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SlaP oI *olI
IroP 'onald
TrXPS¶s FoXrse
in Los Angeles,
the ¿ rst signi¿ Fant IalloXt
Ior golI IroP the ReSXbliFan
Sresidential Fandidate¶s
FoPPents on Me[iFan
iPPigrants
TrXPS and the 3*A oI
APeriFa Pet Monda\ Both
groXSs said the\ PXtXall\
agreed not to hold the *rand
SlaP oI *olI at TrXPS
1ational *olI ClXb in Los
Angeles on 2Ft -
The 3*A *rand SlaP is
a -hole e[hibition Ior the
IoXr PaMor FhaPSions oI the
\ear -ordan SSieth alread\
has TXali¿ ed b\ Zinning
the Masters and 8S 2Sen
Martin .a\Per Zill be the
alternate as the deIending
FhaPSion
HERMISTON
+erPiston SoZers into distriFt ¿ nals
baseball
all-stars hit three
hoPe rXns in Zin
over 3endleton
East Oregonian
LA *RA1'E — RXstin
EdPiston hit tZo hoPe rXns and
Ethin RandolSh hit another to liIt the
+erPiston -\ear-old all-stars
Sast 3endleton in the sePi¿ nals oI
the 'istriFt Little LeagXe baseball
toXrnaPent on TXesda\
SaP SFhZirse gave +erPiston
IoXr solid innings on the PoXnd,
and reliever Carter Tolan added one
TXiFN inning as +erPiston ended
the gaPe in the ¿ Ith inning Zith a
“It feels great to
wake up as a
world champion,
and that feeling
won’t ever get
old.“
— Carli Lloyd
U.S. Women’s soccer
player at the rally in
Los Angeles on Tuesday
celebrating the team’s
championship at the
Women’s World Cup.
An estimated 10,000
people attended the fi rst
leg of the team’s victo-
ry tour. A ticker-tape
parade in New York’s
Canyon of Heroes is
scheduled for Friday.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
— -ohn L SXllivan
deIeats -aNe .ilrain in the
th roXnd in RiFhbXrg,
Miss, Ior the 8S heav\-
Zeight FhaPSionshiS It¶s
the last bare-NnXFNle bo[ing
PatFh beIore the MarTXis
oI 4XeensbXr\ rXles are
introdXFed
1994 — Boston shortstoS
-ohn 9alentin FoPSletes the
th Xnassisted triSle Sla\
in baseball histor\ The Sla\
FoPes in the si[th inning oI
a - viFtor\ over the Seattle
Mariners
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The Zin SXts +erPiston in
toda\¶s FhaPSionshiS at SP and
ended 3endleton¶s season
+erPiston oSened the sForing
Zith a rXn in the toS oI the ¿ rst
See HERMISTON/2B
PENDLETON
MLB
Coole\
throZs
no-hitter
in sePis
3endleton
all-stars beat
+erPiston to
reaFh Iinals
Timberwolves
bring back Garnett
MI11EA32LIS
A3 — 2nl\ tZo Sla\ers
in 1BA histor\ have Pade
it to season 1o in their
Fareers .evin *arnett is
aboXt to beFoPe the third
*arnett agreed to terPs
on a tZo-\ear
FACES deal to retXrn to
the Minnesota
TiPberZolves,
a Serson Zith
NnoZledge oI
the sitXation
told The
AssoFiated
Garnett
3ress on
TXesda\ The Serson sSoNe
on Fondition oI anon\Pit\
beFaXse the deal has not
been annoXnFed
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seasons in Minnesota
beIore being traded to
Boston in +e Zon a
FhaPSionshiS and Sla\ed in
another 1BA )inals Zith the
CeltiFs beIore Poving on to
BrooNl\n
The TiPberZolves
aFTXired hiP in a )ebrXar\
trade that sent ThaddeXs
<oXng to the 1ets, bXt *arnett
onl\ Sla\ed ¿ ve gaPes Ior the
:olves aIter the trade, sitting
oXt Zith Nnee SroblePs as
Minnesota sanN to the bottoP
oI the leagXe
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AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners’ Austin Jackson is greeted at the plate by teammates as Detroit Tigers catcher Alex
Avila waits after Jackson hit a grand slam during the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, July
7, 2015, in Seattle.
