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Facing sanctions, Putin orders 755 slashed from U.S. embassy RETALIATION FOR VOTE IN CONGRESS Russia’s sweeping move stokes tensions with U.S.

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WASHINGTON — President Vladimir Putin announced Sun­ day that the U.S. diplomatic mission in Russia must reduce its staff by 755 employees, in re­ sponse to a package of sanctions awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature.

“I decided it’s time for us to show we do not intend to leave

XI puts Chinese rivals on notice with display of military might > A3 Moscow shows off military muscle in parades in Russia and Syria > A3 U.S. actions unanswered,” the Russian leader said in remarks aired in an interview on state television.

The cuts, to take effect Sept. 1, would reduce the number of U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia to 455, the same number that Russia has in the United States.

The bulk of those to be dis­ missed are likely to be Russian employees of the embassy in Moscow, as well from the U.S. consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok.

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Auburn guitarist still living the Jimi Hendrix experience D E C A D E S O F S H O W S | Randy Hansen’s uncanny gift — capturing sound of Seattle icon

He has said ACA would collapse if payments stop

By LAURA KING Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS)

WASHINGTON — Two promi­ nent lawmakers urged President Donald Trump on Sunday not to sabotage the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after failed Republican ef­ forts to scrap the health­care law.

But Trump urged Republican senators to try again to push through some version of repealing and replacing the law, even though Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc­ Connell, R­Ky., said last week it was time to move on to other matters.

Kellyanne Conway, a Trump adviser, said the president would decide in coming days whether to block subsidies that are a crucial component of the law, “He’s going to make that decision this week, and that’s a decision that only he can make,” Conway said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Trump previously said the law that he and others call “Obama­ care” would collapse immediately whenever those payments stop. He

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By ERIK LACITIS Seattle Times staff reporter

He’s going on 40 years of doing his Jimi Hendrix tribute.

“I’ve lost count of the places,” says Randy Hansen about where he’s played. Throughout the U.S.; in France, Spain, Slovenia, Australia ...

He’s played in as small a venue as a guy’s basement in Italy, as big a gig as several thousand in Finland and Germany.

He’s 62, and his small rental home in Auburn is crammed after four decades of being a working musician whose specialty is Jimi.

He owns 99 guitars. Exactly 99.

He owns a wah­wah pedal that he’s quite certain came from one of Jimi’s shows — the rubber stoppers on the pedal have been replaced by now­ aged foam rubber, just like Jimi

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How many times has he played “Purple Haze”?

“Thousands,” says Hansen. No, he’s not tired of the tunes, he says.

“Jimi was one of those people that God puts on the planet that’s on a real mission.”

He smiles and nods as he once again plays another Jimi tune, not one of Hendrix’s better­known ones, but a favorite of Hansen’s: “1983 ...

(A Merman I Should Turn to Be).”

CRISTINA ARRIGONI “It’s very symphonic to my ear,” he says. “It shows Jimi at his most imag­ Fans lift Randy Hansen during a 2011 European tour. The See > HENDRIX, A7 energetic tribute musician has played shows since the 1970s.

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Randy Hansen is in his fourth decade as the premier Jimi Hendrix tribute performer. He calls Hendrix Seattle’s greatest musician ever.

For years, U.S. companies have been saving money by “offshoring” jobs — hiring people in India and other distant cubicle farms.

Today, some of those jobs are being outsourced again — in the United States.

Nexient, a software outsourcing company, reflects the evolving geography of technology work. It holds daily video meetings with one of its clients, Bill.com, where team members stand up and say into the camera what they accom­ plished yesterday for Bill.com, and what they plan to do tomorrow.

The difference is, they are phoning in from Michigan, not Mumbai.

“It’s the first time we’ve been happy outsourcing,” said Ren Lac­ erte, chief executive of Bill.com, a bill payment­and­collection service

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PRO­GOVERNMENT CANDIDATE KILLED Opposition boycotting vote

By MERY MOGOLLON AND CHRIS KRAUL Los Angeles Times (TNS)

CARACAS, Venezuela — A candidate for Venezuela’s constitutional assembly was one of nine people reported killed amid widespread vio­ lence as voters went to the polls Sunday in a hotly con­ tested election aimed at giving greater power to Pres­ ident Nicolás Maduro.

José Félix Pineda, a pro­ Maduro candidate in the election to select members of a constitutional assembly, was reportedly shot to death Saturday night in his home in the Heres township in Boli­ var state by two unknown assailants. The shooting took place during a family gather­ ing at which others present were robbed of their belong­ ings, according to a govern­ ment statement.

Although the motive for his death was not known, Pineda was the second candi­ date to be killed in the run­up to the election, which has further divided the country.

Protests, sometimes violent, raged through the country as opposition leaders urged Venezuelans to stay away from the polls.

An explosion in the afflu­ ent Altamira neighborhood in the eastern barrio of the capital, Caracas, on Sunday morning injured as many as seven national police officers and destroyed four of the motorcycles they were rid­ ing, the government said. some of the officers.

Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in an interview broadcast over

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An explosion in the Altamira neighborhood of Caracas on Sunday injured as many as seven national police officers. state­run TV that 100 voting machines had been burned in western Tachira state by opposition protesters.

A survey of polling stations in rich and poor neighbor­ hoods in Caracas indicated strong turnout in barrios controlled by Maduro sup­ porters and virtually no vot­ ing in the eastern portion of the city aligned with opposi­ tion forces.

Opposition leaders had urged Maduro opponents to boycott the voting, calling it an illegal power grab and an attempt by Maduro to side­ line the opposition­con­ trolled National Assembly.

No election results were available Sunday evening, and the National Electoral Council did not release turn­ out figures, which are com­ monly released the day of elections. But it was a fore­ gone conclusion that the results would favor the gov­

ernment, because the ballot was packed with pro­govern­ ment candidates.

In addition to the 117 deaths now attributed to four months of nationwide distur­ bances, more than 3,500 people have been injured and 4,500 arrested as pro­ testers clashed with police and the national guard.

Disturbances began in late March after the Supreme Court transferred legislative powers from the National Assembly to Maduro, pro­ voking widespread outrage.

Although partially rescinded, the move launched almost­ daily protests over food scar­ cities, violent crime and an increasingly autocratic gov­ ernment.

Henry Ramos Allup, an opposition legislator and former president of the Na­ tional Assembly, said on a social­media account that among the overnight deaths

U.S. bombers make show of force over South Korea RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA MISSILE TEST Defense system in Alaska tested

By KIM TONG­HYUNG The Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea after the coun­ try’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test.

The United States also said it conducted a successful test of a missile­defense system in Alaska.

The B­1 bombers were escorted by South Korean fighter jets as they performed a low­pass over an air base near the South Korean capi­ tal of Seoul before returning to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the U.S. Pacific Air Forces said in a statement.

It said the mission was a response to North Korea’s two ICBM tests this month.

Analysts say flight data from the North’s second test, con­ ducted Friday night, showed that a broader part of the mainland United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of Pyongyang’s weapons.

Gen. Terrence O’Shaugh­ nessy, Pacific Air Forces commander, called North Korea “the most urgent threat to regional stability.”

“Diplomacy remains the lead. However, we have a responsibility to our allies and our nation to showcase our unwavering commit­ ment while planning for the worst­case scenario,” O’Shaughnessy said. “If called upon, we are ready to respond with rapid, lethal and overwhelming force at a time and place of our choos­ ing.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that North Korea’s latest test presents a clear and present danger to the United States.

“I’ve spent time on the intelligence and at the brief­

was that of Ricardo Campos, a youth organizer of the opposition Democratic Ac­ tion party. Allup said Cam­ pos was shot to death early Sunday.

In addition, El Universal newspaper reported four deaths in central Merida state, a hotbed of anti­Ma­ duro protests.

Venezuelans are being asked by Maduro to elect 537 members of a new constitu­ tional assembly that will convene Aug. 30 to draft a new constitution, replacing the one passed by Hugo Chávez, in 1999.

The opposition’s main political entity, the Demo­ cratic Unity Coalition, or MUD, urged voters to stay away because the new as­ sembly would contain only Maduro loyalists and the new body will likely replace the democratically elected National Assembly.

Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, system located in Kodiak, Alaska, was success­ fully tested Saturday night, Alaska time.

It said that a medium­ range ballistic missile was air­launched over the Pacific, and that the THAAD system detected, tracked and inter­ cepted the target.

Australia security alert: Security remained heightened in airports around Australia on Monday with more intense screening of luggage after law­enforcement officials said they had thwarted a plan to bring down an airliner. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Border Protec­ tion Minister Peter Dutton declined to Malcolm comment on newspaper reports that Turnbull Islamist extremists planned to kill the occupants of a plane with poison gas and that a home­ made bomb was to be disguised as a kitchen mincer.

Turnbull announced on Sunday that “a terrorist plot to bring down an airplane” had been disrupted, and four men were arrested in raids in Sydney late Saturday.

Typhoon hits Taiwan: Taiwan’s first typhoon of the year left 111 people injured and coastal towns flooded as the island braced for a second tropical storm Sunday. Ty­ phoon Nesat made landfall on the northeast coast of Taiwan on Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour and gusts of up to 107 mph before moving on to Fujian province in southeastern China.

Six die in Somalia bombing: A car bomb exploded near a police station in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Sun­ day, killing at least six people and wounding at least 13 others, according to a police captain. The explosion came on the same day that fighters from the terrorist group al­Shabab launched a deadly attack on a convoy of Ugandan soldiers with the African Union in southern Somalia.

THE NATION Van hits sidewalk diners in L.A.: The driver of a van that plowed into a group of people dining on a Los Angeles sidewalk, striking and injuring at least eight people, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of hit­and­run, authorities said. A witness said the van jumped a curb and careened into a group of people eating outside The Fish Spot res­ taurant in the city’s Mid­Wilshire neighborhood. A pre­ liminary investigation indicates the driver ran a red light and collided with another car, police Sgt. C. Barlow said.

The impact of the crash caused the van to run off the road and onto the sidewalk. The driver came out of the van and appeared disoriented, Crump said. He jumped back into the van, prompting witnesses to hold him until authorities arrived at the scene.

ODDS & ENDS Naked passenger: Officials say a Spirit Airlines flight leaving Las Vegas and bound for Oakland, California, was briefly delayed Saturday after a passenger removed all their clothes while boarding and approached a flight attendant. McCarran International Airport officials said police and medical responders took the passenger for observation and treatment. KTNV reported the flight was delayed by about 30 minutes and arrived 20 min­ utes behind schedule.

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An American B1­B bomber is escorted by South Korean F­15K fighters as they fly over South Korea on Sunday. ings, and done as much read­ ing as I possibly could,” said Feinstein, a member of the Senate Intelligence Commit­ tee. “And I’m convinced that North Korea has never moved at the speed that this leader has to develop an ICBM.” Feinstein said the situation shows the danger of isolating a country.

“I think the only solution is a diplomatic one,” she said.

“I’m very disappointed in China’s response, that it has not been firmer or more helpful.”

The United States often sends powerful warplanes in times of heightened tensions with North Korea.

B­1 bombers have been sent to South Korea for fly­ overs several times this year in response to the North’s banned missile tests, and also after the death of a U.S. college student this past month after he was released

by North Korea in a coma.

The Hwasong­14 ICBM, which the North first tested July 4, is the highlight of several new weapons sys­ tems Pyongyang launched this year.

They include an intermedi­ ate range missile that North Korea says is capable of hit­ ting Alaska and Hawaii, and a solid­fuel midrange mis­ sile, which analysts say can be fired faster and more secretly than liquid­fuel missiles.

General Lori Robinson, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, responsible for homeland defense, said in a statement that the ICBM launched Friday “served as yet another reminder of North Korea’s continued threat to the United States and our allies.”

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military parade was the highlight of a week of political theater promoting President Xi Jinping as a uniquely qualified politician who should be entrenched at the party congress.

Xi puts Chinese rivals on notice with a show of military might

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EIJING — China’s president, Xi Jinping, has opened a public campaign to deepen his grip on power in a coming leader­ ship shake­up, using a huge military parade Sunday, speeches and propaganda, along with a purge in the past week, to warn officials to back him as the nation’s most powerful leader in two de­ cades.

Wearing his mottled­green uniform as commander in chief of the People’s Libera­ tion Army, Xi watched as 12,000 troops marched and tanks, long­range missile launchers, jet fighters and other new weapons drove or flew past in impeccable ar­ rays.

Mao famously said that political power comes from the barrel of a gun, and Xi signaled that he, too, was counting on the military to stay ramrod loyal while he chooses a new leading lineup to be unveiled at a Commu­ nist Party congress in the autumn.

“Troops across the entire military, you must be unwav­ ering in upholding the bed­ rock principle of absolute party leadership of the mili­ tary,” Xi said at the parade, held on a dusty training base in Inner Mongolia region, 270 miles northwest of Bei­ jing. “Always obey and fol­ low the party. Go and fight wherever the party points.”

The ceremony was broad­ cast across the country.

Officially, the display was to celebrate the 90th anni­

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Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops at Zhurihe training base on Sunday. versary of the creation of the People’s Liberation Army.

But it was also the highlight of a week of political theater promoting Xi as a uniquely qualified politician whose elevated status as China’s “core” leader, endorsed by officials last year, should be entrenched at the party con­ gress.

“These military parades could become a regular, institutionalized thing, but this one also has a special meaning this year,” said Deng Yuwen, a former editor at a party newspaper in Bei­ jing who writes current­af­ fairs commentaries. “It’s meant to show that Xi Jin­ ping firmly has the military in his grip, and nobody should have any illusions of challenging him.”

The congress will almost certainly give Xi, 64, a sec­ ond, five­year term as the party general secretary and chairman of the commission that controls the military, and it will appoint a new team to work under him.

No exact date has been fixed for the congress. An annual legislative meeting early next year will also al­ most certainly give Xi five more years as state presi­ dent.

Some experts have specu­ lated that Xi may want to retain power after those terms end, although the constitution says he cannot stay on as president. There are no firm rules for maxi­ mum terms as party general secretary.

Xi has accompanied the demands for unity with a vivid warning to officials who step out of line. In the past week, he oversaw the abrupt purge of Sun Zheng­ cai, a one­time contender for promotion at the congress.

Sun, 53, had been the party secretary of Chongqing, a city in southwest China, until his dismissal in mid­July.

The party announced July 24 that he was under investi­ gation for violations of “disci­ pline” — usually a euphe­ mism for corruption — and

Moscow parades military muscle in Russia, Syria NAVY DAY FESTIVITIES Putin speaks in Russia; ships, fighter jets on display in Syria

By IVAN NECHEPURENKO The New York Times

MOSCOW — Russia’s global military ambition was on display Sunday when the country celebrated Navy Day with large military parades not only in St. Petersburg, but also on the banks of Syria.

The parades of ships, submarines and aircraft were held at Russian naval bases in Sevastopol, which was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, and at Tartus in Syria, where Rus­ sia is expanding its military presence.

The main parade took place in St. Petersburg, Rus­ sia’s second­largest city and home of the navy’s head­ quarters.

Aboard his presidential cutter, Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin, greeted crews of five ships and a submarine lined up for him in St. Petersburg’s Neva River. Thousands of viewers filled the city’s granite em­ bankments.

Later, Putin disembarked onto the Admiralty Embank­ ment to deliver a speech from a tribune.

Numerous ships then proceeded in front of the embankment, with new ones showcasing the continued modernization of the Rus­ sian fleet. In 2011, Russia began a large­scale over­ haul, ordering dozens of new ships and submarines.

In Syria, seven Russian ships and a submarine took

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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend the military parade in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday. part in their own military parade just off the Russian military installation there.

Fighter jets and bombers from the Russian Hmeymim air base flew above.

In 2015, Moscow inter­ vened in the civil war in Syria, citing the need to fight terrorists while they were still far away from its own borders. The emphasis of the Russian effort, however, has been to shore up Syria’s president, Bashar Assad, one of Moscow’s few allies in the Middle East.

Assad did not attend the parade.

Russia’s presence in Syria also created a bargaining chip for the Kremlin in its conflict with the West over the annexation of Crimea in Ukraine and what U.S. intel­ ligence agencies say were its attempts to intervene in the U.S. presidential election in 2016.

On Thursday, Putin signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government that allowed Russia to keep

Hmeymim air base for al­ most half a century. The deal cemented Russia’s military presence in the region.

In January, Russia also signed a similar agreement over its naval facility in Tar­ tus, where it plans to build a permanent base.

Large ships and subma­ rines that could not enter the Neva River were lined up in the nearby naval base city of Kronshtadt, which guards the entrance to St. Peters­ burg from the Gulf of Fin­ land.

In Kronshtadt, two Chi­ nese ships joined the parade to showcase Moscow’s stra­ tegic cooperation with Bei­ jing. The Chinese ships had traveled thousands of miles to take part in joint war games in the Baltic Sea. China held its own mili­ tary showcase Sunday, with President Xi Jinping, who wore camouflage for the event, opening a public campaign to deepen his grip on power in a coming lead­ ership shake­up.

Sun has since been pilloried in official media. Provincial leaders, including many with a shot at promotion, have called meetings to denounce Sun as a “tiger,” or corrupt senior official.

For now, Xi appears to be seeking to ensure that his second­term lineup includes younger loyalists who will defend him and his policies for years to come. Several are poised to join the Politburo, a council of 25 senior central, provincial and military lead­ ers. Up to 11 members of the Politburo are likely to retire at the congress, including five members of the Politbu­ ro Standing Committee, a more powerful body with seven members.

Xi is, by the estimate of many observers, China’s most powerful leader since Deng Xiaoping, who died in 1997. While the military does not have much direct say in politics, its support is essential for Xi’s long­term authority, said professor Ding Xueliang, a political

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scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology who studies the Chinese Communist Party.

“Xi Jinping has spent more time on the military than any other leader,” Ding said. “He knows clearly that eventual­ ly, if he wants to keep in power, if he wants to concen­ trate power even more, he must make sure the army is with him.”

Xi’s recent predecessors as national leader, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, also prepared for leadership turnovers with crescendos of propaganda.

But the adulation around Xi has been strikingly worship­ ful. More than them, Xi has made a personal case for power.

On Friday, Study Times, a party newspaper widely read by officials, devoted its front page to an adulatory profile of Xi that said he was blessed by his “red” upbringing with special leadership mettle. It recounted his tough matura­ tion as the son of a veteran revolutionary who was per­

ordered out 55 Soviet diplo­ matic employees in 1986.

FROM A1 Before Putin’s announce­ ment, the White House had The U.S. Embassy in Mos­ indicated that Trump would sign the sanctions bill, even cow has declined to specify the number of people on its though the president has for months expressed uncer­ payroll in Russia, and the tainty over Russia’s involve­ Russian Foreign Ministry ment in what U.S. intelli­ also would not say how it gence agencies have de­ arrived at its count, but the numbers seemed to indicate scribed as a concerted that there are around 1,200 campaign of Kremlin inter­ ference meant to throw the people employed. election to Trump.

It is not clear how many The announced cuts are a Americans could be ex­ new turn in a Trump­Putin pelled, if any.

Unlike Russian diplomat­ relationship that for months had appeared to be both ic missions in the United courtship ritual and testing States, which tend not to ground. Trump held his first hire Americans, the U.S. face­to­face meeting as employs hundreds of Rus­ president with Putin on the sians at the embassy trans­ sidelines of a Group of 20 late, process visa applica­ summit in Germany, an tions, cook and drive.

“They will have to fire the encounter after which crit­ ics said Trump failed to Russian citizens,” said forcefully confront the Rus­ Vladimir Frolov, a foreign sian leader over election affairs analyst and colum­ meddling. nist. “It will create an enor­ In a sense, the announce­ mous inconvenience for the U.S. Mission here, essential­ ment brings U.S.­Russia ties full circle from the Obama­ ly slowing down the work ordered expulsions back in but not affecting its core December. Trump praised functions.”

Putin at the time for not After the Senate passed responding in kind to those. the sanctions bill this past week, the Kremlin indicated It eventually emerged that some expulsions were in the Trump’s short­lived nation­ al security adviser, Michael offing, and the Foreign Ministry said Friday that the Flynn, had discussed the sanctions issue with the number of U.S. personnel Russian ambassador to the should be reduced to 455.

Still, Putin’s announcement United States, Sergey Kislyak. Flynn was fired was a huge escalation in terms of the usual diplomat­ after just 24 days on the job.

Putin’s comments came ic tit­for­tat. In contrast, hours after a senior Russian only 35 Russians were ex­ envoy had hinted at addi­ pelled by President Barack Obama shortly before he left tional retaliation for an “unacceptable” U.S. sanc­ office, and most of those tions measure overwhelm­ were singled out on suspi­ ingly approved last week by cion of links to spying.

The Foreign Ministry had the Senate, following a similarly lopsided endorse­ said it had seized two U.S. ment by the House. diplomatic properties, in­ In an interview aired in cluding cottages outside the United States shortly Moscow’s city center and a before Putin spoke on Rus­ warehouse in Moscow. sian TV, Deputy Foreign Even during the days of Minister Sergei Ryabkov the Cold War, retaliatory expulsions numbered in the sharply denounced the sanctions bill, calling it dozens, such as when the “unacceptable” and “the last Reagan administration

secuted by Mao, testing the family’s loyalty to the Com­ munist cause, and his seven years working in the dirt­ poor countryside during the Cultural Revolution.

“I never saw anything like this for Jiang Zemin or Hu Jintao,” said Deng, the for­ mer editor, who used to work for The Study Times. “They didn’t get this treatment.”

Xi, “grew up with an inher­ itance of red genes, was tempered by harsh setbacks and suffering, and has steeled himself in complicat­ ed international struggle,” said the profile, referring to his revolutionary back­ ground and career.

“The lion of the east has woken,” it said, referring to China. “But it faces tremen­ dous risks of being surround­ ed by tigers and wolves and suffering even more intense strategic encirclement, clash­ es and meddling.”

The profile also said Xi personally pushed through difficult and contentious policy changes in his first five years in power, including building artificial islands fitted with military installa­ tions in the disputed South China Sea. “In the South China Sea, he personally decided on building islands and consoli­ dating reefs,” said the profile.

Xi had, it said, “built a robust strategic base for ultimately prevailing in the struggle to defend the South China Sea, and has in effect constructed a Great Wall at sea.”

Xi’s power has already unsettled critics, including some inside the party, who worry that he has destabi­ lized norms of collective leadership that can slow decision­making but also prevent dangerous over­ reach.

“This over­concentration of authority can really get you in trouble,” Susan Shirk, a former State Department deputy assistant secretary for China policy, said before the parade. “I especially think about foreign and security policy.”

straw.”

“This retaliation is long, long overdue,” Ryabkov said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Trump, who was at his Virginia golf course as the confrontation erupted, has repeatedly called multiple investigations as to whether Russia colluded with his campaign a “witch hunt.”

Ryabkov used similar language to describe the inquiries.

“The very fact that some­ one saw some Russian or Russians somewhere is now close to a criminal act — I think it’s ridiculous,” he said in the ABC interview. “It’s degrading for such a great country as the United States.”

Although he repeated a blanket denial of Kremlin involvement in the election, Ryabkov did not directly say whether Moscow had given the Trump camp illegally obtained information that was detrimental to Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent.

“All the information we provide to anyone can be easily found in open sourc­ es,” he said.

The latest round of turbu­ lence carries potential re­ percussions for the Russia investigations being carried out by Robert Mueller, the FBI and Congress. Trump is replacing his ousted chief of staff, Reince Priebus, with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, a re­ tired Marine Corps general.

That gave rise to immedi­ ate speculation that the president might try to ap­ point Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has recused himself from Russia­related matters, as Kelly’s replace­ ment. Such a step would theoretically leave Trump free to appoint a new attor­ ney general who was em­ powered to oversee the Russia investigation includ­ ing the ability to fire the special counsel.

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Cricket star in spotlight again in Pakistan IMRAN KHAN

base, Khan has found it hard to prevail over Sharif’s Paki­ Fallout from ouster stan Muslim League­Nawaz Party, especially in Punjab, of prime minister over the former prime minister’s corruption charges power base, and two other provinces.

By SALMAN MASOOD Sharif remains deeply The New York Times entrenched through a vast ISLAMABAD — In 1992, network of political patron­ when Pakistan won its only age. His party won the 2013 Cricket World Cup, Prime general elections with an Minister Nawaz Sharif was overwhelming majority. asked by a television host if Khan’s party currently holds the team captain, Imran just 33 of the 342 seats in Khan, a national heartthrob, National Assembly. would be right for his party if But since the last elections, Khan went into politics.

Khan has been at the fore­ “I offered him a long time front of political opposition ago, but he declined. I don’t to Sharif, portraying him as know why,” Sharif said, the face of status quo and patting Khan’s shoulder as corrupt practices that have everyone who had gathered gnawed at the political sys­ around burst into laughter. tem.

Khan, a charismatic athlete In many ways, Khan did well known then for his play­ not let Sharif settle into of­ boy image and affairs with fice. His popular agitation British socialites, did go into kept the prime minister per­ politics a few years later petually unsettled and fight­ through his own party, Paki­ ing to gain traction despite stan Tehreek­e­Insaf, or PTI. his party’s success at the ANJUM NAVEED / ASSOCIATED PRESS On Friday, the country’s polls. The situation was Thousands of supporters of opposition party Tehreek­e­Insaf rally Sunday in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, to Supreme Court ruled that made more difficult by corruption accusations Sharif’s constant friction celebrate the removal of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. against Sharif, 67, a veteran with the powerful military, politician who thrice served elements of which favor Imran as prime minister and has party in 1996, he was consid­ Khan.

Khan, defined Pakistan’s politics for ered a political nobody and Soon after the elections, center, decades, were sufficient to squirmed on the sidelines for Khan accused Sharif of vote head of remove him from office. decades. His party had just rigging. In 2014 he led thou­ opposition For Khan, 64, the moment one seat in Parliament after sands of protesters in a siege was sweet. He had been the the 2002 elections and boy­ of Islamabad, the capital, for political main petitioner before the cotted the 2008 elections. months. party court and fomented wide­ Not until 2011 did Khan Shortly after the Panama Pakistan spread street protests against find himself center stage as Papers revelations, Khan Tehrik­ Sharif, emerging as the he captured the public’s forced the Supreme Court to e­Insaf, strongest challenger to the imagination and began take up the corruption case talks to former prime minister and drawing hundreds of thou­ against Sharif, which culmi­ supporters his political legacy. sands of Pakistanis to his nated in the prime minister’s in Islam­ But Khan’s path to victory political rallies. Most people ouster on Friday. in the next general election, in the audiences were edu­ Khan too faces cases abad, set for mid­2018, is far from cated, urban youth, disgrun­ against him in the Supreme Pakistan, assured, according to ana­ Court and the election com­ on Sunday. tled with the system and lysts, including Moeed Yusuf, energized by Khan’s populist, mission, stemming from associate vice president of anti­corruption and anti­ accusations of hiding assets SOHAIL SHAHZAD / EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY the Asia Center at the United American message. The and of foreign funding of his States Institute of Peace, party also picked up vast political party, speculation whose research and work support among the Pakistani that Khan laughs off. hid much of their enormous the next elections.” who is currently visiting centers on Pakistan. expatriate community, and The scandal he referred to wealth in offshore bank Pakistan, said in an inter­ “I was never a public office “In some ways, this is a Khan’s supporters are domi­ comprised disclosures in last accounts and related invest­ view. “Sans Panama Papers holder. The whole world clear victory; there is no nant on social media. year’s leaked Panama Papers ments. scandal, PML­N, the ruling knew I was playing cricket.,” question about that,” Yusuf, Despite his huge urban When Khan started the PTI that Sharif and his children party, was sitting pretty for Khan said in an interview.

Mayor among 15 killed in Philippine drug raid The Associated Press

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — Police in the southern Philippines said they fatally shot 15 people Sunday, in­ cluding a city mayor who was among the politicians President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked to illegal drugs, in the bloodiest assault so far in Duterte’s anti­drug crackdown.

Officers were to serve war­ Philippine rants to President Ozamiz Rodrigo Mayor Duterte Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. to search his houses for the suspected presence of unli­ censed firearms when gun­ men opened fire on the po­ lice, sparking clashes that killed the mayor and at least 14 others, Ozamiz police chief Jovie Espenido said.

“He’s a high­value target on illegal drugs,” Espenido, who oversaw the simultane­ ous, post­midnight raids on the mayor’s residence and three other houses, said at a news conference.

“We enforce the law to protect the people who want peace in this country,” he said. “How can we enforce the law if ... we’re scared of the drug lords? That cannot be, they should be afraid of people who do good for all.”

At least five people, includ­ ing Parojinog’s daughter, who serves as vice mayor of Ozamiz, a port city, were arrested during the raids.

Policemen were approaching

the mayor’s house when his bodyguards opened fire and hit a police car and wounded a police officer, sparking a firefight amid a power out­ age, Espenido said.

A grenade held by one of Parojinog’s bodyguards exploded during the clash inside his house, and it re­ mains unclear if he and his wife were killed by the blast or police gunfire or both, Espenido said, adding that assault rifles, grenades, sus­ pected methamphetamine and cash were seized in the raids.

“The administration vowed to intensify the drug campaign,” presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said in connection with Sun­ day’s raids in Ozamiz. “The Parojinogs, if you would recall, are included in (Du­ terte’s) list of personalities involved in the illegal drug trade.”

Parojinog, who also faced corruption charges, had denied any links to illegal drugs. He was the third may­ or to be killed under Du­ terte’s bloody crackdown on drugs, which has left more than 3,000 dead in reported

gunfights with police and thousands of other unex­ plained deaths of suspects.

Parojinog’s daughter, Vice Mayor Nova Echaves, was arrested and was to be flown to Manila for security rea­ sons, regional police Chief Superintendent Timoteo Pacleb said.

The drug killings have been widely criticized by Western governments and human­ rights groups that have called for an end to what they suspect were ex­ trajudicial killings related to the anti­drug campaign.

Last year, police officers shot dead Albuera town Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. inside a jail cell in the central province of Leyte, and a week before that, another mayor and his nine body­ guards were gunned down allegedly during a firefight on a road in the southern Philippines.

Espenido was the Albuera police chief when the then­ detained Espinosa was killed during a police raid in a jail in a nearby city in Leyte.

Duterte has vowed to defend policemen who would face criminal and

human­rights charges while cracking down on illegal drugs. He recently ordered a police officer charged in connection with Espinosa’s death to be reinstated after briefly being charged and suspended following the jail killing.

All three mayors were among more than 160 offi­ cials Duterte named publicly as being linked to illegal drugs in August last year as

part of a shame campaign.

Duterte has vowed not to stop until the last drug dealer in the country has been elim­ inated.

“I have resolved that no matter how long it takes, the fight against illegal drugs will continue because it is the root cause of suffering,” Duterte said, asking the United Nations, the Europe­ an Union and other critics to educate people about drugs

rather than condemn him.

He said that those involved in drug trafficking would face “either jail or hell.”

Carlos Conde, a Philip­ pines­based researcher for Human Rights Watch, said after Duterte’s speech that it was a sign that the deaths would continue. “This can only mean more extrajudicial killings and the perpetuation of impunity and absence of accountability,” Conde said.

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Vice President Mike Pence, right, and Estonia's Prime Minister Juri Ratas speak before meeting at the Government palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on Sunday.

‘We are with you,’ Pence assures European allies FIRST STOP IN BALTICS: ESTONIA

mitment to NATO’s mutual defense, an important issue for the former Soviet repub­ lics that border Russia.

Expected to pledge In a media­pool interview, commitment to NATO Pence said he was sent to Europe by President Donald

By JARI TANNER Trump “with a very simple The Associated Press message.”

“That is that ‘America First’ TALLINN, Estonia — U.S. doesn’t mean ‘America Vice President Mike Pence arrived Sunday in Estonia for Alone,’ ” Pence told Fox News. meetings with the presidents “Our message to the Baltic states — my message when we of three Baltic nations in visit Georgia and Montenegro northeastern Europe, the — will be the same: to our first stop of a four­day Euro­ allies here in Eastern Europe, pean tour.

The vice president and his we are with you.”

Later Sunday, he held talks wife, Karen Pence, arrived in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, with Estonian Prime Minister to kick off the European tour Juri Ratas.

Issues included Estonia’s that also includes stops in current holding of the Euro­ Georgia and Montenegro. pean Union presidency, Pence is to meet with the leaders of the Baltics — Esto­ trade, cybersecurity and the continuing tensions in the nia, Latvia and Lithuania — on Monday. He is expected to Baltic Sea region, where Russia and NATO have in­ pledge Washington’s com­

creased their military pres­ ence in recent years.

“NATO’s collective posi­ tion of deterrence and de­ fense has strengthened in the Baltic region, and the U.S.A. is indispensable to ensuring the security of our immediate neighborhood, as well as all of Europe,” Ratas said in a statement.

Ratas told Estonian broad­ caster ERR he also brought up the possible deployment of Patriot surface­to­air mis­ siles in his country. Lithuania also has said it would be eager to have the missiles in its territory.

The U.S. military displayed Patriot missiles in Lithuania earlier this month after hav­ ing used them in an exercise there.

Poor anti­aircraft defense is seen by experts as the weakest link for NATO in the Baltics.

Consumer panel under fire from GOP tioned as a possible candi­ date for Ohio governor in WASHINGTON – Former 2018. presidential­campaign man­ “He’s a person who is now ager Corey Lewandowski all but running for governor urged the Trump administra­ in the state of Ohio, and he’s tion Sunday to fire the head sitting in federal office right of the Consumer Financial now,” Lewandowski said. “I Protection Bureau, a sign hope that the new chief of that Republicans are step­ staff looks at him moving ping up attacks on the agen­ forward and saying it’s time cy that has targeted Wall to act decisively.”

Street conduct.

Lewandowski cited a rule Without being asked about issued earlier this month by the agency in an interview on the agency that would make NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Le­ it easier for customers to sue wandowski said he wanted banks by restricting the use incoming White House chief of mandatory arbitration to of staff John Kelly to push for block class­action lawsuits. the firing of Director Richard “It’s going to be about a tril­ Cordray, a Democrat men­ lion dollars’ worth of arbitra­

By BEN BAIN Bloomberg News (TNS)

tion that the government’s going to have to go through now,” he said.

The CFPB was after the 2008 financial crisis, and Cordray’s term ends in July 2018.

The Trump administration has said it wants the ability to dismiss Cordray at any time for any reason, a change from current rules that say the president can fire him only for cause.

Democrats say the agency is a necessary advocate for ordinary Americans, while Republicans say it oversteps its mandate and that Cordray’s power is unconsti­ tutional.

PBS CEO warns that federal cuts could sink some stations TRUMP BUDGET

But she’s forced to assume that anything can happen in Small slice of federal what has been “an extraordi­ nary year on so many levels,” spending, but Kerger said. “We need to be quite vigilant as Congress politically charged debates our funding that we

By LYNN ELBER don’t assume people remem­ AP television writer ber the impacts we have on BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — communities.”

The chief executive for PBS There’s an irony that this on Sunday sounded the potential existential crisis for alarm about public broad­ some public­TV stations casting’s future if federal comes as the 50th anniversa­ funding is axed as called for ry of the Public Broadcasting

by President Donald Trump. Act approaches in Novem­ “PBS will not go away, but ber, Kerger said. The 1967 a number of our stations act created the Corporation will,” CEO for Public Broadcasting, Paula Kerger which provides grants to said. “There about 1,500 locally owned­ is no Plan B and­operated public TV and for that.” radio stations nationwide.

PBS’ share She’s taking the threat of the rough­ seriously and that others in ly $450 mil­ public media, which includes lion in federal National Public Radio, are PBS’s Paula funds allocat­ linking arms “to try to make Kerger spoke ed for public an effective case” for federal Sunday to TV TV and radio funding, Kerger said. But goes largely other voices need to be heard critics. to support as Congress weighs Trump’s public­TV stations nationwide, proposed spending plan that a number of which rely on it would trigger a move toward for up to 50 percent of their elimination of all federal budgets and can’t survive support, she said. without it, Kerger told a TV At the end of the day, critics’ meeting. “what legislators most care Many of those stations are about is impact on their own in rural and underserved communities,” Kerger said, areas, she said, with resi­ encouraging people nation­ dents who either don’t have wide who care about public access to cable or satellite or broadcasting to let their can’t afford it and who rely representatives know. on over­the­air broadcasting.

Trump’s 2018 budget Kerger, who addressed the proposal isn’t the first to try issue at a TV critics’ meeting, to cut funding for the Corpo­ said observers have speculat­ ration for Public Broadcast­ ed, hopefully, that because ing. But it is the first to also PBS has survived previous propose gutting money for funding threats, “ ‘you’ll be the National Endowment for OK, right?’ ” the Arts and the National

Endowment for the Humani­ ties.

The three agencies com­ bined receive about $740 million annually in tax dollars. That’s a sliver of the current $4 trillion federal budget. But the federal fund­ ing for the agencies carries outsized importance in polit­ ical symbolism and, both supporters and detractors say, economic impact be­ cause of the private dollars it attracts.

Asked about critics who consider PBS a fount of liber­ alism that doesn’t warrant public funds, Kerger replied that surveys conducted by Democratic and Republican pollsters for PBS found an overwhelming level of sup­ port among people of all political stripes for its contin­ ued federal funding.

The cost works out to about $1.35 per citizen per year for programming that can’t be found elsewhere on TV, Kerger said, including educational shows for chil­ dren and documentaries such as Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary series on the Vietnam War. Other support is provided by private and corporate donors The White House budget plan, which emphasizes military and other security­ related spending and slashes many domestic programs, is the first step in a lengthy budget process that ultimate­ ly requires Congressional approval.

Given that the House is in recess and the Senate will be, PBS said the next likely win­ dow for action will be Sep­ tember.

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Key Republican leaders return focus to tax cuts BORDER­ADJUSTMENT TAX ABANDONED

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Sen. Susan Collins, R­Maine, was one of three Republicans who voted against the GOP health­care bill Friday. She sees subsidies as “vital assistance” to low­income Americans.

< Health care FROM A1

has indicated a desire to halt the subsidies but so far has allowed them to continue on a month­to­month basis.

Two of the lawmakers who blocked the Senate Republi­ can repeal plan last week, however, criticized the ad­ ministration’s continued efforts to overturn the law.

Sen. Susan Collins, R­ Maine, blamed the Trump administration for encourag­ ing instability in the insur­ ance markets by continuing the uncertainty over whether the subsidies –– cost­sharing payments that reduce out­of­ pocket health care costs for poorer Americans –– would continue.

“I’m troubled by the uncer­ tainty that has been created by the administration,” Col­ lins said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” She contested Trump’s characterization of the payments as an “insur­ ance company bailout.”

“That’s not what it is,” she said, calling the reduction payments “vital assistance” to low­income Americans.

Asked about the payments going forward, Health Secre­ tary Tom Price said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that no decision has been made.

He declined further com­ ment, citing a lawsuit brought by House Republi­ cans over whether the Af­ fordable Care Act specifically included a congressional appropriation for the money, as required under the Consti­ tution.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said further action on health care should be done in a bipartisan manner and not rushed.

“You cannot do major entitlement reform single­ handedly, and you wouldn’t do major legislative initia­ tives single­handedly,” she said in Alaska.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I­Vt., echoed Collins’ criticism of Trump’s threat to stop mak­ ing the cost­sharing pay­ ments.

“You know, I really think it’s incomprehensible that we have a president of the Unit­ ed States who wants to sabo­ tage health care in America, make life more difficult for millions of people who are struggling now to get the health insurance they need and to pay for that health insurance,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

For seven years, Republi­

GABRIELLA DEMCZUK / THE NEW YORK TIMES

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R­Ky., says it’s time to focus on other policy matters.

“

Our goal … as well as the president’s goal, is to put in place a law, a system, that actually works for patients.”

TOM PRICE Health and Human Services secretary

cans have promised that once they took power, they’d scrap Obama’s health law and pass a replacement. But that effort crashed in the Senate most recently early Friday — prompting McConnell to declare it’s time to focus on other policy matters.

In a Senate where Republi­ cans hold a 52­48 majority, no Democrats voted for the GOP bill and three Republi­ cans defected in the final vote early Friday.

Trump said on Twitter that Republican senators should press ahead with efforts to scrap the Affordable Care Act — a day after he tauntingly exhorted them not to be “quitters” in the quest for a legislative victory for him.

Trump over the weekend warned that he would end federal subsidies for health­ care insurance for Congress and the rest of the country if the Senate didn’t act soon.

He was referring in part to a federal contribution for lawmakers and their staffs, who were moved onto Obamacare insurance ex­ changes as part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAIL­ OUTS for Insurance Compa­ nies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!” Trump tweeted Saturday.

The subsidies, totaling about $7 billion a year, help reduce deductibles and co­ payments for consumers with modest incomes. The

Obama administration used its rule­making authority to set direct payments to insur­ ers to help offset these costs.

Trump inherited the pay­ ment structure, but he also has the power to end them.

The payments are the subject of a lawsuit brought

by House Republicans over whether the Affordable Care Act specifically included a congressional appropriation for the money, as required under the Constitution.

Trump has only guaranteed the payments through July, which ends Monday.

The White House budget director, Mick Mulvaney, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said it was Trump adminis­ tration policy that the Senate should keep working to re­ peal and replace the Afford­ able Care Act, skipping an August recess if necessary.

Senators, he said, “need to stay, they need to work — they need to pass some­ thing.”

Health and Human Servic­ es Secretary Tom Price, while acknowledging a responsibil­ ity to “follow the law,” also signaled that Trump was not accepting defeat in efforts to get rid of the health care law.

“Our goal … as well as the president’s goal, is to put in place a law, a system, that actually works for patients,” he said on “Meet the Press.”

