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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, June 4, 2016 Beltre’s bat helps Darvish, Rangers sink Mariners Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — It’s not just Adrian Beltre’s production that impresses his Texas Rangers team- mates. It’s also his lair. Beltre homered, doubled and drove in ive runs, leading Yu Darvish and the Rangers over the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Friday night in a matchup of AL West leaders. Texas and Seattle, who play six times in 10 days, went into the game tied for the division lead. The Rangers have won ive of six overall. “When this new stadium gets built, there will be a statue out front of Adrian on one knee, bat in the air, leg in the air,” Ian Desmond said. “Probably, some ball 700 feet away.” Beltre hit a three-run homer in the irst inning and a two-run double in the third. The double was the 573rd of his career, tying former Texas catcher Ivan Rodriguez for 24th place. “I’m glad that I’ve been able to stay healthy and play for a long time,” Beltre said. “When you play for a long time, tried unsuc- MLB you accu- cessfully to mulate some convince numbers.” manager Jeff Darvish Banister to Seattle Texas (2-0) gave leave him up three runs in to face and six hits Dae-Ho Lee in 5 2/3 innings, striking of South Korea for a third out ive and walking one time. while throwing 88 pitches. “As he approached the Last week, the All-Star ace mound, I was trying to make made his irst start since eye contact and told him to August 2014 and Tommy not come out,” Darvish said. John surgery, allowing one “He turned his eyes away, run and three hits over ive and there wasn’t anything I innings to beat Pittsburgh. could do about it.” Darvish didn’t reach the Mariners manager Scott same velocity Friday. He Servais credited Darvish 3 7 with successfully turning to secondary pitches - like curveballs thrown as slow as 65 mph - while Seattle starter Taijuan Walker (2-6) who is 0-6 in his last seven starts, couldn’t do the same. “He’s a talented guy, and we certainly need him,” Servais said of the 23-year-old Walker. “He’ll get it back on track, but we’ve got to continue to work.” TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: SS Ketel Marte (sprained thumb) is scheduled to rejoin the team on Monday to begin a seven-game homestand. UP NEXT Mariners RHP Nathan Karns (5-1) has four wins and three no-decisions over his last seven starts with a 2.76 ERA. In his only previous career start in Arlington, he received a no-decision last August while with Tampa Bay. Rangers LHP Martin Perez (3-4) has allowed two runs or fewer in six of his last seven starts and went into Friday having induced a Major League-leading 17 groundball double plays. TIGERS: Bailey named Player of the Game with four hits and two RBI Continued from 1B tian rallied to knot it 3-3 in the sixth. The Eagles appeared to have the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning when Dru Draper hit a hard ly to the gap in right-center with a runner on irst. Tanner Macal rounded third and looked to have a clear path to the plate, but Tony Flores took the relay from Justin Kenney and delivered a perfect ball to catcher Thyler Monkus for the game-saving out. “That was the most exciting thing ever. Tony made a great throw,” Monkus said. “ Everybody thought the game was going to be over right there but he made a great throw and got him out.” The Tigers inally broke the tie with no outs in the top of the 10th. Grogan was hit on the shoulder by Santiam Christian reliever Daniel Hendrix to start the at-bat, then scored from irst when Bailey got his fourth hit of the game on a double down the third-base line. “Honestly I didn’t even see the ball when it came off the bat,” Grogan said. “I think I tracked it down at second (base) and once I seen it down and where it was played at by the left ielder I just went on home.” “I had two strikes and I was going to hit it wherever it was pitched,” Bailey said. “It just happened to be down the line and (Grogan) was on his wheels. I kind of slowed down when I got to second actually because I was watching him. I saw that he was going to get there and that’s more adrenaline than I’ve ever had going I think.” Woods followed with a single for his irst hit of the game that scored Bailey. Woods inished with two RBIs, Monkus scored twice, and Jason Fitzpatrick and Flores both went 2 for 5 for Stanield as the only other Tigers with multiple hits. Grogan took the start on the mound and lasted eight complete but left with the score 3-3 after throwing 123 pitches. He struck out nine and walked four, and none of the Eagles’ three runs were earned. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Stanield’s Ryan Bailey tries to leap around the tag tom Santiam Christian pitcher Daniel Hendrix in the Tigers’ 5-4 win against the Eagles in the state 3A champion- ship baseball game Friday in Keizer. “Grogan pitched a great game. He just competed and battled and went as long as he can,” Johnson said. Woods allowed just two hits and one unearned run in the bottom of the 10th. “Earlier this week my arm was sore, but today I iced it a lot and I’m ine now,” Woods said. “Those clutch hits, the amazing plays our players made in the ield, it’s just amazing, best feeling in the world probably.” He got the inal out on a grounder to Flores at short- stop, who threw to Bailey at irst to end the game after two hours and 59 minutes. “It was tiring, one of the most tiring baseball games ever,” said Grogan, who moved to third after leaving the mound. “For a sport that you just stand there, I don’t know if I’ve ever been that tired. “It was a fun game, those are the games you want to watch.” It was also a win that could make Thanksgiving dinners a little more inter- esting in a few Stanield households. Grogan, Monkus, Bailey and Adrian Renner all became the second in their family to win a state title for the Tigers. “The dog pile is the best thing in the world, honestly. It was insane,” Grogan said. “Our brothers are always talking about the dog pile is the best thing, and it honestly was.” “Unreal, absolutely unreal,” Bailey said. “The fans are great. They were so loud. They helped us get back into the game. That was tough, they’re a solid team.” ——— R H E SHS 201 000 000 2 — 5 11 4 SC 000 003 000 1 — 4 6 1 D. Grogan, B. Woods (9) and T. Monkus. D. Draper, H. Bain (4), D. Hendrix (8) and G. Carley. W — Woods. L — Hendrix. 2B — A. Flores, R. Bailey (SHS); T. Macal, D. Draper 2 (SC). ROCKETS: Team set up strong for next year, losing only four to graduation “We made some history and we’re all really proud,” said Ostrom, a junior now with two state title wins from the circle. “That was the big thing, and next year we’re going to want to do even more.” As the designated visi- tors, No. 2 Union got irst crack on Friday and came into the game looking for its irst win against the Rockets in ive attempts this season. Jaiden Wright gave the Bobcats (20-5) a base runner right away and hit the game’s irst pitch on a hard line drive to left ield for a single, but Ostrom left her stranded at irst with a strikeout, a ly-out to center and a groundout to second. Wright, who also started on the rubber for Union, went 2 for 2 with two walks and a run scored on offense. “I expect her to hit the ball, she’s really good,” Ostrom said. “During the season she hit two home runs off of me and it wasn’t a big deal because I know she’s just a great player.” Bekah Roe also singled to left to lead off the Rockets in the irst, and she inished 3 for 4 with two runs scored. Roe wound up on second thanks to a ielding error, Pilot Rock’s Tehya Os- trom throws from the pitch- ing circle in the Rock- ets’ 9-2 win against the Union in the state 2A/1A cham- pion- ship softball game Friday in Cor- vallis. Pilot Rock’s Madison Dave ields a ground ball as Union’s Taylor Bare- more runs to second base in the Rockets’ 9-2 win in the state 2A/1A champion- ship game Friday in Corvallis. Continued from 1B Staff photo by E.J. Harris then stole third on the irst pitch to Jacey Wilson. “We were deinitely looking to get ahead early, just because we were worried about being overconident,” Roe said. “If I score then it gets the team going, especially in the irst inning because I’m the lead-off. It helps the momentum keep rolling on down.” WIlson would walk, but Roe did score on Sara Wein- ke’s sacriice ly to center, which advanced Wilson to third after she had taken second on defensive indif- ference. Wilson scored on Dave’s single to center, then Dave made it 3-0 coming all the way from irst on a single by Shayla Walker (2 for 4, 2 RBI) that rolled through the legs of Union center ielder Taylor Baremore. After Ostrom singled and Stacy Fitzpatrick walked to load the bases, Rhyanne Oates drew a walk to push in the fourth run. Union scored a run on Ellie Clark’s double in the third, but the Rockets added two in the fourth and three in the ifth to go up 9-1. In the fourth, Dave doubled in Roe from second with one out and Weinke scored when Fitzpatrick drew a bases-loaded walk. The Rockets’ runs in the ifth came when Wilson singled in Oates, who had walked, Dave