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SPORTS Tuesday, June 7, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B Bauer stiles Mariner bats as Indians earn win Associated Press AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners’ Ketel Marte singles in the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Monday, June 6, 2016, in Seattle. MLB SEATTLE — Trevor Bauer pitched 7 1/3 strong innings and Rajah Davis homered to lead the Cleveland Indians to their sixth straight victory with a 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. Bauer (4-2) gave up one run while scattering ive hits. He walked one and struck out 10 to earn his irst victory since May 10. Bryan Shaw got the inal two outs in the eighth and Cody Allen worked the ninth to pick up his 12th save in 13 opportunities. It’s the longest win streak for the Indians since Aug. 25-31 and extended their lead over Kansas City in the AL Central to 2 1/2 games. James Paxton (0-2) took the loss for the Mariners, who Cleveland Seattle 3 1 have dropped four straight. He allowed all three runs — just one earned — on ive hits. He walked one and struck out 10 in six innings. After the Mariners jumped ahead 1-0 in the third on Nori Aoki’s two-run, RBI single, the Indians rallied for two unearned runs in the fourth. Paxton yielded a one-hit single to Carlos Santana followed by a Jose Ramirez double into the left-ield corner. Santana, waved home, was beaten by the relay throw but catcher Chris Iannetta dropped it for an error. Ramirez, who advanced to third on the throw, scored on Juan Uribe’s sacriice ly. Davis hit his sixth home run in the ifth. Robinson Cano had his career-best on-base streak to 34 consecutive games ended with an 0-for-4 evening. Mariners reliever Edwin Diaz, called up from Triple-A Tacoma Saturday, made his major league debut in the seventh. He retired the side in order. UP NEXT Indians: Anderson (1-3, 6.81) had his best outing — and only win — of the season in his previous outing May 23. Mariners: Despite LHP Wade Miley (5-2, 5.84) giving up 12 hits and nine runs Thursday to San Diego he had a no-decision. Penguins move to brink of title with win versus Sharks By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bounce-back performances from two key players moved the Pittsburgh Penguins to the brink of winning the Stanley Cup. Evgeni Malkin scored his irst goal of the series and Matt Murray made 23 saves after a shaky Game 3 to lead the Penguins to a 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night for a 3-1 series lead. Malkin woke up after being held pointless in the irst three games of the series by setting up Ian Cole’s goal to open the scoring. He added one of his own on the power play to give Murray all the support needed. Eric Fehr sealed it with a late goal after San Jose made a strong push in the third. Two nights after allowing a soft game-tying goal to Joel Ward, Murray was steady throughout to put the Penguins one win from Stanley Cup Final Pittsburgh San Jose 3 1 skating off with their fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history. They can do it at home in Game 5 on Thursday. “Just keep doing what we’re doing. Obviously we know what’s at stake,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “We don’t have to change a thing, just keep playing the same way we’re playing and the results will take care of themselves.” The Sharks were unable to build on their irst win in the inal, allowing the irst goal for the fourth straight game and going more than nine minutes without a shot on goal during one stretch of the second period. San Jose will need to win in Pittsburgh to give its loyal fans who waited 25 years to watch the Stanley Cup Final in the Bay AP Photo/Eric Risberg The Pittsburgh Penguins celebrate at the end of Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the San Jose Sharks in San Jose, Calif., Monday, June 6, 2016. Pittsburgh won the game 3-1. Area another home game. Melker Karlsson scored the lone goal and Martin Jones made 17 saves for San Jose. The story for the Penguins after their 3-2 overtime loss in Game 3 was how to get Malkin going after a slow start to the series. And how would the rookie Murray respond after giving up the soft goal to Ward and the winner to Joonas Donskoi. Both passed with lying colors. Malkin was energized from the start, helping setting up the irst goal and then tapping in the second off a feed from Phil Kessel for Pittsburgh’s irst power-play goal of the series. “You try to just stay with it. You just try to make sure you execute,” Crosby said. “We had a really good irst one, generated a lot of chances. I think that built some conidence. We got a great play from Phil and Geno there to get us a big goal.” Murray wasn’t tested often early and went nearly the irst half of the second period without facing a single shot. But the Sharks made a