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SPORTS SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep roundup Tigers sweep Pirates East Oregonian The Stanfield Tigers remain unbeaten in league play after sweeping the Riverside Pirates 9-3 and 21-11 on Friday after- noon in Boardman. The Tigers (13-4 overall, 7-0 Eastern Oregon League) hit a combined five home runs on the day and a total of 12 extra-base hits overall. Brody Woods and Justin Keeney each had six hits on the day for the Tigers, with Woods adding a home run, two doubles, five RBI and four runs scored. Keeney also had six RBI and scored four runs. Also stuffing the stat sheet for Stanfield offensively was Adrian Renner with five hits and four runs, TJ Smith with four hits, a home run and three runs, Shayne Keltz with four hits, a home run, three RBI and three runs, Hunter McCanch with three hits and Damian Curial and Makiah Blankenship each with a home run. Woods also earned the win on the mound in Game 1 after recording 10 strikeouts while allowing just one hit and one run over four innings. For the Pirates (5-10, 1-6), Calvillo had three hits with a double and two runs scored and Sorensen had three hits with two RBI. ———— Staff photo by Kathy Aney Isaac Sanchez, of Hermiston, leads the first lap of the 1500-meter run Friday at the Kiwanas Invitational at Kennison Field. Locals shine at Kiwanis Invite Great weather leads to great competition in Hermiston Game 1 R H E SHS 201 120 3 — 9 18 1 RHS 100 010 1 — 3 8 2 (S) B. Woods, D. Curial (5) and A. Renner. (R) Corpus, Sorensen (5), Barajas (7). W — Woods, L — Corpus. 2B — L. White (SHS). 3B — A. Renner (SHS). HR — M. Blankenship (SHS). By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Game 2 R H E SHS 650 037 — 21 16 9 RHS 251 210 — 11 7 5 (S) T. Smith, J. Keeney (3), H. McCanch (5) and A. Renner. (R) Sorensen, Gorham (1), Barajas (2), Corpus (5), Hegar (6). W — Keeney, L — Barajas. 2B — D. Curial, B. Woods 2, J. Keeney, T. Smith (SHS); Calvillo (RHS). HR — D. Curial, B. Woods, S. Keltz, T. Smith (SHS). IRRIGON 5-2, BURNS 2-12 — At Irrigon, the Irrigon Knights split a league double- header with the Burns Hilanders on Friday afternoon. In Game 1, Zach Henrichs threw a gem for the Knights as he allowed only six hits, two runs and one walk in six innings See ROUNDUP/3B H Staff photo by Kathy Aney Nicholas Breshears, of Hermiston, leads a group of steeplechase runners over the waterjump Friday at the Kiwanas Invitational at Kennison Field. ERMISTON — Mother nature has not been kind for local track and field athletes this spring. Heavy rainshowers wiped out a meet in Pendleton to begin the season, and a mixture of gray clouds, cold tempera- tures, light rains and high, steady winds have been a constant visitor for nearly every meet of the season. However, on Friday afternoon, the weather was finally on the athletes’ side. Blue skies and sunshine covered Hermiston High’s Kennison Field and temperatures sat in the low 70s for Hermiston’s annual Kiwanis Invita- tional, which was a pleasant sight to the athletes competing. “It was a big stress reliever,” Pendle- ton’s Edwin Linares said of the weather. “It makes me hope there are going to be more sunny days ahead and less rainy ones. I was getting tired of the rainy season, having to bring sweats every where.” Ten different schools — Hermiston, Pendleton, Kamiakin, Chiawana, Hanford, The Dalles, La Grande, Baker, Moses Lake, Mac-Hi — and hundreds of athletes littered the grounds of Kennison Field for the meet, which brought a lot of good competition for the local schools. See INVITE/4B M’s rally past Rangers 6-2 Segura keys 4-run 9th inning By SCHUYLER DIXON Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Jean Segura and the Seattle Mariners figured five straight games scoring two runs or less were more than enough. Segura hit a two-run double in a four-run ninth inning after Mitch Haniger’s tying homer in the eighth, lifting the Mariners over the Texas Rangers 6-2 on Friday night. Seattle had dropped four of the five games during the offensive skid, which ended with three hits apiece from Segura and Haniger and 14 total. The late runs came after the Mariners scored just once despite having a runner at second with no outs in each of the first four innings. “We were due to put a rally together,” manager Scott Servais said. “We certainly had a lot of chances earlier in the ballgame. Our situational hitting and some other stuff, our execution wasn’t very good early.” The liner to right center from Segura chased Texas closer Keone Kela (2-1), who gave up singles to Daniel Vogelbach and Dee Gordon and got his only out on Guillermo Heredia’s sacrifice bunt. Haniger’s fifth homer was a two-out shot to the berm in center field against Chris Martin. Haniger and Kyle Seager added RBI singles in the ninth off Jake Diekman as the Rangers remained the only team in the majors without a win in a series opener, dropping to 0-7. Juan Nicasio (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth, and Edwin Diaz struck out two in the ninth around a walk and a hit batter. See MARINERS/3B AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez Seattle Mariners’ Dee Gordon (9) celebrates with Mitch Haniger (17) after Haniger’s home run tied the score against the Texas Rangers in the eighth inning of a Friday’s game in Arlington, Texas. Sports shorts Karolyis to NBC: ‘No way’ they knew about doctor’s behavior NEW YORK (AP) — Former USA Gymnastics women’s national team coordinator Martha Karolyi and husband Bela tell NBC they were unaware of the abusive behavior by a former national team doctor now serving decades in prison. Martha Karolyi led the national team for 15 years before retiring after the 2016 Rio Olympics. She tells Savannah Guthrie in “no way” did she suspect Larry Nassar was sexually abusing athletes under the guise of treatment. “The whole gymnastics community couldn’t recognize this,” Martha Karolyi said in an excerpt provided to The Associated Press on Friday by NBC. “Everybody said, ‘Larry Nassar is a good doctor. Larry Nassar is a good guy.’” Curry cleared for modified practice OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry has been cleared to take part in modified practices but will be out at least one more week with a left knee injury. The Warriors said Curry was examined by the team’s medical staff Friday and is making progress in recovering from the grade 2 left MCL sprain that has sidelined him since March 23. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1951 — The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in five years as they beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in the fifth game. 1980 — Bill Rodgers wins his third straight Boston Marathon. Rosie Ruiz is disqualified eight days later as women’s champion when it’s discovered she did not run the entire distance. 2012 — Phil Humber throws the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
