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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS East Oregonian Page 2B Thursday, November 15, 2018 DeGrom gets Cy with record-low wins; Snell takes AL By JAKE SEINER AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — After a season marred by nar- row defeats, Jacob deGrom became a runaway winner. The New York Mets ace easily won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, a reward for a historically fruitless season in Flushing. The right-hander won just 10 games, the few- est ever by a Cy Young-win- ning starter. DeGrom easily beat out Washington’s Max Scher- zer, who was seeking a third straight Cy Young and fourth overall. DeGrom got 29 first- place votes and 207 points from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of Amer- ica. Scherzer had the other first-place vote. Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays narrowly beat out past winners Justin Verlander and Corey Kluber for his first AL Cy Young after leading the majors with 21 victories. In his first season after chopping off his distinctive long hair, deGrom cut down hitters from start to finish despite little help from team- mates. He had a 1.70 ERA, the lowest in the NL since Zack AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom. trol,’” deGrom said. Hernandez’s Cy Young victory signaled a major shift from voters, who once pri- oritized pitcher wins. The push toward advanced ana- lytics made deGrom’s can- didacy possible, and by Sep- tember there was little debate deGrom was worthy, even as the Mets regularly wasted his dominance. Perhaps no pitcher had ever been such a hard-luck loser. New York averaged 3.5 runs in games started by deGrom, second only to Cole Hamels for worst support in the majors among qualified pitchers. During one stretch late in the season, the Mets totaled 10 Greinke’s 1.66 mark in 2015. Yet the 30-year-old right- hander went 10-9, eclipsing the low bar among starters set by Seattle’s Felix Hernandez when he took the award with 13 victories in 2010. DeGrom allowed three runs or fewer in 29 consec- utive starts to close the sea- son, breaking Leslie “King” Cole’s 108-year-old record of 26 such outings. Yet the Mets were 11-18 in those games and 14-18 overall with deGrom on the mound. “My thought process was, ‘Hey, take the ball every fifth day and continue to try to put this team in position to win and control what you can con- AP Photo/Jeff Haynes, File Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Blake Snell. runs over seven of deGrom’s outings, and four of those were driven in by the pitcher himself. DeGrom nearly produced more wins above replace- ment than actual wins — a dubious sabermetric feat that has only been accomplished once, when the Philadelphia Athletics’ Eddie Smith went 4-17 with 4.1 WAR in 1937. Baseball-Reference calculated deGrom for 9.6 WAR. The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year, he became the sev- enth rookie winner voted a Cy Young, joining fellow Mets Tom Seaver and Dwight Gooden. R.A. Dickey was the only other Met to win a Cy Young. Snell got 17 first-place votes and 169 points to 13 first-place votes and 154 points for Verlander. Kluber had 71 points, followed by Boston’s Chris Sale and Houston’s Ger- rit Cole. Snell led the AL with a 1.89 ERA. The 25-year-old pitched just 180 2/3 innings, 33 1/3 fewer than Verlander, but his dominance was enough to sway the electorate. The lefty nicknamed Snellzilla wreaked havoc against the AL’s top lineups. He was 3-0 with a 1.08 ERA in four starts against the World Series champion Red Sox, and 2-0 in two starts each against the Astros and Indians. The Yankees roughed Snell up twice, but he got threw five scoreless innings in a victory Aug. 16. That came during a late-season run of nine consec- utive wins for Snell, including a victory against every team in the AL East. Snell was the first player 25-or-younger to win 21 games since Barry Zito in 2002. He was highly regarded as a minor leaguer for his elec- tric arsenal, but subpar control led to struggles during his first two major league seasons. He was even demoted to Triple-A for a month in 2017. It all came together this year. Snell was a stalwart for a most unusual pitching staff, taking the ball every fifth day