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dez’s perfect game against the Tampa
Bay Rays on Aug. 15, 2012, was the last
time an AL pitcher did not allow a hit in
a game. There have been 15 no-hitters
by NL pitchers since then.
With Mariners fans on their feet
and cheering, Iwakuma got Gerardo
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against Baltimore since Boston’s Clay
Buchholz did it in 2007.
Baltimore has now been no-hit seven
times in franchise history.
After his 116th pitch settled in Jack-
son’s glove, Iwakuma was mobbed by
his teammates. Hernandez was wearing
a fuzzy bear hat that was handed out as a
promotion earlier in the season to honor
Iwakuma.
The only time it appeared the Orioles
might get a hit came in the fourth inning.
Manny Machado walked to lead off and
Parra chopped a grounder in the hole
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and second baseman Robinson Cano.
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tracked down the grounder in shallow
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two outs, but he struck out Jimmy
Paredes to end the threat.
Iwakuma also walked Jonathan
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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma throws during the
eighth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles in
Seattle.
Schoop on a check-swing, full-count
pitch to open the eighth inning. But
after striking out Ryan Flaherty looking,
Iwakuma got Caleb Joseph to ground
into a double play.
Iwakuma took the mound for the
ninth to a standing ovation from the
home crowd taking in the matinee.
David Lough fouled out to open the
ninth with Seager making his remark-
able catch. Machado grounded out to
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Iwakuma pitched 8 2-3 innings
twice, including earlier this month
against Minnesota.
In his last outing, Iwakuma threw a
118 pitches in a victory over Texas.
NFL
class. He hasn’t been
allowed to join the Ducks in
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capacity until he’s wrapped
up his degree.
Lockie,
meanwhile,
is already entrenched
in Oregon’s culture. He
learned from the best in
Mariota, although he got
little chance to prove it last
season, completing 21 of 27
overall passes for 207 yards
and a touchdown, mostly in
mop-up duty.
Mariota set a Pac-12
record for total touch-
downs last season with 58,
including 42 via pass, 15
on the run and one touch-
down catch. He also set the
conference mark for career
touchdowns with 136.
Mariota declared his
eligibility for the NFL draft
shortly after the Ducks
fell 42-20 to Ohio State in
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championship
game and was the second
overall pick, heading to the
Tennessee Titans.
In the spring game,
Lockie completed all nine
of his passes for 223 yards
and three touchdowns,
leading his team to a 35-29
victory.
Asked about the differ-
ence between Lockie and
Adams, Addison again was
tactful.
“I really can’t say so
far,” he said. “We haven’t
gotten a big chance to work
out with Vernon yet. But
I know Jeff is a guy who
has improved year after
year and I think we will
be comfortable with him if
he gets the job. It will be
interesting when Vernon
gets here.”
Whatever
happens,
Addison is realistic. His
focus is on himself.
“The main thing I’ve
been trying to do is get
better as a player, get better
as a teammate, and continue
to learn the game more,” he
said.
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Two Achilles tears in two
years hasn’t stopped McCoy
McCoy became a trusted contributor
in Seattle’s offense during the 2012
season. He posted career highs with 18
catches for 291 yards and three touch-
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100-yard game of his career with three
RENTON, Wash. — Getting back catches for 105 yards in Seattle’s 58-0
to normal has been a long and arduous rout of the Arizona Cardinals.
process for Anthony McCoy.
McCoy is battling with Cooper Helfet
The Seattle Seahawks tight end has for a chance to make Seattle’s roster as
missed each of the last two seasons after a third tight end. Helfet caught 12 passes
suffering torn Achilles tendons during for 185 yards and two touchdowns in 10
offseason workouts. McCoy tore his games last season in place of McCoy.
right Achilles during organized team
“He’s getting there,” offensive
activities in May 2013 then tore his coordinator Darrell Bevell said. “Early
left Achilles early in training camp last in camp I don’t think he quite had his
August.
legs under him but as you’re able to
So after two years of constant reha- work through more and get more of a
bilitation, normal is a pretty incredible workload ... it’s hard to simulate exactly
thing.
what he’s going to get out there with
“Honestly, (I feel) normal,” McCoy bodies leaning on him, guys pushing on
said. “And dammit it feels (good to be) him. As he’s worked through camp here
normal. God it feels so good to be out he’s done a nice job of getting his wind,
here right now.”
getting his legs, that kind of thing.”
Both tears were non-contact injuries
Despite the injuries, McCoy stayed
that ended his seasons before they could with the team throughout each of the
get started.
last two seasons. He did his rehab work
“This is one of those things you can’t with the team’s doctors and training
see coming,” McCoy said. “If it’s going staff instead of going to recuperate on
to happen, it’s going to happen.”
his own.
