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HIGH SCHOOL RODEO
Daylon
Eng just
misses out
on top 10
at NHSFR
Hermiston bronc rider
finishes 11th in nation
East Oregonian
Seattle expected to have
its ace James Paxton return-
ing from the disabled list for
the series opener. But Pax-
ton’s sore back flared up after
throwing a bullpen last week-
end, and he remained on the
disabled list, leaving the Mar-
iners to scramble for a starter.
The job ended up with Roe-
nis Elias. The lefty pitched
well but lasted just 3 2/3
innings, giving up two runs
and throwing a season-high
75 pitches.
“Just trying to be smart. I
think I’ve made the mistake
in the past of pushing it a lit-
tle bit and then having some-
thing linger for a while and
me not pitching at my best
for a period of time,” Paxton
said before the game. “We’re
fighting for postseason here.
We need the best me out there
to help us.”
BAD SEND
Seattle had a chance at
a big inning in the fourth
after loading the bases with
no outs. Span’s sacrifice fly
scored Nelson Cruz, but any
Even though the 2018 National High
School Finals Rodeo ended on July 21st
without a local competitor winning a
national championship, four of the five
local kids still put
together some out-
standing
perfor-
mances against the
best cowboys and
cowgirls in the coun-
try in Rock Spring,
Wyoming.
Leading the way
was Hermiston sad-
dle bronc rider Day- Eng
lon Eng, as the future
Blue Mountain Community College ath-
lete finished 11th in the country with 128
points in the average standings. Eng was
eighth in Go 1 after he rode for 70 points,
and slipped to 19th in Go 2 following a
58-point ride. He missed out on a top 10
finish by just 20 points.
Wall, South Dakota’s Cash Wilson
won the average title with 217 points
and Madras’ Joe Scott III finished 15th in
average with 75 points.
Pendleton roper Trent Sorey had an
up-and-down performance at the NHSFR,
but he did enough to finish inside the top
50 in the country in tie-down roping.
Sorey’s first run put him 87th in the stand-
ings with a time of 28.23 seconds, but he
responded in the second go with a time of
9.22 that placed him sixth for the round.
Overall, Sorey finished 46th in the aver-
age with a time of 37.45. Trae Smith of
Georgetown, Idaho, won the title with an
average of 28.78 and Baker City’s Dun-
can Mackenzie finished 10th in the aver-
age (38.42).
In goat tying, Heppner’s Jacee Currin
improved upon her previous trip to the
NHSFR, where she finished 120th, and
cracked the top 100. Currin had a really
good run in Go 1, as she tied her goat in
8.89 seconds to finish 38th, but had some
struggles in Go 2 where she finished
118th with a time of 23.16. Currin fin-
ished 91st overall in the average (32.05),
where Hooper, Utah’s Erryn Hodson won
the title with an average of 22.39.
Other Oregon cowgirls competing
were Central Point’s Aimee Davis (12th
in average, 26.38), Haines’ Samantha
Kerns (116th in average, 9.76), and Red-
mond’s Kennedy Buckner (143rd in aver-
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AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
San Francisco Giants’ Hunter Pence reacts after he hit a solo home run against the Seattle Mariners during the sixth
inning of Tuesday’s baseball game in Seattle.
A Giant mistake
Mariners lose 4-3
after Gordon’s 9th
inning error
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Steven Dug-
gar scored from second base
on a throwing error by Dee
Gordon with two outs in the
ninth inning and the San Fran-
cisco Giants beat the Seat-
tle Mariners 4-3 on Tuesday
night.
Pinch-hitter Pablo Sando-
val hit a slow roller toward
second base that Gordon
charged from the outfield
grass. Sandoval was going to
beat the play, but Gordon still
tried a rushed throw, and Ryon
Healy was unable to handle it
as it bounced toward the Seat-
tle dugout, allowing Duggar
to score.
Duggar had singled with
one out against closer Edwin
Diaz (0-3) and advanced
when Alen Hanson grounded
to the mound.
