SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016
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Griffi n, Paul out
for LA Clippers
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— Blake Griffi n is out for
the rest of the
playoffs after
aggravating his
left quadriceps
tendon and
Chris Paul
had right hand
surgery Tuesday, leaving
the Los Angeles Clippers
without their top two players
for the remainder of their
fi rst-round series against
Portland.
The team said Griffi n
had an MRI that revealed
no further structural
damage to the quad that
sidelined him for 45 games
earlier in the season.
Paul had surgery to repair
a hand fracture sustained in
the third quarter of Monday
night’s 98-84 loss in Game 4
that allowed Portland to tie
the best-of-seven series 2-2.
Griffi n averaged 15.0
points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.0
assists, while Paul averaged
23.8 points, 7.3 assists and
4.0 rebounds in the team’s
fi rst four playoff games.
PENDLETON
Quinn clutch for Buckaroos
Senior comes through
at plate and on mound
Pendleton’s
James
Bradt goes
up to catch
a throw to
force an out
at second
base in
the Bucks’
game
against the
Dalles on
Tuesday in
Pendleton.
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Big moments are the reason Pendleton’s Kai
Quinn plays the game.
The senior outfi elder and pitcher provided a few
of those big moments in pressure situations for the
Buckaroos on Tuesday as they beat The Dalles 4-2
in a Columbia River Conference baseball game at
Bob White Field.
Quinn drove in the eventual game-winning runs
with two outs and the bases loaded
Baseball
in the bottom of the fourth inning,
then came on to pitch two innings
of relief and struck out the River-
hawks’ Kellen Mathisen with bases
The Dalles
loaded and two outs in the top of
the seventh.
“It’s fun, you’ve got to love to
compete against someone else,”
Quinn said. “Out there pitching,
you’ve got to love to compete and
Pendleton
it’s always fun going into those
situations. … You’ve only got so
many years to play the game and
so you’ve got to want to do it.”
The Dalles (8-10, 2-4 CRC) struck fi rst when
Colton Walker doubled off the wall in center fi eld
with two runners on in the fi rst inning, but could
only get one of them in thanks to a great relay from
center fi elder Gage Correa and shortstop James
Bradt that gave catcher Ryan Russell plenty of time
to tag out Mathisen as he tried to come all the way
from fi rst base.
Pendleton (11-8, 2-4) knotted the score 1-1 in the
second when a hit batter followed by three walks
pushed Nick Bower in from third.
Quinn’s single in the fourth inning came on the
fi rst pitch of his at-bat as he laced the offering from
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
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Cano drives in 6,
M’s beat Astros
SEATTLE (AP) —
Robinson Cano hit a grand
slam and drove in six
runs, Nathan Karns threw
seven shutout innings and
the Seattle Mariners beat
the Houston
FACES Astros 11-1 on
Tuesday night.
Cano
reached 1,000
RBIs in his
career with a
two-run single
in the fi fth and
Cano
then crushed
his seventh-inning grand
slam.
Karns (2-1) allowed two
hits and struck out six while
walking three.
Dallas Keuchel (2-3)
pitched six innings of six-hit
ball in the defeat. The
left-hander allowed fi ve runs
while striking out fi ve and
walking two.
The Mariners took the
lead in the fourth on a
run-scoring single by Nelson
Cruz.
“I’ve always been
in good shape. I
just sucked early
in my career
from a statistical
perspective. My
body has always
been very similar
to how it is now.
The results are
different, so
people want to
question things.
That’s the nature
of sports.“
— Jake Arrieta
Chicago Cubs pitcher
responding to rumors
fl oating around MLB
about him using PEDs
to help his resurgence
in Chicago. Prior to his
trade to the Cubs,
Arrieta posted a career
5.78 ERA in 69 games
with Baltimore, and
is 40-13 with a 2.20
ERA in 71 games with
Chicago.
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Los Angeles.
2008 — Ashley Force
becomes the fi rst woman to
win a national Funny Car
race. The 25-year-old beats
her father, drag racing icon
John Force, in the fi nal round
of the 28th annual Summit
Racing Equipment Southern
Nationals.
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HERMISTON
Pendleton shuts out Riverhawks Dawgs
Pendleton stays atop CRC
standings with big win
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Tuesday’s match-up with The Dalles
was a must-win situation for the Pend-
leton Buckaroos.
A win over The Dalles would keep the
Buckaroos on top of the CRC standings,
while a loss would drop
the team into a tie with
Softball
The Dalles for second
place at the halfway
point of the league
The Dalles
schedule.
