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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
BASEBALL: Pendleton gains sole possession of second place
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Bucks weren’t calling it a
must-win. “We kind of just
told ourselves we needed to
win. We don’t need too much
pressure on us. I think it
helped us not knowing what
could happen if we didn’t do
our jobs.”
Morris tossed the complete
game, and after some strug-
gles with his location in the
sixth inning, went into the
bullpen to work on things
before coming back out for
the seventh. He finished with
seven hits allowed but gave
up no earned runs and got his
third strikeout on the game’s
last batter.
“My goal is to finish the
game,” said Morris, who
needed just 83 pitches to get
through the game. “I didn’t
go over the pitch limit, and
that keeps other pitchers
for next game. I went in the
bullpen to work on a couple
pitches because they weren’t
working as well as I thought.
I got them dialed in.
“We try to win every
game, but rivalry game is
big. Beating Hermiston at
home, it’s a big game.”
Not only was it a big win
for Pendleton (8-14, 4-5
CRC) in terms of its playoff
hopes as it gave it sole
possession of second with
three games to play, it was a
big performance for Morris,
who has battled back sore-
ness throughout the season.
“Where I was last year,
I’m just starting to come back
to that,” he said. “You’ve got
to have the mentality … just
coming in a have-to-win
game.”
“Wyatt when he throws
does a great job of throwing
strikes, but throwing effective
strikes — not just throwing
the ball right down the middle,
right on the edges all the time,
and usually working ahead of
hitters,” said Pendleton coach
T.J. Haguewood. “He’s had a
hurt back and he’s just getting
back to strength, and right at
the right time. We’re going
to need him, hopefully, for a
playoff run. He’s struggled
this year a couple times out,
and the last couple times it’s
been the old Wyatt and he’s
been dialed in, so that’s good
to see.”
Hermiston (9-13, 3-6)
made Pendleton pay for its
early miscues and Jordan
Ramirez reached base on an
error, advanced to third on a
passed ball, then scored on an
error to make it 1-0.
But the Bulldogs couldn’t
keep any momentum going
through the middle innings,
and it was too late when the
team finally started to make
some rumblings with a short
rally in the sixth inning.
“For a huge game I
think our energy level was
sub-par. I don’t know why,”
said Hermiston coach Lance
Hawkins. “It wasn’t until the
last inning that we finally
had a little energy, so I don’t
know. I don’t get it, and that’s
what we talked about.
“I think (starting pitcher
Caden) Schwirse threw pretty
well. I wish we would have
supported him at the plate a
little bit more. It should have
been closer than that.”
With the exception of Joel
Mendez (3 for 4) and Lukas
Tolan (2 for 2), Morris kept
Hermiston’s hitters in check
throughout most of the game
and was able to get some
timely plays from his defense
to end Bulldog scoring threats.
Double plays got the
Bucks out of the first and
fourth innings, and the Bull-
dogs had two runners thrown
out at third base.
Pendleton’s big inning
came in the bottom of the
second and was also aided by
a few mistakes by the other
team. Ryan Russell (2 for 4)
led off reaching on an error,
then a walk and a bunt by
Hayden Villers (3 for 4) that
got past Schwirse loaded the
bases.
Justin Duso was hit by a
pitch to knot the score at one
apiece, and then with a full
count Lani cleared the bases
with a double to the wall in
center to make it 4-1.
Hermiston scored one
in the third on a double by
Kaden Caldwell, but Pend-
leton added runs in the fourth
and fifth to go up 8-2.
Russell touched home
three times, Villers scored
twice, and Morris and Duso
each drove in two.
Hermiston’s last run was
scored by Slade Gritz on a
passed ball in the sixth.
The Bulldogs are tied for
third with The Dalles (9-13,
3-6) and only the top three
CRC teams will earn playoff
berths, and only the top two
will be guaranteed a home
game in the postseason.
“It’s gotta be within.
You’ve got to want to do this,”
Hawkins said. “So we’re
going to come back tomorrow
and practice hard, and get
ready for Friday’s game.
We’ve got a ton of talent, and
I told these guys, ‘Once you
get in the playoffs anything
can happen, but we’ve got to
get in the playoffs first. We’ve
got to get in there.”
