SPORTS
Saturday, May 21, 2016
East Oregonian
Page 3B
ATHENA
Lambert stays perfect as TigerScots win district title
Weston-McEwen
senior dominates
Vale in circle and
at plate
East Oregonian
It seemed Jessica Lambert
could do no wrong for the
Weston-McEwen TigerScots
as they downed Vale 10-0
in six innings in the Eastern
Oregon League district
championship on Friday.
The
senior
pitched
a perfect game with 10
strikeouts and batted 3 for
3 with four RBIs, including
a walk-off double in the
sixth inning that brought
her freshman sister Jordyn
Lambert in to score and initi-
ated the 10-run mercy rule.
“It takes a whole team
effort but Jess was stellar,”
said Weston-McEwen coach
Jeff Griggs. “I’m not sure
today that we played our best
game, but that was a pretty
good game.”
Vale (19-8) committed
all three of its errors in the
inal two innings, a span that
also produced eight of the
TigerScots’ 10 hits as they
blew open a 2-0 ballgame.
Weston-McE-
wen’s Jessi-
ca Lambert
smiles as
she heads
into the
dugout after
retiring the
Vale Vikings
in the ifth
inning of
their district
champion-
ship softball
game on
Friday in
Athena.
Softball
Vale
Weston-McE.
0
10
Griggs said the TigerScots
came in champing at the
bit after watching Vale beat
Echo 5-4 in the semiinals.
“It was kind of like a
racehorse at the starting line.
We were pretty pepped up,
almost overly,” he said. “We
settled down pretty fast and
the girls went to work and
we did what we needed to
do.”
Weston-McEwen (18-4)
took the lead in the bottom of
the irst inning when Bailey
Hillmick grounded out to
drive in Isabelle Dillow, who
had reached on a double and
then took third on a passed
ball.
Hillmick then scored in
the third to make it 2-0 on
Jessica Lambert’s single to
center ield.
The top of the order
came up to start the ifth
for the TigerScots, and each
of the irst three batters hit
singles to load the bases for
Lambert, who hit a two-RBI
double on a line drive to
center. An error in the ield
Staff photo by Matt
Entrup
and a sacriice ly by Amie
Coffman put two more runs
across in the frame to make
it 6-0.
A pair of singles and an
error loaded the bases again
in the bottom of the seventh.
Jordyn Lambert then hit a
hard line drive to center that
wasn’t ielded cleanly, and
Hillmick scored all the way
from irst when she slid in
just under the tag at home
plate to make it 9-0.
Hillmick scored three
runs in the game, Dillow
batted 3 for 4 with three
runs, and Jordyn Lambert
was 2 for 4 with two runs
and one RBI.
The win gives the Tiger-
Scots the district title in their
irst season competing in the
EOL.
“Beating Vale, winning
the EOL, winning districts
… those are all things the
girls wanted to do,” Griggs
said. “I feel like our girls
have been making contin-
uous improvement since we
started. We had a quite a bit
of potential, but I think we’re
starting to realize some of
that hard work and we’re a
far better team today than we
were two weeks ago.”
State playoff match-ups
will be determined by OSAA
ranking, where the Tiger-
Scots held the No. 4 spot at
press time. First-round state
playoff games will be played
Wednesday, May 25.
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R H E
VHS
000 000 —
0 0 3
W-M
101 044 — 10 10 0
W — Je. Lambert. L — K. Hawley.
2B — I. Dillow, Je. Lambert 2 (W-M).
VALE 5, ECHO 4 — At
Athena, Kelsey Hawley
struck out her ninth batter
of the game with the tying
run on second base in the
top of the seventh inning as
the Vale Viking held on to
beat the Echo Cougars in
the Eastern Oregon League
district semiinals on Friday.
Vale’s Hannah Mizuta
hit a solo home run in the
bottom of the irst inning to
tie the game 1-1, but the rest
of the Vikings’ runs were
unearned.