Cano single gives M’s win
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Robinson Cano
lined an RBI single into the right-
¿ eld Forner Zith one oXt in the th
inning, giving the Seattle Mariners
a - Zin over the 'etroit Tigers on
TXesda\ night
Cano lined a - SitFh IroP
'etroit leIt-hander Ian .rol -
that one-hoSSed oII the Zall It Zas
the ¿ rst ZalN-oII hit Ior Cano sinFe
AXg , , Zith the 1eZ <orN
<anNees
AXstin -aFNson reaFhed on a
¿ elder¶s FhoiFe Zhen Brad Miller
Zas IorFed oXt at seFond base
)ranNlin *Xtierre] then FhoSSed a
single throXgh the leIt side, and Ior
the third straight inning Seattle had
the Zinning rXn at seFond base Zith
one oXt
This tiPe Cano FaPe throXgh
Charlie )XrbXsh - SitFhed
the toS oI the th Ior the viFtor\
)XrbXsh and Carson SPith
Seattle
7
Detroit
6
FoPbined Ior three solid innings
and NeSt 'etroit oII the sForeboard
desSite the Tigers having rXnners
in sForing Sosition in the th and
th
Seattle hit three hoPe rXns,
inFlXding Cano¶s solo shot in the
¿ Ith inning that gave the Mariners a
- lead That lasted Xntil the eighth
Zhen <oenis CesSedes hit his th
hoPer oI the season on a - SitFh
IroP reliever )ernando Rodne\ and
driving it be\ond the Fenter ¿ eld
Zall
Seattle had FhanFes in the ninth
and th innings bXt Zas Xnable
to get rXnners in IroP seFond In
the ninth SinFh-rXnner Brad Miller
advanFed to seFond Zith one oXt bXt
BrXFe Rondon strXFN oXt *Xtierre]
and then threZ SitFhes oI ,
and PSh to Cano, getting hiP
to SoS oXt to leIt on the ¿ nal one
The Tigers had even Pore Pissed
oSSortXnities 'etroit had the go
ahead rXn at third base in both the
th and th innings and FoXldn¶t
get a Ne\ hit )XrbXsh alloZed a
leadoII doXble to 9iFtor Martine] to
oSen the th, bXt strXFN oXt Ale[
Avila, 1iFN Castellanos and SinFh-
hitter RaMai 'avis Zith SinFh-rXnner
AndreZ RoPine standing at third
Seattle starter TaiMXan :alNer
- Zas in line to Zin his si[th
straight start beIore Rodne\¶s
PistaNe :alNer Zas NnoFNed
aroXnd b\ the Tigers giving XS three
hoPers and needed deIensive helS to
esFaSe the si[th inning Zith the lead
:alNer tied his season high
Zith three hoPe rXns alloZed and
alloZed his ¿ rst ZalN in batters
Zhen he ZalNed Ale[ Avila in the
seFond inning :alNer¶s streaN had
reaFhed - innings beIore Avila
reaFhed
LA *RA1'E — Cla\son
Coole\ didn¶t alloZ a base
rXnner Xntil the IoXrth
inning, and Zas able to
NeeS his no-hitter intaFt as
3endleton¶s -\ear-old
baseball all-stars deIeated
+erPiston 1ationals - in
IoXr innings on TXesda\ in
the sePi¿ nals oI the 'istriFt
Little LeagXe baseball
toXrnaPent
Coole\ strXFN oXt the side
the third inning and had seen
the PiniPXP oI nine batters
Xntil his error in the IoXrth
broNe XS the SerIeFt gaPe
+e then issXed his onl\
ZalN to +erPiston¶s -a\sen
RodrigXe], bXt 3endleton
Zas alread\ XS - at that
Soint thanNs to a Pi[ oI their
oZn hits and +erPiston¶s
¿ ve ¿ elding errors
Coole\
and
3a\ton
LaPbert eaFh drove in a
teaP-high IoXr rXns and
AndreZ 'ePianeZ added
three Pore RBIs 'ePianeZ
