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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017
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Timbers
change date
for visit to
North Coast
The Daily Astorian
The Portland Timbers’ visit
to the North Coast (previously
scheduled for Aug. 15) has been
changed to Aug. 14.
The “Rose City
Road Trip” is the
Timbers’ annual
tour of commu-
nity events and
youth
soccer
clinics through-
out
the
Pacific
Northwest.
This year’s trip includes stops
in Seaside, Warrenton and Asto-
ria, as the Timbers return to the
area as part of the sixth-annual
event, presented by Providence
Health & Services.
Beginning Aug. 14, Timbers’
midfielder Darlington Nagbe,
midfielder/defender Lawrence
Olum, defender Roy Miller and
team mascot Timber Joey will
begin the day with a visit to Prov-
idence Seaside Hospital, before
heading to Warrenton Grade
School.
The day continues with a
youth soccer clinic led by the
Timbers youth development staff
(which includes Seaside High
graduate Kai Davidson) for chil-
dren ages 5-13.
The clinic is scheduled for
1:30-3:30 p.m. at Warrenton Soc-
cer Complex on Ridge Road in
Hammond. Free and open to
the public, the clinic will fea-
ture a training session, along
with autograph and Q&A ses-
sions. Participants must prereg-
ister online at www.timbers.com/
rosecityroadtrip.
Closing out the visit, players
and Timber Joey will join fans at
Astoria’s Fort George Brewery,
1483 Duane St., for a Q&A, raf-
fle, autographs and pictures from
4:30-6:30 p.m., before returning
to Portland.
Marlins trade
Phelps to
Mariners for
prospects
By STEVEN WINE
Associated Press
MIAMI — The Miami Mar-
lins traded right-hander David
Phelps to the Seattle Mariners for
four prospects, including highly
regarded outfielder Brayan Her-
nandez, a person familiar with the
deal said today.
The person confirmed the trade
to The Associated Press on con-
dition of anonymity because the
teams hadn’t announced it.
Phelps is 2-4 with a 3.45 ERA
in 44 games and 47 innings this
season, all out of the bullpen. He’s
a six-year veteran with 64 career
starts.
Hernandez, a 19-year-old Vene-
zuelan, is batting .259 in 31 games
in the minors this year.
The Mariners made the deal at
the start of a key 10-game home-
stand that starts against the New
York Yankees and leads into the
trade deadline. After a 5-1 trip fol-
lowing the All-Star break, the Mar-
iners are 48-48 and 1½ games
behind the Yankees in the AL wild-
card standings.
The Marlins are out of playoff
contention and looking to upgrade
a farm system widely ranked
among the worst in the majors.
Phelps will join a Mariners
bullpen that’s was overworked
during the first-half of the season
as they dealt with major injuries to
the rotation. The Mariners are fifth
in the American League in most
innings pitched by the bullpen.
Seattle has solidified its eighth-
and ninth-inning roles with Nick
Vincent typically the setup man
for closer Edwin Diaz, but getting
to that point has been a struggle at
times. Phelps should provide Seat-
tle manager Scott Servais more
options to bridge those late innings.
AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith
Seattle Mariners’ Ben Gamel (16) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Houston Astros starting pitcher Charlie Mor-
ton during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Houston. Seattle Mariners are 48-48 after their win over the Astros.
Paxton, Gamel power
M’s to win over Astros
By KRISTIE RIEKEN
Associated Press
UP NEXT: MARINERS
HOUSTON — Not many pitchers have
been able to slow down the Houston Astros
this season.
James Paxton has done it repeatedly.
Paxton had another strong start against
Houston and rookie Ben Gamel powered the
offense with a two-run homer to give the Seat-
tle Mariners a 4-1 victory over the Astros on
Wednesday.
“Paxton was outstanding today,” manager
Scott Servais said. “It’s exactly what the doc-
tor ordered. He was on top of his game.”
Paxton (9-3) allowed six hits and one run
in seven innings, after not allowing a run in
his previous two starts against Houston this
season. It’s the fourth straight win for Paxton,
who struck out seven.
“He’s really good,” Houston manager A.J.
Hinch said. “His arm strength is at the top end
of left-handed starters in the league ... a lot of
the story today is just about how good he was.
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We couldn’t quite break out and have a big
inning against him.”
Wednesday’s performance improved Pax-
ton to 2-0 with a 0.45 ERA and 20 strikeouts
against the AL West-leading Astros this year.
“This was a big series for us and a big road
trip, we went five out of six,” Paxton said.
“That’s awesome coming out of the break so
we’ve just got to keep it going here and keep
ourselves in this race.”