McCoy was cleared to return to
“Coming in as a rookie, he was a
football activities in July. Now he’s guy I kind of looked up to,” backup
just working on getting back into game tight end Luke Willson said. “Obviously
shape and rediscovering his rapport with the Achilles is the last thing you want
Russell Wilson.
injured and not to do one of those, let
“I’m almost there. I’m working alone two, and to see him out here and
through the kinks and the cracks and moving around is pretty cool, man. He’s
stuff, just getting back into it,” McCoy got a great attitude. He’s a great player.
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in since January 2013.
receive an extra $500 in bonus money. He walked
away with $600.
At such a young age, Thurston is making
a name for himself on the circuit. He says he’s
made more than $220,000 this summer, in a
season he called “blessed.”
“It’s pretty cool,” he said of his summer. “I’ve
had a really good year.”
Bareback rider Teddy Athan is trying to get
back to earning serious money after missing much
of this season with some broken ribs. Wednesday,
though, her was in top form.
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Reckless Margie was aggressive with him early in
the eight seconds, but he shifted his weight, found
the horse’s time, and stayed on for a winning ride.
“When she came out, she kinda smashed me
in the back, and kinda got everything curled up
and got my hips from under me,” Atham said,
“She was kinda strong right there and evertying
started rolling right. Then a (she made) a couple
moves across the lane and bucked through the
whole thing.”
Colbran, Colorado’s Ty Wallace took Wednes-
day’s bull riding go-round after holding on for
an 82 on bad medicine. It was an interesting
night with the bulls, who often times didn’t want
to leave the arena dirt. Ardie Maier was on the
rough end of the bulls when Laugh Out Loug
landed on his shoulder just outside the chute. He
had his shoulder wrapped with ice shortly after.
While the rough stock was entertaining, the
roping and steer wrestling was frustrating.
Fresh stock that hadn’t seen a chute caused
some cowboys problems. Several cowboys came
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the barrier, and some didn’t record a time at all
because of the fresh stock. Steer wrestler Luke
Branquinho, though, seemingly had no problems,
though, recording a time of 4.4 seconds to win
$100 and Wednesday’s go-round.
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chute a split second late, forcing the cowboys
to pay attention to both the buzzer and the steer
itself so that he doesn’t break the barrier. In his
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In tie down and team roping, the fresh calves
again caused problems. Twenty-time world
champion Trevor Brazile failed to record a time in
tie down, and he and team roping partner Patrick
Smith found themselves on the outside looking in
after two go-rounds with an average of 14.4
Meanwhile, Caleb Smidt, in the second
go-round after Wednesday afternoon’s slack, put
down a time of 8.5 seconds, easily the best score.
Smidt was one of just six of 14 cowboys to record
a time because of the fresh stock.
Calie DuPerier, just 22 years old, nearly broke
the FCPR arena record in barrel racing after her
17.09. Farm-City’s record is 16.81. There was a
scare during barrel racing, though, when Nicole
Riggle’s horse lost its footing around the second
barrel, tosing her. As the horse scampered past,
its back hoof caught Riggle’s head and left her
motionless for a few seconds. She regained her
feet and left the arena on her own power.
The second performance of Farm-City Pro
Rodeo begins at 7:45 p.m. with slack events
beginning at 2 p.m.
LOCALS:
Torri Longgood, Hermiston, Barrel Racing:
17.50 (3rd)
Blake Knowles, Heppner, Steer Wrestling:
10.3 (5th)
Trevor Knowles, Mt. Vernon, Oregon, Steer
Wrestling: 21.3 (10th)
R. C. Landingham, Pendleton, Bareback
Riding: 78 (re-ride)
SCOREBOARD
Baseball
Texas
Seattle
Oakland
National League
———
East Division
New York
Washington
Atlanta
Miami
Philadelphia
W
62
58
51
46
46
L
52
55
63
68
69
Pct GB
.544 —
.513 3½
.447 11
.404 16
.400 16½
W
73
65
64
50
48
L
40
46
48
62
67
Pct GB
.646 —
.586
7
.571 8½
.446 22½
.417 26
Central Division
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
West Division
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Arizona
San Diego
Colorado
———
W
64
60
56
54
47
L
50
53
57
61
65
Pct GB
.561 —
.531
3
.496
7
.470 10
.420 15½
Thursday’s Games
Colorado (E.Butler 3-9) at N.Y. Mets
(Syndergaard 6-6), 9:10 a.m.
Milwaukee (Cravy 0-3) at Chicago Cubs
(Lester 7-8), 11:20 a.m.
