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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Thursday, June 2, 2016 Pro Baseball Pro Hockey Chastened Padres rout Mariners By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Alexei Ramirez homered twice and matched his career high with ive RBIs, and Adam Rosales and Wil Myers also homered for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Seattle Mariners 14-6 Wednesday night several hours after execu- tive chairman Ron Fowler strongly criticized the team’s poor recent play. Ramirez had a pair of two-run homers and an RBI single. Jon Jay had four hits while Myers and Yangervis Solarte also each had three hits. Myers inished a triple shy of the cycle. The Padres snapped a four-game losing streak, winning for the second time in 10 games. On Wednesday morning, Fowler told the team’s lagship radio station, the Mighty 1090, that the Padres’ recent perfor- mances have been “embar- rassing” and “pathetic.” His comments came a day after James Shields allowed 10 runs in 2 2/3 innings of a 16-4 loss at Seattle. Hours after Fowler ripped them, the Padres found out they didn’t have to face Felix Hernandez, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right calf strain. The Padres still had a shaky start, with Chris- tian Friedrich allowing Robinson Cano’s three-run homer during a 37-pitch irst inning in which the lefty escaped a bases- loaded jam Left-hander James Paxton (0-1) started in Hernandez’s place and Penguins edge Sharks, take 2-0 series lead By WILL GRAVES The Associated Press AP Photo/Alex Gallardo San Diego Padres’ Derek Norris (3) congratulates Alexei Ramirez, right, who hit a two-run home run, his second homer of the night, near Seattle Mariners catcher Chris Iannetta, rear, during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday in San Diego. MLB Seattle San Diego 6 14 was roughed up in the irst, allowing six runs on ive hits. Myers homered to right with one out, his eighth. Rosales homered into the second deck in left with two outs, his second. Ramirez was aboard on an RBI single, and Rosales almost caught up to him approaching third base. Five of the runs that inning were unearned after Paxton overthrew second trying for a force play. After the Padres chased Paxton in the fourth, Ramirez greeted Joel Peralta with a two-run homer. He also hit a two-run homer off Steve Johnson in the sixth, after Derek Norris hit a leadoff double. Ramirez has three homers this season. Myers hit an RBI double in the ifth and a sac ly in the sixth. Kyle Seager had four singles for Seattle. Friedrich (2-1) allowed four runs, three earned, and nine hits in ive innings, struck out four and walked four. Paxton allowed eight runs, three earned, on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked one. TRAINING ROOM Mariners: Manager Scott Servais said he hopes Hernandez misses only a few starts. Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (right shoulder inlammation), who hasn’t pitched since opening day, played catch. Manager Andy Green said it would be “aggressive” to antici- pate his return before the All-Star break. UP NEXT Mariners: LHP Wade Miley (5-2, 4.95) is sched- uled to start the inal game of the split, four-game series. Padres: RHP Colin Rea (3-2, 4.47) is scheduled to start for San Diego. PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby enters the faceoff circle with a plan every time, well aware it will almost certainly evaporate once the puck smacks the ice. That doesn’t stop the Pittsburgh superstar from doing it, because every once in a while the idea in his head morphs into reality. Times like Wednesday night, when Crosby’s improvisation helped move the Penguins within two victories of the Stanley Cup. Crosby’s faceoff win helped set up Conor Sheary’s perfectly placed wrist shot 2:35 into overtime, one that lifted the Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. “I call 25 faceoffs a night,” Crosby said with a laugh. “I got 24 wrong tonight.” It’s the one Crosby got right that will live on if the Penguins ind a way to close out their fourth championship. Just before heading to the dot to the right of San Jose goalie Martin Jones, Crosby told Sheary to line up on the wall and then look for a soft spot in the San Jose defense. Crosby won the draw and dropped it to defenseman Kris Letang, who feigned a shot then slipped it to Sheary. The 23-year-old rookie zipped it over Jones’ outstretched glove for his fourth goal of the play- offs and second of the series. “It’s pretty surreal,” said Sheary, who began the season in the minor leagues. Game 3 is Saturday night Stanley Cup San Jose Pittsburgh 1 2 in San Jose. Sharks defenseman Justin Braun tied it with 4:05 left in regulation, but San Jose fell to 0-4 when pushed to overtime in the playoffs after getting largely outplayed for much of the night by the quicker, more nimble Penguins. Phil Kessel scored his 10th goal of the postseason for Pittsburgh, and Matt Murray made 21 stops. The Penguins