“You can’t do that under the current structure.”

While the House has be­ gun a five­week recess, the Senate is scheduled to work another two weeks. McCon­ nell has said the unfinished business includes addressing a backlog of executive and judicial nominations, ahead of a busy agenda in Septem­ ber that involves passing a defense­spending bill and raising the debt limit.

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by 3 percent, a pace of ex­ pansion that the Trump administration has used as its assumption for budget Higher tax rate planning. for wealthy unlikely Both Ryan and Brady also rejected a higher tax rate for

By BEN BAIN the wealthy.

Bloomberg News White House chief strate­ Republican congressional gist Steve Bannon has sup­ leaders doubled down on ported paying for middle­ their pledge to overhaul the class tax cuts with a new top U.S. tax code by the end of rate of 44 percent for Ameri­ the year after party leaders cans who make more than abandoned a proposal to tax $5 million a year, according companies’ domestic sales to a person and imports. familiar Republicans on Thursday with his said they have given up on thinking. trying to pass a border­ad­ Ryan justment tax, which taxes declined to imports but lets exports go comment untaxed. on Ban­ Having the Trump admin­ House Speak­ non’s re­ istration and top lawmakers ported view er Paul Ryan reach consensus on key but said he says tax re­ principles including no supports form is viable. the outline border­adjusted tax makes passing a tax bill this year that the more viable, House Speaker administration released in Paul Ryan and Kevin Brady, April with a top rate of chairman of the House 35 percent.

Ways and Means Commit­ “We’re not in the business tee, said in separate inter­ of raising tax rates,’’ Ryan views on Fox News Chan­ said. nel’s “Sunday Morning “I don’t intend on intro­ Futures.” ducing a 44 percent tax rate “I feel much more confi­ in the Ways and Means dent that we’re going to Committee,’’ Brady said. stick the landing on tax “We’re going for growth, which means lower rates at reform,’’ Ryan said, refer­ ring to a successful end for a every level.”

Republicans are moving gymnastics routine. to advance their bid to per­ Ryan said that rewriting manently rewrite tax laws the code was necessary for after they announced they the U.S. economy to grow

are ditching their plan for a border­adjusted tax after retailers and other import­ heavy industries fought the proposal.

House lawmakers are now gearing up for an Au­ gust push to craft new legis­ lation in conjunction with aligned senators and the White House and a stepped­ up campaign to sell the overhaul to the American public, Brady said.

“We’re uniting behind bold tax reform,” Brady said on Fox. “We want it as low as we can go.”

Brady declined to commit to a specific goal for a new corporate rates.

Without the estimated $1 trillion in new revenue that the border­adjusted tax would have raised, Con­ gress will need to find in­ come from other areas to pay for the reductions, they said.

The tax bill has to be compliant with rules that prohibit adding to the defi­ cit after a decade for chang­ es to be permanent, Ryan said.

Asked whether there is other “low­hanging fruit” to replace the $1 trillion in revenue lost by abandoning the border­adjusted tax, Brady said, “No there’s not.”

The commitment to com­ plete the tax­code rewrite in 2017 adds to an already full calendar when lawmakers return in the fall.

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“The IRS hit me with a huge bill. I had to fill out tax forms FROM A1 for every state I’ve been in.

The ‘Apocalypse Now’ royal­ ties paid my bill,” says Hans­ inative.” en. For the last 38 years, he And that’s saying some­ says, he’s gotten $800 to thing. “He was the greatest $1,000 a year from the movie. musician ever to come out of These days he has a differ­ Seattle,” says Hansen. “He ent manager: Kevin Fillo, was really a musical scientist. whom he’s known for 30 He did things nobody had years, now books him and has ever done before. All those stabilized his finances. Hans­ guitar effects now are some­ en puts out CDs of his compo­ thing that Jimi used.” sitions, as well as recordings These days, besides doing of his shows, on his website. his Hendrix tribute, Hansen “I don’t have to worry about also plays guitar with Heart my bills. I have enough mon­

By Heart, formed by bassist ey saved,” says Hansen.

Steve Fossen and drummer Not that he’s rolling in the Michael Derosier, original big bucks. His rental home members of Heart. They have costs $895 a month (he’s steady gigs at clubs and casi­ divorced, with two grown nos bringing Heart’s “songs to the stage in their original children). His finances don’t allow for health insurance. form.”

But it is Hendrix that is Besides his guitars, Hansen Hansen’s mainstay. also has all the various kinds Hansen has the facial struc­ of gear that Hendrix would ture of Hendrix, with similar have used, from an Echoplex cheeks and mouth. He has (a tape delay effect) to a Uni­ ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES stayed skinny through all Vibe (that creates chorus and these years, and his physique Randy Hansen needs just a few minutes to transform himself into an image of famed Seattle rocker Jimi Hendrix. vibrato simulations) to a Fuzz is that of Jimi’s.

Face (which distorts sound). saw an ad for a Hansen show Maybe, he says, one reason Stadium in Rainier Valley (a So, says Hansen, he’s doing in that city.

Lowe’s hardware store is on he’s in good shape at 62 are fine. For 40 years he’s been Coppola then was editing that site now). the gyrations he does in his playing the music he likes.

“Apocalypse Now,” his 1979 A Seattle Times review of stage show. “And I don’t have Doing his Hendrix tribute and epic movie. a roadie. I move my own gear, the show told how Hendrix playing with Heart By Heart, “He said he wanted a Hen­ seemed “somewhat ill at still lifting it on and off the he keeps busy with about 100 drix sound,” says Hansen. But shows a year. ease,” that the amplifiers stage.”

Coppola couldn’t afford the were poorly balanced and Besides the physical simi­ “I never wanted to be a big real Hendrix music. “He said that at one point “a downpour larities, Hansen has the un­ star, I really didn’t,” he says. to me, ‘Can you sound like canny ability to play like Hen­ pelted the crowd.”

On a recent Friday night, Hendrix?’ I said, ‘It’s not a Hansen remembers Hen­ drix.

Hansen does his Hendrix problem.’ ” drix telling the crowd, “Please The website classicrock­ tribute at Louie G’s Pizza in Hansen tells of living with don’t throw anything up on revisited.com says, “The guy Fife, a place that can hold Coppola and his family for a could flat out play some Jimi.” the stage because I got kind of 600. month and going with him to stoned on some scotch last Therockpit.net, an Austra­ Maybe 100 people have ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES watch the movie minus the night and I feel like jumping lian music site, reviewed a showed up.

Hansen, who owns 99 guitars, holds one of his Fender soundtrack. on some cat’s head anyway.”

Hansen show last year in Among them is Dave An­ Stratocasters, a model Jimi Hendrix was known for.

“He just started recording.

On the bus back to the Perth: “It’s hard to describe all derson, 55, of Federal Way. ‘Can you make it sound like a family home in West Seattle, the antics that went on — Like others at Louie G’s, he’s helicopter, like a jet?’ You all the boys could do was talk Hendrix’s 1967 debut album, ning in 1974, that’s what from the running around the mesmerized as he watches know that scene with the Hansen did, playing every stage into the crowd, jumping about the show, the first time “Are You Experienced,” that Hansen play, the speakers Playboy bunnies onstage and pulsating at full volume. “He’s night except Sundays, four was it. Instead of going to they had been to a rock con­ into the aisles in the seated they’re rushed by soldiers and just fabulous,” says Anderson. sets a night. school, Hansen would sneak cert. venue, rolling up and down the helicopter takes off?

He also began doing his out to a shed by the house to Hansen was on the way to the stage (literally!) and He first saw a Randy Hans­ Jimi Hendrix impression. Not That’s me on the guitar,” says en show in 1979. cutting his teeth on the strings becoming enthralled by Hen­ practice his guitar and hone Hansen. as a sendup but as a real trib­ his Hendrix licks. of the guitar ... not just for his drix.

On this night, Hansen That would prove a lucky ute. That didn’t mesh with Kid He dropped out of high He remembers looking in huge energy but his guitar wears his standard Hendrix financial break for Hansen. school. For a time, he worked Chrysler, and in late 1977 the mirror and thinking to playing alone makes you outfit: the skinny pants, the Hansen struck out on his own. He still collects royalties from wide­brimmed hat with a himself, “You look like me, or at a roller rink. His mom sug­ wonder how anyone can top his work on the movie.

He began playing small I look like you. I couldn’t grow gested he could start paying this ... He is the real deal ...” feather in the back, the em­ taverns around Seattle, got rent at the house. a mustache, so I put one on broidered vest.

Unforgettable night Looking through the classi­ noticed, began playing bigger Bumps along the way with mascara.”

“It’s been such a long circle His next few years are a places, played at dances for fieds in this paper, Hansen A few years earlier, when Hendrix died on Sept. 18, since I first saw you and since I familiar story in the rock local high schools, began came upon an ad from a 1970, at age 27. The only time he was around 11, his mom, see you tonight,” Hansen tells business. touring around the country, group called Kid Chrysler & Rita Hansen, had bought her that Hansen saw his hero in the crowd.

His debut album with Capi­ The Cruisers that was looking got a manager, got noticed by son his first guitar for $23. concert was on a rainy Sun­ Then he cranks up one his tol Records didn’t sell well. He Fender Stratocasters, just like Capitol Records and got a for a guitar player.

She was working as a secre­ day on July 27 of that year. was dropped. He got in a contract.

The band toured the club tary and raising three children Hansen was 16 and his the one that Jimi used.

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Call for car alarms as two babies die in heat

By SALLY HO The Associated Press

A proposed law that would require carmakers to build alarms for back seats is being pushed by child advocates who say it will prevent kids from dying in hot cars.

The law also would streamline the criminal pro­ cess against caregivers who cause the deaths — cases that can be inconsistent but often heavier­handed against mothers.

The latest deaths came in Arizona on triple­digit­de­ gree days over the weekend, with two baby boys found forgotten in vehicles in sepa­ rate incidents.

More than two dozen child­ and road­safety groups are backing the U.S. Senate bill introduced last week aimed at preventing those kinds of deaths by requiring that cars be equipped with technology that can alert drivers if a child is left in the back seat once the vehicle is turned off. It could be a mo­ tion sensor that can detect a baby left sitting in a rear­fac­ ing car seat and then alert the driver, in a similar way that reminders about tire pres­ sure, open doors and seat belts now come standard in cars.

“The technology would help because if you’re in a

vehicle, your child is in the back seat, and you ignore that alarm: Go jail. Do not pass go. You had a chance,” said Janette Fennell of the advocacy group Kids and Cars. “You talk to any of the judges, they’ll tell you, they’re beyond the hardest things they have to deal with.”

Police say 1­year­old Jo­ siah Riggins was in the car for hours Saturday, discov­ ered dead only after his fa­ ther drove round trip, twice, between their suburban home and a Phoenix church to drop off the mother and a sibling.

Zane Endress, who was 7

months old, died Friday in Phoenix after being left in the car in the driveway at home, as his usual day­care drop­off routine was lost by his grand­ parents.

“A simple sensor could save the lives of dozens of children killed tragically in overheated cars each year, and our bill would ensure such technology is available in every car sold in the Unit­ ed States,” bill sponsor Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Dem­ ocrat from Connecticut, said in a statement. “It can take mere minutes on a hot day for a car to turn into a death­ trap for a small child.”

No charges have been filed

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based in Palo Alto, Califor­ nia.

Nexient is a domestic outsourcer, a flourishing niche in the tech world as some U.S. companies pull back from the idea of hiring programmers a world away.

Salaries have risen in plac­ es like South Asia, making outsourcing there less of a bargain. In addition, as brands pour energy and money into their websites and mobile apps, more of them are deciding that there is value in having developers in the same time zone, or at least on the same continent.

Many of these domestic outsourcers are private, little­known companies like Rural Sourcing, Catalyte, Eagle Creek Software Servic­ es and Onshore Outsourcing.

But IBM, one of the country’s foremost champions of the offshore outsourcing model, has announced plans to hire 25,000 more workers in the United States during the next four years.

As a result, the growth of offshore software work is slowing, to nearly half the pace of recent years.

“The nature of work is changing,” said Vishal Sikka, chief executive of Infosys, an Indian outsourcing giant. “It is very local. And you often need whole teams locally,” a departure from the offshore formula of having a project manager on­site but the work done abroad.

“It’s not enough to have people offshore in India,” he added.

Infosys announced in May that it planned to hire 10,000 workers in the United States over the next two years, starting with centers in Indi­ ana and North Carolina.

The offshore industry is not imperiled, analysts say.

But from 2016­2021, the offshore­services industry will have average yearly growth of 8 percent the re­ search firm IDC estimated.

The rate in the previous five years was 15 percent.

“Domestic sourcing is here to stay, and it’s going to grow rapidly,” said Helen Huntley, an analyst at the research firm Gartner.

The first wave of internet­ era digital change in busi­ ness, starting in the 1990s, focused mainly on automat­ ing back­office tasks like payrolls and financial report­ ing. The software involved

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Employees on the job recently at the Techtonic Group in Boulder, Colorado. Once an off­ shore outsourcer, Techtonic has turned to nurturing homegrown talent. was a collection of huge programs maintained by armies of engineers.

The internet allowed that work to be sent to low­wage nations, especially India.

That brought the rise of the big outsourcing companies like Tata Consultancy Servic­ es and Infosys.

Offshore­services compa­ nies still excel at maintaining the software that runs the essential back­office systems of corporations. But today, companies in every industry need mobile apps and ap­ pealing websites, which can be made smarter with data and constantly updated.

That software is best created by small, nimble teams, working closely with busi­ nesses and customers — not shipped to programmers half a world away.

Nexient, headquartered in Newark, California, has three delivery centers in the Midwest: in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Okemos, Michi­ gan; and Kokomo, Indiana. It employs 400 people, up from 250 two years ago, and plans to hire a few hundred more during the next year, said Mark Orttung, the compa­ ny’s chief executive.

The company’s business model is fairly typical for onshore companies. On projects, it will send mem­ bers of a team to the client for a couple of weeks to study the business and meet their counterparts. Bill.com even interviewed and shared in the selection of five Nex­ ient engineers who would work on the joint team.

Lacerte of Bill.com had farmed out technology work

over the years, but the head­ aches of navigating time zones, cultures and language often outweighed the cost savings. Those problems went away when he hired a domestic outsourcer.

Nexient has set up its cen­ ters away from the coastal high­tech hubs, like the Bay Area and New York, to tap skilled people who want jobs in the technology economy without leaving the Midwest, where living costs are far less.

Monty Hamilton, a former Accenture consultant, took over Rural Sourcing in 2009, when it had just a dozen employees. Today, the com­ pany has 300 workers in four delivery centers: in Albu­ querque, New Mexico; Au­ gusta, Georgia; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Mobile, Ala­ bama. The payroll will reach about 400 people by the end of the year, Hamilton said.

“Every business now real­ izes it’s a digital business,” he said. “They need technical help, and that’s really driven the demand for our U.S.­ based talent.”

Politics seem to be playing a role, too. The U.S. onshore companies say they are see­ ing a postelection spike in client inquiries, as President Donald Trump lobbies busi­ nesses to create more jobs in the United States and seeks to curb immigrant work visas.

“The election has brought a lot of attention to these issues and to us,” Orttung said. “But nobody buys be­ cause of that.”

Rising labor costs abroad also make domestic sourcing

more attractive. A decade ago, Hamilton said, an American software develop­ er cost five to seven times more than an Indian devel­ oper. Now, he estimates, the gap has shrunk to two times.

The standard billing rate for his engineers is $60 to $70 an hour, compared with $30

against the caregivers in either Arizona case, as police say the death investigations are underway. Detectives will determine criminality based on the caregiver’s neglect, intent and mindset, while also being sensitive to the family’s deeply felt loss of a child, Phoenix police Sgt. Mercedes Fortune said.

“Those are the very diffi­ cult questions. Each case is different. I can’t tell you there’s a set answer for any case because there really isn’t,” Fortune said.

Kids and Cars, which has tracked more than 800 chil­ dren who have died in this way since 1990, said crimi­

nal cases vary greatly, even when the circumstances are identical. Fennell said 90 percent of cases involve pure accidents, most likely a child forgotten by an adult.

In this month alone, a Tennessee couple were charged in the death of their 11­month­old daughter. A nearly 2­year­old boy was found dead in his father’s BMW in south Florida.

The nonprofit’s analysis shows charges are filed about half of the time, though very rarely are the parents found guilty objectively because it was proved that the child was left behind to be harmed.

to $35 in India, Hamilton said.

But the sales pitch made by onshore companies is not about raw labor costs. In­ stead, they claim the ability to deliver excellent work more efficiently than the offshore providers and less expensively than large tech­ nology services companies.

Cambia Health Solutions, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is a health insurer with 2 million members. In recent years, it has moved beyond insurance to provide consumers with online tools to shop for doctors and spe­ cialists, for example, and to sort through drug options based on effectiveness, pric­ es and user reviews.

In the past two years, Cambia Health has cut its use of an offshore outsourcer in India by half, said Laurent Rotival, the company’s chief information officer. And the insurer has enlisted the help of Catalyte, an onshore out­ sourcer. “They can ramp up quickly,” Rotival said.

Catalyte, based in Balti­ more, has doubled its work­ force in the last two years, to 300 people. To accommo­ date rapid growth, Catalyte

is scouting locations for two new centers, which the com­ pany hopes to open by the end of this year, said Michael Rosenbaum, founder of Catalyte.

Training is a vital capabili­ ty for all the onshore compa­ nies, but few have gone as far as the Techtonic Group in Boulder, Colorado. Once a committed offshore out­ sourcer, Techtonic has made nurturing homegrown talent the centerpiece of its busi­ ness. In 2014, it set up a training academy that feeds graduates into its Depart­ ment of Labor­approved apprenticeship program for software engineers.

In the past couple of years, 30 people have gone through the program, which lasts six to nine months. Techtonic has hired 90 percent of the graduates, and many later became employees of its corporate customers, start­ ing at salaries between $65,000 and $75,000.

Techtonic has an ambi­ tious expansion plan, going to 10 new cities in the next three years and hiring 100 developers in each city, said Heather Terenzio, the com­ pany’s chief executive.

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I N P E R S O N | Bob Lefsetz

Music blogger’s newsletter a must­read for insiders

By ETHAN VARIAN Los Angeles Times (TNS)

Bob Lefsetz is not your average music blogger. In fact, referring to him as merely a blogger probably does him a disservice. He’s more of an industry guru.

Unlike most music publications, the Lefsetz Letter — Lefsetz’s inde­ pendently produced email news­ letter featuring his irreverent, often boisterous take on the busi­ ness of popular music — is read by just about everyone who’s anyone in the music industry.

Lefsetz’s pointed analysis of industry trends, along with his free­ranging thoughts on topics as

Monday Memo The business week ahead

Bob Lefsetz Age: 64 Background: Ski bum, law­school grad, music­label manager, independent industry analyst Feuds with big stars: Gene Simmons, Kid Rock and Taylor Swift Source: L.A. Times

diverse as politics and tech, have helped him become one of the most influential voices in the mu­ sic business.

Lefsetz makes all of his writing available for free online. And in lieu of charging a subscription fee,

he earns a comfortable living parlaying his notoriety into paid speaking arrangements and writ­ ing for publications such as Vari­ ety.

Lefsetz, 64, grew up in Fairfield, Conn., in the late 1960s when he says “music defined the culture.”

He enrolled in Middlebury College in Vermont, and after getting an A on an English paper titled “Con­ solidated Stuffed Nose Or That’s the Way the Joint Rolls” about Thomas Mann’s novel “Confes­ sions of Felix Kroll, Confidence GLENN KOENIG / LOS ANGELES TIMES / Man,” he decided that he wanted Bob Lefsetz is a music­business analyst and critic whose email to be a music writer and dreamed newsletter, the Lefsetz Letter, is widely read in the music industry.

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Site helps when your idea is just a gleam in the eye

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Tech giants fail to craft message on growing power COMMENTARY Companies must learn to deal with regulators, politicians’ hand­wringing

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Amazon is holding a multistate job fair at 10 warehouses Wednesday.

By SHIRA OVIDE Bloomberg News

TODAY: The National Associa­ tion of Realtors releases its pending home­sales index for June.

TUESDAY: A VIP Boeing 777, featuring a luxury interior designed by Kirkland­based Greenpoint Technologies and fitted at Moses Lake, will be delivered to high­end travel­ cruise company Crystal Cruises in a ceremony at Boeing Field. ... Apple, the biggest U.S. com­ pany by market value, reports its latest quarterly earnings. ...

The Commerce Department reports on construction spend­ ing and personal income and spending for June. ... The Insti­ tute for Supply Management releases its July manufacturing index. ... Automakers release U.S. vehicle­sales data for July.

WEDNESDAY: Amazon.com will hold a job fair at its fulfillment center in Kent, part of a multi­ state recruitment fest dubbed Amazon Jobs Day. The company will seek to recruit some 50,000 warehouse workers. Amazon says there are 1,200 jobs open in Washington, including hun­ dreds in Kent. Jobs will also be available in Amazon warehous­ es in DuPont and Sumner. ...

Payroll processor ADP reports how many jobs private employ­ ers added in July.

THURSDAY: The Institute for Supply Management releases its service­sector index for July. ... The Commerce Department reports on June factory orders.

FRIDAY: The Labor Department releases employment data for July. ... The Commerce Depart­ ment reports international trade data for June.

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Anton Voltchok, left, Steven Reubenstone and Robert Lancer, of Collaborizm, which bills itself as a pre­ incubator of wannabe startups and connects entrepreneurs with mentors, money and technical know­how.

E A R L Y B O O S T | Collaborizm is ‘like a virtual

water cooler’ that links aspiring entrepreneurs with mentors, suppliers and capital.

By STEVEN ROCKER The New York Times

When a huge earthquake hit his hometown in Nepal in 2015, Madindra Aryal and his family had to stay in tents without electricity.

He and his neighbors lived in com­ plete darkness at night, and they could not charge their cellphones, which meant they were unable to contact worried family members.

From that experience, Aryal, a 26­year­old electronics engineer, came up with an idea: Why not try to produce a solar­powered cell­ phone charger, one that would be inexpensive enough that Nepalese villagers could afford it?

Although he knew he could not do it on his own, he set up a project called Nepal’s Light, then looked for a way to raise money, which is no easy feat in a poor nation.

Enter Collaborizm, a Kickstarter­ esque website based in New York that specializes in nurturing com­ panies in the pre­incubation stage

— before they have seed money, a business plan or even, in many cases, a working prototype. Colla­ borizm connects aspiring entrepre­ neurs like Aryal with mentors, suppliers and early­stage capital.

For Aryal, help came fast: Colla­ borizm connected him to Gham Power Nepal, a utility. He also had a previous deal with Bal Joshi of Thamel.com, which transfers mon­ ey and goods to and from Nepal.

Those resources enabled him to build a prototype two weeks after the quakes.

After the prototype was built, 500 chargers were manufactured, priced at 2,500 rupees (about $24), and delivered to those most affect­ ed by the temblor. With the help of Collaborizm, Nepal’s Light raised $10,877 on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo.

With these funds, Aryal was able to build another 500, which were distributed free to rural Nepalese still living in darkness.

Collaborizm helped Aryal create weekly discussion panels to give him advice on improving the prod­ uct. From those discussions, he decided to make his charger more portable by using plastic instead of metal.

“If we want more entrepreneurs going from step three to 60, we need to help more young ones go from zero to three,” said Steven Reubenstone, founder and chief executive of Collaborizm, which was set up in March 2016.

It does not always work. Some ideas, no matter how intriguing, languish because of insufficient demand, an entrepreneur’s lack of know­how or countless other rea­ sons.

For instance, Narendran Asokan, a 22­year­old computer­science engineer in India, wanted to manu­ facture shoes with a built­in GPS to help locate children who are lost or abducted.

But he had problems obtaining the type of salt he would need to power the battery in the shoe.

“Collaborizm provided me with a special kind of salt from the United States,” Asokan said. “Suppliers in

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What do Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, White House strate­ gist Steve Bannon and the suc­ cessor to the Ma Bell telephone monopoly have in com­ mon? They all think America’s technology titans are too big and powerful.

The growing might of Google parent Alphabet, Apple, Face­ book and Amazon has been a re­ curring theme, particularly since last year when the four U.S. tech kings became some of the most valuable public companies in the world. The companies them­ selves haven’t quite figured out how to deal with the hand­wring­ ing over their power coming from politicians, regulators, academics and corporate ene­ mies.

This backlash is one of the most serious business risks for America’s tech superpowers, and they need to develop a coherent message fast.

I was surprised last week when Google executives seemed awk­ ward addressing analysts’ ques­ tions about regulatory investiga­ tions and data­privacy policies.

At one point, Google CEO Sundar Pichai sounded as if he would have preferred to be trapped in Antarctic ice rather than tackle a query that touched on the com­ pany’s move to combine data from several of its web services to improve ad targeting.

Mind you, the company first announced in 2012 that it was starting to share user information among Google services such as search and YouTube, and privacy watchdogs have howled about all subsequent policy chang­ es that further mingle its troves of user data. When Pichai was asked whether Google’s ads are more effective because of this data sharing, he vaguely talked about respecting users’ privacy and being “thoughtful.”

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Community marketplace Vinder lets neighbors buy, sell local produce T E CH S P O T L IG H T

By KARA CARLSON Seattle Times staff reporter

Produce from your backyard garden or fruit tree might be your neighbor’s next meal, or at least that’s the idea behind Port Townsend­based Vinder, which operates a website designed to let neighbors buy and sell backyard produce.

“People get to know who, what

and where their food comes from,” founder Sam Lillie ex­ plained.

Lillie launched Vinder with the simple idea: “Why can’t people buy from neighbors?”

The idea developed after he visited a young professionals’ group in Port Townsend. As busy individuals, often working several jobs, many of the group members didn’t have time to go to the local farmers market, and stores offer­

ing organic options were too pric­ ey.

Lillie felt there had to be a bet­ ter way to access fresh produce.

Walking home, he saw an apple tree and offered to buy apples from the owners, sparking the idea of a larger backyard commu­ nity marketplace.

Vinder’s marketplace launched a year ago in Port Townsend where Lillie — walking door to

See > SPOTLIGHT, A10

CYDNEY MCFARLAND

Vinder founder Sam Lillie stands in his garden in Port Townsend.

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COLLABORIZM

A sketch of the CoffeeBot, an office machine that delivers coffee and can also take in mail. The CoffeeBot is one of the more popular projects within Collaborizm.

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India Hub, a clearinghouse for Indian entrepreneurs.

FROM A9 Asokan will get legal help, investor support and a manu­ facturer.

India sold such salts only in “Young entrepreneurs bulk. The salt crystals will vibrate with each step, pow­ need to know the pitfalls to avoid while getting their ering the battery, sending a products to market,” Lancer, signal to the database.”

33, said. “It is easy to get Collaborizm also helped him raise money to refine the carried away over engineer­ ing, adding features and product and connected him losing focus of what users to a mentor, Robert Lancer, need. It’s a constant process the site’s chief technology that ideas must go through.” officer. Lancer led him As anyone who has ever through each step of the watched “Shark Tank” creation cycle.

Asokan was able to get the knows, it is not easy to coax GPS in the shoe to work, but venture capitalists to invest in early­stage projects, par­ he could not power the bat­ ticularly ones that are just a tery without more money and a bigger team. The proj­ gleam in the eye of someone in a faraway land. But Colla­ ect is stalled as he pursues a second startup called Scienc­ borizm connects like­minded otonic, which he describes on people across the world to produce the prototypes that the website AngelList as an gain the most traction on the “augmented reality applica­ platform. tion to teach science.”

“We have said it was im­ Sciencotonic is the first possible to do a project, and project on Collaborizm to receive support from Startup some project leaders still go

< Lefsetz

music­industry directory into a database program, FROM A9 printed copies of the news­ letter on his dot matrix of working for Rolling printer and mailed three Stone in San Francisco. free issues to each address, “I called my mother and soliciting a subscription. told her I wanted to be a The newsletter was made writer and she laughed,” he up of six to eight typed said. pages dissecting the music But when a creative­writ­ business. Once he gained ing professor told him his paid subscribers, he worked writing was lacking, he diligently to grow his read­ became discouraged and ership. vowed to stop writing alto­ “No one has the persever­ gether. After graduation, he ance I have,” Lefsetz said. moved to Utah and became “When I took people’s mon­ a ski bum for a few years ey for subscriptions and I before enrolling in South­ told them the newsletter western Law School in Los would come out every two Angeles. He landed a job as weeks, it came out every a music­business attorney two weeks, to the day.” in L.A., figuring his law Despite his relatively low degree would give him a leg profile in the industry, up in an industry that in the music executives quickly 1970s was run by lawyers. took notice. “Generally Lefsetz eventually wound speaking, only the most up as the U.S. manager for successful people in the U.K.­based record label music business subscribed,” Sanctuary, overseeing he said. heavy­metal acts such as In 2000, Lefsetz took the W.A.S.P. and Iron Maiden. newsletter online and did After being fired over a away with the paid sub­ disagreement with W.A.S.P. scription. Around the same frontman Blackie Lawless time, file­sharing service about which song to release Napster was putting huge as a single, he found him­ swaths of the record labels’ self running out of money music catalog online for and flipping through a copy free, and Lefsetz recognized of Billboard Magazine at a the coming sea change. burger joint when he came “I certainly know that I to a realization. alerted everyone in music “I’m reading this and I go, business to tech when they ‘This is terrible, I can do a were completely out of the better job than this,’ ” Lef­ loop,” he said. setz said. He did some re­ As his subscriber base search and decided to start grew online, so did his a newsletter providing the status as true music­biz kind of thoughtful industry­ insider. Lefsetz can now be wide analysis he believed found hanging out back­ the music­trade magazines stage at the Aspen Live were missing. “I woke up music summit or trading my girlfriend and said, emails with such prominent ‘Hey, I have this idea.’ And music executives as Lucian she said, ‘Well, you should Grainge and Jay Marciano. do it.’ ” Today, most of his income The year was 1986, and comes from paid speaking to get the newsletter off the opportunities at industry ground, Lefsetz charged a conferences and events. brand­new Macintosh com­ (He declined to reveal how puter to his credit card. He much he charges). entered 3,000 names and “I’m not part of the frater­ addresses taken from a nity of writers,” Lefsetz

ahead with it,” Lancer said. “I often give my 2 cents, and some have proved me wrong.”

For now, Collaborizm has minimal revenue. About three months ago, it began taking a cut of the pay that freelancers earn through their work on Collaborizm projects, which so far has amounted to about $20,000 for the parent site. Those freelancers, who are drawn from developing companies, are paid small amounts — say, $40 to help build a prod­ uct prototype — and spon­ sors on the site put up the money. The idea is that crowdsourcing talent from underdeveloped countries can help inventors get their models built far less expen­ sively than they could in the United States.

“If you don’t have money, we can connect you with people who do have it,” Lanc­ er said. Mentors like him oversee the entrepreneur’s

said. “I’m also not in the world of journalism. I hang with the musicians and I hang with the business people.”

Lefsetz is nothing if not opinionated. And he isn’t afraid to upset anybody, including some of the in­ dustry’s biggest acts, with what he writes. Criticisms leveled in his newsletter have sparked a number of high­profile public feuds, including with Gene Sim­ mons, Kid Rock and most famously, Taylor Swift.

When Swift was a bud­ ding country star, Lefsetz championed her authentic songwriting and the two exchanged a few emails and phone calls. But after her poor performance at the Grammys in 2010, Lefsetz wrote what he says many in the industry had been tell­ ing him — that Swift couldn’t sing.

In response, Swift re­ leased her hit single “Mean,” written allegedly about Lefsetz.

Lefsetz doesn’t regret writing about Swift and says that people read his newsletter looking for his honest opinion and ability to cut through industry hype.

“This is show business, not show friends,” he said.

In an industry where Lefsetz says everybody is on somebody’s payroll, his greatest asset is that he’s not beholden to any label or publication. When he ques­ tions executive salaries paid to figures such as the leg­ endary concert promoter Irving Azoff, he means it.

And when he urges readers to check out a YouTube video of up­and­coming country­folk singer John Moreland, he’s just as sin­ cere.

“I’m being a guy who speaks truth to power. That is my opinion and that is the power of the pen,” he said.

progress, sometimes deliver­ ing technical critiques and other criticism needed to keep inventors focused.

“Ideas fail all the time,” said Justin Sherratt, an en­ trepreneur and a former director of the Founder Insti­ tute in New York, which trains entrepreneurs and nurtures startups. “Colla­ borizm is doing a good job of helping these startups get closer to that jigsaw puzzle we call product market fit.”

The site is “like a virtual water cooler that provides support and the needed camaraderie during the early stages of a company,” added Sherratt, chief operating officer of the virtual reality game Next Island. (It is not posted on Collaborizm.)

One of the projects on Collaborizm with popular appeal is CoffeeBot, a drone that will deliver coffee to people in the workplace (or elsewhere). Theoretically, it will roll around the office

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door to identify growers — delivered over 300 pounds of backyard produce on foot and bicycle. In Febru­ ary he launched a website for neighbors to connect directly.

Now, neighbors are able to buy, sell and trade on­ line. The site lets a seller list prices, what’s growing, and what’s ripe. They also can list growing methods, garden size and pickup times. Growers either set a shipping fee and deliver the produce themselves or the buyer picks it up for free.

It’s free to register as a buyer or seller on the web­

proffering coffee and dou­ bling as a drop box for office mail, controlled by employ­ ees’ cellphones.

John Rodrigues, a me­ chanical engineer who is the CoffeeBot project leader, and his team have learned a few things along the way: For one, they are creating a sec­ ond iteration of CoffeeBot that will be taller, the better to serve customers in cafes and at office desks.

“The goal for CoffeeBot is to see the robot delivering coffee in Starbucks and at workplaces, putting a smile on the people’s faces,” Rodri­ gues said.

As these projects mature, Collaborizm hopes to keep supporting their efforts. “The only way to fail on Colla­ borizm is to give up,” said Reubenstone, the founder.

“We hope to disrupt the creation of early­stage start­ ups, helping projects develop and mature into small com­ panies.”

site. Buyers are charged a 20 percent service fee.

Sellers are not charged any fees, because Lillie said they already do all the work growing and taking care of the plants. The goal is to give control to back­ yard gardeners.

Lillie said often the pro­ duce is fresher and priced lower than in stores.

Today the service is used by a smattering of back­ yard gardeners, farmers and their customers in 21 cities across 11 states.

Beyond Port Townsend, the marketplace has mainly spread through word­of­ mouth.

Vinder has been a boot­ strap venture, Lillie said, and he’s currently looking

It’s also possible Euro­ pean antitrust czars might eventually force Google to change its popular shop­ ping ads in search results or how it distrib­ utes apps on Android phones. These changes could hurt Google finan­ cially, but Pichai and Al­ phabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat either deflected questions on this or said Google would be fine if it had to stop bun­ dling many of its apps on Android smartphones. (If that’s true, then why does it strike deals to ensure a number of its apps are preinstalled on Android smartphones?)

I don’t want to overplay a few moments on an earnings conference call.

But Google and the rest of the world’s biggest tech companies now have problems everywhere.

Thailand’s king cracked down on Facebook be­ cause he was unhappy with images of himself.

Canada’s top court wants to change how Google search results are dis­ played globally. The U.S. Treasury secretary hint­ ed on Wednesday that the administration might target how Amazon han­ dles sales taxes on prod­ ucts sold by independent merchants through its website.

Big Tech needs to learn how to competently dis­ cuss these issues with investors and the public.

Somehow even the experi­ ence of the Edward Snowden intelligence leaks — to which the tech giants were slow to re­ spond — didn’t teach them a lesson.

The tricky thing is that discomfort about the tech superpowers is amor­ phous. There’s no single policy issue or piece of legislation for the tech companies to rally around. It’s all fragmented global issues stem­ ming from general mis­ trust of companies that touch so many aspects of people’s lives.

It’s hard to have a coher­ ent message about such hard­to­grasp concepts.

Nevertheless, tech compa­ nies need to do better.

Backlash is the cost of being successful. Figure it out.

for investors. In June, Vinder won the Silicon Valley Business Plan Com­ petition, which came with a $10,000 grant and legal advice.

Besides Lillie — who graduated with a business degree from San Jose State University in California, and also teaches fitness classes and handles cus­ tomer service for an athlet­ ic club — Vinder’s team includes an adviser, soft­ ware developer and three interns.

Lillie expects the plat­ form to keep growing and eventually hopes to take it international.

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OLICE in Sunnyside didn’t have enough evidence to prove Andreas Gonzalez’s BMW and $5,940 cash were profits from drug dealing. But under Washington’s flawed forfeiture laws, that didn’t stop the cops from seizing them.

That happens routinely in Washington, and it’s a problem.

Police agencies across the state seized nearly $9 million last year in assets allegedly bought with illegal drug profits.

But the laws do not require a conviction before police de­ clare those assets to be forfeit­ ed. State law sets one of the nation’s lowest legal thresholds for police to actually prove dirty drug money bought the assets. Sometimes property is later found to have been wrongly seized. And they give police an incentive to abuse the forfeiture process, allowing agencies to keep 90 percent of profits from the sale of seized properties.

The Legislature has failed to fix this flawed scheme, despite support from an unusual coali­ tion of Seattle liberals and East­ ern Washington libertarians.

And now comes a new direc­ tive from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to ramp up forfei­ tures nationwide. In particular, Sessions seems a fan of a so­ called “adoptive forfeiture” approach, in which federal agents ask local police to seize properties on the feds’ behalf.

Sessions’ announcement sparked protests across the political spectrum — the con­ servative Koch brothers joined the NAACP in opposition.

Law enforcement defends forfeiture with the memories of “Miami Vice” — flashy cars and toys bought by cocaine dealers operating beyond the law.

In some cases, forfeiture is justified and useful for public safety. But Washington, like other states, gives too much leeway. Consider Gonzalez’s lost car and cash, which he won back last month after a unani­ mous ruling before the state

Supreme Court.

According to the court file, police suspected Gonzalez’s 2001 BMW and cash were pay­ ment for a drug deal, but had scant evidence. Nonetheless, his case wound through four levels of the courts — his car and cash held meanwhile. The Supreme Court finally de­ clared, “There was no evidence to support a finding that Gon­ zalez obtained his property through the specific unlawful means.”

Under this upside­down for­ feiture law, Gonzalez had to prove he deserved his car and money back. In fact, it should be the other way around, with cops defending their asset sei­ zures.

Not surprising, Washington’s forfeiture laws got a D­ grade in a national survey by the Insti­ tute for Justice. States with similar politics — including Oregon, California and Colora­ do — require a higher standard of proof than Washington in these cases. At least 13 states require conviction before assets can be seized. California caps police profits from seized prop­ erty.

With the Justice Department ramping up these cases, and with trust in police low, the state Legislature needs to set more reasonable guidelines.

Rep. David Taylor, a conserva­ tive Republican from Moxee in the Yakima Valley, filed bills doing so for two straight years; so has Sen. Bob Hasegawa, a liberal Seattle Democrat run­ ning for mayor.

Reminding opponents about a bedrock American value — “the original intent of innocent until proven guilty” — Taylor said a change to the law can be made next year.

Editorial board members are editorial page editor Kate Riley, Frank A. Blethen, Donna Gordon Blankinship, Brier Dudley, Mark Higgins, Jonathan Martin, William K. Blethen (emeritus) and Robert C. Blethen (emeritus).

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King County Proposition 1, “Access for all”: No City of Seattle • Mayor: Jenny Durkan • Council Pos. 8: Sara Nelson • Council Pos.9: Pat Murakami Seattle Public Schools • District 4: Eden Mack • District 5: Alec Cooper • District 7: Chelsea Byers

Bellevue City Council • Pos. 4: Jared Nieuwenhuis Port of Seattle commission • Pos. 1: John Creighton • Pos. 3: Stephanie Bowman • Pos. 4: John Persak 48th Legislative District: • Senate: Patty Kuderer, D 45th Legislative District: No endorsement.

Editor’s note: Two of three candidates distinguished them­ selves in an interview. We look forward to hearing more from Republican Jinyoung Englund and Democrat Manka Dhingra before we make a recommendation for the general election.

By ROBERT MARTINEZ JR. Special to The Times

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OEING executives are gushing over the company’s stock, up a whopping 58 percent over the last 12 months. Washington state’s homegrown aerospace giant left the Paris Air Show with 571 orders worth $75 billion. Its chief compet­ itor, Airbus, had 336.

A fourth of Boeing’s air­show orders were for the 737 MAX 10, built by Boeing Machinists right here in the Puget Sound region.

After a successful launch in Paris, Boeing’s top marketing officer said the newest 737 derivative was “clearly the star of the show.” Boe­ ing already has more than 300 orders for the 777X, still three years from rolling off the production line.

The company is enjoying simul­ taneously robust outlooks in both commercial and defense. That’s what makes Boeing’s recent job cuts, its deepest in more than a decade, even more upsetting.

When a company is thriving, it’s often taken for granted that the employees who make it possible are sharing in the success. That’s the way it used to be for genera­ tions of Boeing Machinist families.

It made for a good living for hun­ dreds of thousands of people, who spent their hard­earned dollars in the Seattle area.

The success­sharing model also made Boeing the most innovative and productive aerospace company the world has ever seen. Its dedicat­ ed and skilled workforce, who for a century have tackled every chal­ lenge in front of them, continue to make the industry’s most advanced — and profitable — aircraft. This year, Boeing reported a second­

quarter net profit of $1.8 billion.

But at a time when many North American companies are bringing work home, Boeing is doing the opposite. Thus far in 2017, the company has shed more than 6,000 jobs, some 4 percent of its work­ force, most of them in Washington state. Over the past four years, Boeing has reduced its Seattle­area workforce by more than 20,000.

