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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, August 27, 2015 ’HAWKS: Little League Baseball +RPHVWDWHWHDP3HQQV\OYDQLDEHDWV7H[DVWRPRYHWR86¿QDO By JOE KAY Associated Press 6287+ :,//,$063257 3D — The closest thing to a home team at the Little League World Series LV KHDGHG IRU WKH ¿QDO RI WKH 86 EUDFNHW$QG/HZLVEHUU\FDQH[SHFW DIXOOKRXVHZKHQLWJRHVIRUWKHWLWOH Left-hander Adam Cramer struck RXW LQ ¿YH LQQLQJV DQG WKH undefeated Pennsylvania team beat 3HDUODQG7H[DVRQ:HGQHVGD\ QLJKW &UDPHU WKUHZ SLWFKHUV allowed three hits and got only two RXWVRWKHUWKDQE\VWULNHRXW²DÀ\ EDOODQGDFRPHEDFNJURXQGHU-DGHQ Henline moved over from shortstop and got three more strikeouts in the VL[WKHVFDSLQJDEDVHVORDGHGWKUHDW Cole Wagner hit a solo homer, and Henline had an RBI single DPRQJKLVWKUHHKLWV Pearland will play Bonita, Cali- fornia, on Thursday for a spot in the 86 WLWOH JDPH DJDLQVW /HZLVEHUU\ The winner of that game Saturday will face the International bracket winner for the World Series title a GD\ODWHU Thousands of fans made the two-hour drive from Lewisberry IRU WKH JDPH7KH FURZG HVWLPDWHG DW SDFNHG /DPDGH 6WDGLXP leaving no room to cardboard slide down the steep, grassy slope beyond WKHRXW¿HOGZDOO The dominant performance followed the most exciting games of the tournament, featuring two big comebacks and one pulsating win that sent the undefeated team from Tokyo to the title game of the ,QWHUQDWLRQDOEUDFNHW Tokyo got down to its last strike in the bottom of the sixth inning before rallying to it it, then overcame DWZRUXQGH¿FLWLQWKHERWWRPRIWKH eighth for a 5-4 victory over Barqui- simeto, Venezuela, that was among the tournament’s most exciting so IDU “A tough game,” manager Junji Hidaka said, in a tone of voice that GLGQ¶WQHHGWUDQVODWLQJ³7KHSOD\HUV ZHUHJUHDW´ For Barquisimeto, it was as tough DVFRXOGEH7ZLFHWKH9HQH]XHODQV KDGDFKDQFHWR¿QLVKWKHPRIIDQG FRXOGQ¶W GR LW$QG WKH\ KDG WR JR deep into their pitching to get through the loss, leaving them in a tough spot IRUWKHLUZLQRUHOVHJDPH Barquisimeto will play Mexi- cali Baja California, Mexico, on 7KXUVGD\7KHZLQQHUJHWVDUHPDWFK with Tokyo on Saturday — the -DSDQHVHWHDPDOVREHDW0H[LFR in the tournament — for the Interna- WLRQDOWLWOH Continued from 1B WKURXJK¿YHLQQLQJV+HWRRND lead into the sixth and gave up a pair RI LQ¿HOG VLQJOHV ZLWK RQH RXW +H swapped spots with shortstop Johan Garcia, who got a strikeout and went WRDQFRXQWRQ6KLQJR7RPLWD 2QHVWULNHDZD\IURP¿QLVKLQJLW RII Tomita took a couple of pitches in the dirt, fouled one off, then singled WR FHQWHU WR WLH LW $QRWKHU UXQQHU tried to score on the play but was WDJJHG RXW 7KH 7RN\R SOD\HUV IHOW fortunate to get that chance to pull HYHQ “Their (starting) pitcher was the EHVW,¶YHHYHUVHHQ´7RPLWDVDLG Two innings later, Barquisimeto hit back-to-back homers for a 4-2 OHDG -HIHUVRQ 4XHUR KLW DQ RSSR- VLWH¿HOGVKRWVWRPSHGRQWKHSODWH AP Photo/Matt Slocum with both feet, made the sign of the Lewisberry, Pa.’s Adam Cramer pitches during the first inning cross and pointed to the sky to cele- of Wednesday’s game against EUDWH KLV WLHEUHDNLQJ KLW )HUQDQGH] Pearland, Texas, at the Little followed with a homer, and Barqui- VLPHWRZDVIHHOLQJJRRG League World Series. The good feeling lasted only one “I’ll talk to the coaches and see RXW who pitches tomorrow’s game,” Tokoyo piled up a pair of doubles, PDQDJHU 'RPLQJR $ &DUUDVTXHO a single, an intentional walk and a VDLG³:HKDYHHQRXJKSLWFKLQJIRU