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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com SPORTS IN BRIEF Timbers extend unbeaten streak with 3-0 win PORTLAND — Diego Valeri and Dairon Asprilla each scored on a penalty kick, and the Portland Timbers extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games with a 3-0 vic- tory over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night. Portland improved to 10-0-5 since its last loss on April 8 at Orlando. The undefeated run matches the club’s MLS record of 15 games set in 2013. “We are doing well,” said Valeri, the league’s reigning MVP who leads Portland with eight goals this season. “I am very happy about the run we’re having.” Stewart scores 20, Storm clinch playoff spot SEATTLE — Breanna Stewart scored 20 points, Sue Bird had 14 points and 11 assists and the Seat- tle Storm clinched the first WNBA playoff berth this season with an 85-75 victory over the defending champion Minnesota Lynx on Fri- day night. Stewart drove the lane and finished in traffic to give Seattle a 79-69 lead and she had a left- handed layup on the next posses- sion for a 12-point advantage. Natasha Howard had 15 points, six rebounds and five steals for Seattle (21-7), which recorded its first 20-win season since 2011. The Storm were 7 of 14 from 3-point range in the first half and finished 12 of 24 from behind the arc. Sylvia Fowles led Minne- sota (15-12) with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Maya Moore was limited to seven points on 2-of-9 shooting. US teacher rows solo across Atlantic in record time LONDON — A high school science teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio, has rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean, setting a record for a west-to-east crossing. Bryce Carlson arrived at St. Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, off England’s southwestern tip, late Saturday — 38 days, six hours and 49 minutes after setting out from St. John’s, Newfoundland. The 37-year-old athlete was applauded by relatives and well-wishers as he stepped onto the quay at St. Mary’s Harbour after rowing more than 2,000 miles in his 20-foot boat, Lucille. Carlson capsized several times and endured high waves and the remnants of a hurricane during his journey. “I feel like I had a lot of luck along the way, and a lot of help,” Carlson said. “Help from my friends, my family, the commu- nity — from some higher power, I don’t know.” US beats Taiwan 7-0 at women’s softball worlds ICHIHARA, Japan — Ali- son Aguilar and Delaney Spauld- ing drove in three runs each as the United States beat Taiwan 7-0 Sat- urday to improve to 2-0 in Group A at the women’s softball world championship, a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Aguilar hit a bases-loaded dou- ble in a five-run second inning when Spaulding doubled in a sin- gle run. Spaulding completed the scoring with a two-run homer in the fourth and the game was called after five innings on the tourna- ment’s mercy rule. Keilani Ricketts picked up the win after striking out four and giv- ing up only three hits over five innings. The winner of the tournament will be awarded an Olympic berth. If Japan wins, the second-place finisher will be granted the Olym- pic spot as Japan has an automatic berth as host. Also in Group A, Puerto Rico beat South Africa 9-0. Astoria’s Trey Hageman (5) tries to take down Keegan Holly of Sweet Home during a play in Saturday’s annual Shrine all-star football game. East rallies for win over West in Shrine game The Daily Astorian B AKER CITY — The East defeated the West 20-8 in the Shrine all-star football game Saturday in Baker City. In the 66th annual contest that showcases the top seniors from the Class 1A to 4A levels from the previous sea- son, the East held a narrow 6-0 lead after a defensive first half. Behind a touchdown from Brandon Peite of Regis, the West grabbed an 8-6 lead early in the second half. The East responded with two touchdowns to win. A thunder and light- ning storm delayed part of the second half. Three players from Clatsop County took part in the game — Michael Bailey and Skyler Yoshino from Seaside, and Astoria’s Trey Hageman. The game will be televised by Root Sports Network at 1:30 p.m. today. Seager and Cruz power Mariners to 6-3 win over Blue Jays By ERIK ERICKSON Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mar- iners had been waiting for a big day from Kyle Seager to spark their strug- gling offense, and they finally got it Sunday. Seager hit two home runs and Nel- son Cruz added another as the Mari- ners powered their way to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. “We had the Seager game today,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said. “We’ve been waiting for that one and Kyle