have not trailed at any point while reeling off four straight playoff victories after falling behind in the Eastern Confer- ence inal against Tampa Bay. “Game 1 was decided in last two minutes, tonight was decided in overtime,” Sharks coach Peter DeBoer said. “We’ll hold off on the funeral.” Maybe, but time is running out. Only ive teams in NHL history have come back from a 2-0 deicit in the inal to win the Cup, a hole the Sharks ind themselves in despite Braun’s second career playoff goal and 28 stops by Martin Jones. “We know that if we play this way we’re not going to win games, so we need to be better,” San Jose center Logan Couture said. The Penguins improved to 4-2 in overtime. “We did a good job of playing well here at home,” Crosby said. “We know it’s going to get challenging going to San Jose.” TIGERS: Santiam Christian one of just two teams to beat Stanield this season Continued from 1B 2011, and Dylan goes into the start fresh after throwing just four innings total in the postseason thanks to great starts by Brody Woods and solid relief by Tony Flores. “My arm feels great. I was glad Brody (Woods) got to do it all by himself (in the semi- inals) pretty much,” Grogan said, adding he’s gotten some good advice on how to handle the championship pressure from a knowledge- able source. “My brother Quin told me, ‘When you’re pitching don’t worry about the batter. The batter fails seven out of every 10 at-bats.’ I was thinking about that, and it’s true. He’s just been telling me to keep a positive attitude for the team.” Catcher Thyler Monkus also was a bat boy for that 2011 team, which featured his brother Derek. Utility Adrian Renner’s older brother Dominic also was on that team, and irst baseman Ryan Bailey’s brother Devin was the second half of a lethal 1-2 punch on the mound. “He left his (champion- ship) ring in my room when he moved out,” Ryan Bailey said. “I look at it every day and I can just imagine having one of those. It’s a big motivating factor right there.” Stanield coach Bryan Johnson is reprising his role from that 2011 title game, and reminded the Tigers of some bragging rights they could claim as well. “I said you can kind of one-up them a little bit because this is 3A and that was 2A/1A.” Like their older siblings, the current group of Tigers must beat the bracket’s No. 1 team. It’s a rematch of a game Santiam Christian won 2-1 on April 21 with a two-run walk-off home run hit by Dru Draper with two outs. It was just the second hit of the game allowed by Grogan. It was also the last time Stanield was defeated this season, and the Tigers (28-2) enter the game on a 13-game winning streak. “It was our last loss, and what we’re looking for now is revenge, basically,” said Tigers senior Jason Fitzpatrick. Draper pitched the entire game against the Tigers, and is the expected starter on Friday. He struck out four, walked two, and held the Tigers to just three hits. Stan- ield’s only run off Draper came when Monkus reached base and advanced to third on back-to-back errors, then Grogan singled him in. “He likes to jam you a lot. I’ll be working on stuff to help me be aware for that this time around,” Fitzpatrick said. “It seemed like we had trouble seeing the ball more than anything.” “He really could hit his spots, hitting inside and outside, he was really keeping us off balance,” Bailey said. “We’ve got to respect that, but we’ve got to come out swinging and hit it where it’s pitched.” Stanield has scored 52 runs in four postseason games including the district championship, and “(Draper) mixes it up a little bit and he’s got a pretty good fastball, kind of sneaks up on you,” Johnson said. “He’s just a competitor and he’s had a lot of success. “If we keep swinging like we have been, I like our chances.” Stanield has scored 52 runs in four postseason games including the district championship, but Santiam Christian (25-3) has given up just nine total in the same span with most of those coming in a 7-6 win over Horizon Christian in their district inal. “It’s going to be a good game this time around, that’s for sure,” Fitzpatrick said. The game will be broadcast live on the radio at KOHU 1360 AM. Live video will also be available for a fee at NFHSnetwork. com. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. Follow him on Twitter @ mattentrup. ROCKETS: Ostrom has thrown bulk of the innings against Union this season Continued from 1B the right balance of coni- dence and caution headed into their ifth match-up. “We’ve just got to get in the mindset of regardless of what happened in the past, this could be a tight game and bring our ‘A’ game,” he said. “I’ve always been told to be borderline cocky,” Holman said. “We never know, so we’re going to go out and play because you never know which team will be out there. … It’s the state playoffs so we’re looking for a challenge.” It’s the second time the Rockets inish the season against a league foe in the state inal. They beat Weston- McEwen 2-1 last year after three previous victories