UP NEXT
Both teams play Friday
at 4:30 p.m. with Pendleton
at The Dalles and Hermiston
hosting Hood River Valley.
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R H E
HHS
101
001
0 — 3 7 1
PHS
040 131 X — 9 10 5
W — W. Morris. L — C. Schwirse.
2B — K. Caldwell (HHS); N. Lani (PHS).
SOFTBALL: McGlothan hits double to get Bucks going in second, then steals home
Continued from 1B
unearned run and two walks
and struck out five, and then
added two hits and four RBIs
to lead the Buckaroos.
“Hermiston’s always a little
bit better of a victory,” Richards
said with a smile afterwards.
“But just like any game, we
had to have our bats going and
defense going because every
game is crucial for us to get
to where we want to be and I
think we did good today.”
Pendleton (19-3, 7-1
CRC) pounded out 10 hits
to get its 10 runs, though
all of the scoring came in
two innings. The Buckaroos
scored six runs in the second
and five runs in the sixth
inning, mustering just three
baserunners and just one hit
in the other four innings that
the team batted.
Hermiston (7-15, 1-7)
coach Kate Greenough said
that those two big innings
were especially frustrating
knowing how hard and how
well the Bulldogs played in
the remainder of the game.
“Take those two innings
away and it’s a great game,”
she said. “The girls fight ahrd,
but two big innings cost us.
We talked about controlling
the things we can control and
we didn’t and it put us in a
hole. They didn’t stop fighting
and I really appreciated that,
but there’s a disconnect of
what we need to get done in
seven innings time.”
In that second inning,
Kalan McGlothan led off with
a double and then scored on a
steal of home and then three
batters later Kila Solomon hit
an RBI double to center field
to give Pendleton a 2-0 lead
against Hermiston pitcher
Julissa Almaguer. The Bucks
loaded the bases after Maddy
Parker was hit with a pitch
and Tatum Fell reached on an
error, which brought Richards
to the plate with two outs.
On a 1-0 count, Richards
turned quickly on a thigh-
high pitch and pulled it down
the third base line and it
rolled all the way into the left
field corner to clear the bases
with a three-RBI double. It
broke the game open to a 5-0
Pendleton lead.
“I just went up to the plate
knowing what pitch I wanted
and the pitch was kind of a
mistake over the middle,”
Richards said of the at-bat. “I
just went for the pitch, it was
down the middle and it felt
good. I watched it go right
past the third baseman.”
After that second inning,
freshman Janelle Almaguer
took over for Hermiston in the
circle and kept Pendleton hitters
off-balance giving up just one
hit in her first three innings.
“She was trying to work
hard and back up her sister
which you love to see,” Gree-
nough said of the freshman
pitcher. “But we need to keep
them off-balance the entire
time. Good batters make
adjustments and that’s what
Pendleton did so we need
to make sure we’re always
working ahead and being
smarter than the batter.”
Janelle ran into trouble
in the sixth inning, however,
allowing a leadoff double
to Solomon. It looked like
Hermiston might escape the
inning after getting the next
two outs, but Kirah McGlo-
than ripped an RBI single
into left field which started
a string of three-straight
RBI singles as Richards
and Hergert followed and
boosted the lead to 10-1.
Hermiston got its only
run in the fourth inning,
when Bailey Noland hit an
RBI single into left field to
score Sydney Stefani from
third base. The Bulldogs had
other opportunities to score,
stranding eight runners total,
including a bases-loaded,
no-out situation in the seventh.
Hermiston’s
offense
caused some issues for Pend-
leton’s defense a few times
in the game, as the Bulldogs
barrage of bunt attempts and
slap hits led to three infield
singles and two Pendleton
errors. Buckaroo coach Tim
Cary said that when done right
and consistently, Hermiston’s
offensive approach can cause
headaches for defenses.
PREPS: Stanfield, Weston-McEwen win
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Sherman in third place in SD6. They
host Culver on Saturday with first pitch
scheduled for 11 a.m.
———
R H E
PRHS
010 000
1 — 2 4 0
SHS
002 000
1 — 3 7 1
W — B. Troutman. L — B. Pierce.