Pittsburgh (Liriano 7-6) at St. Louis (Lynn
9-6), 4:15 p.m.
Cincinnati (Sampson 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(Latos 4-8), 7:10 p.m.
Washington (Strasburg 6-5) at San Fran-
cisco (Vogelsong 7-8), 7:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W
63
61
58
57
50
L
52
51
56
56
64
Pct GB
.548 —
.545 ½
.509 4½
.504
5
.439 12½
Central Division
Kansas City
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
W
68
57
55
54
53
L
45
56
59
58
59
Pct GB
.602 —
.504 11
.482 13½
.482 13½
.473 15
West Division
Houston
Los Angeles
57 .491 5½
61 .470
8
64 .443 11
Wednesday’s Games
Seattle 3, Baltimore 0
Houston 2, San Francisco 0
Miami 14, Boston 6
Toronto 10, Oakland 3
Tampa Bay 9, Atlanta 6
Cleveland 2, N.Y. Yankees 1
Detroit 7, Kansas City 4
Chicago White Sox 3, LA Angels 2 (13
innings)
Minnesota 11, Texas 1
Thursday’s Games
Oakland (S.Gray 12-4) at Toronto (Buehrle
12-5), 9:37 p.m.
Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-4) at Minnesota
(E.Santana 2-3), 10:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 11-2) at Cleveland
(Bauer 9-8), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Richards 11-9) at Kansas City
(Guthrie 8-7), 5:10 p.m
W
62
59
L Pct GB
53 .539 —
54 .522 2½
American North Division
W
L
Oklahoma City
70 47
Iowa
65 52
Omaha
63 54
Colorado Springs 48 68
Pct. GB
.598 —
.556
5
.538
7
.414 21½
American South Division
W
L Pct.
Round Rock
67 50 .573
Memphis
62 56 .525
Nashville
53 65 .449
New Orleans
51 67 .432
Pacific North Division
W
Fresno
69
Reno
56
Tacoma
56
Sacramento
55
GB
—
5½
14½
16½
L
48
60
62
63
Pct. GB
.590 —
.483 12
.475 13
.466 14
Pacific South Division
W
L
Las Vegas
66 52
El Paso
60 57
Albuquerque
51 67
Salt Lake
46 71
Pct. GB
.559 —
.513 5½
.432 15
.393 19
———
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Omaha, 5:05 p.m.
Nashville at Iowa, 5:05 p.m.
Fresno at Albuquerque, 5:35 p.m.
Las Vegas at El Paso, 6:05 p.m.
Salt Lake at Reno, 7:05 p.m.
Sacramento at Tacoma, 7:05 p.m.
Round Rock at Colorado Springs, 7:30
p.m., 2nd game
Northwest League
North Division
Everett
x-Tri-City
Spokane
Vancouver
South Division
x-Hillsboro
Salem-Keizer
Eugene
Boise
x-clinched first half
W
8
6
6
6
L
6
7
8
8
Pct. GB
.571 —
.462
1
.429
2
.429
2
W
9
9
8
3
L
5
5
6
10
Pct. GB
.643 —
.615 —
.643
1
.231
5
———
Pacific Coast League
Wednesday’s Games
Cincinnati 7, San Diego 3
Philadelphia 7, Arizona 6
Houston 2, San Francisco 0
Miami 14, Boston 6
Tampa Bay 9, Atlanta 6
N.Y. Mets 3, Colorado 0
Cubs 3, Brewers 2 (10 innings)
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2
Dodgers 3, Nationals 0
Toronto
New York
Tampa Bay
Baltimore
Boston
55
54
51
Wednesday’s Games
Sacramento 6, Tacoma 2
Round Rock 7, Colorado Springs 0, 1st
game
Oklahoma City 5, New Orleans 2
Omaha 4, Memphis 3
Iowa 3, Nashville 1
Round Rock 2, Colorado Springs 1, 2nd
game
Fresno 8, Albuquerque 2
Las Vegas 7, El Paso 1
Salt Lake at Reno, Late
Thursday’s Games
Colorado Springs at Round Rock, 4:05
p.m., 1st game
Wednesday’s Games
Salem-Keizer 6, Spokane 1
Everett 6, Eugene 1
Hillsboro 3, Vancouver 2
Boise at Tri-City, Late
Basketball
WNBA
———
Wednesday’s Games
Connecticut 80, Tulsa 74
Seattle at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
New York at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m.