“It defi nitely was
a must-win,” said
Pendleton
junior
Lauren Richards. “We
defi nitely needed to
Pendleton
bring it today and show
(The Dalles) that we’re
better than we played
on Saturday.”
The mentality the Buckaroos brought
appeared to work out well as Pendleton
held the Riverhawks to just one hit to
earn a 6-0 victory at Steve Cary Field.
Pendleton (15-4, 4-2 CRC) coach Tim
Cary was excited to see his team come
Pendleton’s
Lauren Rich-
ards pitches
in the sec-
ond inning
against The
Dalles on
Tuesday at
Steve Cary
Field. The
Buckaroos
won 6-0.
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
stun
Eagles
Hermiston alone
in second place
in CRC with win
East Oregonian
WESTON-MCEWEN
4,
UNION 2 — At Athena, the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots picked up a
HOOD RIVER — When
the Hermiston Bulldogs
hosted the Hood River
Eagles on Saturday for a
doubleheader, the Bulldogs
were close to pulling out
a win in game one before
the Eagles
offense
Baseball
exploded
for a win in
game two.
Hermiston
But on
Tu e s d a y,
it was the
Bulldogs
offense that
fl exed the
Hood River
muscles as
Hermiston
racked up
nine runs
on six hits to end the Eagles
10-game win streak and hand
them their fi rst loss in CRC
play with a 9-1 victory.
“It’s huge for us,” said
Hermiston assistant coach
John Christy. “It’s nice for
the kids to bounce back
after Saturday and get a real
good-quality team win. Our
mentality was to have fun but
to compete hard and that’s
what we did.”
Chase Root pitched for
the Bulldogs (10-8, 3-3
CRC) and fi nished with one
of his best performances
of the season. Root threw
a complete game allowing
just one earned run, two hits
and three walks to go with
eight strikeouts, keeping the
Eagles high-powered offense
at bay.
“He kept hitters off
balance, hit his spots and
changed
speeds
well,”
Christy said of Root. “Hats
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Prep Roundup
Grebs lead Bucks to win at PCC
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The Bucka-
roos placed three golfers in the top
fi ve to win the team title Tuesday at
Pendleton Country Club.
Sisters Shelby and Haley Greb
each shot 78 to lead the way, and
Shelby took the higher placing after
a scorecard playoff.
They were both behind The
Dalles’ Illiana Telles, though, who
shot 77 for medalist.
Pendleton’s Megan George shot a
96 to place fi fth, and the Buckaroos
shot 351 as a team. Hermiston was
second in the team standings with
417, but didn’t have any players
shoot below 100.
La Grande’s Trinity McCarthy
was fourth with an 82.
Pendleton’s other golfers were
McKenna Pratt (99) and Rylee
Harris (116), both of whom coach
Terry Prouse said brought several
strokes off their scores for a strong
day by the team all around.
Hermiston’s scores were Sydney
Adams (102), Sonia Peterson (102),
McKenzie Lind (106) and Lexi
Lambert (107).
Baker had the only other full
varsity team and shot 450.
Pendleton and Hermiston will
both be at the state preview tourna-
ment on Thursday at Quail Valley
Golf Course in Banks.
Baseball
IRRIGON 14, HEPPNER 3 (5
innings) — At Heppner, eight runs
in the fi rst inning and another strong
outing from Austin Rice were too
much for the Heppner Mustangs to
overcome in a District 6 baseball
game on Tuesday.
Rice went the full fi ve innings
and struck out nine while allowing
three runs on six hits and two walks.
He was working with a lead the
entire way thanks to Irrigon’s eight-hit
rally in the top of the fi rst inning.
Fredy Vera led the game off with a
single and later made it 5-0 when he
hit another single to bring in Adrian
Roa. Zack Henrichs and Cougar
Kroske also had two hits in the inning.
Only Hendrichs would get
another in the game, though, and led
Irrigon (11-4, 6-1 SD6) going 3 for 4
with two runs and two RBI. Hayden
White had a team-high three RBI.
Jake Lindsay went 2 for 3 with an
RBI to lead Heppner (2-9, 1-3).
The teams play again on Saturday
when they meet in Irrigon for a
doubleheader starting at 11 a.m.
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R H E
IHS
800 42 — 14 12 0
HHS
110 01 —
3 6 1
A. Rice and C. Kroske. P. Collins, W. Putman (3) and
W. Putman, C. Dougherty (3). W — Rice. L — Collins.
2B — H. White, Z. Hendrichs, C. Kroske (IHS); J.
Lindsay (HHS). HR — K. Murray (HHS).