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out the Los Angeles Dodgers
and took control of their testy
DiYision Series.
Curtis Granderson droYe
in ¿Ye runs with two doubles
off the wall, TraYis d’Ar-
naud and Yoenis Cespedes
homered, and New York’s
dangerous bats busted loose
for a 13-7 Yictory Monday
night that gaYe the Mets a 2-1
adYantage in the best-of-¿Ye
NL playoff.
Before a bloodthirsty
crowd of 44,276 in the ¿rst
postseason game at Citi
Field, the Mets broke their
postseason scoring record
as New York public enemy
Chase Utley watched from
the Los Angeles bench. The
NL East champs Tuickly
erased an early three-run
de¿cit and made a winner of
a mediocre Matt HarYey in
his playoff debut.
Back in the postseason for
the ¿rst time in nine years,
New York can reach the NL
Championship Series with
another win at home Tuesday
night in Game 4.
Trying to saYe the
Dodgers’ season, ace lefty
Clayton Kershaw will start on
three days’ rest. Hometown
rookie SteYen Matz goes for
the Mets.
Utley is the subject of
scorn in New York after his
late takeout slide Saturday
night broke the right leg of
Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada
at Dodger Stadium.
Amid much speculation
the Mets would seek reYenge,
manager Terry Collins said
before the game HarYey was
told not to.
“This is too big a game.
We need to not worry about
retaliating,” Collins said.
“We need to worry about
winning. ... We can play
angry, but we’Ye got to play
under control.”
In the end, Utley neYer
got in the game and the Mets
saYed all their hard hits for
when they were at the plate.
HarYey labored through
¿Ye innings in his ¿rst outing
since missing a mandatory
postseason workout and
apologizing after he arriYed.
Los Angeles lefty Brett
Anderson took the loss,
tagged for si[ runs and
seYen hits in three ineffectiYe
innings.
Granderson’s ¿Ye RBIs
matched a Mets postseason
record set by Carlos Delgado
in Game 4 of the 2006 NLCS
at St. Louis, when New York
set its preYious postseason
high with 12 runs.
ALDS
BLUE
JAYS
8,
RANGERS 4 — At
Arlington, Te[as, Adrian
Beltre returned to the Te[as
lineup despite a bad back.
Derek Holland didn’t giYe
the slugging third baseman
much of a chance to help the
Rangers aYoid a trip back to
Toronto for a deciding Game
5 in AL DiYision Series.
Holland gaYe up three
home runs to the ¿rst eight
batters Monday, and the Blue
Jays used 2012 Cy Young
winners R.A. Dickey and
DaYid Price in an 8-4 Yictory
in Game 4. After winning the
¿rst two games in Toronto,
now the Rangers need to do it
again to adYance.
“I was ready. Game plan
was there,” Holland said
of his ¿rst postseason start
since 8 1-3 scoreless innings
against St. Louis in Game
4 of the 2011 World Series.
“When you liYe up in the
zone, that’s the worst. Those
guys are going to hit it.”
Josh Donaldson and
Chris Colabello hit home
runs before Dickey, the
40-year-old knuckleballer,
threw his ¿rst postseason
pitch, and the Blue Jays won
both games in Te[as in a span
of 24 hours.
Game 5 is Wednesday.
Cole Hamels starts for the
Rangers against Marcus
Stroman in a rematch from
Game 2, which Te[as won in
14 innings.
“Win that ballgame.
Simple as that,” Beltre said.
“I think whoeYer does things
right that day is going to win.
And you hope it’s us.”
Beltre, who hadn’t played
since e[iting early from the
series opener because of
lower back stiffness, was a
late addition to the Rangers’
starting lineup.
Beltre had two singles
and a deep Àyout, but the
36-year-old clearly was still
haYing issues after injuring
his back sliding into second
base Thursday. He moYed
gingerly going to ¿rst base
after both hits, and did the
same when adYancing to
second base on the wild pitch
that allowed Shin-Soo Choo
to score in the third inning.
As for whether the back
can hold up enough for
the deciding game, “I’ll let
you know when I wake up
tomorrow,” he said.
ROYALS 9, ASTROS
6 — At Houston, Carlos
Correa did so many things
right for the Houston Astros
on Monday.
