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SPORTS
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
NBA Playoffs
BMCC splits with Yaks Rockets finish off Thunder in five
East Oregonian
Baseball
The Blue Mountain Timber-
wolves welcomed the Yakima
Valley Yaks to town on Tuesday
and the two teams finished the
day with a doubleheader split as
BMCC won first 7-6 and then
the Yaks won 7-4.
In Game 1, scoring came in
bunches for both teams. BMCC
(15-21, 6-12 NWAC East) got
on the board first in the bottom
of the third thanks to an RBI
single by Tate Spivey and an
RBI double by Nate Cantonwine
for a 3-0 lead.
BMCC starting pitcher Cole
Connolly was cruising through
the first four innings allowing
just two hits and four total
baserunners. However he ran
into trouble in the fifth when he
gave up four hits and a walk as
the Yaks pushed across five runs
to take a 5-3 lead.
But the T-Wolves offense bailed
Connolly out with a four-run sixth
inning helped out by a two-RBI
triple by Dustin Durflinger and
RBI singles by Spivey and TJ Rea
to take a 7-5 lead.
The Yaks (25-13, 11-7) got
one run back in the top of the
ninth, but Nathan Pena closed
the door with three groundouts
to close the book on his big 4 1/3
Associated Press
Yakima Valley Blue Mountain
6-7
7-4
innings of relief to get the win.
In Game 2, the T-Wolves
offense dried up against Yaks
pitchers as they struck out 12
times and stranded 12 runners
and never led in the game. Jared
Rogers was BMCC’s top hitter
in the game going 3 for 3 at the
plate, while Anthony Florez,
Kaden Enriquez, Matt Palmer
and Andrew Hively all had two
hits in the game.
UP NEXT
Blue Mountain will travel
to Walla Walla to take on the
Warriors for a doubleheader on
Saturday at 1 p.m.
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Game 1
R H E
YVC
000 050 001 — 6 10 5
BMCC
003 004 00X — 7 11 0
(YV) M. Driver, J. Foster (6) and J. Kirchoff.
(BM) C. Connolly, N. Pena (5) and C. Labbe. WP
— N. Pena, LP — M. Driver.
2B — K. Brudwick, J. Kirchoff (YV); N. Canton-
wine, T. Broom (BM). 3B — D. Durflinger (BM).
HR — P. Depasquale (YV).
Game 2
R H E
YVC
102 011 002 — 7 10 1
BMCC
001 101 001 — 4 12 3
(YV) J. Hadley, J. Garcilazo (6), E. Henke (9) and
J. Schempp. (BM) B. Howell, C. Root (3) and J.
Rogers. WP — J. Hadley, LP — B. Howell.
2B — K. Enriquez, M. Palmer (BM). HR — B.
Beck (YV).
HOUSTON — James Harden
had 34 points and his supporting cast
helped Houston overcome a 47-point
game by Russell Westbrook to get a
105-99 victory over Oklahoma City
on Tuesday night to advance to the
Western Conference semifinals.
The Thunder head home a year after
advancing to the Western Conference
finals after Houston took this series 4-1.
The Rockets used a 5-1 run,
with all their points coming on
free throws, to pull away from the
Thunder and make it 98-91. Victor
Oladipo threw a pass about 5 feet
above Westbrook’s head and out of
bounds on the next possession and
Harden made a layup on the other
end with about 3 minutes left.
The Rockets began eating up the
clock after that and Oklahoma City
missed shot after shot that could
have closed the gap.
Houston couldn’t add to its lead
though and the Thunder cut it to 4
points twice in the final seconds,
with the second one coming on a
basket by Alex Abrines. But Harden
made two free throws both times
they got close to secure the win.
SPURS 116, GRIZZLIES 103
— At San Antonio, Kawhi Leonard
had 28 points and San Antonio
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Houston Rockets’ Patrick Beverley (2) and Oklahoma City Thunder’s
Russell Westbrook (0) yell at each other during the second half of
Game 5 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Tuesday in
Houston. Both players were given a technical foul.
rebounded from two discouraging
road losses to beat Memphis and take
a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.
San Antonio shot 14 for 28 on
3-point attempts, two off its post-
season record, including 5-for-7
shooting by Patty Mills.
JAZZ 96,CLIPPERS 92 — At
Los Angeles, Gordon Hayward
scored 27 points, Utah controlled the
paint, and the Jazz beat the Clippers
BULLDOGS BASEBALL:
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that pounded out 12 hits.
“It was a very well-
rounded game for us,” said
third baseman Lukas Tolan,
who went 2 for 3 with two
runs and an RBI. “This is
why we practice as hard as
we do, we saw it today.”
