Date: 03/18/2015 04:59 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Hisashi Iwakuma threw four scoreless innings and the Seattle Mariners played to a 5-5 tie with the Chicago White Sox yesterday. Iwakuma, the Mariners’ No. 2 starter, allowed five hits while striking out two. Robinson Cano singled in a run for the Mariners.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Alexandre Burrows scored a pair of goals 17 seconds apart in the third period, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 last night. Burrows, back after missing a win Saturday over Toronto because of a groin injury, snapped a 1-1 tie at 6:44. He ripped a shot between Steve Mason’s pads after he took a feed from Daniel Sedin.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Blake Wheeler scored two goals and added an assist to help the Winnipeg Jets top the San Jose Sharks 5-2 last night. The Jets built a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals by Adam Lowry, Mark Scheifele and Andrew Ladd. Wheeler scored his first of the game in the second period and another in the third.
NOME, Alaska (AP) – It’s still a guessing game, but the estimate right now is for the winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race to be in Nome sometime between 4 and 6 this morning. Dallas Seavey, the defending champion, was the first musher to reach White Mountain.
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