Boeing’s pursuit of short­term profit for stockholders and execu­ tives is not only repulsive; it threat­ ens the long­term viability of the entire North American aerospace industry. The Machinists Union has been sounding the alarm about this for decades. State lawmakers in Olympia should take the advice of more than 30,000 Machinists Union District 751 members who for years have advocated for com­ mon sense legislation tying the company’s eligibility for taxpayer dollars to the number of people the company employs in Washington state. Working families in the Puget Sound need this protection now.

Boeing will soon open a 737 finishing center in China, and a Boeing titanium plant will begin operations in Russia next summer.

Many of the parts and components for the 737 and 787 are already produced overseas, including wings for the 787.

When our work leaves, so does our research and development superiority. China’s first modern large jet, the C919, made by the state­owned aerospace manufac­ turer Comac, celebrated its maiden flight this year. It’s a matter of when, not if, China begins chal­ lenging Boeing for jet orders. If Boeing thinks Europe gives Airbus

an unfair advantage now, just wait until the Chinese government puts its full attention toward making itself the world’s leading aerospace manufacturer.

Boeing helped create the global competition the company most often blames for layoffs. Its execu­ tives in Chicago seem to have for­ gotten that their most powerful competitive advantage always has been — and continues to be — its workforce here at home. The skill, knowledge and ideas of Boeing Machinists are critical in an indus­ try that demands constant innova­ tion now more than ever.

Foreign competitors took note of our success, and now they’re dou­ bling down on recruiting and train­ ing the next generation of aero­ space workers to challenge Boe­ ing’s dominance. They’ve seen how aerospace manufacturing brings investment on a larger scale than almost any other industry. It means good jobs, stronger communities and a better life for working peo­ ple.

If North American manufactur­ ing is to make a comeback, we must preserve and grow skilled, good­ paying aerospace jobs. We can start by demanding that Boeing, which will receive $8.7 billion from Wash­ ington state taxpayers over 25 years, bring our jobs home.

Robert Martinez Jr., a former aircraft assembler, is International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

The Machinists Union represents more than 30,000 Boeing employees in the Puget Sound.

The tragic need for health fairs and if the GOP health­care plan goes through, millions more will lose Syndicated columnist their health coverage.

WISE, Va. — For “Walking around, listening to a man who needed people, it breaks your heart,” said 18 teeth pulled, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, Daniel Smith was whom I encountered on the fair­ looking chipper. ground. “We need a healthy work­ Anxious, too, for force, and this is a disgrace.” he was facing a pair “Shame on us as a nation,” McAu­ of forceps. But liffe added. “This is an embarrass­ Smith, 30, a contractor with no ment to our country.” health or dental insurance, who That’s what I feel, too: humiliation hadn’t seen a dentist in more than 20 that Americans need to be rescued years, was looking forward to an by a group originally intended to imminent end to the pain and rot in help people in the world’s poorest his mouth. countries (mixed with pride at the “I’ve always worked, since I was altruistic spirit that attracted so 14, but I’ve never had dental insur­ many volunteers, paying their own ance,” Smith told me. After his teeth expenses to come here). To me, the are out, he has a lead on low­cost fundamental lesson is that even dentures. “I’d like to have a straight under Obamacare, too many people smile,” he said. “I’ve never had one in don’t have coverage, and we urgent­ my life.” ly need a single­payer universal All around Smith were uninsured health care system along the lines of patients receiving free dental or Medicare for all. medical care, including dozens in Remote Area Medical is the brain­ side­by­side dental chairs in the child of Stan Brock, 81, a onetime open air. Organizers mercifully British cowboy who in the 1950s arranged the long line of people managed one of the world’s biggest waiting to have teeth pulled so that ranches, overseeing 50,000 cattle in they were facing away from those Guyana in South America. currently enduring extractions.

When he was badly injured by a The patients swamped the county wild horse, Brock was told it would fairground here for a three­day be a 26­day hike to the nearest doc­ health extravaganza of free care tor. So he recovered on his own — organized by Remote Area Medical, but began to think about supplying an aid group that holds these events health care to deprived areas. across the country. This one in­ Brock ended up founding Remote volved about 1,400 volunteers serv­ Area Medical to work in places like ing 2,300 men and women who the Amazon, Haiti and Uganda. But needed care of every kind. then one day he had a call from Some patients camped out for Sneedville, Tennessee, where the three days at the fairground gate hospital had just closed and the before the clinic opened to make dentist moved out. “Can you come sure they would be treated. here?” the caller asked.

The health fair reminded me of Brock loaded a dental chair on the scenes I’ve witnessed in refugee back of a pickup truck and brought camps in South Sudan. But here in in a dentist as well — and 150 people America? lined up, desperate for oral care. The The sight is a wrenching reminder result is that while it continues some of how many Americans slip through international work, Remote Area the cracks. No other advanced coun­ Medical also treats people in the try permits this level of suffering — world’s superpower.

Nicholas Kristof

Northwest Voices Letters and emails Proposition 1

Equitable access A recent Op­Ed opposing Prop­ osition 1, Access for All, ignored the educational impact it will have on students across King County as well as on the 300+ small, community­based organi­ zations outside of Seattle that will receive game­changing funding to expand access to arts, science, and heritage programs in their

own backyards [“Prop 1: An un­ fair tax for the wealthiest arts organizations,” July 26, Opinion].

Proposition 1, contrary to the writer’s claims, is the result of a decade’s worth of deliberation in the Legislature and the Metropoli­ tan King County Council. I know — I worked on it in both places and as the lead sponsor of the ballot ordinance.

Prop. 1 ensures every school district in the county — especially those with the highest popula­ tions of low­income students — receives vital funding for field trips and school programs. Re­ search strongly indicates that exposure to arts, science, and heritage programming provides students a path toward greater

Brock is a character: He discov­ ered a species of bat that is named for him, and today he has no home but unrolls a pad each evening and sleeps on the floor of Remote Area Medical’s permanent offices in Ten­ nessee. At 5 a.m. on the first day here, Brock opened the gate and began admitting people eager for care.

As they surged past, many stopped to thank him; one man had tears in his eyes as he did so.

“I wish Mr. Trump would come,” Brock told me. “The health of these people is appalling.”

Obamacare and the expansion of Medicaid have helped, but this health fair underscores glaring gaps in American coverage, especially for dental and vision care, in ways that affect us all.

In the vision tent, a patient couldn’t see even the biggest letter at the top of the eye chart. As he waited for glasses, a volunteer asked, “And how did you get here?”

“Oh, I drove.”

Jennifer Jolliffee, a volunteer, told of a 6­year­old boy who had behav­ ioral problems, couldn’t read and struggled at school. Then he had his first vision screening, and his parents learned that he could barely see.

Soon he was looking around in wonderment through glasses.

In another area of the fairground, doctors saw patients in private “rooms” created by sheets dangled from strings with clothespins. In one such room, Dr. Ross Isaacs saw William Powers, a former bulldozer operator with severe kidney prob­ lems, and outlined how Powers could maximize his chances of a kidney transplant. “I’ve got hope again,” Powers told me as he left.

As for Isaacs, he put it this way: “The success of this event is an in­ dictment of our health care system.” © 2017, New York Times News Service Nicholas D. Kristof is a regular columnist for The New York Times.

academic and life success.

The author falsely called it a “money grab.” But Prop. 1 is pur­ posefully designed to not be a windfall for our region’s world­ class institutions. Half the funding received must be spent on educa­ tion, serving more families from communities of color and outside Seattle. Voting for Prop. 1 is a vote for equitable access for children and families.

— Jeanne Kohl­Welles, King County councilmember and former state senator

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Settlement to step up pace of city curb­ramp building DISABILITY­RIGHTS ADVOCATES FILED SUIT 18­year agreement

By DAVID GUTMAN Seattle Times staff reporter

From 2007 to 2015, the nine years covered by Seattle’s Bridging the Gap transportation levy, the city built 1,221 curb ramps, which allow people in wheelchairs to cross streets and access

struction pace for the next 18 years.

While the average cost of each curb ramp is disputed — in nearly two years of negotiations, the plaintiffs’ and the city’s attorneys could never agree on a number — they’re not cheap. A city­ commissioned study last year put the sidewalks.

Next year, in just one year, Seattle will average price at nearly $13,100 per ramp. have to build 1,250 curb ramps. And to That number yields a total cost of comply with the terms of a recently nearly $300 million in curb ramps over settled class­action lawsuit brought by the 18 years covered by the settlement. disability­rights advocates, the city will See > CURBS, B2 have to keep up that accelerated con­

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The Move Seattle levy’s goal for all of 2017 was 350 new curb ramps. Halfway through the year, 53 have been built. But between now and the end of the year, to comply with the settlement, the city will have to build 625 curb ramps in just over five months.

WHERE BUTTERFLIES FLOURISH

TIME TO PUSH HARDER FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE Jerry Large

Seattle Times staff columnist

Sometimes, what you can accomplish is a matter of what you be­ lieve is possi­ ble or even worth doing in the first place. We ought to have a better health­ care system in the United States, but we don’t be­ cause the will to create one has been lacking.

That might be changing.

We know America spends a higher percentage of its GDP on health care than other countries with advanced economies, and at the same time the U.S. has worse health outcomes than those other countries.

We stand out among wealthy countries because unlike the others we don’t have universal health care. Our way of doing things leaves millions of people without health care. Democrats tried to address that with the 2010 Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), but it’s hard to make fundamental change with only one party on board.

Republicans spent seven years promising to kill the Act and got See > LARGE, B7

With car technology improving, is emission test needed?

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ABOVE: A Painted Lady butterfly, above, rests on

a daisy at the Molbak's Butterfly Garden at Wood­ land Park Zoo. The garden offers a unique and up­close viewing opportunity to see more than 36 species of butterflies and moths. The last day for visiting the garden this year is Sept. 4. It reopens in the spring, usually late May. LEFT: Keira Terry, left, 7, discovers a White Pea­

cock butterfly on the backpack her mother, Mela­ nie Terry, is carrying for her.

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By JESSICA LEE Seattle Times staff reporter

Air pollution: Bad. Cars that meet environmental standards: Good.

Tests to check that older vehi­ cles in Washington’s most­popu­ lous areas comply with emission regulations: Mandatory.

But with a growing number of new and cleaner cars on the road that meet clean­air stan­ dards, are the inspections — which cost at least $15 per vehi­ cle and pertain only to certain models — still necessary?

“I realize diesel trucks and leaded­gas vehicles pollute the air, but they are a small minori­ ty,” Gordon Knuth, of North Seattle, wrote to Traffic Lab, asking about the need for the tests. “I’m beginning to think the test is a moneymaker for the county.”

To answer, we contacted the state Department of Ecology

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If you want flexible teacher training and less debt, try Highline College IN DIVERSE AREA

Frank Kline, the manager of the Highline program. And because most students who go to a commu­ One hope nity college live nearby, they’ll have is to increase number roots in the area, which might make with an elementary or early­child­ them more likely to work in a neigh­ of teachers of color hood­education endorsement. boring school and stay in a profes­

By KATHERINE LONG That’s the first­tier certificate most sion that has long had a problem Seattle Times higher education reporter teachers in Washington must re­ with attrition.

This fall, Highline College will ceive in order to get their first teach­ Highline is the most diverse com­ become one of four state communi­ ing jobs, and the endorsement munity college in the state, and the ty colleges to offer students the qualifies graduates to work in ele­ surrounding school districts — opportunity to earn a teaching mentary schools or in early­child­ Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, certificate — and because Highline’s hood education.

Kent, Renton and Tukwila — are enrollment is so diverse, the col­ Three other community colleges among the state’s most diverse lege’s leaders hope it could help in the state offer similar programs: districts. Only about 31 percent of increase the number of teachers of Pierce, Centralia and Grays Harbor the students in those districts are color in neighboring schools. community colleges. white, while 85 percent of the The college will offer a bachelor’s Because about 70 percent of teachers are white, Kline said. of applied science in teaching and Highline’s enrollment is made up of Getting teachers from more early learning. When students students of color, the program has a diverse backgrounds into area finish the degree, they’ll be eligible strong chance of graduating a di­ schools could make a big difference for a residency teacher certificate verse group of new teachers, said See > EDUCATION, B2

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City officials say they can absorb this spending with­ out any increased funding and without dropping other scheduled projects.

Accusing the city of non­ compliance with the Ameri­ cans with Disabilities Act, three men filed the lawsuit in 2015, after negotiating with the city for more than a year before that.

So, when voters approved the $930 million Move Seat­ tle transportation levy in 2015, money for curb­ramp improvements had already been factored into future spending plans, said Scott Kubly, director of the Seattle Department of Transporta­ tion (SDOT).

Kubly said that as the city negotiated the settlement, it did so with an eye toward what it would be able to do with existing funds.

“We looked at the full capital program for Move Seattle and said, ‘How many [curb ramps] do we reason­ ably think we can build per year?’ ” he said. “We are confident that we’ll be able to deliver all of that obliga­ tion without affecting the other elements of the levy.”

The Move Seattle levy provides funding for nine years, while the curb­ramp settlement lasts for 18 years.

Kubly said that in their fi­ nancial planning, the agency assumed the money would be replaced, likely from another levy, once Move Seattle ends.

Still, the increase in ramp construction from current rates will be significant and the city will also have to pay about $1.5 million in legal fees to the plaintiffs’ attor­ neys.

Since January 2016, in the first 18 months that the Move Seattle levy has been

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and an emissions expert, dived into The Seattle Times archives and looked at pro­ grams elsewhere.

Turns out, as car technol­ ogy has evolved and more vehicles use electricity or cleaner fuels to run, Wash­ ington officials have been preparing for the end of the emission­testing program — which is run by the state, not the counties.

The law requiring the test is set to expire Dec. 31, 2019.

“A car’s computers can tell you everything, such as how tightly your gas cap is fit­ ting, what your fuel efficien­ cy is and even what your wheel speed is to control the brakes,” The Seattle Times reported in August 2011.

“Now this new technology has an added bonus: It’s part of the reason behind the easing up and eventual­ ly phasing out of the” law.

The state began emissions tests in 1982, soon after the state Legislature established the system using standards in the federal Clean Air Act. “Since that time, cars have gotten cleaner and cleaner,” said Camille St. Onge, of the Ecology de­ partment. Though lawmak­ ers could establish another program after the law ends, she said, “that’s not antici­ pated.”

Now, federal standards regulating vehicle pollution keep emissions low.

Washington officials are hoping that remains true in 2020, after the law expires.

The current federal admin­ istration, however, could loosen the requirements.

States across the country launched similar inspection programs to control air pollution in highly populat­ ed areas, to help comply with the Clean Air Act. Some states, including Kentucky and Minnesota, have since ended their test­ ing programs. Currently, 29 states, including Washing­ ton, have some type of emis­ sions­testing program, St. Onge said.

Washington lawmakers over the years have updated the law’s requirements so that newer cars are exempt.

That’s led to a general de­ cline in the number of vehi­ cles needing the tests.

Right now, fleet operators and owners of vehicles with certain manufacturing dates before 2009, except for some hybrids and new or low­weight diesels, need the inspections. (You can check to see if your vehicle must be tested at the Washington

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Highline College will join three state community colleges offering the chance to earn a teaching certificate.

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Seattle Department of Transportation employee Fredrick Wight works in March at building sidewalks and a curb ramp on Southwest Admiral Way in West Seattle.

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in effect, the city has built 408 curb ramps.

The levy’s goal for all of 2017 was 350 new curb ramps. Halfway through the year, 53 have been built. But between now and the end of the year, to comply with the

Vehicle Emission Check Program’s website.)

The law applies only to King, Pierce, Snohomish, Clark and Spokane counties.

Last year, crews tested about 900,000 vehicles — about 280,000 fewer than in 2013, according to the Ecol­ ogy Department.

A contractor operates 16 facilities for the state to do the tests, in which crews use a computerized system to detect malfunctioning or modified equipment and determine emission levels.

Those cost a standard $15 fee.

So, to get back to Gordon Knuth’s question, are those fees a steady source of gov­ ernment revenue?

Not really. Most of the fee goes to the contractor that runs the program. The state keeps $3.62 for each test to cover administration and oversight costs, St. Onge said.

Budget estimates show the program will generate about $5.2 million for the state in the 2015­17 two­ year budget, she said. Dur­ ing that same time, the Department of Ecology will spend about $4.3 million to administer the testing pro­ gram.

The state Department of Enterprise Services gets the rest of the money for its work overseeing the agree­ ment between the state and the contractor, St. Onge said.

A select group of auto shops in Washington can do the same test, with approval from the state, though there’s no limit to what they charge. St. Onge said the costs range as high as $69.95 per test.

Drivers must show pass­ ing results when they renew their license tabs or register their vehicles. Or, if they fail multiple times, after spend­ ing at least $150 trying to fix the problem, they can get waivers for that test cycle.

Chris Frey, a professor of environmental engineering at North Carolina State University, said the inspec­ tions aim to identify both vehicle malfunctions and people who have tampered with emission­control sys­ tems.

“Anytime you have an emission control in the tail­ pipe, there’s an opportunity for it to fail,” said Frey, who specializes in fuel use and vehicle emissions.

Malfunctioning parts can raise emission levels 10 to 100 times higher than that of properly working vehi­ cles, Frey said.

The failure rate for newer vehicles is very low, howev­ er, so there’s less of a benefit

settlement, the city will have to build 625 curb ramps in just over five months.

The city’s Pedestrian Mas­ ter Plan, newly updated in March, anticipates curb­ ramp improvements at “up to 750 intersections” over the nine years of the Move Seattle levy. A standard four­way intersection has eight curb ramps, which would yield up to 6,000 curb ramps over nine years, far less than the 11,000­plus required by the settlement.

Kubly said the city is now doing a better job of tracking the ramps that it does build, so every one gets counted toward the total. Also, the city will look at putting out larger contracts for curb­ ramp construction to try and lower per­ramp costs.

The first year of the Move Seattle levy, he pointed out, had less spending than an­ ticipated as major projects were designed and planned, with construction to acceler­ ate down the line.

One mitigating factor for SDOT is that every curb

inspecting those compared to older models, he said.

Ultimately, Frey said, government programs to control emissions are about the adverse effects of pollu­ tion that take a toll on pub­ lic health and the environ­ ment.

Research connects soot and smog to heart and lung diseases, with pollution killing more than 4 million people worldwide each year, Susan Anenberg, a researcher at Environmental Health Analytics and a for­ mer U.S. government scien­ tist, told The Associated Press.

In Seattle, leaders have made commitments to cut greenhouse­gas pollution over the long term, especial­ ly from the city’s vehicle fleet.

Between 2010 and 2016, roughly 22,080 plug­in electric vehicles were regis­ tered in Washington, ac­ cording to a June 2017 report by the city’s Office of Sustainability and Environ­ ment. About 22 percent were in Seattle.

For questions about Washington’s emission testing, contact the Depart­ ment of Ecology at 800­272­3780.

GOT A QUESTION FOR TRAFFIC LAB? Last week, we described why those electronic traffic signs above arterials some­ times show wrong informa­ tion. The week before that, we explained how push­to­ walk buttons at crosswalks work.

If you have a question or idea for us, send it to traffi­ clab@seattletimes.com. We may feature it in an upcom­ ing column.

Material from The Seattle Times archives contributed to this report. Jessica Lee: 206­464­2532 or jlee@seattletimes.com

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Seattle Times editors and reporters operate independently of our funders and maintain editorial control over Traffic Lab content.

ramp built or improved in Seattle will count toward the required total, no matter who builds it. So every ramp built by a private developer or Seattle Public Utilities means one less ramp that SDOT has to build.

But “the vast majority will be built by SDOT,” said Linda Dardarian, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the lawsuit. She estimated that somewhere around 80 per­ cent of the curb ramps would ultimately have to be built by SDOT. Despite the daunting numbers, Dardarian said she believes the city will be able to meet its requirements, pointing to the voter­ap­ proved levy as the crucial funding source.

“We will be getting a lot of information directly from the city on their implemen­ tation of the settlement,” Dardarian said. “We have all confidence they’ll be able to do it.”

David Gutman: 206­464­2926 or dgutman@seattletimes.com. On Twitter @davidlgutman

in success rates, Kline be­ lieves. A recent study found that low­income, male stu­ dents who are black were 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school if they had at least one black teacher in grades 3­5.

Highline College students who are interested in the program will first need to earn an associate of applied science, a two­year degree, and then take another two years at Highline to com­ plete the bachelor’s in ap­ plied science. The first year of the bachelor’s program can be done part time, but the last year, which is an internship, requires students to go full time.

Kline says students could work their way through the program without having to take on much, if any, debt.

After completing just the first quarter of the associate­de­ gree program in early child­ hood education, a student would be qualified to earn initial state certification to work in that field, he said.

Most of the classes are offered in the evenings and weekends, so students can work during the day and take classes at night.

And the credentials are “stackable” — as a student

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Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. It is produced in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network and is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more, go to seattletimes.com/ education­lab takes more courses, he or she qualifies for more advanced certifications, which can lead to additional responsi­ bilities and better pay.

Besides endorsements in elementary and early­child­ hood education, Highline will offer endorsements in special education, early childhood special education, English for speakers of other languages, and/or bilingual education endorsements.

More than 20 students have applied so far, Kline said, and the program could take as many as 30 in its first year. The applicants come from a wide range of back­ grounds.

“It’s going to be a wonder­ ful mix — I’m really excited to get them all together,” he said.

Katherine Long: 206­464­2219 or klong@seattletimes.com. On Twitter @katherinelong.

Margaret Ella CAREY

G. Keith GRIM

Stanley N. MINOR, JR.

Margaret Ella Carey, long time resident of West Seattle, WA, was born in Seattle November 22, 1930. She was the only child of Wayne and Bernice (Bunny) Neville.

She found her true love, Robert AB Carey, at West Seattle High School, though she had said once she had seen him at elementary and “liked his looks”. They married in September 1949.

Margaret led an active life raising five children, taught swimming, got her AA from Highline Community College, and was even an elevator operator at Sears in the early ‘50s. She became interested in genealogy, garden club and bird watching, and even started to learn to play the piano.

Margaret Ella “Neville” Carey passed from this life on June 25, 2017. She leaves behind her five children: Dianne (Michael) Lannoye, Gregory (Linda) Carey, Robert W (Lisa) Carey, Scott (Anita) Carey and Donna (Joseph) Baldwin, fifteen grandchildren & twenty-two great-grandchildren besides many other relatives and friends.

A memorial service was held Saturday, July 15, 2017 with a private interment, Forest Lawn Funeral Home - Dignity Memorial, 6701 30th Ave SW Seattle WA 98126, 206-932-0050

G. Keith Grim, 92, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather passed away peacefully on July 23 after a brief illness.

Keith grew up on a wheat farm in Clarkston, Washington, the son of second generation Danish and German immigrants. Keith loved to tell stories about working the land in 117 degree heat, daily cow milking at 4:00 a.m. and tending his litters of pigs. At Clarkston High School, Keith sprinted his way to state track awards, served as student body president and was a three time Washington State debate champion.

Drafted at 19, Keith ended up being trained as a naval corpsman. An illness prevented him from joining his mates who were shipped to the Pacific.

Keith instead spent his war years as a head corpsman at the Napa State Asylum, caring for those who returned from the Pacific physically and mentally damaged.

After the war, Keith received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Washington, where he met Naomi Plourd, the love of his life. Married in 1947, Keith and Naomi moved to Olympia in 1952, where Keith served five years as Assistant Attorney General in the Tax Division. In 1957 he joined the law firm of Lane Powell where he served as managing partner from 1977-1988, retiring in 1989.

Keith and Naomi were devoted to one another, cherished their four daughters and enjoyed 69 years of marriage. They divided their retirement years between Seattle and Palm Desert, playing tennis and golf and throwing frequent parties. On quieter days, they played dominoes together from morning till night.

Keith was a careful listener who always put others before himself.

He loved people and made connections wherever he went, teasing out joy in others.

Keith is survived by wife Naomi; daughters Gwen Johnson (Steve) and Natalie Stephens (Ben); Son- in-law Stewart Phelps; grandchildren Natalie Phelps (Jeff Word), Gavin Phelps, Matthew Johnson (Elizabeth Smith), Colin Johnson (Nicole Mazen), Hayley Johnson, Cole Stephens and Jack Stephens; and great-grandson Calder Word.

Preceded in death by daughters Robin Grim and Alexis Phelps.

There will be a memorial for Keith in August. Remembrances may be made to Lakeside School.

Stan Minor, age 91, died peacefully in Carmel, CA on July 20, 2017 after a long illness.

The son of Gladys and Stanley Minor, he was born and raised in Seattle. Stan attended Lakeside School and Hotchkiss School.

During WWII, Stan was assigned to the Navy V-12 program at the University of Washington.

After the war, he attended Yale University, graduating in 1948 with a degree in English. He remained, well into his 80s, able to recite by heart the opening lines of The Canterbury Tales, in the original Middle English.

After Yale, he served in the Marines, reaching the rank of Captain. Stan married Elizabeth Carey Seaver (Betsy) in 1950 and had their first daughter, Chrissie in 1951. They moved back to Seattle in 1951 where Stan worked at Frederick & Nelson, and then King TV. The family grew to include Tim in 1955 and Marianne in 1958. Stan entered the investment world, first with Pacific Northwest Co. and then with Kidder Peabody. He served on the boards of the Seattle Children’s Home and the Seattle Opera. In 1976, Stan and Betsy moved to Bainbridge Island.

He grew up spending summers there and was delighted finally to return. After Betsy died, Stan moved to California in 2011 where he remained until his death. Stan is survived by his sister Marylou Kravik, children Chrissie Markovitz (David), Tim Minor (Cindy), and daughter Marianne Minor. His grandchildren are Ben (Emily) and Adam Markovitz, Tucker and Lily Minor, and Addie and Cole Bortz. Stan wanted everyone to know he adored his children and grandchildren!

His family would ask that any friends so inclined may make donations to the Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation, Alzheimer’s Association or Planned Parenthood.

George Steven REYNOLDS

December 15, 1948 - July 20, 2017 George dedicated himself to helping homeless families through Wellspring Family Services and Seattle Rotary. He retired as a Senior Vice President at Columbia Bank. George is survived by his wife Lynn; son Nicholas; daughter Katherine Cox (Doug); grandchildren Beatrix and George, and sister Chris Raymond (Ron).

At his request no service will be held. Memorial donations to Wellspring Family Services may be made at https://wellspringfs. org/donate.

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Carbon­monoxide detectors to be added to WSP vehicles EXHAUST FUMES IN FORD INTERCEPTORS

and more than 20 were found to have measurable carbon monoxide in their systems, city officials said 6 troopers have Friday. reported feeling ill Ford said in a statement it troopers. Both have re­ has discovered holes and

By JESSICA LEE turned to work. unsealed spaces in the back Seattle Times staff reporter Symptoms of carbon­ of some police­department The Washington State monoxide poisoning include Interceptors that had equip­ Patrol is equipping hun­ dizziness, weakness, short­ ment installed after leaving dreds of its vehicles with ness of breath and nausea Ford’s factory. The company carbon­ monoxide (CO) or vomiting. said police and fire depart­ detectors after six troopers No further details on the ments routinely drill holes since January have reported troopers were available. in the backs of vehicles to feeling sick from possibly Meanwhile, the National add customized lighting, inhaling exhaust fumes.

Highway Traffic Safety radios and other equipment.

Crews will install the Administration is investigat­ Civilian drivers of Ford devices in 634 Ford Explor­ ing complaints of exhaust Explorers “have no reason er Police Interceptors over odors and possible carbon­ to be concerned” about the the next few weeks, accord­ monoxide exposure in 1.33 reports of potential carbon ing to State Patrol Capt. million Ford Explorers monoxide by police depart­ Shane Nelson. across the nation. ments, the statement says.

The move, announced Among the complaints, The Patrol said it recom­ Friday, comes amid a three involved crashes and mended to all troopers who months­long federal investi­ 41 were reports of injuries, noticed unusual odors or gation into a version of the such as loss of conscious­ excessive exhaust noise to Ford Explorer over worries ness, nausea and head­ take their vehicles to a Ford of exhaust­fume problems aches. dealership for an inspec­ nationwide.

The State Patrol is among tion.

Ford has responded to the law­enforcement agencies “We wanted to get in numerous carbon­monoxide nationwide that have in­ front of it, make sure every­ claims by promising to stalled detectors inside their body was protected,” Nel­ make repairs as it investi­ fleets’ Ford vehicles in re­ son said at the news confer­ gates the complaints. sponse to the issue. ence. “Our utmost impor­ According to a statement The Austin Police Depart­ tance is our troopers’ safety on the State Patrol’s blog, ment has gone a step fur­ and because of that, we’re six troopers reported symp­ ther by pulling nearly 400 getting these detectors sent toms associated with possi­ of their Ford Explorers off out to the field.” bly breathing in carbon the street.

Material from The Associated monoxide while at work in More than 60 officers Press is contained in this report.

Interceptors, a high­perfor­ there have reported health Jessica Lee: 206­464­2532 or jlee@seattletimes.com mance version of the Ford problems since February, Explorer used by law en­ Traffic Lab forcement. They made the reports January through Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s mid­July. thorny transportation issues, spotlights promising approaches Two troopers were hospi­ to easing gridlock, and helps readers find the best ways to get talized, and released, Nel­ around. It is funded with the help of community sponsors son said at a news confer­ Alaska Airlines, CenturyLink, Kemper Development, Sabey, ence, which the State Patrol Seattle Children’s hospital and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. streamed online. Officials Seattle Times editors and reporters operate independently of confirmed there was mea­ our funders and maintain editorial control over Traffic Lab surable carbon monoxide in content. the system of one of the

R ANT & R A V E RAVE I love working on jigsaw puzzles as I ride the Washington State Ferries. A big thanks to whoever buys them and sets them out on tables on the ferries.

RANT To the senior assistance apartment for

charging $120 to install two grab bars in the apartment bathroom. I’m helping my 92­

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year­old mother­in­law and 66­year­old sister­in­law move in and am thankful for a place they can afford on their limited income, but all seniors need these amenities for safety and they should be included in senior hous­ ing units.

The Seattle Times publishes reader rants and raves on a space­available basis. We reserve the right to edit for length or content. Send yours to rantandrave@seattletimes.com.

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opening remarks for this year’s group of program par­ ticipants.

“All the time, stutterers say, ‘Gee, I could do so much more,’ ” Breitenfeldt said. “I could be a lawyer. I could be a minister. I could do more things in my life if my stutter­ ing didn’t hold me back.’ ”

practice speaking in real­life situations at places such as malls, restaurants and movie Intensive theaters. speech­therapy This year, they attended a program dinner with Toastmasters, a public speaking group. And

By CHAD SOKOL every year they participate in The Spokesman­Review team­building and confi­ Kunal Mahajan, an invest­ dence­building exercises at ment banker who works in Adventure Dynamics, a ropes Changing perceptions New York City, has tried challenge course near River­ many times to perfect his Stuttering affects about 1 side State Park. speech. percent of the world’s popula­ A couple of weeks back, the But when he’s working in a tion, or 3 million people in the group split up for individual high­stress environment — United States. Four of five therapy sessions in a science with tight deadlines, rapid stutterers are male, and no building on the Riverpoint transactions and a full slate of one is sure what causes the campus. Tim Kinkaid read a presentations and meetings disorder. It could be a mix of letter he had written about — the words don’t always psychological and neurologi­ the challenges of being a come out right. cal factors. stutterer. Others practiced “All of those things are not Treating a stutter is not like making phone calls to stores KATHY PLONKA / THE SPOKESMAN­REVIEW conducive to someone who treating other speech and in the area — gripping some Charly Olson smiles at her reflection in a two­way mirror during a speech­therapy stutters,” Mahajan said. language disorders. A child with a familiar dread. session July 14 at EWU's Health Science Building.

For a couple of weeks this who can’t pronounce his Rs, “It’s not the ringing,” said month, he and seven other for example, can learn that Ryan Beam, 25, of Tacoma. stutterers from across the as much stuttering as I came skill over time.

“It’s just knowing that some­ country participated in an with, and I realized then that Stuttering is something to one is going to answer.” intensive speech­therapy it was going to be a lifetime be managed long­term, said Several participants said program at Eastern Washing­ task,” he said.

Craig Coleman, a fluency they had completed similar ton University. At 31, he’s the Breitenfeldt graduated specialist with the American speech­therapy programs in oldest of the group. The from high school at 21 and Speech­Language­Hearing the past with little success. youngest is 13. then pursued bachelor’s and Association, who is not in­ They said they felt pressured The annual “stuttering boot master’s degrees in speech volved in the EWU program. to permanently eliminate camp” is led by EWU instruc­ pathology at the University of That means building confi­ their stutters, rather than tors and clinicians, most of Minnesota. He also joined the dence and ditching conversa­ work through them. whom are graduate students Navy ROTC in hopes of be­ tional crutches that stutterers Andre Clark, 21, went in speech pathology. With a coming a second lieutenant. often rely on, like avoiding through the EWU program “Of course, the military eye contact, or skipping or three years ago and comes price tag of $3,000, it’s a KATHY PLONKA / THE SPOKESMAN REVIEW significant investment for didn’t want to commission me replacing difficult words. back each summer as a volun­ because regulations at that The EWU program also teer. He recalled a humiliat­ people who are serious about This is part of a letter Tim Kinkaid wrote about the time said officers could not be teaches participants to “ad­ ing experience on his first day learning to live with their challenges of being a stutterer. stutterers,” he said. “So I vertise” that they stutter of seventh grade in Coeur stutters. Many said they have gym,” said Mahajan, a fitness in class or start conversations recall having to give a presen­ when making introductions. d’Alene, Idaho, when his faced self­doubt and ridicule enthusiast. “You have to keep with his peers. tation in front of a couple Anxiety can make a stutter teacher asked each student to because of the way they talk, working at it in order to make “I lied,” said Breitenfeldt, majors and a captain, drilling worse, and many get anxious stand up and give an intro­ not to mention everyday now 87. “I told people I quit some cadets out on the field at when trying to hide their duction. challenges like making phone gains. You’re never going to have a perfect body, just like school because my parents the University of Minnesota.” stutter.

“I stuttered and couldn’t calls and placing drive­thru you’re never going to perma­ kept me home on the farm.”

After earning his degrees “Telling people that you even say my name, and peo­ orders.

But a few years later, he and proving he could give stutter is really important,” ple just thought it was hilari­ Unlike other programs, this nently get rid of your stutter.”

As Kim Krieger, the director returned to school as “the orders, Breitenfeldt went on said Jason Young, who has ous,” he said. one does not aim to get rid of oldest freshman” in his Min­ active duty as the Korean War been through the program Clark said experiences like participants’ stutters or make of the program, put it, “We don’t believe there’s a cure.” nesota hometown. By his drew to a close. and now helps lead it. “Once that used to make him de­ them “fluent.” Instead, the sophomore year, he had He later earned a doctorate you get that out there, the pressed, but the program goal is to help them accept By stutterers, completed a speech­therapy and became a professor at weight is off the person not to helped him realize that others and manage their stuttering for stutterers program at the University of EWU, where in the 1960s he stutter.” generally care little about his over the long term, while Dorvan Breitenfeldt quit Minnesota — twice — but created the Successful Stut­ One unique aspect of the speech. boosting confidence through managed to speak fluently tering Management Program. program is that, in addition to “It changed my perception individual and group exercis­ school after the eighth grade because his stutter was so only for a few months.

He retired 22 years ago, still classrooms and clinical set­ of how people perceive me,” es.

“Unfortunately, I left with lives in Cheney and gave tings, stutterers are sent to he said.

“It’s kind of like going to the severe he couldn’t participate

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new york times daily Crossword | Edited by Will Shortz

daddy’S home | Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein

1 7 12 13 15

17 18 19

tundra | Chad Carpenter

20 22 23 26 31 35 37 38 39 40

dilBert | Scott Adams

41 42 43 44 46 48 50 55 58

non Sequitur | Wiley Miller

61 62

65 66 67 68

aCroSS Explosions Like the posture of humans Person in a detached state?

Hit 2017 Jordan Peele thriller With 25-Down, alchemists’ quest in a book released on June 26, 1997 Office head Money back Evidence for determining paternity Swear (to) Victory Deadly snakes Units in stables Lion in “The Chronicles of Narnia” Coup d’___ Enthusiastic Alphabet chunk after D-E-F Column’s counterpart Specialist’s vocabulary Distinctive atmosphere Jay once seen nightly Fund, as a chair Coming from two speakers Singer Fitzgerald Bill who’s a science expert Small program Lawyers’ org.

“The Descent of Man” author Widespread Star of the film version of the book referenced in 15-Across/25-Down Comparable to a pin, in a phrase Goes “Ah-choo!”

Persistently torment Crafty person at a wheel?

doWn 1 Given benediction, the old-fashioned way 2 Run out, as a subscription 3 ___ Wednesday 4 Evades 5 Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s ___”

zitS | Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

No. 0626

PUZZLE BY Brian GrEEr

6 Hoity-toity type 7 Self-centered sort 8 Be in a sorry state?

9 Biblical verb ending 10 Like volleyball that’s played jointly by men and women 11 Not go straight 12 “Cat on ___ Tin Roof” 14 Passengerscreening org.

15 Letters on a schedule meaning “We’ll let you know” 16 Went on dates with 21 What the Titanic did, famously 24 Father: Fr. 25 See 15-Across 27 Of similar character 28 Advance, as money 29 Toy block brand 30 Cold fall 31 Turkish pooh-bahs 32 Open’s opposite 33 Abandoned European capital

34 Not quite closed 36 Soldier who’s gone missing 40 Jump 42 Allegiance 45 Cause to be cherished 47 Surgical knife 49 Exemplify humanity, say 51 Contest award 52 Subject of a long sentence?

53 Letters before gees 54 Golf peg 55 Palindromic Nabokov title 56 Big party 57 “___ and the King of Siam” 59 Big stinger 60 Nine-digit fig. on a Social Security card 63 Comparative suffix 64 Tennis umpire’s call

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE

PriCkly City | Scott Stantis

Blondie | Dean Young and John Marshall

Wizard of id | Brant Parker

PearlS Before SWine | Stephan Pastis

daily Crossword | VICTORY IS AT HAND By Timothy E. Parker

Candorville | Darrin Bell

Shoe | Gary Brookins & Susie MacNelly

Super quiz | Ken Fisher Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level

Subject: one-Word film titleS Unscramble the anagram to find the film title. The year is provided. (e.g., Loos: 2013.

Answer: “Solo.”)

2. Bantam: 1989 Answer________________

3. Saline: 1986 Answer________________ Graduate level

4. Last: 2010 Answer________________

freShman level

1. Aline: 1979 Answer_______

Ph.d. level

7. Panels: 2013 Answer________________

8. Lived: 2010 Answer________________

9. Flow: 1994 Answer________________

5. Swing: 1927 Answer________________

6. Creams: 1996 Answer________________

SCorinG: 18 points, doctor; 15-17, honors graduate; 10-14, plenty smart; 4-9, hit the books harder; 1-3, remedial; 0, who read the questions to you?

ACROSS 1 Like a tough nut to crack 5 General effort?

11 Purchased locks?

14 Ubiquitous cosmetics ingredient 15 Hawaiian hellos 16 Chapel words 17 Big piles of raked-in chips 19 Word before a maiden name 20 Non-studio film, briefly 21 Airplane shelter 23 Dried oneself (with “off”) 26 Some animal shrieks 27 Fair-___ (blond) 28 Mexican celebration 31 Artist Max 32 Continental cash 33 “Frozen” character 36 Shooting locale 37 Certain voice in a choir 40 Messy staff?

41 Adam and Eve’s garden 43 Trotsky or Spinks 44 Perspire 46 More scarlet 48 Like collectible items 49 Fury 51 More meager 52 Park or prison official 54 Mind-bending paintings 55 “___ you listening?”

56 Certain privacy provider 61 Apply frosting 62 Present at birth

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63 Sorrowful news item, briefly 64 Two thousand pounds 65 Mother-of-pearls 66 Crazy over DOWN 1 “Hee” follower 2 Legendary boxer 3 Opie portrayer 4 “Nay” sayers 5 Like many armadillos 6 Fancy word for “cold” 7 Binge at the bar 8 Despite the fact that, briefly 9 Plaster backing 10 College application writings

11 Some airplane daredevils 12 Perfect 13 Attendees 18 Harbor locales 22 A or G, musically 23 Not those 24 Made a boat go, in a way 25 Rubbing alcohol type 28 Big whoop-de-do 29 Where they speak Farsi 30 Long time period 32 Dueling sword 34 The final frontier 35 Late-blooming flower 38 Like King Cole 39 Best Actor awards 42 More than want 45 Pumbaa, for one

Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

7/31/17

47 Enticed to participate 48 Emulates salmon 49 Be in store for 50 Antidrug cop 51 Fungal “seed” 53 La ___ (irregular weather pattern)

54 Smell 57 Network with a peacock logo 58 One-time hoop gp.

59 Archaeologist’s activity 60 BWI listing

anSWerS: 1. “Alien.” 2. “Batman.” 3. “Aliens.” 4. “Salt.” 5. “Wings.” 6. “Scream.” 7. “Planes.” 8. “Devil.” 9. “Wolf.”

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Puzzles

Horoscopes

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Sudoku |

TODAY: JULY 31, 2017

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

Rating the day: 10 is easi­ est, 0 is most challenging.

Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

ARIES (MARCH 21­APRIL 19):

Today is an 8. Fill your place with love and beauty this month, with Venus in Cancer. Focus on home and family. Savor domestic joys.

