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Tuesday, June 21, 2016
MLB
Upton’s walk-off lifts Tigers over Mariners in 12 innings
go-ahead, two-run single
that put Seattle ahead 4-2.
Detroit went back ahead
in the fourth on Cameron
Maybin’s two-run triple.
But once again, the Tigers
couldn’t keep the lead.
Adam Lind’s two-run homer
in the ifth gave the Mariners
a 5-4 advantage. It was his
ninth homer in 82 at-bats
after going deep only once
in his irst 92 at-bats this
season.
After Upton’s irst home
run, Seattle tied it 7-all in the
eighth on Leonys Martin’s
RBI single past a diving
Cabrera at irst base.
Both starting pitchers
lasted ive innings and
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
DETROIT — Justin
Upton hit a line drive over
the left-ield wall in the 12th
inning for his second home
run of the game, lifting
the Detroit Tigers past the
Seattle Mariners 8-7 on
Monday night.
Upton connected on a 2-2
pitch from Vidal Nuno (0-1)
leading off the 12th. Nuno
had pitched two scoreless
innings.
Miguel Cabrera hit a
two-run homer for the Tigers
in the irst that cleared a brick
wall in right-center, bounced
off a concrete concourse and
Seattle
Detroit
7
8
out of Comerica Park.
Upton’s irst homer of
the night, a two-run shot
that cleared a second tier of
bushes beyond the center-
ield wall, gave Detroit a 7-6
lead in the seventh.
Aníbal Sanchez (4-7)
worked a scoreless inning
for the win.
The Tigers struggled to
keep leads all night long,
and double plays helped
Seattle stay in the game and
AP Photo/Paul Sancya
Detroit Tigers’ Justin Upton celebrates his walk-off
home run against Seattle during Monday’s game.
extend it to extra innings.
Kyle Seager hit a solo
homer in a four-run second,
which included Seth Smith’s
combined to give up 11 runs.
Mike Pelfrey allowed
12 hits and six runs for the
Tigers. Detroit’s bullpen,
which
manager
Brad
Ausmus said was “shot”
before the game, had three
relievers combine to give up
one run over the next four
innings.
Seattle’s Nathan Karns
yielded ive runs on seven
hits and three walks. Upton
connected off Nick Vincent
in the seventh.
UP NEXT
Mariners: LHP James
Paxton (1-2, 2.86 ERA).
Tigers: RHP Justin
Verlander (7-5, 3.87) will be
on the mound.
BMCC: Men’s team inishes in 29th place CLEVELAND:
Continued from 1B
of Gillette College.
The
BMCC
women
inished with 595 total points
and Missouri Valley College
was second with 420.
The BMCC men inished
in 29th with 150 points.
Feather River College won
the men’s team title with an
even 1,000.
Williams’ time of 13.79
in Saturday’s barrel racing
short-go was the fastest
time of the week, but Black
Hills’ Kristi Steffes turned
in the second-fasted time
with a 13.85 to hold on for
the aggregate title. Steffes
inished with 56.09 on four
and Williams was second
with 56.24.
Blue Mountain’s Jessica
Lewis, who won the irst
round in the barrels, inished
fourth in the aggregate with
56.84 on four. She placed
seventh in the short-go with
14.18.
Also scoring points for
the women on Saturday was
Lauren Leyva with an eighth-
place time of 7.0 in the goat
tying short-go. She ended up
in a tie for third in the aggre-
gate with 26.6 on four.
The only BMCC cowboy
to reach the short-go was
steer wrestler JT Garland,
and he placed third in the
round (6.2) and ifth in the
aggregate (29.2 on four).
