Continued from 1B athlete endorsers like Jordan and Woods, he turned the company into what Forbes called the “most valuable VSRUWVEUDQGLQWKHZRUOG´ Knight also says he will transfer most of his Nike stock to a limited liability company FDOOHG 6ZRRVK //& 7KH directors of the company will be Knight himself, Parker, and Nike directors Alan *UDIDQG-RKQ'RQDKRH2Q Tuesday, Knight said he had WUDQVIHUUHG PLOOLRQ shares, or about 15 percent RI 1LNH¶V WRWDO RXWVWDQGLQJ VKDUHV WR 6ZRRVK %HFDXVH Knight owns a large amount RI 1LNH¶V &ODVV $ VKDUHV ZKLFKDUHQ¶WSXEOLFO\WUDGHG Swoosh now has the power to elect three-quarters of 1LNH¶VERDUG Knight says the move will KHOS NHHS 1LNH¶V FRUSRUDWH JRYHUQDQFHVWURQJ As of a year ago, Knight owned about 75 percent RI 1LNH¶V &ODVV $ VKDUHV and a fraction of a percent RI LWV &ODVV % VKDUHV 7KH &ODVV % VKDUHV DUH FXUUHQWO\ trading around all-time highs DQG FORVHG DW RQ 7XHVGD\ On Thursday, Nike said LWV DQQXDO SUR¿W JUHZ SHUFHQW WR ELOOLRQ DQG its revenue rose 10 percent to ELOOLRQ 7KH %HDYHUWRQ 2UHJRQ based company also named .QLJKW¶VVRQ7UDYLVWRDVSRW RQWKHERDUG7XHVGD\7UDYLV Knight, 41, is the CEO of animation studio Laika LLC and was producer and lead animator on the movies “ParaNorman” and The %R[WUROOV MARINERS: Walker ORRNLQJIRU¿IWKVWUDLJKWZLQ Continued from 1B WKH-DFN'DQLHO¶VSDUW\GHFN DWRSWKHULJKW¿HOGZDOOZLWK two outs in the fourth, his VHYHQWK 0LOOHU¶V VKRW IROORZHG -DFNVRQ¶V5%,VLQJOHWROHIW Nelson Cruz was thrown out WU\LQJWRJRIURP¿UVWWRWKLUG RQWKHSOD\ Kennedy allowed four UXQV DQG ¿YH KLWV LQ ¿YH LQQLQJV VWUXFN RXW ¿YH DQG ZDONHGRQH 75$,1(5¶65220 0DULQHUV 5+3 )HOL[ +HUQDQGH] LV ¿QH GHVSLWH H[LWLQJKLVODVWVWDUWIROORZLQJ VL[ LQQLQJV EHFDXVH RI KHDW H[KDXVWLRQ 3DGUHV ,1) &RU\ 6SDQ- genberg was placed on the 15-day disabled list with D VRUH OHIW NQHH +H ZDV replaced on the roster by Jedd Gyorko, who was demoted to 7ULSOH$(O3DVRRQ-XQH UP NEXT 0DULQHUV 5+3 7DLMXDQ :DONHU (5$ VWDUWV WKH PDWLQHH ¿QDOH RI WKHWZRJDPHVHW:HGQHVGD\ +H¶VZRQIRXUVWUDLJKWVWDUWV DQGLVLQKLVODVWVL[ZLWK D(5$ Padres: RHP James 6KLHOGV WULHV IRU WKH¿IWKWLPHWRJHWKLVHLJKWK YLFWRU\ +H¶V LQ KLV ODVW IRXUVWDUWV From Tuesday Inferno engulfs historic stadium • The second half of this article was mistakenly left out of Tuesday’s section. 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Slam matches last year but is now 4-3 in 2015 and will fall out of the top 20 in the rankings after :LPEOHGRQ %RXFKDUG EHJDQ ZRUNLQJ this season with coach Sam Sumyk after splitting with Nick Saviano and was asked ZKHWKHU VKH¶V FRQVLGHUHG PDNLQJFKDQJHVWRKHUWHDP ³0D\EH , VKRXOG´ %RXFKDUG UHSOLHG ZLWK D FKXFNOH³:H¶YHGH¿QLWHO\QRW VWDUWHGZHOODWDOO%XW,EHOLHYH LQKLPDQGKHEHOLHYHVLQPH $V RI ULJKW QRZ LW¶V VWLOO WKH SODQ%XWWKHUHGH¿QLWHO\KDVWR be some improvement, some FKDQJHV EHFDXVH , H[SHFW WR GRDOLWWOHEHWWHUWKDQWKLV´ TITLES: +HUPLVWRQDZDLWVRSSRQHQWLQ¿QDOV Continued from 1B VKRZLQJV 3HQGOHWRQ GLGQ¶W DOORZ a hit in two games, and got a combined no-hitter from 6DXUHQ*DUWRQ)DLWK%URDG- foot and Jaden Samp in the FKDPSLRQVKLS On offense, Pendleton smacked the ball around the park for 22 hits led by Samp IRU%URDGIRRWIRU and Allison Galloway (3 for (OOLH6DPIRUGDGGHGD for 3 day with a team-high WKUHH 5%,V DQG &DUOLH 0DH Franklin went 2 for 2 with WZR5%,VDQGWKUHHUXQV 3HQGOHWRQ¶V VWDWH WRXUQD- ment will begin July 18 in *UHVKDP ³,GH¿QLWHO\OLNHRXUEDOO- FOXE´6DPSVDLG³:HKDYH great hitting, great pitching DQG SOD\ H[FHOOHQW GHIHQVH DVZHOO,OLNHRXUFKDQFHV´ Grant County was facing Hermiston for the second time in the tournament after the teams met in the opening URXQG The outcome was closer this time, but a seven run