Tony Watson (3-3) worked
the eighth inning, and Will
Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager is tagged out at home by
San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey as he tried to
score on a single by Mike Zunino during the fourth inning.
Smith pitched the ninth for his
fourth save.
Hunter Pence homered
for the first time this season
after 125 at-bats and in his
50th game. Pence missed 40
games due to a right thumb
injury and had yet to find the
home run swing that led to
13 homers in each of the past
two seasons. Pence’s solo shot
leading off the sixth thumped
off the facade of the sec-
ond-deck in left field and gave
the Giants a 3-2 lead. Chase
d’Arnaud and Kelby Tomlin-
son also had RBI singles for
the Giants.
The lead was short as Seat-
tle pulled even in the sixth
when pinch-hitter Ben Gamel
dropped a two-out single into
shallow left field and scored
Denard Span.
PENDLETON
12U All-Stars lose first game to Washington at West Regional
Team thumped by
Washington 11-1
East Oregonian
For the first time in 13
games, Pendleton’s 12U All-
Star softball team ended a
game without a win.
The team, playing as
Team Oregon, suffered its
first loss at the Little League
Western Regional on Tues-
day night, falling 11-1 to
Washington (Kirkland) at Al
Houghton Stadium in San
Bernardino, California.
Pendleton managed only
two hits against Washing-
ton pitchers Christina Minor
and Kya Aldrich, as the duo
struck out 10 and allowed
just one run in four innings.
Pendleton’s only run in the
game came in the top of the
second inning, when Mad-
aline Schumacher drew a
leadoff walk and later scored
on a single by Lilly Brooks.
The team’s only other hit
was a one-out single by Mel-
anie Boatman in the third
inning.
Washington’s
offense,
meanwhile, scored dou-
ble-digit runs for the third
straight game as it tallied
eight hits and drew four
walks and three hit-by-
pitches to score its 11 runs.
Washington scored four runs
in the bottom of the first
inning, starting with an RBI
double from Kaidence Cai-
ola. After adding two runs
in the second inning, Wash-
ington worked some two-out
magic in the third inning to
really take control.
With the bases loaded
and two outs, Washington
strung together three straight
hits — a single and two dou-
bles — to add five runs to its
total.
Pendleton had been 12-0
prior to Tuesday’s loss dat-
ing back to the team’s first
game at the District 3 tour-
nament on June 19.
The All-Stars will now
try to stay alive on Wednes-
day when it takes on Alaska
at 4 p.m.
Sports shorts
A’s rally past Rangers
wth 11 unanswered runs
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) —
Khris Davis’ three-run homer in
the 10th inning capped the Oak-
land Athletics’ comeback from an
eight-run deficit in a 13-10 win
over the Texas Rangers on Tues-
day night.
Davis’ went deep against Aus-
tin Bibens-Dirkx (2-3) for the
Athletics’ fourth homer of the
night — their third consecutive
game with that many. Oakland’s
92 homers on the road lead the
majors.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
Todd Gurley gets
extension from LA Rams
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) —
Running back Todd Gur-
ley agreed to a lucrative
four-year contract exten-
sion through 2023 with
the Los Angeles Rams on
Tuesday.
The
Rams
didn’t
announce the financial
terms of the deal, but
ESPN said the extension
is worth $60 million, with
a whopping $45 million
guaranteed.
That deal contains
the NFL’s largest annual
average value for a run-
ning back. He finished sec-
ond in the NFL with 1,305
yards rushing and 13 TDs
while catching 64 passes
for 788 yards and six TDs.
1941 — Lefty Grove of the
Boston Red Sox wins his 300th
and last game.
1976 — In Montreal, Edwin
Moses of the U.S. sets an Olympic
record in the 400 hurdles — 47.63
seconds.
2015 — Maya Moore scores a
record 30 points to lead the West to
a 117-112 victory over the East in
the WNBA All-Star Game.
2017 — Katie Ledecky breezes
to her third gold medal of the world
championships.
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