strong push after that, and he robbed Logan Couture, who was left all alone in the slot after a turnover by Kris Letang late in the second. Murray then stopped Patrick Marleau on a break- away and saved a one-timer by Joe Pavelski early in the third before allowing his irst goal. Karlsson beat him on a rebound of Brenden Dillon’s point shot with 11:53 to play. But Murray didn’t linch and came up big again against Pavelski to preserve the lead, keeping the NHL’s leading goal scorer this postseason without a point in the inal. Fehr provided the insur- ance when he beat Jones on odd-man rush with 2:02 left. Murray was helped by a strong penalty kill that thwarted two chances from San Jose’s potent power-play, and once again never trailed in the game. The Penguins have not played from behind for a span of 435:56 since a Game 4 loss to Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference inal. Pittsburgh’s only two losses since came in overtime games they didn’t trail until the inal goal. The Sharks came out strong to open the game but still trailed after one. Murray made good saves on Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Brent Burns, and Pittsburgh capitalized on a poor line change by San Jose. Malkin started the play with a nice feed to Kessel, whose big shot was turned aside by Jones. But Cole got the rebound all alone on the other side and ired it past a diving Jones for his irst career playoff goal. An extra rest day in NBA Finals schedule seems timely for Cavaliers By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CLEVELAND — Under the long-used former NBA Finals format, Game 3 of this Golden State-Cleveland matchup would have been played Tuesday night. Not this year, thanks to an extra rest day. And the Cavaliers are probably celebrating that. The Eastern Conference champions need as much time as they can get to try to igure out a way back into these inals. They’ve used LeBron James as a ballhandler and as a center, they’ve played at different speeds, they’ve tried different lineups. There have been moments of success — just not enough to make this a series. As such, the Warriors are two wins from back-to-back championships. Golden State will try to take a 3-0 lead in this inals rematch when the series resumes in Cleveland on Wednesday night. “The next couple days, I won’t be relecting,” James said. “I’ll igure out ways I can be better.” That certainly sounds good, given that James at his best is probably still better than any player in the world. Problem is, James is already averaging close to a triple- double in this series — so he’s already plenty productive. And the Cavaliers are down 0-2 despite keeping Warriors’ sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in check so far. Regardless, Golden State won Game 1 by 15, then rolled in Game 2 on Sunday night by 33. That plus-48 combined margin adds up to the most one-sided irst two games of the inals ever. “They’re just a better team right now,” acknowledged Cleveland guard J.R. Smith, who managed a combined eight points in Games 1 and 2. Adding to the tough spot the Cavaliers are in is the n a t u r a l status of NBA Finals when you go forward home. Prob- Kevin Love, ably with who is now a sense of in the NBA’s Golden State Cleveland desperation. concussion Warriors Cavaliers (2-0) (0-2) They might protocol go big. You after taking • Wednesday, 6 p.m. never know. himself out • at Cleveland, OH But we’ll be of Game 2. • TV: ABC prepared.” Love caught James has faced 0-2 an elbow from Harrison Barnes in the back of the deicits four times before, all head during the irst half, and during his irst stint in Cleve- left in the third quarter when land. He and the Cavs lost in symptoms of a concussion seven games to Detroit in the started to present themselves. 2006 second round, rallied If Love can’t go, the Cava- to beat Detroit in six games liers might have no choice in the 2007 East inals, got but to reinvent themselves swept by San Antonio in that with their realistic title hopes season’s NBA Finals, and hanging by a thread. Going to lost in seven games to Boston a bigger lineup — probably in the 2008 second round. He knows the numbers, meaning giving all-but-for- gotten center Timofey that 28 of the 31 previous Mozgov some minutes that teams to lose the irst two matter — could be the only games of the inals did not real card Cavs coach Tyronn recover. He didn’t need anyone to remind him that Lue has left to play. “They’ll probably play only one team in the last 39 with a little more energy,” years — the 2006 Miami Thompson said. “That’s Heat, with his close friend Kurt Busch wins at Pocono Raceway LONG POND, Pa. — Kurt Busch stretched his fuel to the checkered lag and won the Sprint Cup race Monday at Pocono Raceway. Busch was urged by his team to save fuel and go hard for the win on the inal lap. The 2004 champion did all he could