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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Hermiston pitcher Caden Schwirse readies to fi re a pitch during the fi rst inning of Tuesday’s game against The Dalles in Hermis- ton. Riverhawks stun Bulldogs The Dalles erases three-run defi cit in seventh inning By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Staff photo by Eric Singer The Hermiston baseball team took the fi eld in the top of seventh inning holding a 5-2 lead on Tuesday, just three outs away from a victory that would clinch a postseason berth. However, The Dalles “It’s a Riverhawks Baseball — who are little disap- still fi ghting pointing,” for a post- Hermiston season spot The Dalles Hermiston coach Lance as well — did Hawins said. not let the “You can’t Bulldogs keep teams have the easy victory. like that mentally in it to the Instead, the Riverhawks put end, we gave them a little together a huge rally against bit in the seventh and they Hermiston pitcher Brylee jumped on us for ultimately Dufl oth with three hits, a the winning runs.” walk and also a Bulldog error It was a quick turn of to score four runs and stun events for both teams, as the home team with a 6-5 Hermiston (10-14, 4-7 CRC) victory. was on an emotional high 6 5 having just taken the lead in the inning prior. Tied at 2-2, three straight Riverhawk (10-14, 4-7) walks loaded the bases with one out for Herm- iston in the sixth, when the Bulldogs executed a perfect suicide squeeze bunt with Kody Moss that was pushed toward the fi rst base line. Andrew James sprinted across home plate from third for the go-ahead run just as the Riverhawk pitcher fi elded the bunt and over- threw his teammate on fi rst See BULLDOGS/2B PENDLETON PENDLETON Round-Up adds to Hall of Fame Lankford repeats, Mustangs sweep Nixyaawii/ Pilot Rock senior Riley Lang- ford tees off on the thirteenth hole Tues- day during the Special District 3 champi- onships at the Pendleton County Club. Bullfighters, volunteers and a steer wrestler highlight class East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris The newest inductees to the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame were announced Tuesday night. They include Loyd Ketchum and Joe Baumgartner in the contract personnel category; Danny Torricellas as a Round-Up contestant; Ruth Fletcher in the early years category and Matt Duchek as a Happy Canyon volunteer. Loyd Ketchum and Joe Baumgartner Both bullfi ghters at Round-Up and PBR, Ketchum and Baumgartner shared the arena many times during their years in Pendleton. Born in Montana in 1961, Ketchum began his PRCA career in 1987. With his slogan of “bullfi ghting with class and fi nesse,” he worked his fi rst Pendleton Round-Up in 1991 and continued — except one year while injured — through 2011. The agile athlete with great speed and quick maneu- vers also worked the PBR in Pendleton from 1998-2008. Also, he was chosen to work the Wrangler National Finals from 1992-96 and won the Wrangler Bullfi ght World Championship in Las Vegas in 1991. Retiring after 27 years as a bullfi ghter, Ketchum now owns and operates a hunting outfi tting operation near Miles City, Montana. He continues to support the rodeo world by traveling to events, signing auto- graphs and making appearances at schools and on TV and radio. Baumgartner, who grew up in California, began his rodeo career fi ghting bulls at age 16. Known throughout the rodeo community, Baumgartner went See ROUND-UP HALL/2B Pilot Rock senior wins second district title; Heppner tops team scores By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian The annual host of the Special District 3 championships, as well as a couple of other tournaments each season, Pendleton Country Club is a course that should be quite familiar for any high school golfer in the region. But the 89-year-old par-72 proved it could still conjure some surprises during two rounds of state-qualifying action on Monday and Tuesday, and defending boys district champion Riley Lankford of Nixyaawii/Pilot Rock said ultra- fi rm greens made it a unique 36 holes. “I’ve never seen them this fast,” he said of the greens after scoring 78 on Tuesday to repeat with a two-day total of 154. “It defi nitely changed the way we played the game.” The Rockets senior wasn’t the only golfer taken aback by the speed of the greens, but he had it dialed in perfectly by the time he put his second shot about 