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SPORTS FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 Sports shorts Arrieta throws no-hitter for Cubs CINCINNATI (AP) — Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta overcame early sloppiness and bore down at the end, shutting down the Cincinnati Reds in a 16-0 rout on Thursday night for his second no-hitter in the span of 11 regular-season starts for the reigning NL Cy Young winner. Arrieta (4-0) struck out six, walked four and allowed only six balls hit out of WKHLQ¿HOGGXULQJWKH¿UVW no-hitter in Major League Baseball this season. $UULHWDWKUHZKLV¿UVW career no-hitter last Aug. 30 at Dodger Stadium, beating Los Angeles 2-0. The Reds hadn’t been held hitless in a regu- lar-season game since 1971, when Rick Wise did it for Philadelphia at Riverfront Stadium. Tony Stewart cleared to race at Richmond CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Tony Stewart has been cleared to return to racing and will be back in his car Friday at Richmond International Raceway. The three- FACES time NASCAR champion PLVVHGWKH¿UVW eight races of the season with a fractured vertebra. The injury Stewart occurred one week before Stewart was VFKHGXOHGWRVWDUWKLV¿QDO season in NASCAR. He’s retiring at the end of this year. “As soon as the doctors said they were happy with my scans, I wasn’t going to wait any longer to get back in my race car,” Stewart said, announcing his return Thursday on Twitter. “I want to make the most of my last season in Sprint Cup, and I’ve been on the sidelines long enough.” “ I think that to the extent that you’re trying to market to a younger audience, our younger players taking control of the defi nition of those unwritten rules is a lot better than some guy who’s 67 years saying I did it that way and you ought do it the same way.“ — Rob Manfred MLB Commissioner speaking on the game’s unwritted rules chang- ing with the younger generation of players such as Bryce Harper and Jose Fernandez, and with the criticism from older genera- tions of players on the amount of emotion they believe should be shown during games. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1876 ²7KH ¿UVW RI¿FLDO National League baseball game is played with Boston beating Philadelphia 6-5. 1993 — Chris Bosio pitches a no-hitter as the Seattle Mariners beat the Boston Red Sox 7-0. 2008 — John Smoltz of Atlanta becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history to reach the 3,000-strikeout plateau. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS UMATILLA Bucks shoot record round Pendle- ton’s Riley Hegarty watches his put on the 7th green during the Hermiston Invita- tional on Thursday at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. Pendleton scores program- low to win at Big River By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian The Pendleton Buckaroos boys golfers said two weeks ago that every player on the team was FDSDEOH RI VKRRWLQJ LQ WKH ¶V DQG IRU WKH ¿UVW time this season the Bucks proved it on Thursday at Big River Golf Course. $OO¿YH%XFNVFDPHLQEHWZHHQDQGWR break the school record for lowest round with a 294 that won the Hermiston Invitational. Reilly Hegarty was medalist with an even-par 70, and Sam Kung and Brayden Pulver each shot 74 to tie for fourth. ³,W ZDV D UHDOO\ FRQVLVWHQW URXQG E\ DOO ¿YH golfers,” said Pendleton coach Nels Nelson. “I think what they took away today was that they believed in their abilities and it showed on their nine-hole scores.” Kung, an exchange student from Taiwan, made the turn one stroke ahead of Hegarty at two under, and Pulver shot a one-under on the back nine. Nathan Som and Jared Geier rounded out Pend- leton’s day with 76 and 77, respectively. The Bucks’ momentous round overshadowed See GOLF/2B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Anders Lind tees off on the 6th hole during the Hermiston Invitational on Thursday at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. PENDLETON Pro Football Offensive line a priority as Seahawks look for hidden gems Risky draft selections have paid off for Seattle By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015 fi le photo, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll argues a call during the fi rst half of an NFL foot- ball game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis. The Se- ahawks have the 26th pick in the fi rst round in next week’s NFL draft in Chicago. RENTON, Wash. — No one will deny the successes in the NFL draft unearthed by John Schneider during his tenure as Seattle Seahawks general manager. So many potentially risky selections have since become stars largely responsible for Seattle’s run of four straight playoff appearances, including a Super Bowl title. But over the past few seasons, the number of draft picks made by Seattle that have had immediate and important impacts has dwindled. There are still some, including wide receiver/kick returner Tyler Lockett, who broke out last season with an impressive rookie campaign. See SEAHAWKS/2B T-Wolves sweep regional rodeos BMCC men and women extend leads in Northwest East Oregonian MILTON-FREEWATER — Blue Mountain Commu- nity College’s rodeo teams strengthened their hold on the Northwest Region with wins at two rodeos in Milton-Free- water on April 16-17. The men’s and women’s teams each won both days of competition, which were the third and fourth events of the spring season. See T-WOLVES/2B Cano’s 3-run homer in 10th lifts Mariners over Indians Seattle slugger rips league-leading sixth home run By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND — Robinson Cano’s fortunes against Cody Allen changed with one swing. Cano’s three-run homer in the 10th inning lifted the Seattle Mari- ners over the Cleveland Indians 10-7 on Thursday. Cano had been hitless in seven previous at-bats against Allen (0-1). “He is one of the best closers in AP Photo/Tony Dejak the league,” Cano said. “I wasn’t Seattle’s Robinson Cano watches his ball after hitting a three-run looking for a fastball or anything. home run in the tenth inning of Thursday’s game in Cleveland. This was the one time he left a pitch over the plate for me. I hit it pretty “I knew I had some success Cano had an early single and good, so I was hoping it would go against him,” Allen said. “He’s still then an RBI double in the sixth very dangerous. I made a bad pitch before connecting with two outs for out.” Both players were aware of to a good hitter and he didn’t miss his sixth home run this season. it.” Steve Clevenger, who hit a Allen’s dominance. two-run homer in the second, drew a leadoff walk from Allen. Franklin Seattle Gutierrez walked on a full count with two outs before Cano homered to dead center. “Robbie is a Cleveland special player, we all know that,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “Big-time players come through at big times, like he did today.” Tony Zych (1-0) pitched the QLQWKIRUKLV¿UVWPDMRUOHDJXHZLQ Steve Cishek worked the 10th for his second save in as many days. 6HDWWOH KDV ZRQ ¿YH RI VHYHQ DIWHUORVLQJ¿YHVWUDLJKW&OHYHODQG has lost three of four. Pinch-hitter Mike Napoli tied the game with a two-run homer in the eighth off Joaquin Benoit. Rajai Davis hit a three-run homer in the See MARINERS/2B MLB 10 7