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2016 COLLEGE NATIONAL FINALS
RODEO CHAMPIONS
Bareback — Wyatt Denny, Feather River
College, 311.5 points
Tie-Down Roping — Marcus Theriot,
East Mississippi Community College 38.1
seconds
Breakaway Roping — Kirbie Crouse,
Missouri Valley College, 10.9 seconds
Saddle Bronc Riding — Wyatt Casper,
Clarendon College, 290 points
City’s championship
parade set for
Wednesday morning
Steer Wrestling — J.D. Struxness,
Northwestern Oklahoma State University,
18.1 seconds
Goat Tying — Shelby Winchell, Chadron
State College, 25.0 seconds
Team Roping — (header) Cole Wheeler,
Weatherford College &
Wesley Thorp, Ranger College, 24.4
seconds
Barrel Racing — Kristi Steffes, Black Hills
State University, 56.09
Bull Riding — Cody Hudson, Walla Walla
Community College, 159.5 points
Men’s All-Around — Marcus Theriot, East
Mississippi Community College, 510 points
Women’s All-Around — Danyelle Williams,
Blue Mountain Community College, 340
points
Men’s Team — Feather River College, 1000
points
Women’s Team — Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College, 595 points
Men’s Rookie — Marcus Theriot, East
Mississippi Community College, 510 points
Women’s Rookie — Brittany Dias, Califor-
nia State University – Fresno, 185 points
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DISTRICT SOFTBALL: Pendleton 11/12
picks up big win over Grant County
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Pettyjohn said the girls
will get a couple of weeks
off before getting back on the
practice ield, but he knows
they’ll need to collect a few
more hits than they did at the
district level to advance.
With both teams’ pitchers
struggling to ind the strike
zone, Monday’s champion-
ship featured just two hits by
each team and a combined 34
walks and nine hit batters.
Felicity Fitzjarrell and
Kyella Picard hit singles for
Triangle. Rian Woodard had
a double for Hermiston, and
Shayanne Martin added a
single.
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Staff photo by Matt Entrup
R H
HER
905 113 — 19 2
TRI
356 43X — 21 2
W — F. Fitzjarrell. L — M. Tovar.
2B — R. Woodard (HER).
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0
3
Hermiston’s Cayleigh Miller makes contact during the
11/12’s: PENDLETON
10/11 District 3 softball championship against Trian-
gle on Monday in Milton-Freewater. Triangle won the 15, GRANT COUNTY 1 —
At Yantis Park, Sauren Garton
game 21-19.
threw a no-hitter, and Josie
Wilson and Delaney Duchek
combined to drive in ive runs
as Pendleton defeated Grant
County in four innings in the
second round of their bracket
on Monday.
Wilson was 3 for 4 with
two triples and two RBI, and
Duchek was 2 for 4 with three
RBI, and each girl scored
three times.
Garton pitched the whole
game and struck out 11 and
walked one.
The girls were coming off a
17-0 win, also in four innings,
over Columbia on Sunday in
their tournament opener.
Pendleton advanced to the
semiinals, and plays its next
game on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
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R H E
PEN
20(11) 2 — 15 10 1
GC
000 1 —
1 0 2
W — S. Garton. L — Harli G.
2B — M. Burke, M. Lillenthal, D. Duchek
(PEN). 3B — J. Wilson 2, D. Duchek, E.
Chrisman (PEN).
ROUNDUP: Hodgen sweeps doubleheader
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USA
100 121
0 — 5 9 2
FUZ
000 001
0 — 1 6 0
W — J. Hafer. L — Unknown.
2B — A. Garton, S. Spriet (USA). HR — A.
Garton (USA).
Game 6
R H E
USA
100 000 —
1 6 2
AFP
000 000 —
0 4 1
W — A. Brock. L — L. Klein.
2B — K. Bradt, J. Seavert (USA); P. Wilson
(AFP).
Game 5
R H E
IDA
030 123 —
9 6 3
USA
213 004 — 10 11 4
W — K. Bradt. L — J. Overbu.
2B — I. Taylor (IDA); K. Bradt, S. Spriet
(USA).
Game 4
R H E
USA
330 000 —
6 10 0
SPO
000 000 —
0 4 2
W — A. Brock. L — S. Clark.
2B — J. Hafer (USA); S. Clark (SPO). HR —
K. Bradt (USA).
From Saturday
SOFTBALL
EXPLOSION
5,
SHOCK 0 — At Clackamas,
Katie Bradt pitched two
shutouts and the USA Explo-
sion Dave’s Food Mart/Pratt
14U softball team won three
games on Saturday.
The Explosion started
with a 5-0 win over Snoh
Shock 01. Bradt pitched for
15 strikeouts and no walks
while giving up just four hits
in wins over Snoh Shok 01,
5-0, and Washington Angels-
Ozuna, 6-1.
