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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian NLDS Saturday, October 8, 2016 ALDS Cubs blank Giants in opener Indians, Blue Jays take 2-0 lead Chicago Cubs’ Javier Baez hits a single in the ifth inning of Game 1 of baseball’s National League Division Series against the San Francisco Giants, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in Chicago. Dodgers bullpen holds off Nationals Associated Press CHICAGO — Jon Lester outpitched Johnny Cueto with eight sparkling innings, Javier Baez homered in the eighth and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 in a tense Game 1 of their NL Division Series on Friday night. Lester retired his last 13 batters in a dominant performance, but the game was scoreless when Baez sent Angel Pagan scram- bling to the left-ield wall with a towering drive. With a raucous crowd of 42,148 and every player anxiously tracking the light of the ball, Pagan ran out of room as it landed in the basket that tops the ivy-covered walls at Wrigley Field. Aroldis Chapman gave up Buster Posey’s two-out double off the ivy in the ninth before Hunter Pence bounced to second for the inal out, wrapping a bow on Chicago’s irst meaningful game in weeks. The Cubs clinched the NL Central title on Sept. 15 and led the majors with 103 wins, but have their sights on the franchise’s World Series crown since 1908. Game 2 in the best-of- ive matchup is Saturday at Chicago. Associated Press AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast LOS ANGELES 4, WASHINGTON 3 — At Washington, Clayton Kershaw was hardly at his best. Nothing new when it comes to October. He allowed eight hits and three runs. He needed 101 pitches just to make it through ive innings. His career postseason ERA even rose a bit, up to 4.65. Didn’t matter a bit to the lefty. Only this did: He earned a rare playoff victory. Backed by early homers from rookie sensation Corey Seager and Justin Turner off Max Scherzer in a matchup of Cy Young Award winners that promised more than it delivered, Kershaw helped the Los Angeles Dodgers Cleveland Indians outield- ers Rajai Davis and Francisco Lindor (12) cele- brate after defeating the Bos- ton Red Sox in Game 2 of baseball’s American League Division Series, Fri- day, Oct. 7, 2016, in Cleveland. Red Sox, Rangers face elimination edge the Washington Nationals 4-3 Friday in Game 1 of their NL Division Series. “It was a grind. A lot of guys on base all the time. Deinitely wasn’t easy,” Kershaw said. “As close as you can bend without breaking, I guess.” His work done, Kershaw was able to relax in the dugout, chewing gum and blowing bubbles while watching relievers Joe Blanton, Grant Dayton, Pedro Baez and Kenley Jansen combine to give up one hit over four scoreless innings. Jansen got his irst ive-out save since April. Game 2 in the best-of- ive matchup is Saturday at Washington. CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber carried a shutout into the eighth inning and Lonnie Chisenhall hit a three-run homer off postseason-cursed David Price, giving the Cleveland Indians a 6-0 win on Friday over the Boston Red Sox and a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series. Showing no signs of a late-season leg injury, Kluber limited the AL East champions to three hits over seven innings as the Indians moved within one win of returning to the ALCS for the irst time since 2007. David Ortiz and the Red Sox are in serious trouble and have to hope they can get things turned around Sunday in Game 3 at Fenway Park or their turnaround season will be over and Big Papi’s career will be done. Chisenhall connected in the second inning off Price, who fell to 0-8 in nine playoff starts and must now face the wrath of Red Sox Nation. The left-hander lasted just 3 1/3 innings and once again crumbled with a chance to silence critics who say he can’t pitch in the big game. Price came in 10-2 in his career against the Indians, including a 5-0 mark at Progressive Field. AP Photo/David Dermer But that didn’t mean anything to these Indians, who strung together four straight hits — three of them soft singles — to put him in a 4-0 hole after just two innings. BLUE JAYS 5, RANGERS 3 — At Arlington, Texas, talk about a 1-2-3 punch for the Toronto Blue Jays in these playoffs. The wild-card Blue Jays have rediscovered their power stroke in October, and are going home with a chance to sweep the Texas Rangers in the AL Division Series after a 5-3 win Friday. Edwin Encarnacion capped a three-homer burst in the ifth inning off Yu Darvish, and Toronto won BULLDOGS: McLeod happy to win against his old teammates Continued from 1B the pedal to the loor in the game, putting up more than 400 total yards of offense and inishing all but two drives