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Newspaper Page TextB2 SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, August 3, 2019 Kennison: Thousands of pounds of pulverized rubber support the turf Continued from Page B1 supported by thousands of pounds of pulverized rubber, which plays a part in the safety of the ﬁ eld. The inspection included a magnetic sweep of the ﬁ eld, which removed items such as bobby pins, safety pins and track spikes. The surface also was cleaned and sanitized. “People wonder why we do that when it looks clean,” Usher said. “There is vomit and peo- ple bleed on it. You can get staph infections from the turf. This helps pre- vent that.” There also was some concern from commu- nity members about the integrity of the ﬁ eld sur- face after the Hermiston School District mainte- nance staff cleared more than a foot of snow off the ﬁ eld in mid-March. The testing showed no damage. “The scores are indic- ative of the work done by our grounds crew,” facil- ities supervisor Martie McQuain said in school press release. “Monthly sweeps of the ﬁ eld have proven to be a diligent method to keep the ﬁ eld in good condition. Our coaching staff, commu- nity members and vis- iting teams have also helped maintain our ﬁ eld in good condition by keeping food and drinks (except for water) off the ﬁ eld.” The Bulldogs open their football season Sept. 6 at Pasco. Their ﬁ rst home game is Sept. 13 against Richland. The girls soccer team opens its season Sept. 7 with a home match against Kamiakin. Kennison Field also is used for track, lacrosse and community events. It also served as a prac- tice facility in May for the softball team so it could get used to play- ing on an artificial sur- face that is used at the 3A state tournament. AP Photo/Fernando Vergara Juan Celaya of Mexico competes in the men’s 1-meter springboard diving competition at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, on Thursday. Mexico’s Celaya wins diving gold By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press LIMA, Peru — Mexi- co’s Juan Manuel Celaya plunged with power and emerged from the pool with a smile, knowing that the most challenging days had been worth a gold medal in the 1-meter springboard at the Pan American Games on Thursday. Celaya scored 435.60 points. Jamaica’s Yona Knight-Wisdom was sec- ond at 429.90, and Amer- ican Andrew Capobianco took the bronze with 411.25. Celaya, a 20-year-old who attends Louisiana State Uni- versity, came into the week hoping to gain experience from his veteran teammates. Instead, he won Mexico’s ﬁ rst gold for diving at the Pan Am Games in Lima. “I’m so happy, I can’t even smile properly,” said Celaya, who is from the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. “I’m still shaking.” After his last dive, Mex- ican fans who donned sombreros handed him a national ﬂ ag that he carried around the pool. Celaya moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 2016 to attend LSU on a scholarship. He says the ﬁ rst year was tough. He missed his family, his friends, and the home- cooked meals. He felt lonely, even depressed, he said. But he never stopped training. On the LSU Athletics site it says that during his fresh- man season, he became “one of the most decorated divers in school history.” “All of this was worth it,” Celaya said. “This is a sac- riﬁ ce that most people don’t see. But this is so rewarding.” Baseball: Mariners lose two straight after winning previous six in a row Continued from Page B1 AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File This July 24, 2019, ﬁ le photo shows Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert answering questions during the Pac-12 Conference NCAA college football Media Day in Los An- geles. U of O: Ducks have only 19 days of camp before season opener Continued from Page B1 2019 season. Asked what he thought was an area for improve- ment, Herbert said “consistency.” “I think at times we played pretty good foot- ball last year. The ﬁ rst half of the year we were moving the football really well, then kind of fell off in the later part of the year,” he said. “I’d say putting together a full season would be huge.” Herbert will be joined this year by his younger brother Patrick, a tight end who was among nearly a dozen early enrollees for the Ducks who took part in spring practice. Cristobal had nothing but praise for the younger Herbert, joking that it’s a good thing Justin Herbert is a senior or he might be playing in his broth- er’s shadow. He called the freshman from Eugene “extremely smart and a hard worker.” “Expecting great things from Patrick, and we really think he’s in