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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, June 10, 2017 3-on-3 basketball added to 2020 Olympics Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzer- land — The IOC added 3-on-3 basketball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic program on Friday in an effort to give the games a more youthful and urban appeal. In another move toward street sports, BMX Free- style cycling will join the Olympics for the first time among a net increase of 15 gold medals for a 321-event program. However, the Interna- tional Olympic Committee cut 285 athlete places from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games with track and field losing 105 spots. The overall quota will be 10,901 athletes in Tokyo, including 64 in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament that will have eight teams for men and women. The Tokyo venue has not yet been agreed on, the IOC said. Track cycling will add men’s and women’s madison races, and swimming will add men’s 800-meter freestyle and women’s 1,500 freestyle. Swimming also gets a 4x100-meter mixed medley relay among a broad increase in mixed gender events, including a 4x400 mixed relay on the track. “I am delighted that the Olympic Games in Tokyo will be more youthful, more urban and will include more women,” IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement. The IOC expects women to account for 48.8 percent of the athletes in the Tokyo Olympics. Among sports losing athlete places, weightlifting will have 64 fewer in Tokyo after reporting dozens of doping cases in retested samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Games. Wrestling will lose 56 places, sailing and shooting will each lose 30 and swim- ming will have 22 fewer. BEAVERS: One win away from trip to Omaha Continued from 1B pair of runs with two outs in the bottom half. “They got the big hit twice early and that certainly was kind of a shot to the gut, especially after we came back and scored those three,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said. Oregon State added a run on Trevor Larnach’s single to left in the fifth. Toffey hit a solo home run in the seventh to close the gap to 6-4. With the bases loaded in the eighth, Cadyn Grenier slugged a single and Steven Kwan hit a sacrifice fly to right to pad Oregon State’s lead to 8-4. Thompson went 7 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, seven hits with seven strike- outs. Vanderbilt (36-23-1) is vying to reach the College World Series for the third time in four years. The Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP Oregon State’s Luke Heimlich watches the team play Vanderbilt during Friday’s super regional in Corvallis. Commodores started right- hander Patrick Raby (10-4), who pitched six innings and gave up six runs and eight hits. “It’s just one game. It’s history now. They’ll respond tomorrow,” Corbin said about his team. Heimlich pleaded guilty to a single charge connected to the molestation of a 6-year-old girl in Wash- ington state when he was 15. He completed a diversion program, served two years of probation and attended sex offender treatment for two years. He was also required to register as a sex offender. “I’m so proud of our team’s accomplishment and don’t want to be a distraction therefore I’ve respectfully requested to be excused from playing at this time,” Heimlich said in the statement released by his attorney. In his first public remarks about Heimlich, Casey praised his pitcher after the game. “He’s a team guy and in his statement he said that he didn’t want to be a distraction,” Casey said. “I can just tell you that he is a fine young man and every second that he’s been on this campus, on and off the field, he’s been a first-class individual, one that his family should be proud of, your community should be proud of, our team is proud of. I believe in Luke.” Casey said he did not know who would start for the Beavers on Saturday. He said it was Heimlich’s deci- sion whether he would make himself available to play. AP Photo/John Froschauer Seattle’s Robinson Cano scores a run to tie the score as Toronto catcher Russell Martin waits for the throw during the seventh inning of Friday’s game in Seattle. MARINERS: Continued from 1B batters later when Valencia singled to pull Seattle even at 2-all. A walk to Mike Zunino loaded