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Page 2B East Oregonian SPORTS Tuesday, July 14, 2015 PENDLETON PENDLETON Greb Steady pitching, big bats lead D-Jaxx East Oregonian KLWZKLOHVWULNLQJRXWVL[DQGZDONLQJ at the plate in the two wins, and The DiamondJaxx will host a second RQH DJDLQVW 13$ )RUG DQG -DFN ¿QLVKHGIRUZLWK¿YH5%,VDQG ¿YHWHDPWRXUQDPHQWDW%RE:KLWH CENTRALIA, Washington — Peterson tossed a scoreless inning in four runs. He was the only player )LHOG WKLV ZHHNHQG +HUPLVWRQ /D 7KH 3HSVL 'LDPRQG-D[[ ¿QLVKHG UHOLHIZLWKRQHVWULNHRXWDQGRQHZDON with multiple hits in both games, and Grande, Sandy and Southridge will at junior their run at the Centralia Tournament =DXJJ ODVWHG WKURXJK ¿YH DJDLQVW hit a grand slam against NPA Ford FRPSOHWHWKH¿HOG with two wins on Saturday. 8QLRQ %DVHEDOO DQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK and a triple against Union. ——— Pendleton American League Tournament The Pendleton American Legion three runs allowed on seven hits with Devon Roe added a two-run Saturday, July 18 baseball team started its afternoon WZR VWULNHRXW DQG WZR ZDONV 'DQLHO home run against Union, and also Sandy vs. Pendleton, 9 a.m. tourney Southrdige vs. Hermiston, 11:30 a.m. with an 8-0 win over NPA Ford, then 1DXJKWRQ WKUHZ WKH ¿QDO LQQLQJ DQG hit a triple to go 32 for 3 with three Southridge vs. La Grande, 2 p.m. topped Union Baseball 13-5 directly gave up two runs on three hits as RBIs and two runs. Kai Quinn (1 for Hermiston vs. Sandy, 4:30 p.m. East Oregonian La Grande vs. Pendleton, 7 p.m. afterward. Union cut the lead to 9-5, but the game DGGHGDWULSOH-DFN3HWHUVRQ IRU Sunday, July 19 James Bradt and Austin Zaugg got reached its time limit after Pepsi plated 3) hit a double and drove in two, and Southridge vs. Sandy, 8 a.m. WALLA WALLA, Wash. Sandy vs. La Grande, 10:30 a.m. the wins on the mound. Bradt went four more in the bottom of the sixth. :\DWW0RUULV IRU ¿QLVKHGZLWK Southridge vs. Pendleton, 1 p.m. — Pendleton’s Haley Greb La Grande vs. Hermiston, 3:30 p.m. four full innings and gave up just one 4XLQQ &RFNEXUQ OHG WKH WHDP two RBIs and two runs. Hermiston vs. Pendleton, 6 p.m. shot her way to second place DW WKH %DQQHU %DQN Junior Invitational held July 9-10 at Walla Walla Country Gold Cup Club. DERBY: Griffeys Competing in the girls 15-17 age group, Greb U.S., Panama play to draw participate in shot three-over par for the WZRURXQG HYHQW WR ¿QLVK By DAVE SKRETTA Soccer a 2-1 victory over Honduras with a score of 73-74—147. Associated Press and a 1-0 win over Haiti, FHUHPRQLDO¿UVWSLWFK 6KHWRRNWKHOHDGKHDGHG left coach Jurgen Klinsmann into the second round, but KANSAS CITY, Kan. — EULPPLQJZLWKFRQ¿GHQFHDV Continued from 1B D E\ 6SRNDQH¶V .HOO\ The sluggish play. 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Nathan Som and Brayden CONCACAF Gold Cup has subs Clint Dempsey and fully, there is a lot of quality “It was a great environment,” Pederson said. “It 3XOYHU ¿QLVKHG HLJKWK DQG swayed the opinion of Panama DeAndre Yedlin energized in this group.” was extremely humbling being out there with Prince tied for ninth, respectively. coach Hernan Gomez, who the Americans, Michael Meanwhile, Panama Fielder, Albert Pujols and Josh Donaldson.” 6RP ¿QLVKHG RQH VWURNH still believes the defending %UDGOH\ IRXQG WKH EDFN RI (0-0-3) must await the And, of course, it ended with a little more Sinatra. DKHDGRIKLV%XFNDURRWHDP- champions are the favorites in the net with the equalizer in outcome of the remaining Frazier uses “Fly Me To The Moon” as his music when mate with 80-79—159, and WKHNQRFNRXWURXQGV the 55th minute for his 14th JURXS PDWFKHV WKLV ZHHN WR KHZDONVWRWKHEDWWHU¶VER[GXULQJJDPHVDQGLWJUHHWHG Pulver’s two round score was “They group together international goal. NQRZ ZKHWKHU DOO LWV GUDZV each of his rounds on Monday. When he’d clinched the 82-78—160. well. They play together ³7KH SRVLWLYH \RX WDNH will be enough to advance. WLWOHWKHEDOOSDUNURFNHGZLWK³,'LG,W0\:D\´ Richland’s Amerson Ezra well,” Gomez said after from it is we’re unbeaten in the If not, the U.S. will once “I had no clue they were going to do that,” Frazier won their age group with a Panama held the U.S. to a 1-1 group,” said Dempsey, who again crippled Panama’s said. “That was pretty nice.” score of 74-70—144. draw in Group A on Monday had scored all three American hopes. With that, Frazier made it an All-Cincinnati All-Star The tournament also night. “My