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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Pend-
leton’s
Wyatt
Morris
throws
from
the
mound
in the
Bucks’
3-0 win
against
The
Dalles
on
Tues-
day in
Pendle-
ton.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
BASEBALL: Win against Hermiston on
Friday clinches spot in 5A play-in pool
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expect that from him, and he
came through.”
Russell then laced a
hard grounder down the
third-base line to give Pend-
leton the lead, and Daniel
Naughton followed with a
line-drive single to center
ield.
Jerome stepped into
the batter’s box next, and
continued a recent hot streak
with a bases-clearing triple
off the wall in right-center.
Jerome was 1 for 2 Tuesday
and is batting .666 (4 for 6)
in May.
“The coaching staff’s
really been working with me
a lot. Different stance, a lot
of things,” Jerome said. “I
didn’t try to pressure myself
because I did that in Herm-
iston and it didn’t work out
Staff photo
by E.J.
Harris
for me too much (0 for 1). I
just tried to stay relaxed and
hit the ball.”
“Shaw’s one of those
dynamic players … if he
puts the bat on the ball
somewhere he’s going to
put a lot of pressure on the
defense,” Haguewood said.
“He’s staying within himself
and making contact and
letting the game come to
him, and he’s playing good
solid baseball right now.”
Pendleton would get
just one more hit the rest
of the way off Ortega, but
continued to make contact
and didn’t strike out once.
As it turned out, three
runs was plenty cushion for
Morris, who allowed just
three hits and was able to
rely on his defense to strand
all nine Riverhawks to reach
base in the game.
“I was feeling pretty
conident in the defense.
They always come up and
make the plays for me,”
said Morris, who had one
strikeout and four walks.
“Can’t win a baseball game
without defense, it’s not just
the pitcher.”
The Dalles had bases
loaded with two outs in the
fourth and sixth innings but
hit groundouts to end each
threat. Pendleton also turned
double plays to end the third
and seventh innings.
“Wyatt didn’t have his
best stuff today but he’s one
of those guys who’s always
going to get out there and
battle for you,” Haguewood
said. “When Wyatt’s on the
hill he pitches to contact and
keeps our defense active.
We make plays behind him
and usually good things
happen.”
Pendleton will try to get
a winning streak going as it
looks to extend its season.
The Bucks inish CRC play
at Hermiston on Friday at
4:30 p.m. A win guarantees
them a state play-in game,
which they would also auto-
matically get if The Dalles
loses to Hood River.
Hermiston has beaten
Pendleton three times this
season but each game was
decided by two runs or less.
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R H E
TDHS 000 000
0 — 0 3 0
PHS 030 000 X — 3 5 2
B. Ortega and K. Mathisen. W. Morris and
Q. Cockburn. W — Morris. L — Ortega.
2B — J. Miller (TDHS); D. Roe (PHS). 3B
— S. Jerome (PHS).
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Contact Matt Entrup at
mentrup@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0838.
Follow him on Twitter @
mattentrup.
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The senior shifted the
momentum into Pendleton’s
(20-4, 9-2 CRC) favor from
the get-go in the bottom of
the irst inning, leading off
the inning with a single up
the middle and then stealing
second base just two pitches
later. She then came around
to score on a rocket single
up the middle from Ellie
Richards to give the Bucks
the 1-0 lead just two batters
into the lineup.
Pendleton coach Tim
Cary said that having that
weapon to start off the order
is something he enjoys
having in the arsenal.
“It’s great having her at
the top,” Cary said. “We were
very fortunate having Darian
Lindsey there for four-
straight years, and as we lost
her to graduation we looked
to our next-best player to ill
that role and Alexis was it.
We want her there because
she can manufacture runs in
so many ways.”
The win marks the seventh
in a row for Pendleton, as the
team has put together some
of its most complete games
of the season down the
stretch. Morrison believes it
all starts with the pitcher.
“I think having Lauren
(Richards) in the circle really
helps us,” she said. “Having
a really good pitcher really
helps the team set the tempo
and then work together better.
It’s easier to play defense
and then go hit the ball and
score and not have to worry
about a close game.”
Richards ired another
gem on Tuesday, giving
up only two hits through
ive innings to go with six
strikeouts and three walks.
Richards has come on strong
when the team has needed
her most, and appears to
have found her groove at an
important part of the season.
“Lauren’s hitting her
stride right now, hitting her
spots and feeling good about
what she’s doing,” Cary
said. “You can’t win playoff
games without great pitching
and right now we’re getting
that, and we’d like to keep it
going.”
