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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, July 5, 2016 NBA Warriors entice Durant, Spurs move on to Gasol The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Kevin Durant decided his best chance for “growth” means leaving his beloved Oklahoma City behind for a big move out West to join the star-studded, record-set- ting Golden State Warriors and play alongside Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. In the most anticipated move of the NBA offseason, Durant announced his deci- sion Monday on The Players’ Tribune. His contract is for $54 million over two years and includes a player option, a person with knowledge of the deal said Monday, speaking BRIEFLY Corley, Pahl win PCC scramble PENDLETON — The Pendleton pairing of Matt Corley and Darren Pahl held on for a four-stroke victory at the Chuck West Memorial on Monday at Pendleton Country Club. Corley and Pahl carded a 60 in the 18-hole scramble, and two teams inished with 64. They were Greg Roland Jr./Trevor Smith, and Joe Reyes/Jeff Rinehart. Drew VanCleave and Joel Gilliland, two former Pendleton residents who have relocated to Twin Falls and Yakima, respectively, won net top honors with a 57. JJ Spriet and Winston Worden were second with 62. — East Oregonian LITTLE LEAGUE: Continued from 1B Baker answered with two runs in the bottom of the irst, but four more Hermiston runs in the second and one in the third made it 8-2 before Baker’s next run. Brian Davison pitched 4 1/3 inning for the win and struck out nine. He allowed four runs (two earned) on ive hits, and Kaiden Dammeyer pitched the inal 1 2/3 innings. Dammeyer struck out four and allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits. Hermiston only had ive hits in the game, but Davison inished with four RBI. He hit a sacriice ly in the irst inning that scored Dammeyer for the game’s irst run, a two-RBI double in the second, and a an RBI groundout in Hermiston’s three-run sixth. Dammeyer scored three times and Austin Garberg scored twice. Drake Devin hit an RBI double, and Hermiston drew 12 walks as a team. In Game 1, Hermiston led 7-6 after Davison and Nathan Picard and scored on back- to-back singles by Aiden West and Drake in the third inning, but a two-RBI double in the top of the seventh put Baker up 8-7 and Hermiston left the tying run on irst in the bottom of the frame. Hermiston’s other tourna- ment wins were 16-13 over Pendleton and 23-4 over La Grande. Hermiston, which is managed by Tony Garberg, advances to the state tour- nament starting Saturday in Gold Hill. Hermiston opens against District 6 champion Klamath Falls at 9 a.m. It is an eight- team, double-elimination bracket with the champion- ship scheduled for Thursday, July 14. The Pendleton 11/12 year-old softball all-stars will also begin their state tourna- ment this week in Redmond. Pendleton opens its bracket on Saturday at 1 p.m. against District 1 champion Beaumont/Parkside. It is a seven-team, double-elimi- nation bracket with the championship scheduled for Wednesday, July 13. State tournaments will continue throughout the month. Other local teams that qualiied are Pendleton 10/11 baseball (July 16-21, Portland) and Triangle 10/11 softball (July 23-27, Baker City). on condition of anonymity because details weren’t made public. Durant’s move will become oficial as soon as Thursday, when free agents can sign their new contracts. Independence Day, indeed. “The primary mandate I had for myself in making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player — as that has always steered me in the right direction,” Durant said in the article. “But I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to ind an oppor- tunity that encourages my evolution as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and commu- n i t y which offers t h e greatest potential for my c o n t r i - Durant bution and personal growth. With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors.” And the 2015 champion Warriors, who squandered a 3-1 NBA Finals lead to lose to LeBron James and the Cavaliers last month, know how tough Durant is in any lineup: T h e y rallied f r o m d o w n 3-1 to b e a t Durant and the Thunder Gasol in a seven- game Western Conference Finals. Golden State applied a full-court press to land Durant. On Friday in the Hamptons, the Warriors sent owner Joe Lacob, general manager Bob Myers, coach of the year Steve Kerr, Curry and Thompson to meet with the 6-foot-9 superstar. Durant, the 2014 MVP and four-time scoring champion, led the Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012 and to the Western Conference inals in four of the past six years — and he’s only 27. He recov- ered from a broken bone in his right foot that cost him much of last season to post one of the best years of his career. Durant met with the Thunder, Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat once teams could begin negoti- ating with free agents. The Spurs didn’t waste any time after losing out in the Durant sweepstakes, and agreed to a two-year deal with veteran forward Pau Gasol on Monday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. The deal is worth more than $30 million and inal terms will be completed after the Spurs make a move or two to create the necessary cap space, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract cannot be signed until Thursday. Gasol has been one of the league’s most talented and versatile big men for the last 15 years. He spent the last two seasons in Chicago and averaged 16.