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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Prep Roundup Buckaroos end season with loss East Oregonian WILSONVILLE — The Pendleton Buckaroos dropped a postseason play-in match to Wilsonville 3-1. Pendleton fell to Wilson- ville with scores of 25-15, 25-23, and 25-22. The Buck- aroos grind out a second set win with a score of 26-24. “We had a hard time being able to use our offense tonight,” said Bucks coach $PDQGD/DSS³EXWZHZHUH able to pull through and have DVWURQJ¿JKW´ The loss ends the Buck- aroos 2015 season with a 7-13 record overall and a 2-7 record in the Columbia River Conference. “It’s been a good season and we’re sad to see our seniors go, but excited for the legacy they’ve left behind,” said Lapp. Girls Soccer PORTLAND ADVEN- TIST 3, RIVERSIDE 1 ²$W %RDUGPDQ WKH 5LYHU- side Pirates dropped their second-straight league game with a 3-1 loss to Portland $GYHQWLVW No details were reported. Riverside (4-6-3, 4-2-3 EOL) next plays at home versus Umatilla on Thursday at 4:15 p.m. UMATILLA 2, HORIZON CHRISTIAN 0²$W8PDWLOODWKH9LNLQJV ended a four-game winless streak with a shutout win over Horizon Christian on Tuesday. No details were reported. Umatilla (4-5-4, 3-2-4) ZLOO¿QLVKWKHUHJXODUVHDVRQ on Thursday with a road game at Riverside at 4:15 p.m. BRIEFLY Buckaroos holding basketball clinics PENDLETON — The Pendleton Buckaroos boys basketball program is holding ‘Saturday Swish &OLQLFV¶IRUWKH¿UVWWKUHH Saturday’s in November. The clinics — set up for boys in grades 1-8 — will run from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m., with a ‘free shoot’ beforehand starting at 8:30 DP7KH¿UVWFOLQLFRQ1RY 7 will take place in Warberg Court at the high school, and the ones on Nov. 14 and Nov. 21 will take place in Gold Gym. The clinics will feature one-on-one coaching from Pendleton coaches and players, as well as daily contests, games, prizes, and scrimmages. Participants will also receive a ticket to a future Buckaroos boys basketball game. Registration costs are $20 for one day, $30 for two days, or $40 for all three days, with checks to be made out to PHS Basketball. Sign ups at the door are also available for a cost of $25 a day. Registration forms can be picked up at the high school IURQWRI¿FH$Q\TXHVWLRQV or comments should be directed to Buckaroo boys basketball coach Kyle Tedder at (541) 404-6228. Trail Blazers extend radio agreement 3257/$1'²7KH Portland Trail Blazers announced on Tuesday that they have extended their radio broadcast rights ZLWKL+HDUW0HGLD3RUWODQG to keep Rip City Radio $0DVWKHWHDPV¶ ÀDJVKLSVWDWLRQ Brian Wheeler and $QWRQLR+DUYH\ZLOORQFH again be calling all of the Trail Blazers games this season. Wheeler is in his 18th season as the play-by- play voice for the team and Harvey will begin his 11th season as analyst. In the Pendleton and Hermiston areas, the Trail %OD]HUVDI¿OLDWHVWDWLRQZLOO UHPDLQ$0.7,;IRU the entirety of the 2015-2016 season. — East Oregonian Wednesday, October 28, 2015 MLB HosPer sacri¿ce À\ in 1th liIts Ro\als By BEN WALKER Associated Press .$16$6&,7<0R²$OFLGHV Escobar started the World Series with a jolt. Five hours later, he ended the longest opener ever with a jump — into the arms of his joyous Kansas City Royals World Series teammates. Game 1 6DYHG E\ $OH[ Gordon’s tying home run in the ninth inning off Kansas City 0HWV FORVHU -HXU\V Familia, the Royals won in the 14th when Eric +RVPHU¶V VDFUL¿FH New York À\ VFRUHG (VFREDU for a 5-4 win over 1HZ <RUN ODWH Tuesday night. This tied for the longest Series game in history, and in 5 hours, 9 minutes, it had a little bit of every- WKLQJSDFNHGLQ$ORWRIHYHU\WKLQJ actually. “Tonight was huge,” Royals SLWFKHU &KULV <RXQJ VDLG ³+RPH UXQ E\$OH[ *RUGRQ DQG WKH FKDU- DFWHU DQG ¿JKW ¿QG D ZD\ WR ZLQ late, great team effort.” Escobar hit an inside-the-park KRPHU RQ WKH YHU\ ¿UVW SLWFK IURP 0DWW+DUYH\/DWHUDSRZHUIDLOXUH caused the national TV audience and the team’s replay rooms to go dark. The nearer it got to midnight — and beyond — the more oddly the ball bounced. In the 11th, Salvador Perez grounded a single that hit the third- base bag and caromed high in the air. ,Q WKH WK 'DQLHO 0XUSK\ VWUXFN out on a pitch that got past Perez — it ricocheted off the backstop to the Royals catcher, who threw out 0XUSK\DW¿UVW $ERXW WKH RQO\ WKLQJ PLVVLQJ" $ KRPH UXQ E\ 0XUSK\ ZKR KDG connected in a record six straight SRVWVHDVRQ JDPHV 7KH 093 RI the NL Championship Series did contribute a pair of singles. Then in the 14th, Escobar reached on an error by third baseman David Wright. Ben Zobrist’s single put runners at the corners and an inten- tional walk to Lorenzo Cain loaded the bases. Hosmer atoned for a key error E\OLIWLQJDÀ\EDOOWRPHGLXPGHHS ULJKW¿HOGDQG(VFREDUEDUHO\EHDW Curtis Granderson’s throw home. “I wanted to redeem myself for what happened earlier,” Hosmer 5 4 AP Photo/David J. Phillip Kansas City Royals’ Alcides Escobar scores during the 14th inning of Game 1 of the Major League Base- ball World Series against the New York Mets Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. The Royals won 5-4 to take a 1-0 lead in the series. said. “That’s the beauty of this game. $OZD\VJHWDFKDQFHWRUHGHHP\RXU- self and can’t thank my teammates enough.” Escobar streaked home standing up, and the Royals rushed from the dugout to meet him. <RXQJ SLWFKHG WKUHH LQQLQJV IRU the win. It was 12:18 a.m. at Kauffman Stadium, and Game 2 is Wednesday night. -DFREGH*URPVWDUWVIRUWKH0HWV DJDLQVW -RKQQ\ &XHWR ,W¶V D KDLU\ PDWFKXS'H*URP¶VÀRZLQJWUHVVHV vs. Cueto’s mop of dreadlocks. $Q\RQH ZKR¶V HYHU VHHQ WKH Royals play — especially in October — knows they’re called resilient for a reason. Once again, they reinforced their reputation. Gordon shook the ballpark when he tagged Familia, hitting a solo drive with one out over the center ¿HOG ZDOO 7KH VWDU FORVHU KDGQ¶W EORZQDVDYHVLQFH-XO\DQGKDG been nearly perfect this postseason. “Their team, one of the things we know about them is they’re never GRZQDQGRXW´0HWVPDQDJHU7HUU\ Collins. “We’ve got to put them away. We’ve got to do a better job.” Known more for his glove than his bat, Gordon got a huge hug in WKH GXJRXW IURP (ULF +RVPHU $ WZRWLPH*ROG*ORYH¿UVWEDVHPDQ +RVPHU¶VHUURUJDYHWKH0HWVD lead in the eighth. Escobar provided the early H[FLWHPHQW+HORYHVWRVZLQJDW¿UVW SLWFKHVDQGWKLVWLPHWKH093RI$/ Championship Series produced his best result yet. $ PL[XS E\ 0HWV RXW¿HOGHUV <RHQLV &HVSHGHV DQG URRNLH 0LFKDHO &RQIRUWR KHOSHG (VFREDU wind up with just the second inside- the-parker to lead off a Series game. Ol’ Patsy Dougherty of the Boston $PHULFDQVGLGLWLQ²KLVFDPH in the second game ever of what became known as the Fall Classic. Harvey brushed aside the misplay DQG TXLFNO\ VHWWOHG LQ 7KH 0HWV meanwhile, soon caught up with 5R\DOVVWDUWHU(GLQVRQ9ROTXH]ZKR did his best on the day his father died in the Dominican Republic. Granderson homered and the 0HWVFDPHEDFNIRUDOHDG0LNH 0RXVWDNDV OLQHG D W\LQJ VLQJOH RII Harvey tied it in the sixth. Hosmer let Wilmer Flores’ two-out, two-hopper get past KLP LQ WKH HLJKWK DOORZLQJ -XDQ Lagares to scamper home with the go-ahead run. Next thing Hosmer knew, he was embracing Gordon on the bench. Gordon most surely enjoyed going 90 feet farther than he made it last October. When last seen in the Series, he was held up at third base in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 after DQRXW¿HOGPLVSOD\+HJRWVWUDQGHG there and KC fell a run short against San Francisco. For both teams, this began as a lucky day. Exactly 30 years earlier, on the VDPH¿HOG%UHW6DEHUKDJHQDQGWKH Royals routed St. Louis in Game 7 for their most recent crown. The next year, also on Oct. 27, Darryl Straw- EHUU\KRPHUHGWRKHOSWKH0HWVEHDW Boston in Game 7 for their latest title. By the time the Royals won early Wednesday, they’d already made Oct. 28 a day to remember, too. ——— R H E NY 000 111 010 000 00 — 4 11 1 KC 100 002 001 000 01 — 5 11 1 (14 innings) Harvey, A.Reed (7), Clippard (8), Familia (8), Niese (10), B.Colon (12) and T.d’Arnaud; Volquez, D.Duffy (7), K.Herrera (7), Hochevar (9), W.Davis (10), Madson (11), C.Young (12) and S.Perez. W—C.Young 1-0. L—B. Colon 0-1. HRs—New York, Granderson (1). Kansas City, A.Es- cobar (1), A.Gordon (1). LADY DAWGS: 3HQGOHWRQPXVWZLQFRLQÀLSWRUHDFKSOD\LQURXQG Continued from 1B Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Lizzy Evans and Rileigh Andreason (5), of Hermiston, battle for the ball during Tuesday’s soccer game at Blue Mountain Community College. most of the game, the Bull- dogs trailed 1-0 at halftime due to a defensive break- down in the 28th minute. 