Echo committed ive
errors behind pitcher MacK-
enzie Gonzales, who allowed
10 hits but also struck out
eight and walked one.
Hawley inished with six
hits allowed, nine strikeouts
and seven walks.
Leading Echo at the plate
were Cheyenne Hilliard (2
for 3, RBI, run) and Bethanie
Milbrodt (2 for 4, RBI, run).
Both No. 8 Vale (19-8)
and No. 9 Echo (19-8) had
already secured state playoff
berths, and will be slotted in
the 16-team OSAA bracket
based on ranking. First-
round games will be played
Wednesday, May 25.
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R H E
EHS
110 100
1 — 4 7 5
VHS
120 011 X — 5 10 2
W — K. Hawley. L — M. Gonzales.
2B — H. Mizuta (VHS). 3B — C. Hilliard
(EHS). HR — H. Mizuta (VHS).
STANFIELD
Grogan no-hits Nyssa, leads Stanield to district title
Baseball
Tigers pitcher strikes
out 10, hits home run
East Oregonian
Contributed photo courtesy of Katie Johnson
Stanield pitcher Dylan Grogan watches the ball zip toward home
plate against Nyssa on Friday in the Eastern Oregon League base-
ball district championship in Stanield. Grogan pitched a perfect
game and Stanield won 14-0 in ive innings. #notforsale
The Nyssa Bulldogs had a runner
on base for all of one pitch Friday
as Stanield pitcher Dylan Grogan
threw a nearly-perfect no-hitter to
lift the Tigers to the district title at
Madigan Field.
Grogan struck out 10 of the 15
batters he faced and also hit a home
run as Stanield pounded Nyssa
14-0 in ive innings.
The junior righty got a pair of
strikeouts and a groundout back
to the mound to put the Bulldogs
(14-15) away in the irst, then put
the Tigers (25-2) on the board with a
two-run home run after Tony Flores
Nyssa
Stanield
0
14
reached on an error — one of eight
for the Bulldogs in the game.
Ryan Bailey and Brody Woods
followed with a single and double,
respectively, and Bailey then
scored from third on a balk by
Nyssa starter Roman Melendez.
Woods came off the bags
shortly thereafter when he scored
on an error off an Adrian Renner
grounder. Renner moved himself
to third and then scored on Jason
Fitzpatrick’s irst of two doubles to
make it 5-0.
Stanield tacked on runs in every
inning but the ifth, and ive players
inished with two RBIs: Grogan
(1 for 2), Flores (2 for 4), Renner
(0 for 3), Fitzpatrick (2 for 3) and
Curiel (2 for 3). Woods (2 for 2)
scored a team-high three runs.
Melendez left after 1 2-3 and
allowed nine runs (four earned)
on eight hits. Reliever Andres
Gonzalez allowed ive runs (one
earned) on two hits. They combined
for two strikeouts and four walks,
and Gonzalez hit two batters.
Nyssa got its only baserunner in
the third inning when Alex Martinez
reached irst after a dropped third
strike. Grogan picked him off right
away, though, and then struck out
the next batter to end the inning.
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R H E
NHS
000 00 —
0 0 8
SHS
631 4X — 14 10 0
W — D. Grogan. L — R. Melendez.
2B —Woods, Fitzpatrick 2 (SHS). HR — D. Grogan
Mariners score eight runs on Reds bullpen to rally for win
By JOE KAY
AP Sports Writer
CINCINNATI (AP) —
To get ready for their inter-
league series, the Seattle
Mariners read the scouting
reports about Cincinnati’s
bullpen and how it’s prone
to giving up runs and leads.
The irst game followed the
script.
Dae-Ho Lee’s bases-
loaded single completed
Seattle’s late rally against
the major leagues’ worst
bullpen on Friday night, and
he later added a solo homer
as the Mariners pulled away
to an 8-3 victory over the
Reds.
“They’ve struggled, no
doubt,” Mariners manager
Scott Servais said. “You
look at the scouting reports
coming in. They’ve had a
lot of injuries.”