singled in Weinke and Walker singled to score Dave. Pilot Rock also buckled down when Union put pres- sure on them in the ield and stranded seven Bobcats on the bases in the ifth, sixth and seventh. “Union didn’t make it easy. They’ made some nice adjustments,” Darin Fitzpat- rick said. “Nobody gave up, nobody hung their heads,” Dave said. “Even when we had this two errors, I think nobody giving up is what gave us that extra push Staff photo by E.J. Harris today.” Union scored its other run in the ifth when Clark (2 for 4) singled to drive in Rylee Montgomery with one out, but with bases loaded Dave got the force at home for the second out and Ostrom got Katie Good to ground back to the rubber to end the threat. Only four players grad- uate from Pilot Rock’s roster. Dave, pitcher Rebekka Holman and reserves Cayce Marshall and KyliSue Johnson. ——— R H E UHS 001 010 0 — 2 8 8 PRH 400 230 X — 9 11 3 J. Wright and E. Clark. T. Ostrom and R. Oates. W — Ostrom, L — Wright. 2B — J. Wright, E. Clark (UHS). M. Dave, S. Fitzpatrick (PRH). SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP SOFTBALL Today 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) Golden State 1, Cleveland 0 (all games on ABC) Thursday, June 2: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 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. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Atlanta 6 1 .857 Chicago 4 4 .500 New York 3 3 .500 Indiana 3 4 .429 Washington 2 6 .250 Connecticut 1 6 .143 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Los Angeles 6 0 1.000 Minnesota 6 0 1.000 Dallas 3 3 .500 Seattle 3 4 .429 Phoenix 2 5 .286 San Antonio 1 4 .200 ——— Friday’s Games Atlanta 83, Connecticut 77 New York 91, Indiana 59 Chicago 98, Washington 72 Seattle 95, Phoenix 81 Today’s Games Los Angeles at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sunday’s Games Indiana at Connecticut, 12 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 12 p.m. New York at Seattle, 4 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoff Glance STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 0 Monday, May 30: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday, June 1: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1 Today: Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. (NBC) Monday, June 6: Pittsburgh at San Jose, 5 p.m. (NBC) Baseball GB — 2½ 2½ 3 4½ 5 GB — — 3 3½ 4½ 4½ MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Baltimore 31 22 Boston 32 23 Toronto 30 26 New York 25 29 Tampa Bay 23 30 Central Division W L Kansas City 30 24 Cleveland 29 24 Chicago 29 26 Detroit 26 28 Minnesota 16 38 West Division W L Texas 32 22 Seattle 31 23 Pct GB .585 — .582 — .536 2½ .463 6½ .434 8 Pct GB .556 — .547 ½ .527 1½ .481 4 .296 14 Pct GB .593 — .574 1 Houston 26 30 .464 7 Los Angeles 25 29 .463 7 Oakland 25 30 .455 7½ ——— Friday’s Games Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 5 L.A. Angels 9, Pittsburgh 2 Detroit 10, Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 1 Toronto 5, Boston 2 Texas 7, Seattle 3 Houston 12, Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 2 Today’s Games L.A. Angels (Tropeano 3-2) at Pittsburgh (Locke 4-3), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 5-1) at Boston (Wright 5-4), 1:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 9-1) at Detroit (Pelfrey 0-5), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Hill 8-3) at Houston (McHugh 5-4), 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Andriese 3-0) at Minnesota (Santana 1-4), 1:10 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 4-3) at Cleveland (Tomlin 7-1), 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 3-3) at Baltimore (Wilson 2-4), 4:15 p.m. Seattle (Karns 5-1) at Texas (Perez 3-4), 6:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 33 New York 30 Miami 29 Philadelphia 27 Atlanta 16 Central Division W Chicago 38 Pittsburgh 29 St. Louis 28 Milwaukee 25 Cincinnati 20 L 22 23 26 28 38 Pct GB .600 — .566 2 .527 4 .491 6 .296 16½ L 15 25 27 30 35 Pct GB .717 — .537 9½ .509 11 .455 14 .364 19 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 35 22 .614 — Los Angeles 29 27 .518 5½ Colorado 24 30 .444 9½ Arizona 24 33 .421 11 San Diego 22 34 .393 12½ ——— Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Arizona 0 L.A. Angels 9, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 3 Cincinnati 7, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 2 San Francisco 5, St. Louis 1 L.A. Dodgers 4, Atlanta 2 San Diego 4, Colorado 0 Today’s Games Arizona (Escobar 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 6-1), 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee (Guerra 3-1) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 4-3), 12:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Tropeano 3-2) at Pittsburgh (Locke 4-3), 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Colon 4-3) at Miami (Nicolino 2-3), 1:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 9-0) at Cincinnati (Straily 3-2), 1:10 p.m. San Francisco (Samardzija 7-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 2-6), 4:15 p.