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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
BULLDOGS: Team stranded seven baserunners in game
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you don’t see them show up and
compete every day.”
“I just don’t think we prepared
before the game well enough,”
Tolan said. “We underestimated
(La Grande) a little bit, but they
came out and outworked us, but
we shouldn’t let that happen.”
La Grande (3-6) opened the
scoring in the second inning when
Isaac Chamberlain reached base
on an in¿eld error, then moved to
second on a passed ball and was
driven home by an Aaron Goss
single. But the Bulldogs tied in up
in the bottom of the third when R.J.
Robles drew a two-out walk, stole
second and then scored on Hayden
Edmiston’s single to make it 1-1.
Tolan wouldn’t allow another
run before leaving the game after
four complete innings. He faced
just 14 batters, gave up two hits,
struck out three, walked none and
hit one batter.
“I felt like I hit my spots with
my fastball pretty well but my
secondary stuff was a little off
today,” Tolan said.
“He went out and competed a
little bit on the bump,” Hawkins
said. “He works hard and he’s a
guy that we’d like to get some
innings down the road.”
Slade Gritz came on to relieve
Tolan to start the ¿fth and walked
La Grande’s Ross Duncan to lead
off. Duncan moved to second on a
sacri¿ce bunt by Goss, then scored
when the Bulldogs tried to turn an
unconventional double play and
¿rst baseman Tyler Se[ton over-
threw third base on the back end.
Herm-
iston’s
Chase
Root puts
the tag
on La
Grande’s
Ray
Jimenez
in the
Bulldogs’
4-1 loss to
La Grande
on Tues-
day in
Hermis-
ton.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
The Bulldogs had a golden
opportunity to get the run right
back, but left runners on second
and third in the bottom of the ¿fth,
which ended up being the last time
they had a runner past second in
the game.
Kaden Caldwell led off with
a walk, then went to second on
a sacri¿ce bunt by Kody 0oss.
When Chase Root lifted a high Ày
ball to left ¿eld on the ne[t at-bat,
Caldwell was e[pecting it to be
caught and prepared to tag up, but
the ball cleared the outstretched
glove of Ray Jimenez at the
warning track. The ball bounced
off the wall and directly back to
Jimenez, who scooped it up and
put it on a beeline back to the
in¿eld to hold Caldwell at third.
A strikeout and a pop-Ày to right
ended the threat.
The Tigers added two more
runs in the top of the seventh and
scored their ¿rst earned run of the
game when Jon Gonzalez reached
on a double, then came home two
batters later on a Chance Frederick
single. Ryan Adams, who got on
with a two-out walk, capped the
scoring when he scampered in
from third on a passed ball.
The Bulldogs got one runner on
with two outs in the bottom of the
seventh when Robles drew a walk,
but a Ày to center on the ne[t at-bat
ended it. Hermiston stranded seven
runners total in the game.
La Grande starter Brad Bell
picked up the win throwing four
complete with two strikeouts, one
walk and one earned run on three
hits. Trent Shafer tossed three
scoreless innings of relief for the
save and struck out two, walked
two and hit one batter.
With just a doubleheader left
before the start of league play,
Hawkins said the Bulldogs are
in danger of squandering what
he believes can still be a very
successful season. He and his
coaching staff drove their message
home while players caught their
breath after sprinting between the
foul poles as punishment for their
game performance.
“A point has to be made, we’re
better than this,” he said. “We’d
better pick it up here. We’ve got
two more games until league, and
we’re very competitive in our
league. And if we don’t play well,
we won’t win a league game. We’d
better ¿gure it out.
“We have high standards for our
boys, and that’s in the classroom
and outside of the classroom, and
I wouldn’t tell the kids that they’re
pretty close to being pretty good
if I didn’t believe it. Now they
just have to believe it. Having a
showing like tonight isn’t even
close to what they can do.”
The players seemed to be
picking up what the coaches were
laying down.
“We need to step it up a little bit
and I think that’s a wake-up call
for us,” Tolan said.
“We de¿nitely need that kind
of pressure because we can’t keep
playing the way we are and e[pect
to be successful in league like
that,” said Gritz, who ¿nished with
three strikeouts, four walks and
three runs (one earned) allowed
on three hits. “We’re doing a lot of
good things in practice, we’re just
not always carrying it out to the
game.”
The Bulldogs get their ¿nal
league tune-ups on Friday when
they play a twin bill at Parkrose
with ¿rst pitch at 3 p.m.
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R H E
LGHS
010 010
2 — 4 5 3
HHS
001 000
0 — 1 4 3
B. Bell, T. Shafer (5) and G. Vaughn, C. Frederick (5).
L. Tolan, S. Gritz (5) and S. Gritz, K. Caldwell (5). W —
Bell. L — Gritz. S — Shafer.
2B — J. Gonzalez (LGHS); C. Root (HHS).
UCONN: Stewart earns 4th-straight most outstanding player award
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men’s team had won four in a
row in Division I, rolling to seven
consecutive championships under
John Wooden from 1967-73. With
Tuesday’s victory, Auriemma
passed the Wizard of Westwood
with his 11th national title.
“What those 11 championships
mean to me is how many great
players I’ve had the opportunity
to coach,” Auriemma said. “How
many great people have come
through the program. It doesn’t
matter whose name is above, or
whose name I’m under. As long as
I have those players in my memory,
I’m good.”
Stewart said when she came
to campus four years ago that she
wanted to win four titles. She deliv-
ered on that promise by scoring 24
points and grabbing 10 rebounds in
her ¿nal college game.
“It’s unbelievable,” Stewart
said. “That was our goal coming in
here once we were freshman and
to carry it out and win like this as
seniors is unbelievable.”
