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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018 MINGO MAY BE A DUAL THREAT ON DEFENSE 2B 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS MARINERS BASEBALL A’s spoil Cano’s return AP Photo/Ben Margot Oakland Athletics’ Jed Lowrie, right, celebrates with Matt Chapman (26) after hitting a two-run home run off Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez. By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press O AKLAND, Calif. — Jed Lowrie hit his 100th career homer after his line drive knocked Mariners ace James Paxton out of the game, and the Oakland Ath- letics beat Seattle 3-2 on Tues- day night to move within one game of the slumping Houston Astros for the AL West lead. Felix Hernandez replaced Paxton in the first relief appearance of his career after 398 starts. The former Cy Young Award winner, who has struggled all year and was demoted to the bullpen last week, allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings. Paxton suffered a bruise on his left forearm after Lowrie’s line drive popped him in the first inning, and X-rays taken Detroit. Oakland won its fourth straight and improved to 17-6 since the All-Star break. The Astros have been in first since June 14 and led by as many as six games in late July, while the A’s haven’t had a share of first place this late in a season since Aug. 25, 2014. Four Oakland relievers combined to pitch three score- less innings. Blake Treinen MLB Athletics Mariners 3 2 later were negative. Mike Fiers (8-6) gave up two runs on six hits in six innings with five strike- outs in his second start since being acquired in a trade from HERMISTON See MARINERS/3B College football Scrimmage provides learning opportunities for Beavers Junior golfer headed to Salem championship next month By STEVE GRESS Albany Democrat-Herald By BRETT KANE East Oregonian Hermiston native Colby Lerten will put his golfing skills to the test against some of the best in Salem next month. The 11-year-old Lerten claimed first place at the Oregon Junior Golf Tournament at Wild- horse Resort in Mission on Friday with a score of 44, and again in La Grande the next day with a score of 49. Lerten will now compete at the Charlotte’s Tournament of Champions at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem on Saturday, Sep- tember 8. Lerten has been playing golf since he was three years old. “He’s been swinging things like they were golf clubs ever since he could walk,” said his father Kris. worked the ninth for his 32nd save in 36 opportunities. Paxton allowed a home run to Marcus Semien and struck out Matt Chapman before Lowrie lined a 2-1 pitch back up the middle that hit the left- hander. Manager Scott Ser- vais and a trainer rushed from the dugout to check on Paxton, who seemed hesitant to move Contributed photo Colby Lerten of Hermiston won junior golf tourna- ments in Pendleton and La Grande this weekend. After watching the film from Saturday’s scrimmage, Oregon State offensive coordinator/quar- terbacks coach Brian Lindgren saw the good and bad from his group of quarterbacks. He found plenty of learning opportunities and specifically noted that one time the play clock was running down and they had to call a timeout. “There were some really good things and then there were some things that you typically see in a first scrimmage and we’ve got to clean up,” he said follow- ing Monday’s nearly 2½-hour practice. “We were able to hit some explosive plays in the pass game, guys (quarterbacks) were able to stand in there. We made those guys (quarterbacks) live again for a majority of the scrimmage and I was pleased with the way they competed.” The battle for the starting position will continue with Jake Luton, Connor Blount and Jack Colletto the leading candidates. Luton, who started four games last year before an injury side- lined him the remainder of the season, has looked more and more confident as fall camp has continued. “I think Jake has really hit his stride,” Lindgren said. “I think he’s really starting to feel com- fortable with the offense. When he was in there with the ones, you could see those guys, he took them down there in the two-min- ute drill today, the first drive, which was really good to see. See OSU/3B Sports shorts Braves’ Acuna homers in 5th straight; 3 leadoffs ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. has struck again. The 20-year-old Acuna has become the youngest player in major league history to homer in five straight games, doing it Tuesday night when he hit his third leadoff shot in a row. Then he added another in the seventh inning, a three-run shot for his 19th of the season. Acuna opened the bottom of the first inning against the Marlins by homering on the first pitch for the sec- ond straight day. The Braves went on to win 10-6. THIS DATE IN SPORTS New Jersey takes in $40.6 million in sports bets in July ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Sports betting is off and running in New Jersey, with three casinos and two racetracks taking in $40.6 mil- lion in wagers in July, the first full month it was legal. Those figures were part of a report that showed that Hard Rock debuted as Atlantic City’s No. 3 casino in terms of gambling reve- nue out of the nine casinos in town. Ocean Resort came in last in its first full month of operation. New Jersey won a U.S. Supreme Court case in May clearing the way for all 50 states to offer sports bet- ting if they choose. Since betting began in New Jersey on June 14, more than $57 million in bets has been taken in, and additional com- panies continue to join a rapidly expanding market. 2007 — Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to fel- ony charges for taking cash pay- offs from gamblers and betting on games he officiated. 2012 — Felix Hernandez pitches the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in base- ball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory. It’s the third perfect game in baseball this season — a first — joining gems by White Sox Philip Humber and Giant’s Matt Cain. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
