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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Timberwolves lose
doubleheader, losing
streak now seven games
East Oregonian
SPOKANE,
Wash-
ington — The Blue
Mountain Timberwolves
dropped both games of a
doubleheader in Spokane
on Wednesday, 15-5 and
12-2, extending their
losing streak to a season-
long seven games.
The
Timberwolves
(19-23 overall, 8-14 East)
struggled to get good
outings from their starting
pitchers again, which has
started to take a toll on
the bullpen as well. Game
1 starter Colton Walker
lasted only 4 1/3 innings
while allowing nine runs
on seven hits and five
walks with four strikeouts.
Since Walker’s complete-
game shutout on April 11,
the sophomore has allowed
21 runs (15 earned) on 19
hits in 11 innings spanning
three starts.
Game 2 starter Fabian
Green lasted only two
innings and allowed three
runs on one hit and four
walks.
In the opener, the
Timberwolves
scored
four runs in the fourth
inning with the help of a
two-run single by Brady
White, a RBI groundout
by Nate Cantonwine and a
wild pitch by the Spokane
(31-9, 18-4) pitcher. The
runs gave the Timber-
wolves a 5-3 lead, but that
did not last as Spokane
scored two in its half of the
fourth to tie the game, and
then scored six runs in the
fifth to take a commanding
11-5 lead.
In the second game,
BMCC took an early
1-0 lead in the first after
Hunter Hughes’ RBI
single brought home
Cantonwine. Spokane then
came back to take a 2-1
lead in the bottom half of
the first behind a home run
by Aaron Fritts — his first
of two in the game — and
a balk by Green.
The
Timberwolves’
only other run came in
the fifth when Dustin
Durflinger scored from
third on a wild pitch.
Durflinger finished with
a team-best four hits
between the two games
with two runs scored and
White had three.
Spokane’s
Jaden
Vandervert
terrorized
BMCC pitching as he went
6-for-10 on the day with
three doubles and a triple,
while adding seven RBI
and four runs scored.
UP NEXT
BMCC aims to halt
its losing streak with a
doubleheader at Columbia
Basin College in Pasco on
Saturday at 1 p.m.
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton gets ready for the next batter after striking out an Oakland Ath-
letics player as a line of “eh’s,” a nod to Paxton’s Canadian heritage and his strikeout count, appears on a score-
board during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Seattle.
Paxton strikes out 16, but M’s
bullpen hands A’s a 3-2 win
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — James
Paxton struck out a major
league-high 16 in seven
dominant innings, but the
Seattle bullpen blew a
late lead and the Oakland
Athletics rallied past the
Mariners 3-2 Wednesday
night.
Paxton was overpowering
in arguably the finest perfor-
mance of his career, posting
the highest strikeout total by
a Seattle pitcher since Randy
Johnson fanned 19 on Aug.
8, 1997. He got 14 A’s on
swinging strikeouts.
Paxton left with a 2-0 lead.
Jed Lowrie hit a two-run
homer off Juan Nicasio in
the eighth inning, then Mark
Canha opened the ninth with
a home run against Edwin
Diaz (0-1). Diaz had allowed
just one earned run in 15
appearances this season.
The left-handed Paxton
was the fourth different
pitcher in Mariners history
to strike out at least 16 in a
game, joining Johnson, Mike
Moore and Mark Langston.
Johnson struck out 19 twice,
18 once, and 16 twice in
his Mariners career, while
Moore and Langston reached
the mark once.
But none of those other
performances were as effi-
cient as Paxton. He threw
80 strikes among his 105
pitches, gave up five hits and
walked one.
Seattle went to Nicasio
in the eighth and trouble
arrived quickly. Pinch-hitter
Matt Joyce lined a ground-
rule double with one out and
three pitches later Lowrie’s
shot to nearly the same part
of the yard had a little more
elevation, clipping the top of
the fence and bounding over.
Canha’s homer was his fifth
of the season and came on
the second pitch of the ninth
inning.
Seattle led 2-0 after Ryon
Healy’s solo homer and
Jean Segura’s RBI single in
the third inning. But Seattle
never padded the lead and
missed chances with the
bases loaded in both the
eighth and ninth innings.
In both innings Seattle
benefited by replay, but
couldn’t capitalize against
Blake Treinen. Segura’s
double and an intentional
walk to Robinson Cano
loaded the bases in the
eighth, but Treinen (2-1)
struck out Nelson Cruz and
Mitch Haniger. In the ninth,
a replay review deemed Dee
Gordon safe with two outs
to load the bases but Segura
grounded out to end it.
