East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, August 13, 2015, Image 10

Historic Oregon Newspapers

East Oregonian : E.O., August 13, 2015, Image 10

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 2015)

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (1.4 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 14 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextSPORTS IWAKUMA: 7KURZV0¶V¿UVWQRKLWWHUVLQFH Page 2B East Oregonian Continued from 1B dez’s perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2012, was the last time an AL pitcher did not allow a hit in a game. There have been 15 no-hitters by NL pitchers since then. With Mariners fans on their feet and cheering, Iwakuma got Gerardo 3DUUDWROLQHRXWVRIWO\WRFHQWHU¿HOGHU $XVWLQ -DFNVRQ IRU WKH ¿UVW QRKLWWHU against Baltimore since Boston’s Clay Buchholz did it in 2007. Baltimore has now been no-hit seven times in franchise history. After his 116th pitch settled in Jack- son’s glove, Iwakuma was mobbed by his teammates. Hernandez was wearing a fuzzy bear hat that was handed out as a promotion earlier in the season to honor Iwakuma. The only time it appeared the Orioles might get a hit came in the fourth inning. Manny Machado walked to lead off and Parra chopped a grounder in the hole EHWZHHQ ¿UVW EDVHPDQ 0DUN 7UXPER and second baseman Robinson Cano. Quickly moving to his left, Cano tracked down the grounder in shallow ULJKW¿HOGDQGWKUHZDFURVVKLVERG\WR JHW3DUUDDW¿UVW Iwakuma walked Chris Davis with two outs, but he struck out Jimmy Paredes to end the threat. Iwakuma also walked Jonathan Thursday, August 13, 2015 COMEBACK: WR ready to make impact Continued from 1B AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma throws during the eighth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles in Seattle. Schoop on a check-swing, full-count pitch to open the eighth inning. But after striking out Ryan Flaherty looking, Iwakuma got Caleb Joseph to ground into a double play. Iwakuma took the mound for the ninth to a standing ovation from the home crowd taking in the matinee. David Lough fouled out to open the ninth with Seager making his remark- able catch. Machado grounded out to 6HDJHUIRUWKHVHFRQGRXWDQG3DUUDÀHZ RXWWRVKDOORZFHQWHU¿HOGWRHQGLW Iwakuma pitched 8 2-3 innings twice, including earlier this month against Minnesota. In his last outing, Iwakuma threw a 118 pitches in a victory over Texas. NFL class. He hasn’t been allowed to join the Ducks in DQ\ RQFDPSXV RU RI¿FLDO capacity until he’s wrapped up his degree. Lockie, meanwhile, is already entrenched in Oregon’s culture. He learned from the best in Mariota, although he got little chance to prove it last season, completing 21 of 27 overall passes for 207 yards and a touchdown, mostly in mop-up duty. Mariota set a Pac-12 record for total touch- downs last season with 58, including 42 via pass, 15 on the run and one touch- down catch. He also set the conference mark for career touchdowns with 136. Mariota declared his eligibility for the NFL draft shortly after the Ducks fell 42-20 to Ohio State in WKH ¿UVW &ROOHJH )RRWEDOO Playoff championship game and was the second overall pick, heading to the Tennessee Titans. In the spring game, Lockie completed all nine of his passes for 223 yards and three touchdowns, leading his team to a 35-29 victory. Asked about the differ- ence between Lockie and Adams, Addison again was tactful. “I really can’t say so far,” he said. “We haven’t gotten a big chance to work out with Vernon yet. But I know Jeff is a guy who has improved year after year and I think we will be comfortable with him if he gets the job. It will be interesting when Vernon gets here.” Whatever happens, Addison is realistic. His focus is on himself. “The main thing I’ve been trying to do is get better as a player, get better as a teammate, and continue to learn the game more,” he said. RODEO: Rough stock takes the night µ+DZNVWLJKWHQG¿QDOO\KHDOWK\ Continued from 1B Two Achilles tears in two years hasn’t stopped McCoy McCoy became a trusted contributor in Seattle’s offense during the 2012 season. He posted career highs with 18 catches for 291 yards and three touch- By CURTIS CRABTREE GRZQV ZKLOH VWDUWLQJ ¿YH JDPHV IRU Associated Press WKH 6HDKDZNV +H DOVR SRVWHG WKH ¿UVW 100-yard game of his career with three RENTON, Wash. — Getting back catches for 105 yards in Seattle’s 58-0 to normal has been a long and arduous rout of the Arizona Cardinals. process for Anthony McCoy. McCoy is battling with Cooper Helfet The Seattle Seahawks tight end has for a chance to make Seattle’s roster as missed each of the last two seasons after a third tight end. Helfet caught 12 passes suffering torn Achilles tendons during for 185 yards and two touchdowns in 10 offseason workouts. McCoy tore his games last season in place of McCoy. right Achilles during organized team “He’s getting there,” offensive activities in May 2013 then tore his coordinator Darrell Bevell said. “Early left Achilles early in training camp last in camp I don’t think he quite