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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Luck makes return as
Colts beat Seahawks
SEATTLE (AP) —
Andrew Luck returned to
game action for the first
time since the final week
of the 2016 sea-
son, leading Indi-
anapolis on a
pair of field-goal
drives in just
over a quarter in
the Colts’ 19-17
victory over the
Seattle Seahawks
on
Thursday
night.
Luck
The reintro-
duction of Luck as the
Colts’ leader started with a
17-yard swing pass to Mar-
lon Mack on the first play. It
concluded early in the sec-
ond quarter when his pass
intended for T.Y. Hilton
was broken up. In between,
Luck was bear-hugged by
Seattle All-Pro linebacker
Bobby Wagner on a scram-
ble run, sacked by Rasheem
Green, and also showed
flashes
his
surgically
repaired right shoulder is
ready to allow him to again
be a premier quarterback.
Luck completed 6 of 9
passes for 64 yards, most
of that coming on the open-
ing drive when he hit 5 of
7. Luck completed passes
to five receivers and threw
from a clean pocket on
most of his dropbacks, even
with starting left
tackle Anthony
Castonzo
not
playing.
It had been
nearly 600 days
since Luck was
last on the field,
when he threw
for 321 yards
in a 24-20 win
over Jacksonville
on Jan. 1, 2017. For one
night, Luck looked like his
pre-surgery form.
Adam Vinatieri made
field goals of 33, 51 and
45 yards in the first half,
and Michael Badgley’s
34-yarder late in the third
quarter gave Indianapolis a
12-10 lead. Phillip Walker
added a 10-yard TD pass to
Darrell Daniels early in the
fourth quarter.
Luck’s counterpart from
the 2012 draft, Russell Wil-
son, played one series for
Seattle. Wilson was 4 of 5
for 43 yards and capped his
only drive with a 5-yard
touchdown pass to tight end
Nick Vannett.
Friday, August 10, 2018
Mariners jump on Verlander early
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
AP Sports Writer
HOUSTON — Mitch
Haniger homered while
Seattle jumped on Justin
Verlander for six runs in two
innings, and the Mariners
beat the Houston Astros 8-6
on Thursday night.
Haniger, Denard Span
and Jean Segura com-
bined for 10 hits and seven
RBIs with a homer each off
Verlander.
Verlander (11-7) was
ejected for arguing a balk
call after setting a season
high for runs allowed. He
failed hard in his bid for his
200th career victory.
James Paxton (10-5) con-
tinued his success against
the Astros, yielding seven
hits and four runs in 5 2/3
innings to improve to 4-0
against them this season.
Edwin Diaz allowed a home
run to Tyler White with two
outs in the ninth before strik-
ing out Josh Reddick for his
43rd save.
Haniger had a sea-
son-high four hits with two
RBIs, Span had three RBIs
and finished a double shy of
the cycle and Segura added
three hits and drove in two
runs.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip
Houston Astros starting pitcher Justin Verlander talks
with home plate umpire Nic Lentz after being called
for a balk during the second inning.
MLB
Mariners
Astros
8
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Haniger gave the Mari-
ners their first leadoff homer
this season when he sent
a fastball from Verlander
into left-center field. Span
followed with his second
career triple off Verlander
before Segura hit a ground-
rule double and Nelson Cruz
added an RBI single to make
it 3-0.
Verlander retired the next
five batters before Haniger
doubled with two outs in the
second. He looked to have
been picked off at second
with Span batting, but Ver-
lander was instead called for
a balk.
Verlander barked at home
plate umpire Nic Lentz and
kept repeating: “I did not,”
before throwing his next
pitch. Span and Segura then
hit back-to-back homers to
push the lead to 6-0. Ver-
lander retired Cruz before
getting tossed.
Verlander has been up
and down in his last few
starts and has allowed 10
homers and 15 runs the last
five times out, including a
season-high four homers in
a loss to Detroit on July 15.
The Astros cut the lead to
6-2 in the third inning when
Marwin Gonzalez drove in
two with a single.
An RBI single by Haniger
and a sacrifice fly by Span
extended Seattle’s advantage
to 8-2 in the sixth.
Tony Kemp had three hits
and drove in two runs with
a single in the sixth, and
White’s RBI double cut the
lead to 8-5 in the seventh.
The Astros were forced
to use five relievers to fin-
ish the game. Roberto Osuna
made his home debut for the
Astros in the ninth inning,
allowing one hit in a score-
less frame after being
acquired in a trade with the
Blue Jays last week. Osuna
made his first appearance
since May 6 on Monday
after serving a 75-game sus-
pension for violating MLB’s
domestic violence policy.
