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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016
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Sharks make fi rst
Stanley Cup fi nal
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP)
— After 25 years, the San
Jose Sharks will fi nally play
for the Stanley Cup.
Captain Joe Pavelski
scored an
early goal,
Joel Ward
added
two of his
own and
the Sharks
advanced
to their fi rst Stanley Cup
fi nal in franchise history by
beating the St. Louis Blues
5-2 on Wednesday night
in Game 6 of the Western
Conference fi nal.
Joonas Donskoi also
scored, Logan Couture
had an empty-netter and
Martin Jones made 24
saves as a Sharks team
notorious for postseason
letdowns will now play for
the championship that has
eluded stars such as Pavelski,
Joe Thornton and Patrick
Marleau for so many years.
Game 1 of the Stanley
Cup fi nal will be Monday
night. The Sharks will either
host Tampa Bay or visit
Pittsburgh, depending on
which team wins Game 7 of
the Eastern Conference fi nal
Thursday night.
Lind leads hit
parade as M’s
win home series
SEATTLE (AP) — Adam
Lind hit home runs in his
fi rst two at-bats and had a
season-best six RBIs while
the Seattle Mariners scored
a season-high
runs in a
FACES in 13-3
rout of
the Oakland
Athletics on
Wednesday
night.
The AL
West-leading
Lind
Mariners won
their 11th series
of the season, this time
behind Lind’s hitting.
After struggling to start
the season, Lind fl ashed
the power that made him
an offseason target for
Seattle general manager
Jerry Dipoto. Lind hit a solo
homer with two outs in the
second inning to get Seattle
on the board, then capped
the Mariners’ six-run third
inning with a three-run shot
off Oakland starter Zach
Neal (0-1), making the fi rst
start of his career.
Pendleton
17
Crater
0
Next up:
Silverton at
Pendleton,
Friday, TBA
Pendleton’s
Kirah McGlo-
than slides
head fi rst into
third base
as Crater’s
Simone TuriTuri
waits for the
ball in the
Bucks’ 17-0
shutout against
the Comets on
Wednesday in
Pendleton.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Bucks crush Comets
Richards perfect
across fi ve, PHS
backs her with 12
hits to advance in
state playoffs
“I tried not to let it feel any different
(than last year).”
— Lauren Richards,
Pendleton sophomore on pitching fi rst home playoff game
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
—
Lauren
Richards threw a perfect game in
her postseason pitching debut, and
perennial contender Pendleton saw
big games out of several players
making their fi rst playoff starts to
send Crater packing on Wednesday.
Madison Parker, Kalan McGlo-
than and Tatum Fell all hit home
runs and the Buckaroos advanced
to their third-straight state quarterfi -
nals with a 17-0 rout in fi ve innings
at Steve Cary Field.
“We’re really hoping to hit on
all cylinders and today I think we
certainly did that,” said Pendleton
coach Tim Cary. “Obviously the
pitching was outstanding, the
defense was great and the hitting
was there. When you get all three
of those things on the same day,
usually good things happen and we
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Lauren Richards
throws from the pitching circle
in the Bucks’ 17-0 shutout of
Crater on Wednesday in Pend-
leton.
just want to make sure we do that
again (in the quarterfi nals).”
Richards, a sophomore who
started at fi rst base during last
season’s playoff run, fi nished with
six strikeouts.
“I tried not to let it feel any
different (than last year),” she said.
“I just had to come out here, and the
whole team had to keep doing what
we had been doing, because with
what we’ve been doing we’ll get far
in the playoffs.”
Nobody will argue her on that
point.
The Buckaroos found production
up and down the lineup to fi nish
with 12 hits and a double-digit score
for the fourth-straight game.
Parker, McGlothan and Fell
combined for six RBI and six runs
in their fi rst playoff starts. They
were all entrenched at their positions
coming into the game, but freshman
Kirah McGlothan was a late add
to the starting lineup when senior
shortstop Ellie Richards injured her
knee in Pendleton’s last game of the
regular season.
“(The coaches) just told me, ‘It’s
a different lineup, just do your best
and have fun,’” she said.