BEST OF APRIL
A’s starter Sean Manaea
was chosen the AL pitcher
of the month and Diaz was
picked as the AL reliever of
the month for April. Manaea
was 4-2 with a 1.03 ERA
in the first month of the
season and had the lowest
opponents’ batting average
(.134), on-base percentage
(.178) and OPS (.400) in
the majors. Diaz recorded
an AL-high 11 saves in 11
attempts in the month and a
0.63 ERA.
ROSTER SHUFFLE
The A’s optioned reliever
Emilio Pagan to Triple-A
Nashville. Pagan had a 5.93
ERA in 12 appearances and
had allowed four home runs.
Melvin said the goal for
Pagan is to work on his fast-
ball location and throwing
his breaking ball when
behind in the count.
UP NEXT
Athletics: Manaea (4-2)
makes his second start of
the season against Seattle.
Manaea allowed one run and
two hits in seven innings in
a win over the Mariners on
April 15.
Mariners: Wade LeBlanc
(0-0) makes his first start for
Seattle. LeBlanc is taking
the place of Erasmo Ramirez
in the Mariners rotation.
Ramirez was placed on the
DL earlier this week.
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
AP Photo/Chuck Burton
Tiger Woods chips to the 10th hole during the pro-
am of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tourna-
ment at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C.
Woods ready to return
to work at Quail Hollow
By DOUG FERGUSON
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Tiger Woods spent three
months working toward one
week in April.
The Masters has come
and gone.
Woods took a small step
back at Augusta National
when he misfired with his
iron play, didn’t break par
until the final round and
tied for 32nd. He finished
16 shots back, his widest
distance from the lead in 19
appearances at the Masters.
It was a big step forward
for Patrick Reed, who slept
three hours after winning
his first major, woke up at
5 a.m. because he couldn’t
sleep and responded to 155
text messages and about
180 emails.
“Every one,” he said
with a big smile.
This is no time to rest.
Golf shifts into overdrive
starting Thursday with the
Wells Fargo Championship
at Quail Hollow, a course
that hosted the PGA Cham-
pionship last summer and
boasts enough star players
to make it feel like the next
best thing to a major.
The Players Champion-
ship is the following week.
Three major champion-
ships, starting with the U.S.
Open at Shinnecock Hills,
are played in a nine-week
span.
“Building toward next
week,” Woods said. “Hope-
fully, I can have everything
peak for this week and next
week, but mainly next week.
And after that, it’s getting
ready for Shinnecock.”
Woods put a new set
of irons in his bag for
Quail Hollow, and in some
respects, the course feels
new. He hasn’t played the
Wells Fargo Championship
since 2012, and while he
won in 2007, he has missed
the cut the last two times
he played. It’s the only golf
course where he has missed
the 36-hole cut twice.
Since then, and mainly
for the PGA Championship,
Quail Hollow combined
the opening two holes into
one long par 4 and built
two new holes on the front
nine. Since the last time he
played, the 16th hole has
been overhauled so that the
green sits by the water.
“The golf course is much
harder than it used to be,
that’s for sure,” Woods
said after his pro-am round
Wednesday. “It’s longer, but
it’s also more difficult.”
Woods wasn’t sure what
to make of the Masters
except that his irons were
off. He had been building
toward April, a phrase he
used on more than one
occasion from the onset of
his return following a fourth
back surgery. He was in the
hunt on the front nine of the
final round at the Honda
Classic and came within
one shot of a playoff at the
Valspar Championship. He
was one shot out of the lead
with three holes to play at
Bay Hill until hitting his tee
shot out-of-bounds.
\And then he never
featured
at
Augusta
National.
“I didn’t hit my irons
very good,” Woods said.
“If I did hit a green, I hit it
above the hole, I hit it in the
wrong spot. I had defensive
putts for most of the days. I
needed to be more precise
and I wasn’t. Still need to
continue to work on it and
try to get sharp, and hope-
fully this will be a good
week.”
PREP BASEBALL
Friday
Riverside at Joseph (DH), 1 p.m.
Umatilla at Stanfield (DH), 1 p.m.
Nyssa at Irrigon (DH), 2 p.m.
The Dalles at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday
Dufur at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m.
Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock (DH), 11
a.m.
Mac-Hi at Ontario (DH), 3 p.m. (MST)
PREP SOFTBALL
Friday
Irrigon at Weston-McEwen (DH), 1 p.m.
Echo at Riverside (DH), 1 p.m.
The Dalles at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday
Heppner at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m.
