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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian PENDLETON Tuesday, July 7, 2015 Wimbledon Bradt lifts D-Jaxx A win, then a hug: Serena tops Venus East Oregonian S3OKANE, Washington — James Bradt struck out 10 batters to help the 3epsi DiamondJaxx defeat Fern- dale 3-2 on Saturday in their ¿nal game at the Spokane Tournament The DiamondJaxx took the lead in the top of the third inning when Devon Roe drive in Wyatt Morris, and then stole home to make it a 3-1 game Ferndale answered with one run in the bottom of the frame, but only had one base runner the rest of the game Bradt only got stronger as the game went on, and struck out two each in the sixth and seventh innings He only allowed three hits and one walk Roe was 2 for 3 for the DiamondJaxx, as was Morris, who scored twice Kai Quinn drove Morris in with a single in the top of the ¿rst inning MLB By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press LONDON — Decades ago, when the Williams sisters were kids in Cali- fornia, taking tennis lessons from Dad on a municipal court and imagining playing at Grand Slam tournaments one day, it was Venus — older, taller, stronger — who usually beat Serena Never a fan of losing to her sibling — who would be? — Serena cheated a tad every so often, lying about whether Venus’ shots landed in or out “That’s the past,” Serena jokes now with an eye roll “, was young” As professionals, on the sport’s biggest stages, Serena has been better, especially lately On Monday at Centre Court, in the 26th all-Williams contest on tour but ¿rst at a major in six years, No 1-seeded Serena played solidly enough to beat No 16 Venus 6-, 6-3 and reach the Wimbledon Tuarter¿nals, closing in on the third leg of a calen- dar-year Grand Slam This matchup between ¿ve-time champions at the All England Club was one-sided, done in 6 minutes ,t’s Serena’s sixth win in the past seven matches against Venus, part of a 15-11 edge overall When it ended, Serena walked calmly, quietly — none of her customary “Come on!” exuberance — to envelop Venus in a long hug AP Photo/Alastair Grant Serena Williams of the United States, left hugs her sister Venus Williams of the United States af- ter winning their singles match, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday July 6, 2015. Ser- ena Williams won 6-4, 6-3. On Serena’s mind, it turns out, was this question: How many installments are left in this one-of-a-kind sibling rivalry? “, just thought, µWow, ,’m 33, and she just turned 35 , don’t know how many more moments like this we’ll have’ , plan on playing for years, but you never know if we’ll have the opportunity to face each other,” Serena said after they walked off court with matching red racket bags “, just took the moment in, and , thought, µWe’re at Wimbledon’ , remember when , was years old, we dreamed of this moment, and it was kind of surreal” Venus’ take on the likelihood of future meetings? “When that moment is over, it will be over,” she said, shrugging her shoul- ders “,t’s not now” Serena, 36-1 this season, has won 25 Grand Slam matches in a row Get past former No 1 Victoria Azarenka on Tuesday, then win twice more, and she would complete a self-styled “Serena Slam” of four consecutive major championships, something she also did in 2002-03 Looking further ahead, Serena could go to the 8S Open with a chance at the ¿rst true Grand Slam — four majors in a single season — since Stef¿ Graf in 1 When a reporter made a passing reference to that, Serena rested her chin on her left hand and declared: “, no longer answer questions about Grand Slams” Tour de France Froome takes yellow after crash-marred third stage By JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press Rookies Bryant, 3ederson make All-Star team By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK — Less than three months after making his major league debut, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is an All-Star, one of two rookies selected along with Los Angeles Dodgers out¿elder Joc 3ederson But there was no room on the roster for Alex Rodriguez, enjoying a renaissance in his return to the New York Yankees following a season- long drug susSension Dodgers catcher Yasmani *randal also was a ¿rst-time selection Monday for the July 1 game in Cincinnati *randal became the third All-Star this year who served a drug-re- lated suspension for conduct connected to the Biogenesis of America clinic Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz and St Louis shortstop Jhonny 3eralta were elected by fans to start Albert 3ujols of the Angels will start at ¿rst base for the AL in place of Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera, who injured a calf muscle )riday 3ittsburgh’s Andrew McCutchen will start in the NL out¿eld instead of Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton, who broke his hand on June 2 The 23-year-old Bryant made his big league debut April 17 and began Monday with a 27 average, 12 homers and RB,s ³Obviously, ,’ve been at some All-Star Games, but , don’t think anything can compare to making the major league All-Star team,” he said ³,t is kind of weird right now We have a game in an hour, so ,’m trying not to get too excited and whatnot, but obviously it’s pretty cool” He’s open to participating in the Home Run Derby ³,t’s all happened so Tuick ,’ve just been having so much fun with this, my baseball career,” Bryant said ³Right now, it’s a pretty special feeling for me” 3ederson, who also expects to be in the derby, had 20 homers but was hitting just 23 He was especially pleased fellow players elected him ³They respect the way , play the game,” he said A record six Royals were picked for the game, with players electing pitcher Wade Davis, and AL manager Ned Yost of Kansas City selecting reliever Kelvin Herrera They join Royals out¿elders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador 3erez and shortstop Alcides Escobar AP Photo/Christophe Ena William Bonnet of France holds his head after crashing with several other riders during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 159.5 kilometers (99.1 miles) with start in Antwerp and finish in Huy, Belgium, Monday, July 6, 2015. Bonnet abandoned the race fol- lowing the crash. LITTLE LEAGUE: Jones, Field providing power at the plate Continued from 1B Baker 12-0 on Sunday Corey Easton led them against Hermiston going 2 for 3 with four RB,s and two runs Lambert (2 for 4 , 3 RB,s, 2 runs), Corbett (2 for 3, 2 RB,s), Demianew (2 for 2, 2 RB,s, 2 runs), Alex- ander (2 for 2, 3 runs) and Luke Benshing (2 for 2, 2 RB,s) also had big games at the plate Alexander earned the win on the mound, going 3 1-3 innings with three strikeouts, no walks and one run allowed on four hits Benshing (2 for 3, 2 runs) and Lambert (2 for 4, 4 RB,s, 2 runs) were the only players to get more than one hit against Baker, although Demianew did drive in two runs Easton pitched the majority of the game and left after 2 2-3 NASCAR: Dillon thinks speeds should be lowered Continued from 1B Nearly everyone in NASCAR feared the worst looking at what remained of his car ,nstead, he was helped out by rival crews and he gave the “,’m OK” two-handed wave used by late bullrider Frost Lane to the stunned crowd “,t happened so quick,” said Dillon, the grandson of car owner Richard Childress and the ¿rst driver entrusted to drive the famed No 3 that had been out of use since Dale Earnhardt’s fatal 2001 crash at Daytona “You’re just holding on and praying that you get through it, get to race again,” he said “, had just got done stopping and , had crew members every- where , thought that was really special and cool ,t comforted me pretty quick And then , just wanted to get out of there and let the fans know that , was OK, let my parents and grandparents know that , was all right” Dale Earnhardt Jr was near tears as he pulled into victory lane at nearly 3 am Monday after watching the last-lap wreck in his rearview mirror Runner-up Jimmie Johnson said Dillon was lucky to be alive That Dillon walked away with only a sore arm and tailbone, and only ¿ve fans suffered minor injuries, was a testament to NASCAR’s evolving safety improve- ments Kyle Larson walked away from a similar accident in a 2013 race at Daytona The fence also was shredded, and the debris ¿eld injured 28 fans Daytona has since rein- forced its fencing, and part of the track’s ongoing $400 million renovation project has moved seating back a bit from the fence “,’m really proud of the fact that the fence worked and the additional safety enhancements of the µDaytona Rising’ project did its job,” track 3resident Joie Chitwood said Six-time NASCAR champion Johnson likened fencing to a “cheese grater” when a race car sails into it and said the energy from the impact will almost always lead to heavy debris Although he marveled at the lack of injuries, Johnson had no solution for preventing similar incidents “, don’t know how you keep a 3,500-pound car at 200 mph staying in the racetrack,” Johnson said “The fence held up, it did HUY, Belgium — British rider Chris Froome took the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey after ¿nishing second behind Spanish veteran Joacquim Rodri- guez in Monday’s crash-marred third stage, as a second straight day of chaos caused around 