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All-EO Softball Team
Richards thrives on competition
Richards by the
numbers
Pendleton junior
named All-EO
Player of the Year
229
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Strikeouts (Single-sea-
PENDLETON
—
Leading Corvallis 1-0 in the
top of the sixth inning, with
no outs and the bases loaded,
Pendleton pitcher Lauren
Richards held her team’s
season in her right hand.
With pursed lips and a
steely glare, Richards went
to work.
Three straight strikeouts
— three of 14 in the game for
the 2017 All-EO Player of
the Year — sent the subdued
Spartans back into the field
without a single run, and
the Buckaroos would come
through for three runs in their
turn at bat to seal a 4-0 win.
It was a huge moment in
what had become the junior
Buckaroo’s breakout season,
and was the perfect example
of the attribute that allowed
Richards to obliterate Pend-
leton’s strikeout record in
her first season as the team’s
full-time starter in the circle.
“It’s just her amazing
work ethic and competitive
spirit,” said Pendleton head
son school record)
1.46
Strikeouts per inning
(Single-season school
record)
21
Pitching Wins
1.25
Earned Run Average
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Lauren Richards has been named the All-EO softball player of the year for her efforts behind the
plate and in the pitching circle.
softball coach Tim Cary.
“She’s a great competitor.”
“I think on the mound
one of the biggest things you
need to have is the ability
to shake things off and not
letting anything bother you,”
Richards said. “I think that’s
why (my coaches) say I
compete, because I try not to
let anything affect me. I just
let it go and I get on to that
next batter.”
By the time the Buck-
aroos’ season ended in the
.156
semifinals with a 6-5 loss
to eventual state champion
Marist Catholic, Richards
had turned in one of the
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Opponent Batting
Average Against
2017 ALL-EO SOFTBALL FIRST TEAM
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Lauren Richards
Pendleton, junior
Stats: 21-4, 1.25
ERA, 229 K, 157 IP --
.394 avg., 24 R, 9 2B,
Honors: CRC Pitcher
of the Year, 1st team
all-state
Tehya Ostrom
Pilot Rock, senior
Stats: 21-5, 1.80
ERA, 142 IP -- .421
avg., .495 OBP, 26
RBI, 26 R
Honors: SD6 Co-Play-
er of the Year.
IF
Kalan McGlothan
Pendleton, junior
Honors: 1st team
all-Columbia
River
Conference,
2nd
team all-state
P
C
Bailey Hillmick, sr.
Weston-McEwen
Stats: 11-4, 2.07 ERA,
138 K -- .527 avg., 26
R, 8 2B, .675 OBP
Honors: SD1 Player
of the Year, 1st team
all-state
Rhyanne Oates
Pilot Rock, junior
Stats: .487 avg., .598
OBP, .705 SLG, 27
RBI, 40 R, 18 SB
Honors: Special Dis-
trict 6 first team
IF
IF
IF
Micha Fortune
Mac-Hi, senior
Stats: .574 avg.,
.830 SLG, 44 R,
3 HR, 38 SB
Honors: GOL Player
of the Year, 1st team
all-state.
Bekah Roe
Pilot Rock, senior
Stats: .513 avg., .642
OBP, .795 SLG, 17
RBI, 23 R, 14 SB
Payton Hergert
Pendleton, senior
Honors:
Columbia
River
Conference
Player of the Year, 1st
team all-state
OF
OF
OF
UT
UT
Jordyn Lambert
W-McEwen, soph.
Ashlyn Marly
Mac-Hi, freshman
Stats: .342 avg., 21 R,
26 RBI, 2 3B
Honors: 1st team all-
GOL, all-state honor-
able mention.
Kirah McGlothan
Pendleton, soph.
Honors: 1st team
all-Columbia
River
Conference
Mallory Copeland
Mac-Hi, senior
Stats: .519 avg., 7 HR,
36 RBI, .951 SLG -- 10-
2, 2.84 ERA, 58 K
Honors: 1st team all-
GOL, 1st all-state
Alexi Brehaut
Pendleton, jr.