Allie Brock threw a
complete game with seven
strikeouts, one walk and
three hits allowed to beat
Capitol City 3-0.
Jaycee Seavert went 5
for 7 on the day to lead the
offense, and Kirah McGlo-
than and Chelsea Farrow
each hit a home run.
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Game 1
R H
SNO
000 000 —
0 1
USA
120 11X —
5 11
W — K. Bradt. L — N. Wright.
2B — Ki. McGlothan (USA).
E
2
2
Game 2
USA
H
7
100 011
0
—
R
3
E
2
CAP
000 000
0 — 0 3 3
W — A. Brock. L — S. Barchus.
2B — J. Seavert (USA). HR — C. Farrow
(USA).
Game 3
R H E
USA
112 002 —
6 11 3
WAS
100 000 —
1 3 0
W — K. Bradt. L — M. Moore.
3B — J. Seavert (USA). HR — Ki. McGlo-
than (USA).
Baseball
HODGEN 16-3, BAKER
4-1 — At Baker City, the
Hodgen Distributing Amer-
ican Legion baseball team
took a doubleheader at Baker
on Saturday.
Johnny Malcom drove in
four runs to lead an active
offense in the opener, which
Hodgen won 16-4, and then
Nick Lani pitched a complete
game while also driving in
two runs to win the second
game 3-1.
In Game 1, Malcom and
Avery Deutz were both 3
for 3 at the plate, and Jared
Beveridge was 2 for 2 with
two RBI. Lani was 2 for 3.
Austin Zaugg pitched 6
2-3 innings and limited Baker
to three earned runs on 11
hits with four strikeouts and
one walk. Tyler Chichester
got the last out in relief.
In Game 2, Lani struck
out six and walked two in a
one-hitter. He batted 2 for
3 and drove in the winning
runs in the second inning
with a bases-loaded single.
Daniel Naughton and
Austin Zaugg also batted 2
for 3 for Hodgen (5-4).
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Game 1
R H
HOD
008 101
6 — 16 15
BAK
300 001
0 — 4 12
W — A. Zaugg. L — L. Ham.
2B — N. Lani, J. Malcom, A. Deutz, J.
Beveridge 2 (HOD); T. Joseph, C. Lay, L.
Ham, J. Mazzagotte (BAK).
Game 2
R
HOD
120 000
0 — 3
BAK
010 000
0 — 1
W — N. Lani. L — J. Mazzagotte.
2B — J. Mazzagotte (BAK).
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9
2
E
1
3
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became a title town for the
irst time since Dec. 27,
1964, when the Browns
won the NFL champion-
ship. Along the way, there
had been so many close
calls, so much heartache.
Like the Warriors,
those days are history.
“I never ever thought
I would see this happen,”
said Tim Lovell from
Canield, Ohio, who sat
on the 50-yard line when
Denver quarterback John
Elway broke Cleveland’s
heart with “The Drive”
in the 1986 AFC Cham-
pionship game. “I tell
you what, with about two
minutes to go I thought I
was going to have a heart
attack. I’ve seen ‘The
Drive’ and I’ve seen ‘The
Fumble’ and I’ve seen
Michael Jordan kill us
with ‘The Shot.”’
As Lovell spoke, his
18-year-old
daughter,
Marisa, wiped her eyes.
“This is history,” she
said. “I cried real tears. It
was overwhelming and
breathtaking to be here.”
Following the game,
fans poured out of “The
Q” onto Huron Road for
a party that could last
for days. A few climbed
aboard a ire truck and a
bus and up trees and light
poles. Police reported a
few arrests and a car with
its windshield smashed,
but there were no major
problems just unbridled
happiness — 52 years of
frustration released in one
cathartic crescendo.
And on Wednesday,
Cleveland will host a
parade, one that’s been
planned for a lifetime.
“Our fans, they ride or
die, no matter what’s been
going on, no matter the
Browns, the Indians, the
Cavs, and all other sports
teams,” James said. “They
continue to support us.
And for us to be able to
end this, end this drought,
our fans deserve it. They
deserve it. And it was for
them.
“It’s going to be the
biggest party Cleveland
has ever seen.”
True to the team’s
postseason
motto,
Cleveland was “All In”
for Game 7. Fans packed
the bars, restaurants and
even garages around the
Q. It got so congested
the Ohio Highway Patrol
blocked several on-ramps
into downtown hoping to
contain the crowd.