Ior , Coole\ Ior
See PENDLETON/2B
PENDLETON
AXssies doZn
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East Oregonian
Gold Cup
Dempsey scores twice to lift U.S. in opener
By SCHUYLER DIXON
Associated Press
)RISC2, Te[as — Clint
'ePSse\ sFored tZiFe on headers
in Iront his hoPe state Ians, and
the 8nited States oSened deIense
oI its C21CACA) *old CXS title
Zith a - viFtor\
over +ondXras on
TXesda\ night
' e P S s e \ ¶ s
USA
goals in the 25th
and th PinXtes
Zere
Freated
IroP
Frosses
IroP
MiFhael
Bradle\, Zearing
Honduras
the FaStain¶s arP
band in his th
international
aSSearanFe
'ePSse\¶s big night FaPe in
the saPe area Zhere the East Te[as
native trained as a \oXth, and he
boosted the APeriFans to - in
*old CXS oSeners :ith interna-
tional goals, he is behind Landon
'onovan¶s APeriFan reFord
Carlos 'isFXa sFored his ¿ rst
international goal in the th PinXte
Ior +ondXras, a sePi¿ nalist in the
last three *old CXSs
³It Zasn¶t oXr best SerIorPanFe,
bXt Ze¶re haSS\ to get three Soints
IroP oXr ¿ rst gaPe,´ 'ePSse\
said
It Zas the ¿ rst FoPSetitive
PatFh Ior the 8S sinFe losing to
BelgiXP in overtiPe in the seFond
2
1
AP Photo/LM Otero
U.S. forward Clint Dempsey (8) takes control of the ball in front of
Honduras’ Afredo Mejia during the second half of a CONCACAF
Gold Cup soccer match in Frisco, Texas, Tuesday, July 7, 2015. The
U.S. won 2-1.
roXnd oI last \ear¶s :orld CXS The
APeriFans, 2--2 in *old CXS
groXS Sla\, Peet +aiti on )rida\
and 3anaPa on Monda\ +aiti tied
3anaPa - in the doXbleheader
oSener
8S goalNeeSer Brad *X]an
had a FoXSle oI toXgh saves in the
¿ rst IeZ PinXtes on a PXgg\ night
beIore a selloXt FroZd oI 22,5 at
the hoPe oI MaMor LeagXe SoFFer¶s
)C 'allas
+ondXras had a FoXSle oI good
oSSortXnities in the ¿ nal 2 PinXtes,
inFlXding Zhen *X]an NnoFNed a
ball toZard Eddie +ernande], Zho
had an oSen net bXt FoXldn¶t Fontrol
the ball beIore it Zent oXt
The 3eSsi 'iaPond-a[[
got a breaN IroP the t\SiFal
sXPPer baseball roXtine
TXesda\ Zhen the\ hosted
the 3erth +eat Colts
A develoSPent teaP
Ior the AXstralian Baseball
LeagXe¶s 3erth +eat, the
Colts are FoPSosed oI elite
high-sFhool age Sla\ers IroP
the Zestern Sortion oI the
Fontinent
The teaP is on a 8S toXr
that is Peant to e[Sose its
Sla\ers to toS FoPSetition
Zhile also giving theP
a FhanFe to attend MLB
gaPes
The
'iaPond-a[[
MXPSed oXt to an earl\ lead,
bXt a big si[th b\ the Colts
gave theP a - Zin in a
sFhedXled nine-innings
1iFN Lani sFored the
'iaPond-a[[¶s onl\ rXn
aIter FonseFtXtive Sassed
balls let hiP get IroP ¿ rst
to hoPe in the bottoP oI the
third inning +e had reaFhed
base on a ZalN, and 3eSsi
¿ nished Zith IoXr ZalNs and
IoXr hits as a teaP
1o Sla\er had Pore than
one hit as 3erth¶s tZo SitFhers
FoPbined to striNe oXt
AXstin =aXgg started on
the PoXnd Ior 3eSsi and
lasted si[ FoPSlete, bXt gave
XS IoXr rXns, tZo earned, on
si[ hits, tZo ZalNs and no
striNeoXts 'aniel 1aXghton
SitFhed the last three innings
and alloZed no rXns on tZo
hits and strXFN oXt three