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SPORTS East Oregonian Page 2B Thursday, June 28, 2018 Coach Hughes, Seattle Storm bracing for big week ahead FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 RECAP By DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press AP Photo/Lee Jin-man South Korea’s players celebrate a goal during the group F match between South Korea and Germany. Defending champion Germany eliminated scored the first goal in the third minute of injury time, a goal that sent the Kore- ans cheering in Kazan and the Mexicans delirious in Yekaterinburg. Originally called out for offside, the goal was given after video review. Son Heung-min made it 2-0 in the sixth minute of stoppage time after Ger- many goalkeeper Manuel Neuer came up the field to help his teammates out- side the South Korea box. Son tapped the ball into an empty net after a long pass from Ju Se-jong. Besides Germany this year, France in 2002, Italy in 2010 and Spain in 2014 were the previous defend- ing champions to get elim- inated in the group stage. All four teams in the group had a chance to advance in games that were being played simul- taneously, but Sweden’s 3-0 lead over Mexico put Germany in prime posi- tion to move on as well, if the Germans could score against the South Koreans. By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press KAZAN, Russia — Everyone was waiting for Germany to score another late World Cup-saving goal. It never came. Instead, the Germans have become the fourth defending champions in the last five tournaments to be eliminated in the group stage following a 2-0 loss to South Korea on Wednesday. The four-time cham- pions allowed a pair of injury-time goals while knowing a 1-0 victory would have been enough to advance because of the result in the other group match. Germany ended up last in Group F while Swe- den and Mexico advanced to the round of 16. South Korea was also eliminated despite the victory. It was the first time Ger- many has been knocked out in the first round since 1938. Kim Young-gwon NEW YORK — Every- thing seems to be going right for new coach Dan Hughes and the Seattle Storm. Seattle is off to its best start since 2010 when the Storm were also 10-4. The Storm have benefited from a favor- able schedule with nine of their first 15 games at home — the most of any team in the league. They have gotten solid play from Breanna Stew- art, Jewell Loyd and Natasha Howard allowing Hughes to give veteran guard Sue Bird games off to rest. “We haven’t had a winning season since 2011,” Hughes said in a phone interview Tuesday before his team faced Minnesota. “I feel like there’s more progress to make. We’re an improved defensive team ... our numbers have gone from 11 or 12 to mid-pack. I AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File Dan Hughes reacts as his team scores against the Con- necticut Sun late in the second half of a WNBA basket- ball game, in Seattle. Everything seems to be going right for coach Dan Hughes and the Seattle Storm so far. The team has the second best record in the league at 10-4 in the veteran coach’s first season in Seattle. feel like as a team we have a higher ceiling.” About the only thing that went wrong in Seattle’s last game, a rout of Dallas, was that Hughes was knocked down in a sideline collision with Wings forward Kayla Thornton. The 63-year-old coach went back to the locker room to be evaluated for a few minutes before returning. It’s the second time he’s been involved in a sideline collision in the past few years. In 2015, while coaching San Antonio, he was accidentally knocked over the sideline chairs by a hustling Danielle Robinson. He was carted off on a stretcher that game. “I never saw this one” coming, Hughes said. “Dan- ielle Robinson, I tried to brace her from going into the chairs. ... Some people can coach their whole career and never have a collision on the side- lines, mine has been a little different.” Hughes, who is in his first season in Seattle, was quick to note that Thornton came over to make sure he was okay and Dallas coach Fred Williams came over at the half to also check on him. After facing Minnesota on Tuesday, Seattle will play Los Angeles and Connecticut. “This whole stretch, play- ing Dallas, Minnesota on the road, LA, coming home to Connecticut, those are all good teams,” Hughes said. “It measures what we’re doing well and what we’re not every game.” MARINERS: Seager homered for second straight day Continued from 1B far beyond the right-field wall. Davis entered the game with a .147 batting aver- age, and on Friday returned from an eight-game hiatus in which he worked to get his swing back. This was his second home run since com- ing back, and it