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 7-1), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Bettis 4-4) at San Diego (Cash- ner 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Golf Memorial Tournament Friday At Muirield Village Golf Club Dublin, Ohio Purse: $8.5 million Yardage: 7,392; Par 72 Second Round Brendan Steele 65-67—132 -12 Matt Kuchar 66-66—132 -12 Emiliano Grillo Gary Woodland Harold Varner III Jon Curran 68-67—135 Kevin Streelman Dustin Johnson Scott Brown Adam Hadwin Zac Blair 69-67—136 Charl Schwartzel Geoff Ogilvy Phil Mickelson Jason Day 66-71—137 Lucas Glover Hudson Swafford K.J. Choi 68-69—137 Keegan Bradley Rory McIlroy Ryan Moore Brian Harman Kyle Reifers 71-67—138 Ryan Ruffels John Huh 69-69—138 67-66—133 68-65—133 68-67—135 -9 67-68—135 64-71—135 69-67—136 70-66—136 -8 68-69—137 68-69—137 68-69—137 -7 70-67—137 66-71—137 -7 68-69—137 71-66—137 70-67—137 68-70—138 -6 67-71—138 -6 -11 -11 -9 -9 -9 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 -6 Tennis French Open Results Friday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $35.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Semiinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Dominic Thiem (13), Austria, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Stan Waw- rinka (3), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Women Semiinals Garbine Muguruza (4), Spain, def. Sam Stosur (21), Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-6 (7), 6-4. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Lineup Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles Race Sunday 1. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 181.726mph. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 181.400. 3. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 181.316. 4. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 181.192. 5. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 180.759. 6. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 180.563. 7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevy, 180.047. 8. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevy, 179.605. 9. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 179.472. 10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 179.451. 11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 178.941. 12. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 178.827. 13. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 179.444. 14. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 179.379. 15. (16) Greg Bifle, Ford, 179.151. 16. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 178.980. 17. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 178.763. 18. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 178.391. 19. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 178.370. 20. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 178.363. 21. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 178.235. 22. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevy, 178.140. 23. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 178.123. 24. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 178.108. 25. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 177.267. 26. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevy, 177.207. 27. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toy, 177.204. 28. (95) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 176.974. 29. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 176.929. 30. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 176.640. 31. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 176.450. 32. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevy, 176.298. 33. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevy, 175.709. 34. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 175.466. 35. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 174.659. 36. (46) Michael Annett, Chevy, 173.157. 37. (55) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 173.117. 38. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 169.157.