West
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
D.C. United
13
New York
10
Columbus
9
Toronto FC
9
New England
8
Montreal
8
Orlando City
7
New York City FC 6
Philadelphia
6
Chicago
6
GB
—
2½
2½
2½
3½
7½
GB
—
2½
7½
10
10½
11
L
7
6
8
9
9
9
10
11
13
12
T Pts
5 44
6 36
7 34
4 31
7 31
4 28
7 28
6 24
5 23
4 22
W
Vancouver
13
Los Angeles
11
FC Dallas
11
Sporting Kansas City 10
Portland
10
Seattle
10
Houston
8
Real Salt Lake
7
San Jose
7
Colorado
5
L
8
7
6
4
8
12
8
9
10
8
T Pts
3 42
7 40
5 38
7 37
6 36
2 32
7 31
8 29
5 26
9 24
Friday’s Games
Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m.
Houston at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 6 p.m.
Portland at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Orlando City at Seattle, 2 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
AFC
East
W
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
W
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
W
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
1
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
South
North
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
L
0
0
0
0
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
W
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
W
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
W
1
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
T Pct
0 1.000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
W
0
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
0
T
0
0
0
0
NFC
East
Dallas
N.Y. Giants
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta
Carolina
New Orleans
Tampa Bay
North
Minnesota
Chicago
Detroit
Green Bay
Arizona
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
———
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
Thursday, Aug. 13
New Orleans at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m.
Green Bay at New England, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Miami at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 14
Carolina at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.
Denver at Seattle, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Oakland, 7 p.m.
Football
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Tennessee
W
0
0
0
0
West
Thursday’s Games
D.C. United at New York City FC, 4 p.m.
Buffalo
Miami
New England
N.Y. Jets
Denver
Kansas City
Oakland
San Diego
South
WESTERN CONFERENCE
———
Thursday’s Games
Everett at Eugene, 6:05 p.m.
Salem-Keizer at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Boise at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
New York
15
6 .714
Indiana
13
9 .591
Washington
13
9 .591
Chicago
14 10 .583
Connecticut
12 10 .545
Atlanta
8 14 .364
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
x-Minnesota
17
6 .739
Phoenix
14
8 .636
Tulsa
10 14 .417
Los Angeles
7 16 .304
San Antonio
7 17 .292
Seattle
6 17 .261
x-clinched playoff spot
SOCCER
Saturday, Aug. 15
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 16
Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Transactions
Baseball
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Named Jerry
Dipoto consultant.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent 2B Tyler
Ladendorf to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab
assignment.
NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned RHP
Branden Pinder to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
(IL). Designated 1B/OF Garrett Jones for
assignment. Recalled RHP Nick Goody
from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Selected
the contract of LHP Chris Capuano from
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent OF Desmond
Jennings to Charlotte (FSL) for a rehab
assignment.
TEXAS RANGERS — Sent RHP Tanner
Scheppers to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assign-
ment. Agreed to terms with RHP Robert
Coello on a minor league contract.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Sent
C Gerald Laird to Reno (PCL) for a rehab
assignment.
CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned 2B Tommy
La Stella to Iowa (PCL).
CINCINNATI REDS — Traded RHP Matt
Buschmann to Baltimore for cash.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Designated
OF Drew Stubbs for assignment. Selected
the contract of UT Matt McBride from
Albuquerque (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP
Joel Peralta on the 15-day DL, retroactive
to Monday. Recalled RHP Yimi Garcia from
Oklahoma City (PCL).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Optioned
RHP David Buchanan to Lehigh Valley
(IL). Selected the contract of LHP Cesar
Jimenez from Lehigh Valley.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Assigned RHP
Wilfredo Boscan outright to Indianap-
olis (IL). Sent SS Jordy Mercer and 3B
Josh Harrison to Indianapolis for rehab
assignments.
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned INF
Hector Gomez to El Paso (PCL). Sent 2B
Cory Spangenberg to El Paso for a rehab
assignment.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed OF
Angel Pagan on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF
Juan Perez from Sacramento (PCL). Sent C
Andrew Susac to San Jose (Cal) for a rehab
assignment.
Frontier League
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed OF
Kenny Kirshner and INF Spencer Mahoney.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed
RHP Jacob Westerhouse.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived/injured NT
Ricky Heimuli. Signed CB Michael Lee.
BUFFALO BILLS — Waived/injured TE
Clayy Burton. Claimed LB Ikemefuna Ene-
mkpali off waivers from the N.Y. Jets.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed PK
Shaun Suisham on injured reserve. Waived/
injured RB Cameron Stingily. Signed RB
Braylon Heard and WR David Nelso
HOCKEY
ECHL
ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Named Alex
Loh assistant coach.
FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Agreed to
terms with F Gabriel Desjardins.