the bases and rather than go to the bullpen, Toronto stayed with Biagini. It was the wrong decision as Dyson lined a single into center to score Seager. Valencia was thrown out at the plate by Kevin Pillar trying to score from second. Seattle had three hits in the seventh inning after managing just two hits in the first 20 plate appearances against Biagini. Jose Bautista hit his 11th homer of the season, but Seattle’s pitching staff managed to quiet most of Toronto’s lineup. Starter Sam Gaviglio overcame control problems early to allow one earned run in six innings. The Mariners had one major defensive play in the top of the seventh that proved critical. Dyson’s diving attempt at Josh Donaldson’s liner came up short, but he made a perfect relay to Taylor Motter and his throw home to Zunino easily beat Pillar trying to score from first. Pillar ran through a stop sign from third base coach Luis Rivera. TRAINERS ROOM Mariners: OF Mitch Haniger could be activated from the DL as early as Saturday. Haniger has been out since April 26 with a strained oblique. Manager Scott Servais said the hope was to activate Haniger sometime this weekend. UP NEXT Blue Jays: Marcus Stroman (6-2) makes his 13th start. He’s won his last five decisions and the Blue Jays have won his last six starts. Mariners: Ariel Miranda (6-2) has been the ace of Seattle’s staff with so many injuries to the rotation. Miranda has won five straight and threw his first complete game in his last start. NBA FINALS: Cavaliers end Golden State’s hope of a perfect postseason Continued from 1B sion is California bound for Game 5 on Monday night. The Cavs set scoring records in the first half and then held on during a wild third and fourth quarter that included technical fouls, James jawing with fellow superstar Kevin Durant and Cleveland’s crowd roaring like a jet engine. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the NBA playoffs. But until the Cavs did it last year, no team had ever rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the Finals. Cleveland took Game 3 at home, lost Game 4 and then won the final three games — Game 7 in Oakland — to capture the city’s first sports champion- ship since 1964. As the final seconds ticked off, Cleveland fans chanted “Cavs in 7.” The Warriors had swept their first three series and were 48 minutes away from a party they’ve been plan- ning for a year. But it’s on hold and Golden State fans are holding their breath. Durant, still one win from the coveted championship he left Oklahoma City to get, scored 35 but got little help from Stephen Curry, who scored 14 on 4-of-13 shooting. James finished with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists for his ninth career triple-double in the Finals, breaking the record of eight held by Magic Johnson. Kevin Love added 23 points for Cleveland, which made 24 3-pointers and finished the first half with a jaw-dropping 86 points. If not for Cleveland’s Kyle Korver missing a 3-pointer in the final minute of Game 3, the series would be 2-2. In any event, the Cavs are still breathing and it’s now the Warriors who may be feeling the pressure after blowing a 3-1 lead last June. The third quarter featured a confusing sequence and a scramble on the floor that resulted in two technical, a friend of James being escorted from the arena AP Photo/Ron Schwane Cleveland guard Kyrie Irving (2) drives on Golden State guard Klay Thompson (11) during the first half of Game 4 of NBA Finals in Cleveland on Friday. and back and forth flurries worthy of a heavyweight boxing match. At one point, it was announced that Golden State’s Draymond Green had been given his second technical foul and security came onto the floor to usher the volatile forward to the locker room. However, a technical assessed to him in the first half was actually called on Warriors coach Steve Kerr, leading to the confusion. Later, Warriors center Zaza Pachulia was involved in a pileup of players in the foul lane and he deliv- ered two swipes to Iman Shumpert’s groin area as the referees tried to get control. Pachulia could have been tossed, but was only given a technical as was Shumpert. As this was being sorted out, Todd Leebow, a friend of James who was sitting with the three-time cham- pion’s business partners, got involved in an argument with Golden State’s bench and was asked to leave. The Cavs were deter- mined not