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BASEBALL

NWL

All Times PDT

SECOND-HALF STANDINGS

North W L Pct. GB
x-Everett (Mariners) 6 3 .667
Spokane (Rangers) 4 5 .444 2
Tri-City (Rockies) 4 5 .444 2
Vancouver (Blue Jays) 4 5 .444 2
South W L Pct. GB
Eugene (Padres) 5 4 .556
Hillsboro (Diamondbacks) 5 4 .556
Boise (Cubs) 4 5 .444 1
x-Salem-Keizer (Giants) 4 5 .444 1

x-first-half champion

Wednesday’s Results

Spokane 6, Salem-Keizer 4 (11)

Everett 7, Boise 4

Hillsboro 7, Vancouver 1

Tri-City 3, Eugene 2

Today’s Games

Salem-Keizer at Spokane, 9:30 p.m.

Hillsboro at Vancouver, 10:05 p.m.

Boise at Everett, 10:05 p.m.

Eugene at Tri-City, 10:15 p.m.

Indians 6, Volcanoes 4

Salem-Keizer AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Hollick cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .281
Jones 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .378
Ragira dh 5 0 1 1 0 2 .256
Horan rf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .275
McCall lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .236
Eberle 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .254
Miller 3b 5 1 2 0 0 2 .267
Escalante c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .287
Polonius ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 .266
Totals 38 4 8 3 4 14
Spokane AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Roa ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 .215
Schiller 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .220
Torres 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .291
Greene c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .229
Castro 2b 5 2 2 3 0 0 .227
Jackson dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .213
Serrato lf 5 2 3 2 0 1 .181
Jarmon rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .156
Pinto cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429
Totals 40 6 11 6 1 5
Salem-Keizer 100 030 000 00—4 8 1
Spokane 310 000 000 02—6 11 0

E—Polonius (1). LOB—Salem-Keizer 6, Spokane 5. 2B—Hollick (5), Ragira (5), Jones, R (5), Schiller (10), Castro, Ja (7). HR—Castro, Ja (3), Serrato (2). RBIs—Ragira (12), Polonius 2 (13), Castro, Ja 3 (26), Roa (11), Serrato 2 (13). S—McCall. RLISP—Salem-Keizer 6, Spokane 3. GIDP—Jones, R, Hollick, Schiller, Greene, Jarmon. DP—Salem-Keizer 4, Spokane 2.

Salem-Keizer IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Leenhouts 4 5 4 3 1 2 2.56
Paniagua 2 2 0 0 0 1 3.10
Nova 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Neff 2 2 0 0 0 1 0.00
Slania L, 0-1 12/3 2 2 2 0 0 4.91
Spokane IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Castro 5 4 4 4 3 4 8.59
Slack 3 2 0 0 0 5 1.63
Kela 2 1 0 0 0 4 1.23
Sprenger W, 2-2 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.17

HBP—Pinto, E, Greene. B—Kela. T—3:03. A—4,399.

Legion State Tournament

Senior American Legion

At A.K. Jackson Field; Spokane

Double Elimination

Wednesday’s Results

Hanford Flames 11, Pepsi-Pak 7

Championship

Hanford Flames 15, Centralia 8

Junior American Legion

Double Elimination; All Times PDT

Wednesday’s Results

At Borleske Stadium; Walla Walla

Buckley-Enumclaw 32, Walla Walla 13

Walla Walla 11, Mason 7

At Murr Field; Walla Walla

Yakima Valley 7, Eastlake 1

Eastlake 7, Yakima Valley 1

Today’s Championship Game

At Borleske Stadium; Walla Walla

Walla Walla vs. Eastlake, 1:00 p.m.

American Legion A

At North Thurston High School; Lacey, Wash.

Double Elimination

Wednesday’s Championship Result

Kenmore-FM 13, Freeman 2

Kenmore-FM 13, Freeman 2

Freeman 002 000 0 2 3 6
Kenmore-FM 410 323 X 13 11 1

Phipps, Johnston (6) and Sharp, Hyta; Ecklebarger and Fothergill. W—Ecklebarger. L—Phipps.

HITS: Freeman—Phipps, Cottrell, Hyta. Kenmore-FM—Watkins, Harris 2, Ecklebarger 2, Fothergill 3, Navoni, Williams, Hall. 2B—Cottrell, Ecklebarger.

