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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Baseball: Lehnert led
Pendleton with a 3-for-4
batting performance
Photo courtesy of Pendleton Little League
Pendleton’s 12U All-Star baseball team lines up for the
National Anthem before a state playoff game in Bend.
Continued from Page B1
was still not enough to
stifle their hitting.
The California-based
team highlighted their
second-inning
charge
with a home run.
Evan Lehnert was
able to get Pendleton on
the board in the top of
the fourth, stealing home
plate for the All-Stars’
first and only run of the
game. The run came with
two outs on the board,
and the inning was ended
in the same play as Kris-
ter Litfin was picked off
at first base.
The All-Stars soon
found redemption in their
game against Clackamas
on Sunday afternoon.
Lehnert once again led
Pendleton with a 3-for-4
batting performance that
scored a run and an RBI.
Tugg McQuinn played
a vital role in the vic-
tory, keeping Clackamas
scoreless from the mound
for 2⅔ innings. He racked
up four strikeouts and
never walked a batter.
Pendleton did not hes-
itate to steal Clackamas
bases to get their offense
going — the All-Stars
stole a grand total of 10
by game’s end. Vance
Nelson led the way with
four.
Unfortunately, there
was no fighting their way
out of the loser’s bracket.
Despite Sunday’s win,
Pendleton’s momentum
fell short against North
Bend.
McQuinn’s RBI sin-
gle helped Pendleton to
an early 1-0 lead in the
top of the first, but North
Bend knotted the board in
the bottom of the inning.
Nelson scored on an
error at shortstop in the
top of the second, and
Kaden Moore’s sacrifice
fly to left field sent Kee-
gan Kline across home to
give Pendleton their sec-
ond and final advantage.
North Bend tied the
score once again in the
bottom of the second, and
drove in five more runs in
the fourth inning to keep
the Pendleton All-Stars
down for good.
In the final game,
Moore led Pendleton with
a 1-for-2 showing at the
plate. He scored a run and
had an RBI.
UFC: Ricky Simon
suffers a fast defeat
against Urijah Faber
Continued from Page B1
Saturday night’s defeat
broke an eight-fight win-
ning streak.
Faber, 40, initially
retired from MMA in
December 2016, follow-
ing his defeat of Brad
Pickett in the Golden
1 Center. Simon, 26,
entered the octagon as
the No. 15-ranked con-
testant in the bantam-
weight division.
Simon started strong,
stunning Faber early on
and backing him against
the cage within the first
30 seconds of the bout.
Simon landed a heavy
kick to Faber’s left leg
before things quickly
took a turn.
Faber
seized
an
opportunity and deliv-
ered a swift right hook to
Simon’s face, dropping
him to the floor. Faber
leapt on Simon and bar-
raged him with several
more punches before ref-
eree Mike Beltran inter-
vened to call off the fight
before the first minute
had even passed.
Simon landed four
of his eight attempted
blows — two to Faber’s
head and two to the legs.
Faber was more gener-
ous with his strength,
landing 11 out of his 15
total strikes. Nine met
Simon in the head.
The knockout was
Faber’s first in over a
decade. The UFC hall-
of-famer’s previous KO
came in a first-round
victory against Joe Pear-
son at WEC 25 in 2007.
Faber’s record-setting
KO earned him a “Per-
formance of the Night”
bonus payout of $50,000.
But the bonus was just
the cherry on top of his
$340,000 check that he
earned for the victory
over Simon.
After
Saturday’s
fight, Faber stands with
a 35-10 career record,
while
Simon’s
fell
to 15-2.
BRIEFLY
Pendleton 12U All-Stars seek funds
for California tournament
PENDLETON — Pendleton’s 12U Little League
softball team is headed to California this weekend, but
they’ll need some help to get there.
On Sunday, the Pendleton All-Stars will represent
Oregon in the West Regional Tournament in San Ber-
nardino, Calif.