over the TigerScots. “Treat it like any other game of the season, don’t get too nervous, don’t be too conident,” Ostrom said of how to approach the familiar match-up. “You’ve just got to (create a) fresh new slate, go in empty-minded with a killer attitude.” Every Rocket has found some measure of success against the Bobcats this season, but senior Madison Dave and junior Bekah Roe have been especially troublesome. Dave batted 8 for 12 with three home runs, 14 RBIs, eight runs scored, two doubles and a triple. Roe was 9 for 15 with 10 runs scores, eight RBIs, two doubles and a home run. Ostrom has pitched 21 innings against Union, and has allowed 15 hits, ive runs (four earned), struck out 16 and walked three. She’s likely to get the call on Friday, but Fitzpatrick typically makes his decision as close to game- time as possible. “We’ll do a quick workout when we get over there (Thursday) and we’re going to see what they look like,” he said. Holman has thrown just three innings against Union and gave up no runs on ive hits and struck out three. Union lead-off hitter Jaiden Wright had led the Bobcat offense against Pilot Rock, but is just 3 for 8 with two runs scores and two RBIs, although one of her hits is a home run. Union won back-to-back state titles in 2013-14, and Dave said the Rockets are intent on their own repeat this year. “It’s a big game, and I’m always nervous when it comes to a game. I don’t like losing,” she said. “We have a title to defend and so we’re going to do it.” Radio coverage will be streamed online at OSAA. org/radio-network. Live video will be available for a fee at NFHSnetwork,com. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. Follow him on Twitter @ mattentrup. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Friday No. 3 Stanield vs. No. 1 Santiam Chris- tian (3A inals at Keizer), 5 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Friday No. 1 Pilot Rock vs. No 2 Union (2A/1A inals at Corvallis), 1 p.m. Saturday No. 1 Mac-Hi vs. No. 3 Banks (4A inals at Corvallis), 1 p.m. Basketball NBA Playoff Glance FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Cleveland vs. Golden State (all games on ABC) Today, June 2: Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. Sunday, June 5: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 8: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Friday, June 10: Golden State at Cleve- land, 6 p.m. x-Monday, June 13: Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, June 16: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Atlanta 5 1 .833 Indiana 3 3 .500 Chicago 3 4 .429 New York 2 3 .400 Washington 2 5 .286 Connecticut 1 5 .167 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Minnesota 6 0 1.000 GB — 2 2½ 2½ 3½ 4 GB — Los Angeles 5 0 1.000 ½ Dallas 3 3 .500 3 Phoenix 2 4 .333 4 San Antonio 1 3 .250 4 Seattle 2 4 .333 4 ——— Wednesday’s Games Indiana 85, Seattle 75 Chicago 86, Washington 78 Today’s Games San Antonio at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Baseball MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 33 21 .611 — New York 29 23 .558 3 Miami 28 25 .528 4½ Philadelphia 26 27 .491 6½ Atlanta 16 36 .308 16 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 36 15 .706 — Pittsburgh 29 23 .558 7½ St. Louis 28 26 .519 9½ Milwaukee 24 29 .453 13 Cincinnati 18 35 .340 19 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 33 22 .600 — Los Angeles 28 26 .519 4½ Colorado 24 28 .462 7½ Arizona 23 32 .418 10 San Diego 21 33 .389 11½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Mets 1, 13 innings Milwaukee 3, St. Louis 1 Washington 7, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4, 11 innings Miami 3, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Houston 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings Cincinnati 7, Colorado 2 San Diego 14, Seattle 6 Today’s Games San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-2) at Atlanta (Blair 0-3), 9:10 a.m. Arizona (Greinke 6-3) at Houston (Keuchel 3-6), 11:10 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Urias 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 3-4), 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 2-6) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 2-7), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Nicasio 4-4) at Miami (Chen 3-2), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Simon 1-5) at Colorado (Butler 2-2), 5:40 p.m. Seattle (Miley 5-2) at San Diego (Rea 3-2), 6:10 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 32 21 .604 — Baltimore 29 22 .569 2 Toronto 29 26 .527 4 New York 24 28 .462 7½ Tampa Bay 22 29 .431 9 Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 30 22 .577 — Chicago 29 25 .537 2 Cleveland 27 24 .529 2½ Detroit 25 27 .481 5 Minnesota 15 37 .288 15 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 31 22 .585 — Seattle 30 22 .577 ½ Oakland 25 29 .463 6½ Houston 25 29 .463 6½ Los Angeles 24 29 .453 7 ——— Wednesday’s Games Chicago White Sox 2, N.Y. Mets 1, 13 innings