BASKETBALL

WNBA

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONF. W L Pct GB
Chicago 12 5 .706
Atlanta 11 5 .688 1/2
Washington 9 10 .474 4
Indiana 8 9 .471 4
New York 8 11 .421 5
Connecticut 4 12 .250 71/2
WESTERN CONF. W L Pct GB
Minnesota 14 3 .824
Los Angeles 12 6 .667 21/2
Phoenix 9 9 .500 51/2
Seattle 7 10 .412 7
San Antonio 6 12 .333 81/2
Tulsa 6 14 .300 91/2

Wednesday’s Result

New York 88, Washington 78

Today’s Games

Indiana at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Seattle, 7 p.m.

FOOTBALL

AFL playoffs

All Times PDT

First Round

Today’s Game

National Conference

Spokane at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

American Conference

Orlando at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

National Conference

San Jose at Arizona, 4 p.m.

GOLF

THE FAIRWAYS– Stanley H. Saloy Jr., No. 17, 140 yards, 5-hybrid.

SOCCER

MLS

All Times PDT

EASTERN CONF. W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 10 6 6 36 31 21
New York 10 7 5 35 33 27
Montreal 10 5 5 35 32 29
Philadelphia 9 6 7 34 33 30
New England 8 7 6 30 27 19
Houston 8 6 6 30 23 20
Chicago 7 9 4 25 25 30
Columbus 6 10 5 23 24 27
Toronto 3 10 8 17 19 29
D.C. 2 15 4 10 10 35
WESTERN CONF. W L T Pts GF GA
Salt Lake 11 7 4 37 36 24
Portland 8 3 10 34 31 20
Colorado 9 7 7 34 28 24
Los Angeles 10 9 3 33 32 27
Vancouver 9 7 5 32 33 29
Dallas 8 5 8 32 27 27
Seattle 8 7 4 28 24 22
San Jose 7 9 6 27 23 33
Chivas USA 4 12 5 17 19 37

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s Result

Roma 3, MLS All-Stars 1

Saturday’s Games

New York at Kansas City, 3:30 p.m.

Montreal at D.C., 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Houston, 6 p.m.

Salt Lake at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Chivas USA at San Jose, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Game

Toronto at New England, 4:30 p.m.

SOFTBALL

ASA 16-U A Western National

At Dwight Merkel Complex

Wednesday’s pool-play results

Ore. Blast ’96 9, So. Cal ProSport Revolution 3

Seattle SFC Grizzlies 7, Spokane Diamonds-Travel 1

Ore. NW Nitro 8, Colo. Next Level 1

WA Force (W. Richland) 9, Spokane Diamonds-Regional 6

North Idaho Xtreme (Dalton Gardens) 10, WA Angels (Richland) 2

Dave’s Food Mart (Pendleton) 13, Seattle Sudden Impact 3

Washington Illusion (Kelso) 12, Utah Chaos 9

Northwest Buzz (Ore.) 8, Oregon Wildcats 7

Idaho Xplosion (Meridian) 7, Aloha (Ore.) Breeze 5

Sacramento AAS Academy 7, Seattle Diamond Dusters 2

Oregon Titans 10, Northwest Lady Sharks (Seattle) 1

Spokane Crash ’98 3, Northwest Wildfire (Coeur d’Alene) 2

Ore. Bat Company-Red 7, Colo. Tigers 6

WA Explosion (Connell) 9, WA Synergy (Seattle) 7

SWIMMING

FINA World Championships

At Barcelona, Spain

High Diving

Men’s 27-meter

1. Orlando Duque, Colombia, 590.20 points. 2. Gary Hunt, Britain, 589.30. 3. Jonathan Paredes, Mexico, 578.35. 4. Michal Navratil, Czech Republic, 540.70. 5. Matt Cowen, Britain, 539.60. 6. Artem Silchenko, Russia, 520.55. 7. Anatolii Shabotenko, Ukraine, 498.60. 8. Kris Kolanus, Poland, 469.15. 9. Steve Lobue, United States, 445.80. 10. Blake Aldridge, Britain, 443.15.

11. Kent De Mond, United States, 420.70. 12. Cyrille Oumedjkane, France, 403.35. 13. Jorge Ferzuli, Mexico, 356.20.

Swimming

Men

50 breaststroke

Final

1, Cameron Van der Burgh, South Africa, 26.77. 2, Christian Sprenger, Australia, 26.78. 3, Giulio Zorzi, South Africa, 27.04. 4, Damir Dugonjic, Slovenia, 27.05. 5, Joao Gomes, Brazil, 27.20. 6, Glenn Snyders, New Zealand, 27.21. 7, Johannes Skagius, Sweden, 27.48. 8, Mattia Pesce, Italy, 27.53.