with touchdowns. The Bulldogs also had their irst turnover-free game of the year. “It felt amazing,” James said. “You could tell after the irst (touchdown) that we had something good going.” Hermiston’s defense was just as outstanding, earning its irst shutout of the season and doing so in utter domi- nance. The Bulldogs forced three turnovers — two fumbles and one intercep- tion — and held Ridgeview (1-5, 1-3) to under 150 yards of total offense. To add on, Hermiston did not allow Ridgeview to cross midield until the 2:17 mark in the second quarter, and the Ravens only saw the other side of the ield two more times the entire game. Linebacker Damien McLeod said that the defense spent a lot of time on the practice ield and in the ilm room this week, and felt very prepared for the run-heavy Ravens. “They’re a running team, all they do is run,” McLeod said. “We have great coaches that told us what to do, we stacked the box and we just bought in and the scoreboard speaks for itself.” McLeod was also happy to be on the smiling side of the scoreboard Friday. The senior transferred to Herm- iston before the season after spending the previous three years of high school at Ridgeview, and admitted it was a little odd for him to start. “I’ve played with most of those guys before, but never played against them,” McLeod said. “A few of my good buddies I’ve played with since third grade ... it was a little different, but it was a lot of fun for sure.” Hermiston made it clear from the irst drive of the game that it had something to prove, inding holes in the Ravens defense by running and throwing. The Bulldogs Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s John-Herny Line wraps up Ridgeview’s Jace Reitz in the Bulldogs’ 54-0 win against the Ra- vens on Friday in Hermiston. quickly advanced down to the 10 yard line, where James connected with Jerry Ramirez for the game’s irst touchdown with 7:40 left in the irst quarter. Ramirez added a second touchdown later in the half and inished with four catches in the game. On Ridgeview’s ensuing drive, the Ravens found themselves deep in their own territory facing a third-and-long. That’s when quarterback Blaine Gibbs dropped back to pass, rolled to his left and fumbled the ball as he got hit. Hermiston recovered the fumble at the Ridgeview six poised for another score. And the Bulldogs didn’t wait long as Jonathan Hinkle barreled his way into the end zone for the six-yard score to put Hermiston up 14-0 with just under six minutes to play in the irst quarter. Hinkle inished the game with nine carries for 41 yards and the score. Hermiston went on to score four more times in the half, but none were more impressive than the inal score. Staring at a 2nd & 11 from his own 30, James took the snap and dropped three steps back before locking on to a streaking Dayshawn Neal running down the near sideline. James rocked back and threw the perfectly spiraling ball like a rainbow to Neal, who fought off the Ridgeview defensive back at the opposite 40 yard line. After the catch, Neal locked up with the defender until he stiff-armed the defender with his powerful left hand and broke free, coasting the remaining 35 yards for the touchdown — a 70-yard completion in total. “I just really trust (Dayshawn),” James said, “and the stats show it.” ——— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or (541) 966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. BMCC: Team feels like it’s really coming together at right time Continued from 1B “We have a lot to be proud of,” said co-head coach Jessica Humphreys. “A good third of our team is sick or injured, so what they were able to do tonight was something to be proud of.” Due to the absences the T-Wolves were working out of a 5-1 offense, something they hadn’t done much this year. “Kylee Chavez is really stepping up to the plate,” Humphreys said. “She’s kind of leading our team offensively, so we’re proud of that.” “(Chavez) did really well,” Shreier said. “She’s ran a 5-1 one or two times, but tonight she really stepped up.” Shreier said she can feel the team coming together after a trying season that has them just above .500 at 16-13, 5-3 in the NWAC East after Friday’s win. “Tonight was a night that we bonded as a team and played as one,” she said. “I just think we need to keep having the fun that we had tonight on the court and keep up the energy that we’ve been having.” Yakima Valley (8-8, 3-5 East) looked like it was going to suck the fun right out of Mosby Court when it went up 19-13 in the third set, but the T-Wolves closed the match with a couple long rallies that brought their energy level back up for the next set, which they would control. “It’s fun to see them reward themselves,” co-head coach Dave Baty said of the team’s strong inish. “Not