was huge there.” The Mariners had been held to three or fewer runs in 18 of their last 23 games, including three straight losses to the Blue Jays to begin the series, but got 10 hits Sunday as they snapped a five game losing streak. “The at-bats were better. We made better contact,” Servais said. “We need it to continue. It’s been a rough stretch here offensively but hopefully today is a bright spot and we turn the corner here going forward.” Toronto tied the game at 3-3 in the seventh after shortstop Aledmys Diaz hit his 14th home run of the season against Seattle starter Mike Leake, but the Mariners responded in the bottom of the inning. Cruz and Seager hom- ered back-to-back against reliever Joe Biagini (1-6) with one out after Jean Segura led off the inning with a single. “Today felt good and hopefully we continue to put up some good at-bats and score some runs,” Seager said. Seahawks safety plan focuses on Thompson and Hill By TIM BOOTH Associated Press AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager, right, runs into the arms of Nelson Cruz after Seager’s home run against the Toronto Blue Jays. Seager had gone 21 games with- out a home run before hitting his 17th and 18th of the season Sunday. He recorded his eighth career multi-ho- mer game and his 31st multi-hit game of the season. “He was due, there’s no doubt about that,” Servais said. Zach Duke (4-4) picked up his first win as a Mainer when he got one out in the seventh for the win. Alex Colome pitched a scoreless eighth and Edwin Diaz locked down his major league-leading 41st save of the sea- son as the Mariners avoided the series sweep. Cruz finished with four RBI, driv- ing in the game’s first two runs with an RBI single off the glove of Diaz in the third to go along with his broken bat home run that put Seattle ahead 5-3 in the eighth. Seager hit his first solo homer of the game when he took Toronto starter Sam Gaviglio deep on the first pitch of the fifth inning, giving Seattle a 3-1 lead. “You know where he’s always at in the middle of that lineup, and he can burn you, no doubt about that,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He’s dangerous.” RENTON, Wash. — Through- out its offseason team activities, the Seattle Seahawks appeared to be settled at safety. Bradley McDou- gald would just continue his role from a year ago stepping in as a full- time starter alongside Earl Thomas. That was before Thomas decided to take his demands for a new contract to the extreme by holding out, creating an unexpected competition and a bit of chaos in Seattle’s defensive backfield. With Thomas missing, Seat- tle’s safeties are a revolving door of combinations trying to find the pairing that makes the most sense ahead of the Sept. 9 opener at Den- ver. The process of seeing how all those combinations look gets its first true examination next Thurs- day when the Seahawks open the preseason against Indianapolis. “These guys, they kind of joined forces in the offseason and kind of as a group, they knew they were up against it and wanted to make sure that they were going to give everything they had and put it all on the line,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Elliott wins at Watkins Glen, his first Cup victory Chase Elliott celebrates after winning Sunday in Watkins Glen, N.Y. AP Photo/Ju- lie Jacobson By JOHN KEKIS Associated Press WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Like father, like son. Mired in a confounding los- ing streak since the start of his NASCAR Cup career in 2016, Chase Elliott finally broke into the win column Sunday, hold- ing off road course ace Martin Truex Jr. at Watkins Glen. The son of Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, who also won his first Cup race on a road course (Riverside in 1983 in his 124th start), Chase celebrated a tri- umph he will cherish forever. Out of fuel after the finish, he was pushed to victory lane by the banged-up No. 48 Chevy of seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson, a teammate and one of his staunchest sup- porters, as his father raced to join the celebration after spotting. Toss in the raucous cheers of the sellout crowd and it doesn’t get much better than that. “It’s something I’ll never forget,” said Elliott, who has finished second eight times in Cup. “I was going to do a burnout, but I ran out of gas. Certainly glad that we were on the front end today.” Elliott’s victory came in his 99th Cup start and was the 250th win for Hen- drick Motorsports, breaking a 37-race losing streak for one of NASCAR’s signature teams. It also assured Elliott a spot in the playoffs as he became only the fifth driver to win a race outside of the “Big 3” of Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Truex, who have combined to win 16 of 22 races.
