Date: 07/29/2014 04:59 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) – Landon Donovan assisted on Gyasi Zardes’ goal in the eighth minute, then scored off a rebound 10 minutes later and led the Los Angeles Galaxy to an impressive 3-0 win over the Seattle Sounders last night. Donovan and the Galaxy handed the Western Conference-leading Sounders one of their worst home MLS losses in franchise history. Seattle lost 4-1 last season at home to Vancouver.
UNDATED (AP) – The Seattle Mariners will travel to Ohio to face the Cleveland Indians today in the series opener. Hisashi Iwakuma will start for Seattle. The Mariners have only won one game of their last six games.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Vance Worley tossed a four-hitter for his first career shutout, and the Pittsburgh Pirates pounded Madison Bumgarner early in a 5-0 win over the struggling San Francisco Giants last night. Four players drove in a run off Bumgarner (12-8) in the first, and Josh Harrison hit his seventh homer in the second to provide all of Pittsburgh’s pop.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – University of Oregon police have found three of the four members of the Ethiopian track team who were reported missing from the World Junior Championships in Eugene over the weekend. The Oregonian reports that police said three of the four athletes staying with acquaintances in Beaverton. Police say 18-year-old Zeyituna Mohammed, who placed sixth in the women’s 800-meter run, is still being treated as missing.
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