Ontario at Mac-Hi (DH), 2 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Thursday
Echo, Helix, Stanfield at Helix Small
Schools Invite, 3 p.m.
Friday
Echo, Heppner, Mac-Hi, Pilot Rock,
Weston-McEwen at Baker Invitational,
10 a.m.
Riverside, Umatilla at Ron Vanderholm
(Royal HS), 3:15 p.m.
Saturday
Irrigon at Arlington Invite, 10 a.m.
PREP GOLF
Thursday
Pendleton (boys) at Emerald Valley, TBD
Nixyaawii at Mac-Hi Invite, 1 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Vets Memorial, 2 p.m.
Friday
Pendleton (boys) at Emerald Valley, TBD
Heppner at the Buffalo Peak Invite, 11
a.m.
Saturday
Hermiston (girls) at Sun River, TBD
Sunday
Hermiston (girls) at Sun River, TBD
Pendleton (girls) at Meadow Lakes, TBD
PREP TENNIS
Friday
Weston-McEwen (girls) at Sub-Districts
(Tri Cities Court Club), TBD
Helix, Heppner, Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen
(boys) at Sub-Districts (Tri Cities Court
Club), TBD
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin (DH),
1 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
EOU at British Columbia Cascade Confer-
ence Tournament (Ashland), 9 a.m.
North Idaho at Blue Mountain (DH), 2
p.m.
Saturday
Spokane at Blue Mountain (DH), 12 p.m.
Prep Standings
Through May 2
PREP BASEBALL
5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE
LG Ovr RS RA Rnk
Pendleton 7-2 13-8 154 110
5
Hood River 6-3 12-10 133 110 11
Hermiston 3-6 7-14 92 150 21
The Dalles 2-7 5-15 72 169 24
4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
La Grande 8-0 14-2 154 45
2
Ontario
4-4 11-9 153 97
9
Baker
4-4 9-9 110 123 21
Mac-Hi
0-8 6-12 86 159 33
3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
Stanfield
9-1 16-5 240 146
3
Vale
7-2 11-7 171 103 10
Joseph
5-3 12-5 149 82
6
Burns
5-3 7-10 125 143 14
Irrigon
5-5 10-8 151 137 13
Umatilla
3-7 7-8 122 102 29
Riverside
2-8 6-13 131 196 25
Nyssa
1-8 1-20 50 320 32
2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 6
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
Sherman
7-0 12-2 157 57
8
Pilot Rock 7-1 12-2 135 31
5
Culver
6-1 10-5 117 70
9
Elgin
6-4 6-5 55 47 28
Grant Union 5-5 10-11 136 100 19
W-McEwen 2-6 4-14 104 172 32
Union
2-6 3-11 62 148 33
Heppner
1-6 6-12 165 213 27
Dufur
0-7 2-13 43 185 36
PREP SOFTBALL
5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
Pendleton 9-0 21-1 235 45
1
Hood River 5-4 17-4 178 68
5
Hermiston 4-5 13-8 160 134
8
The Dalles 0-9 7-15-1 132 200 19
4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
La Grande 8-0 15-4 166 53
2
Mac-Hi
6-2 14-7 172 115
4
Ontario
1-7 11-9 184 102 22
Baker
1-7 6-15 149 230 25
3A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
Echo
7-1 16-3 242 64 11
Irrigon
5-3 9-11 130 165 13
Riverside
4-3 7-7 96 82 15
W-McEwen 3-4 4-11 149 181 25
Umatilla
0-8 0-12 59 231 37
2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 6
Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk
Union
9-1 17-3 210 95
4
Pilot Rock 7-1 15-2 207 37
5
Heppner
2-6 7-9 79 136 17
Culver
0-10 0-21 64 322 28
Basketball
NBA PLAYOFFS
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Wednesday’s Game
Utah 116, Houston 108 (Series tied 1-1)
Thursday’s Games
Cleveland at Toronto, 3 p.m. (CLE leads 1-0)
Philadelphia at Boston, 5:30 p.m. (BOS
leads 1-0)
Friday’s Games
Golden State at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Houston at Utah, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Boston at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.
Hockey
NHL PLAYOFFS
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Wednesday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, Boston 1 (TB leads 2-1)
Vegas at San Jose, 7 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1)
Thursday’s Games
Washington at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. (WSH
leads 2-1)
Nashville at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m. (WPG
leads 2-1)
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Boston, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Pittsburgh at Washington, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Nashville, 6:30 p.m.