to let the Warriors celebrate on their floor for the second time in three years, and it was Cleveland, not Golden State, which busted Finals scoring records in the first half. Cleveland scored 49 in the first quarter and 86 during a dizzying opening 24 minutes that left players and fans gasping for air. And beyond their fire- power, the Cavs did it on defense, holding the up-and- down Warriors without a single fast-break point. With their crowd hanging on every dribble, pass and shot, the Cavaliers came out flying. Cleveland built an early 16-point lead and for the first extended time the series the defending champions looked and played like the superior team at both ends. Golden State clawed within seven, but then the Warriors began fouling and Kerr got nailed with his technical — one of seven in the game. Fueled by the outburst, the Cavs went on a 12-2 run capped by a 3-pointer from Love and dunk by 36-year-old Richard Jefferson, who earlier in the day said he and his team- mates would approach the 3-0 deficit like a marathon, “one step at a time.” They’ve taken the first. SCOREBOARD Local Slate BASEBALL Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament First Round Blue Division Pendleton 2-0 DeSales (WA) 1-0 Sandy 0-1 Redmond 0-1 Baker 0-1 —— Friday’s Games Pendleton 10, Baker 9 DeSales 6, Sandy 4 Pendleton 12, Redmond 2 Saturday’s Games Baker vs. Sandy (at BMCC), 11:15 a.m. Redmond vs. DeSales (at Bob White), 11:45 a.m. Redmond vs. Baker (at BMCC), 3:45 p.m. DeSales vs. Pendleton (at Bob White), 4:15 p.m. Sandy vs. Pendleton (at Bob White), 6:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Sandy vs. Redmond (at Bob White), 8 a.m. Baker vs. DeSales (at BMCC), 8 a.m. Red Division La Grande 2-0 Cent. Valley (WA) 0-0-1 The Dalles 0-0-1 Meridian (ID) 0-1 Hermiston 0-1 ——— Friday’s Games La Grande 4, Meridian 1 La Grande 10, Hermiston 3 Central Valley 8, The Dalles 8 Saturday’s Games Meridian vs. Central Vall. (at BMCC), 9 a.m. Hermiston vs. The Dalles (at Bob White), 9:30 a.m. Meridian vs. Hermiston (at BMCC), 1:30 p.m. The Dalles vs. La Grande (at Bob White), 2 p.m. La Grande vs. Cent. Vall. (at BMCC), 6 p.m. Sunday’s Games Meridian vs. The Dalles (at Bob White), 10:15 a.m. Central Valley vs. Hermiston (at BMCC), 10:15 a.m. Second Round Sunday Blue #4 vs. Red #4 (at Bob White), 12:30 p.m. Blue #5 vs. Red #5 (at BMCC), 12:30 p.m. Blue #2 vs. Red #2 (at Bob White), 2:45 p.m. Blue #3 vs. Red #3 (at BMCC), 2:45 p.m. Blue #1 vs. Red #1 (Championship, at Bob White), 5 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoffs STANLEY CUP FINAL (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Pittsburgh 3, Nashville 2 May 29: Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 3 May 31: Pittsburgh 4, Nashville 1 June 3: Nashville 5, Pittsburgh 1 June 5: Nashville 4, Pittsburgh 1 June 8: Pittsburgh 6, Nashville 0 Sunday: Pittsburgh at Nashville, 5 p.m. x-Wednesday, June 14: Nashville at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 3, Cleveland 1 June 1: Golden State 113, Cleveland 91 June 4: Golden State 132, Cleveland 113 June 7: Golden State 118, Cleveland 113 Friday: Cleveland 137, Golden State 116 Monday: Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. (ABC) x-Thursday, June 15: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, June 18: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Washington 6 3 .667 — New York 5 3 .625 ½ Atlanta 4 3 .571 1 Indiana 4 5 .444 2 Connecticut 2 5 .286 3 Chicago 1 7 .125 4½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 8 0 1.000 — Seattle 5 3 .625 3 Phoenix 5 3 .625 3 Los Angeles 4 3 .571 3½ Dallas 4 5 .444 4½ San Antonio 0 8 .000 8 ———— Friday’s Games Minnesota 98, Washington 73 Indiana 83, Seattle 80 Dallas 96, Los Angeles 90 Today’s Games Atlanta at Connecticut, 4 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games Seattle at New York, Noon Indiana at Washington, Noon Minnesota at Dallas, 1:30 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L New York 35 23 Boston 33 27 Baltimore 31 28 Tampa Bay 32 31 Toronto 29 32 Central Division W L Minnesota 31 26 Cleveland 30 28 Detroit 29 31 Kansas City 26 34 Chicago 25 34 Pct .603 .550 .525 .508 .475 GB — 3 4½ 5½ 7½ Pct .544 .517 .483 .433 .424 GB — 1½ 3½ 6½ 7 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 43 19 .694 — Los Angeles 32 32 .500 12 Seattle 31 31 .500 12 Texas 28 32 .467 14 Oakland 