SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2016
Cleveland
Indians’ Jose
Ramirez
celebrates
after a dou-
ble against
the Chicago
Cubs during
the sixth
inning of
Game 1 of
the Major
League
Baseball
World Series
Tuesday, Oct.
25, 2016, in
Cleveland.
World Series
Cleveland quiets Cubs in Game 1
Kluber goes six,
Perez blasts two
HR to lift Indians
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Corey
Kluber got the Cleveland Indians
off to a great start and Roberto
Perez fi nished off the Chicago
AP Photo/
Matt Slocum
Cubs in their fi rst World Series
game since 1945.
Kluber dominated into the
seventh inning, Perez hit two
home runs and the Indians beat the
Cubs 6-0 in the opener Tuesday
night. AL Championship Series
MVP Andrew Miller escaped a
bases-loaded, no-out jam in the
seventh and got out of trouble in
the eighth, preserving a three-run
lead.
In a matchup between the
teams with baseball’s longest
Hermiston has
won four straight
in rivalry series
championship droughts, the
Indians scored twice in the fi rst
inning off October ace Jon Lester
and were on their way.
Perez drove in four runs — he
became the fi rst No. 9 batter to
homer twice in a Series game, and
the fi rst Indians player to accom-
plish the feat. He hit a three-run
drive to put it away.
Francisco Lindor added three
hits as the Indians improved to
8-1 this postseason. Cleveland
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Cleveland
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PENDLETON
Prep Football
Dawgs,
Bucks
ready
for 90th
meeting
1B
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Buckaroos outlast Spartans
Ellen
Nirschl (3)
and Kalan
McGlo-
than (9),
of Pendle-
ton, go up
to block
Tuesday
during a
state play-
in game
against
Hillsboro
at Warberg
Court.
Pendleton
overcomes
shaky start
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Haley Greb was all smiles
Tuesday night, and for a good
reason.
The Pendleton senior
and her Pendleton Buckaroo
teammates took down the
Hillsboro
Spartans
Volleyball
3-1 in a
5A play-in
game
to
advance
Hillsboro
into
the
s t a t e
playoffs.
Greb was
ecstatic of
Pendleton
her team’s
accom-
plishment,
because
they were
able to check off one of the
highest goals set before the
season.
“This was our goal to
make the playoffs and then
hopefully make a run to the
state tournament,” Greb said,
who fi nished second on the
team with 10 kills. “We were
glad to get the home play-in
game, I think it was a huge
advantage, and we came out
and played well as a team and
executed when it mattered.”
The victory tastes even
sweeter for Greb and the
Buckaroos (9-11, 5-4),
considering how far the
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Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
By MATT ENTRUP &
ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
1
You often hear coaches talk
about “taking care of business”
as the key to a successful prac-
tice, game or season.
It’s a catchall phrase that
can be used in a variety of
situations, and by no defi nition
did the Hermiston Bulldogs take
care of business during a turn-
over-plagued loss at Redmond
last week.
However, up until they gift-
wrapped a 13-0 head start for
the Panthers with fi ve fi rst-half
turnovers in a game they would
go on to lose 26-14, the Bull-
dogs (4-4, 4-2 SD1) had handled
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3
Pendleton
Hermiston
Buckaroos
Bulldogs
(3-5, 2-4)
(4-4, 4-2)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
• at Kennison Field, Hermiston
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NBA
Lillard scores 39 as Blazers beat Jazz
Portland extends home-
opening win streak to 16
By ANNE M PETERSON
Associated Press
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, left, and guard
C.J. McCollum, right, react after Lillard made a three point
basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game in
Portland Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016.
PORTLAND — Damian Lillard
scored 39 points and the Portland Trail
Blazers extended their winning streak
in home openers to a league-record 16
straight games with a 113-104 victory
over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.
CJ McCollum added 25 points
for the Blazers, who trailed 83-77 at
the start of the fourth quarter. They
were still down 102-99 with under 5
Utah
Portland
104
113
minutes left before McCollum made
a pull-up jumper and 3-pointer to
give Portland a 104-102 lead.
Lillard made a pair of free throws
before nailing a 3-pointer that put
Portland up 109-102 with 1:02 left
and the Jazz couldn’t catch up.
Joe Johnson scored 29 points in
his debut with the Jazz and Rodney
Hood added 26, including a rim-rat-
tling dunk in the third quarter.
The Jazz were without several
key players. Gordon Hayward is out
with a broken fi nger on his left hand,
while Derrick Favors played in just
one preseason game because of a sore
knee. Alec Burks continues to rehab
from arthroscopic surgery to his knee
and ankle.
“Where we’re at now, everybody
just needs to come together and do
what’s needed,” Jazz coach Quin
Snyder said before the game.
Johnson signed a two-year deal
with the team in the offseason. Boris
Diaw, acquired in a trade with San
Antonio, also started in his Jazz
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Sports shorts
James records triple-double as
Cavaliers celebrate NBA title
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James had
his 43rd career triple-double, Kyrie Irving
scored 29 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers,
who raised their championship banner before
the game, beat the New York
Knicks 117-88 on Tuesday night
in the NBA season opener.
James scored 19 points and
added 11 rebounds and 14 assists
in front of a raucous home crowd
that was on its feet from the
pregame ceremony until late in
James
the game, celebrating the city’s
fi rst championship in 52 years.
Irving scored 19 points in the third quarter,
when Cleveland used a 20-4 run to take a
74-53 lead. Kevin Love scored 23 for the
Cavaliers.
Carmelo Anthony led New York with 19
points and Derrick Rose had 17.
“He’s a good player. I
think it’s very diffi cult
to come into a new
system and a new team
and just pick it up right
away. I think everybody
has to do a better job
... I think he can play
better.“
— Bill O’Brien
Houston Texans coach speaking
on quarterback Brock Osweiler.
The fi fth-year QB, whom the Tex-
ans gave a $72 million contract
to in the offseason, is currently
30th out of 32 quarterbacks with
a 71.9 QB rating.
Timbers duo facing DUI charges
LAKE OSWEGO (AP) — Portland
Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson and defender
Liam Ridgewell face charges of driving under
the infl uence after an accident in Lake Oswego,
Oregon.
Gleeson and Ridgewell were
booked into Clackamas County
Jail and posted bond. Both
are to appear in Lake Oswego
Municipal Court on Nov. 16.
Police said Gleeson rear-
ended another vehicle Monday
night and called Ridgewell, who arrived later
to help. Neither Gleeson nor the driver of the
vehicle he hit was injured.
The Timbers released a statement saying
the team is aware of the arrests, but won’t
comment until more information is available.
The Timbers fi nished their season Sunday.
They missed the playoffs a year after winning
the Major League Soccer championship.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1990 — Wayne Gretzky
becomes the NHL fi rst player
to reach the 2,000-point
plateau when he helps set up
a goal by Tomas Sandstrom
at 14:32 of the fi rst period of
the Los Angeles Kings’ game
at Winnipeg.
1993 — The NFL expands,
adding a team in Charlotte,
N.C., starting in 1995. The
team eventually chooses the
name ‘Carolina Panthers.’
2000 — The New York
Yankees become the fi rst
team in more than a quar-
ter-century to win three
straight World Series cham-
pionships, beating the New
York Mets 4-2.
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