It was the rookie
shortstop’s one mistake,
howeYer, that will be the
lasting memory of Houston’s
9-6 loss to Kansas City on
Monday, sending their AL
DiYision Series to a deciding
Game 5.
Correa couldn’t handle a
deÀected grounder that might
haYe been a double-play ball,
helping the Royals rally for
¿Ye runs in the eighth inning.
Correa homered twice,
doubled, singled and droYe
in four runs. Houston took
a 6-2 lead into the eighth,
but a tough error charged to
the 21-year-old keyed the
Royals’ comeback to eYen the
matchup at two games apiece.
“I missed it. That’s what
happened,” Correa said. “I
wish I was perfect. I wish I
could do eYerything perfect,
but I’m not. I’m human.”
Game 5 will be back in
Kansas City on Wednesday
night. Johnny Cueto is set to
start for the Royals against
Collin McHugh.
“EYeryone that watched
that game, eYerybody that
was a part of that game knows
how dif¿cult it is to feel like
that game was closing in our
faYor and then haYe it not go
our way,” Astros manager
A.J. Hinch said.
“But it’s big boy sport.
We’ll adjust, and we will be
ready to play,” he said.
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the 50th but his eager shot sailed oYer a wide-open net. It
wasn’t until the 66th that he put Hermiston up 2-0 off a
centering pass from Ruben Lopez.
Hermiston ¿nished the second half putting just 50
percent of their 14 shots on goal, a number Harshberger
would like to see increase in their ne[t game.
“We de¿nitely need to get our head oYer the ball a
little bit,” he said. “I don’t mind if you shoot, but we
de¿nitely need to put more on target and just test the
keeper more. The keeper did really well today, and
anything high he was just smothering, so we really need
to work on keeping our head down and keeping those
shots on goal.”
Pendleton refused to lay down, though, and rallied to
¿nish the second half with a handful of scoring chances.
The ¿rst came in the 55th minute when Jake Szumski
got his head on a direct kick from Josh Mendoza played
from 40 yards out. Hermiston goalkeeper Antonio
Campos made the diYing saYe, though, and also came
up clutch in the 60th minute to turn away the Bucks in a
2-on-1 in front of the net.
“We de¿nitely had our opportunities so it’s just kind
of a bummer, but I think we played the right way, I was
Yery pleased with the effort,” Talbot said.
Pendleton ¿nally broke through in the 75th minute
when Fernando Gomez took a long clear from Grant
Banister and deked past two Hermiston defenders before
lacing a shot into the upper 90 from 15 yards.
Hermiston didn’t allow Pendleton any thoughts of a
comeback, though, and Mendez scored from point-blank
range in the 77th minute off a pass by Rosales.
“We’re pretty competitiYe right now and pretty posi-
tiYe right now,” Rosales said at the halfway point in CRC
play. “I’m really proud of my teammates and the staff.”
Pendleton had a goal disallowed in the ¿rst half due
to an offside call, and also left the ¿eld with a positiYe
feeling.
“We know Hermiston is one of the best teams in the
state and so we know when we can compete with them,
we can compete with anyone,” Talbot said.
The second round of CRC play begins Thursday with
Hermiston at The Dalles and Pendleton at Hood RiYer
Valley. Both games are at 4 p.m.
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19 carries and caught eight
passes for EOU, while soph-
omore wide receiYer CalYin
Connors caught four kickoffs
for a career-high 104 return
yards.
EOU’s defense was all
oYer the place, with junior
linebacker Tucker Stanley
and senior linebacker Gary
Posten tallying eight tackles
apiece.
Both senior linebacker JT
Capers and senior defensiYe
back Byron Benson had
an interception in the win,
and Benson also broke up a
career-high three passes.
“We were able to create
opportunities in eYery phase
of the game today,” said
Camp. “It was not perfect,
but I am so proud of the
players and coaching staff
for their efforts and ability to
continue to belieYe and build
this program. The credit goes
to them. Carroll College is
a Yery good football team.
Very proud to be a Mountie!”
EOU got on the board
with 9:32 left in the ¿rst
Tuarter, as Bartlow found his
way into the end zone on a
10-yard carry.