Richards lone jam of
the game came in the ifth
where she loaded the bases
with Riverhawks (16-9, 5-6)
with two outs behind two
walks and a hit, but escaped
unscathed by inducing a
jam-shot pop ly for the third
out.
Richards was able to
settle into her groove early,
as the Buckaroos ended the
irst inning with three runs in
their favor, following an RBI
groundout from Richards
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team remains conident
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tip-off of Game 5 of that
series.
It’s a regular-season
honor, but what he did in
Game 4 on Monday night
in Portland won’t be soon
forgotten.
Curry
scored
an
NBA-record 17 points in
overtime, inished with 40
in his irst game back after
missing two weeks with a
sprained knee ligament,
and helped the Warriors
put the Blazers on the
brink of elimination with a
132-125 win.
Put most simply, the
MVP took over.
“When Steph would
have a game like this last
year, (former Warriors
assistant) Alvin Gentry
would say I’ve got two
plays for you. ‘Steph, get
the ball’ and ‘Get the ball,
Steph,”’ Warriors coach
Steve Kerr said. “Those
were Alvin’s two play calls
so in Alvin’s honor that’s
what we ran in overtime.”
There’s no shortage of
people likely thinking that
Portland is in trouble.
The Blazers were
written off in July after
massive roster upheaval,
probably left for dead in
December after an 11-20
start, and certainly not
expected to go anywhere
when they dropped the
irst two games of the irst
round to the Los Angeles
Clippers. But now, down
3-1 and heading into
Oakland on the night when
Curry gets a trophy, this
is a very tall mountain to
climb.
“The people that were
writing us off are the ones
talking about it,” Portland
coach Terry Stotts said
Tuesday. “We’ve always
been pretty conident from
the beginning of the season
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Portland Trail Blazers
center Mason Plumlee
shoots during Game 4
of a second-round play-
off series on Monday in
Portland.
that we were going to be a
competitive team.
“I don’t necessarily
think it’s served as a chip
or anything,” Stotts said.
“A lot of things came
together at one time.”
It all better come
together for Portland now,
or else.
The Blazers ran out to
a 16-2 lead in Game 4 —
and then Curry came into
the game. Portland led by
three with a minute left
in regulation, but couldn’t
inish it off and now need
to win three straight to pull
an enormous upset.
“Of course I think
they’re done,” Warriors
forward Draymond Green
said after Game 4.
Predictably, that didn’t
seem to go over that well
on the Blazers’ side.
“Draymond does a lot
of talking. That’s what he
does,” Stotts said. “We’ll
worry about our business
and go about our business.
Really, whatever he says
doesn’t have much of an
impact on us.”
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Kalan McGlothan gets tangled up with
shortstop Sierra Watson, of The Dalles, on Tuesday at
Steve Cary Field. Since Watson tagged her with an
empty glove, McGlothan made it safely to third.
and a irst-pitch RBI double
from Kiersten Murphy that
had the Buckaroos in busi-
ness. They added three more
runs in the second inning as
Morrison, Ellie Richards and
Kalan McGlothan all came
around to score for the 6-0
lead through two frames.
Early leads have been a
team goal in every game this
season for Pendleton, and it
was no different on Tuesday.
“I think there’s a big
advantage to scoring irst,
especially when you get a
three-run margin because
that can potentially change
the strategy of the other
team,” Cary added. “Maybe
it stops them from stealing,
maybe it stops them from
bunting, so it’s important to
get up early and play good
defense.”
Pendleton added on to
their lead in the fourth inning
with the help of an RBI
groundout from Gentner to
score Ellie Richards and an
RBI single from Richards to
score McGlothan to bump
the lead to 9-0. They added
the 10th and inal run when
Morrison blasted one into the
right centerield gap, scoring
Maddi Parker from irst base
to end the game.
During their win streak,
Pendleton has won their
games by an average margin
of almost eight runs which
has Cary pleased as the
Buckaroos look ahead to the
postseason.
“We always try to pick it
up a notch when we hit the
stretch so we hit the peak as
we’re rolling into the play-
offs and I think we’re doing
that at the right time which is
nice to see,” Cary said.
UNDER PROTEST
The game was played
under protest by The Dalles
coaches, as they oficially
iled the protest in the third
inning following a few calls
by the umpire crew that the
Riverhawks were not happy
with.