while manager Kevin Cash success- fully experimented with reliever “openers” to start games in between. Snell led the Rays with 31 starts, and no other traditional starter had more than 17. After longtime franchise ace Chris Archer was traded to the Pirates on July 31, Snell went 9-0 with a 1.17 ERA. “I felt with the opener, I had a bigger role on the team,” Snell said. Snell is the second Rays pitcher to win the award, fol- lowing David Price in 2012. SCOREBOARD Local slate Washington Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants South Thursday, November 15 Volleyball Blue Mountain vs. Chemeketa (at Tacoma), 4:30 p.m. New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay North Saturday, November 17 Football Pendleton vs. Thurston (at Hillsboro Stadi- um), 5:30 p.m. Wallowa vs. St. Paul (at Hermiston), noon Vale vs. Rainier (at Hermiston), 4 p.m. Chicago Minnesota Green Bay Detroit West Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERNECE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 3 0 .700 280 Miami 5 5 0 .500 199 Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 137 N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 208 South W L T Pct PF Houston 6 3 0 .667 216 Tennessee 5 4 0 .556 168 Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 260 Jacksonville 3 6 0 .333 160 North W L T Pct PF Pittsburgh 6 2 1 .722 279 Cincinnati 5 4 0 .556 235 Baltimore 4 5 0 .444 213 Cleveland 3 6 1 .350 218 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 353 L.A. Chargers 7 2 0 .778 240 Denver 3 6 0 .333 205 Oakland 1 8 0 .111 147 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W 6 4 4 2 L 3 5 5 7 T Pct PF 0 .667 176 0 .444 181 0 .444 198 0 .222 177 PA 175 171 183 228 W 8 6 4 3 L 1 3 5 6 T Pct PF 0 .889 330 0 .667 241 0 .444 244 0 .333 232 PA 232 232 254 291 W 6 5 4 3 L 3 3 4 6 T Pct PF 0 .667 269 1 .611 221 1 .500 223 0 .333 202 PA 175 204 216 244 Stanford at California, 4:30 p.m. Arizona State at Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Basketball National Basketball League EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Toronto 12 2 .857 Milwaukee 10 3 .769 Philadelphia 9 6 .600 Indiana 8 6 .571 Boston 7 6 .538 Charlotte 7 7 .500 Detroit 6 6 .500 Brooklyn 6 8 .429 Orlando 6 8 .429 Miami 5 8 .385 Washington 4 9 .308 Chicago 4 10 .286 New York 4 10 .286 Atlanta 3 11 .214 Cleveland 2 11 .154 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Golden State 12 3 .800 Portland 10 3 .769 Denver 9 5 .643 L.A. Clippers 8 5 .615 Oklahoma City 8 5 .615 San Antonio 7 5 .583 Memphis 7 5 .583 Sacramento 8 6 .571 L.A. Lakers 7 6 .538 Utah 7 6 .538 New Orleans 7 6 .538 Houston 6 7 .462 Dallas 5 8 .385 Minnesota 5 9 .357 Phoenix 2 11 .154 Wednesday’s Games Washington 119, Cleveland 95 Orlando 111, Philadelphia 106 Boston 111, Chicago 82 Detroit 106, Toronto 104 W L T Pct PF PA L.A. Rams 9 1 0 .900 335 231 Seattle 4 5 0 .444 219 192 Arizona 2 7 0 .222 124 225 San Francisco 2 8 0 .200 230 266 Thursday’s Game Green Bay at Seattle, 5:20 p.m. Sunday’s Games Houston at Washington, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Dallas at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Carolina at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Denver at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. Oakland at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8:20 p.m. Open: Buffalo, San Francisco, Miami, New England, Cleveland, N.Y. Jets PA 236 256 251 254 PA 184 151 239 199 PA 209 288 160 263 PA 240 186 213 272 NCAA Football Saturday, November 17 USC at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. Oregon State at Washington, 1:30 p.m. Nevada at San Jose State, 2 p.m. GB 1½ 3½ 4 4½ 5 5 6 6 6½ 7½ 8 8 9 9½ GB — 1 2½ 3 3 3½ 3½ 3½ 4 4 4 5 6 6½ 9 Miami 120, Brooklyn 107 Memphis 116, Milwaukee 113 Minnesota 107, New Orleans 100 Oklahoma City 128, New York 103 Dallas 118, Utah 68 Phoenix 116, San Antonio 96 L.A. Lakers 126, Portland 117 Thursday’s Games Golden State at Houston, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Denver, 6 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Brooklyn at Washington, 4 p.m. Miami at Indiana, 4 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 4 p.m. Utah at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. New York