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Altus Times
SPORTS
Cavaliers take the lead in NBA Finals
isfying at all,” James said of the final his interview because of his cramp-
Lions purchase locker
Rookie Chris Heston leads Giants over Mels 5-0
and catcher Buster Posey, have that 95-99 (mph),
his arms in triumph.
sticks out as lacking pedi- balls into the outfield,
As a crowd of 23,155
deep at shortstop and
WI
* **
with a 91 mph sinker
for the final out, Heston
in his 13th major league
start, and here he was
in the interview room,
flanked by San Francisco
manager Bruce Bochy
with San Francisco in
2009.
And in an era of radar
gun worship, Heston
didn't throw a pitch faster
than 91 mph.
“It's not always how
out 11 — six looking
— and allowed just two
threw to first to retire
Eric Campbell for the
final out of the inning.
up with that, trust me."
Heston (6-4) allowed
three baserunners — hit-
or two of stubble.
He took the ball from
the final out with him,
Stanford star Morris
gets his chance w ith
US national leain
NEW YORK (AP) -
Chris Heston handled
the New York Mets with
ease. Explaining his
accomplishment was the
hard part.
The 27-year-old rookie
trying to detail a most
unexpected moment.
“Definitely something
I’ll remember forever,”
Heston said
Heston threw called
third strikes past pinch-
hitter Danny Muno,
Curtis Granderson and
pitches. According to
STATS, it was the third
ing. The Cavaliers plan to update
his condition Wednesday.
LEBRON’S LOAD: James has
been so good in this series that he
scored 40 points and his scoring
average actually dropped to 41 per
game. He has two 40-point games
in the series, two shy of the NBA
Finals record held by Jerry West
(1969) and Michael Jordan (1993).
case.
“I don’t have enough
stuff for one,” he said.
While the Giants win
and most importantly helped create
some space for Stephen Curry with
into an annual fixture,
with Heston following
looked on at Citi Field,
the closest the Mets got
to a hit was in the eighth,
He hopped off the
mound with two steps
It’s your ability to mix
up your pitches, keep
them off balance, hit
your spots, pitch to your
defense. Sure, it’s nice to
flyouts by Wilmer Flores aw-shucks manner, look-
in the second inning and ing boyish despite a day
Michael Cuddyer in the
seventh.
Heston called it the
greatest moment of his
life.
“He understands the moment,”
coach David Blatt said. “He under-
stands the situation and he is a big,
big, big-time player. He can get it
done.”
NO DNP FOR D-LEE: David Lee
didn’t play in Games 1 or 2, but
apparently has already locked up a
spot in Game 4.
Lee got his first action of the
series Tuesday and was one of the
catalysts in the Warriors’ comeback.
He scored nine of his 11 points in
the fourth quarter, helped Golden
State with its rebounding problem
“I think we found something there
with David Lee that’s working for
us,” Andre Iguodala said. “So he’s
going to get some more minutes, I
would like to think, going forward,
and then other guys will see how
effective he is and they’ll do the
same.”
Iguodala was right. Coach Steve
Kerr said there would be more of
Lee in the series.
the Los Angeles Dodgers
— all by Sandy Koufax —
from 1962-65.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — The tattoo was his
mother’s idea about five years ago.
Jordan Morris has Type 1 diabetes, so getting
the symbol for his disease inked on his right
forearm serves dual purposes: as medical
identification and a reminder to the Stanford star
of what he has endured to become a contributor
for the U.S. men’s national team at age 20.
“You’re supposed to wear a bracelet and I
never did. I don’t know why, it was just kind of
annoying to me to wear that,” he said. “It was
actually my mom’s idea. She said it to me five or
so years ago, ‘You should get a tattoo.’ I was like,
'No, no, I never want to do that.’ Then as I got
older I thought that’d be pretty cool, actually, just
so people know I have diabetes, but then now it
could be a way to inspire some young diabetics,
too, which I think is awesome. I think it serves
both those purposes.”
Morris has had a whirlwind spring, from
traveling the world with the national team and
U.S. Under-23 squad, to returning to the Bay
Area to finish his sophomore course work at
Stanford.
A speedy forward who can beat a defender
l-on-l to create chances on the attack, he became !
the first college player to score for the national
team in at least 20 years when he got a goal
against Mexico two months ago in his first start.
He is on the roster for Wednesday’s exhibition
against Germany in Cologne, a rematch of
Mannschaft's 1-0 win in the group stage of last
year’s World Cup when the Germans won the
title.
Morris arrived from France, where he appeared
in all four matches with three starts and
scored against host France in the 2015 Toulon
Tournament for Under-23 teams.
Then, he entered in the 80th minute in the
Americans’ 4-3 win against the Netherlands and
assisted on Bobby Wood’s game-winning goal in
the 90th minute.
In his bag or backpack, Morris is always ready
with Tree Top brand fruit gummies or a sports
drink if his blood sugar gets low.
“It just kind of depends on the day,” he said of
whether he needs the snack.