Wonderword | David Ouellet

TAURUS (APRIL 20­MAY 20):

Today is an 8. Research and study lead to fascinating discoveries. You love learn­ ing this month, with Venus in Cancer. Study a passion.

Write, craft and practice creative expression.

GEMINI (MAY 21­JUNE 20):

CANCER (JUNE 21­JULY 22):

Today is an 8. Your luck in love improves immensely, with Venus in your sign.

You're irresistible and charming. Enjoy a new hair­ cut or style.

LEO (JULY 23­AUG. 22): Today is a 6. Finish projects and rest peacefully this month, with Venus in Cancer. Allow yourself more quiet time.

Don't reveal your secrets all at once.

VIRGO (AUG. 23­SEPT. 22): To­ day is an 8. Get out in pub­ lic. You're especially popular this month, with Venus in Cancer. Social connections benefit your career.

LIBRA (SEPT. 23­OCT. 22): To­ day is a 9. Take on new responsibility, with Venus in Cancer this month. Watch for career advances. Your professional status rises with love.

Jumble | David Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

SCORPIO (OCT. 23­NOV. 21):

Today is a 9. Set financial goals, and plan a trip. It's easier to venture forth, with Venus in Cancer. Travel and explore. Get involved in a fascinating study.

HOCUS FOCUS | Henry Boltinoff

Find at least six differences in details between panels.

SOLUTION: 1. Ribbon is longer. 2. Candle is shorter. 3. Arm is longer. 4. Leaf is missing.

5. Window is different. 6. Hat brim is smaller.

Today is a 9. Cash flow in­ creases with greater ease.

The next month can get quite profitable, with Venus in Cancer. A windfall lays valuable fruit at your feet.

Bridge | Steve Becker FAMOUS HAND

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22­DEC. 21):

Today is an 8. Find a sweet deal. Review the numbers, with Venus in Cancer. This month is good for saving money. Increase your assets through careful investing.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22­JAN. 19):

Today is a 7. Collaboration arises naturally. Infuse part­ nerships with love and affec­ tion this month, with Venus in Cancer. Compromise and contribute. Provide and rely on mutual support.

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20­FEB. 18):

Today is an 8. Your work and health energize over the next month, with Venus in Cancer. Beauty, creativity and profit come together.

The fun gets you moving.

PISCES (FEB. 19­MARCH 20):

Today is an 8. You're even luckier in love this month, with Venus in Cancer. Artis­ tic efforts work in your fa­ vor. Create something of beauty.

Copyright 2017 Tribune Media Services

It isn’t easy to see how four spades can be made on this deal. With the A-Q of diamonds and king of clubs offside and the hearts not dividing evenly, it seems South must sooner or later lose a heart, two diamonds and a club. But when the deal arose in the 1992

Spingold Teams, Peter Boyd found the way to make 10 tricks.

Boyd reached four spades on the bidding shown.

North’s redouble of West’s takeout double promised precisely three-card spade support.

Boyd won the opening spade lead in his hand and cashed a second trump. He was sure West had at least four hearts for his double, leaving East with no more than two hearts.

Quite reasonably, Boyd decided he should first try to find East with the doubleton nine or ten of hearts. In that case, after the nine or ten fell on the second round of the suit, a third-round finesse of dummy’s eight would permit a club or diamond discard on the queen.

Accordingly, Boyd played the king of hearts at trick three. When West won and shifted to a club, declarer put up dummy’s ace and cashed the heart jack, hoping to fetch the nine or ten from

East. East did not oblige, but Boyd had another string to his bow.

At trick six, he led a heart to West’s nine and dummy’s queen, then played the heart eight from dummy and on it discarded the jack of clubs! West won with the ten and was endplayed. If he returned a diamond, declarer would score the king, so West exited with a low club.

Boyd played dummy’s nine, ruffed East’s king, crossed to dummy’s six of spades and discarded a diamond on the club queen to bring home his game.

At the other table, West led a club against the same contract, leaving declarer no chance, but that should in no way detract from Boyd’s superlative effort at his table.

Tomorrow: Upping the percentages.

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Love and lust: Learning to take no as an answer when designated for the friend zone Ask Amy Syndicated columnist

DEAR AMY: At the beginning of the year, I hooked up with an amazing woman.

She is in her mid­40s — I am eight years her junior. She is sweet, caring, gorgeous, sexy, strong, fun, intelligent — the whole package.

However, after we hooked up, she

turned things off pretty quickly.

She said she’s sure that there is another person out there for me, but it isn’t her. We are still friends and talk on a regular basis. I just have a hard time being around her lately. I don’t know if it’s just a desire to prove to her that I’m good for her, and that she is good enough for someone to love (she has prob­ lems with self­esteem and depres­ sion, like me). I wonder if I’m react­ ing to having someone easy to get along with after an eight­year hia­

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tus from dating, or if my feelings for her are just lust over how good the sex was. She’s commented on how big my heart is and how nice and kind I am, but I’m worried that the only reason I do these things is a secret desire to try to get into her pants again. I don’t want to lead her on under false pretenses, but I can’t continue thinking that the only reason I’m doing this is lusting.

the power of juvenile lusting. All lusting, on some level, feels juve­ nile — and that’s a good thing. But you may have to confront the idea that the sex was good for you, but maybe not for her. You are obvious­ ly attempting to court this woman, and that’s also a good thing. The trick is to be honest about your intentions, and respectful of her hesitation. She has already stated that she doesn’t want to continue — Worried Friend with a sexual relationship, and if DEAR FRIEND: Don’t diminish that is her low self­esteem talking,

your ongoing courtship and friend­ ship might prove to her that you are an able and trustworthy partner.

Don’t make any sudden moves, and include and involve her by convey­ ing your intentions. However, if she wants to keep you in the friend zone, it is important that you learn to take “no” as an answer.

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very close to doing that.

But Friday three Republican senators joined Democrats to stop a bill that would have taken health care from millions of Americans.

Everyone wants effective, available and affordable health care, of course. They want it for themselves and for their family.

Some Americans, not even the majority of Americans, can’t get themselves to go beyond that narrow view, so we were stuck.

But one poll last month (USA TODAY/Suffolk University) found that 53 percent of Ameri­ cans say Congress should either leave Obamacare alone or work to fix the things that are wrong with it while leaving its frame­ work alone.

In a Pew Research Center poll, 60 percent of respondents said the federal government is responsible for ensuring that all Americans have health­care coverage.

Despite growing public sup­ port for the health­care act, Republicans in Congress had pressed ahead with repeal ef­ forts before, but now the two parties are going to have to talk.

The majority of Americans who see value in a better sys­ tem ought to be making some noise, letting their representa­ tives in Congress on both sides of the aisle know that health care should be treated like a fundamental right, not just a market commodity.

Public opinion matters. The bill that was voted down Friday was nicknamed skinny repeal, because it replaced legislation that would have gone even further in dismantling the Af­ fordable Care Act. That legisla­ tion was disliked by just about

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Robert Deppert, chairman of Democracy for Monroe County, center, leads a group of demonstrators east on West Fourth Street during a Medicare For All march in Bloomington, Indiana.

Health care is an area where pooling resources for the common good just makes sense. If everyone is in the pool, the cost of treating people is lower than if only part of the population is covered. That’s how all insurance works.

every part of the political spec­ trum.

Health care is not such a political issue in other wealthy countries. Providing health care is the humane thing to do, but also the smart thing for a coun­ try. Isn’t it better to have a healthy population than one in which health depends on indi­ vidual wealth?

Healthy children learn better.

Healthy adults are more able to contribute to the economy.

People who get vaccinated

don’t spread communicable diseases to you or your family.

Health care is an area where pooling resources for the com­ mon good just makes sense. If everyone is in the pool, the cost of treating people is lower than if only part of the population is covered. That’s how all insur­ ance works.

If you drive a car, you’re re­ quired to have insurance. You might never need it, but insur­ ance companies couldn’t sur­ vive (or profit) covering only people who have crashes. And if someone hits you or your car, you want them to be insured.

A person’s health is more important.

We’ve inched toward a better system by creating Medicare in 1966 and Medicaid in 1965.

Medicare insures millions of older Americans who paid into the system while they were working and it also insures

some younger people who have disabilities or certain debilitat­ ing diseases. Insurance compa­ nies handle the claims, but the government pays.

Medicaid is a need­based government program that cov­ ers more than 69 million peo­ ple. The Affordable Care Act expanded Medicaid to cover people who earn up to 138 percent of poverty level.

They’re both good programs and for the most part so is the Affordable Care Act, but too many people fall through the gaps between the coverages they offer. If people in other countries can have full cover­ age, why can’t people in our wealthy country? Maybe be­ cause we haven’t demanded it.

Now’s the time to do that.

Jerry Large’s column appears Monday and Thursday. Reach him at 206­464­ 3346 or jlarge@seattletimes.com.

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3 injured after being run over in parking lot

Authorities say a woman and her two children sustained serious inju­ ries in a Safeway parking lot when an employee attempting to park his vehicle ran them over.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office told The Columbian that 34­year­old Melissa McAllister and her two sons, ages 4 years and 21 months, were injured Saturday morning.

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the car had to be hoisted up to re­ move the three from underneath it.

Authorities say 18­year­old Babu­ carr Touray was parking his 2015 Honda Accord when for unknown reasons the vehicle accelerated.

The vehicle went through a hedge and struck the three pedestrians walking on the other side.

Police say Touray was uninjured.

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Racing Championship in Tacoma.

The Coast Guard says it had a crew with a 45­foot boat at the scene assisting with the event and pulled the injured water skier from the water Saturday.

The Coast Guard says the person was transferred to emergency re­ sponders waiting at a boat ramp near the event being held in Taco­ ma.

The water skier’s name wasn’t released.

Denver

Nashville mayor’s son dies; was UPS grad

The only son of Nashville, Tenn., Mayor Megan Barry has died of an

apparent drug overdose The office released a statement Sunday from Barry and her hus­ band, Bruce, saying 22­year­old Max Barry died Saturday night in Den­ ver.

Barry graduated in June from the University of Puget Sound in Taco­ ma.

“Early this morning, we received news that no parents should ever have to hear,” the couple said. “Our son Max suffered from an overdose and passed away. We cannot begin to describe the pain and heartbreak that comes with losing our only child. Our son was a kind soul full of life and love for his family and friends.”

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Mariners return to .500 MARINERS 9, METS 1

MONDAY

Can the club take the next step and make a move in the playoff race?

By RYAN DIVISH Seattle Times staff reporter

The homestand finished with the Mariners in the same place they were when it started — sitting at .500 (53­53) and close enough to the American League wild card to do some­ thing more than dream about the postsea­ son. And just far away to wonder if it really is possible to end baseball’s longest active post­ season drought.

Mariners @ Texas, 5:05 p.m., ROOT Sports

Their last 10 games at Safeco Field provid­ ed multiple reminders of all the reasons why this team could push its way into the postsea­ son for the first time since 2001. But it also offered examples of the frustrating stretches of bad baseball that has never allowed this team to stay above the .500 mark this season.

But will Sunday’s 9­1 win over the Mets — the best baseball the team played in the 10 games at Safeco Field — be the start of sus­ tained success?

Rare company

James Paxton becomes the seventh lefty to earn six wins and record at least 40 strikeouts in a calendar month since 1980.

Pitcher

James Paxton Clayton Kershaw Johan Santana Randy Johnson Randy Johnson Chuck Finley Floyd Bannister Steve Carlton

Source: Mariners

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Month

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James Paxton improved to 6­0 in July, the first time it has been done in club history.

BELTRE BELTS HIS 3,000TH CAREER HIT

Seahawks training camp

FORMER MARINER He is 1st Dominican Republic player to accomplish feat

By STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press

KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Defensive players run a drill during the first day of Seahawks training camp Sunday. The defense was missing defensive lineman Malik McDowell.

Where’s McDowell?

Team’s top draft pick missing during first day of training camp after ATV accident

MCDOWELL’S INJURY CASTS PALL ON OPENER

By BOB CONDOTTA Seattle Times staff reporter

Larry Stone

Seahawks rookie defensive line­ man Malik McDowell, who was the team’s first pick in the 2017 NFL draft, was injured in an ATV (all­ter­ rain vehicle) accident roughly two weeks ago, and it’s unclear if or when he will be able to play this season.

The team announced the situation with McDowell in a statement follow­ ing Sunday’s first training­camp practice of the season. It was initially read to reporters by one of the team’s public­relations directors, who re­ ferred to it as a “vehicular accident.”

It was later confirmed by the Times that McDowell was injured while riding his ATV in his native Michigan (he is from Detroit). An NFL Network report that McDowell had suffered a concussion and facial injuries was also said to be accurate.

The team did not reveal details of

It was a glorious Seattle summer day, befitting the kickoff to another promising Seattle football sea­ son. The sun sparkled off the lake, Sea­ hawks players swayed in time to the pulsating music and fans on the berm happily soaked it all in.

Yet the ritualistic optimism of Day One of training camp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center on Sunday was unexpectedly shattered after what had been a lively and spirited practice. Dave Pearson, the Sea­ hawks public­relations chief, gath­ ered the media to read a statement about Malik McDowell’s “vehicular

SEAHAWKS

Seattle Times columnist

TED S. WARREN / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Malik McDowell, shown at rookie minicamp in May, was missing Sunday as he’s reportedly recovering from an accident while he was riding an ATV. his injuries nor give a prognosis for McDowell, who remains in Michigan.

But the team said McDowell, who was the 35th pick in the 2017 draft,

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ARLINGTON, Texas – Adrian Beltre had a feeling like none other he has experienced on a baseball field when he saw his three children coming toward him. Then they kept run­ ning to the wall in right­ center field.

Only after helping unveil a logo commemorating Beltre’s 3,000th career hit did the kids return to hug their fa­ ther, the 38­year­ old Texas Rangers third baseman who had just be­ come the Adrian first player Beltre from the Dominican Republic, and 31st overall, in the major leagues to do that.

“What happened today after the hit, it was the best moment in my life,” former Mariner Beltre said.

“When I saw that, I felt like I was in the cloud, because I really saw the joy in their faces. It was a nice mo­ ment to enjoy with them, my family, my wife.”

Beltre reached the mile­ stone in the fourth inning of a 10­6 loss Sunday to the Baltimore Orioles.

“It’s an honor to be here for it. Especially, we couldn’t have drawn it up better where we win and we get a chance to see that,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “Ev­ erybody in the game has a lot of respect for him, not

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Elite group

Adrian Beltre becomes the 31st player and third former Mariner with 3,000 hits.

Player

Alex Rodriguez Ichiro Suzuki Adrian Beltre

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Seasoned Browning continues growth U W F O O T B A L L |Unquestioned

leader isn’t concerned about big games or awards, just playing well enough to lead UW to wins.

By ADAM JUDE Seattle Times staff reporter

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here isn’t much to nitpick when reflecting on Jake Browning’s 2016 season.

Not when he broke seven Washing­ ton passing records, finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting and led the Huskies to their first out­ right conference championship in 25 years.

But Browning has heard some of the critics this offseason who point to his underwhelming performanc­ es in UW’s two losses last season, to USC and Alabama. They were the only blemishes in an otherwise charmed season for Browning and the Huskies.

“I hear all the ‘big game’ stuff,” Browning said. “But, first of all, what do you qualify as a big game?

Because, for me personally, Wazzu was a pretty big game. Stanford was a big game. Pretty much every game is a big game. So if you want to make a story out of something, it’s always there. I’m not spending

UW foot­ ball coach Chris Pe­ tersen holds his news con­ ference that kicks off fall camp and said he’s eager to see which receivers step up.

much time thinking about it.

“I’m thinking play by play, how can I get better?”

Against USC, Browning had his lowest­rated game of the regular season (105.7), throwing one touchdown and two interceptions in the 26­13 loss at Husky Stadium.

In the national semifinal against Alabama, he had a quarterback rating of 83.9 — by far his lowest of the season — against what coach Chris Petersen has said is the best college defense he’s ever seen.

Alabama’s defensive front had its way with UW’s offensive line, and

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Which team’s training camp are you more interested in?

A look ahead for our area teams Seattle Mariners

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Monday @Rangers 5:05 p.m.

ROOT

Tuesday @Rangers 5:05 p.m.

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Seattle Seahawks Aug. 13 Preseason @Los Angeles 5 p.m.

Ch.13

Aug. 18 Preseason Minnesota 7 p.m.

Ch.13

Aug. 25 Preseason Kansas City 5 p.m.

Ch. 7

Sept. 9 Montana 5 p.m.

Pac­12

WSU football

Sept. 16 Fresno 6:30 p.m.

Pac­12

Aug. 31 Preseason @Oakland 7 p.m.

Ch.13

Sept. 23 @Colorado TBD TBD

Saturday @Minnesota 5 p.m.

Ch.13

Sept. 16 Oregon St. 2:30 p.m.

Pac­12

Sept. 10 @Green Bay 1:25 p.m.

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Aug. 12 Kansas City 1 p.m.

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Seattle Storm

Sept. 29 USC 7:30 p.m.

Ch. 13

Aug. 20 Minnesota 7 p.m.

FS1

Aug. 23 @Vancouver 7 p.m.

JOEtv

Aug. 27 Portland 6:30 p.m.

FS1

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Seattle Reign FC

Aug. 8 @Connecticut 4 p.m.

Aug. 12 @Phoenix 7 p.m.

Aug. 16 Minnesota 7 p.m.

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Aug. 16 @Chicago 5 p.m.

Aug. 19 @Sky Blue 4 p.m.

Aug. 26 Portland 1 p.m.

Lifetime

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Geoff Baker Seattle Times staff reporter

Imagine a world where the Mariners, through their tortu­ ous years of around 90 or 100 losses from 2010 through 2013, would have faced the prospect of being dropped down to Class AAA. We used to joke about that back when I covered them. About how a demotion for too much terrible play might have inspired the team’s owner­ ship to try to be more competitive back at a time they were running Adam Kennedy out there as a cleanup hitter.

Anyhow, the concept of relegation is actually quite real in soccer, where leagues in most countries but ours demote poorly performing teams. The subject came up last week when Sports Business Daily reported that Major League Soccer (MLS) a month ago turned down a $4 billion media rights offer that was contingent upon accept­ ing a relegation/promotion system like the rest of the planet.

The 10­year deal would have started in 2023 and be four times what MLS currently earns in media rights — a serious consideration for a league where more money is needed to lure and keep top talent.

It came from the MP & Silva media conglomerate, whose owner, Riccardo Silva, runs a second­tier North Ameri­ can Soccer League (NASL) franchise in Miami. Under the plan, the worst two or three MLS teams would be demoted to NASL, while that lower circuit’s best squads would be promoted.

Silva has been on a mission to intro­ duce relegation here. He paid Deloitte to conduct a survey last fall that showed 88 percent of 1,000 American soccer fans asked would go for it.

The reason Silva wants relegation included in any media deal is simple: It creates a compelling reason for view­ ers to keep watching bad teams. Just

think of it as a Mariners fan back in 2010 when the team was losing 101 games. Would the threat of them play­ ing against the Memphis Redbirds and Round Rock Express come 2011 have kept you glued to the TV during other­ wise meaningless games in August and September?

Of course it would have.

And that type of increased interest would, in theory, help sell MLS to viewers not only here, but worldwide.

In turn, the whopping rights fee would help the league attract more international players, get Americans to stick around instead of playing over­ seas and convince viewers here and abroad that MLS is a force.

So, why did MLS say “no thanks?’’

Well, that’s also all about big money.

Sure, $4 billion is a lot. But how many of you would buy season tickets to Safeco Field to see the Mariners face AAA opposition? That’s a huge concern So, why did MLS say “no thanks’’?

Well, that’s also all about big money.

Sure, $4 billion is a lot. But how many of you would buy season tickets to Safeco Field to see the Mariners face AAA opposition? That’s a huge concern for MLS, a league struggling to generate TV numbers and fill stadiums in all markets.

for MLS, a league struggling to gener­ ate TV numbers and fill stadiums in most markets.

Also, the league is in expansion mode and hoping to charge $150 mil­ lion a pop to future cities under consid­ eration. The last thing it wants is for prospective owners to balk at that amount because their expansion squad could face relegation if it struggles early.

Not to mention, if a major market team such as the Los Angeles Galaxy ever got relegated, it would be a finan­ cial blow to the league as a whole.

Back to the Mariners hypothetical, Major League Baseball doesn’t need relegation. It devised its own way to keep fans interested in sub­. 500 teams back in 2012 by introducing a second wild­card entry in each league.

That formula has given playoff hope

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to markets that had gone years without any. And this year, in a thoroughly mediocre American League, any team sticking close to .500 has its fans think­ ing they are watching a playoff squad.

It’s driving some general managers nuts as Monday’s trade deadline ap­ proaches and fans howl for farm sys­ tems to be dealt away for a one­game crapshoot. But in a league where all but three teams last week were within a half­dozen games of the playoffs, what’s to say they can’t qualify?

For MLS, luring fans with an Ameri­ can­style playoff carrot is more palat­ able than relegation. After all, Europe­ an soccer leagues don’t use a full­ fledged playoff system like MLS does.

A last­place team like the Sounders of 12 months ago could never rally midseason to win a championship in England, or Spain, where titles go to the first­place regular­season finisher.

More than 70 percent of global soc­ cer leagues don’t have playoffs, so they need relegation to keep fans of also­ran teams awake. Our country lets medio­ cre teams in to the playoffs in every sport.

Still, I’d love for MLS to try relega­ tion. If any league was rife for an ex­ periment, it’s MLS, which has yet to convince mainstream American sports fans to buy completely in to its product.

So, it doesn’t have as much to lose.

Not enough to avoid giving $4 billion some serious thought.

For me, it’s more about merit: Re­ warding teams that try to get better, while punishing franchise owners that don’t try hard enough.

Sure, baseball’s second wild card has helped convince owners of bad teams to at least strive for .500. But most teams vying for that newer wild card will eventually fade when it counts, yet still benefit from increased TV viewer­ ship and ticket sales.

So, the system rewards mediocrity.

And it’s not that big a tumble from mediocre to horrible.

We don’t tolerate big prices for medi­ ocre products in other businesses. And a year or two in a lower circuit might be just what some team owners — MLS or otherwise — need to either improve their product, or step aside and let somebody else run the business.

Geoff Baker is a sports enterprise and investigative reporter who writes a column on sports business.

Baker:gbaker@seattletimes.comor 206­464­ 8286. On Twitter: @GeoffBakerTIMES

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Browning played that game with a busted throwing shoulder that would require surgery a couple of weeks later.

“A lot of those games, especially when you’re playing good teams like that, you’ve got three to five plays that change the whole game,” Browning said. “If you convert those, well, then (the criticism) is something else.

There’s always something you’re not doing right. That’s just what happens when you’re the guy in the spotlight.”

By all accounts, Browning has grown more comfortable in that spotlight. As one of two player representatives from UW at Pac­12 media days last week in Hollywood, Browning sat upright at a stage and spoke with confi­ dence. During interviews in the past, he often sat with his shoul­ ders slumped and mumbled through hesitant answers, fearing he might say something he shouldn’t.

He’s more comfortable speaking up in the locker room now, too.

Entering his third year as the starting QB, he is the unques­ tioned leader of the offense.

“He’s at a place now where he can truly be a leader of this team,” Petersen said. “It’s really hard to be a leader when (as a young player) you’re really just trying to figure your own thing out. ... Even as a sophomore, there’s just so much pressure on him. So he’s on the next thing. He’s been through the process, been through the grind, and he understands how it goes.”

Browning says he is 100 percent healed from January shoulder surgery — the first surgery of his life. He admits he has been a bit annoyed at the attention given his shoulder.

“It’s not like I had some major surgery. If it was my left shoulder, no one would care,” he said.

“Since it was my right, even I’m focused on it a little more, but it’s just more to make sure I get back to where I need to be and be even better than it used to be.”

Petersen and head trainer Rob­ ert Scheidegger this season imple­ mented a new throwing program for Browning and the rest of the quarterbacks. Petersen said the

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Huskies quarterback Jake Browning has become more comfortable as leader of the offense as he enters his junior season. new routine is less a reaction to Browning’s surgery and more about the program’s search for constant improvement. (In the same vein, Petersen pointed to strength and conditioning coach Tim Socha, who even after last year’s success “totally revamped” the team’s offseason workout program.)

Browning, who has been ac­ cepted into UW’s Foster School of Business and will study finance, has added a few pounds, up to 210, since resuming full workouts this spring. Watching former teammates such as Budda Baker prepare for the NFL draft made Browning realize he needed to be more dedicated and more diligent about his diet and his workouts.

“Before, I just ate and was like, ‘Whatever, I don’t care.’ I’d eat whatever was easiest and cheap,” he said. “But I’m more committed to it. You push yourself more.

“Half of it is nutrition. The way I started looking at it was, I was doing all this work — waking up at 5:30 a.m. to go work out — and

then I’d get done with my workout and waste half of that workout by going and eating a bunch of fast food. You’ve got to eat a little bit healthier, some chicken and rice.

It’s not that hard. It’s just putting in the effort.”

Browning continues to have high expectations of himself, and his team. He won’t detail those publicly, instead following Peters­ en’s credo to talk less and do more.

“Those guys coming in and saying, ‘I want to win this (award), I want to do this, I want, I want, I want ...’ But you’re not doing anything if the team doesn’t do well, I don’t care who you are,” Browning said. “Especially the quarterback. You have so much influence. ... Someone asked me, ‘Well, don’t you wish you won the Heisman? Don’t you want to be a Heisman finalist?’ Man, if I’m a Heisman finalist, we’re going to have a good season. And in order for us to have a good season, I’ve got to play well.”

spring ball after transferring in just before the start of fall camp a year Beyond returnees Pettis and ago.

“Those guys really, they didn’t do McClatcher, there are anything last year,” Petersen said. question marks “K.J. was hurt in spring ball, so he didn’t get much done there. Brayden

By ADAM JUDE made some strides there but this Seattle Times staff reporter thing is going to go fast, guys have to The question got a chuckle out of come out (Monday) competing Chris Petersen. What will Washing­ because roles get set quickly.” ton’s football coach miss most about Petersen said the Huskies could All­America receiver John Ross III? also experiment with freshman “Is that a trick question, a joke?”

Salvon Ahmed, the touted running Petersen said Sunday. “I mean, back out of Juanita High School, at where do you start?” wide receiver. The Huskies are And that does indeed lead into the stacked at running back, so they big question for the UW offense might have to get creative if they entering fall camp Monday: Whom want to get Ahmed on the field. do the Huskies turn to to replace “Salvon, he can catch the ball and Ross’ prodigious production? so we might do some things with The answer almost certainly won’t him out wide as well, and just see come in the form of one wide receiv­ where it goes,” Petersen said. er — no one could reasonably be Notes asked to do what Ross did for the • CB Brandon Lewis and WR Nik Little Huskies last season, when he put have each taken a medical retirement. together one of the most remarkable Lewis is still around the program, assisting seasons in program history, posting in the recruiting office; and Little has 81 receptions for 1,150 yards and 17 remained involved on the administrative side of things. Senior safety Trevor Walker touchdowns. has transferred to Texas Tech, and QB Tony The good news for quarterback Rodriguez has graduated and will focus on Jake Browning and the Huskies is his young family, Petersen said. senior wideout Dante Pettis and • Six new walk­ons have joined the junior slot receiver Chico McClatch­ roster: DL Jarryn Bush (Timberline HS, er are both back. Behind them, the Lacey); PK Peyton Henry (Monte Vista HS, Huskies have a mix of emerging Danville, Calif.); RB Nate Inlenfeldt (Notre talent, veteran question marks and Dame Academy, Green Bay, Wisc.); OL Chase Skuza (Sumner HS); WR DeShon tantalizing freshmen.

Williams (Tahoma HS, Maple Valley; “There’s big shoes to fill ... but there are some guys who have been Colorado State­Pueblo). Kentwood High playing behind him for a year or two product Josiah Bronson, a transfer from Temple, will wear No. 90. Bronson will now and they’re ready for their shot have to sit out this season, per NCAA trans­ to go after it,” Browning said. “I fer rules. He is the brother of onetime UW think it’s pretty exciting for them running back Demitrius Bronson. and exciting for us, too, to see who • CB Myles Bryant, who got on the field steps up. last year as a walk­on true freshman, has “Obviously, Ross is a special play­ earned a scholarship, Petersen said.

• Not included on the fall­camp roster er. No one’s taking that away from are two signees from the 2017 class: DL Ali him. But when players like that Gaye of Edmonds­Woodway High, and LB leave ... people have to step up.”

Jordan Lolohea from Salt Lake City. Gaye Sophomores Andre Baccellia, is a grayshirt candidate; Lolohea is taking a Aaron Fuller and Quinten Pounds all two­year church mission. had productive springs, and fresh­ • The Huskies will have three fall­camp men Terrell Bynum, Alex Cook and practices open to the public at Husky Stadi­ Ty Jones could be pressed into play­ um: Friday, Aug. 4, starting at 3:30 p.m.; Sunday Aug. 6 (Picture Day), starting at ing time early on.

2:50 p.m.; and Friday, Aug. 11, starting at Two veterans, Brayden Lenius and K.J. Young, have much to prove. 2:50 p.m.

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For the record W­L

W PCT

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.500

Streak: W2

vs. AL East: 8­12

Home: 32­27

vs. AL Cent: 15­12

Road: 21­26

vs. NL: 10­7

vs. AL West: 20­22 vs. LHP: 15­15 vs. L.A.: 4­5

vs. RHP: 38­38

vs. Oakland: 5­6 Day: 18­17 vs. Texas: 6­3

Attendance

Sunday’s crowd: 31,162 Season total: 1,580,808 Biggest crowd: 46,197 (July 22) Smallest crowd: 13,799 (May 3) Average (59 dates): 26,793 2016 average (59 dates): 28,585

Mariners Log Sunday's box

AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Conforto cf 5 Reyes ss 2 Cabrera pr­3b 1 Cespedes lf 4 Bruce dh 3 Nimmo ph­dh 1 Flores 1b 4 Walker 2b 3 Granderson rf 4 d'Arnaud c 4 Reynolds 3b­ss 4 Totals 35

Seattle

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 3 2 14

.289 .226 .260 .280 .263 .333 .287 .266 .224 .239 .204

AB R H BI BB SO Avg

Gamel lf 5 Segura ss 4 Espinosa ph­ss 1 Cano 2b 5 Cruz dh 4 Seager 3b 4 Valencia 1b 3 Dyson cf 4 Zunino c 2 Martin rf 4 Totals 36 New York Seattle

2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 9

2 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 2 12

1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 8

0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 6

.322 .323 .163 .268 .273 .262 .263 .241 .226 .138

000 000 001— 1 9 2 320 001 12x— 9 12 0

E—Walker 2 (5). LOB—New York 9, Seat­ tle 7. 2B—Cano (18), Seager (26). 3B— Gamel (4). HR—Cruz (21), off Lugo; Mar­ tin (1), off Lugo. RBI—Reynolds (2), Gamel (36), Cano (68), Cruz 3 (79), Valencia (51), Martin (1), Espinosa (30). SF—Valencia.

RLISP—New York 4 (Conforto 2, Bruce, d'Arnaud); Seattle 4 (Segura, Cruz 2, Dys­ on). RISP—New York 1 for 5; Seattle 4 for 12. Runners moved up—Cano. FI DP— Cespedes. DP—Seattle 1 (Dyson, Segura).

Mets

IP H RER BB SO ERA

Lugo L, 5­3 Salas Smoker Ramos

5 1 1 1

Mariners

8 1 1 2

5 1 1 2

5 0 1 2

0 1 1 1

5 4.53 1 5.91 0 6.82 0 3.98

IP H RER BB SO ERA

Paxton W, 11­3 Pagan Pazos

6 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 1

0 0 0

8 2.68 4 2.25 2 4.12

Pitches —Lugo 99, Salas 23, Smoker 17, Ramos 20, Paxton 108, Pagan 25, Pazos 18. HBP—Paxton 2 (Walker,Reyes). WP— Ramos 2. Umpires—Home, Jerry Meals; First, Ron Kulpa; Second, Chris Conroy; Third, Shane Livensparger. T—2:55.

A—31,162.

How the runs scored Mariners first: Ben Gamel grounds out to second base, Neil Walker to Wilmer Flores. Jean Segura singles to shallow left field. Robinson Cano sin­ gles to center field. Jean Segura to third. Nelson Cruz homers to center field. Robinson Cano scores. Jean Segura scores. Kyle Seager singles to center field. Danny Valencia strikes out swing­ ing. Jarrod Dyson grounds out to first base to Wilmer Flores. 3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on.

M's 3, Mets 0.

Mariners second: Mike Zunino strikes out swing­ ing. Leonys Martin homers to right field. Ben Gamel triples to deep left field. Jean Segura strikes out swinging. Robinson Cano doubles to right field. Ben Gamel scores. Nelson Cruz flies out to deep center field to Michael Conforto. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. M's 5, Mets 0.

Mariners sixth: Danny Valencia grounds out to second base, Neil Walker to Wilmer Flores. Jar­ rod Dyson reaches on error. Fielding error by Neil Walker. Mike Zunino walks. Jarrod Dyson to sec­ ond. Leonys Martin strikes out swinging. Ben Gamel singles to shallow left field. Mike Zunino to second. Jarrod Dyson scores. Jean Segura reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Ben Gamel out at second. 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on. M's 6, Mets 0.

Mariners seventh: Robinson Cano flies out to left center field to Yoenis Cespedes. Nelson Cruz walks. Kyle Seager doubles to deep left center field. Nelson Cruz to third. Danny Valencia out on a sacrifice fly to deep right center field to Curtis Granderson. Nelson Cruz scores. Jarrod Dyson grounds out to shortstop, Matt Reynolds to Wilmer Flores. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on.

M's 7, Mets 0.

Mariners eighth: Mike Zunino walks. Leonys Martin singles to center field. Mike Zunino to second. Ben Gamel reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop, advances to 2nd. Leonys Martin out at second. Mike Zunino scores. Throwing error by Neil Walker. Danny Espinosa pinch­hitting for Jean Segura. On A.J. Ramos's wild pitch, Ben Gamel to third. Danny Espinosa singles to right field. Ben Gamel scores. On A.J. Ramos's wild pitch, Danny Espinosa to second. Robinson Cano grounds out to second base, Neil Walker to Wilmer Flores. Danny Espinosa to third. Nelson Cruz pops out to second base to Neil Walker. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. M's 9, Mets 0.

Mets ninth: Wilmer Flores grounds out to short­ stop, Danny Espinosa to Danny Valencia. Neil Walker called out on strikes. Curtis Granderson singles to right center field. Travis d'Arnaud sin­ gles to left field. Curtis Granderson to second.

Matt Reynolds singles to right field. Travis d'Ar­ naud to third. Curtis Granderson scores. Michael Conforto called out on strikes. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 er­ rors, 2 left on. M's 9, Mets 1.

Mariners statistics BATTERS Avg AB

Segura Gamel Heredia Cruz Cano Valencia Seager Haniger Dyson Zunino Ruiz Espinosa Powell Martin Team

.323 .322 .276 .273 .268 .263 .262 .255 .242 .226 .216 .200 .194 .138 .259

322 323 246 359 377 358 382 212 294 243 88 5 36 58 3623

R

H 2BHR RBI

47 55 34 50 53 43 43 36 51 33 11 0 6 6 500

104 20 6 32 104 19 6 36 68 7 6 19 98 17 21 79 101 18 19 68 94 16 11 51 100 26 14 55 54 13 7 24 71 13 5 25 55 13 16 43 19 6 1 9 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 8 1 1 1 939 181 121 471

Triples:11 (Gamel 4, Valencia 2, Seager 1, Hani­ ger 1, Dyson 3) Stolen bases: 61 (Segura 12, Gamel 3, Heredia 1, Cruz 1, Cano 1, Valencia 1, Seager 1, Haniger 3, Dyson 23, Ruiz 1, Motter 9, Espinosa 1, Martin 4)

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By RYAN DIVISH Seattle Times staff reporter

Night: 35­36

vs. Houston: 5­8 Extra innings: 5­5

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Ramirez, Martin make their returns

IP H ER BB SO

Vincent 3­1 1.83 44.1 37 9 8 35 Zych 5­2 2.12 34.0 24 8 19 30 Pagan 0­1 2.25 24.0 13 6 6 26 Paxton 11­3 2.68 107.1 87 32 31 125 Diaz 2­4 3.30 43.2 33 16 20 60 Rzepczynski 1­0 3.72 19.1 17 8 13 16 Hernandez 5­4 4.08 68.1 73 31 18 64 Pazos 2­3 4.12 39.1 37 18 18 47 Miranda 7­4 4.31 121.0 99 58 40 98 Phelps 0­1 4.50 4.0 6 2 0 5 Gallardo 5­7 5.34 97.2 102 58 42 72 Ruiz 0­0 9.00 1.0 2 1 2 1 Team 53­53 4.39 950.0 911 463 329 800 Saves:22 (Zych 1, Cishek 1, Diaz 19, Gallardo 1)

On most Sunday mornings, the Mariners clubhouse is a quiet place with players sipping coffee and trying to wake up while several others are at chapel services. Base­ ball players are not morning peo­ ple.

But this Sunday morning, the volume and energy was at an un­ usually high level.

“There was a little bit of life,” manager Scott Servais said.

Why? Well, Leonys Martin and Erasmo Ramirez are back with the team.

Both players bring a fair amount of energy and volume with their per­ sonalities. The two additions to the active roster were part of a series moves on Sunday morning.

• Leonys Martin, OF, selected from AAA Tacoma.

• Erasmo Ramirez, RHP, added to the Mariners active roster.

• Mitch Haniger, OF, placed on the 10­day disabled list with a facial laceration.

• Cody Martin, RHP, optioned to AAA Tacoma (postgame 7/29).

• D.J. Peterson, INF, designated for assignment.

The move with Ramirez was expected after the Mariners reac­ quired him in a trade with the Rays for reliever Steve Cishek. The di­ minutive right­hander will join the rotation and start on Tuesday against the Rangers in Arlington.

Seattle originally signed Ramirez as a free agent out of Nicaragua in

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It won’t be easy. Seattle enters the most brutal stretch of a schedule that seems borderline unfair. Of their next 28 games, the Mariners play just seven at home (Aug. 10­16). The upcoming trip starts with a three­game series in Arling­ ton vs. the Rangers and four key games against the Royals, who they are chasing in the wild­card stand­ ings.

“We need to play at the top of our game and everybody has to be con­ tributing up and down that lineup, the rotation, the bullpen,” manager Scott Servais said. “We know what’s ahead of us. We will embrace what’s ahead of us. We are not going to shy away from it. You looked at the schedule way back in January when I first got asked about it, well, it is what it is. We have an interesting August ahead of us. It will be very challenging. We’ll find out a lot about our club. But we finished up on a high note at home.”

To Nelson Cruz, it’s nothing new.

“We’ve played pretty good on the road,” Cruz said. “Hopefully, we can keep doing what we are doing. We live on the road most of the time. It’s nothing new. It’s part of who we are as a team. We travel the most and have the farthest flights of anyone. It doesn’t come easy. But we are used

tough a process, missing these guys Monday | @ Texas, 5:05 p.m., ROOT | RHP Hernandez (5­4, 4.08) vs. LHP Hamels here, who are fighting for a playoff spot and being in Triple A. But I (5­1, 3.97) went down to Triple A with the Tuesday | @ Texas, 5:05 p.m., ROOT | RHP Ramirez (4­3, 4.80) vs. RHP Darvish (6­ mentality of working and knowing I 9, 4.01) would make it back one day.”

The decision to designate Peter­ Wednesday | @ Texas, 5:05 p.m., ROOT | RHP Miranda (7­4, 4.31) vs. RHP son for assignment wasn’t a com­ Cashner (6­8, 3.48) plete surprise considering there was Thursday | @ Kansas City, 5:15 p.m., ROOT | RHP Gallardo (5­7, 5.34) vs. RHP some debate as whether he needed Cahill (0­0, 11.25) to be placed on the 40­man roster in the offseason to protect him from Friday | @ Kansas City, 5:15 p.m., ROOT | LHP Paxton (11­3, 2.68) vs. RHP being selected in the Rule 5 draft.

Hammel (5­8, 4.75) But the Mariners decided to put the former first­round pick from the 2013 draft on the 40­man and “Mitch may come in here today 2007. He made his big­league debut once (the media) is all out of here,” hoped he would finally blossom as a with the Mariners in 2012 and Servais said. “He sent a picture over hitter. appeared in 47 games in a Seattle Like in past seasons, he showed last night. He looks pretty rough, uniform before being traded to the hints of it this year. He hit .264 with like he went 10 rounds with Mike Rays before the 2015 season.

Tyson or something. He’s doing OK. a .737 on­base plus slugging per­ “I’m just happy to be back for centage, 17 doubles, two triples, 12 His spirits are good. He knows he sure,” he said. “I’m going back to the place where everything started. was lucky and it could’ve been a lot homers and 54 RBI in 103 games for the Rainiers. The Mariners have worse.”

I couldn’t believe it. I got traded 10 days to either trade, waive or Haniger had a procedure to re­ back to the team that traded me. It outright Peterson to the minor pair the lip that required some sta­ was funny. I’m happy to go to a ples and stitching to fix the damage. leagues. It seems unlikely that Pe­ familiar place.” terson will clear waivers. Some “Nothing broke,” Servais said.