fourth by Grant County HUDVHG+HUPLVWRQ¶VOHDG DQGVHDOHGWKHLUIDWH Kaylee Wright led the charge with three doubles in a 4-for-5 game, and Hailey Wright led the team with three runs scored while going 2 for 2 with two ZDONV 0DGL 0F.UROD DOVR was 2 for 2 with two walks DQGVFRUHGWZLFH “This group has been to all-star tournaments since the younger ones were QLQH VR WKLV LV RXU ¿IWK district tournament,” said Grant County coach Zach :LOOLDPV ³7KH\¶YH DOZD\V EHHQ D JRRG WHDP WKH\¶UH WDOHQWHG 7KH\ KDG WR RYHU- come their coaching at some SRLQWDQGWKH\GLG´ Riley Pursifull hit two triples for Hermiston, -DGD %XUQV DQG $OH[DQGUD Contributed photo courtesy of Donna Biggerstaff Pendleton defeated Milton-Freewater 22-0 for the District 3 9/10-year-old softball championship on Tuesday in Irrigon. Pictured left to right, FRONT ROW: Charlie Mae Franklin, Elise McKay, Brie Youncs, Aubrey Lehnert, Sauren Garton, Muriel Hoisington, Faith Broadfoot and Ellie Samford. BACK ROW: Allison Galloway, Kylee Sellers, Coach Jerod Broadfoot, Emma Lanegan, Coach Kristen Garton, Jaden Samp and Manager Justin Samp. Hermiston’s Megan Wampler catches the ball as Grant County’s Hailey Wright slides into second base on Tuesday in Irrigon. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pollock hit doubles, and %XUQVDQG0HJDQ:DPSOHU HDFKVFRUHGWZLFH The Juniors state tour- nament is in Pilot Rock EHJLQQLQJ-XO\ Just one age group has yet to crown its champion in ,UULJRQDQG\HDUROGV will do that today in a game VWDUWLQJDWQRRQ Hermiston will face the winner of Pendleton and Milton-Freewater in a game WKDWEHJLQVDWDP The other District 3 champion alread crowned this week was the Herm- iston 10/11 all-stars, which defeated Columbia in a best- RIWKUHHVHULHV WORLD CUP: Scary moment involves collision in front of net Continued from 1B will play the loser of the VHFRQGVHPL¿QDOLQWKHWKLUG place game in Edmonton on 6DWXUGD\ 7KH¿QDOLVVHWIRU6XQGD\ DW9DQFRXYHU¶V%&3ODFH ³:H GLGQ¶W FRPH KHUH MXVW WR PDNH WKH ¿QDO´ /OR\G VDLG ³:H FDPH KHUH WRZLQLWVRZH¶UHJRLQJWR JRDIWHULW´ ,WZDVWKHIRXUWK:RUOG&XS meeting between Germany DQGWKH86,QHDFKRIWKH¿UVW three games, the winner went RQWRWDNHWKHWLWOH The marquee matchup led to lines of fans waiting to get in about three hours EHIRUH WKH JDPH 7KH OLQH for the main souvenir stand snaked up a half-dozen UDPSVWRWKHEXLOGLQJ¶VWKLUG OHYHODWRQHSRLQW The stadium built for the 1976 Olympics, where the East German men won WKH JROG PHGDO ZDV ¿OOHG nearly to its blue fabric roof, mostly with fans cheering IRU WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV 7KH crowd was announced at Previous games in Montreal had the stadium less than half full, with the upper bowl completely HPSW\ The United States had several good chances from WKH VWDUW -XOLH -RKQVWRQ missed on a header off a corner kick from Megan 5DSLQRHDQG$OH[0RUJDQ¶V breakaway in the 15th minute was stopped by JRDOWHQGHU1DGLQH$QJHUHU There was a scary PRPHQW LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI ZKHQ *HUPDQ\¶V $OH[- andra Popp and American PLG¿HOGHU 0RUJDQ %ULDQ FROOLGHGLQIURQWRIWKH86 goal following a free kick IURPDERXW\DUGVRXW Television cameras FDXJKWEORRGLQ3RSS¶VKDLU DQG%ULDQZDVSURQHRQWKH ¿HOG IRU VHYHUDO PLQXWHV %RWKSOD\HUVUHWXUQHGWRWKH PDWFK 6DVLF¶VSHQDOW\NLFNFDPH after Johnston fouled Popp LQWKHER[6DVLFIRROHG6ROR who went right, but her kick went wide left, prompting a URDUIURPWKHFURZG Sasic went into the match DV WKH WRXUQDPHQW¶V KLJK VFRUHUZLWKVL[JRDOV Shortly thereafter, Annike Krahn got a yellow card for fouling Morgan in WKHER[EXWUHSOD\VVKRZHG LW RFFXUUHG MXVW RXWVLGH /OR\G¶VSHQDOW\NLFNZDVKHU