Schwirse was outstanding
on the mound for the Bull-
dogs, giving up just four hits
and two hit batsmen to go with
six strikeouts and zero walks.
He allowed a base runner past
second base only once in his 6
1/3 innings, which came in the
second inning after a pair of
lead-off singles and a fielder’s
choice groundout. The junior
right-hander kept the River-
hawk (9-10, 3-3) batters off
balance with a steady mix of
fastballs and curveball, with
the latter being described as
‘filthy’ by his catcher Gritz.
“He was throwing it for
strikes all game,” Gritz said of
Schwirse. “It was a good way
to get ahead because batters
didn’t have confidence to settle
on his fastballs because they
didn’t know when that curve-
ball is going to get them.”
But of course, Schwirse said
his offense made his job easy on
Tuesday, giving him a seven-run
cushion from the start.
“That was great to have,”
he said. “It gave me so much
confidence and nothing to
worry about after that ... we’re
money here on our home field
and when the bats come alive
there’s no stopping us.”
In that first inning, Joel
Mendez led off with a double
into left field and two batters
later was brought home on an
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Caden Schwirse throws from the mound
in the Bulldogs’ 9-0 win against The Dalles on Tuesday
in Hermiston.
RBI single up the middle by
Wyatt Noland for a 1-0 lead.
After back-to-back singles by
Kaden Caldwell and Gritz to
load the bases, Tolan flared
a single into right field to
score Noland and Caldwell
followed after the right fielder
bobbled the ball for a 3-0 lead.
Then two batters later, Kody
Moss hit a two-run single up
the middle and took a big hop
over the Riverhawk second
baseman’s glove and into center
field to make it a 5-0 game and
finally Daniel Gossler ended
the barrage when he smashed
a two-RBI triple into deep left
field for the 7-0 lead.
Hermiston chased The
96-92 to take a 3-2 lead in their first-
round playoff series.
Hayward returned after missing
most of Utah’s win in Game 4 because
of food poisoning that caused him to
lose weight and energy.
Chris Paul’s 3-pointer drew the
Clippers within two with 5 seconds
left. After George Hill hit two free
throws, Paul struggled getting the ball
under control near the sideline and
couldn’t do anything as time expired.
MARINERS:
Dalles pitcher Jose Gonzalez
after Gossler’s at-bat with
only one out into the game
after tagging him for seven
runs and seven hits. Tolan said
that he didn’t think the pitcher
was necessarily giving them
good pitches to hit as much
as the Bulldogs had the right
approaches at the plate.
“I think it was us being more
focused and really focusing on
hitting our pitch,” he said. “I
think we had a little bit of a
chip on our shoulder, we had
a good practice Monday and
came out ready to go.”
Hermiston’s offense did go
quiet for a few innings after
that, as the Riverhawks’ Tyler
Westin’s slower velocity and
effective breaking pitches kept
Hermiston guessing for a while.
The Bulldogs managed just
one baserunner in the second
through fourth innings, but got
another run in the fifth after
a single by Tolan and an RBI
double from Cole Campbell.
Hermiston’s final run
came in the sixth, when
Caldwell hit a towering fly
ball into shallow left field that
dropped in front of a diving
Riverhawk outfielder to score
Mendez to make it 9-0.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs improve
to 5-3 at home this season
with the win, and will next
welcome in the Pendleton
Buckaroos for a doubleheader
on Friday starting at 3 p.m.
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R H E
TDS
000 000
0 — 0 4 1
HHS
700 011 X — 7 12 1
(TDS) J. Gonzalez, T. Westin (1), J.
Wetmore (6) and D. Seufalemua. (HHS) C.
Schwirse, J. Ramirez (7) and S. Gritz. WP
— C. Schwirse, LP — J. Gonzalez.
2B — J. Mendez, C. Campbell (HHS). 3B
— D. Gossler (HHS).
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allowed four runs in two
innings. The next two
Seattle pitchers didn’t fare
any better.
The teams combined for
40 hits and 14 walks.
“Don’t know if I’ve ever
been a part of a game like
that before,” McCann said.
It was the shortest outing
for Hernandez (2-2) since
2015. Detroit finished with
24 hits, 19 of which came
in the first five innings. That
was despite injuries that
kept Miguel Cabrera, J.D.
Martinez and Jose Iglesias
out of the lineup.
Jordan
Zimmermann
(2-1) allowed five runs in six
innings. Jean Segura, Danny
Valencia and Nelson Cruz hit
solo homers for Seattle, but
that wasn’t nearly enough to
keep up with Detroit.
Mikie Mahtook added
another home run for the
Tigers in the eighth. Ian
Kinsler had four hits and four
runs before being lifted for a
pinch hitter in the seventh.