Ramirez is 4­3 with a save, six team will take a chance on his pow­ holds and a 4.80 ERA in eight starts “Luckily at the last second, he just got his cheek turned enough. But he er­hitting potential. But if he were and 18 relief appearances this sea­ will be back. There’s no doubt about to clear waivers, the Mariners could son. then outright him to Tacoma. that. The doctors that looked at it “I learned a lot,” Ramirez said of said it wasn’t as bad as first antici­ his time with Tampa. “I used my Notes pated. I can’t imagine it won’t be at changeup more, but at the same • Servais switched up his batting order, least a couple of weeks on the short moving Ben Gamel to the leadoff spot and time don’t be afraid to throw the end of it.” other pitches no matter who is Jean Segura to No. 2 for Sunday’s series The expected lengthy absence for finale vs. the Mets. It’s a way to break up hitting. Everything was about at­ the run of three of four lefties in the middle tacking the hitters, no matter who it Haniger made the Mariners opt for of the order with Gamel, Robinson Cano, Martin over Boog Powell. Martin, is. Execute. That’s what matters. who was the Mariners’ opening day Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager in the typi­ That’s what I want to continue cal order. starter in center field the last two here.”

• Infielder Tyler Smith was claimed off seasons, struggled so much in April The move for Martin became waivers by the Texas Rangers. Smith was necessary when starting right field­ that he was designated for assign­ designated for assignment on Friday to er Haniger took a 95 mph fast from ment. After clearing waivers, he make room Ramirez. Smith hit .239 with was outrighted to Tacoma and has Jacob deGrom off his mouth in 13 doubles, six home runs and 28 RBI in 84 Saturday’s win over the Mets. Hani­ been playing there ever since. games with Class AAA Tacoma.

Martin got emotional talking ger suffered a severely lacerated Ryan Divish: 206­464­2373 or rdivish@seattletimes.com. about his path back to the Mariners. upper lip and was removed from On Twitter: @RyanDivish “It’s been difficult,” he said. “It’s a the game.

to it.”

Of the nine times they’ve been at .500 this season, only once have they gone over. It was a brief two­ game period in late June when pushed to 39­37, only to lose nine of 11 games.

While a 5­5 homestand is still suboptimal, Seattle did win its last two series against the Red Sox and Mets after a disappointing 1­3 show­ ing against the Yankees. They’ve won four of their five series since the All­Star break.

“You were hoping to win all the series, but we stubbed our toe a bit against the Yankees,” Servais said.

“We’ve responded.”

The Mariners made it look simple in the homestand finale, getting another outstanding start from James Paxton and plenty of run support, kick­started by Nelson Cruz’s mammoth three­run homer into the left­field upper deck in the first inning off Mets’ starter Seth Lugo.

Paxton tossed six shutout innings, giving up six hits with no walks to improve to 11­3 and lower his ERA to 2.68. He became the first player in franchise history to notch six wins in a month.

“Paxton, what a month, wow,” Servais said. “He really has led us charging up the mountain. I didn’t even think he was like his best stuff­ wise,” Servais said. “I thought he was just a tick off with his breaking

stuff, but his fastball was really good, he pounded the zone and he got us where we needed to go.”

For his 6­0 month of July, Paxton posted a 1.37 ERA, allowing just six earned runs in 391/3 innings pitched with 46 strikeouts and just six walks.

He held opponents to just a .182 batting average and didn’t allow a homer. Paxton has never had a stretch like this in his career, certain­ ly not six wins in a month at any level.

“This is a first for me,” he said. “It’s a good feeling. Today wasn’t my best. My location wasn’t very good today and my breaking ball wasn’t its best. But I battled. We got through it pretty well.”

His team provided ample run support from the first inning and on, roughing up Mets starter Seth Lugo.

After hitting two rocket foul balls to the left side, Cruz got one work­ able pitch to stay fair, hammering a 1­2 changeup into the upper deck of deep left center. The blast measured 444 feet by MLB statcast.

“I guess I was lucky to wait on that one and keep it fair,” he said.

The second inning belonged to outfielder Leonys Martin, who played his way off the team in early April and was brought up from Class AAA Tacoma on Sunday morning to replace the injured Mitch Haniger.

In the top of the second, Martin made a brilliant sliding/diving catch on Curtis Granderson’s sinking line

drive to right that helped Paxton work out of a minor jam. In the bot­ tom of the inning.

“He’s a really good athlete and just a natural athlete” Servais said. “His first step quickness and instincts are tremendous. It was a big play in the game early on. He’s not afraid.

That’s for sure. It was a good way to welcome him in.”

Martin slammed a solo homer in his first at­bat, sending a towering shot that bounced off the windows of the Hit It Here Cafe to make it 4­0.

“That was a really exciting mo­ ment for me,” he said. “It’s been a long time having played mostly in the minor leagues.”

Seattle tacked on another run in the inning on Robinson Cano’s RBI double to right­center.

Seattle continued to tack on runs late against a hapless Mets team that committed two errors that helped the process.

The Mariners totaled 12 hits, including five extra­base hits.

“To win on the road, you’ve got to hit,” Servais said.

Their attempt at a shutout ended in the ninth when James Pazos gave up a late run. Emilio Pagan provided two innings of scoreless relief. He’s allowed just one run in his last 211/3 innings pitched with 24 strikeouts.

Hall of Famers give emotional speeches BASEBALL 1st­ballot choice Rodriguez discusses his ‘big dream’ The Associated Press

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez stared out at his father, wiping away tears as he spoke.

“I love you with all of my heart,” Rodriguez said. “If I’m a Hall of Famer, you’re a Hall of Famer — double.”

Those words punctuated Rodriguez’s speech as he was inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeff Bagwell and Tim Raines, along with former commissioner Bud Selig and front­office guru John Schuerholz also were en­ shrined on a picture­perfect summer day in front of more than 27,000 fans.

“It’s always emotional when you see the fans cheering for you, and my whole family in front of me,” Bagwell said. “I’m an emotional person. It’s a dream just to be part of this beautiful group. Now I have that plaque forever. It’s unbelievable.”

Before he started, Rodri­

guez received a standing ovation from hundreds of fans, many wearing red­ and­white jerseys with Puerto Rico emblazoned on the front, and proceeded to give half his speech in Span­ ish.

“This is such an incredible honor for me,” Rodriguez said. “A little kid from Puer­ to Rico with a big dream.

Never let them take your dream away from you.”

The 45­year­old Rodri­ guez holds major­league records for games caught (2,427) and putouts by a catcher (12,376). He hit 311 homers and batted .296 in his career. He is the sec­ ond catcher elected on the first ballot, following in the footsteps of his childhood idol, Cincinnati’s Johnny Bench, who was seated on the dais behind him.

Bagwell, who played his entire 15­year career in Houston, took the dais to extended applause.

Bagwell started his speech by thanking his family, singling out his parents and wife.

The 48­year­old Bagwell was one­third of the famed “Killer B’s” of the Astros, along with Hall of Famer Craig Biggio and Lance

Berkman. Elected in his seventh year on the ballot, Bagwell is the only first baseman in history with 400 career home runs and 200 stolen bases.

Bagwell ended his career with 449 home runs and from 1996­2001 had at least 30 home runs, 100 runs scored and 100 RBI per season, only the sixth player in major league history to reach those marks in at least six straight years.

Raines thanked his mom and dad, who were seated in the front row and later focused on Hall of Famer Andre Dawson, his team­ mate with the Montreal Expos when he first broke into the major leagues in the early 1980s.

“Without Andre Dawson, there’s no telling where I’d be,” said Raines, who fought cocaine problems early in his career.

The 57­year­old Raines, a switch­hitter, batted .294 and had a .385 on­base percentage in his 23­year career, finishing with 2,605 hits, 1,571 runs and 808 stolen bases. His stolen base total is the fifth­highest in major­league history and included 70 or more steals in each season from

1981­86, a streak that stands alone in baseball history. And his 84.7 per­ cent success rate tops the list among players with at least 400 steal attempts.

For Selig, who was cele­ brating his 83rd birthday, it was a reversal of roles. For more than two decades he gave out the Hall of Fame plaques on induction day.

“It’s an overwhelming, stunning feeling,” he said.

Selig was instrumental in the approval of interleague play, the expansion of the playoffs and splitting each league into three divisions with wild cards. His tenure also included the Steroids Era and the cancellation of the 1994 World Series amid a players’ strike, but he left baseball in excellent shape economically.

In 26 years as a GM for the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, Schuerholz stood alone. His teams won 16 division titles, six pen­ nants and two World Series, one in each league.

Note

• Lee May, a three­time All­ Star who had 100­RBI seasons for Cincinnati, Houston and Balti­ more, died over the weekend. He was 74. May hit 354 homers in the majors.

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only statistically but the way he’s handled success over the years.”

The Rangers were down 4­0 when Beltre, who fin­ ished his 2,771st career game 1 for 5, had a hard hit down the line — fittingly past third base — for a double.

A banner was unfurled high above straightaway center field congratulating him. Teammates, who had crowded on the rail of the first­base dugout to be as close as possible to the histor­ ic moment, flooded onto the field to celebrate with him.

Beltre’s two daughters and 10­year­old son Adrian Jr. left their front­row seats near the dugout they had shared with family members, in­ cluding Beltre’s parents.

“We have a lot of great baseball players in the Do­ minican Republic, and I’m proud to be one of them,” Beltre said, calling the mo­ ment even more special being able to share it with his father on what was Father’s Day in the Dominican Re­ public.

Beltre played for the Mari­ ners from 2005 to 2009; he had 751 hits and batted .266 for Seattle, compared with his career batting average of .286.

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BaseballReport American League Standings West Houston Seattle Los Angeles Texas Oakland Central Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Chicago East New York Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore Toronto

W 68 53 51 50 46 W 57 55 50 47 40 W 56 57 54 50 49

L 36 53 55 54 59 L 46 48 53 56 62 L 47 49 52 54 56

Pct. GB WCGB Past Streak Home Away .654 — — 5­5 L­2 30­21 38­15 .500 16 3½ 5­5 W­2 32­27 21­26 .481 18 5½ 5­5 L­1 27­23 24­32 .481 18 5½ 5­5 L­2 27­24 23­30 .438 22½ 10 3­7 W­2 30­24 16­35 Pct. GB WCGB Past Streak Home Away .553 — — 9­1 L­1 28­24 29­22 .534 2 — 9­1 W­1 30­23 25­25 .485 7 5 3­7 L­2 23­31 27­22 .456 10 8 4­6 W­2 27­25 20­31 .392 16½ 14½ 2­8 W­1 20­27 20­35 Pct. GB WCGB Past Streak Home Away .544 — — 8­2 L­1 31­18 25­29 .538 ½ — 3­7 L­1 30­20 27­29 .509 3½ 2½ 3­7 W­1 29­23 25­29 .481 6½ 5½ 5­5 W­2 30­21 20­33 .467 8 7 5­5 W­1 27­26 22­30

Sunday's results

Tampa Bay 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Toronto 11, L.A. Angels 10 Detroit 13, Houston 1 Kansas City 5, Boston 3

Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 1 Baltimore 10, Texas 6 Oakland 6, Minnsota 5, 12 innings Seattle 9, N.Y. Mets 1

Today's games TV/ Time

Pitchers Detroit @New York Kansas City @Baltimore Cleveland @Boston Seattle @Texas Tampa Bay @Houston Toronto @Chicago

Fulmer (R) Severino (R) Duffy (L) Jimenez (R) Clevinger (R) Fister (R) Hernandez (R) Hamels (L) Cobb (R) Morton (R) Estrada (R) Shields (R)

4:05 p.m.

4:05 p.m.

4:10 p.m.

5:05 p.m.

5:10 p.m.

5:10 p.m.

W­L

Last 3 starts ERA W­L IP ERA

10­8 7­4 7­6 4­7 5­3 0­5 5­4 5­1 9­6 8­4 4­7 2­3

3.35 3.03 3.56 6.93 3.20 7.46 4.08 3.97 3.46 3.83 5.43 5.86

Interleague games TV/ Time

Pitchers S. Francisco @Oakland

Cain (R) Gray (R)

W­L

1­2 2­1 2­1 0­3 1­0 0­2 1­1 1­1 2­0 2­1 0­1 0­2

18.2 19.1 19.2 15.0 16.1 13.0 17.2 19.0 22.2 19.2 13.1 14.1

4.34 2.79 2.75 8.40 2.76 9.00 3.06 5.21 1.99 2.29 7.43 8.16

Last 3 starts ERA W­L IP ERA

3­9 5.45 0­1 16.0 4.50 6­5 3.43 2­1 18.1 0.98

7:05 p.m.

Tuesday's games

Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m Cleveland at Boston, 4:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago WS, 5:10 p.m.

San Frncisco at Oakland, 7:05 p.m Phildelphia at L.A. Angels, 7:07 pm Minnesota at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

National League Standings West Los Angeles Arizona Colorado San Diego San Francisco Central Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati East Washington Miami New York Atlanta Philadelphia

W 74 60 60 47 40 W 56 55 52 51 42 W 62 49 48 48 38

L 31 45 46 58 66 L 48 52 53 54 63 L 41 54 55 55 64

Pct. GB WCGB Past Streak Home Away .705 — — 8­2 W­8 47­13 27­18 .571 13½ — 5­5 L­1 36­18 24­27 .566 14 — 5­5 L­1 31­19 29­27 .448 26½ 13 6­4 L­1 28­26 19­32 .377 34½ 20 3­7 L­3 22­29 18­37 Pct. GB WCGB Past Streak Home Away .538 — — 7­3 W­2 27­22 29­26 .514 2½ 6 3­7 L­2 29­26 26­26 .495 4½ 8 6­4 W­1 31­26 21­27 .486 5½ 9 4­6 W­1 27­23 24­31 .400 14½ 18 2­8 W­1 25­28 17­35 Pct. GB WCGB Past Streak Home Away .602 — — 5­5 W­1 29­22 33­19 .476 12½ 10 7­3 L­1 25­27 24­27 .466 13½ 11 5­5 L­2 25­28 23­27 .466 13½ 11 3­7 L­4 23­25 25­30 .373 23 20½ 7­3 W­4 22­28 16­36

Sunday's results

Cincinnati 6, Miami 4 Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 1 Colorado 10, Wash. 6, 1st game Chicago Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 3, Arizona 2

Seattle 9, N.Y. Mets 1 Pittsburgh 7, San Diego 1 Wash. 3, Colorado 1, 2nd game LA Dodgers 3,San Fran. 2, 11 inn

Pitchers Atlanta @Philadelphia Washington @Miami

W­L

Last 3 starts ERA W­L IP ERA

9­5 3­6 8­5 9­4

3.82 5.73 2.81 4.04

Foltynewicz (R Pivetta (R) 9:35 a.m.

Gonzalez (L) Urena (R) 4:10 p.m.

2­0 2­1 1­1 2­1

17.2 18.1 21.0 14.0

4.08 4.42 2.57 7.07

Tuesday's games

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Washington at Miami, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m.

St. Louis at Milwaukee, 4:40 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.

San Frncisco at Oakland, 7:05 p.m.

Philaelphia at L.A. Angels, 7:07 pm Minnesota at San Diego, 7:10 p.m.

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Reds 6, Marlins 4 MIAMI — Rookie Luis Castillo pitched a career­best eight innings, Tucker Barnhart drove in three runs and Cincinnati ended a six­game skid. Castillo (2­4) allowed one run on three hits, striking out six and walking one.

He outpitched Dan Straily (7­7) — the right­handers were traded for each last January as part of a four­player deal.

Cincinnati Hamilton cf Gennett 2b Votto 1b Duvall lf Suarez 3b Schebler rf Peraza ss Barnhart c Castillo p Kivlehan ph Totals

AB 3 4 4 5 3 5 3 4 3 1 35

R 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 2 0 .252 1 0 1 2 .302 1 0 1 0 .302 0 1 0 2 .265 1 0 2 1 .257 0 0 0 1 .228 2 1 2 0 .253 2 3 1 0 .261 1 1 0 0 .118 0 0 0 1 .207 9 6 9 7

Miami Gordon 2b Ellis c Yelich cf Ozuna lf Dietrich 3b Moore 1b Despaigne p Realmuto ph Suzuki rf Rojas ss Straily p Aviles ph Telis 1b Totals

AB 3 3 4 4 4 3 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 30

R 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 1 0 .297 1 1 1 1 .235 0 0 0 1 .284 1 3 0 1 .312 0 0 0 0 .234 1 0 0 1 .243 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .311 0 0 0 1 .234 1 0 0 1 .313 0 0 0 0 .029 0 0 0 1 .294 0 0 0 0 .188 5 4 2 7

Cincinnati Miami

020 000 400 – 6 9 0 000 001 003 – 4 5 1

E—Rojas (3). LOB—Cincinnati 12, Miami 2.

2B—Ellis (4). HR—Ozuna (24), off Iglesias.

RBI—Duvall (72), Peraza (27), Barnhart 3 (20), Castillo (1), Ellis (6), Ozuna 3 (81).

S—Castillo, Straily. RLISP—Cincinnati 6 (Hamilton, Votto 2, Suarez, Castillo 2); Miami 1 (Gordon). RISP—Cincinnati 4 for 14; Miami 1 for 4. Runners moved up—Votto. DP—Cincinnati 1 (Barnhart, Suarez).

Reds IP H R ER BB SO ERA Castillo W, 2­4 8 3 1 1 1 6 3.56 Iglesias 1 2 3 3 1 1 1.95 Marlins IP H R ER BB SO ERA Straily L, 7­7 6 7 2 2 2 4 3.79 Cervenka 0 1 3 3 2 0 7.36 Steckenrider 1 1 1 1 2 1 3.48 Ellington 1 0 0 0 2 1 9.60 Despaigne 1 0 0 0 1 1 6.75 Pitches —Castillo 106, Iglesias 26, Straily 99, Cervenka 13, Steckenrider 23, Ellington 18, Despaigne 20. Cervenka pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners­ scored—Steckenrider 3­2. WP—Straily.

Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Alan Porter; Second, Joe West; Third, Hunter Wendelstedt. T—3:04. A—19,747.

Blue Jays 11, Angels 10

NEW YORK — Corey Dickerson hit a go­ahead, two­run single in a three­run third, and Tampa Bay’s bullpen allowed one hit over five scoreless innings to salvage the finale of a four­game series.

TORONTO — Steve Pearce hit his second game­ending grand slam in just four days as Toronto pulled off the biggest ninth­inning comeback in team history, rallying for seven runs to beat Los Angeles.

Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg Bourjos cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Miller ph­2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .199 Souza Jr. rf 3 1 1 1 2 2 .271 Longoria 3b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .272 Duda dh 3 1 1 0 2 1 .251 Plouffe 1b 4 0 1 1 1 2 .203 Dickerson lf 4 0 1 2 1 2 .300 Ramos c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .197 Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Sucre c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Beckham 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .259 Smith ph­cf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .289 Hechavarria ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Totals 35 5 9 5 8 16

Los Angeles Escobar 3b Trout cf Pujols dh Calhoun rf Robinson pr­rf Simmons ss Valbuena 1b Revere lf Maldonado c Cowart 2b Totals

AB R H BI BB SO Avg 5 1 1 1 0 2 .272 3 2 2 0 2 1 .332 5 3 3 4 0 1 .233 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 3 2 2 0 0 0 .208 5 0 2 2 0 0 .302 3 0 1 1 1 0 .199 5 1 1 1 0 0 .243 2 0 0 1 0 1 .239 4 1 2 0 0 1 .476 37 10 14 10 3 6

Toronto Carrera rf Martin 3b Smoak 1b Morales dh Barney pr­dh Pearce lf Montero c Goins ss Pillar cf Refsnyder 2b Totals

AB R H BI BB SO Avg 5 3 3 1 0 2 .299 4 2 2 1 1 0 .225 4 1 1 1 1 0 .301 3 0 0 1 1 1 .249 0 1 0 0 0 0 .226 4 1 2 4 1 0 .267 4 0 0 1 0 1 .237 3 1 1 0 1 0 .208 4 1 2 2 0 0 .244 3 1 1 0 1 0 .150 34 11 12 11 6 4

New York Gardner cf C.Frazier lf Judge rf Holliday dh Gregorius ss Headley 1b T.Frazier 3b Torreyes 2b Romine c Sanchez c Totals Tampa Bay New York

AB 4 3 4 5 4 3 2 4 2 1 32

R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 1 1 .261 1 0 2 1 .271 0 0 1 2 .302 0 0 0 2 .234 0 0 0 1 .301 0 0 1 1 .269 0 0 2 1 .208 2 3 0 0 .294 0 0 0 1 .235 0 0 0 1 .269 4 3 7 11

103 000 010 – 5 9 2 020 100 000 – 3 4 0

E—Ramos (1), Hechavarria (4). LOB—Tam­ pa Bay 11, New York 10. 2B—Bourjos (7), Souza Jr. (17), Torreyes (8). HR—Torreyes (3), off Faria. RBI—Souza Jr. (65), Plouffe (16), Dickerson 2 (46), Ramos (12), Torreyes 3 (27). SB—Souza Jr. (8), Smith (16), C.Frazier (1). RLISP—Tampa Bay 7 (Duda, Dickerson, Ramos, Beckham 2, Morrison 2); New York 7 (C.Frazier 2, Holliday 2, Gregorius 2, Romine). RISP—Tampa Bay 5 for 15; New York 1 for 11.FI DP—Hechavar­ ria. DP—New York 1 (Gardner, Gregorius).

Rays IP H R ER BB SO ERA Faria 4 3 3 3 5 8 2.93 2 /3 0 0 0 0 1 6.11 Romo 2 /3 0 0 0 1 0 3.60 Jennings 2 Cishek W, 2­1 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 2.78 Hunter H, 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.82 Colome S, 30 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.59 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 Montgomery L, 7­6 2 /3 6 4 4 2 5 4.15 1 Cessa 3 /3 1 0 0 4 4 4.83 2 /3 0 0 0 1 1 2.70 Shreve 1 Green 2 /3 2 1 1 1 6 1.83 Faria pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. Cessa pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. HBP— Cishek (Romine). WP—Faria, Cessa, Romo, Colome. PB—Sanchez (10). Umpires— Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Stu Scheurwater; Second, Tripp Gibson; Third, Dan Iassogna. T—3:51. A—41,547.

202 301 011 – 10 16 1 103 000 101 – 6 13 2

E—Arenado (4), Sanchez (2), Lobaton (5).

LOB—Colorado 8, Washington 9. 2B— LeMahieu 2 (19), Tapia (8), Hanigan (2), Valaika (10), Goodwin (17), Kendrick (10).

3B—Arenado (6). HR—Difo (4), off Freeland; Zimmerman (23), off Freeland; Zimmerman (24), off Neshek. RBI—Black­ mon (70), LeMahieu 2 (47), Arenado 2 (91), Tapia (10), Hanigan 2 (13), Difo (16), Zimmerman 4 (76), Rendon (69). SB—Black­ mon (9). S—Freeland. RLISP—Colorado 4 (Parra 2, Reynolds, Amarista); Washington 3 (Zimmerman, Kendrick, Lobaton).

RISP—Colorado 8 for 18; Washington 3 for 11. Runners moved up—Parra 2, Gonzalez.

GIDP—Parra 2, Kendrick. DP—Colorado 1; Washington 2.

Rockies IP H R ER BB SO ERA Freeland W, 11­7 5 9 4 3 0 4 3.71 1 Rusin 1 /3 0 0 0 1 2 2.80 2 /3 1 1 1 0 1 1.29 Neshek 1 Dunn 1 /3 2 1 1 1 2 4.63 2 /3 1 0 0 0 0 1.64 Holland S, 33 Nationals IP H R ERBB SO ERA Fedde L, 0­1 4 10 7 5 2 311.25 Grace 2 2 1 1 1 2 3.58 Romero 1 0 0 0 0 3 3.66 Blanton 1 2 1 1 0 1 7.31 Perez 1 2 1 1 0 2 3.91 WP—Romero. T—3:48. A—33,248.

BOSTON — Alex Gordon’s two­run triple capped a four­run eighth inning, and Kansas City rallied to beat Boston a day after its season­high, nine­game winning streak was snapped.

Houston Fisher lf Altuve 2b Reddick cf Marisnick cf Gattis dh­1b Gonzalez ss B.McCann c Bregman 3b White 1b­p Aoki rf Totals

AB 4 4 3 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 33

Kansas City Merrifield 2b Bonifacio rf Cain cf Hosmer 1b Perez dh Escobar ss Gordon lf Torres 3b Butera c Totals

AB 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 37

R H BI BB SO Avg 0 1 0 0 0 .299 0 0 0 0 3 .258 2 3 0 0 0 .274 1 2 0 0 1 .321 1 2 0 0 1 .289 1 2 3 0 0 .234 0 1 2 0 0 .202 0 0 0 0 2 .259 0 1 0 1 0 .253 5 12 5 1 7

CHICAGO — Matt Davidson hit a two­run homer in the ninth inning, and Chicago ended Cleveland’s nine­game winning streak. Chicago had lost 14 of 15 coming into the game, including seven straight at home, and traded fan favorite Melky Cabrera to Kansas City shortly before the first pitch as part of a roster overhaul.

Detroit Machado 2b Mahtook cf Upton lf Cabrera 1b Adduci ph­rf Castellanos 3b Martinez dh Avila ph­dh J.McCann c Romine rf­1b Iglesias ss Totals

AB R H BI BB SO Avg 4 1 1 1 1 0 .313 3 2 1 1 2 1 .292 5 2 4 6 0 0 .281 4 1 2 1 0 0 .259 1 0 0 0 0 0 .269 4 0 0 0 1 2 .242 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263 1 1 1 0 0 0 .274 4 2 3 3 0 0 .242 4 2 1 0 0 1 .229 3 2 2 1 2 0 .265 37 13 15 13 6 6

Boston Betts rf Nunez 2b Benintendi lf Ramirez dh Bradley Jr. cf Bogaerts ss Moreland 1b Vazquez c Devers 3b Holt pr Totals

AB 5 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 0 34

R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

Houston Detroit

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 1 1 .278 2 0 0 0 .367 1 0 0 1 .306 0 0 0 1 .247 1 0 0 2 .286 0 0 0 0 .314 0 0 1 0 .243 1 1 0 1 .264 0 0 1 1 .231 1 0 1 1 .272 7 1 4 8

000 000 001 – 1 7 1 010 023 52x – 13 15 0

Kansas City Boston

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 0 2 .269 0 0 0 1 .312 0 0 0 1 .262 2 0 0 1 .256 0 0 1 0 .267 1 0 0 1 .283 2 1 0 1 .239 2 1 0 0 .266 1 1 1 0 .300 0 0 0 0 .196 9 3 2 7

000 100 040 – 5 12 1 020 010 000 – 3 9 2

E—Bregman (7). LOB—Houston 9, Detroit 9.

2B—Mahtook (10), Upton (30), Cabrera (16).

HR—Bregman (11), off VerHagen; Upton (17), off Sipp; J.McCann (10), off White.

RBI—Bregman (31), Machado (8), Mahtook (22), Upton 6 (67), Cabrera (50), J.McCann 3 (30), Iglesias (35). SF—Machado. RLISP— Houston 4 (Fisher 2, Altuve, B.McCann); Detroit 7 (Machado, Mahtook 2, Castellanos 2, Martinez, Romine). RISP—Houston 1 for 6; Detroit 5 for 16. Runners moved up—Martinez. GIDP—Altuve, Martinez.

DP—Houston 1 (Altuve, Gonzalez, White); Detroit 1 (Iglesias, Machado, Cabrera).

Astros IP H R ERBBSO ERA McCullers L, 7­3 5 8 5 5 4 4 3.92 White 1 2 2 2 0 018.00 Musgrove 1 2 1 1 0 1 5.86 1 /3 3 5 5 2 0 6.39 Sipp 2 / 3 0 0 0 0 1 7.27 Guduan Tigers IP H R ER BB SO ERA Verlander W, 6­7 6 5 0 0 3 6 4.29 Stumpf 1 0 0 0 1 1 2.25 Wilson 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.25 VerHagen 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.75

E—Cain (6), Betts (5), Bogaerts (12).

LOB—Kansas City 8, Boston 7. 2B—Merri­ field (23), Escobar (21), Moreland (20).

3B—Cain (3), Gordon (2). HR—Devers (2), off Hammel. RBI—Escobar 3 (37), Gordon 2 (34), Moreland (45), Vazquez (20), Devers (3). SB—Nunez (19), Bradley Jr. (6), Vazquez (5). S—Escobar. RLISP—Kansas City 6 (Merrifield, Bonifacio 2, Escobar, Torres 2); Boston 4 (Betts 2, Ramirez, Vazquez).

RISP—Kansas City 4 for 15; Boston 2 for 6.

Runners moved up—Perez. GIDP—Merri­ field, Perez, Bradley Jr., Devers. DP—Kan­ sas City 2 (Merrifield, Escobar, Hosmer), (Merrifield, Escobar, Hosmer); Boston 2 (Devers, Nunez, Moreland), (Devers, Nunez, Moreland).

Royals IP H R ER BB SO ERA Hammel W, 5­8 7 7 3 3 0 6 4.75 Maurer H, 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.36 Herrera S, 23 1 1 0 0 2 1 4.07 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 Pomeranz 6 /3 7 1 1 1 4 3.46 1 /3 1 0 0 0 1 2.25 Workman H, 1 Barnes L, 6­3 BS, 2 0 3 4 3 0 0 3.60 2 /3 1 0 0 0 1 3.38 Scott 1 Hembree 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 3.54

Pitches —McCullers 95, White 19, Musgrove 19, Sipp 29, Guduan 6, Verlander 110, Stumpf 16, Wilson 16, VerHagen 8.

McCullers pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

HBP—McCullers 2 (Romine, J.McCann).

WP—McCullers 2. Umpires—Home, Ramon De Jesus; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, CB Bucknor; Third, Manny Gonzalez. T—3:26.

A—31,970.

Pitches —Hammel 97, Maurer 13, Herrera 28, Pomeranz 106, Workman 6, Barnes 18, Scott 7, Hembree 23. Barnes pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. Inherited runners­ scored—Workman 1­0, Scott 2­2, Hembree 1­0. HBP—Hammel (Nunez), Pomeranz (Gordon). Umpires—Home, Nic Lentz; First, Adam Hamari; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Todd Tichenor. T—3:13. A—36,480.

Cleveland AB R H BI BB SO Avg Lindor ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .271 Jackson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .336 Ramirez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .320 Encarnacion dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Santana 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Guyer rf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .215 Urshela 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Perez c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .183 Gomes c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Zimmer cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .279 Totals 34 1 8 1 2 11 Chicago Garcia lf Saladino 3b Sanchez ph Abreu dh Hanson pr­dh Davidson 1b Moncada 2b Smith c Anderson ss Garcia rf Engel cf Totals Cleveland Chicago

AB 4 3 1 3 0 4 2 3 3 3 3 29

R 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

H BI BB SO Avg 1 1 0 1 .297 0 0 0 1 .200 0 0 0 0 .256 1 0 0 1 .294 0 0 0 0 .242 1 2 0 2 .236 0 0 1 1 .111 1 0 0 1 .263 0 0 0 1 .235 0 0 0 1 .253 0 0 0 1 .213 4 3 1 10

001 000 000 – 1 8 1 000 001 002 – 3 4 0

One out when winning run scored.

E—Lindor (8). LOB—Cleveland 8, Chicago 3.

2B—Ramirez (32), Perez (8), Abreu (28).

HR—Lindor (16), off Rodon; Garcia (7), off Goody; Davidson (21), off Shaw. RBI—Lin­ dor (49), Garcia (23), Davidson 2 (48).

SB—Jackson (1), Ramirez (11), Guyer (1), Zimmer (13). RLISP—Cleveland 6 (Lindor 2, Santana 2, Zimmer 2); Chicago 1 (Ander­ son). RISP—Cleveland 0 for 7; Chicago 1 for 2. GIDP—Encarnacion, Garcia. DP—Cleve­ land 1; Chicago 1.

Indians IP H R ER BB SO ERA Tomlin 4 0 0 0 0 5 5.38 2 Goody 1 /3 1 1 1 0 5 2.29 1 Otero 1 /3 1 0 0 1 0 3.57 1 Shaw L, 4­5 1 /3 2 2 2 0 0 2.90 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 Rodon 6 /3 6 1 1 2 9 5.23 1 Petricka 1 /3 1 0 0 0 0 7.24 Clippard W, 2­6 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.87 Pitches —Tomlin 56, Goody 31, Otero 12, Shaw 25, Rodon 110, Petricka 23, Clippard 20. IRS—Petricka 2­0. HBP—Tomlin (Abreu). Umpires—Home, Lance Barrett; First, Clint Fagan; Second, Bill Welke; Third, Jim Reynolds. T—2:56. A—28,152.

Orioles 10, Rangers 6

ST. LOUIS — Lance Lynn threw six strong innings and Jose Martinez homered and drove in three runs as St. Louis beat Arizona for its fifth win in seven games. Lynn (9­6), the subject of trade rumors the past few days, gave up two runs and four hits.

SAN DIEGO — Andrew McCutch­ en hit three home runs for the third time in his career to lift Pittsburgh over San Diego.

McCutchen’s big day backed Gerrit Cole (9­7), who pitched seven innings of five­hit ball for the Pirates.

LOS ANGELES — Kyle Farmer hit a pinch­hit two­run double in his major­league debut in the 11th inning to give Los Angeles a victory over San Francisco.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Yonder Alonso homered in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Oakland over Minnesota.

Arizona AB R H BI BB SO Avg Peralta lf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .304 Owings 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Descalso ph­2b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .246 Lamb 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Goldschmidt 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Martinez rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .293 Marte ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Iannetta c 3 0 0 1 0 3 .229 Blanco cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261 Walker p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Bradley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pollock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Totals 30 2 5 2 5 9

Pittsburgh Marte lf Harrison 2b Moroff pr­2b McCutchen cf Freese 3b Osuna 1b Mercer ss Luplow rf Stewart c Cole p Nicasio p Bell ph Rivero p Totals

AB 5 2 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 3 0 1 0 37

R H BI BB SO Avg 0 1 0 0 2 .245 0 0 0 0 0 .278 0 0 0 0 2 .131 4 3 3 2 0 .292 1 1 0 0 2 .260 1 2 2 0 0 .264 0 2 1 0 0 .263 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .197 0 1 0 0 1 .154 0 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 1 1 1 0 0 .247 0 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 7 11 7 3 8

ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre doubled for his 3,000th career hit, reaching the mile­ stone in Texas’ loss to Baltimore.

The Rangers already were down 4­0 when the 38­year­old third baseman, who went 1 for 5 in his 2,771st game, had a hard hit down the line past third base in the fourth inning.

San Diego Margot cf Asuaje 2b Pirela 1b Solarte 3b Renfroe rf Szczur lf Hedges c Coleman ss Richard p McGrath p Cordoba ph

AB 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 0 0

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

St. Louis Carpenter 1b Bader cf DeJong ss Gyorko 3b Molina c Martinez lf Wong 2b Grichuk rf Lynn p Lyons p Bowman p Garcia ph Pham ph­cf Totals

AB 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 29

R 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 1 1 .254 0 0 0 2 .286 0 0 2 1 .287 0 0 1 1 .280 2 0 0 1 .272 2 3 0 1 .289 1 0 0 1 .285 0 0 0 3 .234 0 0 0 2 .079 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 .231 0 0 0 0 .308 6 3 4 13

020 000 000 – 2 5 0 000 201 00x – 3 6 1

E—Bader (1). LOB—Arizona 8, St. Louis 7.

2B—Marte (4), Descalso (12), Carpenter (25). HR—Martinez (7), off Walker.

RBI—Iannetta (25), Descalso (38), Martinez 3 (21). SF—Iannetta, Martinez. S—Walker.

RLISP—Arizona 4 (Lamb 3, Goldschmidt); St. Louis 2 (Gyorko, Grichuk). RISP—Arizona 0 for 6; St. Louis 1 for 4.

Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 Walker L, 6­5 5 /3 4 3 3 3 10 3.55 De La Rosa 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.26 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.87 Barrett Chafin 1 1 0 0 1 1 2.19 Bradley 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.50 Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO ERA Lynn W, 9­6 6 4 2 2 5 3 3.20 2 /3 1 0 0 0 1 3.41 Lyons H, 6 1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.74 Bowman H, 19 Oh H, 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.64 Rosenthal S, 6 1 0 0 0 0 3 3.43 Pitches —Walker 108, De La Rosa 2, Barrett 6, Chafin 22, Bradley 8, Lynn 107, Lyons 11, Bowman 8, Oh 20, Rosenthal 12. De La Rosa pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Inherited runners­scored—De La Rosa 1­0, Barrett 2­0, Bowman 1­0. WP—Walker. Umpires— Home, D.J. Reyburn; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Jim Wolf.

T—3:06. A—40,827.

WASHINGTON — Adam Lind and Brian Goodwin homered in the fifth inning, and Washington beat Colorado to split a day­night doubleheader. The Rockies had a 1­0 lead in the second game before Lind’s two­run homer off Jon Gray (3­2). One out later, Goodwin followed with his homer for a two­run lead. The playoff­contending Rockies also acquired catcher Jonathan Lucroy from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named. Lucroy hit .242 with four home runs and 27 RBI in 77 games with Texas this year.

Colorado Washington

Valdez pitched to 6 batters in the 3rd.

Pounders pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.

HBP—Dermody (Maldonado). PB—Mal­ donado (4). T—3:38. A—46,852.

DETROIT — Justin Verlander pitched six scoreless innings in what could be his last start with Detroit. Justin Upton matched a career best with six RBI for the Tigers.

Athletics 6, Twins 5 (12)

WASHINGTON — Charlie Black­ mon had four hits and scored four runs and Colorado roughed up Erick Fedde in his major­league debut in the opener of a day­ night doubleheader.

Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg Goodwin cf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .245 Difo 2b­ss 5 2 3 1 0 1 .271 Harper rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .330 Zimmerman 1b 4 2 3 4 1 0 .320 Rendon 3b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .315 Kendrick lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .340 Sanchez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Stevenson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Lobaton c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .163 Fedde p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Severino ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 Murphy ph­2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .335 Totals 40 6 13 6 2 9

One out when winning run scored.

E—Montero 2 (4), Refsnyder (2). LOB—Los Angeles 6, Toronto 5. 2B—Escobar (20), Simmons (25), Pearce (8), Refsnyder (2).

3B—Cowart (1). HR—Pujols (15), off Valdez; Pujols (16), off Bolsinger; Carrera (8), off Chavez; Pillar (12), off Pounders; Pearce (10), off Norris. RBI—Escobar (29), Pujols 4 (63), Simmons 2 (48), Valbuena (33), Revere (11), Maldonado (30), Carrera (19), Martin (22), Smoak (70), Morales (57), Pearce 4 (32), Montero (11), Pillar 2 (25). SB—Revere (12), Robinson (2). CS—Revere (5). SF—Valbuena, Maldonado, Morales. RLISP—Los Angeles 4 (Simmons 2, Cowart 2); Toronto 2 (Smoak, Goins). RISP—Los Angeles 4 for 9; Toronto 4 for 11. GIDP—Pujols, Cowart, Smoak.

DP—Los Angeles 2; Toronto 3.

Angels IP H R ER BBSO ERA Chavez 5 7 4 4 2 2 5.43 Parker 1 0 0 0 1 1 2.14 Bedrosian 1 0 0 0 1 1 4.64 Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.23 Pounders 0 2 3 3 1 010.45 1 /3 3 4 4 1 0 2.59 Norris L, 1­2 Blue Jays IP H R ERBBSO ERA Valdez 2 7 7 6 1 2 6.59 2 Loup 1 /3 3 0 0 0 3 4.62 1 Bolsinger 2 /3 3 2 1 1 1 5.49 Dermody W, 1­0 3 1 1 0 1 0 12.27

White Sox 3, Indians 1

Dodgers 3, Giants 2 (11)

Nationals 3, Rockies 1 (Second game)

AB R H BI BB SO Avg 5 4 4 1 0 0 .329 5 2 3 2 0 1 .315 3 0 3 2 2 0 .315 4 0 0 0 0 1 .356 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 5 1 2 1 0 1 .318 5 1 1 0 0 1 .228 4 1 0 0 1 3 .231 5 0 2 2 0 2 .259 1 0 0 0 0 1 .195 1 1 1 0 0 0 .264 2 0 0 0 0 1 .282 41 10 16 8 3 11

205 011 001 – 10 14 0 103 000 007 – 11 12 3

Royals 5, Red Sox 3

Pirates 7, Padres 1

Rockies 10, Nationals 6 (First game)

Colorado Blackmon cf LeMahieu 2b Arenado 3b Parra 1b Amarista ph Tapia lf Gonzalez rf Story ss Hanigan c Freeland p Valaika ph Reynolds 1b Totals

Los Angeles Toronto

Tigers 13, Astros 1

Cardinals 3, Diamondbacks 2

Arizona St. Louis

Monday's games Today's games TV/ Time

Rays 5, Yankees 3

Colorado Blackmon cf Parra lf Arenado 3b Reynolds 1b Tapia rf Valaika ss Amarista 2b Wolters c Gray p Story ph Totals

AB 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 1 1 30

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 0 2 .328 1 1 0 0 .354 1 0 0 1 .315 0 0 1 2 .279 0 0 0 0 .306 0 0 0 1 .258 1 0 0 0 .252 0 0 0 1 .248 0 0 1 1 .125 0 0 0 1 .231 4 1 2 9

Washington Stevenson cf Kendrick lf Murphy 2b Rendon 3b Lind 1b Wieters c Goodwin rf­lf Difo ss Jackson p Madson p Harper ph­rf Totals

AB 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 0 1 28

R 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3

H BI BB SO Avg 0 0 0 1 .100 0 0 0 2 .331 0 0 0 1 .332 1 0 1 0 .316 1 2 0 0 .320 0 0 0 0 .247 1 1 0 0 .246 1 0 0 2 .272 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 .329 4 3 1 8

Colorado Washington

000 010 000 – 1 4 0 000 030 00x – 3 4 0

LOB—Colorado 4, Washington 2. 2B—Are­ nado (33). 3B—Difo (2). HR—Lind (9), off Gray; Goodwin (11), off Gray. RBI—Parra (45), Lind 2 (37), Goodwin (26). RLISP—Col­ orado 1 (Reynolds); Washington 1 (Stevenson). RISP—Colorado 1 for 2; Washington 0 for 2.

