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SPORTS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON HERMISTON Bucks working to rebound Bulldogs ready for home opener Hermiston hoping air conditions improve enough to host Lewiston By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Kirk Liscom (21), Cam Sandford and Bendon Bedolla wrap up La Grande’s Isaac Chamberlain in the Bucks’ 36-29 loss to the Tigers on Sept. 2 in Pendleton. Stuck indoors, Pendleton prepares for battle with Putnam By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Football Putnam Pendleton Kingsmen Buckaroos (1-0) (0-1) • Friday, 7 p.m. • at Pendleton High School After Pendleton’s Week 1 loss to La Grande, the Buckaroos (0-1) had hoped to get right back on the practice fi eld to fi x their issues prior to Week 2. However, smoke from raging wildfi res all over the Northwest has crowded the air and has severely limited the ability for teams like Pendleton to spend time on the practice fi eld. The Buckaroos, and just about every team in the state, have practiced the past two days indoors in the secondary gymna- sium at the High School, donning their helmets, shoulder pads and tennis shoes to try to get at least some work in as they prepare for Friday’s game against Rex Putnam. “The fi rst two days of practice in the summer is what it’s feeling like right now because we’re so limited on what we can do,” See BUCKS/2B The Oregon Farewell Tour continues this week for Hermiston, well maybe. The Bulldogs football team hopes the air quality improves Football by Friday as it hosts its fi rst competitor of the new season at Kennison Field. The Bulldogs Lewiston (ID) (0-1) will welcome the Bengals Lewiston (ID) Bengals, (1-1) who have one more game under their belt and come to town with a 1-1 Hermiston record and a new head Bulldogs coach in Matt Pancheri. Hermiston isn’t (0-1) • Fri., 7 p.m. worried, though. Despite having to • Kennison hold practice inside of Field in Hermiston the school’s gymnasium • Radio: 1360 the past couple of days KOHU and the uncertainty of mother nature, head coach David Faaeteete is sticking to his mantra: attention to detail, execu- tion, and championship performances whether it be on the gridiron or on a basketball court. Faaeteete and the rest of his squad See BULLDOGS/2B MLB Maybin’s homer in 9th lifts Houston past Seattle Mariners slide to 3½ games back in Wild Card standings By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Newly acquired Cameron Maybin hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift Houston past the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Wednesday night, as the Astros completed a three-game sweep to extend their winning streak to seven. Houston Seattle 5 3 Carlos Beltran opened the ninth with a double down the left-fi eld line off closer Edwin Diaz (3-6), who relieved to start the inning. Jake Marisnick ran for Beltran and advanced to third on Max Stassi’s groundout to short. Maybin, claimed off waivers last week from the Los Angeles Angels, then lofted a 1-0 pitch into the right-fi eld corner for his ninth home run and second game-winner in as many nights. Maybin also hit a two-run homer Tuesday that gave the Astros a 3-1 victory. Chris Devenski (8-3) pitched the fi nal 1 1/3 innings for the win. Seattle erased a 2-1 defi cit with two runs in the sixth off Lance McCullers Jr., activated off the disabled list earlier in the day for his fi rst start since July 30. Jean Segura tripled to open the sixth and came home on Robinson Cano’s one-out RBI single. Nelson Cruz singled, chasing McCullers. Mitch Hani- ger’s RBI single off Will Harris made it 3-2. Houston tied it in the seventh on a double by Marwin Gonzalez and RBI single by George Springer. McCullers, an All-Star for the fi rst time this season, did not allow a hit until Kyle Seager opened the fi fth with his 22nd homer, his third in three games. McCullers allowed three runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking one in a 76-pitch outing. See MARINERS/2B Staff photo by Eric Singer Hermiston senior DB/WR Joey Gutierrez returns a kick during an August practice at Kennison Field. NFL Seahawks’ Bennett says he feared death by Las Vegas police Accuses police of racially motivated excessive force use By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett accused Las Vegas police failed to stop for on Wednesday of offi cers searching a racially motivated crowded casino for excessive force, what they believed to saying he was be an active shooter threatened at just hours after the gunpoint and hand- Aug. 26 boxing cuffed following a match between Floyd report of gunshots at Bennett Mayweather Jr. and an after-hours club Conor McGregor. at a casino-hotel. “I believe this Police said they’re inves- case will become completely tigating, but that Bennett clear as all the available video is reviewed for evidentiary purposes,” Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters. “We’ll see very, very clearly exactly what happened on this incident.” Bennett said on a Twitter message titled “Dear World,” that police “singled me out and pointed their guns at me for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time.” McMahill aired a lengthy video clip taken from a police sergeant’s body camera during a search of the Cromwell casino after a report of gunfi re at the Drai’s nightclub. But he said at least one offi cer who encountered Bennett didn’t have his body camera on at the time. Bennett isn’t seen until the very end of the clip — being handcuffed as he lies prone in a traffi c lane on Las Vegas Boulevard. McMahill said that with an internal affairs investiga- tion just beginning, he saw “no evidence that race played any role in this incident.” Police and casino offi cials later attributed the report of See BENNETT/3B Sports shorts Cleveland matches franchise record with 14th straight victory CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Carrasco allowed three hits in a complete game, giving the Cleveland Indians their 14th straight win in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. Cleveland equaled its longest winning streak in franchise history and also won its 10th straight road game as the right-hander lost his shutout with two outs in the ninth inning when Adam Engel homered. Carrasco (14-6) faced 28 batters and threw 97 pitches in his eighth career complete game, throwing 76 strikes. Carlos Santana hit a two-run home run as Cleveland added three runs in the eighth inning to break open a 1-0 game. The streak is MLB’s longest this season and the Indians have a chance to set a franchise record with 15 straight on Thursday in Chicago. “This is probably the last benchmark. This is my thing. This is what I worked for all offseason to be prepared for. I can’t wait. It’s been a long road. I look forward to being out there and having fun.“ — Marcus Mariota Tennessee Titans QB will return to the football fi eld for a regular season game for the fi rst time on Sept. 10 since breaking his leg during a 2016 game on Christmas Eve. US Open has all-American lineup in women’s semifi nals NEW YORK (AP) — In the US Open women’s quarterfi nals on Wednesday, 15th-seeded Madison Keys completed an all-American lineup in the fi nal four with a dominating 6-3, 6-3 victory over 418th-ranked qualifi er Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in only 69 minutes Wednesday night. Earlier, No. 20 CoCo Vandeweghe knocked off top-seeded Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (4), 6-3. Keys and Vandeweghe will meet Thursday to determine which reaches her fi rst Grand Slam fi nal. Venus Williams and Sloane Stephens set up their all-U.S. semifi nal with victories Tuesday. It is the fi rst time since 1981 that all four women’s semifi nalists in New York are from the host country. “American tennis,” Stephens said, “is headed in the right direction.” THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1993 — Mark Whiten of the St. Louis Cardinals has the greatest game at the plate in major league history In the 15-2 win against Cincinnati. Whiten hits four home runs and drives in 12 runs, becoming the only player to accomplish both feats in one game. 2001 — Venus Williams and Serena Williams reach the fi nals of the U.S. Open and become the fi rst sisters to play for a Grand Slam cham- pionship in more than 100 years. Venus defeats Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-2, after Serena powers her way past top-seeded Martina Hingis 6-3, 6-2 in 51 minutes. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