Detroit’s record for runs
in a game is 21, last achieved
on July 1, 1936.
The 40 combined hits
broke the Comerica Park
record of 38 set by the Tigers
and Chicago White Sox on
April 13, 2006.
Hernandez squandered an
early 2-0 lead, allowing a run
in the first and three in the
second. McCann’s two-run
homer put Detroit ahead 3-2.
It was the shortest outing
for Hernandez since he lasted
only a third of an inning at
Houston on June 12, 2015.
Reliever Chris Heston
allowed a two-run homer
by Upton in the fourth,
then Avila followed with
a solo shot to make it 7-2.
Segura and Valencia hit
consecutive homers for
Seattle in the fifth, but the
Tigers broke the game open
when they sent 13 hitters to
the plate in the bottom of
the inning.
Andrew
Romine,
Kinsler and Tyler Collins
had two hits apiece that
inning. It was the most runs
for Detroit in an inning
since a nine-run fifth at
Texas on Sept. 17, 2008.
“It’s definitely better to
be on that side of it than the
other side of it,” McCann
said. “It’s always fun to see
your teammates get hits.”
Segura returned from the
disabled list for Seattle and
made an immediate contri-
bution, but Hernandez was
gone after two innings, and
Mariners outfielder Mitch
Haniger left in the third
with a strained oblique.
“That’s a tough game,”
second baseman Robinson
Cano said. “First we lose
Mitch, who has been our
best hitter all season, and
then we lose Felix, who is
our number one pitcher.
Those are the two guys we
really don’t want to lose.”
Hernandez and Haniger
were set to return to Seattle
to be checked by doctors.
After Hernandez left
the game, Heston allowed
five runs in two innings,
and Evan Marshall allowed
seven runs in two innings.
PREPS: Pendleton baseball drops close one at Hood River; Bucks softball rained out
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a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on
Friday.
Irrigon hasn’t lost back-to-
back yet this season, and will
host Vale in a doubleheader
on Friday at 1 p.m.
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(5 innings)
R H E
SHS
533 00 — 11 7 1
IHS
000 00 —
0 0 1
W — K. Jenson. L — A. Roa.
2B — B. Woods 2 (SHS). HR — K. Jen-
son, D. Grogan (SHS).
HOOD
RIVER
4,
PENDLETON 3 — At
Hood River, Pendleton had
bases loaded with one out in
the top of the sixth inning but
only scored one run and left
the tying run on third base
Tuesday in a Columbia River
Conference game.
Greyson Losee picked up
the second out in the sixth
with a strikeout, but his
defense couldn’t help him
out on a grounder by Hayden
Villers that ended with an
error and Pendleton (6-13, 2-4
CRC) closing the gap to 4-3.
But Losee got the help he
was looking for on the next
grounder and got out of the jam.
Then Caden Leiblein struck
out two and got a groundout in
the seventh for the save.
Hood River (13-6, 5-1)
made three errors in the sixth
to help boost Pendleton’s
rally and Wyatt Morris
reached base and scored on
errors earlier in the frame.
The Eagles struck first in
the bottom of the first when
Conner Coerper doubled to
drive in Adam Cameron,
but after scoreless second
and third innings, Pendleton
answered in the top of the
fourth on a ground out by
Daniel Naughton that scored
Shaw Jerome from third.
Hood River was quickly
back on top, though, and
Coerper doubled to lead off
the fourth, then scored on
an error in the next at-bat.
Back-to-back singles set up
a run-scoring fielder’s choice
with a force at second, and
then Cameron hit a solo home
run in the fifth to make it 4-1.
Morris took the loss for
the Bucks and pitched the
first five innings allowing
two earned runs on eight hits
with three strikeouts.
Losee struck out eight and
allowed no earned runs on
four hits for the win.
UP NEXT
Pendleton tries to snap
its four-game losing streak
on Friday at Hermiston for a
doubleheader that starts at 3 p.m.
———
R H E
PHS
000 102
0 — 3 4 3
HRV
100 210 X — 4 8 6
W — G. Losee. L — W. Morris. S — C.
Leiblein.
2B — C. Coerper 2 (HRV). HR — A.
Cameron (HRV).
SOFTBALL
PENDLETON
vs.
HOOD RIVER (postponed)
— At Hood River, the Buck-
aroos scored four runs in the
top of the first inning and
Lauren Richards was working
on another shutout when rain
halted their Columbia River
Conference game against the
Eagles on Tuesday.
Pendleton was up 4-0
in the middle of the third
innings with Hood River
coming up to bat. The game
will be completed at a later
date, which had not been set
as of press time.