McGlothan snagged a hard line
drive at second base for the game’s
fi rst out, and said that settled her
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1985 — Danny Sullivan
misses almost certain disaster
and holds off Mario Andretti
and the rest of the fastest
fi eld in auto racing to win
the Indianapolis 500. On the
119th lap, Sullivan spins his
racer 360 degrees, narrowly
avoiding both the wall and
Andretti.
1987 — Boston’s Larry
Bird steals an inbounds pass
from Detroit’s Isiah Thomas
and feeds over his shoulder
to a cutting Dennis Johnson
for the winning basket as
the Celtics pulls out an
improbable 108-107 win
over Detroit in Game 5 of the
Eastern Conference Finals.
Contact us at 541-966-0838 or
sports@eastoregonian.com
See BUCKS/2B
Rockets sprint past Greyhounds at home
Pilot Rock opens
title defense with
fi ve-inning win
“Nobody has said
anything about
Steph being 70
percent to me.
Our training staff,
relatives, friends,
sources with
knowledge of our
team’s thinking,
nobody has
told me he’s 70
percent.”
— Steve Kerr
Golden State Warriors
coach on rumors of
Stephen Curry’s
lingering injury
nerves. She then went 2 for 3 at
the plate with a three-RBI double
during Pendleton’s seven-run fi rst
inning. In total, Pendleton’s playoff
newcomers combined to go 8 for 11
at the plate and drive in 10 runs.
“I think that’s probably the most
impressive thing for today is that
we did throw in quite a few young
players and said, ‘Well, time to play
ball. You have no choice, let’s go do
it,’” Cary said. “And every one of
them responded and played well.
“All the young ones that we
brought up, they’re ready to play.”
Sophomore designated player
Alexi Brehaut (2 for 2) and
freshman shortstop Aspen Garton
also started their fi rst playoff games
for the Bucks.
After Richards struck out two
to retire the Comets in the fi rst,
Pendleton senior Alexis Morrison
wore a pitch from Tristin Fisher to
lead off the Bucks. Richards (2 for
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pilot Rebekah Roe gets ready to connect with the ball for a base hit during
Wednesday’s game against Gaston.
PILOT
ROCK
—
Rebekka Holman didn’t
allow a runner to reach
second base until the fi fth
inning and the Pilot Rock
softball team opened its title
defense with a 14-0 drubbing
of Gaston in fi ve innings on
Wednesday.
Holman pitched the
entire game and was perfect
through three innings. She
fi nished with three hits
allowed, nine strikeouts and
no walks.
“I was real happy with
the intensity that we came
Softball
Pilot Rock
Gaston
14
0
out with,” said Rockets
coach Darin Fitzpatrick,
who coached the team to
the OSAA 2A/1A state title
last season. “Being the fi rst
round of state I expected the
girls to be nervous and come
out with a slow start, but they
put one across in the fi rst and
took control in the second
and that was great to see.”
The No. 1 Rockets (24-3)
scored seven runs in the
second inning, and added
See ROCKETS/2B
Rice strikes out nine, Knights roll in playoff debut
Irrigon beats Lost
River to advance in
2A/1A bracket
East Oregonian
IRRIGON — Austin Rice
carried a no-hitter through
four innings and Fredy Vera
scored four runs to lead
Irrigon baseball to a 17-1 win
over Lost River in the fi rst
state playoff game in program
history on Wednesday.
Rice struck out nine before
turning the game over to the
bullpen, and Vera scored on a
Baseball
Irrigon
Lost River
17
1
passed ball in the fi rst inning
to get the offense rolling in
the OSAA 2A/1A fi rst round.
Vera reached on an error
by the shortstop and went to
second base on a wild pitch
by Lost River (13-14) starter
Waylon Moore.
He advanced to third
on a ground-out by Rice,
then scored on a passed ball
during Zack Henrichs’ at-bat.
Henrichs would walk,
then was batted over by
Cougar Kroske with a single,
and both players scored on
error on a ball put in play by
Adrian Roa.
Hayden White added a
two-run home run later in
the inning and the Knights
(17-5) led 5-0 after one.
Rice added three RBI to
his dominant outing on the
mound, and allowed no runs,
no hits, three walks and two
hit batters.
Henrichs, Kroske and
See KNIGHTS/2B
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Irrigon pitcher Austin Rice follows through on a
pitch during the Knights’ 17-1 win against Lost
River on Wednesday in Irrigon.