“There were some judge-
ment calls by the umpires
that probably could have
gone either way and fortu-
nately for us they went in our
favor,” Cary said. “I don’t
know the entire procedure
on (the protest), but it’ll be
turned into some committee
I think and we’ll ind out
later.”
UP NEXT
Pendleton will inish its
league slate on Friday with
a road trip to Hermiston
(14-11, 5-6) to face a Bull-
dogs team that will be ready
to give it their all.
“Hermiston’s a scrappy
team and I’m telling you
they just never say die,”
Cary said. “It’s an excellent
opponent for us to inish
with because they can put us
in so many tough situations
defensively because they
constantly have baserunners
on through a lot of bunting
and slapping.”
First pitch is set for 4:30
p.m. at Rocky Heights
Elementary.
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R H E
TDS
000 00 —
0 2 2
PHS
330 31 — 10 10 1
M. Bradford and G. Helyer. L. Richards and
R. Gentner. W — Richards, L — Bradford.
2B — Murphy, Morrison (PHS).
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of pleased with their scores.”
Greb shaved 11 strokes
from her card with a 76 on
Tuesday, which tied for third
in the round.
“She wore her glasses,”
said Prouse. “I think we’re
going to have her wear
glasses more often.”
Summit shot the lowest
rounds on both days and win
the team title with a score of
329-316—645. Crater was
second with 698 and Bend
earned the inal team state
berth in fourth with 718.
Hermiston was ifth with
418-390—808, and did not
have any players inish in the
top 10, which would have
earned them an individual
state berth.
The state championships
will be held May 16-17 at
Quail Valley Golf Course in
Banks.
“We’re going to work
on some things in the next
couple days and try to polish
up some stuff to get ready
for state,” Prouse said.
“We’ve already played at
Quail (Valley) and so they
know what to expect so that’s
good.”
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District 2 Championships
at Indian Creek Golf Course
Team results (Top 4 to state) — Summit
329-316—645; Crater 360-338—698; Pend-
leton 362-345—707; Bend 374-344—718;
Hermiston 418-390—808; Ashland
407-417—824; Redmond 454-392—846;
The Dalles 461-421—882; Eagle Point
461-424—885; Hood River 452-451—903;
Ridgeview 500-420—920.
Individual Top 10 — Haley Greb, Pendle-
ton, 76-74—150; Daniele Giles, Crater, 74-
76—150; Kiana Oshiro, Crater, 77-74—151;
Olivia Loberg, Summit 76-76—152; Rachel
Drgastin, Summit, 80-75—155; Iliana
Telles, The Dalles, 82-76—158; Shelby
Greb, Pendleton, 87-76—163; Tiana Brown,
Ridgeview, 83-81—164; Josephine Fraser,
Summit, 86-81—167; Kaylie Hays, Bend,
86-82—168.
Pendleton — Haley Greb 76-74—150;
Shelby Greb 87-76—163; McKenna Pratt
97-97—194; Megan George 108-98—206;
Rylee Harris 102-107—209.
Hermiston — Sydney Adams 100-
98—198; Sonja Peterson 104-96—200;
Makenzie Lind 106-98—204; Grace
Blackhurst 110-98—208; Lexi Lambert
108-115—223.
BASEBALL
PILOT
ROCK
9,
GRANT UNION 0 — At
Pilot Rock, Levi Thieme
struck out 14 batters and the
Rockets took advantage of
10 walks to earn the shutout
in Special District 7 play on
Tuesday.
Tracker Denny had two of
Pilot Rock’s four hits in the
game and Sean Simmons,
Bryson Pierce and Connor
McClarren each had two
RBI.
Thieme inished with one
hit allowed and one walk,
and Pierce threw a hitless
seventh to inish off Grant
Union (7-15, 2-7 SD7).
Pilot Rock (16-7, 5-5)
closes out the regular season
at Grant Union in a double-
header starting at 11 a.m. on
Saturday.
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R
GUHS
000 000
0 — 0
PRHS
004 005 X — 9
W — L. Thieme. L — Mckrock.
2B — C. McClarren (PRHS).
H
1
4
E
1
1
IRRIGON
3,
SHERMAN 2 — At Moro,
when he couldn’t get Irrigon
the win on the mound, Austin
Rice did it at the plate against
the Huskies on Tuesday. Rice
drove in Lino Covarrubia and
Fredy Vera with a double in
the top of the seventh inning,
and Hayden White picked off
a runner and induced a pair of
lyballs for outs in the bottom
of the frame to get the win.