The Saints, howeYer,
showed why they are the
second-best passing team in
the league, as senior Tuarter-
back Mac Roche responded
with a pair of touchdown
passes in a span of ¿Ye
minutes to giYe the Saints a
14-7 adYantage going into
the second Tuarter.
With 5:12 left in the
second stanza, the NaYy and
Gold tied the contest at 14
apiece, as Bartlow capped
a 4-play, 59-yard driYe with
a 21-yard rush for a touch-
down.
On Carroll’s ne[t posses-
sion, EOU’s defense came up
with a huge defense stop, as
Posten and junior defensiYe
lineman Dalton Morgan
came in for the assisted
tackle on 3rd-and-16, and
then the Mountaineers forced
a fumble and recoYered it at
the Saints’ 3-yard line.
EOU forced Carroll
to punt on its ¿rst three
possessions of the third
Tuarter before the NaYy and
Gold registered the go-ahead
touchdown. After Barlow
rushed 10 yards to Carroll’s
1-yard line, junior wide
receiYer TJ Esekielu brought
it in for the touchdown to
giYe EOU a 21-14 lead with
19 ticks on the clock.
Once again, the Moun-
taineer defense made game-
changing plays at critical
times, as Capers forced a
fumble and recoYered it 25
yards for the touchdown to
jumpstart the fourth Tuarter
and put EOU ahead, 28-14.
The Saints ¿red back on
their ne[t possession with a
13-play, 71-yard driYe capped
by a 16-yard touchdown pass
from Roche to sophomore
running back Ryan Walsh
with 7:40 remaining in the
contest, but Carroll neYer got
past its own 28-yard line for
the remainder of the game,
and the NaYy and Gold upset
the Saints (3-2, 3-2 Frontier)
for the third time in the last
¿Ye seasons.
Volleyball
EASTERN OREGON
3, CORBAN 0 — At La
Grande, the No. 7 ranked
Eastern Oregon Yolleyball
team kept on rolling with a
3-0 Yictory oYer Corban on
Saturday.
The Mountaineers (18-1,
13-0) won with scores of
25-23, 25-19, and 25-20.
Amanda Miller led the EOU
offensiYe attack with a career-
high 17 kills, but Kasaundra
Tuma wasn’t far behind with
12 kills of her own.
Elsewhere,
Rachelle
Chamberlain contributed 35
assists and Piper Cantrell led
the Mountaineers defense
with 19 digs.
The marked the 13th-con-
secutiYe win for the Moun-
taineers, who haYe not lost
since Aug. 29 when they fell
to Rocky Mountain College
in ¿Ye sets.
OYer that 13-game win
streak, the Mountaineers
haYe only dropped an
astounding three total sets.
The big weekend didn’t
end on Saturday for the
Mountaineers, who were
named the Adidas Team of
the Week for Oct. 5-11, the
conference announced on
Sunday afternoon.
“We are Yery thankful for
being named the team of the
week,” said head Yolleyball
coach Kaki McLean More-
head. “As we are just past the
halfway mark, I am pleased
with where we are but also
impressed with our will to
get better eYery day. That is
what we need to focus on to
get where we want to be, to
get better and better eYery
day.”
Then on Monday, for the
second-consecutiYe
week
two EOU players were
selected as Cascade Colle-
giate Conference Players of
the Week.
Miller (Attacker of the
Week) and Chamberlain
(Setter of the Week) took
home the honors, the ¿rst for
Miller and third for Cham-
berlain.
Miller totaled 50 kills in
10 total sets. She leads the
sTuad in kills per set (3.67),
and she has attacked for a
.298 clip.
Chamberlain
became
the all-time assist leader at
EOU in its four-set win oYer
College of Idaho and she is
fourth in the country with
11.4 assists per frame.
Men’s Soccer
EASTERN OREGON
4, WALLA WALLA 1 —
At College Place, Wash., the
Mountaineers made strides
on Sunday eYening and used
a three-goal second stanza to
push past Walla Walla and
claim their second-straight
Yictory.
A Tuartet of Mountaineers
notched goals for EOU,
as junior striker Fredy
Rodriguez, junior mid¿elder
Robert Wilson, freshman
forward Rene Gutierrez,
and junior defender OsYaldo
Martinez each connected on
frame.