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Boston
22
8 .733 —
New York
20 10 .667
2
Toronto
17 13 .567
5
Tampa Bay
13 16 .448 8½
Baltimore
8 22 .267 14
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
16 13 .552 —
Detroit
13 16 .448
3
Minnesota
10 16 .385 4½
Chicago
8 20 .286 7½
Kansas City
8 22 .267 8½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
20 12 .625 —
Los Angeles
17 12 .586 1½
Seattle
17 12 .586 1½
Oakland
15 15 .500
4
Texas
12 20 .375
8
———
Wednesday’s Games
Boston 5, Kansas City 4
Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2, 12 innings
Minnesota 4, Toronto 0
Cleveland 12, Texas 4
St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2
N.Y. Yankees 4, Houston 0
Oakland 3, Seattle 2
L.A. Angels 10, Baltimore 7
Thursday’s Games
Toronto (Garcia 2-2) at Cleveland (Carras-
co 4-1), 10:10 a.m., 1st game
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-2) at Houston
(McCullers 4-1), 11:10 a.m.
Detroit (Fiers 2-2) at Kansas City (Sko-
glund 1-2), 11:15 a.m.
Toronto (Biagini 0-0) at Cleveland (Plutko
0-0), 1:40 p.m., 2nd game
Boston (Price 2-3) at Texas (Minor 2-1),
5:05 p.m.
Minnesota (Odorizzi 2-2) at Chicago White
Sox (Lopez 0-2), 5:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 1-4) at L.A. Angels
(Richards 3-1), 7:07 p.m.
Oakland (Manaea 4-2) at Seattle (LeBlanc
0-0), 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
Atlanta
18
L Pct GB
11 .621 —
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Miami
Central Division
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
West Division
17
17
15
11
11
13
16
19
.607 ½
.567 1½
.484
4
.367 7½
Jimmie Johnson, 230; 15. Ricky Stenhouse
Jr., 217; 16. Ryan Newman, 214; 17. Austin
Dillon, 210; 18. Chase Elliott, 209; 19. Paul
Menard, 206; 20. William Byron, 202.
W
19
17
16
17
7
L
13
12
12
14
24
Pct GB
.594 —
.586 ½
.571
1
.548 1½
.226 11½
Transactions
W
L Pct GB
Arizona
21
9 .700 —
Colorado
17 15 .531 5½
San Francisco
16 15 .516 5½
Los Angeles
13 17 .433
8
San Diego
11 21 .344 11½
———
Wednesday’s Games
St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Colorado 11, Chicago Cubs 2
San Francisco 9, San Diego 4
Washington 9, Pittsburgh 3
Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 0
Milwaukee 3, Cincinnati 1
Philadelphia 6, Miami 0
L.A. Dodgers 2, Arizona 1
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Williams 4-1) at Washington
(Hellickson 0-0), 10:05 a.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Vargas
0-1), 10:10 a.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Wood 0-3) at Arizona
(Corbin 4-0), 12:40 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New York City FC 6 1 2 20 19 10
Atlanta United FC 6 1 1 19 21 9
Orlando City
5 2 1 16 16 13
New England
4 2 2 14 13 8
Columbus
4 3 2 14 13 10
New York
4 3 0 12 17 10
Chicago
2 3 2 8 11 12
Philadelphia
2 3 2 8 6 10
Montreal
2 6 0 6 10 21
D.C. United
1 4 2 5 8 13
Toronto FC
1 4 1 4 6 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting K.C.
5 2 2 17 20 12
Los Angeles FC 5 2 0 15 17 13
Vancouver
4 4 1 13 10 17
FC Dallas
3 1 3 12 10 6
LA Galaxy
3 4 1 10 10 13
Real Salt Lake
3 4 1 10 9 16
Minnesota United 3 5 0 9 11 16
Houston
2 3 2 8 15 11
Colorado
2 3 2 8 10 10
Portland
2 3 2 8 12 14
San Jose
1 4 2 5 12 15
Seattle
1 4 1 4 5 9
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
———
Friday’s Game
Philadelphia at Toronto FC, 5 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
New England at Montreal, 10 a.m.
New York City FC at New York, 11 a.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota United, 11 a.m.
Columbus at Seattle, 1 p.m.
FC Dallas at Los Angeles FC, 1 p.m.
Atlanta United FC at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Colorado at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Houston, 5:30 p.m.
Portland at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Game
Real Salt Lake at Orlando City, 2 p.m.
Golf
PGA Tour
WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Charlotte, N.C.
Course: Quail Hollow Club. Yardage:
7,554. Par: 71.
Purse: $7.7 million. Winner’s share:
$1,386,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf
Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-2:45 p.m.