26 34 .433 16 ——— Friday’s Games Texas 5, Washington 2 Boston 5, Detroit 3 Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 3 Tampa Bay 13, Oakland 4 N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 2 L.A. Angels 9, Houston 4 San Diego 6, Kansas City 3 Seattle 4, Toronto 2 Minnesota 4, San Francisco 0 Saturday’s Games Texas (Perez 2-6) at Washington (Gonzalez 5-1), 9:05 a.m. Oakland (Gray 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Ramirez 3-1), 11:10 a.m., 1st game Minnesota (Berrios 4-1) at San Francisco (Samardzija 2-7), 1:05 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 0-6) at San Diego (Diaz 1-1), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Nolasco 2-6) at Houston (Fiers 3-2), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Manaea 5-3) at Tampa Bay (Andriese 5-1), 2:40 p.m., 2nd game Baltimore (Tillman 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Severino 4-2), 4:15 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Holmberg 0-0) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-7), 4:15 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 4-4) at Boston (Sale 7-2), 4:15 p.m. Toronto (Stroman 6-2) at Seattle (Miranda 6-2), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Washington 38 22 .633 — Atlanta 27 32 .458 10½ Miami 27 33 .450 11 New York 25 33 .431 12 Philadelphia 21 38 .356 16½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 33 29 .532 — Chicago 30 30 .500 2 Cincinnati 29 31 .483 3 St. Louis 27 32 .458 4½ Pittsburgh 26 35 .426 6½ West Division W L Pct GB Colorado 40 23 .635 — Los Angeles 37 25 .597 2½ Arizona 37 26 .587 3 San Francisco 25 38 .397 15 San Diego 24 38 .387 15½ ——— Friday’s Games Colorado 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Miami 12, Pittsburgh 7 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 2 St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 8, Arizona 6 L.A. Dodgers 7, Cincinnati 2 San Diego 6, Kansas City 3 Minnesota 4, San Francisco 0 Saturday’s Games Texas (Perez 2-6) at Washington (Gonzalez 5-1), 9:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Gsellman 4-3) at Atlanta (New- comb 0-0), 10:00 a.m., 1st game Philadelphia (Pivetta 1-2) at St. Louis (Martinez 4-5), 11:15 a.m. Colorado (Hoffman 3-0) at Chicago Cubs (Butler 3-1), 11:20 a.m. Miami (Straily 4-4) at Pittsburgh (Williams 3-3), 1:05 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 4-1) at San Francisco (Samardzija 2-7), 1:05 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 0-6) at San Diego (Diaz 1-1), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-0) at Atlanta (Wisler 0-0), 3:00 p.m., 2nd game Cincinnati (Wojciechowski 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Wood 6-0), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Guerra 1-0) at Arizona (Godley 1-1), 7:10 p.m. College NCAA BASEBALL Division I Super Regionals (Best-of-3; x-if necessary) Host school is Game 1 home team; visiting school is Game 2 home team; coin flip determines Game 3 home team KENTUCKY (43-22) at LOUISVILLE (51-10) At Louisville, Ky. Friday: Louisville 5, Kentucky 2 Saturday: Louisville vs. Kentucky, 9 a.m. (ESPN) x-Sunday: Kentucky vs. Lousville, 9 a.m. DAVIDSON (35-25) at TEXAS A&M (40-21) At College Station, Texas Friday: Texas A&M 7, Davidson 6 Saturday: Texas A&M vs. Davidson, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) x-Sunday: Davidson vs. Texas A&M, 3 p.m. VANDERBILT (36-24-1) at OREGON STATE (53-4) At Goss Stadium, Corvallis. Friday: Oregon State 8, Vanderbilt 4 Saturday: Oregon State vs. Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. (ESPN) x-Sunday: Vanderbilt vs. Oregon State, 6 p.m. CAL STATE FULLERTON (37-22) at LONG BEACH STATE (41-18-1) At Blair Field, Long Beach, Calif. Friday: Long Beach State 3, Cal State Fullerton 0 Saturday: Long Beach State vs. Cal State Fullerton, 3 p.m. (ESPNU) x-Sunday: Cal State Fullerton vs. Long Beach State, 3 p.m. SAM HOUSTON STATE (44-21) at FLORIDA STATE (43-21) At Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla. Saturday: Sam Houston State vs. Florida State, 9 a.m. (ESPN2) Sunday: Florida State vs. Sam Houston State, 9 a.m. x-Monday: Sam Houston State vs. Florida State, TBA WAKE FOREST (42-18) AT FLORIDA (45-17) At Alfred A. McKethan Stadium, Gaines- ville, Fla. Saturday: Wake Forest vs. Florida, Noon (ESPN) Sunday, June 11: Florida vs. Wake Forest, Noon x-Monday, June 