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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017
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Rangers snap Mariners streak
Hermiston
thumps
Wyoming
Texas
Rangers’
Delino
DeSh-
ields
rounds
the bas-
es after
hitting a
leadoff
solo
home
run, as
Seattle
Mariners
short-
stop
Jean
Segura,
rear,
watches
during
the fi rst
inning
of a
baseball
game,
Wednes-
day, Aug.
2, 2017,
in Ar-
lington,
Texas.
AP Photo/
Tony Guti-
errez
Texas pounds out three home runs, Cashner quiets Seattle’s bats
six innings to match a career best with his
third straight win. He struck out four and
walked none, but hit two batters.
The Mariners led 1-0 in the fi rst after
ARLINGTON, Texas — Joey Gallo
hit another impressively long home run, Jean Segura was hit by a pitch, stole
second base and scored on Robinson
Andrew Cashner won his third
Cano’s single.
straight start and the Texas
DeShields tied the game with his
Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners
second career leadoff homer, both
5-1 on Wednesday night to snap a
Seattle
this season. The Rangers went ahead
four-game losing streak.
in the fourth when Beltre, who later
Delino DeShields and Elvis
had a single for his 3,002nd career
Andrus also homered for the
hit, had a sacrifi ce fl y that turned
Rangers, who wrapped up a 3-6
into a double play.
homestand during which Adrian
Shin-Soo Shoo scored on
Beltre joined the 3,000-hit club
Texas
Beltre’s fl yball, but Andrus was
and ace pitcher Yu Darvish was
thrown out on an impressive throw
traded away.
by right fi elder Leonys Martin when
Mariners lefty Ariel Miranda
trying to advance from second to
(7-5) struck out fi ve without a
walk in 5 2/3 innings. But he allowed third base.
Andrus went deep in the sixth, a
all three homers as Seattle’s four-game
two-run shot that made it 5-1 only a couple
winning streak ended.
Gallo’s homer in the fi fth made it 3-1 of batters before a 40-minute rain delay.
and was measured at about 460 feet. The Miranda, who has allowed 27 homers
ball landed above the hill in center fi eld on this season, didn’t return when the game
a platform with tables for fans to sit and resumed.
Gallo has homered six times in his last
watch the game. One of his two homers
Tuesday night landed on the roof of the nine games. His 28 homers account for
nearly half of his 60 hits this season — he
club in that same vicinity.
Cashner (7-8) gave up one run over
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
1
5
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
Seattle Mariners’ Nelson Cruz grimaces af-
ter being hit on the left elbow by a pitch
from Texas Rangers’ Andrew Cashner during
the third inning of a baseball game, Wednes-
day, Aug. 2, 2017, in Arlington, Texas.
Junior League team
advances in West
Regional tournament
East Oregonian
The Hermiston little league team
kicked off play at the Junior League
West Regional tournament, playing as
Team Oregon, on Tuesday with a 14-4
loss to Arizona.
But on Wednesday afternoon things
turned around in a big way for Herm-
iston as it walloped Wyoming for a
20-2 victory in San Jose,
California. Hermiston
tallied 10 hits in the
game, but its offense
was helped out by eight
Wyoming errors to notch
the 20 runs.
Ethin Randolph was the star offen-
sively for Hermiston, as he put together
a 4 for 5 day with fi ve RBI and a pair
of runs scored out of the cleanup spot
in the batting order. One spot ahead in
the lineup was Sam Schwirse who also
had a strong day going 3 for 4 with fi ve
RBI, four runs scored and a walk.
Carter Tolan was 0 for 2 but worked
three walks and tied Schwirse for
the team lead with four runs scored.
Spencer Juul and Trevor Wagner were
the only other Hermiston batters to pick
up hits.
On the pitching mound, fi ve kids
pitched in to allow just two runs and
three hits to Wyoming, as well as
tallying nine strikeouts. Alexis Rosales
took up the most time with 2 1/3 score-
less innings giving up one hit and two
walks with two strikeouts.
Hermiston held a 2-1 lead after one
inning but blew the game open in the
second with a fi ve-run showing to take
a 7-1 lead. Hermiston then scored 13
runs combined over the fourth and fi fth
innings as the team sent 21 batters to
the plate in that span.
Hermiston will next play Hawaii
(1-1) today at 1 p.m. A win advances
Hermiston on to the next round of the
tournament while a loss will send it
home.
MISSION
Coston jumps
to lead at
Senior Open
NFL
Ravens still pondering options on Kaepernick
By DAVID GINSBURG
Associated Press
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Joe
Flacco’s health. The salary cap.
And of course, potential negative
fan reaction.
The Baltimore Raves are
weighing all these factors — and
then some — as they continue to
wrestle with the decision whether
to sign free agent quarterback
Colin Kaepernick.