3HQGOHWRQ¶V 0DND\OD $NHUV IRXQG KHUVHOI ZLWK only the keeper to beat after taking a pass between two Hermiston defenders near the WRSRIWKHSHQDOW\ER[$IHZ dribbles and a well-placed shot put Pendleton up 1-0. It took Hermiston until the 52nd minute to answer, but it did so in dramatic fashion when Whitney 0F0DKRQ¶V \DUG VKRW kissed the far post before settling into the back corner of the net. “I wasn’t meaning to make it,” she said of her VKRW IURP WKH ULJKW ÀDQN “I’m glad I did.” “Whitney’s goal was hit-or-miss, but she struck it well and found the post and stepped up when we needed it,” Turner said. Parker said he could see some frustration in his team following the score. “That (goal) was one of those where it’s a very lucky ball,” Parker said. “Very rarely do you see a ball hit the post and go in, normally those bounce out. But that’s the game, sometimes you get that bounce and some- times you don’t.” $Q HQHUJL]HG +HUPLVWRQ continued to test Pendleton NHHSHU0F.HQ]LH6KHUPDQ and she made several athletic saves to preserve the tie as long as possible. But *DUFLD¿QDOO\EURNHWKURXJK in the 73rd minute with a low shot to the left corner. “I just saw a through ball right between the two (defenders) and I thought I could take it in between WKHP´VKHVDLGRIWKHTXLFN move to her right from the top of the box. “This goalie knows how to get high balls in the air so I thought I’d hit it to the corner.” Sherman turned the Bulldogs away in a 2-on-1 situation minutes later, and helped Pendleton avoid an HYHQ ODUJHU ORVV LQ LWV ¿QDO home game of the season. Hermiston came into the game needing a win to VHFXUH KRPH¿HOG DGYDQ- tage in the state postseason play-in round. The Bulldogs will host Putnam (2-7-5), the sixth-place team from the Northwest Oregon Conference (NWOC), in a game that must be played on or before Saturday. Pendleton needed a win or tie to secure a spot in the play-in round, but could still get in after tying The Dalles for third place in the CRC. $ FRLQ ÀLS ZLOO EH conducted via Skype this morning to see which team plays at Hillsboro (8-4-2) in the play-in round. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Arlington/Condon at Perrydale, 5 p.m. Riverside at Nyssa, 6 p.m. Hermiston at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 7 p.m. Culver at Stanfield, 7 p.m. Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 7 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m. South Wasco at Ione, 7 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Saturday Parkrose at Hermiston, TBD Saturday Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacific, 9 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 5 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Victoria at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Saturday Langara College at Eastern Oregon (exhibition), 5 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Thursday Umatilla at Riverside, 4:15 p.m. Saturday TBD at Mac-Hi, TBD Putnam at Hermiston, TBD COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon at NW Nazarene (exhi- bition), Noon PREP VOLLEYBALL Today Jordan Valley at Helix, 6 p.m. Echo at Dufur, 6 p.m. Saturday Ione vs. TBD, TBD MLB Postseason WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) All games televised by Fox Kansas City 1, New York 0 Tuesday: Kansas City 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 14 innings Today: N.Y. Mets (deGrom 14-8) at Kansas City (Cueto 4-7), 5:07 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30: Kansas City (Ventura 13-8) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-7), 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31: Kansas City (Young 11- 6) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 4-0), 5:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Nov. 1: Kansas City at N.Y. Mets, 5:15 p.m. x-Tuesday, Nov. 3: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Nov. 4: N.Y. Mets at Kansas City, 5:07 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen at State Championships (Lane Community College, Eugene), 10:35 a.