12: Wake Forest vs. Florida, TBA MISSISSIPPI STATE (40-25) at LSU (46-17) At Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, La. Saturday: Mississippi State vs.LSU, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) Sunday: LSU vs. Mississippi State, 3 p.m. x-Monday: Mississippi State vs. LSU, TBA MISSOURI STATE (43-18) at TCU (45-16) At Lupton Baseball Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas Saturday: Missouri State vs. TCU, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Sunday: TCU vs. Missouri State, 6 p.m. x-Monday: Missouri State vs. TCU, TBA Golf PGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Classic Friday At TPC Southwind Memphis, Tenn. Purse: $6.4 million Yardage: 7,244; Par 70 Second Round Chez Reavie 66-65—131 Sebastian Munoz 64-67—131 Charl Schwartzel 65-66—131 Stewart Cink 64-68—132 Ben Crane 68-65—133 Matt Jones 65-69—134 Trey Mullinax 68-66—134 Retief Goosen 66-68—134 Matt Every 64-70—134 Seamus Power 69-65—134 Chris Stroud 68-67—135 Brooks Koepka 69-66—135 Derek Fathauer 70-65—135 Whee Kim 69-66—135 Rick Lamb 68-67—135 Kevin Chappell 68-67—135 Adam Scott 71-64—135 Scott Brown 64-72—136 Kyle Reifers 68-68—136 Phil Mickelson 69-67—136 -9 -9 -9 -8 -7 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 LPGA Tour LPGA Classic Friday At Whistle Bear Golf Club Cambridge, Ontario Purse: $1.7 million Yaardage: 6,613; Par 72 Second Round Lexi Thompson 67-65—132 Alena Sharp 66-66—132 Hyo Joo Kim 65-67—132 Perrine Delacour 71-62—133 Lindy Duncan 68-65—133 -12 -12 -12 -11 -11 In Gee Chun 67-66—133 Bronte Law 69-65—134 Minjee Lee 68-66—134 Shanshan Feng 65-69—134 Felicity Johnson 70-65—135 Paula Reto 69-66—135 Sun Young Yoo 68-67—135 Emily K. Pedersen 66-69—135 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 66-69—135 Suzann Pettersen 64-71—135 Karine Icher 69-67—136 Haeji Kang 68-68—136 Lee Lopez 67-69—136 Mi Hyang Lee 64-72—136 Charley Hull 69-68—137 -11 -10 -10 -10 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 -7 Soccer MLS Saturday’s Games Atlanta United FC at Chicago, 1 p.m. Montreal at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m. FC Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Pocono 400 Lineup Race Sunday, Noon (TV: FS1) At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota 2. (78) Martin Truex Jr. 3. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota 4. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford 5. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford 6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford 7. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet 8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet 9. (22) Joey Logano, Ford 10. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet 11. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet 12. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford 13. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet 14. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota 15. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota 16. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., Ford 17. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet 18. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota 19. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet 20. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford 21. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet 22. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford 23. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford 24. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford 25. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet 26. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet 27. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 28. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet 29. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet 30. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford 31. (38) David Ragan, Ford 32. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet 33. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota 34. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford 35. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota 36. (15) Reed Sorenson, Toyota 37. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet 38. (51) Cody Ware, Chevrolet 39. (55) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet
