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12A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com Perez homers in 10th to give Royals 9-6 win over Ms By TIM BOOTH Associated Press AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Kansas City Royals’ Salvador Perez hits a two-run home run against the Se- attle Mariners in the 10th inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Seattle. SEATTLE — Less than two months after sitting 10 games below .500, the Kansas City Royals are roll- ing into the All-Star break and on the cusp of the lead in the AL Central. Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the 10th, Alex Gordon added a two-out RBI single later in the inning and the Royals completed a three-game sweep with a 9-6 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednes- day night. Perez drove the second pitch from reliever James Pazos (2-2) out to right field for his 17th homer of the season, an inning that started with an error by Seattle’s Robinson Cano. It was the third home run of the game for Kansas City, adding to earlier UP NEXT: MARINERS • Oakland Athletics (37-48) at Seattle Mariners (41-45) • Tonight, 7:10 p.m. TV: RTNW two-run shots by Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain. Kansas City won for the sixth time in seven games and handed Seattle its seventh straight loss at home. The Royals are a half-game behind Cleve- land for the lead in the AL Central. “I didn’t really think about. I just knew we would find a way to do it, get back into it,” Kansas City man- ager Ned Yost said. Perez said he was looking for a pitch on the outside half of the plate after striking out in both the sixth and eighth innings on pitches away. Fire run unbeaten streak to 11 with draw in Portland Flying ants raid Wimbledon on hottest day of tournament By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press PORTLAND — After a draw against the Timbers, the music was playing loud in the Chicago Fire’s locker room and the players were in a festive mood. The surging Fire are undefeated in the last 11 games. The 2-2 tie in Portland on Wednesday night was the latest in a string of matches without a loss that started May 6. “If you’re happy outside the field, you’re happy on the field, and I think that’s the case right now,” said Chicago’s Arturo Alva- rez, who had a first-half goal. “We just have to continue. It’s a long season, I’m sure we’re going to hit some ups and downs, but at the end of the day we just have to make sure we stick together with a positive mindset and win as many games as we can.” The Fire (11-3-4) have won nine games over the 11-game stretch. Last season, Chicago fin- ished the season with just seven total victories and an MLS-worst 31 points. Fanendo Adi opened the scor- ing for the Timbers (7-7-5) on a penalty kick in the 24th minute, and Alvarez tied it 10 minutes later. Defender Brandon Vincent got his first goal of the season early in the second half to give the Fire the lead before Sebastian Blanco took a pass from Diego Valeri and slot- ted the tying goal past goalkeeper Matt Lampson in the 70th minute. “In the end, unfortunately we dropped two points, but it was a tough game, fantastic opponent. These kinds of games are very helpful for our team to grow, espe- cially when you get a point on the road,” Fire coach Veljko Paunovic said. “Obviously we are not happy with just the point, but we are happy with the character and the way the team played today. “ It was the third straight draw for the Timbers, who are winless in five straight games. But Portland has never lost to Chicago, with four wins and four draws since joining the league in 2011. Sean Meagher/The Oregonian Portland Timbers’ Dairon As- prilla (27) heads a ball next to Chicago Fire’s Brandon Vin- cent during an MLS soccer match Wednesday in Portland. “I was looking for something out over the plate. He threw me that pitch and I didn’t miss,” Perez said. Mike Minor (5-1) pitched the ninth to get the victory and Kelvin Herrera threw the 10th for his 19th save to cap a stellar performance from the Kansas City bullpen. The Royals’ relievers allowed one hit and struck out four in five scoreless innings of relief. “We felt good, the bullpen just holding the fort until we could score,” Yost said. Minor had a scare when Mike Zunino led off the ninth with a flyball to deep left field that Gordon caught one step in front of the wall. Zuni- no’s near-miss encapsulated Seattle’s night, rallying from an early 4-0 defi- cit only to be held scoreless for the final seven innings. Submitted Photo The Lower Columbia 11U All-Stars, one of two Lower Columbia teams which will play in the Co- lumbia River Classic this weekend. All-Star weekend for 11U’s The Daily Astorian The Lower Columbia All- Stars will be the host team this weekend for the Columbia River Classic 11U baseball tournament. Columbia Field and CMH Field will be the two sites for a full weekend of games, which begin at 9 a.m. Saturday and wrap up with a championship game Sunday afternoon. Lower Columbia will have two teams in the tournament (Lower Columbia All-Stars and Lower Columbia Red), and the tournament will include teams from Longview and Kelso, Washington, West Linn and Gresham-Barlow. Saturday’s pool-play openers will feature the Lower Columbia All-Stars vs. the Longview All- Stars, 9 a.m. at Columbia Field; and the Lower Columbia Red vs. the Kelso All-Stars, 9 a.m. at CMH Field. Sunday’s championship game is scheduled for 3:45 p.m. at Columbia Field. Saturday’s Schedule, Pool Play (At Columbia Field) 9 am: LC All-Stars