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Takeaway The Mariners broke out of their offensive dither with a quartet of two-run homers  — Logan Morrison (third inning), Seth Smith (sixth), Nelson Cruz (eighth) and Brad Miller (eighth) — and swamped the Oakland Athletics 9-5 Friday night at O.Com Coliseum (box score). While the win kept Seattle from falling into sole possession of

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University of Washington crews swept three races Friday at the Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames. The varsity eight defeated Princeton in the first round of the Ladies’ Plate, the coxed four won its first-round match against Newcastle in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup, and the coxless four romped past Yale in the Visitors’

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Takeaway After scoring 12 runs in two games in San Diego, the Mariners apparently exhausted themselves. Or Oakland starter Scott Kazmir is back to being a stud. The A’s lefty smothered the Mariners, allowing only two hits by LF Franklin Gutierrez, in an easy 4-0 win Thursday night (box score) in front of 13,062 at

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Takeaway The Mariners (36-42) might be a playoff team, instead of division dud, if they played punchless San Diego as many times as members of the AL West. Following a 5-0 result Tuesday, Seattle followed Wednesday with a 7-0 romp at Petco Park. Taijuan Walker won his fifth consecutive start and Robinson Cano had four

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Takeaway In a season mostly void of feel-good stories, LHP Mike Montgomery continued to buck the trend by throwing a one-hitter Tuesday night in the Mariners’ 5-0 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park (box score). 

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The Sounders Monday announced their 2015 CONCACAF Champions League schedule against the Vancouver Whitecaps and CD Olimpia of Honduras. The Sounders will host Group F matches Aug. 19 against CD Olimpia and Sept. 23 against Vancouver at CenturyLink Field, and travel Aug. 5 to Vancouver and Aug. 26 to Honduras.

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Fanendo Adi, a Nigerian who joined Portland last season, erupted for two goals in a 65-second span late in the second half, leading the Timbers to a 4-1 romp over the Sounders Sunday in a thoroughly one-sided Cascadia Cup match in front of 21,144 at Providence Park. Adi blasted in remarkably easy goals in the

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Takeaway The Mariners (34-42) have lost in a myriad of ways this season, but Sunday they mined new territory, falling 3-2 to the Los Angeles Angels  in Anaheim on a walk-off wild pitch by Tom Wilhelmsen in the 10th (box score). Hours earlier, Houston dispatched the New York Yankees 3-1, meaning that Seattle sits nine

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