Honors: 1st team
all-Columbia River
Conference
Stats: .410 avg., .718
SLG, 31 R, 34 RBI, 5 HR
Honors:
1st team
all-district, HM all-state
PENDLETON
All-Star softball
team captures
district title
Garton, Samp combine to
throw perfect game
East Oregonian
LA GRANDE — With the Pendleton
9-11-year-old all-stars already winning a
district championship earlier in the week, the
10-12 All-Stars followed suit on Thursday as
it toppled Pilot Rock 10-0 in the Little League
District 3 softball tournament.
Sauren Garton and Jaden Samp each
combined to throw a perfect game in the circle,
with Garton throwing three perfect frames with
seven strikeouts and Samp striking out a pair in
her lone inning.
Muriel Jones-Hoisington led Pendleton’s
offense with a perfect 3 for 3 day, smacking a
pair of doubles with a run and one RBI. Samp
had a team-high three RBIs to go with one run
and a pair of hits, and Daisy Jenness went 2 for
2 with a double, a run and an RBI.
The Pendleton team will now compete in
the state tournament in Portland on July 8.
Pendleton is the defending state champions at
the 10-12 level, beating Southeast Portland 8-4
on July 13, 2016.
MLB
Mariners finish off four-game sweep of Tigers
Seattle’s Moore
dazzles in MLB debut
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Robinson
Cano hit a grand slam and a
two-run homer, Andrew Moore
pitched seven effective innings
to win in his
big
league
debut,
and
the
Seattle
Detroit
Mariners held
off the Detroit
Tigers
9-6
on Thursday
night for their
fifth straight
Seattle
victory.
Cano’s
seventh-in-
ning
grand
slam
off
Francisco Rodriguez, his 13th
homer, put the Mariners up 9-3.
His two-run shot off Daniel
Norris (4-5) in the third staked
Moore to a 5-1 lead.
Moore (1-0), a surprise
6
9
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Seattle Mariners’ Nelson Cruz, left, greets Danny Valen-
cia at home after both scored on a double by Ben Gamel
against the Detroit Tigers during the second inning of a
baseball game Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Seattle.
call-up
Wednesday
from
Triple-A Tacoma, allowed
three runs and six hits in seven
innings. The 23-year-old right-
hander, a second-round pick
in 2015 out of Oregon State,
struck out four and walked
none. He began the season in
Double-A, then went 3-1 in
eight starts at Tacoma.
The Mariners moved above
.500 for the first time this
season at 38-37.
Detroit got within three runs
at 9-6 in the eighth with four
consecutive two-out hits against
Max Povse, also making his
debut. Povse, called up from
Double A on Sunday, allowed
a two-run homer to Miguel
Cabrera and an RBI single to
Justin Upton. Tony Zych got
the final out of the eighth and
Steve Cishek pitched a perfect
ninth for his first save.
Norris allowed five runs on
five hits in six innings as the
Tigers lost their season-high
sixth straight.
The Mariners capitalized on
Norris’ lack of command for
three runs in the second. Nelson
Cruz drew a leadoff walk
and Danny Valencia worked
a one-out walk. Ben Gamel
followed with a two-run double
to right-center, extending his
hitting streak to 14 games.
Guillermo Heredia then singled
in Gamel.
Ian Kinsler got a run back
for Detroit with two outs in the
third with his eighth homer.
Mitch Haniger singled with
one out in the bottom half and
Cano then lined a 2-1 pitch over
the wall in center.
The Tigers pulled within
5-3 in the fifth on an RBI
groundout by Jose Iglesias and
a run-scoring single by Kinsler.
UP NEXT:
Mariners: Felix Hernandez
(2-2, 4.73) is expected to be
activated from the DL and
start the series opener against
Houston.