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists this year. He will turn 36 on Wednesday. HODGEN: Younger Pendleton team inishes tourney 3-2 home run and Naughton went 3 for 3 with three RBI and three runs in a 13-4 win over the Trail Orioles. Hodgen then beat Yakima 12-7 on Sunday led by Caleb Cary (3 for 4, 3 runs, 3 RBI) and Morris (2 for 4, 3 RBI). Continued from 1B three runs in the bottom of the sixth, Hodgen responded in its inal at-bat. Wyatt Morris doubled to lead off, Shaw Jerome walked, and Nick Bower singled in Morris. Daniel Naughton followed with an RBI sacriice ly, and after a strikeout, Austin Zaugg doubled in Bower for a 7-6 lead. A ly out ended the inning with one on. Hodgen reliever Hayden Villers was unable to get an out in the bottom of the seventh, though, and Helena won it with four singles and one walk. Hodgen went 4-1 over the weekend to earn it’s way into the third-place game. It opened on Friday with a 9-2 win over the Calgary Blues that saw Jerome (2 for 4) and Bower (3 for 5) each drive in a pair of runs. Each hit a triple. Then Hodgen took it’s irst loss 4-0 to the Sedro Wooley Cubs, which got a complete-game no-hitter on the mound. Hodgen bounced back with a 7-2 win over Contributed photo courtesy of Travis Zander The Hodgen Distributing baseball team poses with its third-place trophy from the Spokane (Wash.) Wood Bat Classic on Monday. Pic- tured are (not listed in order): Hayden Villers, Shaw Jerome, Kaden Clark, Wyatt Mortis, Jared Beveridge, Joe St. Pierre, Austin Zaugg, Caleb Cary, Nick Bower, Tyler Chichester, Avery Deutz, Johnny Mal- com, Daniel Naughton. Mt. Spokane on Saturday with Johnny Malcom hitting two home runs. Malcom (2 for 3) drove in three and Avery Deutz (2 for 3) adding two RBI. Then Malcom hit a two-run PEPSI DIAMONDJAXX 8, RANTHAM 1 — At Spokane, Wash., Cameron Sandford struck out 12 in a complete-game effort and the DiamondJaxx won their second game in a row to inish 3-2 at the Spokane Wood Bat Classic on Monday. Sandford allowed three hits and one earned run while also inducing six groundouts and no ly outs. Blake Been was 2 for 3 with two RBI and run to lead Pepsi at the plate. Ryan Stahl (3 for 4) and Sandford (2 for 3) each scored twice. Pepsi’s other wins in Spokane were over Lewis and Clark, 6-2, and the Indians, 10-6. Their losses were to Sedro Wooley, 4-3, and WW Griz, 9-2. TRIALS: Kendricks wins pole vault to make irst Olympics Continued from 1B night’s inal. “It doesn’t really settle in in that moment where you’re thinking, ‘This is it,”’ Montano said about the moment when she hooked shoes with Brenda Martinez, who had made contact with the leader and eventual runner-up, Ajee Wilson. “And then, you get up and they’re really far away. Your heart breaks.” Montano did get up. She jogged a bit, then stopped, fell to her knees and began to wail as she kicked her foot to the ground in disgust. She got up again and ran to the inish line, then collapsed to her knees, put her head on the ground, looked skyward, clutched her right hand to her heart and let out a primal wail. “All of a sudden, they came around the corner and she wasn’t there,” said her husband, Louis, who was watching from the side with their daughter, Linnea, who turns 2 next month. “It was heart- breaking.” Oficials reviewed the tape and deemed the smash-up a result of inci- dental contact. They did not disqualify anyone. Also on Monday, Boris Berian completed his journey from a burger lipper to Olympian, inishing second in the men’s 800-meter inal. Kate Grace, Ajee Wilson and Chrishuna Williams made the 800 team for the women; Clayton Murphy and Charles Jock join Berian on the men’s side. Sam Kendricks won the pole vault to make his irst Olympics, four years after coming to trials, but getting bumped off the start list at the last minute by higher qualiiers. EATON: Last Olympic repeat in decathlon was Thompson in 1980-84 different.” The 28-year-old Eaton was in such control that his coach, Harry Marra, actually told him to run the inal event, the 1,500, at a slower pace than normal. No sense putting any extra wear and tear on the leg with the Olympic decathlon in six weeks. He still ran event No. 10 in 4 minutes, 25.15 seconds, which was one of the top times. “This meet deines Ashton Eaton way more than his world-record performances. Those were great perfor- mances,” Marra said. “But he had so many obstacles physically. ... He did this with a bum leg.” A leg his coach wasn’t sure was going to hold up during the 400 on Saturday. It did. A leg Eaton wasn’t