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SPORTS 7+856'$<-8/< Sports shorts Trade highlights open of free agency $3²2QWKH¿UVW day of NHL free agency, a blockbuster trade stole the spotlight. The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired high-scoring winger Phil Kessel from Toronto on Wednesday in the biggest move of the day, while a handful of prominent defenseman found new homes in free agency. Mike Green signed a multiyear deal with Detroit, Andrej Sekera signed a $33 million, six-year contract with Edmonton, Paul Martin LQNHGDPLOOLRQ four-year deal with San Jose and Francois Beauchemin got a three-year deal with Colorado. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS IRRIGON Pendleton scraps, survives again Pendleton’s Josie Wilson slides under- neath the tag from Hermis- ton’s Brecella Nash on Wednesday in Irrigon. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Carrasco loses no-hitter with one strike left in 9th ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Carrasco was one strike away from WKURZLQJ&OHYHODQG¶V¿UVW no-hitter in 34 years and already considering ways to celebrate. A bit prematurely it turned out. FACES The right-hander gave up an RBI single to Joey Butler over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis’ glove Carrasco in an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. “It’s part of the game. I was excited. ... I started thinking about what I needed to do, throw my glove in the air or something,” Carrasco said. “It was great. I almost made it.” For the third straight night, the Indians took a perfect game into the sixth inning against the Rays. This time, Carrasco retired WKH¿UVWEDWWHUVEHIRUH walking Butler with one out in the seventh. “Sargent Slaughter once went nuts on me and beat me unconscious with a turnbuckle. My jaw was broken. I lost teeth. I blacked out.“ — Robert Windham Former professional wrestler, who performed as “Blackjack Mulligan” explaining why he is one of several former wres- tlers preparing to sue World Wrestling Enter- tainment Inc. for long term health problems related to concussions suffered in the ring. Windham, 73, said he has been diagnosed with dementia and blood clots in the brain. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rick- ard’s Orchard in Jersey City, 1-EHFRPHVWKH¿UVWPLOOLRQ dollar gate in boxing history. 7KHUHFHLSWVWRWDO with $50 ringside seats. In front of 80,183, Dempsey knocks out Carpentier at 1:16 of the fourth round. 1994 — Colombian defender Andres Escobar, LV NLOOHG RXWVLGH D EDU LQ Colombia in retaliation for GHÀHFWLQJDEDOOLQWRKLVRZQ JRDOLQDORVVWRWKH8QLWHG States in the World Cup. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 6RIWEDOODOOVWDUVHGJH+HUPLVWRQWRIRUFH¿QDOVUHPDWFK By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Pendleton’s self-made luck held out for another day at the District 3 Little League softball tournament, and the girls survived another elim- ination scenario to force a winner- take-all showdown with Hermiston in the championship. +HUPLVWRQ \HDUROG DOO stars were looking to wrap up the title for themselves, but a bad break in the top of the sixth inning erased a bases loaded situation and opened the door for Pendleton’s 6-5 win. Pendleton scored the game-win- ning run in the bottom of the frame when Natalie Neveau lifted a single WR ULJKW ¿HOG ZLWK RQH RXW DQG WKH bases loaded. It was her third hit of WKH JDPH WR ¿QLVK RII 3HQGOHWRQ¶V FRPHEDFNIURPDGH¿FLW Pendleton was essentially playing a doubleheader after beating Milton-Freewater 8-0 in the morning game, and manager Ron Murphy said his team’s resilience has impressed him this week. ³,W JRHV EDFN WR RXU ¿UVW JDPH when we lost, and we’ve been A groundout left three stranded IRU3HQGOHWRQLQWKH¿UVWDQGDSOD\ at the plate gave Hermiston its third out in the third. Hermiston scored four in the fourth to take its largest lead, but Pendleton responded with four UXQVRILWVRZQZLWK¿YHKLWVLQWKH bottom of the inning, including a double by Alexia Laib, who was 3 for 3 in the game. Pendleton reliever Kylie Parsons got Hermiston down in order in the ¿IWK WKHQ 3HQGOHWRQ WLHG WKH VFRUH when Neveau crossed the plate in their at-bat. Hermiston had bases loaded with two outs in the sixth, but a would-be single by Nash was negated by Staff photo by E.J. Harris runner interference when the hot