“We need to get to about $12,000,” coach Scott
Wilson said. “We are about three-quarters of the way
there.”
On Tuesday evening, the team will host a taco feed
and raffle at the Pendleton Eagles Lodge. The fund-
raiser begins at 5 p.m and ends at 8 p.m.
For those who can’t make the raffle, the team also
has a GoFundMe for supporters to send in donations.
The page is listed under “Pendleton Oregon LL All-
stars 2019.”
The All-Stars recently defended their state title in a
shutout over Redmond. They depart for California on
Wednesday.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Tennis: Federer sent the final to a fifth set
Continued from Page B1
when Djokovic held for an
11-10 lead, it was Steiner
who got confused, beginning
to call out the score as 11-9,
before catching himself.
“I respect whatever the
rule is,” Federer said when
asked what he thinks of the
altered setup. “So really, it is
what it is, you know?”
Federer and Djokovic
pushed each other to the limit
in what became as much a
test of focus and stamina as it
was about skill. It is the lon-
gest final in the history of a
tournament that dates to the
1870s, eclipsing by nine min-
utes Nadal’s five-set win over
Federer in 2008.
Like that one, this is des-
tined to be discussed for
years.
“I’ll try to forget,” joked
Federer, who is less than a
month shy of his 38th birth-
day and would have been the
oldest man to win a Grand
Slam title in the professional
era.
“It was a great match. It
was long. It had everything.
I had my chances. So did he.
I thought we played some
great tennis. In a way, I’m
very happy with my perfor-
mance, as well,” Federer said
during the trophy ceremony.
“But Novak, it’s great. Con-
gratulations, man. That was
crazy. Well done.”
First, it was Federer who
kept falling behind, then
coming back. He twice
trailed by a set even though
he came quite close to win-
ning the match in three: Fed-
erer was two points from
grabbing the opening set on
seven occasions but couldn’t
do it; he was one point from
seizing the third, but again
came up short.
Then, Federer was down
a break early in the crucible
of the fifth. And then, after
seemingly gaining the upper
hand, standing a single point
from winning while serving
for the victory at 8-7, 40-15,
he faltered.
He sent a forehand wide
on the first championship
point, and Djokovic pro-
duced a cross-court fore-
hand winner on the next.
Soon enough, the 32-year-old
Djokovic had broken back
and on they would play for
another 45 minutes.
“Definitely tough to have
those chances,” Federer said.
Djokovic has done this to
him before.
In the semifinals of the
2010 and 2011 U.S. Opens,
Djokovic erased two match
points each time before com-
ing back to win.
Looking at the bigger pic-
ture, there’s also this take-
away from Sunday: Nadal’s
status as Federer’s principal
nemesis has been well-docu-
mented and much-examined
over the years — which is a
small part of why Friday’s
semifinal victory for Fed-
erer was fraught with mean-
ing. But it’s now high time to
discuss Djokovic’s edge over
Federer.
Djokovic has won their
past five meetings and holds
a 26-22 advantage overall
head-to-head, including 10-6
at Grand Slam tournaments
and 3-1 at Wimbledon.
By the reverberating
sound of things around the
old arena Sunday, a vast
majority of the spectators
were pulling for the popu-
lar Federer. Made it seem as
though he might be British,
not Swiss.
While one person cried
out, “We love you both!” —
a fitting sentiment, given the
high quality and unceasing
shifts in momentum — the
“Come on, Roger!” count far
outnumbered the shouts for
his Serbian foe.
Yes, they roared for Fed-
erer’s ace on the very first
point and when he sent the
final to a fifth set. They even
applauded when he kicked
a ball to a ball boy or when
he brought his racket around
his back to make meaning-
less contact after Djokovic
served a let.
And then there were
the “Awwwws.” So many
“Awwwws” — pained sighs
of despair accompanying
a missed backhand here, a
double-fault there, by their
guy.
