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SPORTS THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018 RONALDO’S WORLD CUP? 3B 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Late rally lifts Beavers OSU scores eight runs in final two innings to oust North Carolina By ERIC OLSON Associated Press AP Photo/Nati Harnik Oregon State players celebrate after the final out against North Carolina Oregon State came from behind and won 11-6. OMAHA, Neb. — Brett Dan- iels walked in the go-ahead run after Adley Rutschman tied it with a three-run double in the eighth inning, and Oregon State knocked North Carolina out of the College World Series with an 11-6 win Wednesday night. It was a stunning turnabout after the Tar Heels had wiped out a 3-0 deficit to go up 6-3 in the sixth. North Carolina had been 37-0 when leading after seven innings and had won 50 straight when scoring six runs, the longest streak in Division I. Tyler Malone hit his second homer of the CWS, and the Bea- vers’ third of the game, as Ore- gon State (51-11-1) built a five-run cushion and avenged Saturday’s 8-6 loss to the Tar Heels (44-20). North Carolina’s eighth-inning meltdown in a steady mist saw three pitchers walk four batters, one intentionally, and allow three hits. No. 9 batter Zak Taylor started things off with a leadoff single. Nick Madrigal followed with a base hit and Cadyn Grenier won a 12-pitch duel with Joey Lancelotti to walk and load the bases. Rutschman followed with a drive to the center-field wall off Daniels (6-1) for his bases-clear- ing double. Daniels then walked two in a row, the first intentionally, to fill the bases again. Daniels ran the count full against Jack Ander- son before walking him to force in See OSU/3B PENDLETON White Sox win title AP Photo/Seth Wenig New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton reacts after hitting a walk-off two-run home run in the ninth inning. Stanton, Yankees walk-off Mariners Seattle can’t hang on to five- run lead, lose 7-5 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Big John’s Jack Monkman missed the throw as Hodgen’s Blake Swanson slides into second base in the White Sox’s 16-6 win against the Red Sox in the Pendleton Babe Ruth championship game Wednesday at Bob White Field. Hodgen White Sox completed near perfect season with a 16-6 win over Big John’s Red Sox in Babe Ruth title game By SCOTT ORGERA Associated Press pieced together seven strikeouts which got Hodgen out of trouble more than once, including the top of the third after Big John NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton lined a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees erased a five-run defi- cit to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-5 on Wednesday night. Gary Sanchez tied the score with a two-run homer in the eighth, and the Yan- kees went on to complete their largest comeback victory of the season. Didi Gregorius singled with two outs in the ninth and Stanton hammered an 0-2 breaking ball from reliever Ryan Cook (1-1). The slugger knew it was gone the moment he connected, and he took a lit- tle jump at home plate and pumped his arm before tossing his bat aside and cir- cling the bases. The drive traveled a projected 453 feet to left-center for Stanton’s first walk-off homer with the Yankees — his previ- ous one came in April 2014 for the Mar- lins (also vs. Seattle). He was mobbed by teammates and doused as he crossed the plate, throwing his helmet into the air and smiling from ear to ear. “I’m not worried about my personal See BABE RUTH/3B See MARINERS/3B By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian PENDLETON — Michael Corey is no stranger to the dugout. The first-year Babe Ruth coach has worked his way up the ranks of Little League to follow his son, Easton Corey, to the Hodgen White Sox. Both the senior and junior Corey helped lead the team to a 16-6 victory against the Big John’s Red Sox in the 2018 Pendleton Babe Ruth Baseball Championship game at Bob White Field on Wednesday. But it wasn’t just the Corey duo, White Sox’s starting pitcher Blake Swanson, the No. 2 hitter Brock Mackey and the rest of the squad — playing a hard nine, with no subs — worked their way to a 10-run win. “Blake pitched wonderfully tonight,” Michael Corey said. “He gave us four strong innings and pitched well, and Easton broke out tonight and really hit the baseball hard. So, the combination of those things but the truth is that even with those two individuals, we couldn’t have done it without the team Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hodgen’s Collin Primus dives back to first base as Big John’s Jovan Aguilar waits for the throw in the White Sox’s 16-6 win against the Red Sox. and the team is really what stepped up — all nine guys really came in and played well. Swanson lasted 4 1/3 innings on the hill, and had pretty good control of the game despite giving up five runs on two hits. He Sports shorts Arizona’s Ayton likely top choice in NBA draft (AP) — There’s been lit- tle question that Arizona’s Dean- dre Ayton is the best of a poten- tial-filled group of bigs at the top of Thursday’s NBA draft. Ayton was a force in his lone college season and looks like the favorite to land with Phoenix as the No. 1 overall pick. Behind him are several talented big men includ- ing Michigan State’s Jaren Jack- son, Texas’ Mo Bamba and Duke’s Wendell Carter Jr. The 2018 NBA Draft will air 4 p.m. on ESPN. Tigers-Royals to play in Omaha before 2019 CWS OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals will play a regular-season game in Omaha the week the 2019 College World Series opens, The Associated Press has learned. Major League Baseball and the NCAA have been working to arrange a game as a kickoff event to the CWS, two people close to the situation told the AP on Wednesday on condi- tion of anonymity because they THIS DATE IN SPORTS were not authorized to discuss details. A news conference with MLB Com- missioner Rob Manfred was sched- uled for Thursday at TD Ameritrade Park, the host site for the CWS. The move would be similar to the regular-season games played in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the Little League World Series. AP Photo/Nati Harnik 1964 — Jim Bunning of the Phil- adelphia Phillies pitches a perfect game against the New York Mets. The no-hitter gives Bunning one in each league and the Phillies’ Gus Tri- andos becomes the first catcher to handle no-hitters in both leagues. 1971 — Lee Trevino beats Jack Nicklaus by two strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open. 1998 — Marion Jones becomes the first athlete in 50 years to win the 100, 200 meters and long jump at the U.S. Track and Field Championships. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