It’s been a week since Ravens
coach John Harbaugh fl oated
the idea of adding Kaepernick, a
veteran with Super Bowl experi-
ence and the baggage that comes
from his decision last year to liter-
ally sit out the national
still have plenty of holes
anthem on game day.
to fi ll, including on a
The topic of Kaeper-
porous offense line.
nick came up on the
But biggest chal-
fi rst day of training
lenge for the Ravens is
camp because Flacco,
gauging the potential
the team’s starter for
backlash that might
the past nine seasons,
be created by signing
arrived with a bad back.
a player who gained
Flacco still hasn’t taken
widespread attention
a snap, though he insists Kaepernick
last year for his decision
he’s on the mend.
to sit — then eventually
Kaepernick remains an option, kneel —during the national
particularly since backup Ryan anthem to protest police brutality
Mallett has not performed well and racial injustice.
in practice. One problem is the
So, the Ravens will weigh all
Ravens face in signing Kaeper- their options before deciding if
nick is they don’t have much Kaepernick is worth the money.
space under the salary cap and
“It’s all linked,” Harbaugh
said. “People want to draw big
broad lines about, ‘It’s about this’
or ‘about that,’ but it’s never one
thing. So, we’ll just have to see
where it goes and try to do the
best thing for our football team,
organization and everything.”
Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti
has interviewed current and
former players on the topic,
including retired linebacker Ray
Lewis and tight end Benjamin
Watson, now in his second year
with the team.
“I was surprised mainly
because I don’t get a vote,”
Watson said Wednesday after
practice. “This organization will
See KAEPERNICK/2B
East Oregonian
MISSION — After a prosperous fi rst
round of the Wildhorse Senior Oregon
Open Invitational saw 38 golfers turn in
a score of par-72 or better on Tuesday,
Wednesday’s second round saw many
fall back to earth.
Just 21 golfers hit par or better on
Wednesday, led by Jeff Coston, a pro
at Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club
in Blaine, Washingotn, who shot a
2-under 70 to jump into fi rst place with
a 6-under 138 through two rounds.
Coston is no stranger to this tourna-
ment, either, winning it in 2007, 2009,
2011, and 2012.
First round leader Mark Keating
dropped back one spot on the leader-
board to a two-way tie for second place
after turning in a 2-over 74 on the day.
He is tied with Redmond, Washington
See GOLF/2B
Sports shorts
Cleveland places All-Star on DL
BOSTON (AP) — The Cleveland Indians’
pitching staff has taken two big hits: All-Star
Andrew Miller is on the disabled list, and starter
Josh Tomlin is out six weeks.
Miller was placed on the DL on Wednesday
with right knee tendinitis, an injury
that could explain his recent
wildness.
One of baseball’s best relievers,
Miller pitched in Tuesday night’s
12-10 loss at Boston, giving up
Eduardo Nunez’s three-run double
off the Green Monster.
Miller
Miller is 4-3 with two saves and
a 1.67 ERA in 46 appearances this season. He
has not been himself lately, walking 10 batters
in the past 21 innings. Miller only walked nine
batters in 74 [1/3] innings last season.
The Indians recalled right-hander Adam
Plutko from Triple-A Columbus to take Miller’s
spot on the active roster.
“Now if you told me this
guy threw eight pick-sixes
last year and played like
a bum, had no talent,
that’s one thing. But Ryan
Fitzpatrick, Ryan Mallett,
or whoever is playing for
the Jets right now ... have
jobs. You’re telling me
fans would rather you lose
and put a worse player
out there because a guy
took a stand? That’s where
it’s so troublesome to me.“
— Richard Sherman
Seattle defensive back criticizing NFL teams
for not employing Colin Kaepernick.
Legendary Notre Dame football
coach passes away at age 94
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Ara Parseghian,
who took over a foundering Notre Dame football
program and restored it to glory with two
national championships in 11 seasons, has died.
He was 94.
University of Notre Dame Pres-
ident Rev. John Jenkins announced
in a statement that Parseghian died
at home at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Parseghian and the Irish won
titles in 1966 and 1973, but he
abruptly retired after the 1974
Parseghian
season at age 51 with a record of
95-17-4. He said he was worn out and ready for
a change.
Parseghian started his coaching career at
Miami University, his alma mater, and then spent
eight seasons leading Northwestern. He came to
Notre Dame in 1964, with the Irish having gone
fi ve seasons without a winning record.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1949 — The National
Basketball Association is
formed by the merger of the
National Basketball League
and the Basketball Associa-
tion of America.
1996 — Andre Agassi,
the Dream Team and the
U.S. women’s 400-meter
relay team win Olympic
gold medals, while the
American men’s 400 relay
settles for silver. With Carl
Lewis idled by a coach’s
decision and Leroy Burrell
injured, the men’s 400 team
is shocked by Canada — the
fi rst time the U.S. lost the
event at the Olympics.
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