at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Memphis, 5 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Denver at New Orleans, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Utah at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 5 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 5 p.m. Golden State at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Hockey EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Tampa Bay 18 12 5 1 Toronto 18 12 6 0 Boston 17 10 5 2 Buffalo 18 10 6 2 Montreal 18 9 6 3 Detroit 18 8 8 2 Florida 15 7 5 3 Ottawa 18 7 8 3 Metropolitan Division Pts 25 24 22 22 21 18 17 17 GF 64 63 53 55 60 53 49 62 GA 50 47 41 53 61 61 46 76 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 18 10 6 2 22 58 59 N.Y. Islanders 17 9 6 2 20 54 44 N.Y. Rangers 18 9 7 2 20 52 55 Washington 17 8 6 3 19 59 58 Philadelphia 18 9 8 1 19 58 62 Carolina 18 8 7 3 19 50 54 Pittsburgh 16 7 6 3 17 53 51 New Jersey 16 7 8 1 15 49 56 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 18 13 4 1 27 61 42 Minnesota 18 11 5 2 24 56 49 Winnipeg 16 10 5 1 21 51 42 Dallas 18 9 7 2 20 51 50 Colorado 17 8 6 3 19 59 50 Chicago 18 6 8 4 16 51 67 St. Louis 15 6 6 3 15 52 51 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 19 10 6 3 23 61 59 Vancouver 20 10 8 2 22 63 69 Calgary 18 10 7 1 21 56 56 Edmonton 18 9 8 1 19 52 56 Anaheim 19 8 8 3 19 44 54 Arizona 17 8 8 1 17 46 45 Vegas 18 7 10 1 15 44 54 Los Angeles 17 5 11 1 11 34 55 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg 3, Washington 1 Chicago 1, St. Louis 0 Colorado 6, Boston 3 Vegas 5, Anaheim 0 Thursday’s Games Florida at Columbus, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Detroit at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Nashville at Arizona, 6 p.m. Montreal at Calgary, 6 p.m. Toronto at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Buffalo at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 6 p.m. Toronto at Anaheim, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Vegas, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Detroit at New Jersey, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 4 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Boston at Arizona, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Soccer Major League Soccer Conference Semis First leg Eastern Conference Sunday, Nov. 4: Columbus 1, New York 0 Sunday, Nov. 4: Atlanta 1, New York City FC 0 Western Conference Sunday, Nov. 4: Portland 2, Seattle 1 Sunday, Nov. 4: Sporting Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 1 Second leg Eastern Conference Sunday, Nov. 11: New York City FC at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11: Columbus at New York, 4:30 p.m. Western Conference Thursday, Nov. 8: Seattle 3, Portland 2 (Port- land wins shootout) Sunday, Nov. 11: Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, noon PIGSKIN PICKERS Week 11 Ron Gibbs Jeff Snell Overall: Last week: Thurston vs. Pendleton W. Albany vs. Wilsonville Vale vs. Rainier St. Paul vs. Wallowa Mich. St. at Nebraska Arizona at Wash. State Arizona St. at Oregon Packers at Seahawks Vikings at Bears Chiefs at Rams 71-29 5-5 Thurston Wilsonville Rainier St. Paul Nebraska WSU Oregon Seahawks Bears Rams 69-31 5-5 Pendleton Wilsonville Rainier St. Paul Michigan St. WSU Oregon Seahawks Bears Rams Zachary Orem Taylor Smith* 65-35 68-32 4-6 5-5 Pendleton Thurston Wilsonville Wilsonville Vale Rainier St. Paul St.Paul Michigan St. Michigan St. Arizona WSU Oregon Oregon Seahawks Packers Vikings Bears Chiefs Rams Clint Shoemake Annie Fowler Eric Singer* Mike Appleton Frank Taylor Jodi Bloomberg 65-35 5-5 Pendleton Wilsonville Rainier Wallowa Michigan St WSU Oregon Packers Bears Rams 64-36 3-7 Pendleton Wilsonville Rainier St. Paul Michigan St. WSU Arizona St. Packers Bears Chiefs 64-36 5-5 Thurston Wilsonville Rainier Wallowa Nebraska WSU Oregon Packers Bears Rams 59-41 1-9 Thurston Wilsonville Vale Wallowa Michigan St. WSU Oregon Seahawks Bears Chiefs 58-42 6-4 Thurston Wilsonville Vale Wallowa Nebraska WSU Arizona St. Packers Bears Rams 57-43 5-5 Pendleton Wilsonville Rainier St. Paul Michigan St. WSU Oregon Packers Bears Chiefs *No picks received by deadline, selected by coin flip ELMER’S IRRIGATION NWMF POWDER COATING EAST OREGONIAN ST. 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