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FARM-CITY RODEO, FOURTH PERFORMANCE
Brooks rides to victory
Chase Brooks rides to win in saddle bronc to close out Farm-City Pro Rodeo
By ERIC SINGER & BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
ERMISTON — Unlike some
cowboys, Montana bronc rider
Chase Brooks didn’t bother to
check in to see which horse he drew
at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo on Sat-
urday prior to making the trip in to
Hermiston.
When Brooks did show up and
saw he would ride Yesterdays Deliv-
ery from the Calgary Stampede pen,
he didn’t have any first-hand knowl-
edge of the horse. However, Brooks
quickly gathered info from his fellow
riders that had seen it perform that it
was a “crazy good” horse, which got
Brooks pumped up.
When it was finally Brooks’ turn
to ride, Yesterdays Delivery leaped
out of the chute and made a hard
right turn towards the west end of the
arena, bucking hard and doing every-
thing it could to get Brooks off of
its back. But Brooks hung on for an
exceptional ride and was rewarded
by the judges with 87.5 points that
earned him the Farm-City saddle
bronc championship.
“That horse bucked like hell,”
Brooks said with a big smile, “and she
was electric. She kind of surprised me
that first jump, she tail whipped me
and I was kind of like ‘Oh, I’m going
to really have to catch up.’ I had a
feeling it was going to be quite a good
(score) because I had to bust my butt
to stay on her.
“But this is a cool rodeo and I’m
glad to stay on one for the first time.”
Brooks’ score was just enough to
overtake Kolby Wanchuk (85.5) for
the title and earn a $5,330 payout.
That check is a huge boost for Brooks,
a 24-year-old from Deer Lodge, Mon-
tana, in his goal of a National Finals
Rodeo berth, as it helped him move
up one spot in the RAM World Stand-
ings and now has a $10,000 cushion
to go with it.
“This gives me a little bit of a cush-
ion, but not enough,” he said. “I just
gotta keep busting my butt and keep
going and hopefully the end of the
season plays out right. But it’s been a
damn good year and I can’t complain
no matter what.”
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Bull riding
On Saturday night at the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo, traveling partners and
bull riders Jordan Spears and Chase
Dougherty not only shared a ride into
Hermiston, but the duo shared the
same score as well as a victory lap
around the arena after both bull riders
scored 83.5-point rides to win the per-
formance and secure fourth place fin-
See RODEO/3B
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Chase Brooks of Deer Lodge, Montana, rides Yesterdays Delivery for 87.5 points in saddle bronc riding on Saturday at the
Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
Mariners’ ninth inning rally comes up short in Oakland
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jed
Lowrie drove in four runs to
back Sean Manaea and the
Oakland Athletics held off a
late Seattle rally to beat the
Mariners 7-6 on Monday
night in a matchup of AL West
contenders.
Manaea (11-8) pitched
into the eighth and bounced
back from a season-low 2 2/3
innings against the Dodgers
his last time out.
Second-place
Oakland
moved 2 1/2 games ahead
of the Mariners, who had
momentum coming off a four-
game sweep at first-place and
defending World Series cham-
pion Houston. Seattle had won
six of eight. The idle Astros
had their lead trimmed to two
games over the A’s.
Jean Segura and Nelson
Cruz hit consecutive RBI
singles with two outs in the
eighth, and the Mariners —
who like the A’s have a knack
for late-inning rallies — nearly
pulled off a comeback. Seattle
loaded the bases with none out
in the ninth on three walks by
Jeurys Familia before Blake
Treinen relieved and allowed
a run on a wild pitch and
Mitch Haniger’s two-run sin-
gle before closing it out for
his 31st save. Cruz struck out
swinging to end it with run-
ners on first and second.
Matt Chapman hit a two-
run double in the sixth, his
MLB
Athletics
Mariners
7
6
third double of the game. That
matched the Oakland record
that he last accomplished on
June 12 against Houston.
Manaea gave up two runs
and five hits in 7 2/3 innings
as the A’s won for the fourth
time in five games and moved
a season-high 23 games above
.500 (71-48). The left-hander
faced the minimum through
three despite allowing a bas-
erunner in each of the ini-
tial two innings — getting a
caught stealing in the first and
double play in the second.
Seattle lefty Marco Gon-
zales (12-8) allowed four
runs and eight hits over five
innings, struck out four and
walked three. Gonzales lost
his third straight start after
winning five in a row from
June 29-July 29.
CANO’S RETURN
Seattle’s Robinson Cano is
scheduled to return Tuesday
from his 80-game suspension
for violating baseball’s drug
agreement.
The All-Star second base-
man was suspended May 15
after he tested positive for
Furosemide, a diuretic that
can be used to mask perfor-
mance-enhancing drugs. He
tuned up with Class A Everett
and Triple-A Tacoma.
Sports shorts
Cleveland’s Martin
recovering from
serious infection
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cleve-
land outfielder Leonys Martin is
recovering from a bacterial infection
that team president Chris Antonetti
described as “life-threatening.”
Martin is in stable condition at
the Cleveland Clinic.
Doctors determined Martin had
a bacterial infection that entered his
bloodstream and created toxins that
damaged his internal organs, com-
promising their function.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
Harvick wins NASCAR-high 7th victory of year
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) —
Kevin Harvick broke a tie atop
NASCAR’s Big 3 with a dom-
inant performance, easily win-
ning at Michigan International
Speedway for his Cup-high sev-
enth victory of the season.
His No. 4 Ford finished
3-plus seconds ahead of Brad
Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford on
Sunday.
Kyle Busch, who started the
day with the points lead, fin-
ished third in his No. 18 Toy-
ota — more than 4 seconds
behind Harvick.
Busch has won six
races this year and Mar-
tin Truex Jr. has finished
in first four times. The rest
of the field has combined to
win just six of 23 races.
Harvick won each of three
stages and led 108 laps, more
than four times more than any-
one else on the 2-mile oval.
1936 — In Berlin, the United
States wins the first Olympic bas-
ketball gold medal with a 19-8 win
over Canada. The game is played
outdoors on a dirt court in a driving
rain. Joe Fortenberry leads the U.S.
with seven points. James Naismith,
the inventor of the game, presents the
medals.
1977 — The New York Cosmos,
led by Pele, plays before a record
crowd of 77,961 at the Meadowlands
in East Rutherford, N.J., the most
to see a soccer game in the United
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