Rockies IP H R ER BB SO ERA Gray L, 3­2 7 4 3 3 1 8 5.52 Ottavino 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.35 Nationals IP H R ER BB SO ERA Jackson W, 2­1 7 4 1 1 2 6 3.75 Madson H, 17 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.83 Doolittle S, 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.10 Pitches —Gray 99, Ottavino 10, Jackson 112, Madson 12, Doolittle 15. WP—Jack­ son. Umpires—Home, Ryan Blakney; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Toby Basner. T—2:31. A—32,118.

Torres p Totals Pittsburgh San Diego

H BI BB SO Avg 2 0 0 1 .281 1 0 0 2 .304 1 0 0 0 .297 0 0 1 1 .265 1 0 0 1 .232 0 0 1 0 .238 0 0 0 3 .215 1 1 0 2 .267 0 0 0 1 .132 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 .221 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 6 1 2 11 100 003 012 – 7 11 0 000 000 100 – 1 6 1

E—Coleman (1). LOB—Pittsburgh 6, San Diego 7. 2B—Mercer (16), Margot (11), Pirela (17). 3B—Osuna (4). HR—McCutch­ en (20), off Richard; McCutchen (21), off Torres; Bell (19), off Torres; McCutchen (22), off Torres; Coleman (2), off Cole.

RBI—McCutchen 3 (66), Osuna 2 (24), Mercer (44), Bell (56), Coleman (5).

RLISP—Pittsburgh 2 (Freese, Stewart); San Diego 4 (Asuaje, Solarte, Szczur, Coleman). RISP—Pittsburgh 2 for 4; San Diego 0 for 8. GIDP—Luplow, Margot.

DP—Pittsburgh 1 (Freese, Moroff, Osuna); San Diego 1 (Coleman, Asuaje, Pirela).

Pirates IP H R ER BB SO ERA Cole W, 9­7 7 5 1 1 2 8 3.97 Nicasio 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.42 Rivero 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.67 Padres IP H R ER BB SO ERA Richard L, 5­12 6 7 4 4 2 5 5.40 McGrath 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Torres 2 4 3 3 1 1 5.04

San Francisco Span cf Panik 2b Pence rf Posey c Crawford ss Hwang 3b Gillaspie ph­3b Belt 1b G.Hernandez lf Bumgarner p Gomez ph Tomlinson ph Totals

AB 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 37

R H BI BB SO Avg 0 0 0 0 2 .277 0 3 1 0 0 .267 0 2 0 0 1 .244 0 1 0 1 1 .326 0 0 0 0 2 .230 0 0 0 0 1 .152 1 1 1 0 0 .171 0 0 0 2 1 .237 0 1 0 0 1 .256 0 1 0 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 .273 1 1 0 0 0 .250 2 10 2 3 9

AB R H BI BB SO Avg Los Angeles Taylor lf 6 0 0 0 0 2 .312 Seager ss 4 1 3 0 2 0 .304 Turner 3b 5 1 1 0 1 0 .356 Bellinger 1b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .266 Farmer ph 1 0 1 2 0 01.000 Forsythe 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .237 Barnes c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .285 K.Hernandez cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Utley ph­1b 1 1 1 0 1 0 .236 Puig rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .255 Ryu p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .150 Grandal ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Pederson ph­cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Totals 42 3 11 3 7 8 San Francisco 000 000 010 01 – 2 10 0 Los Angeles 000 000 001 02 – 3 11 0 One out when winning run scored. LOB—San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 15. 2B—Seager (27), Farmer (1). HR—Gillaspie (2), off Fields.

RBI—Panik (34), Gillaspie (8), Puig (52), Farmer 2 (2). SB—Posey (2), Tomlinson (6), Utley (5). RLISP—San Francisco 1 (G.Hernan­ dez); Los Angeles 7 (Bellinger 2, Forsythe, Barnes 3, Pederson). RISP—San Francisco 1 for 7; Los Angeles 3 for 9. RMU—Posey, Gillaspie, Span, Turner, Pederson. LIDP— Crawford. GIDP—Span, Pence, Posey, Bumgarner, Gomez. DP—Los Angeles 6.

Giants IP H R ER BB SO ERA Bumgarner 7 5 0 0 1 7 2.92 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.33 Strickland H, 11 Dyson 1 3 1 1 1 1 6.32 1 1 0 0 1 0 2.20 Gearrin 1 /3 2 2 2 1 0 4.15 Suarez L, 0­1 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO ERA Ryu 7 5 0 0 1 7 3.83 1 /3 1 1 1 1 0 2.89 Fields 1 Paredes 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Ravin Morrow 1 2 1 1 1 1 1.99 1 /3 1 0 0 0 0 3.30 Avilan 2 /3 1 0 0 0 0 1.41 Baez W, 3­1

Minnesota Dozier 2b Grossman rf Kepler pr­rf Sano dh Mauer 1b Escobar 3b Rosario lf Adrianza ss Granite cf Gimenez c Totals

AB 6 2 1 6 5 6 4 3 4 5 42

R 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5

Oakland Joyce rf Semien ss Lowrie 2b K.Davis lf Alonso 1b Healy dh Maxwell c R.Davis ph Lavarnway c Chapman 3b Brugman cf Totals

AB 5 6 6 6 6 4 2 1 1 5 5 47

R H BI BB SO Avg 0 1 0 1 0 .221 0 0 0 0 3 .228 0 2 0 0 0 .265 1 1 0 0 2 .242 2 3 2 0 1 .268 1 1 0 1 1 .257 0 0 1 0 0 .237 1 1 0 0 0 .235 0 0 0 0 1 .143 0 2 2 0 1 .202 1 3 1 0 1 .274 6 14 6 2 10

Minnesota Oakland

H BI BB SO Avg 1 1 0 5 .247 0 1 3 0 .250 1 0 0 0 .256 1 0 0 3 .267 2 1 0 1 .282 1 2 0 2 .269 0 0 2 1 .288 1 0 2 0 .294 0 0 1 1 .267 1 0 0 2 .197 8 5 8 15

301 100 000 000 – 5 8 0 000 210 020 001 – 6 14 0

One out when winning run scored.

LOB—Minnesota 10, Oakland 10. 2B—Mau­ er (19), Kepler (24), Joyce (18), Lowrie (29), K.Davis (19), Alonso (17), Chapman (6).

HR—Dozier (17), off Cotton; Escobar (10), off Cotton; Brugman (3), off Colon; Alonso (22), off Duffey. RBI—Dozier (52), Grossman (31), Mauer (40), Escobar 2 (35), Alonso 2 (48), Maxwell (11), Chapman 2 (12), Brugman (12). SB—Escobar (3), Adrianza (7).

CS—Rosario (5). SF—Mauer, Maxwell.

RLISP—Minnesota 6 (Sano 3, Rosario, Granite 2); Oakland 5 (Lowrie, K.Davis 2, Chapman, Brugman). RISP—Minnesota 2 for 9; Oakland 3 for 11. RMU—Lowrie.

Twins IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 Colon 6 /3 8 3 3 1 1 7.70 2 /3 0 0 0 0 1 4.64 Belisle H, 17 2 /3 1 2 2 1 1 3.79 Rogers H, 24 1 /3 1 0 0 0 1 6.68 Pressly BS, 1 Hildenberger 2 2 0 0 0 5 3.12 1 Duffey L, 0­3 1 /3 2 1 1 0 1 4.50 Athletics IP H R ER BB SO ERA 2 Cotton 3 /3 5 5 5 5 5 5.49 1 Castro 2 /3 1 0 0 1 3 2.57 Hendriks 1 1 0 0 0 1 5.65 Casilla 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.42 Treinen 1 0 0 0 1 2 4.89 Dull 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.40 Smith W, 1­0 2 1 0 0 0 2 5.59

Pitches —Cole 96, Nicasio 9, Rivero 19, Richard 102, McGrath 13, Torres 51.

HBP—Cole (Cordoba). Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Paul Nauert; Second, Chris Guccione; Third, Carlos Torres.

T—2:49. A—30,267.

Pitches —Bumgarner 99, Strickland 16, Dyson 28, Gearrin 16, Suarez 13, Ryu 85, Fields 11, Paredes 14, Ravin 3, Morrow 13, Avilan 10, Baez 5. Morrow pitched to 1 batter in the 11th. Umpires—Home, Larry Vanover; First, Chad Whitson; Second, Dave Rackley; Third, Alfonso Marquez. T—3:54. A—53,495.

Pitches —Colon 95, Belisle 8, Rogers 18, Pressly 10, Hildenberger 34, Duffey 18, Cotton 78, Castro 38, Hendriks 13, Casilla 11, Treinen 18, Dull 18, Smith 28. IRS—Belisle 2­0, Pressly 2­2, Castro 3­0. WP—Treinen.

PB—Gimenez (5). Umpires—Home, Cuzzi; First, Carapazza; Second, Ripperger; Third, Hallion. T—4:06. A—16,790.

Phillies 2, Braves 1

Cubs 4, Brewers 2

American League

PHILADELPHIA — Freddy Galvis hit a bases­loaded single to right field in the ninth inning to give Philadelphia its second straight walkoff win.

MILWAUKEE — Victor Caratini hit his first career home run, a solo shot that broke a tie in the seventh and backed John Lack­ ey’s solid six­inning start to help Chicago beat Milwaukee.

Atlanta Inciarte cf Phillips 2b Freeman 3b Adams 1b Markakis rf Johnson p Brothers p Morris p Suzuki c Camargo ss Rodriguez lf Dickey p Santana ph­rf Totals

AB 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 4 2 3 2 2 31

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

H BI BB SO Avg 1 0 0 2 .297 1 1 0 0 .293 0 0 0 1 .317 2 0 1 0 .285 2 0 1 1 .282 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 1 0 0 0 .268 0 0 2 1 .296 0 0 0 1 .138 0 0 0 1 .122 1 0 0 0 .203 8 1 4 7

Philadelphia Hernandez 2b Galvis ss Altherr rf Williams lf Joseph 1b Herrera cf Franco 3b Knapp c Velasquez p Perkins ph Garcia p Neris p Kelly ph Totals

AB 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 33

R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

H BI BB SO Avg 2 0 1 0 .285 3 1 0 1 .257 0 0 0 2 .290 0 0 0 1 .277 0 0 1 2 .250 2 0 0 1 .278 1 0 1 1 .225 1 0 1 1 .259 0 0 0 1 .273 0 0 0 0 .211 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 1 0 .183 9 1 5 10

Atlanta Philadelphia

000 000 010 – 1 8 2 000 100 001 – 2 9 0

No outs when winning run scored.

E—Adams (5), Dickey (2). LOB—Atlanta 9, Philadelphia 12. 2B—Knapp (7). RBI— Phillips (38), Galvis (44). SB—Phillips (9).

S—Inciarte, Rodriguez. RLISP—Atlanta 5 (Inciarte, Suzuki 2, Rodriguez 2); Philadelphia 5 (Altherr, Williams, Franco, Velasquez 2). RISP—Atlanta 1 for 8; Philadelphia 2 for 10. Runners moved up—Suzuki, Franco. GIDP—Camargo, Rodriguez. DP—Philadelphia 2 (Galvis, Hernandez, Joseph), (Galvis, Hernandez, Joseph).

Braves IP H R ER BB SO ERA Dickey 7 6 1 0 3 8 4.08 1 /3 0 0 0 1 0 4.19 Johnson 2 /3 1 1 1 0 2 6.30 Brothers L, 1­2 Morris 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.23 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO ERA Velasquez 7 6 0 0 2 6 4.91 Garcia BS, 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2.18 Neris W, 4­4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.00 Pitches —Dickey 115, Johnson 16, Brothers 12, Morris 9, Velasquez 108, Garcia 15, Neris 16. Brothers pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Inherited runners­ scored—Brothers 2­0, Morris 1­1.

WP—Dickey 4, Garcia, Johnson. PB—Suzu­ ki 2 (9). Umpires—Home, Pat Hoberg; First, Tony Randazzo; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Mark Carlson. T—3:20. A—20,680.

Chicago Zobrist 2b Jay lf Bryant 3b Contreras c Russell ss Heyward rf Almora cf Caratini 1b Lackey p Schwarber ph Grimm p Rondon p Baez ph­2b Totals

AB 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 35

R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

H BI BB SO Avg 0 0 0 3 .219 2 0 0 0 .306 2 1 0 1 .279 1 1 0 1 .269 1 1 0 1 .237 2 0 0 0 .257 0 0 0 0 .277 1 1 0 1 .192 0 0 0 1 .132 0 0 0 1 .187 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .263 9 4 1 9

Milwaukee Villar 2b Thames 1b Braun lf Shaw 3b Santana rf Arcia ss Bandy c Pina ph Brinson cf Aguilar ph Davies p Sogard ph Hughes p Drake p Totals

AB 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 32

R 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

H BI BB SO Avg 0 0 0 2 .216 1 0 0 1 .251 1 0 0 2 .265 1 0 0 2 .294 1 2 0 0 .285 1 0 0 1 .276 0 0 1 0 .218 1 0 0 0 .300 0 0 1 0 .111 0 0 0 0 .281 0 0 0 1 .091 0 0 0 0 .297 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 0 0 0 0 ­­­ 6 2 2 9

Chicago Milwaukee

000 002 110 – 4 9 0 000 002 000 – 2 6 0

LOB—Chicago 6, Milwaukee 6. 2B—Bryant (21). HR—Caratini (1), off Davies; Bryant (20), off Barnes; Santana (18), off Lackey.

RBI—Bryant (45), Contreras (57), Russell (36), Caratini (2), Santana 2 (57). S—Almo­ ra. RLISP—Chicago 3 (Zobrist, Russell, Heyward); Milwaukee 2 (Davies 2).

RISP—Chicago 2 for 7; Milwaukee 0 for 2.

Runners moved up—Bryant, Contreras, Caratini, Bandy. GIDP—Aguilar. DP—Chica­ go 1 (Bryant, Baez, Caratini).

Cubs IP H R ER BB SO ERA Lackey W, 8­9 6 5 2 2 2 7 4.87 Grimm H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.18 Rondon H, 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 4.10 Davis S, 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.00 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO ERA Davies L, 12­5 7 7 3 3 0 6 4.42 Barnes 1 1 1 1 0 2 4.50 Wang 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 3.83 Hughes 2 /3 0 0 0 1 1 4.93 Drake Pitches —Lackey 82, Grimm 11, Rondon 12, Davis 15, Davies 97, Barnes 20, Wang 2, Hughes 1, Drake 9. Wang pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Inherited runners­ scored—Hughes 1­0, Drake 1­0. HBP—Lack­ ey (Bandy). Umpires—Home, James Hoye; First, Will Little; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Tim Timmons. T—2:49. A—44,269.

Leaders Through Sunday

Batting

Club

Altuve Segura Gamel Hosmer Correa JoRamirez Springer StCastro Pedroia Reddick

Hou Sea Sea KC Hou Cle Hou NYY Bos Hou

Runs

Springer, Hou Judge, NY Altuve, Hou

G AB

101 76 82 103 84 102 93 79 85 90

82 81 74

RBI

Cruz, Sea Schoop, Bal Judge, NY

79 76 74

Hits

Altuve, Hou Hosmer, KC Ramirez, Cle

146 127 126

Doubles

Altuve, Hou Ramirez, Cle

33 32

Triples

Cstellanos, Det

7

398 322 323 396 325 394 368 316 336 320

R 74 47 55 64 64 71 82 52 36 60

H Pct. 146 104 104 127 104 126 114 97 103 98

Sanchez, Chi

6

Home runs

Judge, NY Moustakas, KC

Stolen bases Maybin, LA Dyson, Sea

Pitching

Sale, Bos Vargas, KC Paxton, Sea

ERA

Sale, Bos Paxton, Sea

JuTurner DMurphy Harper Blackmon Posey Zimmerman CTaylor Rendon Goldschmidt LeMahieu

LAD Was Was Col SF Was LAD Was Ari Col

Sale, Bos Archer, TB Kluber, Cle

Runs

Blackmon, Col Harper, Wa Gldschmidt, Az

RBI

Arenado, Col Ozuna , Mia Lamb, Az

G AB

78 96 95 104 92 93 86 96 104 100

93 86 82 91 81 80

Hits

Blackmon, Col 141 Inciarte, Atl 130

Doubles

Arenado, Col Murphy, Wa Herrera, Phi

Triples

Blackmon, Col

33 33 32 13

273 373 362 430 324 347 302 335 370 390

R 44 67 86 93 44 61 53 56 82 64

25 23

2.37 2.68

Strikeouts

Through Sunday

Club

33 30

13­4 13­4 11­3

National League Batting

.367 .323 .322 .321 .320 .320 .310 .307 .307 .306

211 177 161

H Pct. 98 124 119 141 106 111 96 106 117 123

Cozart, Cin Hamilton, Cin

Home runs

Stanton , Mia Bellinger, LA

Stolen bases Hamilton, Cin Gordon , Mia

Pitching

Kershaw, LA Greinke, Az

ERA

Kershaw, LA Scherzer, Wa

Strikeouts

Scherzer, Wa Kershaw, LA

.359 .332 .329 .328 .327 .320 .318 .316 .316 .315 7 7 33 28 44 38 15­2 13­4 2.04 2.23 201 168

Baltimore Jones cf Machado 3b Schoop 2b Mancini dh Davis 1b Castillo c Rickard lf Tejada ss Gentry rf Totals

AB R H BI BB SO Avg 5 1 0 0 0 2 .272 4 2 3 0 1 0 .243 4 2 2 3 1 1 .305 4 2 2 1 1 0 .299 4 2 2 1 0 1 .226 4 1 2 4 0 0 .280 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 4 0 0 1 0 0 .227 4 0 2 0 0 0 .197 37 10 13 10 3 5

Texas DeShields lf Choo ph Andrus ss Mazara rf Beltre 3b Napoli dh Odor 2b Gomez cf Robinson cf Chirinos c Nicholas c Gallo 1b Totals

AB 4 1 4 4 5 4 4 2 0 3 1 3 35

Baltimore Texas

R 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6

H BI BB SO Avg 0 0 0 2 .273 0 0 0 1 .249 0 0 0 1 .285 1 1 1 1 .247 1 0 0 2 .307 0 0 0 3 .203 3 5 0 0 .221 1 0 0 1 .247 0 0 1 0 .217 0 0 0 2 .216 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1 .200 7 6 3 14

000 451 000 – 10 13 1 000 201 030 – 6 7 1

E—Machado (11), Beltre (2). LOB—Balti­ more 3, Texas 7. 2B—Machado 2 (21), Beltre (14). HR—Schoop (24), off Perez; Castillo (10), off Jeffress; Odor (21), off O'Day; Mazara (13), off Castro; Odor (22), off Hart. RBI—Schoop 3 (76), Mancini (56), Davis (37), Castillo 4 (32), Tejada (5), Mazara (64), Odor 5 (49). CS—Gentry (2). RLISP— Texas 3 (Beltre 2, Chirinos). RISP—Balti­ more 5 for 8; Texas 1 for 7. Runners moved up—Rickard, Mazara. GIDP—Mancini, Tejada, Nicholas. DP—Baltimore 1; Texas 2.

Orioles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Miley W, 5­9 5 4 2 2 1 5 5.60 1 1 1 1 0 3 4.91 O'Day Brach 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.64 1 /3 1 2 2 0 2 3.33 Castro 2 /3 1 1 1 2 0 2.76 Hart 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 1.93 Givens 2 /3 0 0 0 0 1 3.32 Britton S, 8 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 Perez L, 5­9 4 /3 9 8 8 2 3 5.13 2 Jeffress 2 /3 3 2 2 1 1 5.31 Grilli 2 1 0 0 0 1 6.28 Hart pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

HBP—Miley (Gomez), Givens (Andrus).

WP—Castro. Umpires—Home, Chris Segal; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Jordan Baker; Third, Bruce Dreckman. T—3:47.

A—32,437.

Rainiers get past Oklahoma City for 3rd straight win The Tacoma Rainiers collected their third straight victory with a 5­3 victory at Oklahoma City on Sunday night.

Tacoma starting pitch­ er Cody Martin, making a spot start, worked four innings and allowed two runs on four hits while walking two and striking out two.

Danny Muno was 2 for 4 with a homer. Tacoma went up 4­0 in the second after Daniel Vogelbach hit a three­run double, extending his team­best hitting streak to 15 games.

Tacoma took advan­ tage of erratic Oklahoma City pitching, drawing a season­high 10 walks.

Spokane 6, at Everett 5

Miguel Aparicio hit a grand slam in the ninth inning, leading the Indians to a win over the AquaSox. Aparicio’s grand slam put Spokane ahead 6­3.

In the bottom of the ninth, Everett scored on a sacrifice fly by Eugene Helder that brought home Ronald Rosa­ rio. In the next at­bat, Johnny Adams hit an RBI double, scoring Chris Torres to cut the Spokane lead to 6­5.

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Seahawks camp Quick report: Day 1

Jayson Jenks’ impressions 1, George Fant’s offsea­ son impressed Pete Carroll.

Carroll was asked broadly about which players im­ pressed him the most physi­ cally, and he immediately named Fant, the Seahawks’ second­year offensive tackle.

Fant is listed on roster as weighing 319 pounds, which means he gained about 20 pounds in the offseason (He weighed 296 pounds on last year’s roster).

“Nobody has done more than George Fant,” Carroll said.

Justin “George just had a fantastic spring and Britt offseason. I think he weighed in at 319. Fantasti­ cally fit and strong.”

Fant looked noticeably bigger, which is good be­ cause it was clear last season that he needed to be better equipped to handle NFL defensive linemen.

2, Position group I’m most looking forward to watching: running backs.

What’s clear right now: The Seahawks have plenty of options at running back.

Between Eddie Lacy, Thomas Rawls, C.J. Prosise, Alex Collins, Mike Davis, J.D. McKissic and Chris Carson, the Seahawks have backs with experience, backs with different skill sets and backs with different roles. So that’s something.

What’s not clear right now: How that will shake out in terms of playing time and carries.

The best guess is that the Seahawks at least start the season with a platoon, trying to find situations and roles for those backs with different skills. Lacy and Rawls form an interesting contrast on paper, with Rawls being shiftier and Lacy being big­ ger. And we started to see Prosise’s versatility last sea­ son as a route runner and pass catcher.

But that’s what makes the position so interesting: The Seahawks have a lot of op­ tions to sort through.

3, Russell Wilson still throws a great deep ball.

Really, I’m talking about one throw Wilson made. He lofted a deep pass down the middle of the field to Doug Baldwin, who was jostling for position with Richard Sherman as they ran down the field. Wilson dropped the ball just over Sherman, and Baldwin hauled it in, I be­ lieve, with one hand.

There were no pads and no contact during practice so it’s hard to judge much of any­ thing, and this isn’t exactly a revelatory observation, but Wilson still does throw a deep ball with great touch.

Bob Condotta’s impressions 1, Position group I’m most excited to watch: linebackers.

There’s no intrigue here about two positions – middle linebacker and weakside linebacker — where Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright return to form one of the best duos in the NFL for the sixth straight season. But the rest of the linebacking corps has undergone massive recon­ struction in the offseason, which continued in the last few days with the trade of Kevin Pierre­Louis to Kansas City for D.J. Alexander and the signing of free agent Marcus Smith.

Smith is listed as a defen­ sive end, but he worked out with the linebackers during individual drills and Carroll said after practice that he will start out at as a strong side linebacker and nickel pass rusher — basically the role Bruce Irvin played at the end of his Seattle career. Smith several times lined up on a tight end and dropped into coverage, and if he shows he can do that consistently well he could be a factor in what is a wide­open race for a spot where there is no returning starter from last season as the team did not re­sign veteran Mike Morgan.

The usual strongside line­ backer with the No. 1 de­ fense Sunday was Terence Garvin, signed in the offsea­ son as a free agent. Garvin is one of five new linebackers

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Justin Britt Position: Center Height, weight: 6­6, 315

WILSON: EXPECT BIG YEAR FROM GRAHAM SEAHAWKS NOTEBOOK

College: Missouri Three questions On his second year at center: “Mentally, it’s light years ahead of where I was. ... The mental aspect is there, and you can definitely tell it’s easier for me to play and just relax and have fun.”

On the offensive line as a whole: “I’ve played with a lot of really good linemen here, but overall I feel like our group is the smartest, the hardest working, and that goes all the way across the board. I don’t think there’s one guy that slacks in any area.”

On differences physically: “I feel like I always get stronger, faster. I’m always getting smarter trying to learn more of the game.”

of 10 on the roster with the Seahawks deciding they needed to upgrade their overall depth at the spot as well as special teams.

“Terence Garvin made really big first impressions,’’ Carroll said. “ He had a great spring offseason. I’m really fired up to see what he can do here in camp. He has versatility that he can play will and nickel, he is a very good special­teams player and he is going to try and fight for the starting spot.’’

Veteran Michael Wilhoite ran with the second team Sunday, but Carroll raved about him, too.

Carroll said Alexander, who was given Pierre­Louis’ former number of 58, will also slide into the weakside­ linebacker spot competing for a backup role behind Wright.

The team figures to keep only six or seven linebackers so it’ll be interesting to see how it all shakes out.

2, The fullback spot also suddenly has a new look.

The re­signing of Marcel Reece over the weekend makes the 32­year­old the favorite to win the fullback spot. But Carroll confirmed something Sunday that had seemed obvious during the offseason program. Tre Mad­ den is basically now a full­ back despite being listed as a tailback.

That gives the Seahawks three fullbacks competing for likely one roster spot — Re­ ece, Madden and Kyle Cole­ man.

Carroll said Reece’s experi­ ence and versatility is “why we brought him back. ... He knows the system. He is a fantastic team member. As young as we are at the full­ back spot, I thought it would be a really nice mix to have those guys compete and see how it turns out. Marcel did a very nice job for us last sea­ son when he came in. Imme­ diately, you can feel his expe­ rience which we like, but we will see how it goes and he will battle. He came back in really good shape. He looks great and we will see how it plays out. I am excited about Tre Madden, Kyle Coleman, both of those guys are guys that we have seen a lot of stuff from in the offseason but Marcel’s experience and versatility is a great asset.”

Injury report RB C.J. Prosise missed practice with a stomach flu. ... WR Tyler Lockett, CB DeShawn Shead, OT Justin Senior started on the physi­ cally unable to perform (PUP) list. ... Shead had a minor surgery to clean up cartilage in his knee and Carroll said he thinks the surgery will help accelerate Shead’s return.

Attendance: 2,444 What’s next The Seahawks return to practice at 10 a.m. on Mon­ day.

Bob Condotta and Jayson Jenks

Quote to note

Nobody has done more than George Fant. George just had a fantastic spring and offseason. I think he weighed in at 319. Fantastically fit and strong.”

SEAHAWKS COACH PETE CARROLL

QB, TE have better rapport this season

By JAYSON JENKS AND BOB CONDOTTA Seattle Times staff reporters

Most things stay the same with Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, at least with what he’s willing to reveal publicly. But on the first day of training camp on Sunday, Wilson did share a couple of small differences.

He’s lighter than last year.

He weighed in, he said, at 208 pounds on Saturday; he weighed between 212 to 214 pounds a year ago. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said it was the lightest Wilson has been “by quite a bit.”

“I feel really strong, really fast, quick and all that,” Wilson said. “It’s going to be an exciting year.”

He also talked about his improved connection with tight end Jimmy Graham, who is entering his third season with Wilson and the Seahawks. Graham was returning from a serious knee injury last offseason, limiting his time with Wilson.

But Wilson said he and Graham noticed a difference this offseason.

“Jimmy and I were just talking about that in the locker room,” Wilson said.

“We were just talking about how much smoother every­ thing is, how much confi­ dence he has, how much confidence me and him have together. He had a great year last year, and we’re looking forward to even a better year this year.”

Graham had 65 catches for 923 yards and six touch­ downs last season. His 923 yards was third among tight ends, but there was also room for more, particularly in the red zone.

Graham’s ability to make tough, contested catches in the red zone was one of his prized traits in New Orleans, and while that ability has manifested at times in Seat­ tle, the Seahawks’ offense struggled last year in the red zone.

Graham, who is entering the final year of his contract, spent part of the offseason working out with Wilson and teammates in California.

That was part of the reason for Wilson’s optimism.

“He’s put all the work in,” Wilson said. “You think about the work we’ve put in in California and the work we’ve put in here, all the detail. He’s super pumped and has a clear vision on what he wants to do and who he wants to continue to be, and he’s one of the best team­ mates you could ever ask for in terms of his work ethic.

You know he’s going to make a lot of great plays out in the field come Sundays.”

Notes

• Carroll said the team hopes to get a contact extension done soon with strong safety Kam Chancel­ lor, who is entering the final year of a four­year, $28­million contract signed in 2013. “We’ve worked long and hard on that,” Carroll said. “A lot of real positive stuff coming. We’re not quite there yet but I really think it’s nothing but positive stuff and hopefully we’ll be able to get something finished soon.”

• Carroll said receiver Tyler Lockett, who is recovering from a broken tibia and fibula suffered Dec. 24 against Arizona, should have “very short stay” on the Physically Unable to Play (PUP) list. “He’s there just because it’s something we wanted to make sure and take care of,” Carroll said. “He didn’t clear his physical so that’s why we placed him there.”

• Offensive­line update: George Fant was consistently at left tackle, with Germain Ifedi at right tackle and Justin Britt at center. Mark Glowinski and Oday Aboushi worked consistently at right guard with Luke Joeckel, Rees Odhiam­ bo and Jordan Roos at left guard.

Joeckel also got some reps at left tackle. Second­round pick Ethan Pocic worked mostly at right tackle. Joey Hunt and Will Pericak also handled some center, and Robert Myers also played some left tackle.

• Jeremy Lane worked as the starter at right cornerback in the base defense and, as expected, moved inside to play the nickel in pass situations with Neiko Thorpe coming in and playing right corner­ back. Basically, that means Lane is the starting nickel but also the starter at right cornerback in the base with Thorpe the third corner­ back.

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Public Notices AUCTION SALE August 2nd at 10:00 AM Storage One on 4th Renton 98059 4725 NE 4th St ★ 425-228-1213 CITY OF AUBURN NOTICE OF APPLICATION (NOA), MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (MDNS) The City of Auburn is issuing a Notice of Application (NOA) and Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) for the following described project. The permit applications and associated documents may be reviewed at the Auburn Community Development and Public Works Department at 1 East Main St., 2nd Floor, Customer Service Center, Auburn, WA 98001. Proposal: The site preparation and construction of a 1-story, approximately 70,000 square foot building. The building’s proposed uses include industrial shop and office; which currently occur at the Boeing Auburn facility. Location: The project is located at 700 15th St. SW within SE ¼ of Section 25, Township 21, Range 04, on a portion of The Boeing Company’s Auburn facility, south of 15th St. SW between Pacific Ave. S to the west and C St. SW to the east on parcel no. 2521049111. Notice of Application: July 31, 2017 Notice of Completeness: June 22, 2017 Permit Application: May 25, 2017 File No. SEP17-0009 Applicant: Katrina Toole, Project Administrator/Permit Focal, The Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3707 MC 5E03, Seattle, WA 98124. Studies/Plans Submitted with Application: Grading plans (GRA17-0011). Other Permits, Plans, and Approvals Needed: City of Auburn Grading Permit (GRA17-0011), City of Auburn Building Permit and associated landscaping and lighting approvals, City of Auburn Sewer Permit, City of Auburn Level 3 Storm Permit, and State Department of Ecology National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Permit Statement of Consistency and List of Applicable Development Regulations: This proposal is subject to and shall be consistent with the Auburn City Code, Comprehensive Plan, and Design and Construction Standards. Document Available: The document is available for review at the Community Development & Public Works Department at One East Main St., Auburn, WA 98001 (physical address) during regular business hours (M-F 7:30AM5:30PM). Lead Agency: City of Auburn.

The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement is not required under RCW 43.21.030(2) (c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request. Public Comment Period: This MDNS is issued under WAC 19711-350; the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 15 days from the date issued below. Comments must be in writing and submitted to the mailing address of 25 W Main St., Auburn, WA 98001 or to the contact email below, by 5:00 p.m. on August 15, 2017. For questions regarding this project, please contact Alexandria Teague, Planner II, at ateague@aubunrnwa.gov or 253-931-3088. Any person wishing to become a party of record shall include in their comments that they wish to receive notice of and participate in any hearings, if relevant, and request a copy of decisions once made. Date Issued: July 31, 2017.

CITY OF LAKE FOREST PARK NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE AND OPTIONAL DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS) WAC 197-11-355 File Numbers: 2017-CU-0001; 2016-WC0001; 2017-SEPA-0002 Proponent: Meridian Group Location of proposal: 18910 Forest Park Dr NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 parcel # 6152900270 Description of proposal: To construct a telecommunications facility consisting of six (6) panel antennas flush-mounted onto a replaced Seattle City Light wood utility pole, as well as associated auxiliary equipment and equipment cabinets. The proposed replacement antenna would be 50’ tall. Conditional Use approval is required for the applicant to build the associated equipment cabinets. The equipment cabinets are proposed to be located on private property and screened with fencing and a landscape buffer.

Lead Agency: City of Lake Forest Park, 17425 Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 Environmental Review: The City of Lake Forest Park has reviewed the proposed project for probable adverse environmental impacts and expects to issue a determination of nonsignificance (DNS) for this project. The optional DNS process (WAC 197-11-355) is being used. Since the Notice of Application is being combined with the optional SEPA determination, the comment periods are combined. Therefore, this may be your only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposed project.

Public Comment: Agencies, tribes, and the public are encouraged to review and comment on the proposed project and its probable environmental impacts. Interested parties may comment on this proposal by submitting written comments to Lake Forest Park Planning and Building Department, 17425 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155 or via email to aflower@cityoflfp.com no later than August 14, 2017. Public comments for the permits may accepted Public Hearing: The hearing date for reviewing this proposal is scheduled for August 28, 2017 at 10:00 pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 17425 Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. A second announcement will be made for this hearing date in a forthcoming public notice.

Additional information, including the SEPA Checklist, SEPA determination, once made, and the SEPA appeal deadline may be obtained by contacting the Lake Forest Park Planning Department at (206) 368-5440 or at the City’s Notices and Announcements webpage (cityoflfp.com/ index.aspx?nid=313). Materials related to this proposal may be reviewed at City Hall Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Contact Andrea Flower, Principal Planner, at aflower@cityoflfp.com if you prefer to make an appointment to review the materials with a planner’s assistance.

CITY OF MEDINA NOTICE OF HEARING AND DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Medina Hearing Examiner will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, Medina City Hall, 501 Evergreen Point Road in Medina. The purpose of this hearing is to consider public testimony for and against the following: Proposal: Non-administrative substantial development permit to replace an existing residential pier and remove an existing boatlift in Lake Washington.

File No. PL-17-008 Shoreline Substantial Development Permit PL-17-009 SEPA Applicant: Mark Rohrbach of MWR Company (agent) Address: 2425 Evergreen Point Road YOU ARE INVITED to attend the hearing and make oral and written comments.

The Hearing Examiner has the discretion to limit testimony to relevant, non-repetitive comments and to set time limits. If you are unable to attend, written comments, photographs, or other exhibits on the application may be submitted to the address below before the hearing date.

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT: The Responsible Official for this proposal has determined that the proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment subject to the proposed conditions. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency.

This information is available to the public upon request at the address below.

This Determination of Nonsignificance is issued after using the Optional DNS process in WAC 197-11-355. There is no additional comment period.

APPEAL RIGHTS: Pursuant to MMC 20.80.220, a person may appeal a SEPA determination to the Medina Hearing Examiner, which will be consolidated with and heard at the pre-decision hearing on the application. Appeals must be in writing and contain specific factual objections.

Appeals must be submitted along with the appropriate appeal fee to the address below by 4:00 p.m., Monday, August 14, 2017.

QUESTIONS: The complete application may be viewed at Medina City Hall. You may also request a copy of the decision.

For more information, and/or submittal of written comments, please direct these to Medina City Hall, Attn: Development Services, 501 Evergreen Point Road, Medina, WA 98039.

STAFF CONTACT: Cristina Haworth, AICP, Planning Consultant, at (425) 7397959 or cristina.haworth@otak.com.

CITY OF SAMMAMISH PUBLIC NOTICE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TIME CHANGE AS FOLLOWS: Notice is hereby given that the Finance Committee is now scheduled to meet on Thursday, October 5, 2017 from 9:30 – 11:00 a.m. at Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA, in meeting room Plateau 129.

The Regular Meeting for Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. has been CANCELED. Additional information about this meeting may be obtained by contacting Tammy Mueller at tmueller@sammamish.us or via telephone at (425) 295-0514.

CITY OF SAMMAMISH PUBLIC NOTICE TRANSIT COMMITTEE Notice is hereby given that the Transit Committee will meet on Thursday, September 7, 2017 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at Sammamish City Hall, located at 801 228th Avenue SE, Sammamish, WA, in the Executive Briefing Room - Plaza 111.

Additional information about this meeting may be obtained by contacting Tammy Mueller at tmueller@sammamish.us or via telephone at (425) 295-0514.

CITY OF SEATAC REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 2018 STREET OVERLAY MILITARY ROAD SOUTH, S 209TH STREET TO I-5 OVERPASS ST-887 The City of SeaTac (“City”) is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) to provide consulting, design, and engineering services for the 2018 Street Overlay Project.

Access to the full “Request for Statement of Qualifications” may be found at the City’s website at: http://www.ci.seatac. wa.us / government / city- departments / public-works. For more information, please call Janet Mayer at (206) 973-4742 or email at jmayer@ci.seatac.wa.us.

Statements of Qualifications will be received at the City Clerk’s Office, SeaTac City Hall, 4800 South 188th Street, SeaTac, WA, 98188 no later than 4:00 PM Monday, August 14, 2017. Statements of Qualifications shall be limited to ten (10) single sided pages (8½“x11”) excluding cover letter and resumes. Five (5) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (PDF) of each Statement of Qualifications are required.

The selected firm will be required to comply with all local, State, and Federal laws and regulations pertaining to equal employment opportunities.

DATED at SeaTac, Washington this 24th day of July, 2017.

Interested persons are invited to comment on the wireless telecommunications facility proposed to be constructed at 19030 6th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98101 (47.585083, -122.325667), with respect to impacts on, and specifically, on potential effects to historic properties located at or near this facility, if any. The facility will consist of antennas located on a rooftop at 58’. Comments regarding potential effects to historic properties should be submitted by email to TylerC@Summitsolutionsgroup. com or by mail to Regulatory Compliance Manager at: Matt.Russo4@T-Mobile.com.

Questions about this facility or this notice may also be directed to Regulatory Compliance Manager at the address above, or by calling (360) 607-3016. This notice is provided in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R. Part 1, Subpart I and Appendices B. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN SEWER DISTRICT, a Washington municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs.

BRETT L. FISH; and ALSO ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN, Defendants.

NO. 17-2-19586-3 KNT SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO THE DEFENDANTS: ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, ESTATE, LIEN, OR INTEREST IN THE REAL ESTATE DESCRIBED IN THE COMPLAINT HEREIN. You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty (60) days after July 31, 2017, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled Court, and answer the Complaint for Partition of Real Property (“Complaint”) of the Plaintiff Southwest Suburban Sewer District, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for Plaintiff Southwest Suburban Sewer District, at his (or their) office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the Complaint, which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court.

The object of the above entitled action and the relief sought to be obtained therein is fully set forth in said Complaint, and is briefly stated as follows: The partition of the real property generally known as 801 SW 168th Street, Normandy Park, Washington 98166 (Tax Parcel No. 3023049060) which is owned by Brett L. Fish and Southwest Suburban Sewer District as tenants in common according to their interests in the subject real property. The Plaintiff owns a 25% undivided interest in the subject real property. Defendant Brett L. Fish claims to own the remaining 75% undivided interest having obtained an additional 25% undivided interest from Troy B. Fish, who is deceased.

Date of first publication: July 31, 2017.

DATED this 27th day of July, 2017.

INSLEE, BEST, DOEZIE & RYDER, P.S. By /s/ Eric C. Frimodt Eric C. Frimodt, WSBA# 21938 10900 NE 4th Street, Suite 1500 Bellevue, WA 98009 Phone: (425) 450-4262 Email: efrimodt@insleebest.com Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY In re the Estate of: DENNIS C. ALEXANDER, Deceased.

No. 17-4-04532-0 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.020, .030) Barbara Alexander has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate.

Any person having a claim against the decedent that arose before the decedent’s death must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorneys at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of (1) 30 days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication: July 24, 2017 AMICUS LAW GROUP, PC /s/Kristi L. Richards George A. Munro, WSBA # 45928 Kristi L. Richards, WSBA # 47945 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 940 Seattle, Washington 98101 206.624.9410 206.515.2084 (Facsimile) Attorneys for BARBARA ALEXANDER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Dennis C. Alexander, deceased /s/Barbara Alexander BARBARA ALEXANDER, Personal Representative

SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT Notice of Public Meeting and Planned Final Action by the Seattle City Council regarding the Ship Canal Water Quality Project proposed legislation authorizing property acquisition by negotiation and/or eminent domain (condemnation).

Attention all parties holding an interest in, or any portion thereof, the following King County Tax Parcel Numbers located in Seattle, Washington: 197220-0015, 0467000426, 046700-0422, 112503-HYDR, 2767702460, 276770-2470, and 276770-2471.