the mix to play this year,” Cristobal said. The Herberts aren’t the only talented broth- ers on the team. Senior linebacker Troy Dye, who like Herbert decided to remain at Oregon for his senior year, is joined by younger brother Travis, a running back. The younger Dye had 739 rushing yards and four touchdowns as a freshman last season, including three 100-yard games in conference play. He partnered with CJ Verdell (1,018 yards, 10 touchdowns) for a formi- dable Oregon backﬁ eld that returns this season. Newcomers to watch in the fall include defen- sive end Kayvon Thibo- deaux, a ﬁ ve-star recruit from Westlake Vil- lage, California, as well as Penn State graduate transfer Juwan Johnson, a 6-foot-4 wide receiver who will help ﬁ ll the void left by the departure of Dillon Mitchell, a sev- enth-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings. Johnson had 81 catches for 1,123 yards and two touchdowns over three seasons at Penn State. Oregon also has a new defense under Andy Avalos, who joined the Ducks in the offsea- son after seven seasons at Boise State. Avalos took over when defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt parted ways with Oregon in February. Troy Dye seemed a bit incredulous when asked if the defense would be ready for that challenging opener against Auburn. He said that since the spring game the play- ers have been getting together to hammer out the details. “These 19 days is just for us to polish up what we did and have coach guidance, because we have been in the play- books, we have been run- ning this defense, we have been doing the right things,” Dye said. Astros since a trade from the Cubs on Wednesday. George Springer tripled with two outs in the inning and Altuve extended the lead to 6-0 with his shot to left ﬁ eld. Reggie McClain, who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma before the game, took over for Kikuchi to start the ﬁ fth in his major league debut. He walked Alvarez with one out before Correa hit his third home run since coming off the injured list a week ago to make it 8-0. Five pitches later Diaz also went deep, putting one in the seats in left ﬁ eld to push it to 9-0. Miley walked three Mariners early, but didn’t allow a hit until Tom Mur- phy legged out a single on an inﬁ eld grounder with one out in the ﬁ fth. He walked Mallex Smith with one out in the inning, but retired J.P. Crawford to end the threat. Domingo Santana walked with one out in the sixth and Seattle cut the lead to 9-2 when Vogelbach MLB Houston Seattle 10 2 sure when he’ll return but said it would not be in this series or the next one which is Tuesday and Wednesday against Denver. UP NEXT AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith Houston Astros starting pitcher Wade Miley delivers during the ﬁ rst inning of the team’s baseball game against the Seat- tle Mariners on Friday in Houston. hit his 26th homer. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: Manager Scott Servais said INF Ryon Healy, who is on the 60-day injured list with spi- nal stenosis, will have sea- son-ending hip surgery. ... RHP Felix Hernandez, who has been out since May 12 with a strained right shoul- der, pitched two perfect innings in a rehabilitation start for the short-season Class A Everett AquaSox on Friday. He struck out two and threw 20 pitches. Astros: C Robinson Chirinos was scratched from the lineup because of a sore left shoulder. ... RHP Ryan Pressly (right knee soreness) played catch on Friday and will throw what manager AJ Hinch called a “pretty extensive bull- pen” on Sunday. He isn’t Mariners: LHP Marco Gonzales (12-8, 4.21 ERA) is scheduled to start for Seattle on Saturday night. Gonzales allowed six hits and one run in seven innings of an 8-1 win over the Tigers in his last start. Astros: RHP Aaron San- chez (3-14, 6.07) will make his debut in Houston on Saturday after being traded from Toronto on Wednes- day. Sanchez has lost 13 consecutive decisions to lead the majors in losses, but struck out 10 in his last start and did not factor in the decision in Toronto’s 5-1 loss to the White Sox. SCOREBOARD BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB New York 69 39 .639 — Tampa Bay 63 48 .568 7½ Boston 59 52 .532 11½ Toronto 45 67 .402 26 Baltimore 36 73 .330 33½ Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 66 42 .611 — Cleveland 64 45 .587 2½ Chicago 46 60 .434 19 Kansas City 40 70 .364 27 Detroit 32 73 .305 32½ West W L Pct GB Houston 71 40 .640 — Oakland 62 48 .564 8½ Los Angeles 56 55 .505 15 Texas 55 54 .505 15 Seattle 47 65 .420 24½ ——— Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 2 Toronto 5, Baltimore 2 Cleveland 7, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 5, Detroit 4 Houston 10, Seattle 2 Saturday’s Games Boston (Sale 5-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Ger- man 13-2), 10:05 a.m., 1st game Miami (Hernandez 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Castillo 1-6), 3:10 p.m. Boston (Johnson 1-1) at N.Y. Yankees (TBD), 4:05 p.m., 2nd game Chicago White Sox (Detwiler 1-1) at Phil- adelphia (Nola 9-2), 4:05 p.m. Toronto (Pannone 2-4) at Baltimore (Bundy 5-11), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Duﬀ y 5-5) at Minnesota (Gibson 10-4), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pena 8-3) at Cleveland (TBD), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Gonzales 12-8) at Houston (San- chez 3-14), 4:10 p.m. Detroit (Boyd 6-8) at Texas (Sampson 6-8), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Hudson 10-5) at Oakland (Fiers 9-3), 6:07 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Seattle at Houston, 11:10 a.m. Detroit at Texas, 12:05 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 1:07 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB Atlanta 65 46 .586 — Philadelphia 57 51 .528 6½ Washington 57 51 .528 6½ New York 53 56 .486 11 Miami 42 65 .393 21 Central W L Pct GB St. Louis 58 50 .537 — Chicago 58 51 .532 ½ Milwaukee 57 54 .514 2½ Cincinnati 51 57 .472 7 Pittsburgh 48 61 .440 10½ West W L Pct GB Los Angeles 72 39 .649 — San Francisco 55 54 .505 16 Arizona 54 55 .495 17 San Diego 50 58 .463 20½ Colorado 50 59 .459 21 ——— Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Mets 4 Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 2 Colorado 5, San Francisco 4 Saturday’s Games Milwaukee (Gonzalez 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hamels 6-3), 11:20 a.m. Miami (Hernandez 1-4) at Tampa Bay (Castillo 1-6), 3:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Detwiler 1-1) at Phil- adelphia (Nola 9-2), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Stroman 6-11) at Pittsburgh (Archer 3-8), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Bauer 9-8) at Atlanta (Keuchel 3-4), 4:20 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-7) at Colo- rado (Gray 10-7), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 14-4) at Arizona (Ray 9-7), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Hudson 10-5) at Oakland (Fiers 9-3), 6:07 p.m. San Diego (Quantrill 4-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 9-2), 6:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 10:20 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 1:07 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. SOCCER MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER EASTERN Philadelphia Atlanta D.C. United New York City FC New York Montreal New England Toronto FC Orlando City Columbus Chicago Cincinnati WESTERN Los Angeles FC W 11 11 9 9 10 10 9 9 7 7 5 5 W 15 L 7 9 6 3 9 11 8 9 11 14 10 16 L 3 T 6 3 9 8 4 3 6 5 5 3 9 2 T 4 Pts 39 36 36 35 34 33 33 32 26 24 24 17 Pts 49 GF GA 41 36 38 29 31 26 36 24 39 34 31 38 34 39 38 38 30 33 24 36 34 35 22 53 GF GA 59 23 Seattle 11 6 5 38 33 28 LA Galaxy 12 9 1 37 30 31 San Jose 11 7 4 37 39 33 Minnesota United 10 7 5 35 38 30 FC Dallas 9 8 6 33 31 26 Portland 9 8 4 31 35 32 Real Salt Lake 9 9 4 31 30 30 Houston 9 10 3 30 32 35 Sporting Kansas City 6 9 7 25 33 39 Vancouver 4 11 9 21 23 41 Colorado 5 12 5 20 33 45 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday, August 3 LA Galaxy at Atlanta, 2 p.m. Toronto FC at New York, 3 p.m. FC Dallas at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles FC at New England, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Cincinnati, 5 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 6 p.m. Montreal at Colorado, 6 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 7 p.m. New York City FC at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Sunday, August 4 Portland at Minnesota United, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Seattle, 7 p.m. Thursday, August 8 Houston at New York City FC, 4 p.m. Saturday, August 10 New England at Seattle, 1 p.m. Cincinnati at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Orlando City at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota United at FC Dallas, 5 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Montreal at Chicago, 6 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m. Sunday, August 11 New York City FC at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Houston at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. LA Galaxy at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. New York at Los Angeles FC, 7 p.m.