Oakland 5, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 5, Texas 4, 11 innings Baltimore 13, Boston 9 Detroit 3, L.A. Angels 0 Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 0 Houston 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings Kansas City 6, Tampa Bay 3 San Diego 14, Seattle 6 Today’s Games Arizona (Greinke 6-3) at Houston (Keuchel 3-6), 11:10 a.m. Boston (Porcello 7-2) at Baltimore (Jimenez 2-6), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 4-3) at Cleveland (Carrasco 2-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 2-6) at Detroit (Boyd 0-0), 4:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Moore 2-3) at Minnesota (Gibson 0-3), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Miley 5-2) at San Diego (Rea 3-2), 6:10 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoff Glance STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 0 Monday: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday, June 1: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1 (NBCSN) Saturday, June 4: Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. (NBC) Monday, June 6: Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. (NBC) Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Philadelphia 6 3 5 23 New York 6 7 1 19 Montreal 5 4 4 19 NY City FC 4 4 6 18 Toronto FC 4 5 4 16 D.C. United 4 6 4 16 Orlando City 3 3 7 16 New England 3 4 7 16 Columbus 3 5 5 14 Chicago 2 5 5 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts Colorado 8 2 4 28 FC Dallas 8 4 3 27 Vancouver 6 6 3 21 Real Salt Lake 6 4 2 20 Los Angeles 5 2 5 20 San Jose 5 4 5 20 Portland 5 6 4 19 GF 21 24 22 20 14 14 23 19 18 10 GA 16 20 20 26 15 16 21 25 21 14 GF 17 23 23 20 27 16 23 GA 10 21 25 19 16 16 25 Sporting KC 5 Seattle 5 Houston 3 8 7 7 2 1 3 17 14 18 16 13 15 12 19 21 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Columbus 2 Seattle 2, D.C. United 0 Portland 1, San Jose 0 Today’s Games Real Salt Lake at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Houston at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Tennis FRENCH OPEN Wednesday At Stade Roland Garros, Paris Purse: $35.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5. Dominic Thiem (13), Austria, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. David Ferrer (11), Spain, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3. David Gofin (12), Belgium, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. Quarterinals Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Al- bert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7). Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Richard Gasquet (9), France, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 6-2. Women Fourth Round Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Elina Svitolina (18), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-1. Timea Bacsinszky (8), Switzerland, def. Venus Williams (9), United States, 6-2, 6-4. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def. Madison Keys (15), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, 7-5, 7-5. Quarterinals Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 7-5, 6-3. Sam Stosur (21), Australia, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Doubles Men Third Round Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez (15), Spain, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (1), France, 7-6 (7), 6-1. Quarterinals Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (3), Brazil, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea (6), Romania, 6-4, 6-4. Bob and Mike Bryan, United States, def. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Leander Paes (16), India, 7-6 (12), 6-3. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Alexander Peya (9), Austria, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Marcel Granollers, Spain, 6-1, 6-4. Women Quarterinals Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (7), Russia, def. Chan Hao-ching and Yung-jan (3), Taiwan, To Finish 6-1, 6-3. Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (6), Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-6 (9). Margarita Gasparyan and Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Xu Yi-Fan and Zheng Saisai (9), China, 6-2, 6-4. Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic (5), France, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 7-5, 6-3. Mixed Second Round Elena Vesnina, Russia, and Bruno Soares (5), Brazil, def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Treat Huey, Philippines, 7-5, 7-6 (3). Sania Mirza, India, and Ivan Dodig (2), Croatia, def. Alize Cornet and Jonathan Eysseric, France, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 10-8. Quarterinals Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (6), France, def. Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan, and Jamie Murray (1), Britain, 6-4, 6-4. Kristina Mladenovic and Pierre-Hugues Her- bert (3), France, def. CoCo Vandeweghe and Bob Bryan (8), United States, 2-6, 6-2, 13-11.