Morris has played in four games for the U.S.
with one start, and he scored the first goal in
the 49th minute of a 2-0 victory April 15 against
Mexico in San Antonio.
Among other firsts, he became the first active
college player to appear for the U.S. team since
Ante Razov in 1995.
“It’s pretty unbelievable. It still hasn’t hit me
totally. Pretty crazy,” Morris said during a recent
sit-down at Stanford. “When I take a step back
and look at how the last few months have gone,
it’s something I’ve dreamed about since I was a
little kid.
. “I never really thought that maybe this would
ever happen, especially this early. It was an
unbelievable moment. I think that kind of came
out when I saw the ball go in the net, I just had
all of these emotions suddenly rush into me, I’m
like, ‘This actually just happened.’”
His journey to the national team arrived
somewhat by chance. He played in a closed
scrimmage against last year’s World Cup team
during its training camp at Stanford in May 2014.
“I got a little lucky that they were able to come
train here,” he said. “There are so many players
trying to make it to that level, sometimes you
need a little luck to get there.”
Morris then stuck around and trained a couple
of days under coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who
already had begun to consider Morris a future
option then. The coach doesn’t hesitate to give
opportunities to young, inexperienced players.
He said before Morris’ start against Mexico, “I
want him to enjoy it.”
Morris’ father, Dr. Michael Morris, is the
Seattle Sounders’ orthopedist. That could be
where Morris, from Mercer Island, Washington,
winds up after his junior college season this fall.
had just thrown baseball’s hard you throw,” Bochy
first no-hitter this season, said. “It’s your command.
night.
In a championship rota-
tion filled with All-Stars,
his name is the one that
the World Series in even-
numbered years lately —
2010, T2 and ‘14 — they
have turned no-hitters
gree.
He is far from the pro-
totypical major league
pitcher.
Drafted on the 47th
round, he stayed in
school.
Drafted on the 29th
round, he stayed in
school.
Taken on the 12th
round, he finally signed
inning, completing a 5-0
victory over the New
York Mets on Tuesday
ting Tejada, Lucas Duda
and Anthony Recker with didn’t jump, didn’t raise
Frank Franklin II | AP
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Chris Heston, facing camera,
celebrates with teammates after he threw a no-hitter against the
Courtesy photo
The Altus Lions Club donated $500 to purchase a locker for Altus High School Athletics Field House. Presented by left Lion Victoria
Cleveland and right Lion Vicki King to Coach Jeremy Reed with two foothall players representing the team left Tito Jones, right Baylor Feller.
The right-hander struck and hugged Posey. ‘14. The only other team
“I wasn’t too sure to accomplish the feat in
where to go after that last four straight years was
out,” Heston said in an I
but if you’re off a little bit, ----------------------------------------...-g--t. -
hitters are going to catch New York Mets in a baseball game Tuesday, June 9,2015, in New
York. The Giants won 5-0.
Ruben Tejada in the ninth no-hitter since 1914 in
* " A which all the runners who toward the Giants dugout. Matt Cain's perfect game
reached did so on hit bat- slapped his glove with his against Houston in 2012
ters — and the first with bare hand, then turned, and hitless gems by Tim
more than one. walked toward home plate Lincecum in 2013 and
but didn’t have any desig- .__
nated place to display it. when Brandon Crawford
“This has got to be No. He doesn’t have a trophy made a backhand stop
1, probably right next
to my first big league
appearance,” he said.
After freezing Tejada
Wednesday, June 10.2015
0= period,
g W J “But the best teacher in life is
A * experience. We experienced it
elesreaie tonight. We’re going to watch a lot
miryaieisi of film tomorrow on ways we can
get better, close out games the best
Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) shoots over way, and we’ll be ready for Game 4.”
Golden State Warriors forward David Lee (10) during the Holding on took everything the
first half of Game 3 of basketball's NBA Finals in Cleveland Cavs had, especially from Matthew
on Tuesday. Dellavedova, who required treat-
CLEVELAND (AP) — The ment at a hospital for severe cramp-
lead in the NBA Finals belongs to ing.
Cleveland, though some momentum And even though Cleveland did,
may be with the Warriors. Golden State’s confidence wasn’t
So LeBron James celebrated the dented.
victory but fretted the finish after “We’ve just got to bottle up what
Golden State finally looked like the we did the fourth quarter and bring
NBA’s best team in a fourth-quarter that for 48 minutes starting in
flurry, before the Cavaliers held on Game 4,” said Stephen Curry, who
for a 96-91 victory and a 2-1 lead in scored 17 of his 27 points in the
the NBA Finals. fourth.
That left James saying afterward Other things to watch:
the Cavs needed to figure some DELLAVEDOVA’S
things out, while the Warriors DETERMINATION: Shortly after
seemed to think they already had. James praised his scrappy point
“We hold them to 55 points for guard for his effort across 38 V2
three quarters and we allowed them minutes, an NBA official announced
to break off with 36. That’s not sat- that Dellavedova wouldn’t make it to his play in the pick-and-role.
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