100 freestyle

Semifinals (qualifiers for final)

1, Nathan Adrian, United States, 47.95. 2, James Feigen, United States, 48.07. 3, Marcelo Chierighini, Brazil, 48.11. 4, James Magnussen, Australia, 48.20. 5, Vladimir Morozov, Russia, 48.20. 6, Fabien Gilot, France, 48.21. 7, Cameron McEvoy, Australia, 48.43. 8, Luca Dotto, Italy, 48.46.

200 butterfly

Final

1, Chad Le Clos, South Africa, 1:54.32. 2, Pawel Korzeniowski, Poland, 1:55.01. 3, Wu Peng, China, 1:55.09. 4, Chen Yin, China, 1:55.47. 5, Tom Luchsinger, United States, 1:55.70. 6, Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia, 1:56.02. 7, Tyler Clary, United States, 1:56.34. 8, Leonardo de Deus, Brazil, 1:56.44.

200 individual medley

Semifinals (qualifiers for final)

1, Ryan Lochte, United States, 1:57.07. 2, Kosuke Hagino, Japan, 1:57.38. 3, Laszlo Cseh, Hungary, 1:57.41. 4, Thiago Pereira, Brazil, 1:57.52. 5, Wang Shun, China, 1:57.80. 6, Daiya Seto, Japan, 1:58.03. 7, Daniel Tranter, Australia, 1:58.10. 8, Simon Sjodin, Sweden, 1:58.17. Also: 10, Conor Dwyer, United States, 1:58.56, did not qualify.

800 freestyle

Final

1, Sun Yang, China, 7:41.36. 2, Michael McBroom, United States, 7:43.60. 3, Ryan Cochrane, Canada, 7:43.70. 4, Connor Jaeger, United States, 7:44.26. 5, Jordan Harrison, Australia, 7:47.38. 6, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy, 7:50.29. 7, Pal Joensen, Faroe Islands, 7:52.57. 8, Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia, 7:52.79.

Women

50 backstroke

Semifinals (qualifiers for final)

1, Fu Yuanhui, China, 27.40. 2, Aya Terakawa, Japan, 27.70. 3, Mercedes Peris, Spain, 27.71. 4, Zhao Jing, China, 27.87. 5, Etiene Medeiros, Brazil, 27.89. 6, Rachel Bootsma, United States, 27.93. 7, Lauren Quigley, Britain, 28.02. 8, Georgia Davies, Britain, 28.05.

200 freestyle

Final

1, Missy Franklin, United States, 1:54.81. 2, Federica Pellegrini, Italy, 1:55.14. 3, Camille Muffat, France, 1:55.72. 4, Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, 1:56.63. 5, Melanie Costa, Spain, 1:57.04. 6, Kylie Palmer, Australia, 1:57.14. 7, Shannon Vreeland, United States, 1:57.41. 8, Charlotte Bonnet, France, 1:57.56.

200 butterfly

Semifinals (qualifiers for final)

1, Mareia Belmonte, Spain, 2:06.53. 2, Cammile Adams, United States, 2:06.75. 3, Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 2:06.85. 4 (tie), Liu Zige, China, and Natsumi Hoshi, Japan, 2:07.18. 6, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Hungary, 2:07.31. 7, Jiao Liuyang, China, 2:07.70. 8, Judit Ignacio, Spain, 2:07.86. Also: 12, Madeline Dirado, United States, 2:08.28, did not qualify.

Water Polo

Women

Semifinals

Australia 9, Russia 6

Spain 13, Hungary 12

5th-8th Bracket

Greece 12, Canada 8

United States 12, Netherlands 11

TENNIS

Citi Open

U.S. OPEN SERIES

At William H.G. FitzGerald TC; Washington

Purse: Men, $1.55 million; Women, $235,000

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men – Second Round

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Michael Llodra (17), France, 6-2, 6-1.

Mardy Fish, United States, def. Julien Benneteau (12), France, 6-3, 7-5.

Ivan Dodig (13), Croatia, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

John Isner (8), United States, def. Alex Kuznetsov, United States, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4).

Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Gilles Simon (5), France, 6-4, 6-2.

Tommy Haas (3), Germany, leads Tim Smyczek, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 1-0, susp., rain.

Kevin Anderson (7), South Africa, leads James Duckworth, Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 5-4, susp., rain.

Women – Second Round

Andrea Petkovic, Germany, def. Mona Barthel (6), Germany, 6-2, 6-2.

Kitzbuehel Cup

ATP WORLD TOUR

At Mercedes-Benz Sportpark Kitzbuehel

Kitzbuehel, Austria; Purse: $621,000

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles – Second Round

Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.