hit-by-pitch that forced in the tying WKHUHPDLQLQJVHULHV´ UXQ ZLWK RQH RXW <XJR $RNL WKHQ They won’t get another chance VLQJOHGVKDUSO\WRULJKW¿HOGWRHQG OLNHWKLVRQH it and bring the players out of the Pitcher Yeiner Fernandez was GXJRXWIRUDKDSS\KXGGOHQHDU¿UVW dominant, allowing only four hits EDVH MARINERS: Fast start for offense put Seattle in driver’s seat Continued from 1B second AL pitcher to reach ZLQV “I found some things with my mechanics and I IHOWZD\EHWWHUWRGD\)DVW- ball was there and I could locate it both sides of the SODWH´+HUQDQGH]VDLG Hernandez spent signif- icant time watching video after losing his previous two decisions while giving up 14 earned runs and 21 hits in losing to the Red Sox DQG:KLWH6R[+HUQDQGH] said he was too quick in his delivery, which has led in the past to his pitches being WRRÀDWDQGQRWKDYLQJWKH movement that makes him VRVXFFHVVIXO Hernandez went so far as to throw a bullpen — just his second of the season — between starts to work on being slower in his GHOLYHU\ ,W ZRUNHG %HWZHHQ AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners’ Seth Smith doubles in a run against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning of Wednesday’s game in Seattle. 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Burns’ leadoff homer — just the third Hernandez has allowed in his career — and Butler’s single in WKH ¿IWK WKH RQO\ 2DNODQG batter to reach base was Eric Sogard, who was KLW E\ D SLWFK LQ WKH WKLUG Hernandez retired 12 of EDWWHUVDQGPDWFKHGKLV YLFWRU\WRWDOIURPODVW\HDU FAST START Cruz’s homer came late, but it was an early offensive outburst that EDFNHG +HUQDQGH] 6HDWWOH sent 10 batters to the plate LQWKH¿UVWDQGVFRUHGIRXU times that inning off Chris %DVVLWW &UX] KDG DQ 5%, VLQJOH LQ WKH ¿UVW WR score Ketel Marte and the two teamed up again for another run in the sixth off UHOLHYHU3DW9HQGLWWH The Mariners strung togHWKHU ¿YH VWUDLJKW KLWV LQWKH¿UVWEHJLQQLQJZLWK Cruz, and got RBI hits from Seth Smith, Mark Trumbo DQG /RJDQ 0RUULVRQ ,W ZDVWKH¿UVWWLPHDOOVHDVRQ Seattle batted through the OLQHXSLQRQHLQQLQJ “I’ve got to make some adjustments, I guess,” %DVVLWW VDLG ³, MXVW GLGQ¶W IHHOJRRGDWDOOWRGD\´ Kyle Seager added a solo homer in the eighth, snapping a 0-for-14 GURXJKW ROTATION SWITCH Seattle is bumping Vidal Nuno from his spot in the rotation and inserting left-hander Roenis Elias beginning with Thursday’s series opener in Chicago DJDLQVW WKH :KLWH 6R[ But that might not mean Nuno is completely out RI WKH SLFWXUH 6HDWWOH DOVR announced its Sunday starter in Chicago is “TBA,” a spot that was originally slated for struggling rookie Mike 0RQWJRPHU\ TRAINER’S ROOM Oakland starter Felix Doubront is in line to make his start Saturday against Oakland after leaving Monday’s game ZLWKDULJKWIRRWFRQWXVLRQ Doubront had X-rays that FDPHEDFNQHJDWLYH UP NEXT Athletics: After an off day, the A’s open a series in Arizona with Sonny Gray RQWKHPRXQG*UD\ OHDGV WKH $/ ZLWK D (5$ Mariners: Elias makes KLV¿UVWVWDUWLQWKHPDMRUV since July 2 as the Mariners open a road trip against the :KLWH6R[(OLDVORVW three of four decisions with the Mariners in June and early July before being sent EDFNWR7ULSOH$7DFRPD OSU: Porebski one of latest foreign imports to college football Continued from 1B DOO$PHULFDQ ¿UVW WHDP LQ He had 19 punts downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line with a VHDVRQEHVW SXQW RI \DUGV +H sat out 2014 because junior college rules allow international players just RQHVHDVRQ Porebski is one of the latest in a successful line of Australian punters ZKRFDPHWRWKH8QLWHG6WDWHV ProKick Australia has produced the last two winners of the Ray Guy Award, given to college football’s top SXQWHU7KHDFDGHP\¶VZHEVLWHVD\V it has placed 15 Australian punters LQWR 86 FROOHJHV ZLWK DOO EXW RQH EHLQJDZDUGHGDIXOOVFKRODUVKLS “Nick’s doing a good job,” said Oregon State special teams coor- GLQDWRU ,ODLVD 7XLDNL ³+H¶V JRW D special skill set that we recruited him WRFRPHKHUHDQGGR´ That skill set includes the ability to punt with both feet, something Porebski says he will only use if UXVKHGIURPWKHULJKWVLGH+H¶VQRW able to produce the high spiral with KLVOHIWIRRWWKDWKHFDQZLWKKLVOHIW He can also kick on the run, often referred to in American football FLUFOHV DV D UXJE\VW\OH NLFN 7KDW can 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WKLQN LW ZDV WKH ULJKW¿WIRUPH´ An outdoor enthusiast, he was taken by the nature opportunities DURXQG &RUYDOOLV 6LQFH KLV DUULYDO this summer he’s traveled to Newport and jumped off rocks into DUHDZDWHUZD\V Porebski has been practicing DQGNLFNLQJZHOO,QDGGLWLRQWRKLV punting duties he will also be the holder, another part of the game he’s OHDUQLQJ He’ll get his full introduction into Division I football in next week’s VHDVRQRSHQHU+LVUHDGLQHVVIRUWKLV next level is hard to gauge, Tuiaki VDLGEXWWKHFRDFKKDVFRQ¿GHQFH “He’s going to be a good player IRUWKHQH[WWKUHH\HDUV´7XLDNLVDLG which Wright currently has ORFNHG GRZQ DV WKH VWDUWHU Wright’s ability to play all three linebacker spots at a high level gives Seattle the ÀH[LELOLW\WRXVH3LHUUH/RXLV LQ VSHFL¿F VLWXDWLRQV +H could see time in the defen- sive rotation this season in REYLRXVSDVVLQJVLWXDWLRQV Last week against the Kansas City Chiefs was his ¿UVWFKDQFHWRSOD\VLQFHODVW 1RYHPEHU ,Q WKH VHFRQG quarter, Pierre-Louis allowed tight end Travis 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starts under his belt, ¿QLVKHG ZLWK WDFNOHV including six tackles for loss ODVW VHDVRQ :DONHU KDG tackles, including eight for loss, despite splitting starts ZLWK 'HUULFN 0DORQH WDFNOHV “Both those guys are DZHVRPH´ 3HOOXP VDLG “Rodney has been doing it longer in this system, so he knows it better and he’s able WR WDNH PRUH FRPPDQG -RH does whatever is needed, whatever is necessary and runs around and makes SOD\V´ When asked about his 100-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Utah, one of the pivotal moments in Oregon’s championship season, Walker said he hadn’t really went back and watched WKHSOD\ “I actually had a concus- sion that game, so I don’t remember too much,” he VDLG³)URPWKHKLJKOLJKW¿OP it was just a very heads-up SOD\ ZDWFKLQJ WKH RI¿FLDO not signal touchdown and UXQQLQJ LW EDFN ,W ZDV YHU\ IRUWXQDWH´ SCOREBOARD Local Slate East Division PREP BOYS SOCCER Saturday Umatilla at Hermiston, 11 a.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Saturday Umatilla at Hermiston, 1 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Today Dufur, Imbler at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Riverside, 5 p.m. Nixyaawii at Pendleton JV2, 5 p.m. Friday Riverside, Helix at Umatilla jamboree, Noon Saturday Pilot Rock, Heppner, Weston-McEwen at Grant Union tournament, 8 a.m. Pendleton at Lewiston (ID) tournament, 8 a.