too ling ago they might have struggled to come back from the momentum break that Yakima put on us, but the kids responded well.” Kerista Goodpaster led Yakima with 19 kills and added 18 digs. Next up for Blue Mountain is a road game at Spokane, Washington on Thursday at 6 p.m. on a dreary, misty afternoon for a 2-0 lead in the best-of- ive matchup. One important reminder, though: Last fall, Toronto lost the irst two games of the ALDS at home against Texas, then rallied to win the series. “I learned something last year … you got to win three games,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “They’ve got a great team over there. You don’t lead the American League, powerhouse league, you don’t luck into that.” Wearing spikes that had “No Panic” printed on them, closer Roberto Osuna got a ive-out save that sent the Blue Jays home looking to clinch the series in Game 3 Sunday night. BRIEFLY PLL set for November elections PENDLETON — Pendleton Little League will hold a general meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. at the Blue Mountain Community College Science and Tech building. Topics will include the year-end inancial report, new projects and happenings, and the election of new board members. Anyone interested in becoming a board member is encouraged to attend. — East Oregonian BUCKS: Next up is Hood River Continued from 1B Lani that made the score 7-6 after a missed extra point. With about a minute left in the irst quarter Bower put the Bucks ahead with an 11-yard touchdown run, and another missed kick made it 12-7. Mountain View beat the Bucks deep again to go back up 14-12 on a 71-yard pass in the second quarter, which is where the score was at halftime. Pendleton inished with 305 yards of total offense. Next up for Pendleton, which is in three-way tie with Mountain View and Ridgeview in ifth place, is a home game against Hood River on Friday at 7 p.m. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP VOLLEYBALL Today Baker at Mac-Hi, Noon Irrigon at Heppner, 10 a.m. Helix at Wallowa, 1 p.m. Helix at Joseph, 3 p.m. Tuesday La Grande at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Culver at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanield, 4:30 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. Irrigon at Umatilla, 5 p.m. Helix at Ione, 5 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler, 5 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 6:30 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Today Mac-Hi at Ontario, Noon Riverside at Umatilla, 1 p.m. Irrigon at Prescott (WA), 4 p.m. Tuesday Pendleton at Hermiston, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Walla Walla Valley Acad. (WA), 4 p.m. Dayton (WA) at Riverside, 4 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Today Mac-Hi at Ontario, 2 p.m. Tuesday Hermiston at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Clarkston (WA) at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Riverside at Horizon Christian, 4:15 p.m. Portland Christian at Umatilla, 4:15 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Today Hermiston, Pendleton at Richland (WA), TBD Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen, Helix, Umatilla at La Grande, TBD Thursday Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen, Helix, Heppner, Umatilla, Stanield at Pendleton, 4 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Today Eastern Oregon at MSU-Northern, 5 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Today Eastern Oregon at Corban, 7 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Today Multnomah at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. Sunday Walla Walla at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m. Prep Standings Football 5A Special District 1 Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Summit 4-0 5-1 186 108 1 Bend 3-1 5-1 211 138 8 Redmond 3-1 3-3 238 176 14 Hermiston 3-1 3-3 179 130 13 Mtn. View 1-3 3-3 142 171 17 Pendleton 1-3 2-4 154 241 23 Ridgeview 1-3 1-5 80 226 25 Hood River 0-4 0-6 70 250 30 ——— This Week Mountain View 35, Pendleton 18 Hermiston 54, Ridgeview 0 Summit 26, Bend 0 Redmond 48, Hood River 20 4A Greater Oregon League Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk La Grande 1-0 2-4 196 203 25 Ontario 0-0 4-1 175 70 2 Mac-Hi 0-0 2-2 82 97 27 Baker 0-1 4-2 135 124 14 ——— This Week Mac-Hi at Ontario, DNR La Grande 47, Baker 34 3A Eastern Oregon League Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Vale 2-0 3-3 107 111 12 Umatilla 1-1 5-1 146 86 17 Burns 1-1 4-2 174 91 Nyssa 1-1 2-3 88 90 Irrigon 1-1 2-4 130 174 Riverside 0-2 1-5 85 200 ——— This Week Umatilla 34, Riverside 0 Vale 34, Irrigon 28, OT Nyssa 18, Burns 6 11 18 21 32 2A Columbia Basin Conference Conf. Ovr. PS PA Rnk Stanield 2-0 6-0 294 123 