personal opinion? goals in the tournament Two years ago, the Amer- event so far. Cubs catcher Kyle Schwarber, a Reds fan featured a 12-14 divison for This is the team to beat.” coming in. “Now we focus icans beat Los Canaleros 1-0 who grew up in nearby Middletown, Ohio, was the boys and girls, but no locals Not that things have RQWKHTXDUWHU¿QDOVDQGPDNH LQWKH*ROG&XS¿QDO7KUHH MVP of the Futures Game on Sunday with a two-run entered. necessarily been easy in sure we’re playing our best.” months later, Graham Zusi triple. Group A. $OUHDG\ DVVXUHG RI ¿UVW and Aron Johannsson scored Frazier had been gearing up for the derby all season. The U.S. (2-0-1) got place in Group A, the U.S. in second-half stoppage time He faded badly last year in Minneapolis, reaching the another stiff challenge from improved to 30-1-3 in Gold to deny Panama a spot in the ¿QDOVEHIRUHORVLQJWR<RHQLV&HVSHGHV+HZDVVR ECHO /RV&DQDOHURVZKRWRRNWKH Cup group play. But none World Cup in Brazil — a worn out that he could barely hit one at the end, and he lead on Blas Perez’s goal in of the three matches in this berth that wound up going to planned to pace himself better this time. the 34th minute and seemed year’s Gold Cup, including Mexico. He hung in there and added to his lore for big home Echo hits runs. Frazier was a member of the 1998 Toms River team in New Jersey that beat Japan for the Little League skid at Tour de France World Series championship. He had a homer among his four hits in the clinching game. Basso withdraws after tumor discovery +HORYHVKLWWLQJDW*UHDW$PHULFDQ%DOO3DUNZKLFK tourney has been one of the majors’ most homer-friendly places By JOHN LEICESTER second at the 2005 Tour and diagnosed a tumor in his left VLQFH LW RSHQHG LQ +H UDQNV DPRQJ WKH PDMRU East Oregonian Associated Press third in 2004 — meant his testicle that had been painful ZLWKGUDZDO ZDV NHHQO\ IHOW since he crashed on Stage 5. league leaders with 25 home runs this season. PAU, France — Stunning by his team leader Alberto Contador put his arm There was speculation that one of the All-Stars MCMINNVILLE — The PLJKWNQRFNRQHLQWRWKH2KLR5LYHUEH\RQGULJKW¿HOG Echo Outrage 18U softball WKH7RXUGH)UDQFHRQLWV¿UVW Contador. around Basso and vowed, his rest day, doctors diagnosed The 2007 and 2009 cham- YRLFH FUDFNLQJ ZLWK HPRWLRQ Adam Dunn is the only one to reach it so far. team started well, but No splashdowns. Plenty of drama, though. ¿QLVKHG LWV ZHHNHQG ZLWK a tumor in the left testicle SLRQPXVWQRZWDFNOHWKHPRVW to do his best to win the race to of two-time Giro d’Italia DUGXRXVWZRZHHNVRIWKH7RXU honor his teammate. Frazier had a tough challenge right away. Fielder three straight losses at a was trying to join Ken Griffey Jr. as the only three-time tournament in McMinnville. winner Ivan Basso on with decisive climbs in the Basso said he has cancer. Monday, forcing him out of Pyrenees and Alps, without the “I have a small cancer in derby champions. Junior watched from foul territory The Outrage defeated the assistance and moral support the left testicle,” he said. “I after throwing a ceremonial opening pitch to his father, Salem Warriors 8-3 to open the showcase race. His former rival Lance of his veteran teammate and KDYH WR VWRS DQG JR EDFN WR Ken Sr. play on Saturday, but then Armstrong, who survived training partner. Italy.” And Fielder wowed `em, hitting 13 homers eight of fell to Mid Valley Explosion testicular cancer that spread to On what is often an %XW KLV7LQNRII6D[R WHDP them farther than 425 feet, with one estimated at 474 13-8. Their late efforts came his lungs and brain, immedi- uneventful day of rest and said more tests are needed to be feet. The home crowd groaned collectively as Frazier up just short in a 7-5 loss to ately tweeted his support. relaxation when riders certain the tumor is cancerous. came to bat and got off to a very slow start. He called Forest Grove Rampage that At age 37, Basso wasn’t a recharge their batteries before “Probabilities are very timeout to catch his breath after struggling to hit his began Sunday’s action, and contender to win the race, as the high mountains, a visibly high,” Pierre Orphanidis, a ¿UVW¿YHKRPHUV then Echo fell 9-2 when it the Italian was in his heyday VKDNHQ %DVVR DSSHDUHG ZLWK WHDP VSRNHVPDQ VDLG LQ DQ He caught up with 5 seconds to go in his allotted ran into the Explosion again before he was banned for Contador at a news confer- Associated Press interview.