to conserve fuel in the No. 41 Chevrolet and even shut off the engine headed into the turns. Told he was two laps shy, Busch not only had enough fuel left to win his irst race of the season but enough for victory burnouts and a cele- bratory lap around the track. “The way the fuel mileage played out, I didn’t know if we’d have enough,” Busch said. “This is a wonderful win for us. We’d been so close all year.” to Cleveland.” That’s almost an obliga- tory sentiment, though. The Cavs are supposed to say that all they need to do is take care of their home loor now to get back in this series. And the Warriors in turn also said all the things they were supposed to say as well, like knowing there’s a long way to go before they can think about a second consecutive title. Fact is, they’ve won seven straight over the Cavaliers now, often in dominant fashion. And that title is looming. “There’s no point in cele- brating or jumping up and down and saying ‘Look at us,”’ Curry said. “We’re two games away from winning a championship. We still have to go out and get the job done. It’s a trap to think that we’ve igured things out and that we have the perfect formula to beat Cleveland.” SCOREBOARD Motorsports By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Dwyane Wade taking over — successfully rallied from an 0-2 hole in the title series. “What we’ve done these last two games doesn’t put a damper or a cloud over how we got to this point,” James said. “We’re still here and we have a chance to turn this series around if we come in and do what we need to do both offensively and defen- sively.” This was supposed to be their chance, after last season’s matchup with the Warriors saw Love sidelined for the entire series with a shoulder injury and Kyrie Irving gone after Game 1 with knee issues. Love might be gone again. And Irving seems befuddled by the Warriors’ defense, shooting 33 percent with a mere ive assists in the irst two games. “They did what they were supposed to do at home,” Irving said. “They came out and took care of home court, and now they have to come Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second, and Brad Kesel- owski, Chase Elliott, and Joey Logano rounded out the top ive in a race postponed one day because of rain. Elliott led 51 laps and seemed poised for most of the race to earn his irst career win. The Hendrick Motorsports rookie stumbled off late restarts that forced him to fall short. Busch had quietly been having a solid season for Stewart-Haas Racing, posting four top-ive inishes and 11 top 10s in 13 starts entering the race. He had reeled off seven straight top 10s but didn’t have the win he needed to earn a sport in the Chase for the Sprint Cup title. Busch led 32 laps in winning his 28th career Cup race. He became the ninth driver to win a race this season. Basketball NBA Playoff Glance FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 2, Cleveland 0 (all games on ABC) Thursday, June 2: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 Sunday, June 5: Golden State 110, Cleveland 77 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 6 2 .750 New York 4 3 .571 Chicago 4 4 .500 Indiana 4 4 .500 Washington 3 6 .333 Connecticut 1 7 .125 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Los Angeles 7 0 1.000 Minnesota 7 0 1.000 Dallas 3 4 .429 Seattle 3 5 .375 Phoenix 2 5 .286 San Antonio 1 5 .167 ——— Sunday’s Games Indiana 88, Connecticut 77 Washington 86, Atlanta 79 New York 86, Seattle 78 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Phoenix at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New York at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoff Glance STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 GB — 1½ 2 2 3½ 5 GB — — 4 4½ 5 5½ Monday, May 30: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday, June 1: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1 Saturday, June 4: San Jose 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Monday, June 6: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 Thursday, June 9: San Jose at Pitts- burgh, 5 p.m. (NBC) Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 33 23 .589 — Boston 33 24 .579 ½ Toronto 31 28 .525 3½ New York 27 30 .474 6½ Tampa Bay 26 30 .464 7 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 32 24 .571 — Kansas City 30 27 .526 2½ Chicago 29 28 .509 3½ Detroit 29 28 .509 3½ Minnesota 16 40 .286 16 West Division W L Pct GB Texas 35 22 .614 — Seattle 31 26 .544 4 Houston 28 31 .475 8 Los Angeles 26 31 .456 9 Oakland 25 32 .439 10 ——— Monday’s Games Baltimore 4, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 2 Detroit 11, Toronto 0 Texas 6, Houston 5 Tampa Bay 6, Arizona 4 Cleveland 3, Seattle 1 Today’s Games Kansas City (Ventura 4-3) at Baltimore (Jimenez 2-6), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Huff 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 