It wasn’t until the fourth
set that Federer faced so
much as one break point,
no small accomplishment
against Djokovic, consid-
ered by many to be the great-
est returner of his, or per-
haps any, generation. Still,
even though Federer did get
broken in that set, he won it
to send this match to a fifth.
Pernell Whitaker dies; hit by car in Virginia
By TIM DAHLBERG
AP Boxing Writer
Pernell Whitaker, an
Olympic gold medalist and
four-division champion who
was regarded as one of the
greatest defensive fighters
ever, has died after being hit
by a car in Virginia. He was
55.
Police in Virginia Beach
said the former fighter
was hit by a car Sunday
night. The driver of the car
remained on the scene, and
police said they were inves-
tigating the circumstances of
the death.
Sweet Pea was Whita-
ker’s nickname, and it fit
perfectly. He was a mas-
ter of hitting and not get-
ting hit back, a southpaw
who slipped in and out of the
pocket and rarely gave an
opponent an opportunity to
land a clean shot.
Whitaker won a gold
medal at the 1984 Olympics
in Los Angeles — one of
nine U.S. boxing champions
that year — and made his
pro debut on national televi-
sion. He advanced quickly,
and was fighting for a major
title by his 17th fight, a loss
to Jose Luis Ramirez that he
would avenge the next year.
But Whitaker was also
known as the victim of one
of the worst decisions in
boxing, a draw that allowed
Julio Cesar Chavez to
AP Photo/Donna Connor, File
In this Nov. 18, 1995, file photo, WBC welterweight champi-
on Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, right, delivers a right to the
head of challenger Jake Rodriguez during their scheduled 12
round bout in Atlantic City, N.J. Whitaker died Sunday after he
was hit by a car in Virginia.
remain unbeaten in their
welterweight
showdown
before a crowd of more than
60,000 at the Alamodome in
San Antonio in 1993.
Four years later, Whita-
ker was on the losing end
of another difficult decision
against Oscar De La Hoya
in Las Vegas, a fight many
ringsiders thought he had
won.
“When you see the list of
greatest boxing robberies in
history they were both No.
1 and No. 2 on the list,” said
Kathy Duva, his longtime
promoter. “And every list of
top 10 fighters of all time he
was on, too.”
Whitaker was a champion
in four weight classes, win-
ning his first one with a 1989
decision over Greg Haugen
at lightweight, in a profes-
sional career that spanned
17 years. He finished with a
record of 40-4-1 and was a
first ballot selection into the
International Boxing Hall of
Fame.
His style was unique and
effective, a hit-and-don’t-be-
hit strategy that was later
adopted by a rising young
fighter named Floyd May-
weather Jr. Whitaker and
Mayweather never met in the
ring, but Whitaker did win a
decision over Mayweather’s
uncle, Roger, in 1987.
Still, it was two contro-
versial decisions — one a
draw, the other a loss — that
may have defined his career
more than anything.
The first came against
Chavez, the Mexican great
who was unbeaten in 87
fights when he and Whitaker
met in a highly anticipated
fight in San Antonio.
Whitaker came out in his
trademark style, confusing
Chavez and frustrating the
Mexican champion. Chavez
stalked Whitaker through-
out the fight, but Whitaker
wasn’t there to be found for
the most part, and when he
traded punches with Chavez
he seemed to get the better
of the Mexican. Ringside
statistics showed Whitaker
landing 311 punches to 220
for Chavez, while throwing
153 more punches.
But when the decision
came down, it was a draw
that was roundly criticized
throughout boxing.
“He would stand in the
pocket and make everybody
miss and frustrate the hell
out of them,” Duva said. “He
said it was the most beauti-
ful feeling in the world, to
hit the other guy and not get
hit.”
Whitaker would go on
to lose his next mega fight
against De La Hoya, despite
bloodying his opponent and
seemingly out-boxing him
over 12 rounds in their wel-
terweight title fight. A poll
of ringside writers showed
the majority thought Whita-
ker won, and he thought
so, too.
