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M’s slug past Astros
PENDLETON
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton boys basketball coach Kyle
Tedder advises one of his players
during a 2016 game against Hermis-
ton at Warberg Court. Tedder resigned
on Tuesday after three seasons in
Pendleton to take a teaching job at
North Medford High School.
Tedder
resigns
after 3
seasons
Bucks boys basketball
coach takes job in Medford
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
in the fi rst with a leadoff single
before a single by Jean Segura.
Mitch Haniger grounded into a
forceout that left Segura out at
second and scored Gordon to
make it 1-0. Nelson Cruz singled
before Seager’s 10th homer this
season made it 4-0.
The Mariners loved giving
Paxton such a big early cushion
to work with.
“It’s defi nitely big,” Seager
said. “It’s big to jump on any-
body, any game but especially
we know what their offense is
capable of and it’s really nice to
give Paxton some wiggle room
and let him take care of the rest.”
Ben Gamel opened the sec-
ond with a single and Zunino
pushed the lead to 6-0 with his
blast to left fi eld.
Carlos Correa and Yuli Gur-
PENDLETON — Kyle Tedder has
resigned as head boys basketball coach
at Pendleton High School after three sea-
sons at the helm.
Tedder, who is also employed by the
school as a teacher, submitted his resig-
nation for both positions to the school
board, which were accepted by the board
at its regular meeting on Tuesday morn-
ing. The 26-year-old told the East Orego-
nian that he recently accepted a teaching
position at North Medford High School,
which is closer to his native Coos Bay.
“I got an opportunity to go home,”
Tedder said by phone. “It’s hard giving up
a good head coaching job, but it’s more
of a personal life choice for me. It’s an
opportunity that I couldn’t pass up ... to
be back with my family and back with my
friends.”
The Marshfi eld High School graduate
came to Pendleton in 2015 after fi nishing
a standout collegiate basketball career at
Southern Oregon University and then one
year at North Medford as the junior var-
sity coach while doing his student teach-
ing. In his three seasons in Pendleton, the
Buckaroos were one of the most consis-
tent programs in Class 5A, compiling a
47-24 (.662) overall record, a 23-4 mark
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(AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith
Seattle Mariners’ Mike Zunino, right, celebrates his two-run home run off Houston Astros starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel with
Ben Gamel during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday in Houston.
Early homers helps
Seattle over Houston
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Even though
it’s only June, the Seattle Mari-
ners know playing well against
the Houston Astros will be vital
if they hope to reach the postsea-
son for the fi rst time since 2001.
They did that on Tuesday
night, slugging their way to a
lopsided win that left them two
games ahead of the World Series
champs in fi rst place in the
American League West.
Kyle Seager, Mike Zunino
and Jean Segura all homered off
Dallas Keuchel early to back up
another solid start by James Pax-
ton and give the Mariners the
7-1 victory.
“Every series against in-divi-
sion teams is big but really every
game is really important,” Pax-
ton said. “But especially these
guys being at the top of the divi-
sion with them right now, every
game puts us ahead of them so
they’re important to win.”
Their bats got going early on
Tuesday night, with Seager hit-
ting a three-run homer in Seat-
tle’s four-run fi rst and Zunino
padding the lead to 6-0 with his
two-run shot in the second.
Paxton (5-1) gave up nine hits
but just one run in 7 2/3 innings
to extend his winning streak to
fi ve games. The Canadian lefty
struck out six and walked one to
lower his ERA to 2.95.
For the Astros the struggles
continue for Keuchel (3-8), the
2015 AL Cy Young Award win-
ner. He tied a season-high by
yielding seven hits and the seven
runs were the most he’s allowed
this season. It was the second
time he’s given up three hom-
ers this season as he lost for the
third time in four games.
He thinks he must be doing
something to give away what
he’s about to throw.