Seattle opened a weekend
dedicated to Ken Griffey Jr.
by getting four runs in the
seventh inning against a
bullpen that has blown 10 of
its 14 save chances. Overall,
the Mariners piled up seven
runs and two homers against
Reds relievers over the last
three innings.
“We’re having too many
problems inding that magic
potion to inish the ninth,”
manager Bryan Price said.
Blake
Wood
(3-1)
relieved in the seventh and
loaded the bases on two
singles and a walk. Wood
walked Seth Smith to force
in a run, and Tony Cingrani
came on and hit Robinson
Cano with
town team,
MLB
his irst pitch
which
is
to tie it. Lee’s
honoring his
pinch-hit
career this
single with
weekend.
Seattle
Cincinnati
two
outs
He will be
knocked in
inducted into
the go-ahead
b a s e b a l l ’s
runs.
Hall of Fame this summer.
Nelson Cruz and Lee
Junior’s
irst
team
homered in the ninth off improved to 11-2 all-time
Jumbo Diaz, the 35th and against the Reds. Seattle is
36th homers allowed by an AL-best 16-7 on the road.
Reds relievers this season.
The Reds have lost ive
It was Cruz’s 250th career straight and 10 of 12, done
homer.
in by a rotation that can’t
Hisashi Iwakuma (2-4) get deep into a game and a
gave up three runs in six bullpen that gives up runs
innings, including Zack nearly every game. They
Cozart’s solo homer.
have been outscored 51-19
Griffey grew up in in the last ive games.
Cincinnati and became a star
The start of the game
with the Mariners before was delayed by 45 minutes
being traded to his home- because of rain, which
8
3
threw Iwakuma out of sync.
“Today was a different
game,” he said, through a
translator. “We didn’t know
what time we were going to
play. I didn’t get as much
time to get ready. It threw
me off my routine.”
Brandon
Phillips
snapped an 0-for-11 slump
with an RBI double in the
irst inning. Cozart led off
the third with a homer, and
Tucker Barnhart singled
home another run in the
fourth.
Reds starter Dan Straily
didn’t allow a run until Kyle
Seager’s RBI double made
it 3-1 in the sixth. Only two
Reds starters have gone
seven innings this season,
compounding the bullpen’s
problems.
The Mariners got at least
one runner aboard in all but
one inning. Reds pitchers
have gone 46 innings in the
last ive games and retired
the side in order only seven
times.
UP NEXT
Mariners:
Felix
Hernandez (3-3) will make
his second career appear-
ance against the Reds. On
June 19, 2010, he got his
ninth career complete game
by throwing a ive-hitter and
allowing one run.
Reds: LHP John Lamb
(0-1) is coming off a
15-6 loss in Cleveland on
Monday, when he gave up
seven runs in four innings.
The Reds lost all of his three
starts this season.
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Today
Weston-McEwen vs. Pilot Rock (at Bob
White Field, Pendleton), 10 a.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Today
Irrigon vs. Union (Special District 6 playoff
game, at Pilot Rock), 11 a.m.
Pilot Rock vs. TBD (Special District 6 title
game, at Pilot Rock), 1 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Today
5A/4A State Championship (at Hayward
Field, Eugene), 9:30 a.m.
PREP RUGBY
Today
East Oregon Sasquatch vs. Valley Rams
(Bowl Finals at Lents Park, Portland), Noon
Basketball
NBA
Playoff Glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 2, Toronto 0
Tuesday, May 17: Cleveland 115, Toronto
84
Thursday: Cleveland 108, Toronto 89
Today: Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Monday: Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Oklahoma City 1, Golden State 1
Monday, May 16: Oklahoma City 108,
Golden State 102
Wednesday, May 18: Golden State 118,
Oklahoma City 91
Sunday: Golden State at Oklahoma City,
5 p.m. (TNT)
Tuesday: Golden State at Oklahoma City,
6 p.m. (TNT)
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
New York
2
0 1.000 —
Indiana
2
1 .667
½
Atlanta
1
1 .500
1
Chicago
1
1 .500
1
Connecticut
1
1 .500
1
Washington
0
3 .000 2½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
2
0 1.000 —
Minnesota
2
0 1.000 —
Dallas
2
1 .667
½
Seattle
1
1 .500
1
San Antonio
0
2 .000
2
Phoenix
0
3 .000 2½
———
Friday’s Games
Los Angeles 97, Washington 67
Indiana 94, Atlanta 85
Seattle 81, Phoenix 80
Today’s Games
Los Angeles at New York, 3 p.m.