had his August. legs under him but as you’re able to So after two years of constant reha- work through more and get more of a bilitation, normal is a pretty incredible workload ... it’s hard to simulate exactly thing. what he’s going to get out there with “Honestly, (I feel) normal,” McCoy bodies leaning on him, guys pushing on said. “And dammit it feels (good to be) him. As he’s worked through camp here normal. God it feels so good to be out he’s done a nice job of getting his wind, here right now.” getting his legs, that kind of thing.” Both tears were non-contact injuries Despite the injuries, McCoy stayed that ended his seasons before they could with the team throughout each of the get started. last two seasons. He did his rehab work “This is one of those things you can’t with the team’s doctors and training see coming,” McCoy said. “If it’s going staff instead of going to recuperate on to happen, it’s going to happen.” his own. McCoy was cleared to return to “Coming in as a rookie, he was a football activities in July. Now he’s guy I kind of looked up to,” backup just working on getting back into game tight end Luke Willson said. “Obviously shape and rediscovering his rapport with the Achilles is the last thing you want Russell Wilson. injured and not to do one of those, let “I’m almost there. I’m working alone two, and to see him out here and through the kinks and the cracks and moving around is pretty cool, man. He’s stuff, just getting back into it,” McCoy got a great attitude. He’s a great player. VDLG³:KHQ\RX¶UHRIIWKH¿HOGIRUWZR So I’m looking forward to spending a years you’re probably going to be a \HDURQWKH¿HOGZLWKKLPWKLV\HDU´ little rusty in some areas, as I am. But Seattle’s preseason opener against the I’m doing well. I’m back to 100 percent. Denver Broncos on Friday will be the Well, no one is really 100 percent, I’m ¿UVWIRRWEDOOJDPH0F&R\KDVDSSHDUHG back in the 90s right now.” in since January 2013. receive an extra $500 in bonus money. He walked away with $600. At such a young age, Thurston is making a name for himself on the circuit. He says he’s made more than $220,000 this summer, in a season he called “blessed.” “It’s pretty cool,” he said of his summer. “I’ve had a really good year.” Bareback rider Teddy Athan is trying to get back to earning serious money after missing much of this season with some broken ribs. Wednesday, though, her was in top form. The Livermore, California man rode Reckless 0DUJLHIRUSRLQWVDQGWKH¿UVWJRURXQG¶VZLQ Reckless Margie was aggressive with him early in the eight seconds, but he shifted his weight, found the horse’s time, and stayed on for a winning ride. “When she came out, she kinda smashed me in the back, and kinda got everything curled up and got my hips from under me,” Atham said, “She was kinda strong right there and evertying started rolling right. Then a (she made) a couple moves across the lane and bucked through the whole thing.” Colbran, Colorado’s Ty Wallace took Wednes- day’s bull riding go-round after holding on for an 82 on bad medicine. It was an interesting night with the bulls, who often times didn’t want to leave the arena dirt. Ardie Maier was on the rough end of the bulls when Laugh Out Loug landed on his shoulder just outside the chute. He had his shoulder wrapped with ice shortly after. While the rough stock was entertaining, the roping and steer wrestling was frustrating. Fresh stock that hadn’t seen a chute caused some cowboys problems. Several cowboys came DZD\ ZLWK ¿YH VHFRQG SHQDOWLHV IRU EUHDNLQJ the barrier, and some didn’t record a time at all because of the fresh stock. Steer wrestler Luke Branquinho, though, seemingly had no problems, though, recording a time of 4.4 seconds to win $100 and Wednesday’s go-round. quote He explained that the steers would leave the chute a split second late, forcing the cowboys to pay attention to both the buzzer and the steer itself so that he doesn’t break the barrier. In his ¿UVW WULS WR +HUPLVWRQ %UDQTXLQKR SXOOHG KLV steer down nearly two seconds faster than second SODFH¿QLVKHU%ODLQH-RQHV In tie down and team roping, the fresh calves again caused problems. Twenty-time world champion Trevor Brazile failed to record a time in tie down, and he and team roping partner Patrick Smith found themselves on the outside looking in after two go-rounds with an average of 14.4 Meanwhile, Caleb Smidt, in the second go-round after Wednesday afternoon’s slack, put down a time of 8.5 seconds, easily the best score. Smidt was one of just six of 14 cowboys to record a time because of the fresh stock. Calie DuPerier, just 22 years old, nearly broke the FCPR arena record in barrel racing after her 17.09. Farm-City’s record is 16.81. There was a scare during barrel racing, though, when Nicole Riggle’s horse lost its footing around the second barrel, tosing her. As the horse scampered past, its back hoof caught Riggle’s head and left her motionless for a few seconds. She regained her feet and left the arena on her own power. The second performance of Farm-City Pro Rodeo begins