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday Eastern Oregon at Montana Tech, Noon COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Friday Eastern Oregon at Trinity Lutheran, 1 p.m. Saturday Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacific, 7 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER Friday Eastern Oregon at Trinity Lutheran, 1 p.m. Baseball Basketball NBA Regular Season Tuesday’s Games Chicago 97, Cleveland 95 Detroit 106, Atlanta 94 Golden State 111, New Orleans 95 Today’s Games Washington at Orlando, 4 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m. New York at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 7 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct PF New England 6 0 0 1.000 213 N.Y. Jets 4 2 0 .667 152 Miami 3 3 0 .500 147 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 176 SOUTH W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 3 4 0 .429 147 Houston 2 5 0 .286 154 Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 147 Tennessee 1 5 0 .167 119 NORTH W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 6 0 0 1.000 182 Pittsburgh 4 3 0 .571 158 Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 147 Baltimore 1 6 0 .143 161 WEST W L T Pct PF Denver 6 0 0 1.000 139 Oakland 3 3 0 .500 144 Kansas City 2 5 0 .286 150 San Diego 2 5 0 .286 165 NATIONAL CONFERENCE EAST W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 4 3 0 .571 166 Washington 3 4 0 .429 148 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 160 Dallas 2 4 0 .333 121 SOUTH W L T Pct PF Carolina 6 0 0 1.000 162 Atlanta 6 1 0 .857 193 New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 161 Tampa Bay 2 4 0 .333 140 NORTH W L T Pct PF Green Bay 6 0 0 1.000 164 PA 126 105 137 173 PA 174 199 207 139 PA 122 131 182 188 PA 102 153 172 198 PA 156 168 137 158 PA 110 150 185 179 PA 101 Minnesota 4 2 0 .667 124 102 Chicago 2 4 0 .333 120 179 Detroit 1 6 0 .143 139 200 WEST W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 5 2 0 .714 229 133 St. Louis 3 3 0 .500 108 119 Seattle 3 4 0 .429 154 128 San Francisco 2 5 0 .286 103 180 ——— Thursday, Oct. 29 Miami (+8) at New England, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 Detroit (+5) vs. Kansas City at London, 6:30 a.m. San Francisco (+8.5) at St. Louis, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants (+3) at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Minnesota (-1) at Chicago, 10 a.m. Tennessee (+4.5) at Houston, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay (+7) at Atlanta, 10 a.m. Arizona (-4.5) at Cleveland, 10 a.m. San Diego (+3) at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Cincinnati (-1.5) at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets (-2) at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Seattle (-6) at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay (-3) at Denver, 5:30 p.m. Bye: Buffalo, Jacksonville, Philadelphia, Washington Monday, Nov. 2 Indianapolis (+7) at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 10 9 1 0 18 36 17 Tampa Bay 10 5 3 2 12 27 26 Florida 9 5 3 1 11 30 18 Boston 8 4 3 1 9 33 29 Detroit 9 4 4 1 9 22 24 Ottawa 8 3 3 2 8 24 26 Buffalo 9 3 6 0 6 20 29 Toronto 8 1 5 2 4 19 28 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 10 6 2 2 14 28 20 N.Y. Islanders 9 6 2 1 13 31 22 Washington 7 6 1 0 12 29 18 Philadelphia 8 4 2 2 10 19 22 New Jersey 9 4 4 1 9 21 26 Pittsburgh 8 4 4 0 8 13 16 Carolina 9 3 6 0 6 17 26 Columbus 10 2 8 0 4 22 41 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 9 7 2 0 14 31 24 Nashville 8 6 1 1 13 25 16 St. Louis 9 6 2 1 13 25 20 Minnesota 9 6 2 1 13 28 25 Chicago 9 6 3 0 12 19 16 Winnipeg 9 5 3 1 11 29 25 Colorado 8 2 5 1 5 20 25 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 9 6 3 0 12 20 18 Vancouver 9 4 2 3 11 25 18 Arizona 10 5 4 1 11 27 28 San Jose 8 5 3 0 10 23 18 Edmonton 10 3 7 0 6 24 31 Calgary 9 2 7 0 4 16 35 Anaheim 9 1 6 2 4 9 25 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Tuesday’s Games Boston 6, Arizona 0 Columbus 3, New Jersey 1 Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Carolina 3, Detroit 1 Florida 4, Colorado 1 St. Louis 2, Tampa Bay 0 Minnesota 4, Edmonton 3 Los Angeles 4, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 4, Anaheim 3 Vancouver 5, Montreal 1 Today’s Games Calgary at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 5 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MLS Playoffs KNOCKOUT ROUND Eastern Conference Today: New England (5) at D.C. United (4), 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: Toronto (6) at Montre- al (3), 4 p.m. Western Conference Today: LA Galaxy (5) at Seattle (4), 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29: Sporting Kansas City (6) at Portland (3), 7 p.m.