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Today Pendleton, Helix, Heppner, Mac-Hi, Nixyaawii at Green and Gold Invite (Pendleton Community Park), 3 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Saturday Sierra Nevada at Eastern Oregon, 2 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Saturday Sierra Nevada at Eastern Oregon, 4 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Friday Eastern Oregon vs. Carroll/Great Falls at Big Sky Invitational (Helena, Mont.), 8 a.m./2 p.m. Blue Mountain vs. Walla Walla/Chemeketa/Olympic at Chemeketa Pre-Season Tournament (Salem), 10:30 a.m./1:30 p.m./4:30 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon vs. Rocky Mountain/Vanguard at Big Sky Invitational (Helena, Mont.), 8 a.m./Noon Blue Mountain vs. TBD at Chemeketa Pre-Season Tournament (Salem), TBD COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Saturday Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho dual, TBD Baseball MLB American League Toronto New York Baltimore Tampa Bay Boston Central Division Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Detroit Chicago West Division W 71 69 63 62 58 L 55 57 63 64 69 Pct GB .563 — .548 2 .500 8 .492 9 .457 13½ W 77 65 60 60 59 L 49 61 66 66 66 Pct GB .611 — .516 12 .476 17 .476 17 .472 17½ W L Pct GB Houston 71 57 .555 — Texas 64 61 .512 5½ Los Angeles 64 62 .508 6 Seattle 59 68 .465 11½ Oakland 55 73 .430 16 ——— Wednesday’s Games Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Seattle 8, Oakland 2 Detroit 5, L.A. Angels 0 Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2 Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 12, Texas 4 Baltimore 8, Kansas City 5 Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 0 Today’s Games L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-9) at Detroit (Wolf 0-1), 10:08 a.m. Toronto (Estrada 11-7) at Texas (Gallardo 10-9), 11:05 a.m. Baltimore (Tillman 9-8) at Kansas City (Ventura 8-7), 11:10 a.m. Minnesota (Milone 6-3) at Tampa Bay (Smyly 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Elias 4-6) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 5-5), 5:10 p.m. National League East Division New York Washington Atlanta Miami Philadelphia Central Division St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division Los Angeles San Francisco W 70 63 54 51 50 L 56 62 73 76 77 Pct .556 .504 .425 .402 .394 GB — 6½ 16½ 19½ 20½ W 81 76 73 53 52 L 45 49 51 74 73 Pct .643 .608 .589 .417 .416 GB — 4½ 7 28½ 28½ W 69 66 L Pct GB 56 .552 — 59 .528 3 Arizona 62 64 .492 7½ San Diego 62 64 .492 7½ Colorado 51 74 .408 18 ——— Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Mets 9, Philadelphia 4 San Diego 6, Washington 5 Colorado 6, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 4 Cleveland 6, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 7, Miami 2 St. Louis 3, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 13-3) at Cincinnati (DeScla- fani 7-9), 9:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Haren 8-8) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 15-6), 12:45 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 8-9) at Philadelphia (Harang 5-14), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 5-12) at Washington (J.Ross 4-5), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (G.Cole 14-7) at Miami (Nicolino 2-1), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (C.Martinez 12-6) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 11-5), 6:40 p.m. GB — .500 2½ 4½ 5 GB — 12 .571 1 Salem-Keizer (Giants) Boise (Rockies) 11 1½ 2 3 6½ 7½ GB — 2½ 5½ 8 11½ 12 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Wednesday’s