Date: 09/23/2015 04:59 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Robinson Cano homered twice and drove in four runs and Hisashi Iwakuma struck out a season-high 10 as the Seattle Mariners romped past the slumping Kansas City Royals, 11-2 last night. The AL Central-leading Royals have dropped 12 of 17. Their magic number for clinching the division remained three. Cano and Kyle Seager each hit solo homers in the first inning for Seattle. It was Seager’s 25th home run and his seventh in 23 games.
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Robbie Ray pitched six innings of three-hit ball, A.J. Pollock and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back homers in the seventh, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0 last night. The Dodgers lost their fourth straight game, equaling their longest slide of the season. The Diamondbacks have won the first two games of this four-game series after losing their previous nine at Dodger Stadium.
PROVO, Utah (AP) – BYU has added a game at Oregon in 2022 as part of the Cougars’ continuing strategy to raise their profile. Athletic director Tom Holmoe has tried to schedule games against top-flight opponents to gain national exposure and recognition – and eventually an invitation to a Power 5 conference. The Cougars scheduled Nebraska, Boise State, UCLA, Michigan and Missouri in 2015.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) – Stanford quarterback Kevin Hogan suffered a left ankle injury early in the second half of Saturday’s 41-31 upset of Southern California and will sit out most of this week’s practices. Cardinal coach David Shaw says Hogan will test his ankle tomorrow. No. 21 Stanford plays at Oregon State on Friday night.
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