Juan Monaco (2), Argentina, def. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, 6-3, 6-4.

Albert Montanes (7), Spain, def. Victor Hanescu, Romania, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (5).

Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-4, 6-1.

Dominic Thiem, Austria, def. Jurgen Melzer (4), Austria, 7-5, 6-3.

Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (7).

Doubles – First Round

Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, def. Daniele Bracciali, Italy, and Filip Polasek (2), Slovakia, 6-4, 0-6, 12-10.

Martin Emmrich and Christopher Kas (4), Germany, def. Victor Hanescu and Florin Mergea, Romania, 6-4, 6-2.

Robin Haase, Netherlands, and Raven Klaasen, South Africa, def. Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 6-3, 6-0.

Southern California Open

WTA TOUR/U.S. OPEN SERIES

At La Costa Resort and Spa; Carlsbad, Calif.

Purse: $795,707; Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles – First Round

Ana Ivanovic (7), Serbia, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Second Round

Petra Kvitova (3), Czech Republic, def. Laura Robson, Britain, 6-1, 6-2.

Roberta Vinci (4), Italy, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 6-4, 6-2.

Victoria Azarenka (1), Belarus, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-2, 6-3.

FISH COUNTS

The upstream movement of chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 7/30 and year-to-date totals:

Site Chinook Steelhead Shad
Bonneville 675 43,516 291
Year totals 175,966 61,671 3,747,603
The Dalles 590 2,465 n/a
Year totals 153,073 32,446 n/a
John Day 372 932 n/a
Year totals 129,942 20,300 n/a
McNary 364 864 571
Year totals 124,558 13,875 1,240,285
Priest Rapids
Year totals 78,431 1,169 19,830
Wells
Year totals 33,718 169 n/a
Ice Harbor 42 356 156
Year totals 49,136 10,279 192,505
L.Monumental 45 265 n/a
Year totals 47,501 7,319 n/a
Little Goose 41 120 n/a
Year totals 44,379 4,068 n/a
Lower Granite 13 57 0
Year totals 42,741 8,509 1,761

MOVES

BASEBALL

COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Detroit RHP Juan Alcantara 50 games for a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed RHP Jason Hammel on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Reinstated OF Steve Pearce from the 15-day DL.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled OF Jordan Danks from Charlotte (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS — Traded OF Justin Maxwell to Kansas City for RHP Kyle Smith. Traded RHP Bud Norris to Baltimore for OF L.J. Hoes, LHP Josh Hader and a 2014 competitive balance round A draft pick.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned INF Grant Green to Salt Lake (PCL). Selected the contract of 3B Chris Nelson from Salt Lake (PCL).

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Designated INF Adam Rosales for assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed LHP Matt Moore on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday.

TEXAS RANGERS — Sent LHP Matt Harrison to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RHP Drew Hutchison to New Hampshire (EL) for a rehab assignment.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded RHP Ian Kennedy to San Diego for LHP Joe Thatcher, RHP Matt Stites and a 2014 competitive balance round B draft pick. Sent RHP Trevor Cahill to Reno (PCL) for a rehab assignment. Assigned RHP Nate Adcock outright to Reno.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Sent OF B.J. Upton to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assigment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed RHP Yovani Gallardo on the 15-day DL.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Released 3B Brandon Inge. Optioned RHP Brandon Cumpton to Indianapolis (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed C Yadier Molina and OF Shane Robinson on the 15-day DL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Sent OF Cameron Maybin to Tucson (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

Today’s Odds

America’s Line

NFL preseason

Favorite Op Cur O/U Underdog
Sunda y’s game
c-Dolphins PK 2.5 33.5 Cowboys
Thursday, Aug. 8
BUCS 2.5 3 34.5 Ravens
TITANS 2.5 3 34 Redskins
BROWNS 3 3 33.5 Rams
FALCONS 3 3.5 36 Bengals
49ERS 3.5 3 36 Broncos
Seahawks PK 1 35.5 CHARGERS
Friday, Aug. 9
JAGUARS NL NL NL Dolphins
LIONS 4 4 35.5 Jets
EAGLES 3 3.5 39 Patriots
PACKERS 6 4.5 35.5 Cardinals
PANTHERS 2.5 2.5 35.5 Bears
SAINTS 3.5 3 37.5 Chiefs
VIKINGS 1.5 1 35 Texans
RAIDERS NL NL NL Cowboys
Saturday, Aug. 10
STEELERS 3 2.5 35.5 Giants
Sunday, Aug. 11
COLTS 3 3 36 Bills

c-Hall of Fame Game at Canton, Ohio

Home team is capitalized.