20 riders to fall and several to quit Froome is now 36 seconds clear of two-time champion Alberto Contador of Spain, 1:38 ahead of defending champion Vincenzo Nibali of ,taly and 1:56 ahead of Nairo Quintana of Colombia, the Tour runner-up two years ago The crash happened with a little under 60 kilometers (37 miles) remaining, forcing the stage to be neutralized and then stopped altogether shortly after — for nearly 20 minutes With the race moving from neighboring Netherlands into Belgium, stage three was 155 kilometers ( miles) from Antwerp to Huy ,t featured four short and sharp climbs but the crash took place shortly before climb No 1 when Frenchman William Bonnet’s wobbling bike slid forward and down Racing at tremendous speed, it was impossible for those behind to either slow down or get out of the way, and one after the other they went up, down, or sideways in a bewildering Àash of colors, bobbing helmets and spinning wheels function well, but the debris going off into the stands is something , don’t know how you can control” Dillon, though, said NASCAR must ¿gure out a solution “, think our speeds are too high, , really do,” he said “, think everybody can get good racing with lower speeds, and we can work on that and then ¿gure out a way to keep cars on the ground We’re ¿ghting hard to make the racing good , hope fans enjoy all that We don’t, but that’s your job You go out there and you hold it wide open to the end, checkers or wrecker, and hope you make it through” NASCAR Chairman Brian France said Monday on Sirius XM that series engineers began examining the accident just ¿ve hours after Dillon’s crash in the rain-delayed race “This is auto racing We are going to have challenges and we are going to have hard crashes,” France said “You learn from every single one of these things The real good news for us is this is what we do: We have an entire group of people who woke up today trying to ¿gure out how to make things better” with six strikeouts, one walk and one hit The 11/12’s were looking to bounce back from their only defeat in pool play, but were trailing 2-0 headed into the bottom of the third inning against Milton-Freewater Jimmy Jones, Tucker Zander and Kyle Field all got on to give 3endleton bases loaded with just one out, and Milton-Freewater cracked Jones got 3endleton on the scoreboard after a passed ball, and an error in the ¿eld allowed Zander and Field to touch home Zander then took the mound and struck out the side in the top of the fourth 3endleton quickly had runners on again in its at-bat, and Jones made it a 6-2 lead with a three-run home run MLB American League East Division Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago West Division two home runs, six RB,s and three runs, and Biggerstaff also was perfect going 2 for 2 with two RB,s and two runs Jones also hit a home run and Zack Rabb (2 for 3, 2 runs), Colby Evans (2 for 4, 3 runs) and Zander (3 runs) had big contributions to the route Jones, Evans and 3arker 3ersinger combined to throw a no-hitter while striking out seven and walking none 3endleton hit a stumbling block against La Grande on Sunday, though, and fell 12-2 Field drove in the team’s only two runs, and three La Grande pitchers held 3end- leton to just two hits Both 3endleton teams advanced from pool play and will play in the semi¿- nals today SCOREBOARD Baseball New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto Boston Central Division to left ¿eld with no outs Brogan Biggerstaff added an RB, during the rally and Field scored on an error to go up -2 3endleton built the lead to 12-3 before Milton-Free- water added four runs in the sixth Zander pitched two innings of relief and struck out ¿ve, walked none, and gave up two runs on two hits Devin Humbert led Milton-Freewater at the plate going 3 for 4 with a triple, two RB,s and two runs Aiden Marly was 2 for 3 with one run, and Chase Fones was 1 for 2 with a run and an RB, 3endleton had started the tournament by beating Columbia 20-0 on Saturday Field had a monster game at the plate going 4 for 4 with W 44 43 43 43 39 L 38 40 41 42 45 Pct GB .537 — .518 1½ .512 2 .506 2½ .464 6 W 46 44 41 38 37 L 33 39 40 44 43 Pct GB .582 — .530 4 .506 6 .463 9½ .463 9½ W L Pct GB Houston 49 36 .576 — Los Angeles 44 38 .537 3½ Texas 41 42 .494 7 Seattle 38 44 .463 9½ Oakland 38 47 .447 11 ——— Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 10, Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Boston 5, Houston 4 Baltimore 9, Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 2 Seattle 2, Oakland 1 L.A. Angels 12, Texas 6 Monday’s Games Houston 9, Cleveland 4 Minnesota 4, Baltimore 2, 10 