Pendleton’s Celia Farrow prepares to slide into second base as Hermiston’s Sam Atilano waits for the throw on Wednesday in Ir- line drive clipped the foot of an evading base runner on its way to rigon. ULJKW¿HOG Delaney Duchek was also 3 for 3 battling ever since,” he said. “We grind it out and win it.” had to play a four-hour game that Hermiston pitcher Brecella at the plate for Pendleton and scored QLJKW XQWLO LQ WKH PRUQLQJ Nash gave herself the lead when once. /DLN\Q )LHOGV ZDV IRU DQG and then we win 17-16 (over La VKH VFRUHG LQ WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ DQG Grande) the next day and we’ve just was able to keep Pendleton off the scored once to lead Hermiston, and EHHQ EDWWOLQJ HYHU\ GD\ ,W¶V ¿WWLQJ scoreboard with the help of her Codi Hewitt hit a double. The teams will go at it again for our girls to just keep battling and defense when they challenged in the today starting at 8 a.m. battling in this game and just kind of ¿UVWDQGWKLUGLQQLQJV MLB Walker dominant as Mariners pile on By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The Seattle Mariners were leading the San Diego Padres by a run through six innings when manager Lloyd 0F&OHQGRQ GHFLGHG \HDUROG Taijuan Walker had gone far enough, even with a shutout intact. Walker did more than enough, holding the punchless Padres to one hit. The Mariners then piled on against James Shields and the Padres’ bullpen, winning 7-0 Wednesday in their second straight shutout against the Padres. Struggling Robinson Cano and Nelson Cruz each homered. Cano had four hits and drove in three runs while Cruz connected for his WKKRPHURQKLVWKELUWKGD\ Walker (7-6) struck out seven and walked none. He combined with four relievers on a three-hitter. “This is a young pitcher that’s going deep into a lot of ballgames. At some point you have to protect him,” McClendon said. “He may QRWOLNHLWEXW\HDUVIURPQRZ when he’s still pitching, he’ll thank me. He’ll say, ‘The old man knew what he was doing.”’ Walker said he was a bit surprised he came out, “but we had the opportunity to score, with this being against the National League, so we’ll take all the runs we can get and we ended up scoring there.” “It’s part of the National League. I thought it was a great team win and the offense did really great and the bullpen came in and shut the door,” he said. Rookie Mike Montgomery threw a one-hitter against the Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano cel- ebrates with Kyle Seager after his solo homer against the San Diego Padres in sixth inning of a base- ball game Wednes- day, July 1, 2015, in San Diego. AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi Padres on Tuesday night. They have been blanked 13 times this year. James Shields (7-3) failed for WKH ¿IWK WLPH WR JHW KLV HLJKWK victory. He’s lost three straight starts. &DQR KLW DQ RSSRVLWH¿HOG homer to left leading off the sixth. +LV¿IWKKRPHUXQFDPHDIWHUKH¶G been 0 for 10 with four strikeouts in his last three games. “Hopefully it’s about the team and not about me getting hot or swinging the bat good, it’s about winning,” Cano said. “We’ve got to get going.” &DQR LPSURYHG WR IRU (.411) lifetime against Shields, ZLWK¿YHKRPHUVDQG5%,V7KH 37 hits are the most by an active player against an active pitcher. “He’s a guy that goes after hitters, so he’s a guy you’ve got to EHUHDG\IRUKLV¿UVWSLWFK+H¶VRQH of the best in the game,” Cano said. Cano came in to the game KLWWLQJ Track & Field Wilson wins gold at TrackTown Macias sixth at USATF meet East Oregonian EUGENE — Thirty local athletes were able to compete on the same stage as the nation’s top track and ¿HOG VWDUV RYHU WKH ZHHNHQG at University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. Hermiston’s Jose Macias ran at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships, which were held in conjunc- tion with the USATF Outdoor Championships. Following the conclusion of those meets on Saturday, -XQH WKH 7UDFN7RZQ Youth League Champion- VKLSV IHDWXUHG DWKOHWHV (16 girls, 13 boys) ages 8-14 from Hermiston, Pendleton, Umatilla, Irrigon and Milton-Freewater competing in running, jumping and throwing events. Macias, who runs track and cross country at Portland 6WDWH ¿QLVKHG VL[WK LQ WKH 10,000 meters with a time RI ,W ZDV MXVW KLV fourth time running the distance in competition, and although he didn’t improve See TRACKTOWN/2B