In the bo[, junior goal-
keeper Alfredo Lara tallied
two saYes in just oYer 86
minutes of play, while junior
keeper Jordan Hillmick also
saw action in the second half
for EOU.
The Mountaineers (4-6,
3-4 CCC) return to the pitch
on Friday against No. 20
Rocky Mountain College in
Billings, Montana.
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Rock and it started off much
like the Knights’ match with
Heppner.
The Knights (3-12, 0-5)
took the ¿rst set 25-22 oYer
the Rockets (9-11, 3-5), but
then the Rockets found a
grooYe and took the ne[t
three sets 25-23, 25-22, and
25-23 to win the match.
,n 3ilot Rock’s ¿nal
match, &ulYer made Tuick
work of them as well,
winning 25-16, 25-10, and
25-16 to take its second 3-0
sweep of the day.
CONDON/WHEELER
3, SOUTH WASCO 2 —
At Maupin, the Condon/
Wheeler Knights turned in a
successful Saturday perfor-
mance, defeating Sherman
3-0 and South Wasco 3-2.
Against
Sherman,
the
Knights (9-10, 7-3) won with
scores of 25-20, 25-17, and
25-15. Then against South
Wasco the Knights won the
second, third, and ¿fth sets
with scores of 25-20, 25-16,
and 16-14. No details were
reported.
JOSEPH 3, NIXY-
AAWII 0 — At Ni[yaawii,
the Golden Eagles struggled
again in a shutout loss against
Joseph with scores of 25-7,
25-20, and 25-13. No other
details were reported.
VALE 3, RIVERSIDE
0 — At Vale, the Pirates did
not put up much of a ¿ght
falling to the Vikings (19-2,
4-0) on Saturday with scores
of 25-6, 25-9, and 25-10. No
other details were reported.
ARLINGTON
3,
HORIZON CHRISTIAN
0 — At Hood RiYer, the
Honkers split a pair of
matches on Saturday, falling
to Dufur 3-0 before defeating
Horizon Christian 3-0.
Against Dufur, the Honkers
fell with scores of 27-25,
25-12, and 26-24. Against
Horizon
Christian,
the
Honkers rebounded with a
3-0 sweep, winning 25-17,
25-18, and 25-14. No other
details were reported.
POWDER
VALLEY
3, ECHO 0 — At Powder
Valley, the Cougars fell in
three sets to Powder Valley
with scores of 25-20, 25-23,
and 25-22. No other details
were reported.
IONE 3, HORIZON
CHRISTIAN 0 — At Hood
RiYer, the Cardinals split their
two Saturday matches, falling
to Dufur 3-1 and beating
Horizon Christian 3-0.
Against Dufur, the Cardi-
nals (15-5, 10-1) won the
third set 25-17, but fell in
the others 27-25, 25-18, and
25-12. Later against Horizon
Christian, the Cardinals won
with scores of 25-16, 25-11,
and 25-19. No other details
were reported.
ONTARIO 3, MAC-HI
1 — At Milton-Freewater,
the Mac-Hi Pioneers saw its
losing streak e[tend to ¿Ye
on Saturday with a 3-1 loss
to Ontario.
The Pioneers (3-11, 0-4)
won the third set 25-18 but
lost the other three sets with
scores of 25-8, 25-20, and
25-20.
Ale[us Shelton led the
Pioneers offense with nine
kills and also added eight
digs on defense. Delaney
Karrels also had a nice game
with 27 assists, one ace, and
three digs.
VALE 3, UMATILLA
0 — At Vale, the Umatilla
Vikings (4-14, 0-4) dropped
their 14th game of the season
with scores of 25-6, 25-13,
and 25-11. No other details
were reported.
Girls Soccer
MAC-HI 9, ONTARIO
1 — At Ontario, the Mac-Hi
Pioneers dominated from
to start to ¿nish for a 9-1
Yictory.
The Pioneers (6-1-2, 1-1)
netted ¿Ye goals in the ¿rst
half and then poured on four
more in the second half to
secure the Yictory. Ontario’s
lone goal came early in the
second half.
Bianca Garcia led the
Pioneers with four goals,
while Rachael Lyons added
one goal and three assists in
the game.