produced a rare feel-good moment for a struggling team and its bela- bored slugger. Then, in the Seattle ninth, Mitch Haniger singled off Zach Britton and Seager delivered his 15th home run and second in two nights. Much earlier, Seattle made up deficits of 2-0 and 4-2 to take a 5-4 lead in the fifth inning against Alex AP Photo/Patrick Semansky Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager, center, and Mitch Hani- ger, back left, are greeted by Denard Span after Seager drove in Haniger with a home run in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles. Cobb. Baltimore has lost four in a row overall and 14 of 15 at home. Cruz has been bothered by a sore lower back, but the Mariners have won a pair of one-run games without him. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: Servais says Cruz “is moving in the right direction” and could return Thursday. Orioles: RHP Darren O’Day (hamstring) and OF Craig Gentry (rib fracture) were placed on the 10-day disabled list. UP NEXT Mariners: Mike Leake (8-4, 4.11 ERA) gets his 17th start in the series finale Thurs- day afternoon. In his last out- ing, he threw eight shutout innings to beat Boston. Orioles: Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Wednes- day, Jimmy Yacabonis is expected to make his first major league start Thurs- day in place of injured Dylan Bundy. SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 54 27 .667 — New York 52 26 .667 ½ Tampa Bay 39 40 .494 14 Toronto 37 43 .463 16½ Baltimore 23 56 .291 30 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 44 35 .557 — Minnesota 34 42 .447 8 Detroit 36 45 .444 9 Chicago 28 51 .354 16 Kansas City 25 55 .313 19 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 54 28 .659 — Seattle 50 31 .617 3½ Oakland 43 38 .531 10½ Los Angeles 41 40 .506 12½ Texas 36 46 .439 18 ——— Wednesday’s Games Houston 7, Toronto 6 Kansas City 5, Milwaukee 4 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Seattle 8, Baltimore 7, 11 innings Boston 9, L.A. Angels 6 Oakland 3, Detroit 0 Texas 5, San Diego 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 1 Cleveland 5, St. Louis 1 Thursday’s Games Oakland (Manaea 7-6) at Detroit (Fulmer 3-6), 10:10 a.m. Minnesota (Odorizzi 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-7), 11:10 a.m. Seattle (Leake 8-4) at Baltimore (TBD), 12:05 p.m. Houston (McCullers 8-3) at Tampa Bay (Stanek 1-1), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Barria 5-3) at Boston (John- son 1-2), 4:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 45 34 .570 — Philadelphia 42 36 .538 2½ Washington 41 37 .526 3½ New York 32 46 .410 12½ Miami 32 49 .395 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 46 33 .582 — Chicago 43 35 .552 2½ St. Louis 42 37 .532 4 Pittsburgh 38 42 .475 8½ Cincinnati 34 46 .425 12½ West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 46 34 .575 — Los Angeles 43 36 .544 2½ San Francisco 42 39 .518 4½ Colorado 38 42 .475 8 San Diego 36 47 .434 11½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 5 Kansas City 5, Milwaukee 4 Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Yankees 0 Arizona 2, Miami 1 Pittsburgh 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Texas 5, San Diego 2 Cleveland 5, St. Louis 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 5 San Francisco 1, Colorado 0 Thursday’s Games Arizona (Greinke 7-5) at Miami (Richards 2-4), 9:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Quintana 6-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-4), 12:10 p.m. Colorado (Gray 7-7) at San Francisco (Stratton 8-5), 12:45 p.m. Washington (Roark 3-8) at Philadelphia (Nola 9-2), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Guerra 3-5) at Cincinnati (DeSclafani 3-1), 4:10 p.m. MiLB Northwest League North Division W L Everett (Mariners) 7 6 Tri-City (Padres) 7 6 Spokane (Rangers) 6 7 Vancouver (Blue Jays) 4 South Division W L Salem-Keizer (Giants) 9 Boise (Rockies) 7 6 Hillsboro (D-backs) 7 6 Eugene (Cubs) 5 8 ——— Wednesday’s Games Hillsboro 7, Boise 2 Spokane 5, Everett 2 Salem-Keizer 9, Eugene 4 Tri-City 9, Vancouver 2 Pct. GB .538 — .538 — .462 1 9 .307 Pct. GB 4 .692 .538 2 .538 2 .385 4 3 — Thursday’s Games Tri-City at Vancouver, 4:05 p.m. Hillsboro at Boise, 9:15 p.m. Everett at Spokane, 9:30 p.m. Eugene at Salem-Keizer, 9:35 p.m. NCAA College World Series Championship Series (Best-of-3) Arkansas 1, Oregon State 1 Monday: Arkansas (47-19) vs. Oregon State (53-11-1), ppd., rain Tuesday: Arkansas 4, Oregon State 1 Wednesday: Oregon State 5, Arkansas 3 Thursday: Arkansas vs. Oregon State, 4 p.m. (TV: ESPN) Soccer FIFA WORLD CUP FIRST ROUND GROUP A W T L GF GA x-Uruguay 3 0 0 5 0 x-Russia 2 1 0 8 4 Saudi Arabia 1 0 2 2 7 Egypt 0 0 