Washington at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Chicago at Atlanta, Noon
Minnesota at Seattle, 4 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Playoff Glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Pittsburgh 2, Tampa Bay 2
Friday, May 13: Tampa Bay 3, Pittsburgh 1
Monday, May 16: Pittsburgh 3, Tampa
Bay 2, OT
Wednesday, May 18: Pittsburgh 4, Tampa
Bay 2
Friday: Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 3
Sunday: Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
(NBCSN)
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Jose 2, St. Louis 1
Sunday, May 15: St. Louis 2, San Jose 1
Tuesday, May 17: San Jose 4, St. Louis 0
Thursday: San Jose 3, St. Louis 0
Today: St. Louis at San Jose, 4:15 p.m.
(NBC)
Monday: San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
(NBCSN)
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Baltimore
25 15 .625 —
Boston
25 17 .595
1
Tampa Bay
20 19 .513 4½
Toronto
21 23 .477
6
New York
19 22 .463 6½
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
25 17 .595 —
Cleveland
22 17 .564 1½
Kansas City
21 20 .512 3½
Detroit
19 22 .463 5½
Minnesota
10 31 .244 14½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Seattle
24 17 .585 —
Texas
23 19 .548 1½
Los Angeles
19 23 .452 5½
Oakland
19 24 .442
6
Houston
17 26 .395
8
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Friday’s Games
Cleveland 4, Boston 2
Seattle 8, Cincinnati 3
Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 5
Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 1
Texas 2, Houston 1
Toronto 9, Minnesota 3
N.Y. Yankees 8, Oakland 3
Baltimore 9, L.A. Angels 4
Saturday’s Games
Kansas City (Duffy 0-0) at Chicago White
Sox (Gonzalez 0-0), 11:10 a.m.
Toronto (Happ 5-1) at Minnesota (Dean
0-1), 11:10 a.m.
Cleveland (Bauer 3-1) at Boston (Kelly
1-0), 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 1-0) at Oakland
(Manaea 1-1), 1:05 p.m.
Seattle (Hernandez 3-3) at Cincinnati
(Lamb 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Smyly 2-4) at Detroit (Fulmer
2-1), 1:10 p.m.
Texas (Ramos 0-2) at Houston (Fiers 3-1),
4:15 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 0-1) at L.A. Angels
(Shoemaker 2-5), 7:05 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10:08 a.m.
Seattle at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 10:35 a.m.
Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 11:10
a.m.
Texas at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
Toronto at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 12:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
26 16 .619 —
Philadelphia
24 18 .571
2
New York
23 18 .561 2½
Miami
21 20 .512 4½
Atlanta
11 30 .268 14½
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
29 11 .725 —
Pittsburgh
23 18 .561 6½
St. Louis
22 20 .524
8
Milwaukee
18 24 .429 12
Cincinnati
15 27 .357 15
West Division
W
L Pct GB
San Francisco
25 18 .568 —
Los Angeles
21 22 .488 3½
Colorado
20 21 .488 3½
Arizona
20 24 .455
5
San Diego
18 25 .419 6½
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Friday’s Games
Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 1
Pittsburgh 2, Colorado 1
N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2
Seattle 8, Cincinnati 3
Washington 4, Miami 1
Arizona 11, St. Louis 7
Chicago Cubs 8, San Francisco 1
San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers 6
Saturday’s Games
Atlanta (Perez 1-1) at Philadelphia (Morgan
1-1), 12:05 p.m.