2-6), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 5-1) at Detroit (Boyd 0-1), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 3-7) at Texas (Hamels 5-1), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Conley 3-3) at Minnesota (Dean 1-2), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 2-3) at Milwaukee (Davies 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Ross 5-4) at Chicago White Sox (Latos 6-1), 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Moore 2-3) at Arizona (Grein- ke 7-3), 6:40 p.m. Cleveland (Anderson 1-3) at Seattle (Miley 5-2), 7:10 p.m. Boston (Porcello 7-2) at San Francisco (Suarez 1-1), 7:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 34 23 .596 — New York 31 24 .564 2 Miami 30 27 .526 4 Philadelphia 28 30 .483 6½ Atlanta 16 41 .281 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 40 16 .714 — Pittsburgh 30 26 .536 10 St. Louis 30 27 .526 10½ Milwaukee 26 31 .456 14½ Cincinnati 21 36 .368 19½ West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 35 24 .593 — Los Angeles 31 28 .525 4 Colorado 26 31 .456 8 Arizona 25 35 .417 10½ San Diego 24 35 .407 11 ——— Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia 4 N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, ppd., 2nd game Colorado 6, L.A. Dodgers 1 San Diego 7, Atlanta 2 Today’s Games N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-1) at Pittsburgh (Niese 5-2), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 4-4) at Philadel- phia (Eickhoff 2-8), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Leake 4-4) at Cincinnati (Lamb 1-3), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Nicasio 4-4), 4:25 p.m., 2nd game Miami (Conley 3-3) at Minnesota (Dean 1-2), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 2-3) at Milwaukee (Davies 3-3), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Ross 5-4) at Chicago White Sox (Latos 6-1), 5:10 p.m. Atlanta (Blair 0-4) at San Diego (Rea 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Butler 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Urias 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Boston (Porcello 7-2) at San Francisco (Suarez 1-1), 7:15 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Monday’s Results (Starting position in parentheses) 1. (9) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 160 laps. 2. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 160. 3. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 160. 4. (13) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 160. 5. (2) Joey Logano, Ford, 160. 6. (11) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 160. 7. (3) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 160. 8. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 160. 9. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 160. 10. (14) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 160. 11. (21) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 160. 12. (22) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160. 13. (24) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 160. 14. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 160. 15. (25) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 160. 16. (32) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 160. 17. (26) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 160. 18. (23) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 160. 19. (17) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 160. 20. (16) Aric Almirola, Ford, 160. 21. (28) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 160. 22. (35) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 160. 23. (34) David Ragan, Toyota, 160. 24. (29) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 160. 25. (18) Chris Buescher, Ford, 159. 26. (15) Greg Bifle, Ford, 159. 27. (38) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 159. 28. (40) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 159. 29. (39) Jeb Burton, Ford, 158. 30. (37) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, rear gear, 155. 31. (12) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 150. 32. (33) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 145. 33. (20) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 135. 34. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 131. 35. (7) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 125. 36. (31) Landon Cassill, Ford, 121. 37. (19) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, acci- dent, 117. 38. (36) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, accident, 102. 39. (30) Brian Scott, Ford, 81. 40. (27) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, accident, 57. ——— Time: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 15 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.126 seconds. Caution Flags: 10 for 40 laps. Lead Changes: 14 among 10 drivers.