3 2 6 x-advanced to second round GROUP B W T L GF GA x-Spain 1 2 0 6 5 x-Portugal 1 2 0 5 4 Iran 1 1 1 2 2 Morocco 0 1 2 2 4 x-advanced to second round GROUP C W T L GF GA x-France 2 1 0 3 1 x-Denmark 1 2 0 2 1 Peru 1 0 2 2 2 Australia 0 1 2 2 5 x-advanced to second round GROUP D W T L GF GA x-Croatia 3 0 0 7 1 x-Argentina 1 1 1 3 5 Nigeria 1 0 2 3 4 Iceland 0 1 2 2 5 x-advanced to second round GROUP E W T L GF GA x-Brazil 2 1 0 5 1 x-Switzerland 1 2 0 5 4 Serbia 1 0 2 2 4 Costa Rica 0 1 2 2 5 X-advanced to second round ———— Wednesday, June 27 At Moscow Brazil 2, Serbia 0 At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Switzerland 2, Costa Rica 2 GROUP F W T L GF GA x-Sweden 2 0 1 5 2 x-Mexico 2 0 1 3 4 South Korea 1 0 2 3 3 Germany 1 0 2 2 4 X-advanced to second round ———— Wednesday, June 27 At Kazan, Russia South Korea 2, Germany 0 At Yekaterinburg, Russia Sweden 3, Mexico 0 GROUP G W T L GF GA x-Belgium 2 0 0 8 2 x-England 2 0 0 8 2 Tunisia 0 0 2 3 7 Panama 0 0 2 1 9 x-advanced to second round ———— Thursday, June 28 At Saransk, Russia Panama vs. Tunisia, 11 a.m. At Kaliningrad, Russia England vs. Belgium, 11 a.m. GROUP H W T L GF GA Japan 1 1 0 4 3 Senegal 1 1 0 4 3 Colombia 1 0 1 4 2 Poland 0 0 2 1 5 x-advanced to second round ———— Thursday, June 28 At Volgograd, Russia Japan vs. Poland, 7 a.m. At Samara, Russia Senegal vs. Colombia, 7 a.m. MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Atlanta United FC 10 3 4 New York City FC 9 3 4 New York 9 4 2 Columbus 7 5 6 New England 6 4 6 Philadelphia 6 7 3 Pts 9 6 3 0 Pts 5 5 4 1 Chicago 5 7 5 20 24 29 Orlando City 6 9 1 19 24 33 Montreal 6 11 0 18 20 31 Toronto FC 4 8 3 15 24 29 D.C. United 2 6 4 10 19 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Sporting K.C. 9 2 5 32 31 16 FC Dallas 8 2 5 29 24 17 Los Angeles FC 8 4 3 27 31 24 Real Salt Lake 7 7 2 23 20 30 Portland 6 3 5 23 21 19 Vancouver 6 6 5 23 26 34 Houston 6 6 3 21 31 24 LA Galaxy 6 7 2 20 22 23 Minnesota United 5 9 1 16 19 29 Seattle 3 8 3 12 11 18 Colorado 3 9 3 12 19 28 San Jose 2 9 5 11 25 32 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Friday’s Games FC Dallas at Minnesota United, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games Portland at Seattle, 1:30 p.m. Orlando City at Atlanta United FC, 4 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Montreal, 4 p.m. D.C. United at New England, 4:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. New York City FC at Chicago, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles FC, 5 p.m. LA Galaxy at San Jose, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games New York at Toronto FC, 1:30 p.m. GoodHealth LIVE WITH JENNIFER POSTE, M.D., ENDOCRINOLOGIST Colorado at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Pts 7 5 3 1 Pts 9 4 3 1 Pts 7 5 3 1 Pts 6 6 3 3 Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Washington 9 5 .643 — Connecticut 9 6 .600 ½ Atlanta 7 7 .500 2 Chicago 5 9 .357 4 New York 4 9 .308 4½ Indiana 1 14 .067 8½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Los Angeles 11 3 .786 — Phoenix 11 5 .688 1 Seattle 10 5 .667 1½ Minnesota 8 6 .571 3 Dallas 7 7 .500 4 Las Vegas 5 11 .312 7 ——— Wednesday’s Games Chicago 93, Atlanta 80 Connecticut 101, Indiana 89 Dallas 97, Las Vegas 91 Thursday’s Games New York at Washington, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Seattle, 6:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m. Chicago at New York, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Las Vegas, 7:30 p.m. Golf Pts 6 6 0 0 Pts 4 4 3 0 PGA TOUR QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL Site: Potomac, Md. Course: TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Yardage: 7,107. Par: 70. Purse: $7.1 million. Winner’s share: $1,278,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 12-4 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 10-11:45 a.m. (Golf Channel); 12-3 p.m. (CBS Sports). Defending champion: Kyle Stanley. Last week: Bubba Watson won the Travel- ers Championship. FedEx Cup leader: Dustin Johnson. LPGA Upcoming Schedule June 28-July 1 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Kemper Lakes GC, Olympia Fields, Ill. Auto Racing NASCAR CUP SERIES Upcoming Schedule Sunday — TheHouse.com 400 at Chicago- land Speedway, 11:30 a.m. (TV: NBCSN) Ecdocricology & You Join Dr. Jennifer Poste as she shares common conditions she cares for right here in Hermiston. Wednesday, July 25 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Good Shepherd Health Care System Conference Center 1 and 2 610 NW 11th Street | Hermiston, OR 97838 A healthy dessert with light refreshmects will be provided Space is Limited. Register today! 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