“The fi rst thing that pops up
is either I’m tipping or they’re
getting something on me,” he
said. “We’ll take a look at it and
go from there. If you would’ve
told me I was 3-8 at this point of
the season, I probably would’ve
laughed in your face (but) ... I’ll
be better.”
Marwin Gonzalez was a
home run shy of the cycle and
drove in Houston’s only run
with a second-inning double
on a night the Astros had trou-
ble stringing together hits and
dropped their third straight.
Dee Gordon started things
Complete Beavers dominate Corvallis Regional, Gophers next
OSU now hosts
Minnesota in Super
Regionals
By BOB LUNDEBERG
Albany Democrat-Herald
The College World Series
rematch between Ore-
gon State and LSU didn’t
quite live up to the lofty
expectations.
For a variety of reasons,
the Tigers were no match
for the top-seeded Bea-
vers at last weekend’s Cor-
vallis Regional. OSU out-
scored the SEC power 26-1
over the fi nal two games of
the regional, sending No.
2-seeded LSU back to Lou-
isiana with plenty to ponder.
“Going into this year, it
helped just having a lot of
guys with the experience and
to know what we’re fi ghting
for all offseason long,” OSU
junior infi elder Nick Madri-
gal said after Sunday night’s
12-0 victory. The Beavers
also routed LSU 14-1 on
Saturday before the largest
— and possibly the loudest
— crowd in Goss Stadium
history.
“Just to get the taste of
Omaha, some guys never
get to experience it. …
Everyone knew what we
were fi ghting for. It helps to
have a lot of guys that went
through it.”
OSU (47-10-1) will host
Minnesota (44-13) this
weekend in the Corvallis
Super Regional. The win-
ner of the best-of-3 series
advances to the CWS.
The Tigers were out-hit
29-10 in 18 innings against
OSU as the SEC tournament
runners-up slowly ran out of
pitching. LSU also commit-
ted three errors and was 4
for 21 with runners on base
during the two shellackings.
At last year’s CWS, LSU
bounced back from a 13-1
drubbing to end OSU’s sea-
son. There was no recovery
this time.
“We just got beat by a
superior team out here,”
LSU coach Paul Mainieri
said.
The Beavers were nearly
perfect on defense during
the regional, committing
just one error in three games.
OSU turned six double plays
and took away multiple hits
around the diamond.
Steven Kwan may have
been the top performer, rob-
bing at least two doubles
with spectacular catches in
center fi eld. Kwan crashed
into the wall Sunday night
while chasing down a deep
drive from Daniel Cabrera.
“I’ve got the best defense
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Sports shorts
Justify draws No. 1 post
for Triple Crown try
NEW YORK (AP) — Kentucky
Derby and Preakness winner Jus-
tify will break from the No. 1 post as
the early 4-5 favorite in the Belmont
Stakes as the colt tries to complete a
Triple Crown sweep.
Trainer Bob Baffert is not a fan of
the inside post for his horses, no mat-
ter what the race.
Justify will take on nine rivals in
the 1½-mile race Saturday at Bel-
mont Park. Trainer Todd Pletcher will
saddle Noble Indy and Vino Rosso,
and he says Baffert must be nervous.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
Florida St. wins fi rst WCWS title
AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Pitcher
Meghan King settled down after a rough
start to complete a record-setting Wom-
en’s College World Series, and Florida
State beat Washington 8-3 on Tuesday
night to claim its fi rst national title.
The Seminoles (58-12) won the best-
of-three championship series 2-0. They
lost their opener before winning six
straight to become just the third team
to come through the losers’ bracket and
take the title.
1919 — Man o’ War wins his
fi rst race, a 5-furlong contest over
a straightaway at Belmont Park.
The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six
lengths, covering the distance in
59 seconds.
2007 — The Anaheim Ducks
capture the Stanley Cup with a 6-2
victory over the Ottawa Senators,
ending the series in fi ve games.
2007 — Trevor Hoffman
becomes the fi rst major leaguer
with 500 career saves when he
closes out the L.A. Dodgers, 5-2.
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