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NBA Playoffs
Warriors rally in overtime
Eagles clip
Dawgs
Curry returns, scores 40
points to lead Golden State
over Portland in Game 4
Hood River comes
from behind in seventh,
clinches CRC crown
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Stephen Curry returned from
a sprained right knee to score an NBA-record
17 points in overtime, inishing with 40 as the
Golden State Warriors rallied to take a 3-1 lead
in the Western Conference semiinals with a
132-125 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers
on Monday night.
Playing for the irst time since he was injured
in Game 4 of the irst-round series against
Houston, Curry was rusty for
three quarters and sensational
Game 4
down the stretch after the
Warriors trailed by as much as
16 points.
Originally expected to play Golden State
about 25 minutes off the bench,
Curry picked up a heavier
workload in the second half
after Shaun Livingston, who
had been starting in his absence,
Portland
was ejected in the second
quarter after arguing a call and
picking up two technical fouls.
His victorious return came • Golden
hours after a person with State leads
knowledge of the award told series 3-1
The Associated Press that
Curry would repeat as NBA MVP, with the
announcement coming as early as Tuesday.
The Warriors can win the series Wednesday
night at home in Game 5.
Damian Lillard inished with 36 points and 10
assists for Portland.
Curry’s fast-break layup gave the defending
NBA champions a 120-118 lead with 2:21 left in
the extra period. He followed with a 3-pointer,
pounding his chest and pumping his ist in cele-
bration, posturing for the courtside fans.
Harrison Barnes’ layup extended the lead to
125-118 and Portland couldn’t catch up. Klay
Thompson inished with 23.
Curry’s long jumper gave the Warriors a
92-87 lead with 9:01 left in the fourth quarter.
Lillard’s 3-pointer gave Portland back a 99-97
lead, but Curry nailed his irst 3 of the game to
give the Warriors a 103-100 lead with 4:35 left.
Draymond Green dunked to keep Golden
State within 109-108 late in regulation. Mason
Plumlee’s inger-roll layup extended Portland’s
margin but Barnes tied it at 111-all with a
3-pointer for Golden State with 51 seconds left,
By MIKE WEBER
For the East Oregonian
HOOD RIVER — Leading 5-2 in
the seventh inning over the Hood River
Valley Eagles, the Hermiston Bulldogs
were just three outs away
from possibly getting a
Baseball
second-straight win over
the defending Class 5A
state champions.
Hermiston
The No. 13 ranked
Bulldogs, guided by
coach Lance Hawkins,
came ever so close to
doing that too, but were
just unable to hold on to
Hood River
their lead at the end. The
No. 2 ranked Columbia
River
Conference
champion Eagles proved
worthy of their recognition as they over-
came the margin with a four-run seventh
to pull out a 6-5 win Monday at Hood
River Valley High School. A walk-off RBI
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Photo by Mike Weber for the East Oregonian
Hermiston’s Hayden Edmiston con-
nects for a hit in the third innings of
a baseball game against Hood River
on Monday in Hood River.
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, left, shoots over Portland Trail Blaz-
ers guard C.J. McCollum, right, during the second half of Game 4 of an NBA
basketball second-round playoff series, Monday, May 9, 2016, in Portland.
HERMISTON
Prep Roundup
Central Valley beats inconsistent Bulldogs
Herm-
iston’s
Mark
Mejia (2)
sprints
past the
Central
Valley
defense
during
Hermis-
ton’s 20-9
loss on
Saturday
at Kenni-
son Field
in Herm-
iston.
Hermiston
lacrosse wilts in
fourth quarter
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Gary L. West
Runners pass Hermiston Butte while participat-
ing in the Butte Challege on Saturday in Hermis-
ton. The event is a fundraiser for the Hermiston
High School cross country program.
Hermiston man wins
Butte Challenge
East Oregonian
More than 265 people participated in the 2016 Butte
Challenge on Saturday to raise money for the cross
country program at Hermiston High School.
A inal tally of the money raised was not completed
by late Monday, but event coordi-
nator Jeanne Jewett said the event
raised about $2,800.
The top runner on Saturday
in the 10 kilometer race was Joe
Hodge, 51, of Hermiston who
inished in a time off 44 minutes,
5 seconds. Angie Treadwell, 40, of
Hermiston inished with the second
fastest time in the 10K, which also
made her the top female inisher at
Hodge
45:31.
In the 5K run, Erik Ramirez,
21, of Othello, Washington, inished irst with a time of
20:38 and Kelsey Trotter, 23, of Hermiston was the top
female in 24:54.
Hermiston’s Tamara Brock, 56, won the 5K walk in
34:32 and the top male walker was also of Hermiston as
Matthew Lidrich, 48, inished in 37:55.
According to the event website, there were 40
entrants in the 10K run, 167 in the 5K run, 47 in the 5K
walk and 13 in the event’s kids race for a total of 267
entrants.
For a list of complete, unoficial results go to www.
buttechallenge.com and click on the “Results” button.
HERMISTON
—
Consistency has plagued
the Hermiston Bulldogs
lacrosse team all season
long.
The Bulldogs have had
tremendous performances in
singular quarters or halves
of games, and they have
pieced together a few good
wins here and there, but they
have rarely been able to put
together complete perfor-
mances for a signiicant
period of time.
It was the same story for
the team on Saturday after-
noon, as the Bulldogs fell
apart late in a 20-9 defeat
at the hands of the Central
Staff photo by
Eric Singer
Valley Bears at Kennison
Field. It was the second loss
of the season to the Bears,
as the Bulldogs fell 10-6 on
Mar. 22 in Spokane.
Hermiston coach Jacob
Arnold said it was the
details of the team’s game
that led to their downfall on
Saturday.
“We need to clean up the
little things like penalties,”
he said. “We played a lot of
the game a man down today
and if we can clean up that
area then we’re just as good
as anybody else.”
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Marte’s homer, four hits leads Mariners over Rays
By CURTIS CRABTREE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Ketel Marte hit a
tiebreaking three-run homer off Steve
Geltz and had a career-high four hits
to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 5-2
victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on
Monday night.
Felix Hernandez (3-2) allowed just
two runs on four hits over seven innings
to pick up the win. Steve Cishek earned
his 10th save of the season.
Dana Eveland (0-1) was saddled
with the loss.
Marte went 4 for 5 with two doubles,
three RBIs and three runs scored. With
the game tied at 2 in the sixth inning,
Marte hammered the irst offering from
reliever Geltz over the right ield wall
to give the Mariners a
solo shot in the ifth to
MLB
5-2 cushion.
give Tampa Bay a 2-1
The Mariners were
edge.
0 for 9 with runners in
Marte scored on a
Seattle
scoring position before Tampa Bay
wild pitch from Rays’
Marte’s homer, his irst of
starter Matt Moore to
the season. His three RBIs
tie the game at 2 in the
matched a career high.
ifth inning.
Seattle left runners stranded on
TRAINER’S ROOM
second and third base in each of the
Mariners: RHP Taijuan Walker is
irst two innings.
expected to be ine for his next start on
Marte doubled to lead off the third Wednesday against Tampa Bay. Walker
inning and advanced to third on a left his last start after two innings due
groundout by Robinson Cano. Marte to neck spasms. The issue has subsided
beat a strong throw home from Kevin in recent days and he was able to throw
Kiermaier to score the irst run of the his normal bullpen session on Monday.
game on Nelson Cruz’s sacriice ly.
... RHP Joaquin Benoit was expected
Corey Dickerson homered off to throw a light bullpen session on
Hernandez to lead off the fourth Monday as he works back from inlam-
inning, and Evan Longoria added a mation in his right shoulder.
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