Houston starter Charlie Morton (7-4)
retired the first nine batters and the Astros led
1-0 before Jean Segura led off the fourth with
a single. Gamel’s first homer since June 23
came next to put Seattle up 2-1.
Segura had two hits and Robinson Cano
and Mike Zunino drove in a run apiece for the
Mariners, who won for the sixth time in seven
games. Edwin Diaz pitched a scoreless ninth
for his 18th save.
The Astros had a chance to cut into the lead
in the eighth when they had runners at first and
third with one out. But Nick Vincent struck
out Evan Gattis before Marc Rzepczynski
fanned Carlos Beltran to end the inning.
Morton allowed six hits and four runs in 6
2/3 innings for his first loss since coming off
the disabled list on July 7.
Guillermo Heredia doubled to start the
sixth before Segura reached on an infield sin-
gle. Then an error by first baseman Yuli Gur-
riel allowed Gamel to reach and load the bases
with no outs.
The Mariners pushed the lead to 3-1 when
Heredia scored on a groundout by Cano that
left Gamel out at second. Morton was able to
limit the damage when Nelson Cruz grounded
into a double play to end the inning.
Zunino’s RBI double with two outs in the
seventh pushed the lead to 4-1 and chased
Morton.
Plata scores twice, Real Salt Lake beats Timbers
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Joao Plata scored
twice and Kyle Beckerman added
a goal before receiving a red card
in Real Salt Lake’s 4-1 victory over
the Portland Timbers on Wednesday
night.
The eventful match featured seven
yellow cards and three red cards.
Albert Rusnak also scored for Salt
Lake (7-12-2), and Jack Barmby con-
nected for Portland (7-8-6)
The action kicked off in the 10th
minute, when Beckerman received a
pass 25 yards from the Portland goal.
With no defenders attempting to close
in on him, the midfielder unleashed a
right-footed rocket over leaping goal-
keeper Jake Gleeson for his third goal
of the season.
“I initially got it and was think-
ing I’d whip something across for the
back post, and then didn’t see really
any runs. So I just thought I’d give it
a hit and it went in,” said Beckerman.
“Actually, I was yelling at him the
other day because I want him sitting
in front of the defense,” joked Real
Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke
after the game. “All he does after
practice is shoot. I said, ‘How am I
going to get you to stay (in position)
if he keeps going up and shooting?’
So, hey, he had a great, fantastic goal
today.”
Salt Lake doubled the lead in the
Sean Meagher/The Oregonian
Portland Timbers’ Ben Zemanski (14) holds possession against Real
Salt Lake’s Sunday Stephen during an MLS soccer match Wednesday
in Portland. Portland is 7-8-6 after their loss to Real Salt Lake.
50th minute, after Portland’s Dairon
Asprilla was called for a foul after
stepping on Jefferson Savarino’s foot
while trying to tackle the ball away in
the Portland penalty area. Plata drilled
the penalty kick into the lower right
corner as Gleeson dove to the left.
In the 53rd minute, Portland’s Vic-
tor Arboleda, who entered the game
in first half stoppage time, was shown
a red card for running into Plata with
an apparently high elbow.
Two minutes later, Beckerman
was called for a foul on Adi. Adi then
rushed at Beckerman, knocking him
to the ground with a chest-bump.
After the ensuing fracas settled down,
both players were shown red cards,
leaving Salt Lake with 10 players and
Portland with nine.
“I’m curious as to why Kyle got
a red card,” Petke said. “I’ve already
talked to people in my organization,
people here who have seen it, and
they don’t understand why he got a
red card.”
Salt Lake continued the scoring
in the 68th minute, with a bit of good
fortune. Rusnak scooped a pass over
the Portland defense for Plata, who
rolled the ball across the box back to
Rusnak. His shot hit off the crossbar
and off the back of a diving Gleeson
for Rusnak’s fifth of the season.
Plata capped Salt Lake’s scoring
in the 80th minute, running onto a
threaded pass by Danilo Acosta and
sliding a shot under Gleeson for his
fifth of the season.
“Three of those goals, besides
the penalty kick, were plays that we
worked on over the last 10 days. The
runs, the off-ball movement, and it’s
fantastic to see it,” Petke said.
Portland got a consolation goal
in second-half stoppage time, when
Barmby hit a long, bouncing shot past
goalkeeper Nick Rimando for Barm-
by’s first of the season.
“We brought most of what went
wrong today on ourselves,” Portland
coach Caleb Porter said. “So, we have
to take one on the chin. We got blood-
ied today. No doubt about it. It’s very
humbling.”
Real Salt Lake has won two in a
row and three of their last five. On
the other hand, Portland is winless in
their last 6 games (0-3-3).