2 Heppner 2-0 5-1 191 86 3 Culver 0-1 1-4 126 209 16 Pilot Rock 0-1 0-5 50 173 26 W-McEwen 0-2 1-5 83 193 17 ——— This Week Stanield 74, Weston-McEwen 26 Heppner 52, Pilot Rock 20 1A Special District 1 Conf. Ovr. PS Powder Vall. 3-0 5-1 360 Pine Eagle 3-0 4-2 206 Crane 2-0 4-1 216 Joseph 2-1 3-3 202 Jordan Vall. 1-0 3-0 106 Adrian 1-1 1-4 100 Echo 1-2 2-3 142 Cove 0-3 1-5 146 Wallowa 0-3 1-5 138 Harp./Hunt. 0-3 0-5 72 ——— This Week Powder Valley 54, Echo 6 Joseph 56, Cove 26 Pine Eagle 30, Wallowa 28 Adrian 66, Harper/Huntington 16 1A Special District 4 Conf. Ovr. Sherman 4-0 5-1 Arlington 3-1 4-1 Dufur 2-1 5-1 Perrydale 3-1 4-2 Mitch./S/W 0-3 2-3 Ione 0-3 0-6 So. Wasco 0-3 1-4 PS 302 208 272 225 89 56 66 PA Rnk 108 13 138 12 82 9 260 16 62 3 192 25 174 30 296 26 191 29 292 36 PA Rnk 82 7 80 18 98 2 142 16 237 27 237 37 269 35 ——— This Week Dufur 58, Arlington 14 Perrydale 40, Ione 6 Sherman 70, Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler 6 South Wasco 46, Monument/Dayville 6 No. 23 Florida State at No. 10 Miami, 5 p.m. (ABC) Arizona at No. 24 Utah, 7 p.m. (FS1) Washington State at No. 15 Stanford, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN). Baseball Football NFL Thursday’s Game Arizona 33, San Francisco 21 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. New England at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Miami, 10 a.m. Houston at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Washington at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Chicago at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Dallas, 1:25 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 1:25 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 5:30 p.m. Monday’s Game Tampa Bay at Carolina, 5:30 p.m. NCAA Top 25 Friday’s Games No. 3 Clemson 56, Boston College 10 No. 19 Boise State 49, New Mexico 21 Saturday’s Games Texas at No. 20 Oklahoma, 9 a.m. (FS1) No. 6 Houston at Navy, Noon (CBSSN) Indiana at No. 2 Ohio State, 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Texas A&M, (CBS) No. 25 Virginia Tech at No. 17 North Carolina, 12:30 p.m. No. 21 Colorado at USC, 1 p.m. (PAC12) No. 1 Alabama at No. 16 Arkansas, 4 p.m. (ESPN) No. 4 Michigan at Rutgers, 4 p.m. (ESPN2) No. 5 Washington at Oregon, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) MLB Playoff Glance WILD CARD Tuesday: Toronto 5, Baltimore 2, 11 innings Wednesday: San Francisco 3, New York 0 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Texas vs. Toronto (Toronto leads 2-0) Thursday: Toronto 10, Texas 1 Friday: Toronto 5, Texas 3 Sunday, Oct. 9: Texas at Toronto, 4:38 p.m. (TBS) x-Monday, Oct. 10: Texas (Perez 10-11) at Toronto (Stroman 9-10), 10:08 a.m. or 3:08 p.m. (TBS) x-Wednesday, Oct. 12: Toronto at Texas, 5:08 or 6:38 p.m. (TBS) Cleveland vs. Boston (Cleveland leads 2-0) Thursday: Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Friday: Cleveland 6, Boston 0 Sunday, Oct. 9: Cleveland (Tomlin 13-9) at Boston, 1:08 p.m. (TBS) x-Monday, Oct. 10: Cleveland at Boston (Rodriguez 3-7), 3:08 p.m. (TBS) x-Wednesday, Oct. 12: Boston at Cleve- land, 3:08 or 5:08 p.m. (TBS) National League Chicago vs. San Francisco (Chicago leads 1-0) Friday: Chicago 1, San Francisco 0 Saturday, Oct. 8: San Francisco at Chica- go, 5:08 p.m. (MLB) Monday, Oct. 10: Chicago at San Francis- co, TBA (FS1 or MLB) x-Tuesday, Oct. 11: Chicago (Lackey 11-8) at San Francisco, 5:08 or 5:40 p.m. (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 13: San Francisco at Chicago, 5:08 or 5:40 p.m. (FS1) Washington vs. Los Angeles (LA leads 1-0) Friday: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3 Saturday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles (Hill 12-5) at Washington, 1:08 p.m. (FS1) Monday, Oct. 10: Washington at Los Angeles (Maeda 16-10), TBA (FS1 or MLB) x-Tuesday, Oct. 11: Washington at Los Angeles, 2:05 or 5:08 p.m. (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles at Wash- ington, 2:05 or 5:08 p.m. (FS1) Basketball WNBA Playoff glance Finals (Best-of-5) Minnesota vs. Los Angeles Sunday, Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Minneso- ta, 12 p.m. (TV: ABC) Tuesday, Oct. 11: Los Angeles at Minne- sota, 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14: Minnesota at Los Ange- les, 6 p.m. NBA Preseason Friday’s Games Portland 115, Phoenix 110 Denver 101, L.A. Lakers 97 Saturday’s Games Charlotte vs. Boston at Uncasville, Conn., 12:30 p.m. Brooklyn at New York, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 5 p.m. Minnesota vs. Miami at Kansas City, Mo., 5:30 p.m. Dallas vs. Milwaukee at Madison, Wis., 5:30 p.m. Atlanta at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games New Orleans vs. Houston at Shanghai, 4:30 a.m. Denver vs. L.A. Lakers at Ontario, Calif., 6:30 p.m.