There was no holding
Cleveland back though,
and at the watch party
fans roared with every
good pass, every made
shot. They groaned when
Kevin Love missed an
easy layup and agonized
when Draymond Green,
was left unguarded for
open 3-pointers.
And during the inal
nerve-wracking minutes
as the Cavaliers and
Warriors traded baskets
in an epic struggle, some
fans couldn’t bear to
watch. They buried their
heads in their hands or
paced. There were even
a few huddled in prayer,
looking for divine help to
bring a Cleveland team to
the inish line.
Charlie Wilson and
his 18-year-old son, Alec,
spent the last moments
in each other’s arms.
Transplanted
Texans,
they understand what this
means to Cleveland.
“More than basket-
ball,” the younger Wilson
said as tears rolled down
his cheeks. “This is the
most unbelievable night
of my life.”
In the hours leading
to tip-off, fans braced
themselves for a night to
remember.
This was as close as
any Cleveland team had
been to a title since the
Indians lost Game 7 of
the 1997 World Series and
there was a strange bold-
ness sweeping through the
streets of a city that has
endured economic and
social ills for decades.
As his wife, Jennelle,
kept an eye on their
4-year-old daughter, Ed
Twardziak of Broadview
Heights expressed coni-
dence the drought would
end.
“We had that attitude
for a long time, ‘Woe is
me. Only in Cleveland
kind of deal,”’ he said.
“I think a lot of that
has been put behind us
and everyone is more
optimistic. It’s going to
happen, right? It’s bound
to happen. Why not now?”
In Cleveland, there’s
no more waiting till next
year.
Next year arrived.
SCOREBOARD
Basketball
NBA
Playoff Glance
FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Cleveland 4, Golden State 3
Thursday, June 2: Golden State 104,
Cleveland 89
Sunday, June 5: Golden State 110,
Cleveland 77
Wednesday, June 8: Cleveland 120,
Golden State 90
Friday, June 10: Golden State 108,
Cleveland 97
Monday, June 13: Cleveland 112, Golden
State 97
Thursday, June 16: Cleveland 115, Golden
State 101
Sunday, June 19: Cleveland 93, Golden
State 89
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
Atlanta
8
4 .667
New York
8
4 .667
Washington
6
7 .462
Chicago
5
7 .417
Indiana
5
8 .385
Connecticut
3 10 .231
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
Minnesota
12
0 1.000
Los Angeles
11
0 1.000
Dallas
5
7 .417
Phoenix
4
8 .333
Seattle
4
9 .308
San Antonio
2
9 .182
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GB
—
—
2½
3
3½
5½
GB
—
½
7
8
8½
9½
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
Minnesota at Los Angeles, 12:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Dallas, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Baseball
NCAA
College World Series
At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
Monday’s Games
UC Santa Barbara 5, Miami 3, Miami
eliminated
Oklahoma State 1, Arizona 0
Tuesday’s Games
Texas Tech (46-19) vs. Florida (52-15), 2
p.m. (TV: ESPN2)
TCU (48-16) vs. Coastal Carolina (50-16), 6
p.m. (TV: ESPN)
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Baltimore
40 29
Boston
39 30
Toronto
39 33
New York
34 35
Tampa Bay
31 37
Central Division
W
L
Cleveland
39 30
Kansas City
38 31
Detroit
35 35
Chicago
34 36
Minnesota
21 48
West Division
Pct GB
.580 —
.565
1
.542 2½
.493
6
.456 8½
Pct GB
.565 —
.551
1
.500 4½
.486 5½
.304 18
W
L Pct GB
Texas
46 25 .648 —
Seattle
36 34 .514 9½
Houston
35 36 .493 11
Los Angeles
31 39 .443 14½
Oakland
28 41 .406 17
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Monday’s Games
Chicago White Sox 3, Boston 1, 10
innings
Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 4
Detroit 8, Seattle 7, 12 innings
Texas 4, Baltimore 3
Houston 10, L.A. Angels 7
Today’s Games
Colorado (Bettis 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees
(Nova 5-4), 4:05 p.m.
San Diego (Perdomo 2-2) at Baltimore
(Wilson 3-5), 4:05 p.m.
