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MARINERS-RANGERS

Servais’ 1st win for Mariners is chippy 10-2 rout of Texas

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit one of four Seattle homers, fellow former Texas player Leonys Martin had a tiebreaking double and the Mariners bounced back from an opening day loss to beat the Rangers 10-2 Tuesday night.

Scott Servais, who spent six years in player development with Texas, got his first win as a manager while having a shouting match with reigning AL Manager of the Year Jeff Banister.

The pair exchanged words after former Seattle reliever Tom Wilhelmsen hit Chris Iannetta with a pitch. Wilhelmsen, who was ejected, had just given up the second of two homers along with two doubles without getting an out in a six-run Seattle eighth.

Nick Vincent (1-0) pitched a scoreless sixth inning.

Texas reliever Tony Barnette (0-1) lost in his major league debut at age 32 after six seasons in Japan.

TRAIL BLAZERS-KINGS

McCollum has 30 as Trail Blazers beat Kings 115-107

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — CJ McCollum made five 3-pointers and scored 30 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 115-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

Damien Lillard had 22 points and eight assists as Portland won for the fifth time in six games and remained a half-game behind Memphis for fifth place in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies beat the Bulls earlier.

Maurice Harkless had season-highs of 20 points and 16 rebounds, Gerald Henderson scored 13 points and Mason Plumlee had 12 points and nine rebounds before fouling out late in the game for the Trail Blazers.

Portland got just its second victory in its last 11 road games and outrebounded Sacramento 49-34.

DeMarcus Cousins had 30 points and nine rebounds for the Kings. Rajon Rondo had a triple-double with a season-high 27 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and Seth Curry scored 17 points.

PORTLAND-PORTER

Terry Porter introduced as new Portland Pilots coach

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Former NBA player and coach Terry Porter has been formally introduced as the new coach at the University of Portland.

The Pilots announced Porter as the team’s new head coach late last week, but some 500 fans greeted him on Tuesday at a press conference on the court at the Chiles Center.

Porter replaces Eric Reveno, who was dismissed last month after 10 years with the Pilots.

Porter played for the Blazers from 1985-95, anchoring a team that went to the Western Conference finals three times from 1990 to 1992 and to the NBA Finals twice.

The starters on that team were Porter, Clyde Drexler, Jerome Kersey, Buck Williams and Kevin Duckworth, but the group would never win a title.

GYM-NICHOLS INJURED

Knee injury forces gymnast Nichols out of Pacific Rims

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Maggie Nichols’ bid to make the U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team hit a roadblock on Tuesday when she was forced to withdraw from Saturday’s Pacific Rim championships with a knee injury.

Ragan Smith will replace Nichols on the six-woman U.S. team at the international event in suburban Seattle. USA Gymnastics said Nichols is dealing with a “slight” knee issue suffered after national team coordinator Martha Karolyi announced the team for Pacific Rims last Sunday.

The 18-year-old Nichols was part of the gold-medal winning U.S. squad at the 2015 world championships. She competed in all four events during team finals, the only American to do so, as the U.S. rolled to its third straight world title.

Smith finished second in the all-around to defending Olympic champion Gabby Douglas at the Jesolo Cup in Italy last month.

DOLPHINS-EKPRE-OLOMU

Rehabbing DB Ekpre-Olomu claimed off waivers by Dolphins

MIAMI (AP) — Defensive back Ifo Ekpre-Olomu has been claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins, who hope he can return from a serious knee injury.

Ekpre-Olomu was projected to be a first-round draft pick before he hurt his left knee in his senior season with Oregon. He was instead taken in the seventh round by Cleveland a year ago and spent 2015 rehabilitating.

The Browns released him last week.

“A potential steal,” tweeted Dolphins linebacker Spencer Paysinger, who also played at Oregon.

WAMBACH ARRAIGNMENT

Not guilty plea entered on Abby Wambach’s behalf in DUI case

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Abby Wambach admitted to once trying cocaine and smoking marijuana some 10 years ago, according to court documents connected to her arrest on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants.

Wambach, who won a World Cup with the U.S. national team last summer, was arraigned on Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. She was not present, but her attorney entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.

Wambach is scheduled to speak Tuesday night at the University of Kentucky.

She was arrested on Saturday night after running a red light in Portland, Oregon, where she lives, and charged with Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) – Alcohol.

Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who announced her retirement from the national team in December, posted an apology on her Facebook page Sunday and took responsibility for her actions.