The City of Seattle will hold a public meeting to consider proposed Seattle City Council legislation authorizing property rights acquisition of Seattle both temporary and permanent property rights from owners of property located along the alignment of the planned combined sewage conveyance and storage tunnel between 24th Avenue NW and Shilshole Avenue NW in Ballard and Interlake Avenue North and North 35th Street in Wallingford and property abutting the 24th Avenue NW pier in Ballard, that are necessary or convenient to construct, operate and maintain the Ship Canal Water Quality Project and 3rd Avenue West Watermain Replacement Project. The City will introduce the proposed ordinance at the Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development & Arts Committee meeting for discussion and possible vote at 9:30 am, Tuesday, August 8, 2017.

The Committee meets in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, which is located at 600 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Seattle, WA. Public comment will also be taken at this time.

If the Civil Rights, Utilities, Economic Development & Arts Committee approves the proposed ordinance, it will be scheduled for full City Council action on Monday, August 14, 2017, at 2:00 pm at the City Council’s Chambers, located at 600 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Seattle, WA. At this meeting, the City Council is expected to consider and take final action on the proposed ordinance, which, if approved, will authorize acquisition by negotiation and/or condemnation of all or a portion of the properties identified above for the project. The City is required by RCW 8.25.290 to provide this notice before the City takes final action authorizing condemnation of property.

Any questions about the project, proposed ordinance, or City Council meeting, may be directed to Pree Carpenter, Seattle Public Utilities Senior Real Property Agent, at (206) 386-9754, or visit the City Council’s website at: http://www.seattle. gov/council.

General information about the Ship Canal Water Quality Project can be found at www.seattle.gov/util/shipcanalproject.

T-Mobile West LLC hereby solicits public comment concerning a site located at 888 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, 47-36-11.4N, 122-20-08.9W, FCC ASR file # A1085773 and any impacts the site may have upon migratory birds. Requests for Further Environmental Review can be submitted via the internet at https:// wireless2.fcc.gov / UlsEntry/ pleadings / pleadingsType.jsp or sent to: Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Office of the Secretary, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554.

Requests should also be sent to: T-Mobile, ATTENTION: FCC Regulatory Compliance Contact, 12920 SE 38th St., Bellevue, WA 98006. In order for your comments to receive full and timely consideration, they should be received at addresses above within 30 days of the date of this notice and reference FCC ASR file #A1085773.

KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM SECTION 001100 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS BELLEVUE LIBRARY IDEAX PROJECT Sealed proposals will be received for the following project: TITLE: Bellevue Library IdeaX Project AGENCY: King County Library System TIME/DAY/DATE: Bid Proposal must be received prior to 1:00 PM on August 29, 2017 BID OPENING WILL BE HELD AT: King County Library System Service Center 960 Newport Way NW Issaquah, WA 98027 This will not be a Public Opening Bid. PROJECT DESCRIPTION; The project consists of an approximately 3,000sf renovation of the existing Bellevue Library (existing space is approximately 90,000sf), which includes, but is not limited to: selective demolition of walls, floor finishes, drop ceilings, and mechanical equipment; construction of new walls, ceilings, and MEP services. The project site is located at 1111 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004.

A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference is to be held at the Bellevue Library on August 7, 2017 at 10:00AM. Contract Documents are available now at the locations listed below: • Builders Exchange of Washington 2607 Wetmore Ave. Everett, WA 98201 Tel: (425) 258-1303 Fax:(425) 259-3832 http://www.bxwa.com/1024.html Plans, specifications, addenda, bidders list and plan holders list for this project are available: • through the King County Library System’s on-line plan room: http://kcls.org/ vendor-info, through the Public Purchase Portal, and click on the Bellevue Library IdeaX Project.

• Free-of-charge access on the Builders Exchange of Washington, Inc. website is provided to Prime Bidders, Subcontractors and Vendors by going to: http://www. bxwa.com and clicking on “Posted Projects”, “Public Works”, “King County Library System” (this is under the heading Public Agencies) and “Project Bidding”.

Bidders are encouraged to “Register” in order to receive automatic email notification of future addenda and to place themselves on the self-registered “Bidders List”. This on-line plan room provides Bidders with fully usable on-line documents; with the ability to: download, print to your own printer, order full/partial sets from numerous reprographic sources (on-line print order form) and a free online digitizer/take-off tool. Contact Builders Exchange of Washington at 425-2581303 should you require assistance.

Questions regarding the Contract Documents should be directed in writing to: The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP, Attention: Anton Dekom, 71 Columbia St, Sixth Floor, Seattle, WA 98104.

Any proposals received after the time and date specified will not be considered. Bids shall be on a lump sum basis; segregated bids will not be accepted. No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a certified check, cashier’s check or by a bid bond issued by a State of Washington licensed surety company in an amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the Base Bid plus Additive Alternates, made payable to “King County Library System”.

Bid, Bid Bond and other enclosures shall be enclosed in an opaque sealed envelope bearing the name and address of the Bidder and addressed to the Owner per Section 002000. Mark lower left corner of the envelope “Bellevue Library IdeaX Project”.

No bidder may withdraw its bid after the time set for opening unless and until award of the contract has been delayed for a period of sixty (60) days.

King County Library System reserves the right to reject all bids for any or no reason, to waive informalities and irregularities, to reject any bid not conforming to the intent and purpose of the Contract Documents, and to postpone the award of the Contract for a period of time not greater than sixty (60) days from the bid opening date.

Dates of publication in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Seattle Times and Contracts & Careers: July 28, 2017; July 31, 2017; August 1, 2017 END OF SECTION WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT PERMIT NO: WA00991011 APPLICANT: Equilon Enterprises LLC Dba Shell Oil Products US 1935 North Northgate Way Seattle, King County Equilon Enterprises LLC has reapplied for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Chapter 173-220 Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and the Federal Clean Water Act. The wastewater, following treatment, must meet the requirements of the Washington State Water Pollution Control Act and applicable regulations for a permit to be issued. Following evaluation of the application and other available information, a draft permit has been developed which would allow the discharge of treated groundwater to Thornton Creek via City of Seattle’s storm drain line located in Meridian Avenue North.

A tentative determination has been made on the effluent limitations and special permit conditions that will prevent and control pollution. A final determination will not be made until all timely comments received in response to this notice have been evaluated.

PUBLIC COMMENT AND INFORMATION The draft permit and fact sheet may be viewed at the Department of Ecology (Department) website: https://fortress. wa.gov/ecy/wqreports/public/f?p=public paris:304:0::NO:RP,304 The application, fact sheet, proposed permit, and other related documents are also available at the Department’s Northwest Regional Office for inspection and copying between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm weekdays. To obtain a copy or to arrange to view copies at the Northwest Regional Office, please call Sally Perkins at (425) 649-7190, email at sper461@ecy.wa.gov Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed permit. All comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of this notice to be considered for the final determination. Comments should be sent to: Water Quality Permit Coordinator Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office 3190 - 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008-5452 Email comments should be sent to tmil461@ecy.wa.gov Any interested party may request a public hearing on the proposed permit within 30 days of the publication date of this notice.

The request for a hearing shall state the interest of the party and the reasons why a hearing is necessary. The Department will hold a hearing if it determines that there is significant public interest. If a hearing is to be held, public notice will be published at least 30 days in advance of the hearing date.

If you require special accommodations or need this document in a format for the visually impaired, call Tricia Miller at (425)649-7201. Persons with hearing loss can call 711 for Washington Relay Service.

Persons with a speech disability can call 877-833-6341.

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF A DRAFT WASTEWATER PERMIT MODIFICATION PERMIT NO.: WA0002615 APPLICANT: Vigor Shipyards, Inc. 1801 – 16th Avenue SW Seattle, King County Vigor Shipyards, Inc. has applied for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit modification in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington, Chapter 173-220 Washington Administrative Code, and the Federal Clean Water Act. The proposed modification allows the occasional non-contaminated discharge to occur resulting from firefighting exercise activities and a change to S2.E. to allow an alternate sample location. A final determination will not be made until all timely comments received in response to this notice have been evaluated.

PUBLIC COMMENT AND INFORMATION The draft modified permit and fact sheet addednum may be viewed at the Department of Ecology (Department) website: https:/ /fortress.wa.gov/ecy/wqreports / p u b lic / f ? p = p u b lic p a ris : 3 0 4 : 0 :: N O : RP,304 The application, fact sheet, proposed permit, and other related documents are also available at the Department’s Northwest Regional Office for inspection and copying between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., weekdays. To obtain a copy or to arrange to view copies at the Northwest Regional Office, please call Sally Perkins at (425) 649-7190, e-mail sper461@ecy.wa.gov , or write to the address below.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed permit modification. All comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of this notice to be considered for the final determination. Comments should be sent to: Permit Coordinator Department of Ecology Northwest Regional Office 3190 - 160th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008-5452 E-mail comments should be sent to tmil461@ecy.wa.gov Any interested party may request a public hearing on the proposed permit modification within 30 days of the publication date of this notice. he request should be sent to the above address. The Department will hold a hearing if it determines that there is significant public interest. If you have a special accommodation needs, please contact Tricia Miller at 425-649-7201, tmil461@ ecy.wa.gov, or at 711 or 1-800-833-6388 (TTY).

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could return to Seattle soon.

McDowell wrote via Twitter later in the day that he ex­ pects to “be back on the field in the near future.”

Asked if McDowell, who played at Michigan State, will be able to play this sea­ son, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said, “We’ll see. I don’t know that.” Asked if the injuries are long term, Carroll said only “we’ll wait and see what’s going on.”

Carroll and team officials said they were respecting McDowell’s wishes for priva­ cy in not giving out more specific details about the incident, but Carroll said “I think there will be more (information) in the short term.”

Carroll called the incident

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accident,” and suddenly the tone shifted from party to pall.

The prevailing story lines would have been about Rus­ sell Wilson’s new sleek phy­ sique, or a possible impend­ ing contract extension for Kam Chancellor that head coach Pete Carroll painted in highly optimistic terms.

But the stunning news that McDowell, the Seahawks’ top draft pick last April, was still back home in Michigan recuperating from injuries suffered in what was re­ vealed to be an ATV accident brought all sorts of troubling questions rushing to the forefront.

And for now they’ll contin­ ue to linger, because the

| MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 “unfortunate” and that it is “challenging” for McDowell to handle it.

McDowell was placed on the reserve/did not report list, which allowed the Sea­ hawks to fill his spot on the 90­man roster. The team signed Rodney Coe, who was signed initially by the Sea­ hawks in January before being released in May. Coe, a 6­3, 315­pounder from Ak­ ron, was present for Sunday’s practice.

McDowell tweeted on July 17 “Just wanna thank the lord that I’m still here” which would coincide with the reported timing of his acci­ dent.

After the Seahawks made their statement, McDowell tweeted that he expects to be with the Seahawks “in the next few days” and that “my injury is not life or career threatening as some have

speculated.”

McDowell signed a four­ year contract worth $6.9 mil­ lion in May, a deal that in­ cluded a $3.198 million signing bonus. It’s unclear if McDowell’s injury could impact his contract should he miss significant time.

Jason Fitzgerald of the website OvertheCap.com said he didn’t anticipate the Seahawks would be able to do anything to alter McDow­ ell’s contract. However, one likely option is that he could be placed on the non­football injury list. Per NFL rules, teams can try to withhold salary of players who suffer injuries off the field when given that designation.

That has proved difficult to enforce, however. The New York Giants memorably lost a legal challenge in 2008 to withhold part of a bonus for receiver Plaxico Burress after

he was injured when he shot himself.

“Probably not unless this was an accident that was somehow tied in with him being extremely careless,” Fitzgerald said. “Pretty much they would put him on the NFI (non­football injury) list and agree to pay him his full salary while on the NFI.” Players can also be fined up to $30,000 when placed on the reserve/did not report list, a designation often re­ served for players who hold out. But a Seahawks’ news release noted in this case it freed up a roster spot.

The 6­6, 299­pounder had been considered a potential top­10 draft pick heading into the 2017 season before a disappointing junior season with the Spartans led to some concerns about his maturity and commitment to football. The Seahawks trad­

ed out of the first round to get McDowell saying at that time he was a player they would have taken with their first round pick at No. 26 had they kept it.

Following the draft, Sea­ hawks general manager John Schneider and Carroll said the team felt comfortable drafting McDowell despite the concerns raised during his junior season in part due to extensive conversations the team had with him and others.

“Had a good visit when he came in, all that, and it paid off,” said Carroll of McDow­ ell, whom the team has envi­ sioned playing a role similar to that of veteran Michael Bennett of being able to play both end and tackle.

Said Schneider: ”He had some inconsistencies, he had some close buddies leave, fellow defensive linemen, he

was banged up and I think he would tell you that there were a couple games he would want back. Maybe he already told you guys that, I’m not sure. But from a mo­ tor standpoint, he knows that he needs to keep going, and those are part of the discus­ sions we had with him when he visited.”

Schneider said he remind­ ed McDowell of their pre­ draft conversation following his selection “just to make sure we are all on the same page.”

Sunday, Carroll said the team remains optimistic that McDowell can be a big con­ tributor when he returns.

“We were very excited about him and we will con­ tinue to be and just hopefully we will get him back soon,” Carroll said.

Seahawks indicated they were limited by the desires of McDowell’s family in the amount of details they could disclose. So we don’t know how the accident happened, or, more telling to the Sea­ hawks’ 2017 prospects, how seriously McDowell was hurt or how long he’ll be out.

The NFL Network tweeted out that McDowell — a 6­ foot­6, 299­pound defensive tackle out of Michigan State with the versatility to line up at defensive end, a la Michael Bennett — suffered a concus­ sion and facial lacerations.

McDowell himself tweeted that the injuries were not life or career threatening, adding that he is “doing well” and hopes to “rejoin my team­ mates in Seattle in the next few days.”

McDowell also stated in the tweet, “You will see me

back on the field in the near future.” But when Carroll was asked if the rookie could possibly miss the season, his answer could be interpreted as either evasive (which was the best­case scenario) or ominous: “We’ll see. I don’t know that.”

Any long­term absence of McDowell, upon whom the Seahawks were counting upon for an immediate im­ pact, would be a major blow.

He was to be, in their most fervent dreams, an elongated Bennett, sliding inside on passing downs to confound opposing guards and centers.

After viewing McDowell in minicamps in May, Carroll had enthused, “We really would like to see how he works as an inside rusher in nickel and see if he can add something special for us there. ... He’s really built like

a five­technique and I think he looks like a pass­rushing three­technique.”

It’s an enticing combina­ tion, one that the Seahawks figured would only enhance the contributions of Bennett and Cliff Avril. But now the Seahawks won’t get to see that dynamic in action until, well, who knows when. The uncertainty just added to the news’ unsettling nature.

“It doesn’t change us, but it feels like a subtraction, just in the uniqueness he brought,’’ Carroll said. “But everyone else is doing the same things they were doing.

We didn’t know enough about him yet. We were going to see where we could add him in, and that’s really what it feels like. But we

were very excited about him, and we will continue to be, and hopefully get him back soon.”

That “hopefully” rang out loudly and gloomily. If Mc­ Dowell is back in a week or two, ready to go, this will all be a minor blip, quickly for­ gotten. But if it lingers, it would be a blow to a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

Much of the chatter com­ ing out of Sunday’s debut workout was standard fare, raves about players in the best shape of their life and enthusiasm about others who are ready to bust out.

Heck, Carroll even gushed about a knee surgery that defensive back DeShawn Shead recently underwent to clean up cartilage issues:

“He’s thrilled about it,’’ Car­ roll said. “We expect to see really good progress made after that.”

George Fant is “fantastical­ ly fit and strong,” Carroll proclaimed. Eddie Lacy “made a really good first impression.” Newly acquired Marcus Smith is “a really good athlete and hungry to prove it.” And another recent acquisition, D.J. Alexander, is “a ridiculously good spe­ cial­teams player.”

Precisely the sorts of sunny assessments you expect out of Carroll on the dawn of a new season. But the sobering news about McDowell en­ sured that tension cut into the optimism.

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Former UCLA player Lee, 24, all but wrapped up an LPGA Tour card through the money list, closing with a 5­under 67 and finishing at 12­under 204 for a two­stroke victory over Thai­ land’s Benyapa Niphatsophon (71). Lee made $15,000 and is third on the season money list at $70,998; there are seven events left and the top 10 earners at the end of the season earn LPGA Tour cards.

“My performance has been at an all­time high the last eight weeks,” Lee said.

par 65 to match Hoffman (68) at 21­under 267 after 72 holes.

Venezuelan Vegas, 32, earned $1.08 million for his third victory on the PGA Tour.

Kevin Chappell (71), who owns NFL a home in Kirkland, tied for Ninkovich retires eighth at 17 under and Andres Defensive stalwart Rob Nink­ Gonzales (70) of Olympia tied for ovich of the New England Patriots 10th at 16 under. Former Wash­ announced his retirement Sun­ ington Husky Cheng­Tsung Pan day.

(68) tied for 14th at 15 under.

Before joining the Patriots in • German Bernhard Langer 2009, the defensive end/line­ won the Senior British Open in backer appeared in eight games rain and wind at Royal Porthcawl over three seasons. With New in Bridgend, Wales, for his re­ England, he missed one game cord­extending 10th major title before last season, when he start­ on the 50­and­older circuit. ed the season with a four­game Langer, 59, closed with an suspension for violating the even­par 72 to finish at 4­under league’s policy on the use of per­ 280 and beat American Corey formance­enhancing substances. Pavin (71) by three strokes.

Ninkovich, 33, won two Super Langer, who coped with a sore Bowls with New England. throat throughout the event, “It wasn’t an easy decision. earned $304,869.

After 11 (pro) seasons, and 19 Seattle native Fred Couples seasons total playing football, it’s (68) tied for third at even par. time for me to walk away,” he • Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea said. “I look forward to the next was six shots back entering the phase of my life.” final round of the women’s Scot­ • Minnesota signed Pro Bowl tish Open in Irvine, but closed cornerback Xavier Rhodes, 27, to with a 6­under 66 to win by one a five­year contract extension that stroke over Mi Jung Hur (66) and goes through the 2022 season Hall of Famer Karrie Webb (73). and could be worth as much as Webb had a double bogey on $70 million. the par­5 17th hole and said she was “very gutted.”

Golf Lee, 24, earned $225,000 for Vegas wins in playoff her second LPGA Tour victory.

Ex­UW Huskies player Jing Yan Jhonattan Vegas successfully defended his RBC Canadian Open (72) tied for 23rd at 4 over.

• Erynne Lee, a graduate of title, beating Charley Hoffman Central Kitsap High in Silverdale, with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff at Glen Abbey in Oakville, won the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship in Battle Creek, Ontario.

Mich., for her second Symetra Vegas closed with a 7­under­ Tour title of the year.

Soccer

Rapinoe excels for U.S.

The U.S. women’s team trailed by two goals before erupting for three scores in a nine­minute span and beating Brazil 4­3 in a Tournament of Nations match in San Diego. Julie Ertz scored the winner in the 89th minute.

Seattle Reign player Megan Rapinoe had a goal in the 85th minute plus two assists and was voted Woman of the Match.

Samantha Mewis and Christen Press scored the first two goals for the United States.

Swimming

Dressel gets 7th gold

Caeleb Dressel, 20, won his seventh gold medal of the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, putting the U.S. team ahead to stay with another domi­ nating swim in the 4x100­meter medley relay.

Dressel and fellow American Michael Phelps (in 2007) are the

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WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct. GB Minnesota.................19 2 .905 — Los Angeles ...............17 6 .739 3 Phoenix ....................13 10 .565 7 Dallas .......................11 14 .440 10 Seattle......................10 13 .435 10 San Antonio.................3 21 .125 17½ EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct. GB Connecticut...............14 9 .609 — Washington...............14 9 .609 — New York ..................12 10 .545 1½ Atlanta .....................10 13 .435 4 Chicago.......................8 16 .333 6½ Indiana .......................8 16 .333 6½ Sunday’s games Connecticut 89, Indiana 73 Washington 77, Atlanta 70 Los Angeles 95, Dallas 74 Phoenix 81, San Antonio 64 New York 86, Chicago 82 Minnesota 93, Seattle 82 Monday’s games No games scheduled Tuesday’s games New York at San Antonio, 5 p.m.<

Liberty 86, Sky 82 NEW YORK (86)—Charles 6­21 2­4 15, Hartley 1­7 0­0 3, Prince 5­7 2­2 12, Vaughn 2­5 0­0 4, Zellous 4­8 2­3 10. To­ tals— 35­77 8­13 86.

CHICAGO (82)—Breland 6­16 1­1 13, Dol­ son 5­9 0­0 11, Quigley 9­13 0­0 22, Vandersloot 6­11 0­0 12, Young 0­7 5­6 5.

Totals— 33­68 8­11 82.

New York 20 26 26 14 — 86 24 15 27 16 — 82 Chicago Three­point goals—New York 8­15 (Rod­ gers 4­7, R.Allen 2­2, Charles 1­2, Hartley 1­4), Chicago 8­15 (Quigley 4­6, Copper 2­2, Pondexter 1­1, Dolson 1­4, Vander­ sloot 0­1, Young 0­1). Fouled out—None.

Rebounds—New York 37 (Stokes 16), Chi­ cago 28 (Breland 10). Assists—New York 25 (Charles 5), Chicago 23 (Vandersloot 10). Total fouls—New York 15, Chicago 13. Technicals—Breland. A—5,834 (17,500).

Mercury 81, Stars 64 SAN ANTONIO (64)—Hamby 4­8 3­6 11, Harrison 4­9 2­2 10, McBride 5­12 2­2 13, Montgomery 1­10 0­0 2, Plum 2­11 5­6 9, Alexander 0­2 0­0 0, Coffey 1­2 0­0 2, Col­ son 0­4 1­2 1, Holmes 1­2 0­0 2, Murphy 4­5 3­4 14, de Souza 0­0 0­0 0. Totals— 22­65 16­22 64.

PHOENIX (81)—A.Robinson 4­7 0­0 8, D.Robinson 3­7 4­4 10, Little 4­9 1­1 9, Tal­ bot 0­3 0­0 0, Taurasi 4­9 2­2 13, Cannon 1­1 7­8 9, Currie 6­12 4­4 20, George 2­7 2­2 6, Mitchell 0­3 1­2 1, Prince 1­2 0­0 2, Turner 1­4 0­2 3. Totals— 26­64 21­25 81.

San Antonio 13 22 10 19 — 64 Phoenix 22 20 21 18 — 81 Three­point goals—San Antonio 4­15 (Murphy 3­3, McBride 1­3, Plum 0­4, Montgomery 0­5), Phoenix 8­22 (Currie 4­7, Taurasi 3­6, Turner 1­3, Mitchell 0­1, Talbot 0­1, Little 0­2, George 0­2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 43 (Harrison 13), Phoenix 30 (Taurasi, George 6). Assists—San Antonio 6 (McBride 2), Phoenix 20 (D.Robinson 4).

Total fouls—San Antonio 24, Phoenix 16.

Sparks 95, Wings 74 DALLAS (74)—A.Gray 4­10 7­8 16, Christ­ mas­Kelly 1­4 2­2 5, Diggins­Smith 3­11 7­8 14, Johnson 4­9 2­2 10, Powers 5­15 10­11 23, Akhator 0­0 2­2 2, Chong 1­4 0­0 2, Da­ vis 0­1 0­0 0, Lewis 0­0 0­0 0, Paris 0­2 0­0 0, Plaisance 0­4 0­0 0, Thornton 1­6 0­0 2.

Totals— 19­66 30­33 74.

LOS ANGELES (95)—Beard 5­8 3­3 13, C.Gray 7­12 0­0 16, Ogwumike 10­13 2­2 22, Parker 10­12 2­2 23, Sims 2­6 0­0 4, Di­ arra 0­0 1­2 1, Jackson­Jones 0­1 0­0 0, Lav­ ender 4­8 0­0 8, Wiese 0­2 0­0 0, Williams 2­9 4­4 8. Totals— 40­71 12­13 95.

Dallas 20 22 18 14 — 74 Los Angeles 30 19 30 16 — 95 Three­point goals—Dallas 6­28 (Powers 3­8, Christmas­Kelly 1­3, A.Gray 1­3, Dig­ gins­Smith 1­5, Johnson 0­1, Plaisance 0­2, Chong 0­3, Thornton 0­3), Los Ange­ les 3­17 (C.Gray 2­4, Parker 1­2, Wiese 0­1, Sims 0­1, Beard 0­1, Lavender 0­3, Wil­ liams 0­5). Fouled out—None. Re­ bounds—Dallas 21 (Johnson 5), Los Ange­ les 41 (Parker 10). Assists—Dallas 11 (Diggins­Smith 6), Los Angeles 28 (C.Gray, Sims 8). Total fouls—Dallas 13, Los Ange­ les 21. Technicals—Los Angeles defen­ sive three second, Los Angeles team, Los Angeles coach Brian Agler.

Sun 89, Fever 73 INDIANA (73)—Achonwa 1­3 0­0 2, Janu­ ary 3­9 2­2 9, McCall 2­9 0­0 4, Mitchell 3­9 3­3 10, Wheeler 5­11 0­0 13, Coleman 1­6 2­2 4, Gwathmey 6­12 0­0 13, Hamson 5­8 1­1 11, Larkins 2­3 1­1 5, Pohlen 1­2 0­0 2.

Totals— 29­72 9­9 73.

CONNECTICUT (89)—A.Thomas 6­11 2­3 14, J.Jones 4­6 5­6 14, J.Thomas 6­13 1­2 15, Stricklen 1­4 2­2 5, Williams 5­7 0­0 10, Adams 0­2 2­2 2, B.Jones 1­3 4­4 6, Ban­ ham 2­7 0­0 5, Bentley 4­8 0­0 11, Kizer 1­2 0­0 2, Pedersen 0­1 1­2 1, Tuck 2­8 0­0 4.

Totals— 32­72 17­21 89.

Indiana 13 15 17 28 — 73 Connecticut 29 18 33 9 — 89 Three­point goals—Indiana 6­16 (Wheel­ er 3­6, January 1­2, Mitchell 1­2, Gwath­ mey 1­5, Coleman 0­1), Connecticut 8­21 (Bentley 3­4, J.Thomas 2­5, J.Jones 1­1, Banham 1­3, Stricklen 1­4, Tuck 0­2, Ad­ ams 0­2). Fouled out—None. Re­ bounds—Indiana 30 (McCall 9), Connect­ icut 39 (J.Jones 13). Assists—Indiana 17 (Wheeler, Coleman 4), Connecticut 24 (A.Thomas 8). Total fouls—Indiana 19, Connecticut 18. Technicals—Connecticut defensive three second 2, Connecticut team 2. A—6,145 (9,518).

Mystics 77, Dream 70 WASHINGTON (77)—Delle Donne 3­10 4­6 10, Meesseman 14­22 2­2 30, Ruffin­Pratt 0­5 4­8 4, Thomas 1­3 0­0 2, Toliver 5­13 4­4 19, Hawkins 3­4 0­0 6, Hightower 0­3

2­2 2, Latta 1­6 2­2 4, Walker­Kimbrough 0­1 0­0 0. Totals— 27­67 18­24 77.

ATLANTA (70)—Clarendon 5­13 0­0 11, Hayes 1­6 1­1 3, Lyttle 5­8 0­0 10, Sykes 5­15 4­4 14, Williams 7­13 4­6 18, Ajavon 0­2 0­0 0, Dantas 2­4 0­0 4, Holmes 5­13 0­1 10, Hooper 0­3 0­0 0, Morello 0­0 0­0 0.

Totals— 30­77 9­12 70.

Washington 24 20 24 9 — 77 Atlanta 16 13 27 14 — 70 Three­point goals—Washington 5­20 (To­ liver 5­12, Ruffin­Pratt 0­1, Hightower 0­1, Latta 0­3, Delle Donne 0­3), Atlanta 1­12 (Clarendon 1­4, Hayes 0­1, Ajavon 0­1, Holmes 0­1, Sykes 0­2, Hooper 0­3).

Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Wash­ ington 47 (Thomas 15), Atlanta 32 (Lyttle 9). Assists—Washington 14 (Toliver, Ruf­ fin­Pratt, Thomas 3), Atlanta 25 (Claren­ don 10). Total fouls—Washington 14, At­ lanta 18. Technicals—Washington defen­ sive three second, Washington team.

WNBA Leaders THROUGH JULY 30

Scoring G FG FT Griner, PHO 18 143 116 Fowles, MIN 21 169 100 Charles, NYL 22 178 84 Stewart, SEA 22 150 105 Ogwmke, LAS 23 166 106 Dlle Dnne, WAS 20 121 112 Taurasi, PHO 21 113 96 Dggns­Smh, DAL 25 141 144 Loyd, SEA 23 132 102 Quigley, CHI 21 137 29 Hayes, ATL 23 123 115 Moore, MIN 21 123 61 Parker, LAS 22 135 58 Jones, CON 23 129 82 McBride, SAN 20 95 87 Gray, LAS 23 127 61 Thomas, CON 22 127 27 Dolson, CHI 23 132 42 Thomas, CON 22 119 68 Dupree, IND 23 135 47

PTS 402 438 454 441 452 376 392 459 396 360 393 350 354 358 310 348 323 326 306 317

FG Percentage FG Fowles, MIN 169 Langhorne, SEA 129 Griner, PHO 143 Ogwumike, LAS 166 Dolson, CHI 132 Beard, LAS 81 Jones, CON 129 Quigley, CHI 137 Harrison, SAN 118 Gray, LAS 127 Rebounds G OFF DEF Jones, CON 23 91 166 Charles, NYL 22 45 174 Fowles, MIN 21 79 127 Stewart, SEA 22 36 156 Parker, LAS 22 32 156 Thomas, WAS 23 71 124

AVG 22.3 20.9 20.6 20.0 19.7 18.8 18.7 18.4 17.2 17.1 17.1 16.7 16.1 15.6 15.5 15.1 14.7 14.2 13.9 13.8

FGA 248 191 248 288 239 150 240 259 227 245

PCT .681 .675 .577 .576 .552 .540 .538 .529 .520 .518

TOT 257 219 206 192 188 195

AVG 11.2 10.0 9.8 8.7 8.5 8.5

Assists Vandersloot, CHI Clarendon, ATL Bird, SEA Diggins­Smith, DAL Thomas, CON

G 17 23 21 25 22

AST AVG 127 7.5 164 7.1 141 6.7 144 5.8 109 5.0

Baseball

Pacific Coast League

PACIFIC CONFERENCE North Division W L Pct. GB Fresno (Astros).................. 64 44 .593 — Reno (Diamondbacks)........ 63 45 .583 1 Tacoma (Mariners)............ 55 53 .509 9 Sacramento (Giants).......... 45 62 .42118½ South Division Salt Lake (Angels).............. 56 52 .519 — Albuquerque (Rockies)....... 55 52 .514 ½ El Paso (Padres) ................ 52 56 .481 4 Las Vegas (Mets) ............... 39 68 .36416½ AMERICAN CONFERENCE North Division Colorado Springs (Brwers).. 63 41 .606 — Oklahoma City (Dodgers) ... 56 50 .528 8 Omaha (Royals) ................ 49 57 .462 15 Iowa (Cubs) ...................... 48 56 .462 15 South Division Memphis (Cardinals) ......... 70 37 .654 — Nashville (Athletics) .......... 51 56 .477 19 Round Rock (Rangers)........ 49 59 .45421½ New Orleans (Marlins)....... 40 67 .374 30 SUNDAY'S GAMES Reno 6, Memphis 4 Omaha 5, Fresno 2 Round Rock 7, El Paso 3 Tacoma 5, Oklahoma City 3 Salt Lake 12, Nashville 7 Iowa 5, Albuquerque 4 Sacramento 6, New Orleans 2 Las Vegas 12, Col. Springs 6 MONDAY'S GAMES El Paso at Round Rock Fresno at Omaha Salt Lake at Nashville Tacoma at Oklahoma City Iowa at Albuquerque Colorado Springs at Las Vegas Memphis at Reno New Orleans at Sacramento TUESDAY'S GAMES Fresno at Omaha Salt Lake at Nashville Iowa at Albuquerque El Paso at Round Rock Tacoma at Oklahoma City Colorado Springs at Las Vegas New Orleans at Sacramento

Northwest League

North Division W Spokane (Rangers) ............ .6 Tri­City (Padres)................. .4 Vancouver (Blue Jays) ........ .3 Everett (Mariners)............. .2 South Division Hillsboro (Diamondbacks) .. .4 Eugene (Cubs)................... .4 Salem­Keizer (Giants)......... .3 Boise (Rockies).................. .1 Sunday’s games Eugene 9, Hillsboro 1 Tri­City 7, Vancouver 3 Spokane 6, Everett 5 Boise 10, Salem­Keizer 4 Monday’s games No games scheduled Tuesday’s games No games scheduled

L 1 3 4 5

Pct. GB .857 — .571 2 .429 3 .286 4

3 3 3 5

.571 .571 .500 .167

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On this day July 31

1932 — France beats the United States 3­2 for its sixth consecutive Davis Cup championship.

1934 — Britain, led by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin, beats the United States 4­1 at Wimbledon to win the Davis Cup. 1954 — Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double to give the Milwaukee Braves a 15­7 victory over Brooklyn.

1963 — The Cleveland Indians become the first American League club to hit four straight home runs and in unlikely fash­ ion. No. 8 hitter Woody Held hits a two­ out homer off Paul Foytack, pitcher Pedro Ramos follows with his second homer of the game and Tito Francona and Larry Brown's first major league homer finish the string. Foytack is the only major league pitcher to give up four straight home runs.

1983 — Jan Stephenson beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by one stroke to win the U.S. Women's Open.

1990 — Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, in the Texas Rangers' 11­3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

1993 — Mike Aulby becomes the third player in PBA history to win a tourna­ ment by rolling a 300 game in the title game. Aulby beats David Ozio 300­279 in the Wichita Open.

1994 — Sergei Bubka sets a world pole vault record for the 35th time in his ca­ reer at a meet in Sestriere, Italy. Bubka soars 20 feet, 1 3/4 inches, adding a half­ inch to his old mark set in Tokyo in 1992.

2000 — Dorothy Delasin becomes the LP­ GA's youngest winner in 25 years by beat­ ing Pat Hurst on the second extra hole to win the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. The 19­ year­old Delasin is the youngest winner on the tour since Amy Alcott took the Or­ ange Blossom Classic at age 19 in 1975.

2005 — Grant Hackett becomes the first swimmer to win four straight world titles in the same event, capturing another 1,500­meter freestyle. The Aussie stretch­ es out his own record for world champi­ onship medals to 17.

2007 — All­Star Kevin Garnett is traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to Boston for five players and two draft picks. The Celtics obtain the former MVP and 10­time All­Star from Minnesota for forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green, guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff and two first­ round draft picks.

2011 — The swimming world champion­ ships in Shanghai ends with a jolt when emerging Chinese star Sun Yang breaks the oldest world record in the sport _ Aus­ tralian great Grant Hackett's 10­year­old mark in the 1,500 meters. Sun finishes in 14:34.14, improving on Hackett's mark of 14:34.56 set at the 2001 worlds. The American team claims 29 swimming medals _ 16 gold, five silver and eight bronze _ in the meet to greatly improve upon its performance from two years ago in Rome.

2011 — Yani Tseng wins the Women's British Open for the second straight year, beating Brittany Lang by four strokes and becoming the youngest woman to cap­ ture a fifth major title. The 22­year­old top­ranked Taiwanese shot a 3­under 69 to finish at 16­under 272.

2012 — Michael Phelps breaks the Olym­ pic medals record with his 19th as the United States romp to a dominating win in 4x200­meter freestyle relay at the Lon­ don Games. With 19 career medals span­ ning three Olympics, Phelps moves one ahead of Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who got her haul in 1956, 1960 and 1964.

Soccer MLS

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City ............ 9 4 9 36 28 17 FC Dallas ............... 9 4 7 34 32 23 Houston................ 9 7 6 33 39 32 Seattle.................. 8 7 7 31 32 31 Portland................ 8 8 7 31 39 38 Vancouver ............. 9 8 3 30 30 29 San Jose ................ 8 9 5 29 24 34 Real Salt Lake ........ 7 12 4 25 30 44 Los Angeles ........... 6 10 5 23 31 37 Minnesota ............ 6 12 4 22 29 45 Colorado ............... 6 12 2 20 20 29 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Toronto FC........... 12 3 7 43 41 22 Chicago............... 11 5 5 38 40 24 New York City FC .. 11 7 4 37 40 31 New York............. 11 8 2 35 32 26 Atlanta United .... 10 7 4 34 41 28 Columbus............ 10 11 2 32 33 37 Orlando City .......... 8 8 6 30 23 31 New England ......... 7 9 5 26 36 34 Philadelphia .......... 7 10 5 26 29 27 Montreal............... 6 8 6 24 30 36 D.C. United............ 5 14 3 18 18 42 Sunday’s match Toronto FC 4, New York City FC 0 Saturday’s matches FC Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Toronto FC at D.C. United, 4 p.m.

Orlando City at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota United, 5 p.m.

New England at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s matches Los Angeles at Portland, 1 p.m.

New York at New York City FC, 3 p.m.

Atlanta United FC at Sporting Kansas City, 5 p.m.

TORONTO FC 4, NEW YORK CITY FC 0 New York City .................... 0 0 — 0 Toronto............................. 1 3 — 4 First half—1, Toronto, Giovinco 10 (Del­ gado), 32nd minute. Second half—2, To­ ronto, Giovinco, 11, 67th. 3, Toronto, Alri­ dore 9 (PK). 4, Toronto, Edwards 1 (Gio­ vinco), 82nd. Goalies—New York City, Sean Johnson; Toronto, Alexander Bono.

Yellow cards—Callens, New York, 74th; Edwards, Toronto, 80th. Red cards— None. Referee—Chris Penso. A—29,203 (30,000)

National Women's Soccer League

W Chicago.................8

L 3

T Pts GF GA 4 28 20 14

Auto racing

Busch ends skid

Kyle Busch ended a 36­race losing streak at NASCAR’s highest level when he took the Overton’s 400 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. Busch has 39 career victories and has won at least one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in each of the last 13 years.

Kevin Harvick was second and Kasey Kahne of Enumclaw fin­ ished 11th of 38.

• Josef Newgarden won the Honda Indy 200 in Lexington, Ohio, and moved from fourth to first in the IndyCar Series stand­ ings with his second straight victory.

• German Sebastian Vettel of the Ferrari team won the Hungar­ ian Grand Prix in Budapest and extended his lead in the Formula One standings to 14 points over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain.

ELSEWHERE

• Three’s Company player­coach Allen Iverson, a former NBA most valuable player, did not show up for the Big3’s games in Dallas and officials of the three­on­three league said they are investigating his absence.

Seattle Times news services

GRAHAM TRUCKING WINS COLUMBIA CUP IN TRI­CITIES N O R TH W E S T | Seattle Times staff

Rob Graham of Seattle­based Graham Trucking went from unlimited hydro­ plane sponsor to owner this season.

The U­12 Graham Trucking, driven by veteran driver J. Michael Kelly, won the Columbia Cup race Sunday in Kenne­ wick in Graham’s first race as an owner.

Jimmy King in the U­3 Grigg’s Ace Hardware was second, a strong showing for the only piston boat in a field of tur­ bine power. Jimmy Shane, the defend­ ing National High Points Champion, was third in the U­1 Miss HomeStreet Bank.

Kelly was awarded the Columbia Cup last year after a rules violation was called on Shane. Shane appealed and was given back the win in December, which was his third straight in Tri­Cities.

This was Kelly’s first win in the Tri­Cities.

Shane had three heat wins over the weekend and holds the series points lead. This was the first race this season that counts for the High Points title.

Kelly won only one of the preliminary heats (2A), but he found a perfect start, hitting the starting line at full speed in lane four while the other boats were still firing up their engines from the pre­race jockeying for the inside lane.

Andrew Tate in the U­9 Les Schwab Tires took fourth. Tate had a big week­ end as he was the top qualifier and won three heats.

Tate is the defending champ at the Albert Lee Appliance Cup at Seafair and he’ll look to defend his title starting Friday on Lake Washington.

Fanfare

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Basketball

only swimmers to win seven golds at one world­championships meet.

Nathan Adrian of Bremerton swam the freestyle anchor leg of the closing­day relay.

The U.S. team finished with 18 golds and 38 medals overall — compared with eight golds and 23 medals overall at the previous world meet, which was in 2015.

| Sports C7

North Carolina .......9 5 0 27 20 Portland................7 4 4 25 19 Seattle..................6 3 6 24 30 Sky Blue FC ............7 7 2 23 28 Houston................6 7 2 20 16 Orlando ................5 6 4 19 24 Boston ..................3 7 5 14 10 Kansas City ............3 7 4 13 14 Washington...........3 8 3 12 17 Friday’s matches Kansas City at Boston, 4 p.m.

Washington at Sky Blue FC, 4 p.m.

Saturday’s matches Houston at Portland, Noon:30 Seattle at North Carolina, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at Orlando, 4:30 p.m.

13 13 22 28 23 23 16 22 24

Tournament of Nations

Women United States 4, Brazil 3 United States..................... 1 3 — 4 Brazil ................................ 1 2 — 3 First half—1, Brazil, Andressinha (Debin­ ha) 2nd minute. 2, USA, Samantha Mewis (Megan Rapinoe) 18th Second half— 3,Brazil, Bruna Benites (Marta) 63. 4, Brazil, Andressinha 78th.

5,USA­Christen Press (Rapinoe) 80th.