The Huskies (38-0) have been
nearly unbeatable since Stewart
arrived. They lost four games her
freshman year and only one since.
The win over Syracuse was the
75th straight for UConn — all by
double ¿gures. Stewart and her
fellow seniors went 24-0 in NCAA
tourney games, too.
Stewart earned the most
outstanding player of the Final
Four all four years of her career.
No other women’s player has won
it more than twice and only Lew
Alcindor did it three times on the
men’s side.
The three-time AP Player of
the Year has said it is up to others
to decide her place in women’s
college basketball lore. There is
no denying she is the most accom-
plished player ever, winning more
titles than fellow UConn greats
Diana Taurasi and 0aya 0oore,
who watched from the stands at
Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Like the other great UConn
teams, this version had a killer
instinct. The Huskies scored the
¿rst nine points of the game.
Stewart had 10 points in the ¿rst
6 minutes as UConn built a 23-6
lead. When the Orange made a
little run to cut its de¿cit to 25-13,
0oriah Jefferson hit a 3-pointer
off a nifty play just before the ¿rst-
quarter buzzer. UConn’s big three
of Stewart, Jefferson and 0organ
Tuck, who have helped the Huskies
to an NCAA record 151 wins over
their four years, combined for 26 of
the 28 points in the period.
They also handled the Orange’s
press with precision passing that led
to easy layups. The Huskies were
up 50-23 at the half and e[tended
the lead to 33 early in third quarter
before Syracuse scored 16 straight
points to get within 60-43 with 2:02
left in the period that brought the
Orange fans to their feet. Consec-
utive layups by Napheesa Collier
restored the 20-plus point lead and
UConn cruised from there.
“Not shocked by how good they
are, not shocked by the things they
did in the game. We were de¿nitely
prepared for it,” Syracuse coach
Quentin Hillsman said. “One of the
things I told our kids is you have
no reason to be scared when you’re
prepared and we competed. We
didn’t play scared.”
Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson left
the game for good with 1:46 left.
They shared an embrace together
before hugging Auriemma. The trio
then went down the bench hugging
every member of the team.
“There’s three key ingredients
that go into this kind of success,
‘One, two, three,”’ Auriemma said
afterward, pointing to his three
seniors.
“We’re going out with a bang,
we’re going out with a bang, that’s
it, no more. We knew what we’re
supposed to do,” Stewart said.
Auriemma has never lost in 11
title appearances. While the names
may change, the results are always
the same: UConn is still there
holding that trophy in the end. This
one gave the Hall of Fame coach a
si[th undefeated season.
To win her fourth championship,
Stewart had to beat her hometown
team. Fourth-seeded Syracuse
(30-8) had the best season in school
history, advancing to its ¿rst NCAA
championship game. They hadn’t
made it out of the ¿rst weekend of
the tournament until this year.
“I’m really happy for Breanna
Stewart, who came to one of my
camps. She’s a great player,”
Hillsman said. “When you have
a player that great coming from
Syracuse, that doesn’t happen that
often.”
These two teams hadn’t played
since the Orange left the Big East
for the ACC after the 2013 season.
Syracuse has now lost 24 straight
against UConn, a skid that dates to
1996.
Cornelia Fondren scored 16
points to lead Syracuse.
TIP-INS
Syracuse: The Orange had
been stellar in the tournament
from behind the 3-point line. They
came into the game after making
48 3-pointers, averaging nearly 10
a game, and were shooting 33.6
percent from behind the arc. In the
title game, they were just 2 for 19.
UConn: The Huskies were also
undefeated in 1995, 2002, 2009,
2010 and 2014. ... Auriemma has
109 NCAA Tournament victories,
only trailing Pat Summitt (112)
for most in the history of the sport.
... The Huskies won three straight
titles from 2002-04. ... Freshman
Katie Lou Samuelson had a boot
on her left foot after breaking the
third metatarsal in the national
semi¿nals. Gabby Williams started
in her place.
MARINERS: Iannetta’s hit-by-pitch starts benches-clearing skirmish
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hit Iannetta on the left thigh.
The Seattle catcher, who was
with the Los Angeles Angels
last season, yelled at the right-
hander as he walked up the line.
The managers emerged from the
dugouts, eventually pointing at
each other and shouting.
The umpires cleared the ¿eld
without any major trouble, and
Luis Sardinas, another former
Te[as player, hit his ¿rst major
league homer to cap si[ straight
Seattle batters reaching to start the
inning.
Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma
couldn’t hold a 2-0 lead while
going for his seventh consecutive
win against Te[as. The Japanese
right-hander allowed consecutive
run-scoring singles to Elvis Andrus
and Robinson Chirinos with two
outs in the fourth.
Te[as starter 0artin Perez
gave up two runs and two hits in
si[ innings, including a line-drive
homer from Cruz in the fourth.
Smith scored from ¿rst on
0artin’s decisive two-out hit in
the seventh after greeting Barnette
with a single. Nori Aoki followed
with an RBI single for his ¿rst hit
with Seattle.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish
Eastern
Oregon
Seattle
Mariners’
Robinson
Cano (22)
circles the
bases on
his home
run as Tex-
as Rang-
ers third
baseman
Adrian
Beltre
watches
during
the eighth
inning of
Tuesday’s
game in
Arlington,
(Tommy John surgery) threw a
50-pitch bullpen session. He is
e[pected back in 0ay after missing
all of last season.
UP NEXT
0ariners: LHP Wade 0iley
makes his Seattle debut after
coming over in an offseason trade
with Boston. He is 1-2 with a 3.86
ERA in three career starts against
Te[as.
Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis
opens his 11th big league season
and ninth with Te[as coming off
career bests of 17 wins and 204 2/3
innings. The 36-year-old Lewis
lost an eight-inning complete game
at Seattle, 4-2, last August.
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