Kirah McGlothan scored
the first run on a double by
Richards, and Rylee Gentner
made it 3-0 with a two-RBI
single after the Eagles got the
first two outs. Aspen Garton
then drove her in with a single
to cap the day’s scoring.
UP NEXT
Pendleton plays a double-
header at Hermiston on
Friday at 3 p.m.
WESTON-MCEWEN
8, IRRIGON 0 — At
Athena, Bailey Hillmick was
locked in from the circle and
allowed just two hits while
striking out 11 in a complete
game shutout for the Tiger-
Scots on Tuesday in Special
District 1 play.
Charmayne Bennett hit
a three-run home run in the
bottom of the sixth inning to
give the game its final tally.
Tyree Burke singled to
drive in Bennett in the bottom
of the second inning to make
it 1-0 for Weston-McEwen
(8-4, 5-0 SD1).
Hillmick (2 for 3) and
Whitney Roggerio (2 for 4)
also had big games at the plate.
Irrigon (11-7, 3-3) had
just three base runners all
game with two singles and
an error by the TigerScots,
but none of them advanced
past first base.
UP NEXT
Weston-McEwen
plays
at Umatilla on Friday for a
doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
Irrigon plays two at River-
side on Friday, also at 1 p.m.
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R H E
IHS
000 000
0 — 0 2 2
W-M
023 003 X — 8 7 1
W — B. Hillmick. L — K. Gilman.
2B — W. Roggerio, A. Coffman (W-M).
HR — C. Bennett (W-M).
RIVERSIDE 3, ECHO
1 — At Boardman, Echo
put the tying runs on base
with two outs in the seventh
but couldn’t bring them in
as second baseman Masie
Hancock made the routine
out and Riverside picked up a
win in Special District 1 play
on Tuesday.
Skylar Wightman pitched
the complete game and
finished with 11 strikeouts
while allowing just two hits,
and went 2 for 3 with one
RBI at the plate.
Riverside (13-5, 3-3 SD1)
scored all three of its runs in
the fifth, and Alexis Villegas
got them started when she
scored on a squeeze bunt by
Sadie Hasbell.
Echo (8-9, 4-3) put a run
across in the seventh when
Alex Putman singled with
two on and two out.
UP NEXT
Echo plays a pair of
non-league games at Glide
on Saturday at 11 a.m.
Riverside hosts Irrigon for
two on Friday starting at 1 p.m.
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R H
EHS
000 000
1 — 1 2
RHS
000 030 X — 3 9
W — S. Wightman. L — A. Ray.
2B — S. Wightman, R. Elliot (RHS).
E
2
2
TENNIS
HELIX 5, WESTON-
MCEWEN 1 — At Helix, the
Grizzlies were finally back at
full strength for Tuesday’s
matches against the Tiger-
Scots and picked up a 4-0
sweep in boys competition
while the girls split their sets.
Cody Dunn beat Ryan
Schmidtgall
8-2
while
Erik Jones returned from a
two-week illness as strong as
ever for an 8-0 win over Kellen
Fairchild. Then Allen Holden
and Vitor Pedrosa completed
the sweep with wins over
Marcalino Guerrera 6-3 and
Caleb Mann 6-1, respectively.
In girls’ action, Lynne
Roberts won in singles for
Helix 8-5 over Johanna
Albert, and Weston-McEw-
en’s Christina Swofford and
Mary Bagdon won in doubles
8-2 over Kyla Roberts and
Paige Gabriel.
“It was just nice having a full
team back and at the right time,”
Orem said. “We’re getting close
to tournament time, so it’s a
good time to start clicking.”
UP NEXT
Helix plays at Stanfield on
Thursday at 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen
will
play at the Helix Tournament
on Saturday in Hermiston
starting at 9 a.m.
GOLF
BEND — The Pendleton
and Hermiston boys golf
teams both competed at
Monday’s High Desert Chal-
lenge at Tetherow Golf Club.
Challenge was right as both
teams struggled with higher
than typical scores to finish
well behind runaway winner
Rocky Mountain’s 299.
Pendleton was eighth with
364, and Hermiston was 11th
with 374.
Pendleton senior Nathan
Som shot 82 as the lowest-
scoring local, but that was
only good enough for 13th as
12 players shot 80 or lower.
Rocky Mountain had five
of the top nine placers and
Carson Barry was medalist
with 71 while Drew Reinke
was second with 72.
Hermiston’s lowest score was
an 86 achieved by both Anders
Lind and Kaden Meacham.
Completing Pendleton’s
scores were Brayden Pulver
with 88, Jared Geier with 94,
Trevor Reyes with 100 and
Seth Wood with 119.
Hermiston’s other scores
were Jared Thacker and Tyler
Cameron with 101, and Garrett
McClannahan with 102.