innings Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay at Kansas City, ppd., rain Detroit at Seattle, (n) Today’s Games Tampa Bay (M.Moore 0-0) at Kansas City (C.Young 7-4), 11:10 a.m., 1st game Oakland (Gray 9-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eoval- di 8-2), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Velasquez 0-0) at Cleveland (Kluber 3-9), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Haren 6-5) at Boston (Miley 8-7), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-6), 5:05 p.m. Baltimore (Gausman 1-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 6-6), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-2) at Kansas City (Volquez 8-4), 5:10 p.m., 2nd game Toronto (Undecided) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 4-7), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Colorado (Bettis 4-3), 5:40 p.m. Detroit (K.Ryan 1-2) at Seattle (T.Walker 7-6), 7:10 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct GB Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Central Division St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee West Division 46 43 41 35 28 37 41 42 48 56 .554 — .512 3½ .494 5 .422 11 .333 18½ W 54 48 44 37 36 L 28 34 37 44 49 Pct .659 .585 .543 .457 .424 GB — 6 9½ 16½ 19½ W L Pct GB Los Angeles 46 37 .554 — San Francisco 42 42 .500 4½ Arizona 40 42 .488 5½ San Diego 39 46 .459 8 Colorado 35 47 .427 10½ ——— Sunday’s Games Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 5, Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 0, 10 innings St. Louis 3, San Diego 1 Chicago Cubs 2, Miami 0 Colorado 6, Arizona 4 N.Y. Mets 8, L.A. Dodgers 0 Washington 3, San Francisco 1 Monday’s Games Cincinnati 3, Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, San Diego 1 St. Louis 6, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 3 Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets 3, San Francisco 0 Today’s Games St. Louis (Cooney 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 8-5), 10:20 a.m., 1st game Cincinnati (Cueto 5-5) at Washington (Scherzer 9-6), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (T.Ross 5-7) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 5-6), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Haren 6-5) at Boston (Miley 8-7), 4:10 p.m. Arizona (Ray 2-4) at Texas (Gallardo 7-6), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lyons 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Undecided), 5:05 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta (Banuelos 0-0) at Milwaukee (Cravy 0-1), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-0) at Colorado (Bettis 4-3), 5:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Billingsley 0-2) at L.A. Dodg- ers (B.Anderson 5-4), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 9-6) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-1), 7:15 p.m. Tennis Wimbledon Monday’s Results At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Richard Gasquet (21), France, def. Nick Kyr- gios (26), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (6). Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Women Fourth Round CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Luc- ie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4). Madison Keys (21), United States, def. Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Venus Williams (16), United States, 6-4, 6-3. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles Men Third Round Jean-Julien Rojer, Netherlands, and Horia Tecau (4), Romania, def. Lleyton Hewitt and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 7-6 (1). Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (9), Romania, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8). Women Third Round Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Anabel Medina Gar- rigues, Spain, and Arantxa Parra Santonja (16), Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (5), United States, def. Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan, and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-2, 6-4. Casey Dellacqua, Australia, and Yaroslava Shvedova (9), Kazakhstan, def. Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6. Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Sunday’s Games Atlanta 72, Seattle 64 Phoenix 94, Los Angeles 91, OT Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Tulsa at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Soccer MLS Saturday’s Games Columbus 2, New York 1 New York City FC 2, Montreal 1 Colorado 2, Vancouver 1 FC Dallas 3, New England 0 Real Salt Lake 1, Orlando City 1, tie Los Angeles 4, Toronto FC 0 Sunday’s Games Portland 1, San Jose 0