2B — T. Homer (SHS); B. Pierce, C. Weinke (PRHS). HR —
Justesen (SHS); C. Weinke (PRHS).
STANFIELD 17, BAKER 3 — At
Baker City, Stanfield tallied six extra-base
hits and allowed just four total as the
Tigers rocked the Baker Bulldogs 17-3
in five innings in a non-league game on
Tuesday afternoon.
Tony Flores had a team-best three hits
in the game with three runs scored, two
RBI and a double. Dylan Grogan had two
hits with a double and three RBI, Brody
Woods had two hits, three RBI and a
triple, Adrian Renner had two hits, three
runs and three RBIs with a triple, and
Klay Jenson added two hits with a home
run and four RBI.
Grogan and Jenson also teamed up on
the mound for Stanfield (17-1, 10-0 EOL),
with Grogan starting the game and giving
up one run and one hit in two innings with
six strikeouts. Jenson followed for three
innings, allowing three hits, two runs, two
walks and four strikeouts.
UP NEXT
Stanfield will travel to Umatilla for a
doubleheader on Friday at 1 p.m.
———
R H E
SHS
128 06 — 17 12 2
BHS
010 20 —
3 4 4
(S) D. Grogan, K. Jenson (3) and T. Monkus. (B) Zemmer,
McCouley (3), Mazzagotte (5). W — D. Grogan, L — Zemmer.
2B — A. Renner, T. Flores, D. Grogan (SHS); McCouley
(BHS). 3B — B. Woods, A. Renner (SHS). HR — K. Jenson
(SHS).
WESTON-MCEWEN 19, UNION 0
— At Union, the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots earned their first shutout victory of
the season with a 19-0 blowout victory
over the Union Bobcats on Tuesday
afternoon.
The top five spots of the Weston-
McEwen (7-9, 5-6 SD6) batting order
was dominant in the game, combining for
12 of the teams 15 hits. Brett Speed and
Brendan Dearing both had three each to
lead the team, with Speed picking up two
doubles and six RBI and Dearing adding
four runs scored.
Hunter Sater had two hits for the Tiger-
Scots, including a grand slam home run in
the top of the second inning.
Speed also picked up the win on the
mound as he struck out four and gave up
just three hits in four scoreless innings.
Dearing threw a scoreless fifth and struck
out two to end it.
UP NEXT
Weston-McEwen hosts Elgin for a
doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m.
———
R H E
W-M
342 73 — 19 15 0
UHS
000 00 —
0 3 6
(W) B. Speed, B. Dearing and G. Shell. W — B. Speed.
2B — B. Speed 2 (W-M). HR — H. Sater (W-M).
“Hermiston always puts
you in interesting situations
with they way they bunt and
slapt and can definitely get
you out of position,” he said.
“They had some innings where
they put some runners on
and put us in some awkward
positions on defense but thank
goodness we solidified things
and Lauren (Richards) did a
heck of a job of battling and
got things done herself.”
UP NEXT
Pendleton travels to The
Dalles on Friday afternoon
for a 4:30 p.m. first pitch.
Hermiston will host Hood
River Valley on Friday after-
noon at 4:30 p.m.
———
R H E
HHS
000 100
0 — 1 5 3
PHS
060 005 X — 10 10 2
(H) Ju. Almaguer, Ja. Almaguer (3) and B.
Noland. (P) L. Richards and K. Solomon. W
— L. Richards, L — Ju. Almaguer.
2B — L. Richards, K. McGlothan, R.
Gentner, K. Solomon (PHS).
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
Basketball
PREP BASEBALL
Friday
Hood River at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m.
Pendleton at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m.
NBA
Playoff glance
SECOND ROUND
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 1, Toronto 0
Monday, May 1: Cleveland 116, Toronto 105
Today: Toronto at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Friday: Cleveland at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Boston 2, Washington 0
April 30: Boston 123, Washington 111
Today: Boston 129, Washington 119, OT
Thursday: Boston at Washington, 5 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Houston 1, San Antonio 0
Monday: Houston 126, San Antonio 99
Today: Houston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.