The former Blue Jays closer
was arrested and charged
with assaulting his girlfriend
May 8 in Toronto.
RODEO: Hass continues success in Eastern Oregon
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and Teri Bangart of Olympia
with 17.34 seconds.
Minor comes from a fam-
ily of rodeo athletes, includ-
ing her husband Riley and
her two sisters Jade and
Callahan. Minor has been
involved in the rodeo for
as long as she can remem-
ber, and was happy to win in
front of her hometown.
“It’s fun when it works
— I’ve been riding here for
at least seven years, and you
don’t always win,” she said.
Minor currently holds the
No. 3 spot on the Colum-
bia River Circuit. Tonight,
she edged out the No. 1 and
No. 2 contenders Allan and
Bangart.
“I wish it was over
already,” she said. “The
competition is tough. You
can’t get your hopes up.
There’s always room for
improvement.”
Minor isn’t the only one
in the family who will ride
on Farm-City grounds this
weekend — her cousins
Mary Shae Hays and Blake
Knowles compete on Friday
night, and her husband and
his brother Brady will team
rope on Saturday.
“I’m sure they’re just
as excited about my win
tonight as I am,” she said.
“It’s a big family deal.”
Bull riding
Brady Portenier came to
the Farm-City Pro Rodeo
on Thursday in search of a
good ride and a good pay-
out, as the Idaho bull rider
is 23rd in the world stand-
ings and more than $18,000
out of the final NFR qualify-
ing spot.
He likely got just what he
came for as he rode Flight
Plan from Kesler Rodeo for
85.5 points, shooting him to
the top of the leaderboard
and earning him the $100
bonus and bottle of Chute
8 whiskey. However, Porte-
nier leaves Hermiston with
something he didn’t want: a
likely concussion.
As the eight-second horn
sounded, Portenier, a Cald-
well, Idaho native, slid
down in his stance and got
bucked off kind of awk-
wardly and slammed down
to the ground. As he lay on
the ground, he narrowly
missed the back hooves of
the bull stomping down as
the bull fighters stepped in
to help, though his coveted
cowboy hat did take a bit of
a beating.
“I just kind of slid down
in the well, what we call it,
in the center of the ride,”
Portenier said. “And then
I just hit the ground pretty
hard and rung my bell.”
Portenier held off Walla
Walla rider Derek Kolbaba
and Garrett Smith of Rex-
burg, Idaho, both of whom
rode for 84.5 points to tie
for second place on the night
and for the round so far.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Clayton Hass of Weatherford, Texas, pulls down his steer in 4.2 seconds in steer
wrestling Thursday at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
long as I can. I’m grateful I
can do what I love.”
Farquer and Hopper now
sit No. 1-2 in the average
standings with times of 20.4
and 20.7, respectively.
Tie-down Roping
Ty Harris won a bottle of
Chute 8 whiskey for win-
ning the night’s tie-down
roping event, even if he isn’t
old enough to drink it yet.
At just 20 years old, the
San Angelo, Texas cowboy
is already the 2018 college
national champion, and tied
down his Farm-City calf in
just 8.6 seconds — the only
contestant of the night to fin-
ish with a sub-10-second
time. Runners-up included
Seth Hopper of Stanfield
in 10.0 seconds and Colton
Farquer of Oakdale, Califor-
nia in 10.2 seconds.
After getting no time in
that afternoon’s slack, Har-
ris is much happier with his
results in the main event.
“This season hasn’t quite
been what I wanted it to be,”
he said. “But it feels great
to be here, and I’m glad to
be in the company of good
friends and given the chance
to win.”
Most cowboys who Har-
ris competed alongside are
Steer Wrestling
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Ty Harris of San Angelo, Texas, ropes his calf in 8.6 sec-
ond in tie down roping.
much older than him, and
he’s taking the opportunity
to learn as much as he can
from them.
“These guys are pros,” he
said. “They can do it just as
fast as I can, it just depends
on the experience and the
draw.”
When he’s not touring
the country competing in
rodeos, Harris attends Cisco
College in Texas, where
he’ll be a sophomore this
fall. He says he hope he’s
making his friends and fam-
ily back home proud.
“They’ve seen the hours I
put in,” he said. “My mom,
dad, sibilings, and granny
are all home watching. I
want to be able to ride as I
Eastern Oregon has been
nice to Texas cowboy Clay-
ton Hass over the past few
years.