sure was going to be ready for the 110-meter hurdles on Sunday. It was. And through this compe- tition, Eaton learned a little bit more about himself — he doesn’t have to be super aggressive all the time. Smooth works almost as well. “The (overall) reviews were pretty good,” Eaton said. “As a decathlon, if you don’t leave with something frustrated then you should quit, because it was perfect.” In command, Eaton even had time to take in some other events. He watched Chaunte Lowe win the high jump by holding hold off teenager Vashti Cunningham, the daughter of longtime NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham. He also caught Tennis Baseball Wimbledon Monday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $38.4 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Fourth Round Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, 6-1, 5-1, retired. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Steve Johnson, United States, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. Sam Querrey (28), United States, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. David Gof- in (11), Belgium, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12), France, def. Rich- ard Gasquet (7), France, 4-2, retired. Lucas Pouille (32), France, def. Bernard Tomic (19), Australia, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8. Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Nick Kyr- gios (15), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, vs. Tomas Berdych (10), Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (9), susp., darkness. Women Fourth Round Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, def. Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-3, 6-1. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (21), Russia, def. CoCo Vandeweghe (27), United States, 6-3, 6-3. Dominika Cibulkova (19), Slovakia, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, 6-3, 5-7, 9-7. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Luc- ie Safarova (28), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4. Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Madison Keys (9), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (13), Russia, 7-5, 6-0. Venus Williams (8), United States, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 5-7, 6-1, 9-7. MLB NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 14, Chicago Cubs 3 Philadelphia 7, Kansas City 2 Washington 12, Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 8 Pittsburgh 6, Oakland 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 1 San Francisco 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings N.Y. Yankees 6, San Diego 3 Miami 5, Atlanta 2 Monday’s Games Milwaukee 1, Washington 0 Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 2 Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 2 San Francisco 3, Colorado 1 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 6 Baltimore at L.A. Dodgers, late inish San Diego at Arizona, late inish Today’s Games Cincinnati (Finnegan 3-7) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 7-4), 11:20 a.m. Atlanta (Foltynewicz 2-2) at Philadelphia (Elin 0-2), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Davies 5-4) at Washington (Gonzalez 4-7), 4:05 p.m. Miami (Chen 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-3), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Brault 0-0) at St. Louis (Leake 5-6), 5:09 p.m. San Diego (Friedrich 4-3) at Arizona (Godley 1-0), 6:40 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 10-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 7-5), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 8-4) at San Francis- co (Bumgarner 9-4), 7:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees 6, San Diego 3 Monday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 2 Boston 12, Texas 5 Chicago White Sox 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 2, Seattle 1 Oakland 3, Minnesota 1 Toronto 6, Kansas City 2 Detroit at Cleveland, late inish Baltimore at L.A. Dodgers, late inish Today’s Games Kansas City (Young 2-7) at Toronto (Dick- ey 5-9), 4:07 p.m. Detroit (Sanchez 5-8) at Cleveland (Car- rasco 4-2), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Lincecum 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (Grifin 3-0) at Boston (Price 8-5), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 5-2) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 2-6), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 3-4) at Minnesota (Milone 0-2), 5:10 p.m. Seattle (Walker 4-6) at Houston (Keuchel 5-9), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 10-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 7-5), 7:10 p.m. Continued from 1B sub-goal of trying to score 9,000 every decathlon. It would be cool never to go back to (8,000).” At the last Olympic trials, also at Hayward Field, Eaton broke the decathlon world record for the irst time. Eugene has long been a special place for him. It’s where he and his wife, Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton, met