Games Los Angeles 81, Indiana 79 Today’s Games Phoenix at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Friday’s Games Phoenix at Washington, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Tulsa, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Seattle, 7 p.m. 13 14 .481 3½ 16 .407 5½ x-clinched first half ——— Wednesday’s Games Eugene 4, Spokane 1 Hillsboro 3, Tri-City 2 Salem-Keizer at Everett, (n) Boise at Vancouver, (n) Today’s Games Boise at Vancouver, 1:05 p.m. Spokane at Eugene, 6:05 p.m. Salem-Keizer at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Tri-City at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 18 8 .692 — NFL Preseason AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 New England 1 1 0 .500 N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 Miami 0 2 0 .000 South W L T Pct Houston 1 1 0 .500 Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 West W L T Pct Denver 2 0 0 1.000 Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 Oakland 1 1 0 .500 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 Washington 2 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 Dallas South 0 2 0 .000 13 40 W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 56 54 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 53 54 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 41 37 New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 51 56 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 0 0 1.000 60 31 Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 50 21 Detroit 1 1 0 .500 40 24 Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 41 35 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 33 29 Arizona 0 2 0 .000 38 56 Seattle 0 2 0 .000 33 36 St. Louis 0 2 0 .000 17 45 ——— Friday’s games New England at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Tennessee at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Detroit at Jacksonville, 5 p.m. Soccer Football MiLB Northwest League North Division W L Pct. Everett (Mariners) 16 11 .593 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 13 13 x-Tri-City (Padres) 12 16 .429 Spokane (Rangers) 11 16 .407 South Division W L Pct. Eugene (Cubs) 17 11 .607 x-Hillsboro (Diamondbacks) 16 Indiana 17 10 .630 Chicago 17 11 .607 Washington 15 11 .577 Connecticut 12 15 .444 Atlanta 11 16 .407 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct x-Minnesota 19 9 .679 x-Phoenix 16 11 .593 Tulsa 13 14 .481 Los Angeles 11 17 .393 Seattle 7 20 .259 San Antonio 7 21 .250 PF 35 37 33 40 PA 35 46 45 58 PF 33 35 51 21 PA 24 43 45 59 PF 34 47 48 27 PA 35 67 56 31 PF 36 48 39 30 PA 30 32 26 23 PF 76 41 32 PA 27 34 35 MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts D.C. United 13 9 5 44 New York 11 7 6 39 Columbus 10 8 8 38 Toronto FC 10 10 4 34 New England 9 9 7 34 Montreal 8 10 4 28 NY City FC 7 12 7 28 Orlando City 7 12 7 28 Philadelphia 7 13 6 27 Chicago 7 13 5 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Los Angeles 13 7 7 46 Vancouver 14 9 3 45 Kansas City 11 6 7 40 Portland 11 8 7 40 FC Dallas 11 8 5 38 Seattle 11 13 2 35 San Jose 10 10 5 35 Houston 8 10 8 32 Salt Lake 8 10 8 32 Colorado 7 9 9 30 GF 35 40 43 42 34 29 37 32 33 30 GA 31 28 43 41 36 32 44 46 43 37 GF 49 38 39 28 33 30 31 33 29 23 GA 32 26 33 30 30 29 29 34 38 26 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Wednesday’s Games Chicago 3, New York 2 Colorado 2, Houston 1 Friday’s Games Los Angeles at San Jose, 8 p.m.
