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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.
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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
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Course: TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm.
Yardage: 7,107. Par: 70.
Purse: $7.1 million. Winner’s share:
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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
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Pts
34
31
29
27
24
21
GF
34
32
33
22
27
20
GA
20
21
16
18
23
21
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