Arizona (Ray 2-2) at St. Louis (Leake 2-3),
1:05 p.m.
Colorado (Chatwood 5-3) at Pittsburgh
(Niese 4-2), 1:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Davies 1-3) at N.Y. Mets
(deGrom 3-1), 1:10 p.m.
Seattle (Hernandez 3-3) at Cincinnati
(Lamb 0-1), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-2) at San Francis-
co (Cain 0-5), 4:15 p.m.
Washington (Ross 3-3) at Miami (Fernan-
dez 5-2), 4:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wood 1-3) at San Diego
(Vargas 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m.
Seattle at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m.
Washington at Miami, 10:10 a.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 10:35 a.m.
Colorado at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m.
Arizona at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 1:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at San Francisco, 5:05 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts GF GA
Philadelphia 5 3
3 18 15 11
New York City FC 4
3
5 17 18 17
Montreal
4 3
4 16 18 16
Toronto FC 4 4
3 15 14 12
New York
4 7
1 13 14 20
D.C. United 3 5
4 13 13 14
New England 2 3
7 13 15 20
Orlando City 2 3
5 11 17 16
Columbus
2 4
4 10 12 15
Chicago
1 5
4
7 8 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts GF GA
Colorado
7 2
3 24 15 9
FC Dallas
7 4
2 23 19 19
Vancouver
6 5
2 20 20 20
Los Angeles 5 1
4 19 24 12
San Jose
5 3
3 18 15 14
Real Salt Lake 5 3
2 17 14 14
Sporting KC 5 6
2 17 13 14
Seattle
4 5
1 13 10 12
Portland
3 6
3 12 17 22
Houston
3 6
2 11 18 19
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
———
Friday’s Games
Philadelphia 1, D.C. United 0
Saturday’s Games
New York at New York City FC, Noon
Houston at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Toronto FC, 2 p.m.
Montreal at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Sporting KC, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Vancouver at Portland, 1:30 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour
AT&T Byron Nelson Scores
At TPC Four Seasons Resort
Irving, Texas
Purse: $7.3 million
Yardage: 7,166; Par: 70
Friday
Second Round
Ben Crane 65-63—128 -12
Brooks Koepka
65-64—129
Jordan Spieth
64-65—129
Bud Cauley 64-65—129 -11
Sergio Garcia
63-66—129
Wes Roach 64-66—130 -10
Bryce Molder
66-65—131
Patrick Rodgers
67-65—132
Danny Lee 63-69—132 -8
Dustin Johnson
64-68—132
Freddie Jacobson
64-68—132
Tom Hoge 64-68—132 -8
Matt Kuchar
65-67—132
Adam Hadwin
66-66—132
Hudson Swafford
66-66—132
Kyle Reifers 68-65—133 -7
Jason Dufner
66-67—133
D.A. Points 71-62—133 -7
Johnson Wagner
63-70—133
Chez Reavie
67-66—133
Charley Hoffman
67-66—133
Scott Stallings
67-66—133
Colt Knost 70-63—133 -7
Martin Flores
65-68—133
Steve Marino
69-64—133
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-11
-9
-8
-8
-8
-8
-8
-8
-7
-7
-7
-7
-7
-7
-7
Horse Racing
Preakness Odds
The ield for Saturday’s 141st Preakness
Stakes:
PP Horse
Jockey Odds
1. Cherry Wine
Lanerie
20-1
2. Uncle Lino
Perez
20-1
3. Nyquist
Gutierrez
3-5
4. Awesome Speed Toledo
30-1
5. Exaggerator Desormeaux 3-1
6. Lani
Take
30-1
7. Collected
Castellano
10-1
8. Laoban
Geroux
30-1
9. Abiding Star
Acosta
30-1
10. Fellowship
Lezcano
30-1
11. Stradivari
Velazquez
8-1
Post time: 3:18 p.m.