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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Roundup PENDLETON Dawgs Buckaroos grind out victory fall on road to Eagles Pendleton’s Kalan Mc- Glothan (9) and Rylee Gentner (7) get ready to block the hit of Jodi Thom- asian, of The Dalles, during Tuesday’s game at Warberg Court. Pendleton won the match 3-1, Hood River sweeps Hermiston East Oregonian HOOD RIVER — The Hermiston volleyball team continued Columbia River Conference play on Tuesday night as it traveled west on Interstate 84 to take on the Hood River Valley Eagles. The Bulldogs faced another well-seasoned team, which ended up taking advantage of unforced errors by Hermiston in route to a three straight set defeat (12-25, 14-25, 21-25). “Tonight was a tough loss for us simply because we had a hard time fi nding our rhythm,” head coach Amy Dyck said. However, the Bulldogs (2-7, 0-2 CRC) didn’t give up without a fi ght. “We came back in the third set and battled and made them work for their points,” Dyck said. Leading the charge for Hermiston was Ireland McDonough, who ended the night with three aces and seven digs; Breena Wadekamper, who notched six assists; and Kendall Dowdy, who recorded four kills and eight digs. Up next for the Bulldogs is a trip to Pendleton to face the Buckaroos at 6:30 Thursday. HEPPNER 3, PILOT ROCK 0 — At Heppner, the Mustangs played host to Pilot Rock, and earned its fi rst league victory after sweeping the Rockets in three sets. The 25-5, 25-21, 26-24, win was a true testament to the grit the Mustangs have shown on the court, according to head coach Mindy Wilson. See PREPS/3B Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton shows rust against Riverhawks, but keeps unbeaten streak alive By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian The fi rst two weeks of the volleyball season were a breeze for Pendleton, winning all fi ve matches without dropping a single set. Tuesday night’s game against The Dalles was anything but a breeze, however, even though the Buckaroos came out winners by a 3-1 score to remain unbeaten on the season. It was a week play to our ability in Volleyball since Pendleton’s last this one,” Pendleton game, and the rust senior Rylee Gentner was obvious with said. “We had a week communication on The Dalles Pendleton break and getting into the court lacking at it, we were kind of times and Buckaroos rolling in the motions giving away too and we needed to pick many points to the it up like we normally Riverhawks. do.” “It feels good to win but we Pendleton (6-0, 2-0 CRC) started have to work for it and we didn’t the fi rst set by seemingly going 1 3 through the motions at times and held a 16-13 lead halfway through. The Bucks fi nished strong to take the fi rst set 25-14 but then came out in the second set sluggish again and trailed the Riverhawks (2-5, 1-1) 7-6. But once again, Pendleton fi nished the set strong and pulled out a 25-16 victory. In the third set the Buckaroos appeared on its way to yet another See BUCKAROOS/3B MLB Rangers score twice in 8th inning to hand Mariners fourth straight loss Seattle running out of time to gain ground in Wild Card standings By TIM BOOTH Associated Press AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson Seattle Mariners’ Robinson Cano (22) is tagged out by Texas Rangers fi rst baseman Joey Gallo (13) after be- ing caught between bases following a groundout by Seattle’s Kyle Seager during Tuesday’s game in Seattle. SEATTLE — Shin-Soo Choo’s sacrifi ce fl y broke a tie in the eighth inning, Elvis Andrus followed with an RBI single and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Tuesday night to boost their slim playoff chances. The Rangers won their second straight after a fi ve-game losing streak and pulled within 3½ games of Texas Seattle 3 1 Minnesota for the second American League wild card. Pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez, slowed for the past week by a sprained ankle, led off the eighth with a double against Nick Vincent (3-3). Delino DeShields beat out a bunt single and Choo followed with a fl y ball deep enough that pinch- runner Will Middlebrooks scored easily to give Texas the lead. Andrus added a broken-bat single that scored DeShields. Seattle lost its fourth straight and squandered an opportunity to move within three games of Minnesota. And it was a major baserun- ning mistake that came back to bite the Mariners. With one out and runners at the corners in the seventh inning, Yonder Alonso was caught too far off third base as Guillermo Heredia pulled back on a bunt attempt. Alonso was easily thrown out by catcher Robinson Chirinos. Heredia eventu- ally singled against Tony Barnette (2-1), but Ben Gamel popped out to end the threat. Alex Claudio pitched the ninth for his ninth save. Texas starter Martin Perez and Seattle counter- part Mike Leake were both excellent but didn’t fi gure in the decision. Leake allowed just one run in 6 2/3 innings, scat- tering six hits and striking out fi ve. His only major trouble came in the second when Adrian Beltre led off with a single, advanced to third on Nomar Mazara’s double and scored on Joey Gallo’s groundout. Leake limited the damage to just that run and immediately went on a roll, retiring 14 of the next 15 before Andrus reached on an infi eld single with two outs in the sixth. Leake has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his four starts since being See MARINERS/3B Sports shorts Dolphins suspend LB for going AWOL MIAMI (AP) — Linebacker Lawrence Timmons was suspended indefi nitely by the Miami Dolphins after he went AWOL on the eve of the team’s season opener. Timmons wanted to rejoin the team this week, but coach Adam Gase was angered by the disappearance of the 11th-year veteran, which occurred Saturday in Los Angeles the day before Miami’s game at the Chargers. The Dolphins fi led a missing person report before making contact with Timmons, who apparently was dealing with a Timmons personal matter. He wasn’t with the Dolphins at the game and didn’t fl y back to South Florida on the team plane after Miami’s 19-17 win. Timmons signed a $12 million, two-year deal with Miami in March after 10 seasons with Pittsburgh, where he won a Super Bowl ring in 2009 and made the Pro Bowl in 2014. “I have been in the huddle one time when a quarterback came in and I did not know who he was and I had to shake his hand and introduce myself.“ — Joe Thomas The Cleveland Browns’ all-pro left tackle in an interview on The Dan Patrick Show about the Browns’ QB issues over the past two decades. Thomas has protect- ed 18 different QBs in his 10- year career. He also surpassed 10,000 consecutive snaps played in Sunday’s loss to Baltimore. NHL player diagnosed with cancer, plans to keep playing (AP) — New Jersey Devils forward Brian Boyle has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a type of bone-marrow cancer that the team’s doctor said can largely be treated with medication Boyle has been away from the team during training camp while getting diagnosed. On a conference call Tuesday, Boyle said he hopes to start playing hockey again soon. Boyle “We have a good plan of attack here and I’m looking forward to getting on the ice and playing,” Boyle said. General manager Ray Shero said the cancer was discovered in bloodwork during the Devils’ team physicals at the start of camp. Boyle is a veteran of 624 NHL games with four teams, most recently with Tampa Bay and Toronto, and has 93 goals and 76 assists THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1987 — Chicago’s Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown’s NFL record with his 107th rushing touchdown, and the Bears defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-3. 2002 — Mike Altman and Simon Carcagno become the fi rst Americans to reach the fi nals of the lightweight men’s pair event at the World Rowing Championships at Seville, Spain. 2015 — The U.S. defeats Europe in the biggest comeback in Solheim Cup history. Paula Creamer beats Germany’s Sandra Gal 4 and 3 to complete the 14 1/2-13 1/2 victory. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
