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Mets reliever
banned for year
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EacN froP an gaPe Grug
suspension,
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Mets reOiever
Jenrry
MeMia Zas
EanneG for
an aGGitionaO
gaPes TuesGay Ey MaMor
/eague BaseEaOO foOOoZing
a seconG positive test for
perforPanceenhancing
suEstances.
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suspenGeG ApriO after
testing positive for Stano]
oOoO anG saiG in a statePent
then ³, can honestOy say ,
have no iGea hoZ a EanneG
suEstance enGeG up in Py
systeP.´
This tiPe he testeG
positive for Stano]oOoO anG
BoOGenone, the coPPission
er¶s of¿ ce saiG Oess than an
hour Eefore the ¿ rst pitch of
1eZ <orN¶s victory over
San 'iego. The tZo penaO
ties cost MeMia ,,
of his ,, saOary this
season.
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HERMISTON
Pendleton pressed from bracket
/ittOe /eague
aOOstars stuPEOe
against sounG
MurrayhiOO
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Berry beats cancer,
will rejoin Chiefs
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP)
— Chiefs safety Eric Berry
is returning to the practice
¿ eOG, Oess than eight Ponths
after a stunning cancer
Giagnosis threateneG to
GeraiO his Pro BoZO career.
Berry Zas
FACES cOeareG Ey the
Kansas City
PeGicaO staff
anG his oZn
Goctors after
a Eattery of
tests TuesGay.
He ZiOO Moin
Berry
TuarterEacNs,
rooNies anG seOect inMureG
pOayers :eGnesGay Porning
for the ¿ rst practice of
training caPp on the caPpus
of Missouri :estern State
University.
Berry Zas GiagnoseG
Zith HoGgNin¶s Gisease Oast
'ecePEer, shortOy after
coPpOaining of pain in his
chest foOOoZing a gaPe
against OaNOanG. He Zas
treateG at EPory University in
AtOanta aOPost iPPeGiateOy,
anG Zent through the ¿ naO
rounG of treatPent in June.
“They told me
they would
keep (me) in the
loop, and that
if anything got
serious, they
would talk to me
about it. So, to
get pulled out
of the game in
the ninth inning
and be told I was
traded, I was
shocked.“
— Troy Tulowitzki
Former Colorado Rock-
ies SS on being traded
to the Toronto Blue Jays
late Monday. The fi ve-
time all-star had spent
his entire nine-year
career in Colorado.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1751 — The ¿ rst
,nternationaO :orOG TitOe
Pri]e )ight taNes pOace in
HarOston, 1orfoON, EngOanG.
The chaPpion, JacN SOacN
of EngOanG, Eeats the chaO
Oenger, M. Petit of )rance, in
Pinutes.
1986 — The U.S. )oot
EaOO /eague Zins anG Ooses
in its OaZsuit against the
1)/. The Mury ¿ nGs that the
1)/ vioOateG antitrust OaZs,
as the US)/ cOaiPeG, Eut
aZarGs the US)/ onOy in
GaPages.
Contact us at 541-966-0838 or
sports@eastoregonian.com
Murrayhill’s Brendan Mayer slides into home plate as the ball pops out of the glove of Pendleton’s Kyle Lis-
com on Tuesday in the semifi nals of the Little League baseball state tournament in Hermiston.
HoZ Go you teOO an
yearoOG they¶re trying
too harG"
PenGOeton Panager 'an
PriPus ZouOG OiNe to NnoZ
the ansZer to that Tuestion
after Zatching his teaP ZiOt
in the sePi¿ naOs spotOight
Guring a Ooss to Murray
hiOO on TuesGay at the /ittOe
/eague EaseEaOO state tourna
Pent in HerPiston.
)acing a perreniaO poZer
that entereG the gaPe Zith
a ZeOOGeserveG reputation
for sounG pOay in the ¿ eOG, at
the pOate anG on the PounG,
PriPus saiG he couOG see his
pOayers Zere unsettOeG froP
the outset.
,Ppatient atEats anG
See PENDLETON/2B
MISSION
APateur taNes earOy
OeaG at Senior Open
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Wildhorse CEO Gary George watches his ball soar down the fairway after tee-
ing off Tuesday during the Senior Oregon Open at the Wildhorse Golf Course.
'efenGing
chaPpion
ToGG ErZin anG BoE
Christensen EattOeG through
Eogeyfree rounGs for the
eary OeaG at the Senior
Oregon Open ,nvitationaO at
:iOGhorse 5esort anG Casino
*oOf Course on TuesGay.
Christensen, an aPateur
froP Couer G¶ AOene, ,Gaho
ZiOO taNe a onestroNe OeaG
into 'ay at the P*A Paci¿ c
1orthZest Section event
after coPing in eight unGer
par Zith a .
ErZin, of TacoPa, :ash
ington, shot a anG
Pore goOfers Zere Zithin ¿ ve
stroNes of the OeaGer.
Paci¿ c 1orthZest Section
HaOO of )aPe PePEer Steve
Prugh (SpoNane, :ashington)
Zas tieG Zith P1: P*A
PENDLETON
'iaPonGJa[[ going into state EOinG
APerican /egion
tourney Eegins toGay
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
The Pepsi 'iaPonGJa[[ ZiOO
Ee the ZiOG carG at this ZeeN¶s
APerican /egion state tourna
Pent in *rant Pass.
After a suPPer spent
pOaying tournaPents PostOy
in eastern :ashington, the
PenGOeton EaseEaOO cOuE NnoZs
ne[t to nothing aEout the other
seven teaPs in the EracNet. But
Panager Travis =anGer saiG it¶s
a tZoZay street.
³:e Gon¶t have anything
on theP anG they Gon¶t have
anything on us,´ he saiG froP
the teaP Eus TuesGay.
The 'iaPonGJa[[ open
pOay toGay against AshOanG, anG
=anGer saiG 4uinn CocNEurn
is his scheGuOeG starter on the
PounG.
Pitching has Eeen a strength
for the teaP of Oate, anG the
Pain reason they¶ve Zon eight
of their Oast nine saiG =anGer.
CocNEurn is in si[
starts this suPPer anG tosseG a
coPpOete gaPe shutout to Eeat
/a *ranGe in the Gistrict
tournaPent his Oast tiPe out.
CocNEurn has a . E5A in
innings for Pepsi, gooG for
seconG on the staff.
=anGer saiG :yatt Morris
See D-JAXX/2B
MLB
Godley, Peralta lead Diamondbacks past M’s
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATT/E — 5ooNie right
hanGer =acN *oGOey pitcheG
si[ strong innings in his seconG
career start, 'aviG PeraOta haG
three hits anG tZo 5B,s, anG the
Ari]ona 'iaPonGEacNs Eeat the
SeattOe Mariners on TuesGay
night for their fourth consecu
tive victory.
*oGOey (), Zho pitcheG
si[ shutout innings to Zin his
GeEut Oast ZeeN, aOOoZeG three
runs on si[ hits, incOuGing soOo
hoPers Ey MiNe =unino anG
1eOson Cru]. He strucN out four
anG ZaONeG three.
PeraOta Grove in Ari]ona¶s
¿ rst tZo runs on a singOe in the
¿ rst inning anG GouEOe in the
thirG. He aOso singOeG in the
Arizona
8
Seattle
4
si[th anG ZaONeG in the seventh.
The 'iaPonGEacNs openeG
a OeaG Zith a threerun si[th
inning, Eunching ¿ ve hits to
chase Hisashi ,ZaNuPa (),
Zho Zas taggeG for aOO si[ runs
on hits in innings.
SeattOe ansZereG Zith tZo
runs in the EottoP haOf on the
hoPer Ey Cru], his th, anG an
5B, GouEOe Ey BraG MiOOer.
Ari]ona aGGeG tZo runs in
the eighth on a sacri¿ ce À y Ey
1icN AhPeG anG an 5B, singOe
Ey EnGer ,nciarte.
After AnGreZ Cha¿ n anG
'aviG HernanGe] foOOoZeG
*oGOey Zith a perfect inning
apiece, the Mariners scoreG one
in the ninth off Josh CoOPenter.
Ari]ona hustOeG up a run
in the ¿ rst Zhen A.J. PoOOocN
singOeG, stoOe seconG Zith tZo
outs anG caPe hoPe on PeraO
ta¶s opposite¿ eOG singOe to Oeft.
The 'iaPonGEacNs PaGe
it in the thirG Zhen PauO
*oOGschPiGt e[tenGeG his
hitting streaN to gaPes Zith a
tZoout singOe to Oeft anG PeraOta
foOOoZeG Zith an 5B, GouEOe.
MiNe =unino countereG
Zith a OeaGoff hoPer in the
EottoP haOf, a foot shot to
Oeftcenter, e[tenGing his hitting
streaN to a careerhigh eight
gaPes.
,nciarte EoosteG the OeaG to
See MARINERS/2B
Senior POayers¶ ChaPpionship
Zinner Jeff )ought (Sisters)
Zith , anG past tournPa
Pent chaPpions ChucN MiOne
(9ancouver, :ashington) anG
5oE *iEEons (MoOaOOa) Zere
in a si[pOayer group at .
Shot of the Gay Zent to
aPateur MiNe Senatra of
Oregon City Zho aceG the
yarG eighth hoOe. Senatra
posteG tZo other eagOes on
1o. anG 1o. for a .
5ounG opens toGay at
a.P. Zith the ¿ eOG of
repaireG for the ¿ naO rounG
on ThursGay. The Zinner
ZiOO taNe hoPe , of the
, totaO purse.
The Paci¿ c 1orthZest
Section incOuGes , P*A
PePEers anG apprentices
in :ashington, Oregon,
1orthern ,Gaho, :estern
Montana anG AOasNa.
PILOT ROCK
Missoula
overpowers
Pilot Rock
TournaPent hosts too
Puch to hanGOe in
eOiPination rounGs
East Oregonian
M,SSOU/A, Mont. — The =ootoZn
/ittOe /eague aOOstars continueG to roOO
at the :estern 5egionaO senior softEaOO
tournaPent on TuesGay.
TournaPent host MissouOa MuPpeG
on PiOot 5ocN earOy in their sePi¿ naOs
Patchup, anG pitcher KayOee 5osen
EauP threZ another geP for a Zin.
5osenEauP heOG PiOot 5ocN to four
hits anG strucN out eight ZhiOe ZaONing
none.
PiOot 5ocN pitcher Tehya OstroP
Zent for in the Eatter¶s Eo[, Eut
aOOoZeG ¿ ve earneG runs on hits. She
strucN out three anG ZaONeG three.
MissouOa tooN a OeaG in the top
of the ¿ rst inning Zith a tZoout raOOy.
:ith tZo runners on, TayOor HoOPes hit
a runscoring GouEOe, then KenGaOO 5auN
OineG a tZo5B, singOe to right ¿ eOG.
HoOPes ( for ) scoreG on a Hanna
Hirning singOe in the ¿ fth, anG hit a
threerun hoPe run that gave the gaPe
its ¿ naO score in the si[th inning. CaOOie
McKiOOop ( for ) aGGeG a tZorun
GouEOe in the fourth that PaGe it .
5acheO :iOOinghaP anG Sara :einNe
Zere the onOy other PiOot 5ocN Eatters to
recorG hits, anG the Oregon state chaP
See PILOT ROCK/2B