In 2016, Hass won the
steer wrestling title at Farm-
City and in 2017 Hass won
the all-around titles at both
Farm-City and the Pendle-
ton Round-Up right down
the road. On Thursday night,
Hass added to his successes
by winning the steer wres-
tling performance with a
time of 4.2 seconds to take
home the $100 bonus and
bottle of Chute 8 whiskey.
“Maybe it’s because it’s
so dang hot around here,
makes me feel like I’m
home in Texas,” Hass joked.
“I was home for a few days
and I thought it felt hot-
ter here today. But I’ve had
some success here through-
out my career in Hermiston,
I guess these steers just set
up and fit my style.”
Hass’ time puts him in
a tie for fifth in the round.
He also turned in a time of
4.7 seconds in slack earlier
in the day, giving him an
average of 8.9 seconds that
places him in third overall.
Those times give him a good
chance for a good payout,
which he needs as he cur-
rently sits 26th in the world
standings more than $14,000
below the cutoff line to qual-
ify for the NFR.
“I’m kind of in a spot
where I don’t need to be,
chasing,” he said, “but hope-
fully a good few weeks and
I can get back in the mix of
it.”
Stanfield’s Travis Tarus-
cio finished with the sec-
ond-best score of the night
with 4.3 seconds.
Team Roping
After a lackluster first
night with only one qualified
time, team roping competi-
tion heated up on Thursday.
The team of Blake Teix-
eira (Tres Pinos, California)
and Jordan Ketscher (Squaw
Valley, California) set the
bar for the night at 5.2 sec-
onds as the first team out
of the gates, and their score
held up to earn the nightly
$100 bonus and bottle of
Chute 8 whiskey.
The duo barely beat out
the team of Dillon Holy-
field (Lewiston, Idaho) and
Hermiston’s BJ Roberts’
5.3 seconds. Holyfield and
Roberts are one of only two
teams so far to have qualify-
ing times on two head, and
sit second in the average
standings with 16.4 seconds
on two. The top team in the
average also went on Thurs-
day, with Chris McKoen
(Merrill, Oregon) and Quade
Patzke (Klamath Falls, Ore-
gon) scoring 6.1 seconds in
the nightly performance and
6.0 seconds in slack for an
average of 12.1 on two.
SCOREBOARD
Baseball
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
American League
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Boston
81 35 .698 —
New York
72 42 .632
8
Tampa Bay
58 57 .504 22½
Toronto
52 62 .456 28
Baltimore
35 80 .304 45½
Central Division W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
64 50 .561 —
Minnesota
53 61 .465 11
Detroit
47 68 .409 17½
Chicago
41 73 .360 23
Kansas City
35 79 .307 29
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
73 43 .629 —
Oakland
68 47 .591 4½
Seattle
66 50 .569
7
Los Angeles
58 58 .500 15
Texas
51 66 .436 22½
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Thursday’s Games
Cleveland 5, Minnesota 4
N.Y. Yankees 7, Texas 3
Toronto 8, Boston 5
Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4
Seattle 8, Houston 6
Friday’s Games
Boston (Eovaldi 5-4) at Baltimore (Bundy
7-10), 4:05 p.m.
Texas (Minor 8-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka
9-2), 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Snell 12-5) at Toronto (Estrada
5-8), 4:07 p.m.
Minnesota (Santana 0-0) at Detroit (Zim-
mermann 4-4), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Bieber 6-2) at Chicago White
Sox (Rodon 3-3), 5:10 p.m.
Seattle (Leake 8-7) at Houston (Cole 10-4),
5:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Gomber 1-0) at Kansas City
(Smith 1-3), 5:15 p.m.
Oakland (Anderson 2-3) at L.A. Angels
(Pena 1-3), 7:07 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Boston at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m., 1st
game
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 3:10 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m., 2nd game
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 4:10
p.m.
Seattle at Houston, 4:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 5:07 p.m.
National League
East Division
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Washington
New York
Miami
Central Division
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
West Division
Arizona
Los Angeles
Colorado
San Francisco
San Diego
W
64
62
59
47
47
W
66
66
60
60
50
W
64
64
60
57
46
L
50
50
56
65
69
L
48
52
55
56
65
L
52
52
55
59
71
Pct
.561
.554
.513
.420
.405
Pct
.579
.559
.522
.517
.435
Pct
.552
.552
.522
.491
.393
GB
—
1
5½
16
18
GB
—
2
6½
7
16½
GB
—
—
3½
7
18½
———
Thursday’s Games
Washington 6, Atlanta 3
San Diego 8, Milwaukee 4
L.A. Dodgers 8, Colorado 5
Pittsburgh 10, San Francisco 5
Friday’s Games
Washington (Hellickson 5-2) at Chicago
Cubs (Hendricks 8-9), 11:20 a.m.
