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Slump continues for Mariners
MLB
PENDLETON
Hodgen
holds on
for win
Naughton tosses
six solid innings
East Oregonian
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners’ Mitch Haniger, right, is tagged out at third base by Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman during the third
inning of a baseball game, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Seattle. Haniger was trying to advance after a fl y ball hit by Jarrod Dyson was
caught by Oakland Athletics center fi elder Jaycob Brugman.
Davis, Blackburn lead Athletics to win over Seattle
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Khris Davis hit a
three-run homer, Paul Blackburn
pitched one-run ball into the eighth
inning for his fi rst major league
victory and the Oakland Athletics
beat the slumping Seattle Mariners
7-4 on Thursday night.
Davis’ 24th homer propelled
a four-run fi fth inning that put
the Athletics in front 7-0. Marcus
Semien, activated off the disabled
list Thursday, singled to open the
inning, and Yonder Alonso walked.
Davis, who struck out in his fi rst
two at-bats, then sent a 1-1 pitch
over the wall in center to make
it 6-0. Bruce Maxwell added a
two-out solo homer, his fi rst, to
chase starter Sam Gaviglio (3-4).
The only run off Blackburn
(1-0) was Mitch Haniger’s seventh
home run, a solo shot in the fi fth.
Blackburn allowed eight hits, did
not strike out a batter and walked
one over 7 2/3 innings in his second
consecutive strong start. He gave
up one unearned run in six innings
without a decision in his debut on
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Sam Gaviglio, left, is pulled from
the baseball game against the Oakland Athletics during the fi fth
inning as catcher Mike Zunino stands nearby, Thursday, July 6,
2017, in Seattle. Gaviglio gave up seven runs, all of them earned,
on nine hits before he was pulled.
Saturday.
Seattle has lost four straight and
nine of 11 since reaching a season-
best two games above .500 on June
23.
The Mariners pulled within 7-4
in the ninth on a three-run homer
by Danny Valencia, his ninth, off
Daniel Coulombe. Santiago Casilla
got the fi nal two outs.
Gaviglio was tagged for seven
runs and nine hits in 4 2/3 innings
Oakland
Seattle
7
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CENTRALIA, Wash. —
Daniel Naughton gave up just
two hits over six innings, and
Cam Sandford hit a sacrifi ce
fl y in the fourth inning to drive
in the eventual game-winning
run as Hodgen Distributing
beat NW Reign Black 4-2 on
Thursday.
Ryan Russell pitched one
inning of scoreless relief to get
the save after having driven in
an insurance run from the plate
with a single in the fi fth inning.
Naughton struck out nine
and walked three, and only one
of his allowed runs was earned.
Hodgen (10-12) took an
early lead when bases-loaded
walks and a hit batter put it up
2-0 in the second inning.
Naughton retired the fi rst nine
batters he faced, but walked the
lead-off man in the fourth, and a
single on the next at-bat brought
him in. When a walk and error
helped NW Reign load the bags
later in the inning, a walk tied
the score at 2-2. Naughton got
a looking strikeout to end the
inning.
Sandford hit his sacrifi ce
to left fi eld with one out in the
bottom of the inning after Justin
Duso had walked and moved to
third on a sacrifi ce bunt by Ryan
Stahl.
It was another three up, three
down for NW Reign in the fi fth,
and Hodgen’s run in the bottom
of the frame came with two outs.
Naughton singled to keep
the inning going, and then Nick
Bower walked before Russell
came up to drive a single into
center fi eld to make it 4-2.
NW Reign had the tying
run on fi rst with no outs in the
seventh, but a fl y to center
followed by a double play in the
infi eld ended the game.
Hodgen had just four hits
in the game and struck out 10
times, but was the recipient of
eight walks.
in losing his third consecutive start.
He walked three and struck out six.
The Athletics jumped on Gavi-
glio for three runs in the fi rst. Matt
Joyce singled, Semien walked and
Alonso doubled to make it 1-0.
After Davis struck out, Jed Lowrie
one-hopped a two-run double off
the wall in right-center.
Blackburn was aided by double
plays in each of the fi rst two innings,
followed by a pair of baserunning
blunders by the Mariners. Haniger
doubled to open the third, but then
was thrown out at third base trying
to advance on a fl y out to center. In
the fourth, Jean Segura singled to
lead off, but he was picked off fi rst
and caught in a rundown.
ATHLETICS MOVES
Semien was activated off the
60-day DL (fractured bone in right
wrist) and RHP Jharel Cotton was
PEPSI DIAMONDJAXX
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Selah, Washington, Cooper
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Wimbledon
Federer, Djokovic win in three sets
Former champions
advance to third round
By CHRIS LEHOURITES
Associated Press
LONDON — Roger Federer
and Novak Djokovic had to play
all three sets at Wimbledon this
time.
The former champions both
advanced to the third round on
Thursday, two days after their
opening matches ended early
when their opponents retired with
an injury.
Federer was broken early in his
match, but the seven-time cham-
pion recovered quickly and beat
Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (0), 6-3, 6-2.
Djokovic, a three-time champion,
defeated Adam Pavlasek 6-2, 6-2,
6-1.
Djokovic won the Wimbledon
title in 2011, ‘14 and ‘15. But he
has not won a major title since
completing a career Grand Slam at
the 2016 French Open.
In his opening two matches at
the All England Club, Djokovic
has only lost eight games.
“It’s perfect. Exactly what I
want,” Djokovic said. “I don’t
want to have any fi ve-set matches
in there.”
Djokovic will next face Ernests
Gulbis. The unseeded Latvian
defeated Juan Martin del Potro
6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Federer has lost 14 games so
far and will next face 27th-seeded
Mischa Zverev.
Milos
Raonic,
Dominic
Thiem, Alexander Zverev, Grigor
Dimitrov, Gael Monfi ls and David
Ferrer also reached the third round.
Ferrer advanced when opponent
Steve Darcis retired with an injury
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AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Switzerland’s Roger Federer waves after beating Serbia’s Dusan La-
jovic at the end of their Men’s Singles Match on day four at the Wim-
bledon Tennis Championships in London Thursday, July 6, 2017.
Sports shorts
Mavs, Nowitzki agree on new deal
DALLAS (AP) — A person with knowledge
of the agreement says the Dallas Mavericks and
Dirk Nowitzki have agreed on a two-year, $10
million deal that assures a 20th season for the
star forward.
The second year of the contract
carries a team option, the person
told The Associated Press on
condition of anonymity because
the team hasn’t announced the
deal. The 39-year-old Nowitzki
is set to join Kobe Bryant of the
Los Angeles Lakers as the only
Nowitski
players to spend 20 seasons with
one franchise.
The deal is similar to the one the Mavs
and Nowitzki reached last year, although for
signifi cantly less money. Last year’s contract
was for two years and $50 million, and the club
declined the option before free agency opened
this year.
“We really like his arm
action, delivery and his
athleticism. He is one of
the most advanced I’ve
seen at this age. This is a
very mature 16-year-old.“
— Andrew Tinnish
Toronto Blue Jays assistant gen-
eral manager speaking about
16-year-old Brazilian right-
hander Eric Pardinho, who
agreed to a minor league contract
with the club on Thursday.
Pardinho is 5-foot-8 with a
94 mph fastball and was ranked
No. 5 on MLB.com’s list of 30
international amateur prospects.
Tomic’s Wimbledon words draw
$15K fi ne, racket sponsor loss
LONDON (AP) Bernard Tomic was fi ned
$15,000 at Wimbledon and dropped by his
racket sponsor Thursday not for something he
did during his fi rst-round loss, but for what he
said during a news conference afterward.
The penalty for unsportsman-
like conduct was announced
two days after the 24-year-old
Australian was beaten by Mischa
Zverev 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, then spoke
to the media about feeling “a
little bit bored out there.”
Tomic also said Tuesday
Tomic
that he “just couldn’t fi nd
any motivation” to compete this year and
acknowledged that when he called for a
medical timeout against Zverev, he did so not
because of an injury issue but to “try to break
a bit of momentum.”
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1911 — Dorothea Lambert
Chambers sets the record for
the shortest championship
match at Wimbledon 25
minutes by disposing of
Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in the
women’s fi nals.
1985 — West Germany’s
Boris Becker, 17, becomes
the youngest champion and
fi rst unseeded player in the
history of the men’s singles
at Wimbledon with a 6-3,
6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory
over Kevin Curren.
2005 — Baseball and
softball are dropped from
the Olympic program for
the 2012 London Games.
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