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Little League Softball
Pendleton all-stars dominating at districts
Garton pitches
perfect game
East Oregonian
LA GRANDE — The
Little League District 3 soft-
ball tournaments are shaping
up to be a Pendleton-domi-
nated affair after Tuesday’s
action in La Grande.
The Pendleton 9-11
all-stars gave the program
its fi rst district title of the
week early in the day when
it beat Pilot Rock 14-3 in the
championship.
Pitcher Lilli Brooks held
Pilot Rock to one hit, and struck
out eight batters in the win.
Other members of the team are
Kyah Hunter, Taylor Quaempts,
Janie Helfrecht, Arzine McKay,
Samantha Wilks, Sistene Moses,
Nessa Neveau, Cassondra
Bedolla, JoJo Jenness and
Madeline Lieuallen.
The girls will compete in
the state tournament starting
July 19 in Medford.
Another Pendleton was
breezing through the upper
portion of its bracket on
Tuesday as well as Sauren
Garton pitched a perfect game
to guide the 10-12 all-stars past
La Grande 18-0 in four innings.
Garton struck out nine,
and Pendleton improved to
2-0 at the tournament after
having beaten Pilot Rock
15-0 in its opener on Sunday.
Garton threw the fi rst 3.1
innings in that game and
allowed no hits with seven
strikeouts.
Leading Pendleton at
the plate in the two games
have been Jaden Samp (6
for 7, 7 RBI), Muriel Jones-
Hoisington (6 for 7, 5 RBI),
Charlie Mae Franklin (5 for
6, 5 RBI), and Brielle Youncs
(4 for 5, 2 RBI).
Daisy Jenness was 4 for
4 with two RBI on Tuesday,
and Garton was 2 for 3 with
two RBI.
The girls will play for
the district championship on
Thursday at 3 p.m. against
the winner of today’s game
between Pilot Rock and La
Grande.
Seager’s double lifts M’s over Tigers
MLB
Seattle wins in
10 innings
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Kyle
Seager’s double off the wall
in right fi eld scored Tyler
Smith from second base
with the winning run and
gave the Seattle Mariners a
5-4 victory
over
the
Detroit
Tigers in
Detroit
10 innings
Tuesday
night.
Seager’s
game-win-
ning
hit
Seattle
came on a
night when
his brother,
Corey, hit
three home runs for the Los
Angeles Dodgers. It was
Seattle’s fourth walk-off
win this season and it came
after the Mariners missed
chances with runners in
scoring position in the
eighth and ninth.
Nelson Cruz walked on a
3-2 pitch from Justin Wilson
(3-3) to open the 10th.
Smith came on as a pinch
runner and reached second
with no outs on a wild pitch.
Seager then turned on a
fastball and lined it over
the head of right fi elder J.D.
Martinez, allowing Smith to
score easily.
Steve
Cishek
(1-1)
pitched the top of the 10th to
4
5
AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson
Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager, center, is mobbed by teammates, including Taylor Motter, left, Ben Gamel and
Carlos Ruiz, center, after hitting a walkoff single in the 10th inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in
Seattle. The Seattle Mariners beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on an RBI single by Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager.
get the win.
Cruz had a two-run
double, and Taylor Motter
and Ben Gamel both
homered for Seattle.
Ian
Kinsler,
Justin
Upton and J.D. Martinez all
homered for the Tigers, who
have lost four straight.
Detroit pulled even in
the eighth as Seattle reliever
Dan Altavilla could not hold
a two-run lead. With two
outs, Kinsler scored from
second base on a pitch in
the dirt that bounced away
from catcher Mike Zunino.
Kinsler was stealing on the
play and never stopped after
rounding third. Martinez
followed with his 12th home
run to tie it 4-all.
Ariel Miranda threw
seven strong innings and
was in line for his seventh
win until Altavilla faltered in
the eighth. Miranda allowed
just four hits and none after
Martinez’s two-out single in
the third, retiring 13 of the
fi nal 14 batters he faced.
The streak was snapped
only by Seager’s fi elding
error at third base with one
out in the seventh. Miranda
fi nished seven innings for
the fourth time in 15 starts
and rebounded after getting
knocked around for 10 hits
and six earned runs in his
previous outing against
Minnesota.
Almost as good was
Detroit
starter
Jordan
Zimmermann, who threw 6
2/3 innings. Cruz’s two-run
double in the fi rst gave
Seattle an early lead, and
Motter’s solo homer that
barely cleared the wall in
left fi eld an inning later
snapped a 2-all tie.
REHAB UPDATE
Seattle manager Scott
Servais
said
Hisashi
Iwakuma will need at least
one more rehab start before
rejoining
the
rotation.
Iwakuma lasted just two
innings Monday night at
Triple-A Tacoma. He was
originally scheduled to
return Saturday against
Houston, but that start will
now likely go to Christian
Bergman or Sam Gaviglio.
Servais hopes shortstop Jean
Segura will be able to return
from a high ankle sprain by
this weekend, possibly as
early as Thursday.
UP NEXT
Tigers: RHP Justin
Verlander (4-4) will be
looking for his fi rst decision
in four starts. He allowed
two runs over seven innings
in his last start against
Tampa Bay.
Mariners:
James
Paxton (5-2) tries to snap a
two-game skid. Paxton was
battered for seven runs over
3 2/3 innings in his last start
against Texas.
