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SPORTS T8ESDAY, APR,L 12, 2016 Sports shorts 6FRULQJXSLQ¿UVW ZHHNRIVHDVRQ NEW YORK (AP) — The long ball is back. Teams averaged 1.14 home runs per game through the ¿ rst Zeek oI the season, according to STATS LLC. That is up nearl\ percent Irom last year’s average through the ¿ rst eight days and the most since 1.20 in 2006. Teams averaged 4.43 runs per game. That marked a 6 percent increase through the same period last season and the highest openingZeek average since 2011. Scoring remains doZn signi¿ cantly Irom the height oI the Steroids Era. The average during the ¿ rst Iull Zeek peaked in 2000 at .34 runs per team each game. Still, it’s Iar above the recent loZ oI 4.0 tZo years ago. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON %XFNVJHWXQH[SHFWHGERRVW Taiwanese exchange student Sam Kung tees off on the 16th hole while playing for the Pendle- ton High School boy’s golf team last week at Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission. Staff photo by E.J. Harris 7LPEHUVDZDLW ZRUGRQ1DJEH¶V DQNOHDIWHULQMXU\ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Portland Timbers Zere aZaiting test results on Darlington Nagbe’s leIt ankle IolloZing a scary injury Sunday night against the FACES Los Angeles Galaxy. Nagbe, Zho also has been playing Ior the 8.S. national team, had to be taken Nagbe Irom the ¿ eld by stretcher aIter he Zas tackled roughly by Galaxy mid¿ elder Nigel de -ong. ReIeree Allen Chapman gave de -ong a yelloZ card Ior the challenge, but Major League Soccer’s disciplinary committee could issue a suspension. Nagbe, 2, leIt the match in a Zheelchair. Timbers coach Caleb Porter expressed concern aIter the game that de -ong Zas not shoZn a red card. ,I de -ong is suspended, it Zould mark the third straight Zeek that Portland has seen an opposing player suspended aIter the Iact. The game ended in a 1-1 draZ. “I can’t think of anybody else who may have had a tougher ceremony to experience.“ — Jordan Spieth Former Masters cham- pion on having to present 2016 cham- pion Danny Willlett with the green jacket adorned by the current champion. Spieth led by fi ve strokes during Sunday’s fi nal round but crumbled down the stretch, which included a quadruple bogey on hole 12, to lose by three strokes. The win was the fi rst major title for Willett. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1987 — Larry Mize hits a 4Ioot chip shot to deIeat Greg Norman on the second hole oI sudden death at the Masters. 2005 — SmithtoZn (N.Y.) High School’s coed badminton team deIeats Miller Place (N.Y.) High School 10 to end Miller Place’s 04match Zin streak, the longest sports Zinning streak in 8.S. history. For Miller Place, it is the ¿ rst loss in the program’s history, Zhich began in 13. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Exchange student Sam Kung helping keep Pendleton scores loZ By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian espite returning Iour golIers Irom a team that ¿ nished seventh at the state championships in 201, the Pendleton %uckaroos Zere aIraid their ZindoZ Zas closing. The team needed to collectively hack about 0 strokes oII their 36-hole score and losing senior Dillon George, Zho had ¿ nished third on the team at state, seemed like a big step in the Zrong direction. They couldn’t have knoZn at D “I think we were a little worried about our scores going down, but Sam’s just slotted in perfectly.” — Reilly Hegarty, Pendleton golf senior the time, but the Ioreign student exchange program Zas about to provide a prop to keep their ZindoZ open a little longer. GroZing up in the TaiZan capitol oI Taipei, a love Ior golI grabbed Sam Kung at an early age. Thanks to the subtropical climate along the island nation’s northern shores, it Zasn’t long beIore Kung Zas teeing oII at every opportunity and Iorming big dreams about three little letters. ³, play every day,´ he said during a recent Pendleton practice. ³, Zish , can come to America to have college here and then play the PGA Tour. , Zas planning to.´ Kung, like all players his age, has a long Zay to go beIore the PGA comes calling. But in the present he’s provided a nice boost to a Buckaroo team that hopes to be challenging Ior a state champion- ship by season’s end. He shot back-to-back 83’s last Zeek to ¿ nish third on the team See KUNG/2B PENDLETON :HQGLJRVVWUXJJOHLQ¿UVWKRPHPDWFK Coach Perkins encouraged about Zhat Iuture holds By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Plenty oI excitement ¿ lled the air around Grecian Heights Park on a Zarm and sunny Saturday aIternoon. The East Oregon Wendigos took the ¿ eld against the 9alley Panthers ready to make history in the ¿ rst Zomen’s rugby match to take place in Pendleton. The Wendigos are in their ¿ rst year oI competition, IolloZing the trail oI the male counterpart SasTuatch team, Zhich is in its eighth year oI competition. Once the game started, hoZever, the inexperience shoZed throughout as 9alley controlled every aspect and earned the 4- Zin over the Wendigos. Despite the loss, head coach Craig Perkins is excited about Zhat the Iuture holds Ior the team. ³There’s a lot to build Irom here,´ he said. ³,t Zas pretty historic as Iar as rugby in Pendleton goes, and it’s great Ze have the numbers that Ze do and the Iact that these girls are really committed and Zant to come out here and do this is great.´ Perkins spent the previous ¿ ve years as an assistant coach Zith the SasTuatch team and stepped up to coach See RUGBY/2B Staff photo by Eric Singer East Oregon’s Lexi Bray chases down a Valley ball carrier during the Wendigos match on Saturday in Pendleton. Prep Roundup Bulldogs Iall in extra innings to Canby in league tune-up Hermiston soItball, Pendleton baseball drop drop ¿ nal non- league games East Oregonian CANBY — Kamryn Mobley hit a double in the bottom oI the eighth inning that scored teammate Parker Allhands and liIted Canby to an 8- Zin over Hermiston in non-league play on Monday. The teams traded the lead in consecutive at-bats beIore Canby scored once in the sixth to tie it up at -all. Hermiston (8-) scored. Softball extended its lead to A pair oI singles -2 in the top oI the to lead oII the sixth ¿ Ith inning Zhen and a sacri¿ ce À y Canby -amie Hinkley led Hermiston gave Canby the oII Zith a home run, tying run in the sixth. Mobley Zas 4 then -ulissa Alma- Ior Ior Canby and guer scored Irom third on an in¿ eld single by Mikayla Allhands Zas 3 Ior 4. -amie Hinkley led Hermiston Kopacz. But Canby (4-) rallied Ior Iour going 3 Ior Zith three runs and runs in the bottom oI the Irame one RB,, and Kopacz Zas 2 Ior 4 to take its ¿ rst lead since the ¿ rst Zith tZo RB,. Hermiston opens league play on inning. Saturday by hosting The Dalles Ior Canby scattered three singles, a double and a triple during the a doubleheader starting at noon at spurt, but Hermiston came back Rocky Heights Elementary. ——— undaunted Zith tZo runs in the R H E HHS 111 022 00 — 7 10 4 top oI the sixth to regain the lead CHS 200 041 01 — 8 14 2 J. Almaguer, T. Betz (5). Canby pitchers unavailable. -6 Zhen -amie and Kiley Hinkley 7 8 2B — J. Hinkley, M. Kopacz (HHS); K. Mobley 2 (CHS). 3B — C. Possey (CHS). HR — J. Hinkley (HHS). Baseball WALLA WALLA 6, PEND- LETON 1 — At Walla Walla, Wash., the Buckaroos lost to the Blue Devils Ior the second time in seven days but Zere able to cut their opponent’s run production in halI in Monday’s non-league game. 4uinn Cockburn, -ack Peterson and Kai Quinn combined on the mound as coach T.-. HagueZood looked to get his staII some last- minute Zork beIore the start oI league play. “We mainly used it as bullpen Zork to have them re¿ ned Ior Satur- See PREPS/3B