while attending the University of Oregon and rose to promi- nence. Eaton said he was shooting for the record, but his leg made it impossible. “I had the same mindset,” Eaton said. “I would say the expectations personally and externally were a little bit Jeffery Henderson’s win in the men’s long jump and Allyson Felix’s blistering performance in the 400. Now those were impres- sive. “It’s nice to have a front-row seat as a decath- lete, on the ield and get to see all that stuff,” Eaton said. “Those kinds of things are inspirational, and you try to learn from it. Sometimes, I try to pick up little things from the specialists.” Taiwo had a solid perfor- mance to take second, while Zach Ziemek of Wisconsin wound up third. It was an event that was missing Trey Hardee, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist who didn’t inish after suffering a left hamstring injury on the irst day. Eaton’s big plans now will be to squeeze in some rest before he and his wife head to Rio. There, Eaton has a chance to make a little history as he tries to defend his title. That hasn’t been done in the decathlon since British star Daley Thompson in 1980 and ‘84. “That would be cool,” Eaton said. “Awesome company to be in. But there are really good competitors.” Asked if he might chase after another world record in Rio, Eaton just grinned. “The Olympic Games are so much different from anything else,” Eaton said. “You don’t even talk about world records, in a way. If it’s there at the very end, sure, I’ll run to get it. Other than that, it’s event to event.” SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Toronto 17, Cleveland 1 Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 10, L.A. Angels 5 Philadelphia 7, Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 1 Minnesota 5, Texas 4 Pittsburgh 6, Oakland 3 Seattle 9, Baltimore 4 MiLB NORTHWEST LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Spokane 3, Vancouver 0 Boise 9, Hillsboro 7 Everett 8, Tri-City 0 Salem-Keizer 3, Eugene 0 Monday’s Games Boise at Spokane, late inish Vancouver at Salem-Keizer, late inish Eugene at Everett, late inish Tri-City at Hillsboro, late inish Today’s Games Boise at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Eugene at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Tri-City at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m. Basketball WNBA Sunday’s Games Los Angeles 77, New York 67 Phoenix 95, Atlanta 87 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Seattle at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Soccer MLS Sunday’s Games New York City FC 2, New York 0 Sporting Kansas City 3, Columbus 2 Monday’s Games Orlando City at FC Dallas, late inish Portland at Colorado, late inish Vancouver at Los Angeles, late inish Today’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Game New York City FC at New England, 4:30 p.m. Olympics US Track and Field Olympic Trials Monday At Hayward Field Eugene, Ore. (All race distances in meters) Finals Men 800 1, Clayton Murphy, Nike, 1 minute, 44.76 seconds. 2, Boris Berian, New Balance, 1:44.92. 3, Charles Jock, Nike OTC, 1:45.48. 4, Craig Engels, Ole Miss, 1:46.03. 5, Erik Sowinski, Nike, 1:46.44. 6, Isaiah Harris, Penn State, 1:46.47. 7, Harun Abda, Nike OTC/Nike OTCE, 1:47.05. 8, Casimir Loxsom, Brooks/Brooks Beasts TC, 1:49.18. Pole vault 1, Sam Kendricks, Nike, 19 feet, 4¾ inches. 2, Cale Simmons, U.S. Air Force, 18-6½. 3, Logan Cunningham, unattached, 18-4½. 4 (tie), Tray Oates, Samford, and Mark Hollis, Nike, 18-4½. 6, Dylan Bell, U.S. Air Force, 18-4½. 7, Jacob Blanken- ship, unattached, 18-4½. 8, Jordan Scott, unattached, 18-½. 9, Michael Woepse, unattached, 18-½. NH—Joey Uhle, U.S. Air Force; Jeffrey Coover, unattached, and Samuel Pierson, Above The Bar TC Inc.. DNS—Reese Watson, Texas and Scott Houston, unattached. Javelin 1, Cyrus Hostetler, unattached, 273-1. 2, Curtis Thompson, Mississippi State, 271-11. 3, Riley Dolezal, Nike, 261-4. 4, Sam Crouser, unattached, 256-1, 5, Sam Humphreys, Nike, 249-4. 6, Robert Rob- bins, Cornell, 240-10. 7, Timothy VanLiew, adidas Garden State TC, 236-8. 8, Capers Williamson, Citadel, 232-10. 9, Damien Odle, Wichita State, 231-3. 10, Christopher Carper, unattached, 228-6. 11, Sean Furey, Asics, 227-10. 12, Carson Fuller, Washing- ton, 226-2. Women 800 1, Kate Grace, Oiselle, 1:59.10. 2, Ajee Wilson, adidas, 1:59.51. 3, Chrishuna Williams, Nike, 1:59.59. 4, Molly Ludlow, Saucony, 1:59.63. 5, Raevyn Rogers, Oregon, 2:00.59. 6, Phoebe Wright, Nike, 2:02.55. 7, Brenda Martinez, New Balance, 2:06.63. 8, Alysia Montano, Asics/NYAC, 3:06.77. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule July 2 — Coke Zero 400 (Brad Kesel- owski) July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. Points Through July 2 1. Kevin Harvick, 565 2. Brad Keselowski, 551 3. Kurt Busch, 545 4. Joey Logano, 531 5. Carl Edwards, 527 6. Kyle Busch, 492 7. Martin Truex Jr., 482 8. Chase Elliott, 482 9. Jimmie Johnson, 475 10. Denny Hamlin, 446 11. Matt Kenseth, 443 12. Austin Dillon, 434