25 feet from the cup on the fi nal hole. Lankford lined up his shot, then moved along the ball’s projected route for a few more practice swings before returning to his marker. His aim was true, and Lankford rolled the ball within inches of the cup for an easy tap-in par that sealed the victory. “I realized a couple weeks ago that you can feel the green better with your feet than you can with your eyes,” he said. “So I defi nitely could feel where it was going to break and that helped a lot.” Heppner senior Logan Grieb See GOLF/2B PENDLETON Buckaroos unable to clinch, lose at Hood River Softball splits after winning continuation of delayed game Eagles’ number a lightning-delayed Softball out of the gate. She game on Tuesday, struck out seven but couldn’t make batters in four innings it two-for-two as Hood River Valley Pendleton Hood River and didn’t allow a hit until the bottom of kept its Columbia the seventh to guide River Conference Pendleton to a 7-2 title hopes alive. Starting in the win. bottom of the fourth inning of a game She fi nished the game with nine that began on April 24, Pendleton strikeouts and also batted 3 for 4 pitcher Lauren Richards had the with a double to pace the offense. 7-2 East Oregonian HOOD RIVER — The Bucka- roos came out strong to fi nish off the Eagles in the continuation of 2-3 Rylee Gentner was 2 for 4. Richards had another shutout going into the seventh in Game 2, but the Eagles rattled off three runs in their fi nal at-bat to win on a walk-off single 3-2. Pendleton (21-4, 9-2 CRC) coach Tim Cary said he wants to see the Bucks treat their seventh-inning implosion as a chance to improve. See BUCKAROOS/2B Sports shorts Tinkle, N’diaye given extra year CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) Oregon State center Cheikh N’diaye and forward Tres Tinkle have been granted medical hardships by the Pac-12 Conference. N’diaye played the fi rst nine games before a left shoulder injury sidelined him the rest of the season. He averaged 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds. Tinkle, the son of coach Wayne Tinkle, broke his right wrist in the sixth game of the season. He was averaging 20.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists. N’diaye will be a redshirt senior and Tinkle will be a redshirt sophomore next season. “I’m happy that Cheikh and Tres got their years back,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said in a statement. “It’s why the rule exists and we’re sure that both student-athletes will take advantage of it from an academic standpoint as well as athletically.” “Yeah, I’m going to be able to play. It was frustrating because I wanted to play. But I was happy seeing my teammates out there putting in a good effort and getting the win.“ — Kawhi Leonard San Antonio Spurs forward after missing much of the fourth quarter and overtime with an ankle injury in Tuesday’s 110- 107 overtime win over Houston to take a 3-2 lead in their second round series. Leonard insisted he will be able to play in Thursday’s Game 6. Mariners rally past Phillies PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Taylor Motter had the go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning, Ben Gamel had four hits and the Seattle Mariners overcame a four-run defi cit to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-9 on Tuesday night. Gamel went 4 for 5 with a three-run home run, two singles, a double and scored three runs. The right fi elder threw out the potential go-ahead run at home in the eighth. Robinson Cano, who left the game with a quadriceps injury, also homered for the Mariners. Michael Saunders, Tommy Joseph and Aaron Altherr also homered for the Phillies, who led 4-0 in the third, fell behind 5-4, then led 9-5 in the sixth The teams combined for 27 hits and four errors in a game that spanned 3 hours, 48 minutes. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1969 — The plans for the NFL-AFL merger are completed. The NFL will consist of two conferences of 13 teams, the AFC and NFC. The NFL will move three franchises, Baltimore, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, to the AFC. 2002 — Boston and Detroit plays the lowest- scoring game in the NBA playoffs since the shot clock was introduced in the 1954-55 season. The Celtics edge the Pistons 66-64; the 130-point total is far below the previous low of 142 registered three times. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