SCOREBOARD
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East
W
L
Pct
GB
New York
59
33
.641
—
Tampa Bay
56
40
.583
5
Boston
51
43
.543
9
Toronto
35
60
.368
25½
Baltimore
28
65
.301
31½
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Minnesota
58
34
.630
—
Cleveland
52
40
.565
6
Chicago
42
47
.472
14½
Kansas City
32
62
.340
27
Detroit
29
60
.326
27½
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
59
35
.628
—
Oakland
53
41
.564
6
Texas
50
44
.532
9
Los Angeles
48
46
.511
11
Seattle
39
58
.402
21½
———
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 2
Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1
Cleveland 4, Minnesota 3
Detroit 12, Kansas City 8
Houston 12, Texas 4
L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 3
Oakland 3, Chicago White Sox 2
L.A. Dodgers 7, Boston 4 (12)
Monday’s Games
Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Yankees 4
Cleveland 8, Detroit 6
Boston 10, Toronto 8
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, late
Houston at L.A. Angels, late
Tuesday’s Games
Tampa Bay (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees
(Sabathia 5-4), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Voth 0-0) at Baltimore
(Wojciechowski 0-2), 4:05 p.m.
Detroit (TBD) at Cleveland (TBD),
4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Waguespack 1-0) at Boston
(Cashner 9-3), 4:10 p.m.
Arizona (Young 2-0) at Texas (Lynn 12-4),
5:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-6) at Minnesota
(Pineda 6-4), 5:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Cease 1-0) at Kansas
City (Sparkman 2-5), 5:15 p.m.
Houston (TBD) at L.A. Angels (Heaney
1-3), 7:07 p.m.
Seattle (Gonzales 10-7) at Oakland
(Mengden 4-1), 7:07 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 12:37 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Arizona at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Kansas City,
5:15 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All Times PDT
East
W
L
Pct
GB
Atlanta
58 37
.611
—
Washington
49 43 .533
7½
Philadelphia
48 46
.511
9½
New York
42 51 .452
15
Miami
34 57 .374
22
Central
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
50 44 .532
—
St. Louis
47 45
.511
2
Milwaukee
48 47 .505
2½
Cincinnati
43 48 .473
5½
Pittsburgh
44 49 .473
5½
West
W
L
Pct
GB
Los Angeles
63 33 .656
—
Arizona
47 47 .500
15
Colorado
46 47 .495 15½
San Diego
45 48 .484 16½
San Francisco 44 49 .473 17½
———
Sunday’s Games
Philadelphia 4, Washington 3
N.Y. Mets 6, Miami 2
San Francisco 8, Milwaukee 3
St. Louis 5, Arizona 2
Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh 3
Colorado 10, Cincinnati 9
Atlanta 4, San Diego 1
L.A. Dodgers 7, Boston 4 (12)
Monday’s Games
San Francisco 19, Colorado 2, 1st game
L.A. Dodgers 16, Philadelphia 2
Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 3
Atlanta 4, Milwaukee 2
St. Louis 7, Pittsburgh 0
San Francisco at Colorado, late, 2nd
game
Tuesday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 8-1) at Philadel-
phia (Velasquez 2-5), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (Voth 0-0) at Baltimore
(Wojciechowski 0-2), 4:05 p.m.
San Diego (Paddack 5-4) at Miami
(Yamamoto 3-0), 4:10 p.m.
Arizona (Young 2-0) at Texas (Lynn 12-4),
5:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (DeSclafani 5-4) at Chicago
Cubs (Mills 0-0), 5:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Wilson 1-0) at Milwaukee
(Woodruff 10-3), 5:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-6) at Minnesota
(Pineda 6-4), 5:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Agrazal 2-0) at St. Louis (Fla-
herty 4-6), 5:15 p.m.
San Francisco (Pomeranz 2-9) at Colo-
rado (Lambert 2-1), 5:40 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
N.Y. Mets at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 10:15 a.m.