vs. Longview 11:15: LC All-Stars vs. West Linn Green 1:30: Longview vs. West Linn Green 3:45: Longview vs. LC Red 6:00: Gresham vs. West Linn Green (At CMH Field) 9 am: LC Red vs. Kelso 11:15: LC Red vs. West Linn Gold 1:30: Kelso vs. Gresham 3:45: Kelso vs. West Linn Gold 6:00: LC All-Stars vs. West Linn Green 8:15: LC All-Stars vs. Gresham Rosters Lower Columbia 11U All-Stars 4 Teague Palmberg, Astoria 6 Dean Helvey, Naselle 7 Garrett Hillard, Astoria 9 Karson Hawkins, Astoria 10 Nick Rusinovich, Knappa 22 Jude Miller, Knappa 27 Merrick Benesch, Astoria 44 Jaxon Dietrichs, Knappa 45 Ethan Hopkins, Ilwaco 77 Cannon Johnson, Naselle 88 Parker Kilponen, Naselle Coaches Jamey Hillard Jeff Hawkins Bryce Kilponen Lower Columbia 11U Red 1 Zander Bachman, Knappa 3 Jacob Rogers, Ilwaco 5 Aiden Giles, Astoria 7 Cody Nicholson, Knappa 8 Benton Moore, Astoria 12 Tyler Lindstrom, Knappa 13 Dylan Carlson, Astoria 17 Dylan Nyman, Astoria 22 Patrick Anderson, Astoria 34 Bryce Yeager, Astoria 40 Treven Moreland, Knappa 50 Kaemon Sawa, Ilwaco Coaches Ryan Anderson Daryl Moore Kenny Yeager LONDON — They were buggin’ out at Wimbledon on Wednesday. Hundreds of flying ants swarmed around various courts at the All England Club, distract- ing players during their matches, as the temperature warmed up considerably, from the low 70s to nearly 85 degrees. It left the racket-wielders swat- ting the bugs instead of tennis balls, at times. Steve Johnson, an American seeded 26th, was startled when one of the critters buzzed its way into his right ear at the pre- cise moment that he came up with a forehand winner during what would become a 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Radu Albot of Moldova. Johnson did a little dance while he extracted the invader. “Thankfully, I ended the point right there, because I wouldn’t have run for the next ball. It just got in there. Eventually it got out, but I didn’t want it to get any fur- ther than it did,” Johnson said. “They were everywhere,” he said. “It was a mess out there. I’ve never seen that here before.” Local media have reported about a wave of flying ants across Britain this week, a migration of sorts that is a result of just the right combination of heat, humidity and wind. “Well,” Johnson said, “they migrated to Wimbledon.” Especially during the early afternoon on Day 3 of the grass- court Grand Slam tournament. Before Johnson headed out to Court 18, 24th-seeded American Sam Querrey played his match there, and dealt with the same type of issues created by the little winged things. Olympic panel praises ‘outstanding’ LA, Paris hosting plans By GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press GENEVA — Los Angeles and Paris have been praised by an Interna- tional Olympic Committee panel for having “outstanding” plans to host the 2024 Summer Games. Storytelling skills and cut- ting-edge technologies from LA, plus “stunning backdrops” in Paris where the modern Olympics was reborn, were anticipated eagerly by an IOC evaluation commission which assessed the bidders in a 180-page dossier and 15-minute video pub- lished Wednesday. “Their candidatures have put the Olympic Movement in a win-win situation, with very little to separate the two projects,” said Patrick Bau- mann, the panel chairman and an IOC member. Both cities should get hosting rights for the 2024 or 2028 Olympics on Sept. 13, at the IOC’s annual meet- ing being held in Lima, Peru. Paris is viewed as favorite for 2024. The evaluation was prepared for IOC members who will meet bid leaders at a key campaign event on July 11-12 in Lausanne. Members are AP Photo/Jae C. Hong A Los Angeles 2024 sign stands in front of Staples Center, in Los Angeles. also now expected to ratify the pro- posal for a double hosting award, which the IOC executive board for- mally made last month. In statements issued Wednesday, both cities’ bid campaigns said they were delighted with the evaluation. Challenges highlighted for the two cities include public transport and traffic management plans in Los Angeles, which groups most venues in four clusters: Downtown, Valley, South Bay and Long Beach: The panel noted that the IOC would want to review in advance new laws that are needed to guarantee tax and funding aspects of the Paris proj- ect. Many events would take place in the city center, and use the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Louvre art gallery as a backdrop. LA’s privately-financed project scored better than Paris, which calls for hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money, in the IOC’s own polling of public support for hosting the Summer Games. It is always unclear in Olympic bidding contests how much the tech- nical analysis of candidates’ plans affect the choice of more than 85 IOC members eligible to vote. Still, Los Angeles and Paris have long been viewed as high-class, low- risk options. The IOC has seemed grateful to have them after years of spiraling spending and cost overruns by host cities, and public opposition that ended other bids. IOC President Thomas Bach has pushed for a double award since December, aiming to seize the chance of stability for the next decade. Seeking to avoid construction costs and risks of creating white elephant venues, LA and Paris are praised for proposing to use existing and temporary arenas for 97 and 93 percent, respectively, of their Sum- mer Games’ needs. The only permanent venue yet to be built in Los Angeles is the $2.6 billion stadium in Inglewood to be shared by the NFL’s Rams and Char- gers. It would host the opening cere- mony on July 19, 2024.