Arizona (Buchholz 5-1) at Cincinnati (DeS-
clafani 5-3), 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 6-6) at Miami (Urena
3-11), 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 5-2) at Atlanta (Gaus-
man 5-9), 4:35 p.m.
St. Louis (Gomber 1-0) at Kansas City
(Smith 1-3), 5:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 7-7) at Colorado
(Gray 9-7), 5:40 p.m.
Philadelphia (Eflin 8-3) at San Diego (Nix
0-0), 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Holmes 1-1) at San Francisco
(Holland 5-8), 7:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Washington at Chicago Cubs, 1:05 p.m.
Arizona at Cincinnati, 3:40 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 5:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego, 5:40 p.m.
Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 6:05 p.m.
Football
National Football League
Preseason
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct PF PA
New England 1 0
0 1.000
Miami
0 1
0 .000
Buffalo
0 1
0 .000
N.Y. Jets
0 0
0 .000
South
W L
T Pct
Houston
1 0
0 1.000
Indianapolis 1 0
0 1.000
Jacksonville 0 1
0 .000
Tennessee
0 1
0 .000
North
W L
T Pct
Pittsburgh
1 0
0 1.000
Baltimore
2 0
0 1.000
Cleveland
1 0
0 1.000
Cincinnati
1 0
0 1.000
West
W L
T Pct
Kansas City 0 1
0 .000
Denver
0 0
0 .000
L.A. Chargers 0 0
0 .000
Oakland
0 0
0 .000
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L
T Pct
Dallas
0 1
0 .000
N.Y. Giants 0 1
0 .000
Washington 0 1
0 .000
Philadelphia 0 1
0 .000
South
W L
T Pct
Carolina
1 0
0 1.000
New Orleans 1 0
0 1.000
Tampa Bay 1 0
0 1.000
Atlanta
0 0
0 .000
North
W L
T Pct
Green Bay
1 0
0 1.000
Chicago
0 2
0 .000
Detroit
0 0
0 .000
Minnesota
0 0
0 .000
West
W L
T Pct
San Francisco 1 0
0 1.000
Seattle
0 1
0 .000
L.A. Rams
0 1
0 .000
26
24
23
0
PF
17
19
20
17
PF
31
50
20
30
PF
10
0
0
0
17
26
28
0
PA
10
17
24
31
PA
14
23
10
27
PA
17
0
0
0
PF
21
10
17
14
PF
28
24
26
0
PF
31
43
0
0
PF
24
17
7
PA
24
20
26
31
PA
23
20
24
0
PA
17
47
0
0
PA
21
19
33
Arizona
0
0
0 .000
0
0
Thursday’s Games
New Orleans 24, Jacksonville 20
Pittsburgh 31, Philadelphia 14
Carolina 28, Buffalo 23
Cleveland 20, N.Y. Giants 10
Tampa Bay 26, Miami 24
Cincinnati 30, Chicago 27
New England 26, Washington 17
Baltimore 33, L.A. Rams 7
Green Bay 31, Tennessee 17
Houston 17, Kansas City 10
Indianapolis 19, Seattle 17
San Francisco 24, Dallas 21
Friday’s Games
Atlanta at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Oakland, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Minnesota at Denver, 6 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Arizona, 7 p.m.
Golf
PGA Championship
Thursday
At Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
Purse: TBA ($10.5 million in 2017)
Yardage: 7,316; Par: 70 (35-35)
First Round
Gary Woodland
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Rickie Fowler
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Brandon Stone
33-33—66
Zach Johnson
33-33—66
Austin Cook
34-33—67
Ian Poulter
34-33—67
Pat Perez
34-33—67
Jason Day
33-34—67
Brian Gay
35-32—67
Stewart Cink
Ollie Schniederjans
Dustin Johnson
Kevin Kisner
Justin Rose
Thomas Pieters
Ryan Fox
Billy Horschel
Hideki Matsuyama
Yuta Ikeda
Webb Simpson
Branden Grace
Ross Fisher
Mikko Korhonen
Kyle Stanley
Marc Leishman
Francesco Molinari
Patrick Cantlay
Jon Rahm
Jason Kokrak
Joaquin Niemann
Chris Kirk
Andrew Putnam
Jim Furyk
Shane Lowry
Jimmy Walker
Keegan Bradley
Shubhankar Sharma
Ryan Armour
Justin Thomas
Ryan Moore
J.J. Spaun
Julian Suri
Kevin Chappell
Emiliano Grillo
Tommy Fleetwood
Brooks Koepka
Chris Stroud
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