Date: 11/30/2015 05:00 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) – Russell Wilson threw a career-high five touchdown passes and the Seattle Seahawks held on for a wild 39-30 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger yesterday. Wilson threw three touchdowns to Doug Baldwin, including an 80-yard catch-and-run score with 2:01 left after Pittsburgh had trimmed Seattle’s lead to 32-30.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) – Fanendo Adi and Lucas Melano scored and the Portland Timbers advanced to the MLS Cup for the first time, tying FC Dallas 2-2 yesterday in the second leg of the Western Conference finals. Portland won the first leg 3-1 at home en route to a 5-3 victory in the two-game series. The Timbers will face the winner of the Eastern Conference series.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Shy McClelland scored 18 points and South Dakota made its last seven shots to defeat Eastern Washington 77-71 yesterday. Dan Jech added 14 points and Eric Robertson 12 for the Coyotes (4-3), who took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Casey Kasperbauer that made it 70-67 with 2:55 to play.
SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle Seahawks tight end Jimmy Graham will miss the rest of the season after suffering an injury to the patellar tendon in his right knee in the fourth quarter yesterday’s win over Pittsburgh. Graham was hurt with 13:36 left in the fourth quarter after trying to grab a deep pass in the end zone from Russell Wilson.
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