Arizona (Corbin 3-6) at Toronto (Estrada
5-2), 4:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Sale 11-2) at Boston
(Buchholz 3-6), 4:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Kennedy 5-5) at N.Y. Mets
(Syndergaard 7-2), 4:10 p.m.
Seattle (Paxton 1-2) at Detroit (Verlander
7-5), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Snell 0-1) at Cleveland (Kluber
6-7), 4:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-0) at Texas (Lewis
6-0), 5:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Santiago 4-4) at Houston
(McHugh 5-5), 5:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 5-6) at Minnesota
(Duffey 2-6), 5:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Nelson 5-6) at Oakland (Gray
3-6), 7:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Washington
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Central Division
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
West Division
W
43
37
36
30
23
L
28
33
32
41
46
Pct GB
.606 —
.529 5½
.529 5½
.423 13
.333 19
W
47
36
34
31
27
L
21
33
36
39
43
Pct GB
.691 —
.522 11½
.486 14
.443 17
.386 21
W
L Pct GB
San Francisco
44 27 .620 —
Los Angeles
39 33 .541 5½
Colorado
33 36 .478 10
Arizona
33 39 .458 11½
San Diego
29 42 .408 15
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Monday’s Games
Arizona 3, Philadelphia 1
Pittsburgh 1, San Francisco 0
Colorado 5, Miami 3
St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2
L.A. Dodgers 4, Washington 1
Today’s Games
Colorado (Bettis 5-5) at N.Y. Yankees
(Nova 5-4), 4:05 p.m.
San Diego (Perdomo 2-2) at Baltimore
(Wilson 3-5), 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Cueto 10-1) at Pittsburgh,
4:05 p.m.
Arizona (Corbin 3-6) at Toronto (Estrada
5-2), 4:07 p.m.
Atlanta (Norris 2-7) at Miami (Fernandez
9-3), 4:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Kennedy 5-5) at N.Y. Mets
(Syndergaard 7-2), 4:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (DeSclafani 0-0) at Texas (Lewis
6-0), 5:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Wainwright 5-4) at Chicago
Cubs (Hammel 7-2), 5:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Nola 5-6) at Minnesota
(Duffey 2-6), 5:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Nelson 5-6) at Oakland (Gray
3-6), 7:05 p.m.
Washington (Roark 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kazmir 5-3), 7:10 p.m.
Northwest League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Vancouver (Blue Jays) 2 2 .500 —
Everett (Mariners)
2 2 .500 —
Tri-City (Padres)
2 2 .500 —
Spokane (Rangers)
2 2 .500 —
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Salem-Keizer (Giants) 3 1 .750 —
Eugene (Cubs)
3 1 .750 —
Hillsboro (D-backs)
1 3 .250
2
Boise (Rockies)
1 3 .250
2
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Monday’s Games
Salem-Keizer 7, Boise 2
Eugene 6, Hillsboro 0
Everett 10, Vancouver 0
Spokane 7, Tri-City 1
Today’s Games
Salem-Keizer at Boise, 6:15 p.m.
Eugene at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Everett at Vancouver, 7:05 p.m.
Spokane at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
Soccer
Copa America
SEMIFINALS
Today’s Game
United States vs. Argentina, 6 p.m. (TV:
FS1)
Wednesday’s Game
Colombia vs. Chile, 5 p.m.
Motorsports
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Upcoming Schedule
June 26 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sono-
ma, Calif. (TV: FS1)
July 2 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach,
Fla. (TV: NBC)
July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky.
(TV: NBCSN)
July 17 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon,
N.H. (TV: NBCSN)
July 24 — ‘Your Hero’s Name Here’ 400,
Speedway, Ind. (TV: NBCSN)
July 31 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond,
Pa. (TV: NBCSN)
Points Standings
(Through June 12)
1. Kevin Harvick
2. Kurt Busch
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Carl Edwards
5. Joey Logano
6. Chase Elliott
7. Jimmie Johnson
8. Martin Truex Jr
9. Kyle Busch
10. Matt Kenseth
11. Dale Earnhardt Jr
12. Austin Dillon
13. Denny Hamlin
14. Jamie McMurray
15. Ryan Newman
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496
480
472
455
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433
417
409
383
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374
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