WKLUGJRDOLQWKUHHPDWFKHV ³2I FRXUVH ,¶P YHU\ very sad about this, that this penalty shot decided the match,” German coach 6LOYLD 1HLG VDLG ³:KDW DP , JRLQJ WR GR WKRXJK" A referee decision is some- WKLQJ , KDYH WR OLYH ZLWK , DP YHU\ VDG DERXW LW EXW , FDQQRWFKDQJHLW´ SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB American League Tuesday’s Games Texas 8, Baltimore 6 Boston 4, Toronto 3 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4, 14 innings Cleveland 6, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 8, Cincinnati 5 Houston 4, Kansas City 0 Chicago White Sox 2, St. Louis 1, 11 innings Colorado 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 0 Today’s Games Minnesota (May 4-6) at Cincinnati (Cueto 4-5), 9:35 a.m. Boston (Porcello 4-8) at Toronto (Buehrle 8-4), 10:07 a.m. Colorado (Bettis 4-2) at Oakland (Hahn 5-6), 12:35 p.m. Seattle (T.Walker 6-6) at San Diego (Shields 7-2), 12:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 7-2) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 4-6), 4:05 p.m. Texas (N.Martinez 5-4) at Baltimore (W.Chen 3-4), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Burnett 6-3) at Detroit (Simon 7-4), 4:08 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 9-6) at Tampa Bay (Colome 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 8-4) at Houston (Velasquez 0-0), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at St. Louis (Lackey 6-4), 5:15 p.m. National League Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee 4, Philadelphia 3 Chicago Cubs 1, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami 5, San Francisco 3 Washington 6, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Arizona 4, 10 innings Today’s Games Milwaukee (Lohse 4-9) at Philadelphia (Harang 4-10), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-6) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-6), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Heston 8-5) at Miami (Haren 6-5), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 3-3) at Atlanta (Wis- ler 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (B.Anderson 4-4) at Arizona (Ray 2-3), 6:40 p.m. Soccer Women’s World Cup SEMIFINALS Tuesday United States 2, Germany 0 Today Japan vs. England, 4 p.m. THIRD PLACE Saturday Germany vs. Japan-England loser, 1 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 5 U.S. vs. Japan-England winner, 4 p.m. Tennis Wimbledon How the Americans fared At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Through Tuesday q-qualifier, w-wild card Men (4-3) No. 17 John Isner — beat Go Soeda. No. 31 Jack Sock — lost to Sam Groth. Steve Johnson — beat Lukas Lacko. w-Denis Kudla — beat No. 28 Pablo Cuevas. Sam Querrey — beat Igor Sijsling. Tim Smyczek — lost to No. 30 Fabio Fognini. Donald Young — lost to Marcos Baghdatis. Women (7-8) No. 1 Serena Williams — beat Margarita Gasparyan. No. 16 Venus Williams — beat Madison Brengle. No. 21 Madison Keys — vs. Stefanie Voegele, comp. of susp. match, Wednesday. Madison Brengle — lost to No. 16 Venus Williams. Lauren Davis — beat Polona Hercog. Irina Falconi — lost to No. 11 Karolina Pliskova. Edina Gallovits-Hall — lost to Urszula Radwanska. Nicole Gibbs — lost to Lesia Tsurenko. Varvara Lepchenko — lost to No. 20 Garbine Muguruza. q-Bethanie Mattek-Sands — beat Alison Van Uytvanck. Christina McHale — beat Johanna Larsson. Alison Riske — lost to No. 6 Lucie Safarova. Shelby Rogers — lost to No. 14 Andrea Petkovic. Sloane Stephens — beat No. 27 Barbora Strycova. CoCo Vandeweghe — beat Anna Karoli- na Schmiedlova. q-Sachia Vickery — lost to No. 8 Ekateri- na Makarova.