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MLB ALL-STAR GAME
Segura helps AL win
All-Star Game in extras
Record 10 homers hit
as AL beats NL 8-6
By BEN WALKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A record 10
home runs. A slew of strikeouts.
The all-or-nothing All-Star
Game mirrored what baseball has
become.
Astros teammates Alex Breg-
man and George Springer homered
on consecutive pitches to begin
the 10th inning, and the American
League beat the National League
8-6 Tuesday night for its sixth
straight win.
Mike Trout, Aaron Judge and
Jean Segura also connected for
the AL in a game where every run
except one scored on a homer.
Scooter Gennett hit a tying two-
run shot off Seattle closer Edwin
Diaz in the bottom of the ninth.
Joey Votto, Willson Contreras,
Trevor Story, Christian Yelich also
went deep for the NL.
There had never been more than
six homers in an All-Star Game
since Babe Ruth hit the very first
one in 1933.
Not that everything went the
sluggers’ way. Starters Max Scher-
zer and Chris Sale and the reliev-
ers combined to fan 15 in the first
4 1/2 innings, and there were 25
strikeouts overall.
Fitting, because this season is on
pace to become the first with more
strikeouts than hits, a year after a
record number of home runs.
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AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Seattle Mariners shortstop Jean Segura (2) celebrates his three-
run homer in the eighth inning during the Major League Baseball
All-star Game, Tuesday, July 17, 2018 in Washington.
PENDLETON
Hoopsters
to hit the
streets in
Hermiston
13th annual Takin’ It To the
Streets starts Saturday
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Eric Singer
Pendleton 12U Little League softball All-Star players Sammantha Wilks, left, and Madaline Schumacher, right, waits
on patrons during a spaghetti feed on Tuesday evening at the Pendleton Eagles Lodge. The dinner helped raise money
for the team’s trip to the Western Regional in San Bernardino, California that begins on Saturday.
Community comes through
Spaghetti dinner helps
Pendleton’s 12U All-Stars
raise money for trip to
Western Regional
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
P
ENDLETON — It has become a
yearly tradition for Pendleton’s 12U
Little League Softball All-Stars to
win the state tournament and make the
trip to San Bernardino, California, to
compete at the Little League Western
Regional Tournament.
When the current 12U All-Stars
clinched its spot at the regional last week,
it marked the third straight year that the
Pendleton team will represent the state of
Oregon. That means it has also become a
yearly tradition of frantic fundraising by
the Pendleton coaches and Little League
Association to raise enough money in a
week’s time to pay for travel and lodg-
ing for more than a dozen players and
coaches at the tournament that runs from
July 21-26.
And that is not an easy task. Basing
the goal off of the two previous years,
Pendleton coaches Scott Wilson, Gordy
Schumacher and Brandon Krigbaum pro-
jected they’d need more than $10,000 to
pay for the entire trip. And with the team
needing to depart Pendleton on Wednes-
day, that left roughly five days to put the
funds together.
“From when our game ended on
Thursday to right now, we had to get
some money together really, really
quick,” Wilson said on Tuesday. “It was
a pretty big job.”
But just as the two previous years, the
team easily met its goal thanks to the gen-
erous community of Pendleton. Between
various fundraisers such as a car wash
and Tuesday night’s spaghetti dinner and
raffle at the Eagles Lodge in downtown
Pendleton, as well as donations from var-
ious businesses locally and statewide,
Wilson says the team can enjoy the trip
comfortably this week.
“This community, I’ll tell you what,”
Wilson said. “This community and the
money they throw at these youth orga-
nizations is incredible. I cannot believe
how much money we were able to raise
so far to get these girls down there. The
fact that Pendleton did what they have
done is incredible.”
A few of the players, who served as
waiters, dishwashers and ticket takers at
Tuesday evening’s dinner, described the
support from people in the community as
a “blessing.”
“It’s amazing that we have people
behind us to help us,” said Lea Wilson.
“It shows that there really are kind peo-
ple in the world.”
The Pendleton All-Stars, which will be
playing as Team Oregon at the regional
tournament, fly to California on Thurs-
day and plays its first game on Saturday
against Wyoming at 3 p.m. at Al Hough-
ton Stadium. The Pendleton team went
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Basketball players of all ages and abil-
ity levels will hit the asphalt this week-
end during the 13th annual Takin’ It To
the Streets.
Hermiston’s three-on-three basket-
ball tournament also features a slam dunk
competition and a 3-point shoot-out. The
event runs all day Saturday and Sunday
in downtown Hermiston. Food and drink
vendors also will be on hand during the
event.
Previously, there was a three-on-three
tournament called the Shake N’ Bake in
the mid-’90s. It was held for a handful
of years during SpudFest, a now defunct
festival. A board of community members
was founded in 2005 for planning of the
inaugural 2006 Takin’ It To the Streets
tournament. The goal is to support youth
basketball in Hermiston.
More than a decade later, Takin’ It To
the Streets is still pounding the pavement
— the 2017 event attracted 166 teams
from all across the region.
Registration is already closed for this
year’s tournament. Sometimes last min-
ute cancellations provide a chance for
teams to join the event. Check out the
event’s Facebook page for details.
For more information about Takin’
It To the Streets, contact 541-720-2561,
info@hermiston3on3.org or visit www.
hermiston3on3.org.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Sam Grogan competes in the 2017 Ta-
kin’ It To the Streets dunk contest.
Sports shorts
Cambage scores WNBA-record 53 points
DALLAS (AP) — Elizabeth
Cambage scored 53 points to set
a WNBA record Tuesday, lead-
ing the Dallas Wings to a 104-
87 victory over the New York
Liberty.
The 6-foot-8 Australian
reached 50 points on a three-
point play with 2:19 remain-
ing and broke Riquna Wil-
liams’ WNBA record of 51
points, set Sept. 8, 2013, on an
open 3-pointer from the top of
the key.
“It’s pretty big,” Cambage said.
‘Holy Grail’ of cards goes on display
DENVER (AP) — The “Holy
Grail” of baseball cards, a pris-
tine 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
valued at several million dol-
lars, was delivered to the His-
tory Colorado Center on Mon-
day via armored truck for a
72-hour public display.
“I want the community to
enjoy looking at the card,” said
its owner, retired lawyer Mar-
shall Fogel of Denver. “It’s the
finest card ever made, and it
just happens to be my favorite
player, Mickey Mantle.”
The cardboard treasure was
transported from a bank’s safe
deposit vault and placed in a
secure case that once housed
Thomas Jefferson’s Bible, with
UV-lens protection and tem-
perature/humidity control.
The card, which Fogel said
was insured for $12 million
“is probably worth more than
that.”