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m.
San Francisco at Colorado, 12:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.
Washington at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
San Diego at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
Arizona at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
TENNIS
WIMBLEDON RESULTS
LONDON (AP) — Results Sunday from
Wimbledon at The All England Lawn
Tennis & Croquet Club (seedings in
parentheses):
Men’s Singles
Final
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Roger
Federer (2), Switzerland, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6
(4), 4-6, 13-12 (3).
Mixed Doubles
Final
Ivan Dodig, Croatia and Latisha Chan
(8), Chinese Taipei, def. Robert Lindst-
edt, Sweden and Jelena Ostapenko, Lat-
via, 6-2, 6-3.
CYCLING
TOUR DE FRANCE RESULTS
Monday
At Albi, France
10th Stage
A 135.1-mile flat ride from Saint-Flour
to Albi, with four climbs, all Category
3 and 4
1. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, Jum-
bo-Visma, 4:49:39.
2. Elia Viviani, Italy, Deceuninck-Quick-
Step, same time.
3. Caleb Ewan, Australia, Lotto Soudal,
same time.
4. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb,
same time.
5. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hans-
grohe, same time.
6. Jasper Philipsen, Belgium, UAE Team
Emirates, same time.
7. Sonny Colbrelli, Italy, Bahrain-Merida,
same time.
8. Matteo Trentin, Italy, Mitchelton-Scott,
same time.
9. Oliver Naesen, Belgium, AG2R La Mon-
diale, same time.
10. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, CCC,
same time.
11. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceun-
inck-QuickStep, same time.
12. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos, same
time.
13. Mads Wurtz, Denmark, Katusha
Alpecin, same time.
14. Egan Bernal, Colombia, Ineos, same
time.
15. Maximiliano Richeze, Argentina,
Deceuninck-QuickStep, same time.
16. Patrick Konrad, Austria, Bora-Hans-
grohe, same time.
17. Cees Bol, Netherlands, Sunweb, same
time.
18. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Jum-
bo-Visma, same time.
19. Enric Mas, Spain, Deceuninck-Quick-
Step, same time.
20. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, same time.
Also
63. Ben King, United States, Dimension
Data, 2:14 behind.
98. Joey Rosskopf, United States, CCC,
9:41.
127. Chad Haga, United States, Sunweb,
same time.
Overall Standings
(After 10 stages)
1. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceun-
inck-QuickStep, 43:27:15.
2. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos, 1:12.
3. Egan Bernal, Colombia, Ineos, 1:16.
4. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Jum-
bo-Visma, 1:27.
5. Emanuel Buchmann, Germany,
Bora-Hansgrohe, 1:45.
6. Enric Mas, Spain, Deceuninck-Quick-
Step, 1:46.
7. Adam Yates, Britain, Mitchelton-Scott,
1:47.
8. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movis-
tar, 2:04.
9. Daniel Martin, Ireland, UAE Team Emir-
ates, 2:09.
10. Giulio Ciccone, Italy, Trek-Segafredo,
2:32.
11. Thibaut Pinot, France, Groupa-
ma-FDJ, 2:33.
12. Patrick Konrad, Austria, Bora-Hans-
grohe, 2:46.
13. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, EF Educa-
tion First, 3:18.
14. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar,
same time.
15. Romain Bardet, France, Bauke Mol-
lema, Netherlands, Trek-Segafredo, 2:45.
16. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana,
3:22.
17. Warren Barguil, France, Arkea-Sam-
sic, 3:26.
18. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Republic,
Dimension Data, 3:28.
19. Xandro Meurisse, Belgium,
Wanty-Gobert, 3:42.
20. Richie Porte, Australia, Trek-Sega-
fredo, 3:59.
Also
83. Joey Rosskopf, United States, CCC,
57:32.
91. Ben King, United States, Dimension
Data, 1:03:46.
169. Chad Haga, United States, Sunweb,
1:43:09.