NBA
With 3 fi rst-round picks, Blazers ready to tweak roster on draft day
Trades seem likely
for league’s second-
youngest team
By KERRY EGGERS
Portland Tribune
There are more unknowns
than knowns as the Trail Blazers
swing into the fi nal days until
Thursday’s NBA draft.
Portland owns three fi rst-
round picks — No. 15, 20 and
26, making it the club’s most
important draft since at least
2013, when general manager Neil
Olshey chose CJ McCollum with
the No. 10 pick, then traded a pair
of second-round picks to Cleve-
land for the draft rights to
Allen Crabbe.
It seems unlikely the
Blazers would keep all
three selections, for a
couple of reasons.
Portland sent out the second-
youngest roster in the NBA
(behind Philadelphia) last season.
Three more young players is not
what the doctor — Olshey —
wants to order.
In addition, the Blazers will go
into next season with the league’s
highest payroll, at least as it
currently stands — at about $130
million.
Owner Paul Allen will pay
out four player salaries in eight
fi gures — Damian Lillard ($26.15
million),
McCollum
($23.96 million), Crabbe
($18.5 million) and Evan
Turner ($17.13 million).
Behind them are four
players in the high seven
fi gures — Meyers Leonard ($9.9
million), Moe Harkless ($9.66
million), Al-Farouq Aminu
($7.32 million) and Ed Davis
($6.35 million).
Olshey is in the market for
immediate help, particularly at
the forward position. He also may
be looking to move some salary
by sending a player with a high
salary (such as Crabbe, Turner or
Leonard) to a team that has room
to take it under the salary cap,
without sending as much salary
back. Olshey could include a draft Draft Order
pick or two in such a deal.
FIRST ROUND
(from Brooklyn through Boston)
The projected salary cap for 1. 2. Philadelphia
L.A. Lakers
the 2017-18 season is about $101 3. Boston (from Sacramento through Philadelphia)
million, with the luxury tax esti- 4. 5. Phoenix
Sacramento (from Philadelphia)
Orlando
mated at $121 million. As many 6. 7. Minnesota
as 20 teams are expected to have 8. New York
9. Dallas
signifi cant room beneath the cap.
10. Sacramento (from New Orleans)
The Los Angeles Lakers are 11. Charlotte
Detroit
one of the NBA’s youngest teams, 12.
13. Denver
Miami
with plenty of cap room and in 14.
15. Portland
need of veteran talent. Thy have 16. Chicago
. Milwaukee
been taking and making calls 17
18. Indiana
Atlanta
about a potential trade of the 19.
20. Portland (from Memphis through Denver and Cleveland)
second selection, which they own. 21. Oklahoma City
Brooklyn (from Washington)
There are other teams drafting 22.
23. Toronto (from L.A. Clippers through Milwaukee)
ahead of the Blazers who might 24. Utah
25. Orlando (from Toronto)
be willing to deal a pick for a 26. Portland (from Cleveland)
. Brooklyn (from Boston)
lower pick and a package that 27
28. L.A. Lakers (from Houston)
29. San Antonio
See BLAZERS/2B
30. Utah (from Golden State)
Sports shorts
Mickelson splits with caddie
(AP) — Phil Mickelson and his caddie have
decided to part ways after 25 years of one of the
most famous player-caddie relationships on the
PGA Tour.
Mickelson and Jim “Bones” Mackay say the
decision to split was mutual and
not based on an incident.
Mackay, who is not retiring,
is the only full-time caddie
Mickelson has had in a career
that has brought him 45 victories
worldwide, fi ve majors and a spot
in the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Mickelson
Mickelson says his brother, Tim
Mickelson, will caddie for him the rest of the
year.
Mickelson did not play the U.S. Open to
attend his daughter’s high school graduation in
California. Mackay was at Erin Hills scouting
the golf course on the odd chance Mickelson
was able to make it in time.
“There’s no way any of
us wanna really admit
that we can’t remember
how to get home or a
grocery list that the wife
has given us or how to
go pick up our kids to
the school, or whatever
it may be.“
— Warren Sapp
NFL Hall of Famer during an
announcement that he will donate
his brain to the Concussion Legacy
Foundation when he dies. Sapp
said he suffers from memory loss
that he believes is directly related to
hits taken during his playing career.
Woods checks into rehab clinic
(AP) — Tiger Woods has checked into
a clinic to get help for dealing with pain
medication, and his agent is not sure how long
he will be there.
Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Manage-
ment says he could not disclose
the location of the in-patient
treatment Woods is receiving,
or how long the golfer would be
there. Woods said Monday night
that he is receiving professional
help to manage his medications
and how he deals with pain and a
Woods
sleep disorder.
Steinberg says Woods’ May 29 arrest in
Jupiter, Florida, on a DUI charge shook him up.
He says he’s proud of Woods for seeking help,
and that the objective is all about a healthy
lifestyle more than playing golf again.
Woods says his arrest stemmed from a
reaction to prescription medicine.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1932 — Jack Sharkey scores
a 15-round split decision over
Max Schmeling to win the world
heavyweight title in New York.
1965 — Gary Player
becomes the third man to win
golf’s top four pro titles when
he captures the U.S. Open.
Player beats Kel Nagle by three
strokes in a playoff round. Gene
Sarazen and Ben Hogan had
won the U.S. and British Opens,
the Masters and the PGA.
1994 — Lori McNeil
upsets fi ve-time champion
Steffi Graf 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) in
the fi rst round of Wimbledon.
Graf becomes the fi rst reigning
women’s champion to lose in
the fi rst round.
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