at 7:45 p.m. with slack events beginning at 2 p.m. LOCALS: Torri Longgood, Hermiston, Barrel Racing: 17.50 (3rd) Blake Knowles, Heppner, Steer Wrestling: 10.3 (5th) Trevor Knowles, Mt. Vernon, Oregon, Steer Wrestling: 21.3 (10th) R. C. Landingham, Pendleton, Bareback Riding: 78 (re-ride) SCOREBOARD Baseball Texas Seattle Oakland National League ——— East Division New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia W 62 58 51 46 46 L 52 55 63 68 69 Pct GB .544 — .513 3½ .447 11 .404 16 .400 16½ W 73 65 64 50 48 L 40 46 48 62 67 Pct GB .646 — .586 7 .571 8½ .446 22½ .417 26 Central Division St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee West Division Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado ——— W 64 60 56 54 47 L 50 53 57 61 65 Pct GB .561 — .531 3 .496 7 .470 10 .420 15½ Thursday’s Games Colorado (E.Butler 3-9) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-6), 9:10 a.m. Milwaukee (Cravy 0-3) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 7-8), 11:20 a.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 7-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-6), 4:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Sampson 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Latos 4-8), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 6-5) at San Fran- cisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 7:15 p.m. American League East Division W 63 61 58 57 50 L 52 51 56 56 64 Pct GB .548 — .545 ½ .509 4½ .504 5 .439 12½ Central Division Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago Cleveland W 68 57 55 54 53 L 45 56 59 58 59 Pct GB .602 — .504 11 .482 13½ .482 13½ .473 15 West Division Houston Los Angeles 57 .491 5½ 61 .470 8 64 .443 11 Wednesday’s Games Seattle 3, Baltimore 0 Houston 2, San Francisco 0 Miami 14, Boston 6 Toronto 10, Oakland 3 Tampa Bay 9, Atlanta 6 Cleveland 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 7, Kansas City 4 Chicago White Sox 3, LA Angels 2 (13 innings) Minnesota 11, Texas 1 Thursday’s Games Oakland (S.Gray 12-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 12-5), 9:37 p.m. Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-4) at Minnesota (E.Santana 2-3), 10:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 11-2) at Cleveland (Bauer 9-8), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9) at Kansas City (Guthrie 8-7), 5:10 p.m W 62 59 L Pct GB 53 .539 — 54 .522 2½ American North Division W L Oklahoma City 70 47 Iowa 65 52 Omaha 63 54 Colorado Springs 48 68 Pct. GB .598 — .556 5 .538 7 .414 21½ American South Division W L Pct. Round Rock 67 50 .573 Memphis 62 56 .525 Nashville 53 65 .449 New Orleans 51 67 .432 Pacific North Division W Fresno 69 Reno 56 Tacoma 56 Sacramento 55 GB — 5½ 14½ 16½ L 48 60 62 63 Pct. GB .590 — .483 12 .475 13 .466 14 Pacific South Division W L Las Vegas 66 52 El Paso 60 57 Albuquerque 51 67 Salt Lake 46 71 Pct. GB .559 — .513 5½ .432 15 .393 19 ——— Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Memphis at Omaha, 5:05 p.m. Nashville at Iowa, 5:05 p.m. Fresno at Albuquerque, 5:35 p.m. Las Vegas at El Paso, 6:05 p.m. Salt Lake at Reno, 7:05 p.m. Sacramento at Tacoma, 7:05 p.m. Round Rock at Colorado Springs, 7:30 p.m., 2nd game Northwest League North Division Everett x-Tri-City Spokane Vancouver South Division x-Hillsboro Salem-Keizer Eugene Boise x-clinched first half W 8 6 6 6 L 6 7 8 8 Pct. GB .571 — .462 1 .429 2 .429 2 W 9 9 8 3 L 5 5 6 10 Pct. GB .643 — .615 — .643 1 .231 5 ——— Pacific Coast League Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati 7, San Diego 3 Philadelphia 7, Arizona 6 Houston 2, San Francisco 0 Miami 14, Boston 6 Tampa Bay 9, Atlanta 6 N.Y. Mets 3, Colorado 0 Cubs 3, Brewers 2 (10 innings) St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2 Dodgers 3, Nationals 0 Toronto New York Tampa Bay Baltimore Boston 55 54 51 Wednesday’s Games Sacramento 6, Tacoma 2 Round Rock 7, Colorado Springs 0, 1st game Oklahoma City 5, New Orleans 2 Omaha 4, Memphis 3 Iowa 3, Nashville 1 Round Rock 2, Colorado Springs 1, 2nd game Fresno 8, Albuquerque 2 Las Vegas 7, El Paso 1 Salt Lake at Reno, Late Thursday’s Games Colorado Springs at Round Rock, 4:05 p.m., 1st game Wednesday’s Games Salem-Keizer 6, Spokane 1 Everett 6, Eugene 1 Hillsboro 3, Vancouver 2 Boise at Tri-City, Late Basketball WNBA ——— Wednesday’s Games Connecticut 80, Tulsa 74 Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games New York at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m. West EASTERN CONFERENCE W D.C. United 13 New York 10 Columbus 9 Toronto FC 9 New England 8 Montreal 8 Orlando City 7 New York City FC 6 Philadelphia 6 Chicago 6 GB — 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 7½ GB — 2½ 7½ 10 10½ 11 L 7 6 8 9 9 9 10 11 13 12 T Pts 5 44 6 36 7 34 4 31 7 31 4 28 7 28 6 24 5 23 4 22 W Vancouver 13 Los Angeles 11 FC Dallas 11 Sporting Kansas City 10 Portland 10 Seattle 10 Houston 8 Real Salt Lake 7 San Jose 7 Colorado 5 L 8 7 6 4 8 12 8 9 10 8 T Pts 3 42 7 40 5 38 7 37 6 36 2 32 7 31 8 29 5 26 9 24 Friday’s Games Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m. Houston at New England, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Portland at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Orlando City at Seattle, 2 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. AFC East W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 1 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 South North Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Pittsburgh L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 W 1 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T Pct 0 1.000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 W 0 0 0 0 L 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 NFC East Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay North Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis ——— Pct .000 .000 .000 .000 Thursday, Aug. 13 New Orleans at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Green Bay at New England, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Chicago, 5 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Dallas at San Diego, 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 Carolina at Buffalo, 4 p.m. Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 7 p.m. Football Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee W 0 0 0 0 West Thursday’s Games D.C. United at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego South WESTERN CONFERENCE ——— Thursday’s Games Everett at Eugene, 6:05 p.m. Salem-Keizer at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Boise at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct New York 15 6 .714 Indiana 13 9 .591 Washington 13 9 .591 Chicago 14 10 .583 Connecticut 12 10 .545 Atlanta 8 14 .364 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Minnesota 17 6 .739 Phoenix 14 8 .636 Tulsa 10 14 .417 Los Angeles 7 16 .304 San Antonio 7 17 .292 Seattle 6 17 .261 x-clinched playoff spot SOCCER Saturday, Aug. 15 Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5 p.m. San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m. Kansas City at Arizona, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16 Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Transactions Baseball American League BOSTON RED SOX — Named Jerry Dipoto consultant. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent 2B Tyler Ladendorf to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assignment. NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP Branden Pinder to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated 1B/OF Garrett Jones for assignment. Recalled RHP Nick Goody from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Selected the contract of LHP Chris Capuano from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent OF Desmond Jennings to Charlotte (FSL) for a rehab assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Sent RHP Tanner Scheppers to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assign- ment. Agreed to terms with RHP Robert Coello on a minor league contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent C Gerald Laird to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned 2B Tommy La Stella to Iowa (PCL). CINCINNATI REDS — Traded RHP Matt Buschmann to Baltimore for cash. COLORADO ROCKIES — Designated OF Drew Stubbs for assignment. Selected the contract of UT Matt McBride from Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Joel Peralta on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Yimi Garcia from Oklahoma City (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned RHP David Buchanan to Lehigh Valley (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Cesar Jimenez from Lehigh Valley. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP Wilfredo Boscan outright to Indianap- olis (IL). Sent SS Jordy Mercer and 3B Josh Harrison to Indianapolis for rehab assignments. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned INF Hector Gomez to El Paso (PCL). Sent 2B Cory Spangenberg to El Paso for a rehab assignment. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF Angel Pagan on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Juan Perez from Sacramento (PCL). Sent C Andrew Susac to San Jose (Cal) for a rehab assignment. Frontier League SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed OF Kenny Kirshner and INF Spencer Mahoney. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed RHP Jacob Westerhouse. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived/injured NT Ricky Heimuli. Signed CB Michael Lee. BUFFALO BILLS — Waived/injured TE Clayy Burton. Claimed LB Ikemefuna Ene- mkpali off waivers from the N.Y. Jets. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed PK Shaun Suisham on injured reserve. Waived/ injured RB Cameron Stingily. Signed RB Braylon Heard and WR David Nelso HOCKEY ECHL ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Named Alex Loh assistant coach. FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to terms with F Gabriel Desjardins.