Friday: San Antonio at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
Golden State 1, Utah 0
Today: Golden State 106, Utah 94
Thursday: Utah at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: Golden State at Utah, 5:30 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Friday
Hood River at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m.
Pendleton at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Friday
Pilot Rock, Stanfield, Heppner, Riverside,
Weston-McEwen, Echo, Helix at Baker, 10
a.m.
Saturday
Irrigon, Echo, Condon/Wheeler at Arlington,
10 a.m.
PREP TENNIS
Today
Hermiston (boys) at Pendleton, 4 p.m.
Pendleton (girls) at Hermiston, 4 p.m.
Friday
Mac-Hi, Riverside, Umatilla, Stanfield,
Helix, Ione, Condon/Wheeler at sub-district
tournament (Ontario), TBA
Saturday
Mac-Hi, Riverside, Umatilla, Stanfield,
Helix, Ione, Condon/Wheeler at sub-district
tournament (Ontario), TBA
Hockey
NHL
Playoff glance
Second Round
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1
May 1: Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT
Today: Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m.
Ottawa 2, N.Y. Rangers 1
April 27: Ottawa 2, N.Y. Rangers 1
April 29: Ottawa 6, N.Y. Rangers 5, 2OT
Tuesday: N.Y. Rangers 4, Ottawa 1
Thursday: Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 4:30
p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Edmonton 2, Anaheim 1
April 30: Anaheim 6, Edmonton 3
Today: Anaheim at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Friday: Edmonton at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville 3, St. Louis 1
April 26: Nashville 4, St. Louis 3
April 28: St. Louis 3, Nashville 2
April 30: Nashiville 3, St. Louis 1
Tuesday: Nashville 2, St. Louis 1
Friday: Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
PREP GOLF
Today
Mac-Hi at Veteran’s GC, 2 p.m.
Friday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Eagle Crest, 8 a.m.
Heppner, Nixyaawii at Buffalo Peak GC,
10 a.m.
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Eagle Crest, 8 a.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Today
Spokane at Blue Mountain (2), 1 p.m.
Saturday
Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain (2), 1 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley (2),
2 p.m.
Eastern Oregon vs College of Idaho (at
Salem), 9 a.m.
Saturday
Eastern Oregon vs TBD (at Salem), TBD
Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley (2), Noon
Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City 0
Houston 8, Texas 7
Minnesota 9, Oakland 1
Tampa Bay 3, Miami 1
Boston 5, Baltimore 2
Detroit 5, Cleveland 2
N.Y. Yankees 11, Toronto 5
L.A. Angels at Seattle, late finish
Today’s Games
Toronto (Stroman 2-2) at N.Y. Yankees
(Sabathia 2-1), 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 1-2) at Boston (Pomer-
anz 2-1), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Carrasco 2-2) at Detroit (Boyd
2-1), 4:10 p.m.
Miami (Conley 1-2) at Tampa Bay (Snell 0-2),
4:10 p.m.
Oakland (Graveman 2-1) at Minnesota
(Santiago 2-1), 5:10 p.m.
Texas (Martinez 0-0) at Houston (Morton
2-2), 5:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Pelfrey 0-1) at Kansas
City (Karns 0-2), 5:15 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Nolasco 2-2) at Seattle (Iwaku-
ma 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 3, Miami 1
Atlanta 9, N.Y. Mets 7
Chicago Cubs 8, Philadelphia 3
St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 1
Pittsburgh 12, Cincinnati 3
Arizona 6, Washington 3
L.A. Dodgers 13, San Francisco 5
Today’s Games
Arizona (Ray 2-1) at Washington (Gonzalez
3-0), 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Taillon 2-0) at Cincinnati (Davis
0-1), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (deGrom 1-1) at Atlanta (Colon
1-2), 4:35 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eickhoff 0-2) at Chicago Cubs
(Arrieta 3-1), 5:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Anderson 2-0) at St. Louis
(Wainwright 2-3), 5:15 p.m.
Colorado (Senzatela 3-1) at San Diego
(Weaver 0-2), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Samardzija 0-4) at L.A.
Dodgers (Urias 0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Soccer
Baseball
MLS
Today
Orlando City at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.
New York at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Games
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