Mac-Hi coach Martin
Martinez said he belieYed
his team brought some e[tra
motiYation after scoring only
two goals in their last two
games combined.
³They Must had that e[tra
step tonight,” he said. “We
had some great combinations
and our ball moYement was
really good which led to a lot
of the goals.”
HERMISTON 1, LA
GRANDE 1 — At La Grande,
the Hermiston Bulldogs kept
La Grande out of the win
column for the ¿rst time this
season with a 1-1 tie. No other
details were reported.
Ne[t up for Hermiston
(2-4-4, 0-1-1) is a home
game with riYal Pendleton
today at 7 p.m.
Boys Soccer
ONTARIO 4, MAC-HI
1 — At Ontario, the Mac-Hi
Pioneers fell to the Ontario
Tigers 4-1.
Ontario (8-2-2, 2-1) held
a 2-1 lead at halftime, before
adding two more goals in the
second half to put away the
Pioneers (3-4-1, 0-2).
IRRIGON 1, CULVER
1 — At CulYer, the ,rrigon
Knights played a tough 90
minutes and came away with
a 1-1 tie on Saturday.
CulYer held a 1-0 lead in
the second half until KeYin
Villareal netted the eTualizer
for Irrigon in the 70th minute
of the game.
“I felt we dominated the
game, as far as shots go,”
said Irrigon coach Paul
Keefer. “So it was nice to see
one ¿nally go in because we
haYe struggled to score goals
this season.”
Cross Country
RICHLAND INVITA-
TIONAL — At Richland,
Wash., the Pendleton and
Hermiston harriers competes
oYer a three-mile distance on
Saturday at the 47th annual
Richland InYitational.
Hermiston took on the
top DiYision I and Pendleton
opted for DiYision II.
The Buckaroos’ Nolan
Bylenga secured the best
time of the day for either
team with a 16:51.73 that
was good enough for ¿fth out
of 155 racers in DiY. II. That
race was won by Pullman’s
Tim Pendry in 16:36.
Josiah
Niederwerfer
paced Hermiston in 40th with
a time of 17:01.15, Hayden
Earl was 47th (17:08.04)
and Donnel Rome was 76th
(17:25.41) out of 188 racers.
On the girls’ side, both
schools went for DiY. II where
Pendleton’s Delaney Clem
placed fourth (20:14.09) and
Hermiston’s So¿a Gispert
was 17th (21:26.59).
GEORGE FOX XC
CLASSIC — At GerYais,
Umatilla senior Fabian
Cardenas ¿nished seconds
off the lead for third place in
the Varsity Gold diYision on
Saturday. He Àirted with a
personal best, but ultimately
came up just shy of that with
a time of 15:36.9.
Sheldon senior Jackson
Mestler won in 15:19.
The rest of the Umatilla
team ran in the Varsity
Bronze diYision, where
the Vikings placed eighth.
They were led by Armando
Mendoza in 33rd (18:20).
We s t o n - M c E w e n ’ s
Hayden Scott also ran
Saturday in the Varsity SilYer
diYision and placed 11th
(16:48.9), and Umatilla’s
Aleesha Watson led the
local girls by placing 22nd
(21:49.1) in the Varsity
Bronze diYision.
DRY SIDE SHOOTOUT
— At La Grande, the Stan-
¿eld boys ¿nished fourth at
a meet dominated by Union,
which won both team titles.
Stan¿eld’s Carlos Flores
was ninth in 18:49.4 to lead
the Tigers and other local top
20 ¿nishes came from team-
mate Elias EsTuiYel in 17th
(20:00.6) and Weston-McE-
wen’s Tanner Sater in 19th
(20:11.6). Union’s Ale[
Graffunder won in 17:50.5.
Mac-Hi’s girls were last in
team points, but were led by a
strong ¿nish from Elise Grif-
¿th in ninth (23:39.4), with
other top 20’s coming from
Stan¿eld’s Bailey Watson
in 17th (24:46.5) and Anna
Lemmon in 20th (25:05.3)
and Weston-McEwen’s Katie
Vescio in 18th (24:56.6). La
Grande’s Heather Keniry
won in 21:14.1.