(Golf Channel); 3-6 p.m. (CBS Sports).
Defending champion: Brian Harman.
Last week: Billy Horschel and Scott Piercy
won the Zurich Classic.
FedEx Cup leader: Justin Thomas.
Auto Racing
NASCAR
Upcoming schedule
May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism,
Dover Int’l Speedway, 11 a.m. (TV: FS1)
Points Standings
Through April 29
1. Kyle Busch, 447; 2. Joey Logano, 417;
3. Kevin Harvick, 366; 4. Clint Bowyer, 335;
5. Kurt Busch, 320; 6. Brad Keselowski,
317; 7. Denny Hamlin, 314; 8. Ryan Blaney,
313; 9. Martin Truex Jr., 303; 10. Kyle
Larson, 280; 11. Aric Almirola, 278; 12. Alex
Bowman, 238; 13. Erik Jones, 234; 14.
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Placed LHP
Eduardo Rodriguez on the family medical
leave list. Reinstated RHP Joe Kelly from
suspension. Recalled RHP Marcus Walden
from Pawtucket (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated
RHP Matt Belisle for assignment. Selected
the contract of RHP Ben Taylor from
Columbus (IL).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP
Nick Tropeano on the 10-day DL. Recalled
INF Ryan Schimpf from Salt Lake City (PCL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Designated LHP
Dietrich Enns for assignment. Optioned
RHP John Curtiss to Rochester (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed LHP
Jordan Montgomery on the 10-day DL.
Reinstated OF Clint Frazier from the 7-day
DL and optioned him to Scranton/Wil-
kes-Barre (IL). Selected the contract of RHP
David Hale from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Transferred OF Jacoby Ellsbury to the
60-day DL.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHP
Emilio Pagan to Nashville (PCL). Selected
the contract of LHP Brett Anderson from
Nashville.
TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Chris
Martin on the 10-day DL, retroactive to
May 1. Recalled RHP Nick Gardewine from
Round Rock (PCL). Claimed C Carlos Perez
off waivers from Atlanta. Transferred SS
Elvis Andrus to the 60-day DL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed OF Peter
Bourjos to a minor league contract.
MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned SS JT
Riddle to New Orleans (PCL). Assigned C
Tomas Telis outright to New Orleans.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Designated
RHP Oliver Drake for assignment. Selected
the contract of LHP Wade Miley from
Biloxi (SL). Signed RHP Paolo Espino to a
minor league contract and assigned him to
extended spring training.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned OF
Austin Slater to Sacramento (PCL). Reinstat-
ed LHP Will Smith from the 10-day DL.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Traded TE
Randall Telfer to Kansas City for DE Dadi
Nicolas. Claimed LB Jermaine Grace off
waivers from Indianapolis.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Declined to
exercise the fifth-year option on DE Dante
Fowler.
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Exercised
their fifth-year contract option for 2019 on
RB Melvin Gordon.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DT A.J.
Francis and QB Alex Tanney.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed LB
Ryan Shazier on injured reserve.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived S Denzel
Johnson. Agreed to terms with S Kendrick
Lewis.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed
S Quin Blanding, RB Martez Carter, WR
Simmie Cobbs Jr., LB Jerod Fernandez,
WR Shay Fields, TE Matt Flanagan, WR
Mikah Holder, CB Danny Johnson, OT
Timon Parris, WR De’Mornay Pierson-El,
WR Cam Sims, CB Ranthony Texada and
FB Elijah Wellman.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended Washington F Tom
Wilson three games for an illegal hit on
Pittsburgh D Zach Aston-Reese on Tuesday.
BUFFALO SABRES — Re-signed D Casey
Nelson to a two-year contract.
COLORADO AVALANCHE — Signed G
Pavel Francouz to a one-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILD — Signed F Dmitry
Sokolov to a three-year, entry-level con-
tract.
NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to
terms with F Michael Lindqvist.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed
F Axel Jonsson-Fjallby to a three-year,
entry-level contract. Signed F Juuso Ikonen
to a two-year, two-way contract.
MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR — Suspended driver Spencer
Gallagher indefinitely for violating its
substance-abuse policy.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
LOS ANGELES FC — Signed F Adama
Diomande from Hull City (Champion-
ship-England).
MINNESOTA UNITED — Traded M Sam
Nicholson and an international roster spot
to Colorado for D Eric Miller and general
allocation money.
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Traded
F Lee Nguyen to Los Angeles FC for gener-
al and targeted allocation money.