Rice started on the
mound but left in the ifth
inning with a 2-1 deicit
after throwing 81 pitches.
He allowed two runs, none
earned, on three hits, struck
out 11 and walked one. The
Knights wanted to have Rice
available to pitch on Friday
in their season inale.
White allowed one hit,
struck out two and walked
three in 2.1 innings.
Vera was 3 for 4 with two
runs, and scored in the irst
inning on a sacriice ly by
Adrian Roa.
Irrigon hosts Sherman
for a doubleheader Friday
starting at 11 a.m. The
winner will clinch the Special
District 6 league title.
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R H
IHS
100 000
2 — 3 8
SHS
000 110
0 — 2 4
A. Rice, H. White (5) and C. Kroske. B.
Troutman and M. Winslow. W — White.
L — Troutman.
2B — A. Rice (IHS).
E
2
2
HEPPNER
12,
CULVER 2 (6 innings) —
At Heppner, Jake Lindsay
scored the go-ahead run on
a Lane Wilhelm sacriice ly
in the third inning and the
Mustangs added three runs
in each of their next three
at-bats to put Culver away in
the irst game of their season-
ending series.
Lindsay inished the game
3 for 3 with three runs and
ive RBI to lead Heppner
(4-13, 3-7 SD6), and Weston
Putman also was 3 for 3 with
three runs and two RBI.
Will Lutcher allowed two
runs in the irst inning, but
only faced 10 batters over
the next three innings and
inished with one earned run
allowed on ive hits, four
strikeouts and no walks in
four complete. Pat Collins
allowed one hit in two
innings of relief and also had
four strikeouts, zero walks.
Heppner hosts Culver
(6-13, 1-9) on Saturday in a
doubleheader starting at 11
a.m.
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R H E
CHS
200 000 —
2 6 5
HHS
111 333 — 12 14 4
C. Little. W. Lutcher, P. Collins (5). W —
Lutcher. L — Little.
2B — C. Little, M. Little (CHS); W. Putman
(HHS).
BURNS 14, WESTON-
MCEWEN 0 (5 innings)
— At Athena, Burns scored
ive runs with two outs in
the top of the irst inning and
Zach McDonald and Justin
Lewellen combined to hold
the TigerScots to four hits on
Tuesday in a game that pitted
the top two teams in Special
District 7.
Trace Tiller hit a lead-off
single, and scored on two-out
double by Ty Reid. David
Vinson followed with a single
and they scored on separate
errors.
Weston-McEwen
(17-6, 8-2 SD7) committed
four of its ive errors in the
frame.
McDonald struck out six,
walked three and gave up
three hits in four complete
innings for the win.
Reid went 3 for 3 with
two RBI and two runs to
lead Burns (19-5, 10-0) on
offense, and Vince Roff
was 2 for 2 to lead Weston-
McEwen.
The TigerScots inish the
regular season at Burns in a
doubleheader that starts at 2
p.m. on Friday.
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R H E
BHS
521 60 — 14 12 2
W-M
000 00 —
0 4 5
Z. McDonald, J. Lewellen (5) and D.
Vinson. J. Patrick, H. Sater (4) and G. Shell.
W — McDonald. L — Patrick.
2B — J. Lewellen, T. Reid (BHS); V. Roff
(W-M). 3B — T. Reid (BHS).
SOFTBALL
PILOT ROCK 14,
IRRIGON 9 — At Pilot
Rock, Jacey Wilson and
Madison Dave hit back-to-
back doubles to give Pilot
Rock a 3-0 lead in the irst
inning and the Rockets
extended their lead to 9-1
before Irrigon inished with a
lurry on Tuesday in Special
District 6 action.
Dave added an RBI
double during Pilot Rock’s
ive-run fourth, and had a
single in their ive-run sixth
to inish 3 for 4.
Rebekka Holman also
was 3 for 4, and scored twice
while pitching the complete
game for the Rockets (20-3,
12-1 SD6).
Bea Aguilera was 3 for
3 with three runs to lead
Irrigon (12-9, 5-8), which
scored four runs in each the
sixth and seventh. Kelly
McLaughlin was 2 for 3 with
two runs and two steals.
The two teams square off
again in a doubleheader at 11
a.m. on Saturday in Irrigon.
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R H E
IHS
000 104
4 — 9 11 2
PRHS
301 505 X — 14 18 3
J. Garza and L. Mills. R. Holman and R.
Oates. W — Holman. L — Garza.
2B — M. Dave 2 (PRHS).