6,USA, Rapinoe (Press) 85th. 7, USA, Julie Ertz (Carli Lloyd) 89th A—21,096

Swimming

World Championships

Budapest, Hungary Sunday, July 30 Men's Finals 50m Backstroke 1. Camille Lacourt, 24.35 0.73 2. Junya Koga, Japan, 24.51 00.16 0.55 3. Matt Grevers, United States, 24.56 00.21 0.61 1500m Freestyle 1. Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy, 14:35.85 0.78 2. Mykhailo Romanchuk, Ukraine, 14:37.14 01.29 0.74 3. Mack Horton, Australia, 14:47.70 11.85 0.73 400m Medley 1. Chase Kalisz, United States, 4:05.90 0.70 2. David Verraszto, Hungary, 4:08.38 02.48 0.81 3. Daiya Seto, Japan, 4:09.14 03.24 0.61 4x100m Medley Relay 1. United States, 3:27.91 2. Great Britain, 3:28.95 01.04 3. Russia, 3:29.76 01.85 27m High Dive 1. Steve Lo Bue, United States, 397.15 2. Michal Navratil, Czech Republic, 390.90 3. Alessandro de Rose, Italy, 379.65 Women's Finals 50m Breaststroke 1. Lilly King, United States, 29.40 0.67 WR 2. Yuliya Efimova, Russia, 29.57 00.17 0.69 3. Katie Meili, United States, 29.99 00.59 0.63 50m Freestyle 1. Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden, 23.69 0.64 2. Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Netherlands, 23.85 00.16 0.69 3. Simone Manuel, United States, 23.97 00.28 0.67 400m Medley 1. Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 4:29.33 0.69 2. Mireia Belmonte, Spain, 4:32.17 02.84 0.65 3. Sydney Pickrem, Canada, 4x100m Medley Relay 1. United States, 3:27.91 2. Great Britain, 3:28.95 01.04 3. Russia, 3:29.76 01.85 4. Japan, 3:30.19 02.28 5. Brazil, 3:31.53 03.62 6. China, 3:31.65 03.74 7. Hungary, 3:32.13 04.22 8. Belarus, 3:33.63 05.72

Golf

PGA Tour ­ RBC Canadian Open

At Oakville, Ontario (Played at the 7,253­yard par­72 Glen Abbey Golf Club) FINAL x­Won on first playoff hole ..................... x­J. Vegas, $1,080,000....66­69­67­65–267 Chrley Hoffmn, $648,00068­66­65­68–267 Ian Poulter, $408,000.....67­69­68­64–268 Gary Woodlnd, $288,000 70­63­68­68–269 Tony Finau, $219,000.....69­67­66­68–270 Robert Grrigs, $219,000..70­69­62­69–270 Brandon Hagy, $219,000 65­68­69­68–270 Kevin Chppell, $180,000.65­69­66­71–271 Dustin Jhnson, $180,000.67­69­68­67–271 Andres Gnzles, $144,000 67­69­66­70–272 James Hahn, $144,000 ... 66­73­67­66–272 Sean O'Hair, $144,000 ... 69­68­70­65–272 Seamus Pwer, $144,000.68­70­68­66–272 Keegn Brdley, $102,000..67­69­72­65–273 Matt Every, $102,000.....65­68­70­70–273 J.B. Holmes, $102,000....67­70­68­68–273 C.T. Pan, $102,000.........72­66­67­68–273 Vijay Singh, $102,000.....66­68­71­68–273 Martin Flores, $75,300...66­66­72­70–274 Kramer Hickok, $75,300 . 67­71­67­69–274 Sam Saunders, $75,300..68­67­67­72–274 Tyrne V Aswgn, $75,300 . 66­70­67­71–274 Seung­Yul Noh, $55,200 . 69­67­71­68–275 Chez Reavie, $55,200.....67­69­69­70–275 Rory Sabbatini, $55,200 . 70­66­67­72–275 Harold Vrner III, $55,200 69­65­69­72–275 Smylie Kfman, $44,400...66­71­68­71–276 David Lingmrth, $44,400 67­70­68­71–276 Nick Watney, $44,400....68­69­68­71–276 Blayne Barber, $39,900..69­68­72­68–277 Luke List, $39,900..........72­68­67­70–277 Chad Campbell, $30,480.66­69­68­75–278 Jim Herman, $30,480.....66­73­71­68–278 Tom Hoge, $30,480........71­68­70­69–278 Mcknzie Hughs, $30,480 67­69­74­68–278 Matt Kuchar, $30,480 .... 71­68­70­69–278 Danny Lee, $30,480 ....... 72­68­70­68–278 Sebstián Mñoz, $30,480.69­69­71­69–278 Tag Ridings, $30,480......67­69­73­69–278 Ryan Ruffels, $30,480.....67­67­68­76–278 Hudson Swffrd, $30,480.65­72­71­70–278 Ricky Barnes, $20,400....70­70­71­68–279 Lee McCoy, $20,400.......68­71­67­73–279 J.T. Poston, $20,400.......69­71­69­70–279 Dniel Smmrhys, $20,400.67­70­72­70–279 Bubba Watson, $20,400 . 66­73­71­69–279 Richy Werenski, $20,400 67­71­70­71–279

Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open

At Irvine, Scotland (Played at the 6,390­yard Par: 72 Dundonald Links) FINAL Mi Hyang Lee, $225,000.73­75­68­66–282 Mi Jung Hur, $104,559 ... 74­71­72­66–283 Karrie Webb, $104,559...65­75­70­73–283 Carlota Ciganda, $56,46271­73­70­70–284 Cristie Kerr, $56,462 ...... 66­73­73­72–284 Sun Young Yoo, $41,126.72­69­73­71–285 Sei Young Kim, $41,126..69­72­69­75–285 Minjee Lee, $34,853.......74­70­73­69–286 In­Kyung Kim, $32,065 ... 75­71­74­67–287 C. Masson, $32,065........70­75­73­69–287 Georgia Hall, $32,065 .... 71­73­72­71–287 Cydney Clanton, $29,27672­73­72­71–288 Emily K. Pedrsn, $25,094 72­73­76­68–289 Ai Miyazato, $25,094 ..... 73­73­74­69–289 Paula Creamer, $25,094.75­70­75­69–289 Lina Boqvist, $25,094.....69­76­75­69–289 Jacqui Conclino, $25,094 72­73­73­71–289 Olfia Krstinsdtir, $25,09473­70­73­73–289 Michelle Wie, $22,306 ... 72­73­73­72–290 P. Phatlum, $20,633 ...... 69­73­80­69–291 W. Meechai, $20,633 ..... 71­74­76­70–291 Chella Choi, $20,633......76­73­69­73–291 Hyo Joo Kim, $15,754.....76­71­76­69–292 J.Marie Green, $15,754...71­75­77­69–292 Yani Tseng, $15,754.......79­69­74­70–292 Joanna Klatten, $15,754.76­68­78­70–292 Haru Nomura, $15,754...73­72­76­71–292 Jing Yan, $15,754 .......... 73­73­74­72–292 L. Gonzlz Esclln, $15,754.73­75­71­73–292 So Yeon Ryu, $15,754.....71­77­70­74–292

The Senior Open Championship

At Bridgend, Wales (Played at the 7,010­yard Par: 71 Royal Porthcawl Golf Club) FINAL Brnhard Lnger, $304,869 69­74­65­72–280 Corey Pavin, $203,276....73­74­65­71–283 Billy Andrade, $94,450...71­76­69­68–284 Fred Couples, $94,450....75­75­66­68–284 Peter Lonard, $94,450....71­75­67­71–284 Magnus Atlevi, $54,853..77­73­65­70–285 Miguel Martin, $54,853..72­76­68­69–285 Phillip Price, $54,853 ..... 74­73­68­70–285 Billy Mayfair, $38,750....71­72­71­72–286 David McKenzie, $38,75073­73­71­69–286 Steve Flesch, $32,491.....72­71­71­73–287 Miguel A Jimnz, $32,491.76­73­65­73–287 David Frost, $29,291 ...... 81­74­65­68–288 Brad Faxon, $28,088......78­71­67­73–289 Woody Austin, $23,518 .. 75­77­70­68–290 Paul Brdhurst, $23,518...75­75­67­73–290 Scott Dunlap, $23,518....76­73­66­75–290 Peter Fowler, $23,518....71­76­73­70–290 Mike Goodes, $23,518....74­72­72­72–290 Santiago Luna, $23,518..77­70­68­75–290 Tom Pernice Jr., $23,518.71­76­70­73–290 Jeff Sluman, $23,518......74­76­69­71–290

Porsche European Open Leading

At Hamburg, Germany (Played at the 7,583­yard Par: 72 Green Eagle Golf Course) FINAL Smith won on second playoff hole Jordan Smith, England ... 70­67­67­71–275 Alexander Levy, France .. 67­70­69­69–275 S. Rahman, Bangladesh . 70­66­73­68–277 Johan Edfors, Sweden .... 71­67­69­70–277 Z Lombard, South Africa.70­72­69­67–278 Adrian Otaegui, Spain....71­66­70­71–278 Jens Fahrbring, Sweden..68­68­70­72–278 Mikko Ilonen, Finland .... 72­70­72­65–279 Richie Ramsay, Scotland 70­68­71­70–279 Luca Cianchetti, Italy ..... 71­67­71­70–279 A. Chesters, England......68­67­72­72–279 Alexndr Knppe, Germany74­69­70­67–280 Nacho Elvira, Spain........69­70­73­68–280 C Schwrtzl, South Africa . 67­71­73­69–280 S. Gallacher, Scotland....68­70­72­70–280 Jamie Donaldson, Wales.69­71­71­70–281 Sbstn Heisele, Germany . 72­70­69­70–281 J. Suri, United States......66­72­69­74–281

Web.com Digital Ally Open

At Overland Park, Kan. (Played at the 7,237­yard Par: 71 Nicklaus Golf Club LionsGate) FINAL Zecheng Dou, $117,000..65­67­61­66–259 Kyle Thompson, $48,533 65­69­63­65–262 Luke Guthrie, $48,533....67­66­62­67–262 Billy Kennerly, $48,533 .. 66­67­63­66–262 Samuel Del Val, $24,700.65­68­63­67–263 Tom Lovelady, $24,700...65­67­64­67–263 Abraham Ancer, $21,775 68­65­63­68–264 Matt Atkins, $19,500......67­69­64­66–266 Xinjun Zhang, $19,500 ... 69­69­64­64–266 Joshua Creel, $16,250 .... 70­66­66­65–267 Talor Gooch, $16,250 ..... 64­69­65­69–267 Taylor Moore, $16,250...68­67­68­64–267 Brice Garnett, $10,806 ... 67­64­67­70–268 Justin Hueber, $10,806...72­63­65­68–268 Nate Lashley, $10,806....66­70­66­66–268 Rob Oppnheim, $10,806.67­63­67­71–268 David Skinns, $10,806....65­64­70­69–268 Roger Sloan, $10,806.....69­69­65­65–268 Adam Svenssn, $10,806..65­70­66­67–268 Drew Weaver, $10,806...68­64­66­70–268 Jamie Arnold, $5,989......70­67­67­65–269 Albin Choi, $5,989 ......... 66­72­66­65–269 Austin Cook, $5,989.......68­68­65­68–269 Matt Davidson, $5,989...68­69­64­68–269 Martin Piller, $5,989......68­68­64­69–269 Alex Prugh, $5,989 ........ 68­70­65­66–269 Michael Sim, $5,989 ...... 67­70­62­70–269 Nichlas Thmpsn, $5,989 . 64­70­71­64–269 Andrew Landry, $5,989 .. 63­70­63­73–269

Auto Racing

NASCAR Monster Energy Overton's 400 Sunday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses)

1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 160 laps, 50 points. 2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 160, 43.

3. (2) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 160, 43. 4.

(4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 160, 37. 5. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 160, 48. 6. (7) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 160, 44. 7. (8) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 160, 30. 8. (9) Erik Jones, Toyota, 160, 29. 9. (15) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 160, 28. 10. (13) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 160, 28. 11. (12) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 160, 31. 12. (23) Dale Earn­ hardt Jr, Chevrolet, 160, 25. 13. (18) Kurt Busch, Ford, 160, 31. 14. (20) Ryan New­ man, Chevrolet, 160, 29. 15. (22) Danica Patrick, Ford, 160, 30. 16. (21) Ricky Sten­ house Jr, Ford, 160, 25. 17. (30) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 159, 20. 18. (17) Michael Mc­

Dowell, Chevrolet, 159, 21. 19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 159, 18. 20. (19) Trev­ or Bayne, Ford, 159, 20. 21. (26) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 159, 16. 22. (33) David Ragan, Ford, 159, 15. 23. (28) AJ Allmend­ inger, Chevrolet, 159, 15. 24. (32) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 159, 13. 25. (34) Corey Lajoie, Toyota, 159, 12. 26. (3) Jamie Mc­ Murray, Chevrolet, 159, 16. 27. (10) Joey Logano, Ford, 159, 10. 28. (24) Chris Bue­ scher, Chevrolet, 159, 9. 29. (31) Landon Cassill, Ford, 158, 8. 30. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 158, 13. 31. (35) Gray Gaulding, Chevrolet, 157, 6. 32. (36) Stephen Le­ icht, Toyota, 153, 5. 33. (16) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 148, 6. 34. (37) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, transmission, 85, 3. 35. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, accident, 57, 2. 36. (38) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, engine, 24, 1. 37. (29) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, accident, 1, 1. 38. (25) Aric Almiro­ la, Ford, accident, 0, 1.

IndyCar­Honda Indy 200

Sunday At Mid­Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio Lap length: 2.258 miles 1. (2) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 90, Running; 2. (1) Will Power, Chevrolet, 90, Running; 3. (4) Graham Rahal, Honda, 90, Running; 4. (7) Simon Pagenaud, Chevro­ let, 90, Running; 5. (3) Takuma Sato, Honda, 90, Running; 6. (9) Alexander Ros­ si, Honda, 90, Running; 7. (5) Helio Cas­ troneves, Chevrolet, 90, Running; 8. (10) Ryan Hunter­Reay, Honda, 90, Running; 9. (6) Scott Dixon, Honda, 90, Running; 10. (11) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 90, Run­ ning; 11. (8) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 90, Running; 12. (14) Marco Andretti, Honda, 90, Running; 13. (13) Charlie Kim­ ball, Honda, 90, Running; 14. (21) Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, 90, Running; 15.

(18) Max Chilton, Honda, 90, Running;

NHRA Sonoma Nationals Sunday Sonoma, Calif.

Final Finish Order

Final Results Top Fuel _ Steve Torrence, 3.784 seconds, 329.42 mph def. Antron Brown, 3.974 seconds, 281.83 mph. Funny Car _ J.R. Todd, Toyota Camry, 4.049, 323.27 def.

Tim Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 6.823, 100.26. Pro Stock _ Tanner Gray, Chevy Camaro, 6.572, 210.05 def. Bo Butner, Ca­ maro, 6.577, 210.93. Pro Stock Motorcy­ cle _ LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.783, 197.02 def. Matt Smith, Victory, 6.790, 196.67.

Super Stock _ Jody Lang, Chevy Malibu, 10.688, 123.20 def. Justin Lamb, Chevy Cobalt, 8.622, 155.52. Stock Eliminator _ Brian McClanahan, Chevy Camaro, 9.871, 129.54 def. Dwayne Scheitlin, Dodge Challenger, 10.116, 129.27.

F1 Hungarian Grand Prix

Sunday At Hungaroring Budapest, Hungary Lap length: 2.722 miles 1. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Ferrari, 70 laps, 1:39:46.713, 25 points. 2. Kimi Raik­ konen, Finland, Ferrari, 70, +0.908 sec­ onds behind, 18. 3. Valtteri Bottas, Fin­ land, Mercedes, 70, +12.462, 15. 4. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, Mercedes,

Tennis

ATP World Tour BB&T Atlanta Open Results A U.S. Open Series event Sunday Atlanta Singles Championship

John Isner (2), United States, def. Ryan Harrison (4), United States, 7­6 (6), 7­6 (7). MORE;

ATP World Tour J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Results Sunday Gstaad, Switzerland Singles Championship

Fabio Fognini (4), Italy, def. Yannick Hanf­ mann, Germany, 6­4, 7­5.

ATP World Tour German Championships Results Sunday Hamburg, Germany Singles Championship

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 6­4, 4­6, 6­3.

WTA Ericsson Open Results Sunday Bastad, Sweden Singles Championship

Katerina Siniakova (7), Czech Republic, def. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, 6­3, 6­4.

WTA JiangXi Open Results

DETROIT— Placed OF Alex Presley on the 10­day DL, retroactive to July 27. Recalled OF/1B Jim Adduci from Toledo (IL).

HOUSTON— Placed RHP Will Harris on the 10­day DL. Recalled LHP Reymin Gud­ uan from Fresno (PCL). Agreed to terms with 2B Colin Walsh on a minor league contract.

KANSAS CITY— Released RHP Al Alburqu­ erque.

LOS ANGELES— Designated OF Nick Franklin for assignment. Selected the contract of RHP Troy Scribne from Salt Lake (PCL).

MINNESOTA— Traded LHP Jaime Garcia and cash to the N.Y. Yankees for LHPs Dietrich Enns and Zack Littell. Released LHP Craig Breslow. Sent LHP Glen Perkins to Fort Myers (FSL) for a rehab assign­ ment.

NEW YORK— Optioned LHP Caleb Smith and Luis Cessa to Scranton/Wilkes­Barre (IL). Recalled LHP Chasen Shreve from Scranton/Wilkes­Barre.

OAKLAND— Optioned RHP Frankie Mon­ tas to Nashville (PCL). Reinstated RHP Jharel Cotton from the 10­day DL. SEATTLE— Placed OF Mitch Haniger on the 10­day DL. Designated INF D.J. Peter­ son for assignment. Optioned RHP Cody Martin to Tacoma (PCL). Selected the con­ tract of OF Leonys Martin from Tacoma.

TAMPA BAY— Optioned LHP Adam Ko­ larek to Durham (IL).

TEXAS— Claimed INF Tyler Smith off waivers from Seattle.

TORONTO— Placed SS Troy Tulowitzki on the 10­day DL. Optioned RHP Chris Smith to Buffalo (IL). Reinstated RHP Mike Bols­ inger from the 10­day DL. Recalled INF/ OF Rob Refsnyder from Buffalo (IL). Sent RHP Leonel Campos to Buffalo for a rehab assignment.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA— Recalled RHP Silvino Bracho from Reno (PCL).

CINCINNATI— Placed SS Zack Cozart on the 10­day DL, retroactive to July 26. Re­ called RHP Kevin Shackelford from Louis­ ville (IL).

COLORADO— Placed LHP Jake McGee on the 10­day DL, retroactive to July 27. Re­ called LHP Zac Rosscup from Albuquer­ que (PCL). Recalled RHP Carlos Estevez from Colorado Springs as 26th man for Sunday's doubleheader.

LOS ANGELES— Sent RHP Chris Hatcher to the AZL Dodgers for a rehab assign­ ment. Transferred 1B Adrian Gonzalez to the 60­day DL. MIAMI— Reinstated RHP Brad Ziegler from the 10­day DL. MILWAUKEE— Optioned RHP Junior Guerra to Colorado Springs (PCL). Desig­ nated RHP Wily Peralta for assignment.

Selected the contract of OF Kirk Nieuwen­ huis from Colorado Springs. Recalled LHP Wei­Chung Wang from Colorado Springs.

NEW YORK— Designated LHP Josh Edgin for assignment. Sent LHP Tommy Milone to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab assign­ ment.

PHILADELPHIA— Traded RHP Jeremy Hellickson and cash to Baltimore for OF Hyun Soo Kim, LHP Garrett Cleavinger and future considerations. Placed RHP Pedro Beato on the 10­day DL. Recalled RHP Mark Leiter from Lehigh Valley (IL).

SAN DIEGO— Optioned OF Jabari Blash and RHP Kevin Quackenbush to EL Paso (PCL). Reinstated INF Yangervis Solarte and C Austin Hedges from the 10­day DL. SAN FRANCISCO— Agreed to terms with RHP Casey Kelly on a minor league con­ tract.

WASHINGTON— Placed 3B Stephen Drew on the 10­day DL. Designated 1B Matt Skole for assignment. Released OF Chris Heisey. Selected the contract of RHP Erick Fedde from Syracuse (IL). Recalled C Pe­ dro Severino from Syracuse as 26th man for Sunday's doubleheader. Sent RHP Shawn Kelley to Syracuse for a rehab as­ signment.

NBA

SACRAMENTO— Named Brandon Wil­ liams assistant general manager.

NFL

CLEVELAND— Waived­injured OL Chris Barker. Signed OL Kitt O'Brien.

DETROIT— Signed S Glover Quin to a con­ tract extension through the 2019 season.

MINNESOTA— Signed CB Xavier Rhodes to a contract extension.

NEW ENGLAND— LB Rob Ninkovich an­ nounced his retirement. Signed of WR K.J. Maye.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Announced the re­ tirement of S Jadar Johnson.

NHL

PITTSBURGH— Agreed to terms with F Conor Sheary on a three­year contract.

Daily Line

Major League Baseball Favorite

NATIONAL LEAGUE Line Underdog Line

PHILADELPHIA ­105 Atlanta ­105 Washington ­129 MIAMI +119 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City ­128 BALTIMORE +118 NEW YORK ­174 Detroit +162 Cleveland ­131 BOSTON +121 TEXAS ­130 Seattle +120 HOUSTON ­151 Tampa Bay +141 Toronto ­155 CHICAGO +145 INTERLEAGUE OAKLAND ­150 S. Francisco, +140 Updated odds available at Pregame.com Wrestling with a gambling problem? For the Gamblers Anonymous helpline, call 855­2CALLGA (855­222­5542).

Sunday Nanchang, China Singles Championship

Peng Shuai (2), China, def. Nao Hibino, Japan, 6­3, 6­2.

Transactions MLB

AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE — Selected the contract of OF Craig Gentry from Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO— Traded OF Melky Cabrera and cash to Kansas City for LHP Andre Davis and RHP A.J. Puckett. Reinstated INF/OF Leury Garcia from the 10­day DL. CLEVELAND— Claimed RHP Diego More­ no off waivers from Tampa Bay. Sent 2B Jason Kipnis to Columbus (IL) for a rehab assignment. Transferred LHP Boone Lo­ gan to the 60­day DL.

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| MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017

Speedy Riser passes distance test, League leaders defeat Storm wins Emerald Downs Derby the five­horse field, he had to work early to get separation from Mony­ dontspenitself. Staying more than 10 There was little doubt which horse lengths behind were the two closers, would be leading early in the Emerald Aqua Frio and More Power to Him. Downs Derby.

Those two made up a lot of ground The bigger question was whether entering the stretch, easily going past Riser could stay on top for 11/8 miles Monydontspenitself, but Riser had when he had never won at a distance something in reserve. longer than 6½ furlongs.

“He runs so easily and then he has The answer Sunday in Auburn was an something left for the finish,” Flores emphatic yes. said.

Despite setting swift early fractions, Riser easily won a pair of sprint races the 3­year­old gray colt held off his earlier in the meet, including the Coca­ stablemate, Aqua Frio, winning the Cola Stakes at 6½ furlongs, but after championship race of the meet for 3­ opening a clear lead in last month’s year­old males by 1¼ lengths.

Seattle Slew Stakes, he was caught just Riser, who was the favorite, paid before the wire by Aqua Frio. It seemed $4.40 to win and his time in the Sunday’s extra distance would not help $75,900 race was 1 minute, 49.41 sec­ Riser, and trainer Blaine Wright had his onds.

“To run fractions like that and then to doubts whether Riser could be a route be able to go 11/8 miles is not easy,” said horse. But he persuaded the owner, Chappell Alpine Farms, to give it a shot.

Riser’s rider, Eswan Flores. “He’s a “If we were ever going to try, this was warrior.”

Although Riser opened a clear lead in the time,” said Wright, who seems cer­

By SCOTT HANSON The Seattle Times

Emerald Downs

Horse /Jockey

Racing results

Sunday’s results (Track fast)

1 1 / miles, purse $8,800, claiming $5,000­ 1

16

$4,000, 3­year­olds and up.

Horse /Jockey

½

Str

Fin Odds

Mr. Takahashi/Flores 1­1 ½ 1­2 ½ 1­1 1.70* Toccet's Charm/Bowen 3­hd 2­½ 2­nk 4.40 Chu and I/Enriquez 5­5 3­1 ½ 3­3 ¾ 4.40 Golden Dynamo/Couton 2­1 ½ 4­4 4­3 ½ 11.80 Affluent Asset/Cmcho­Flrs 6 5­65­17½ 10.30 Coach Royal/Orozco 4­2 6 6 2.40 6 Mr. Takahashi 5.40 3.40 2.60 3 Toccet's Charm 5.20 3.00 5 Chu and I 3.40 Exacta (6­3) $10.90; Superfecta (6­3­5­1) $20.04; Trifecta (6­3­5) $18.45 Claimed—Coach Royal Off—2:01 p.m. Time— :24.22 :48.60 1:12.92 1:38.27 1:45.14 Winner—Dk B/ Br Gelding 2012, by Bertrando ­ Beaulena by Beau Genius Owner—Ten Percent Gents.

Trainer—Jeffrey Metz.

2

6 furlongs, purse $11,000, maiden claiming $15,000­$12,500, 3­year­olds and up.

Horse /Jockey ¼ Str Fin Odds Triple G/Orduna­Rojas 1­½ 1­2 1­3 8.00 Omache Kid/Zacherle 2­1 ½ 2­6 2­3 5.90 Beach Mode/J Matias 4­½ 4­15 3­5 1.40 3­1 ½ 3­½ 4­9 ¾ 1.00* Fly High Gary/Bowen Buckbeak/Camacho­Flores 6 5­3 5­13 42.10 Harbor Bar/Doll 5­4 ½ 6 6 50.80 4 Triple G 18.00 8.00 5.20 7.40 4.00 5 Omache Kid 1 Beach Mode 2.60 Daily Double (6­4) $17.70; Exacta (4­5) $50.60; Superfecta (4­5­1­7) $21.48; Trifecta (4­5­1) $73.60; Consolation Double (6­6) $2.70 Off—2:27 p.m. Time—:22.13 :45.19 :57.45 1:10.75 Winner—Dk B/ Br Gelding 2014, by Harbor the Gold ­ Slews Fancy by Slewdledo Owner—Carl Seymour. Trainer—Jason Homer. Scratched—Oso Brave.

3

6½ furlongs, purse $7,600, Starters allowance $3,500, 3­year­olds and up, fillies and mares.

¼

Str

Fin Odds

Rockport Birdie/Bowen 3­1 ½ 1­3 1­3 ¾ 2.90 Tough Runner/Zunino 5­1 ½ 4­2 2­1 ¼ 4.10 Vistarella/J Matias 1­½ 2­1 ½ 3­1 ¼ 1.30* Jazz Queen/Orozco 6 6 4­1 ½ 8.80 K K's Wndrwman/Enriquez 4­3 ½ 3­1 ½ 5­1 ¼ 7.50 Analysis Paralysis/Martin 2­hd 5­½ 6 9.50 4 Rockport Birdie 7.80 4.80 2.80 1 Tough Runner 5.00 3.00 7 Vistarella 2.20 Daily Double (4­4) $31.40; Exacta (4­1) $22.00; Superfecta (4­1­7­3) $25.27; Trifecta (4­1­7) $20.60; Pick 3 (6­4­4) $107.20 Off—2:53 p.m. Time—:22.85 :45.96 1:10.79 1:17.58 Winner—Gr/ro Mare 2011, by Rockport Harbor ­ Oriental Bird by Orientate Owner—Paul M. Johnson. Trainer—Vince Gibson. Scratched— Another Winter.

4

1 mile, purse $8,800, claiming $5,000­$4,000, 3­ year­olds and up, fillies and mares.

Horse /Jockey ½ Str Fin Odds Diamond Cut/Couton 4­½ 3­hd 1­1 5.50 Web of Demons/Flores 1­2 ½ 1­1 2­nk 6.20 Gtta Be Diet C/Cmcho­Flrs 5­1 ½ 5­2 3­hd 2.50 Kadesha /Bowen 7 6­3 ½ 4­½ 1.50* Bernette/Martin 2­½ 2­1 ½ 5­3 ¾ 33.30 Kaiulani/Enriquez 3­3 4­1 ½ 6­2 ½ 7.60 Wise/Orozco 6­2 ½ 7 7 10.40 7 Diamond Cut 13.00 6.00 3.80 1 Web of Demons 8.00 4.60 5 Gotta Be Diet C 3.40 Daily Double (4­7) $27.10; Exacta (7­1) $40.80; Superfecta (7­1­5­6) $49.57; Trifecta (7­1­5) $103.55; Pick 3 (4­4­7) $107.60; Pick 4 (6­4­4­7) $734.45 Off—3:19 p.m. Time—:24.60 :49.18 1:13.47 1:26.10 1:39.39 Winner—Dk B/ Br Mare 2012, by Unusual Heat ­ Kat Princess by El Prado (IRE) Owner—Rick Kessler. Trainer—Joe Toye.

Scratched—Rods Song.

5

6½ furlongs, purse $15,200, claiming $25,000­ $22,500, 3­year­olds and up.

Horse /Jockey ¼ Str Fin Odds Blame It On Royce/Couton 1­½ 1­3 ½ 1­4 ¾ 1.30* 5 3­3 ½ 2­1 ½ 3.20 Viewingthegld/Cmcho­Flrs Swingshift Dputy/Enriquez 2­3 ½ 2­3 ½ 3­1 ½ 2.30 Cross Creek/J Matias 4­1 ½ 5 4­4 ¼ 9.30 Guardingthemoney/Znino 3­4 ½ 4­1 ½ 5 6.30 7 Blame It On Royce 4.60 2.80 2.20 2 Viewingthegold 3.60 2.60 5 Swingshift Deputy 2.40 Daily Double (7­7) $18.80; Exacta (7­2) $9.70; Superfecta (7­2­5­6) $6.25; Trifecta (7­2­5) $12.05; Pick 3 (4­7­7) $23.35 Off—3:55 p.m. Time—:22.24 :44.61 1:09.13 1:15.89 Winner—B Gelding 2012, by Blame ­ Bisbee's Prospect by Smart Strike Owner—Luigi DiPietro or Diana DiPietro. Trainer—Blaine Wright.

Scratched—Freedom Hill, Kenai King.

tain to win his second straight training title at Emerald Downs.

More Power to Him was third, a head behind Aqua Frio.

Wright was asked whether Riser might possibly run in the Aug. 13 Longacres Mile and test older horses, but the trainer was having none of it.

“Maybe next year,” he said.

Notes

• Nominations for the Longacres Mile were due at midnight Sunday.

• There was a rare double disqualification in the ninth race, an optional claiming race for 3­year­olds. Double A. Prospect, who crossed the finish line first, and Buckley Bay, who crossed it third, were each dropped down for bumping another horse at the start. Double A. Prospect was placed sixth in the seven­horse field and Buckley Bay was placed last.

Candy for Three, who had run second, became the official winner and paid $20.80.

It is the first known double disqualification in track history.

Scott Hanson: 206­464­2943 or shanson@seattletimes.com

6

6½ furlongs, purse $8,800, claiming $5,000, 3­ year­olds, fillies.

Horse /Jockey ¼ Str Fin Odds Carat Queen/Camcho­Flres 2­½ 2­3 1­1 ½ 5.40 Stormy Endeavor/Bowen 6­3 3­1 ½ 2­½ 2.50 Myladysabitshady/Couton 3­½ 1­½ 3­1 ½ 2.40* Irish Lass/Zunino 5­hd 4­½ 4­4 6.00 Olivia Snowbound/Flores 4­4 5­1 ½ 5­2 ¾ 4.00 My Endless Love/J Matias 7­½ 7­8 6­nk 27.00 Gotham's Ballerina/Lpez 1­1 ½ 6­17­20¼ 15.00 Swiss Cause/Martin 8 8 8 40.30 2 Carat Queen 12.80 6.00 4.00 7 Stormy Endeavor 3.80 2.80 1 Myladysabitshady 2.80 Daily Double (7­2) $13.80; Exacta (2­7) $25.20; Superfecta (2­7­1­6) $40.32; Trifecta (2­7­1) $51.65; Consolation Double (7­8) $2.10; Pick 3 (7­7­2) $69.00 Claimed—Olivia Snowbound Off—4:21 p.m.

Time—:22.68 :46.25 1:12.11 1:18.93 Winner—B filly 2014, by Grindstone ­ Talent Queen by Elusive Quality Owner—David Israel. Trainer—Steve Bullock. Scratched—Girls First.

7

1 mile, purse $11,200, claiming $15,000­ $12,500, 3­year­olds and up.

Horse /Jockey ½ Str Fin Odds Hoody/Enriquez 4­4 2­3 ½ 1­2 ¼ 3.90 Thorn Legacy/Martin 5­3 3­2 ½ 2­2 ¾ 27.10 Archie Graham/J Matias 6­½ 4­4 ½ 3­ns 3.20 Credit Line/Camacho­Flres 2­hd 1­1 4­6 ¼ 2.00* One Macho Gmbler/Znino 7 7 5­5 ¼ 27.60 Face Valued/Bowen 3­1 ½ 5­hd 6­1 ½ 2.40 Coming in Hot/Flores 1­2 6­½ 7 14.50 3 Hoody 9.80 5.00 3.40 6 Thorn Legacy 17.60 7.40 2 Archie Graham 2.80 Daily Double (2­3) $28.30; Exacta (3­6) $103.20; Superfecta (3­6­2­7) $121.01; Trifecta (3­6­2) $152.00; Pick 3 (3/7­2­3) $53.35 Claimed—Face Valued Off—4:47 p.m. Time— :23.22 :46.02 1:10.35 1:23.52 1:37 Winner—Dk B/ Br Gelding 2011, by Nationhood ­ Punxsutawney by Delineator Owner—Robert E Donnell, Justin D. Clark and Vital Signs Stable. Trainer—Kay Cooper.

81

miles, purse $75,000, Stakes, 3­year­olds.

Horse /Jockey ½ Str Fin Odds 1/ 8

Riser/Flores 1­3 1­2 ½ 1­1 ¼ 1.20* Aqua Frio/Enriquez 3­½ 3­2 2­hd 2.80 More Power to Him/Bwen 5 4­10 3­3 ½ 2.30 Mnydontspenitself/J Mts 2­8 2­2 ½4­13½ 7.40 Sharkzilla/Couton 4­1 5 5 15.60 2 Riser 4.40 2.60 2.10 3.20 2.10 4 Aqua Frio 5 More Power to Him 2.10 Daily Double (3­2) $14.60; Exacta (2­4) $5.40; Superfecta (2­4­5­1) $1.55; Trifecta (2­4­5) $4.05; Pick 3 (2­3­2) $41.95

Off—5:15 p.m. Time—:22.99 :45.80 1:09.78 1:35.77 1:49.41 Winner—Gr/ro Colt 2014, by Mizzen Mast ­ Goodbye Cat by Tale of the Cat Owner—Chappell Alpine Farms LLC. Trainer— Blaine Wright. Scratched—Distortedatthebar.

9

6 furlongs, purse $18,500, AOC $25,000, 3­year­ olds.

Horse /Jockey ¼ Str Fin Odds DQ­Double A. Prospect/Lo­ 3­½ 4­2 ½ 1­½ 18.90 pez Candy for Three/Enriquez 7 5­1 2­1 ½ 9.40 DQ­Bckley Bay/Cmcho­Flrs 2­2 ½ 1­½ 3­1 ¾ 5.90 Sure Sweet/Flores 4­1 ½ 2­1 ½ 4­½ 12.90 Aberdeen Island/Couton 5­½ 6­3 5­4 ¼ .70* Shot Gun Gary/J Matias 1­1 3­hd 6­½ 12.80 Battle Point Red/Bowen 6­4 7 7 4.60 4 Candy for Three 20.80 10.40 4.00 7 Sure Sweet 12.60 5.20 3 Aberdeen Island 2.10 Daily Double (2­4) $44.60; Exacta (4­7) $85.80; Superfecta (4­7­3­1) $79.50; Trifecta (4­7­3) $81.65; Pick 3 (3­2­4) $75.40 Off—5:45 p.m. Time—:21.83 :44.97 :57.62 1:10.62 Winner—Dk B/ Br Colt 2014, by Sidney's Candy ­ Kaili by Grand Slam Owner—D. Tollett or Ron Wise. Trainer—Bill Tollett.

10 6 furlongs, purse $6,400, maiden claiming $5,000, 3­year­olds and up.

Horse /Jockey

¼

Str

Fin Odds

Brenner/Martin 5­2 3­1 ½ 1­1 ¾ 5.80 O Rally/Bowen 1­3 1­4 2­1 ¾ 1.20* Rough and Ready/Couton 6­3 5­hd 3­1 ½ 2.70 Myt Fine/Enriquez 3­½ 4­2 ½ 4­nk 4.20 Banque Draught/Lopez 4­hd 6­5 5­1 11.60 My Flash Gentry/Zunino 2­2 ½ 2­½ 6­4 ¼ 36.30 Iwo/Flores 7 7 7 23.70 5 Brenner 13.60 4.80 3.00 3.00 2.10 7 O Rally 6 Rough and Ready 2.40 Daily Double (4­5) $82.70; Exacta (5­7) $19.20; Superfecta (5­7­6­3) $12.63; Trifecta (5­7­6) $27.15; Pick 3 (2­4­5) $167.90; Pick 4 (3­2/6­4­5) $1,046.90; Pick 5 (2­3­2/6­4­5) $6,953.60; Pick 7 (7­ ¾/7­2­3­2/6­4­5) $40.76 Off—6:15 p.m. Time—:22.58 :46.38 :58.92 1:12.27 Winner—Dk B/ Br Gelding 2014, by Wilburn ­ Joyful Me by Tribunal Owner—Rick and Diane Lukenbill. Trainer—Bonnie Jenne.

Total handle—$0 Payoffs listed are for $2 bets for win­place­show and daily doubles; $1 bets for exactas, trifectas and pick 3s; 50­cent bets for pick 4s and pick 5s; and 10­cent bets for superfectas.

MINNESOTA 93, SEATTLE 82

FRIDAY Storm @ Dallas, 5 p.m.

Lynx center Fowles dominates inside

“It was a hard game for us. We really locked in on trying to disrupt and I thought we did a little bit better job in the second half of putting pressure on the ball.”

Minnesota shot 52.2 per­ cent from the field, com­ pared with 45.5 percent for the Storm. The Lynx had a 46­28 advantage in points in the paint.

The 6­foot­6 Fowles is shooting 68 percent from the field this season.

“She was 11 for 14 and I thought she should have made all of her shots,” Reeve said. “They were right there at the rim.”

The Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sylvia Fowles scored 29 points on 11­of­14 shooting and add­ ed 12 rebounds to help the Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 93­82 on Sunday night for their sixth straight WNBA victory.

Maya Moore scored 24 points, and Rebekkah Brunson added 20 for WNBA­leading Minnesota (19­2), which clinched a playoff berth. Jia Perkins, starting because Seimone Augustus was out for per­ sonal reasons, had a career­ high seven assists and a season­high six rebounds.

Breanna Stewart’s layup reduced the Storm’s deficit to 44­40 early in the third, but Fowles scored 14 points in the quarter — including a personal 10­7 run in which she converted two offensive rebounds into four second­ chance points — and the Lynx went into the fourth quarter leading 69­57.

Moore had 12 points in the final quarter.

Jewell Loyd led Seattle (10­13) with 26 points, and Stewart added 24. The Storm has lost three of four.

“Seattle, they just hold so many challenges,” Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said.

“Their spacing is just so good, and their reads and their ball screens, that you step the wrong way and they are making a pass for a shot.

LYNX 93, STORM 82 fg ft min m­a m­a or­t a pf pts Clark 26:06 2­2 0­0 2­5 0 6 4 Langhorne 31:10 4­6 0­2 3­10 3 4 8 Stewart 37:39 7­14 8­10 0­7 2 3 24 Bird 29:53 3­12 1­2 0­3 6 0 10 Loyd 33:31 10­22 3­4 2­3 5 1 26 Quinn 17:09 2­3 0­0 0­0 6 3 5 Whitcomb 13:21 1­4 0­0 0­1 1 1 3 Swords 11:11 1­3 0­0 0­0 0 5 2 Totals 30­66 12­18 7­29 23 23 82 Percentages: FG .455, FT .667. Three­point goals: 10­25, .400 (Bird 3­7, Loyd 3­8, Stewart 2­4, Quinn 1­2, Whitcomb 1­4). Team rebounds: 4. Team turn­ overs: 11 (11 PTS). Blocked shots: 1 (Langhorne).

Turnovers: 11 (Langhorne 4, Clark 2, Stewart 2, Whitcomb 2, Bird). Steals: 1 (Quinn). Technical fouls: None.

MINNESOTA fg ft min m­a m­a or­t a pf pts Brunson 33:28 9­15 0­0 0­6 3 0 20 Moore 32:11 8­13 6­7 2­3 6 4 24 Fowles 36:53 11­14 7­8 4­12 0 4 29 Perkins 35:57 2­6 0­0 1­6 7 2 5 Whalen 25:23 3­9 1­2 0­2 2 1 7 R.Montgom­ 21:48 3­8 1­1 0­1 5 2 8 ery Pierson 9:39 0­4 0­0 1­5 2 2 0 Howard 2:48 0­0 0­0 1­2 0 0 0 Jones 1:53 0­0 0­0 0­0 0 0 0 Totals 36­69 15­18 9­37 25 15 93 Percentages: FG .522, FT .833. Three­point goals: 6­17, .353 (Moore 2­4, Brunson 2­5, Perkins 1­2, R.Montgomery 1­4, Pierson 0­1, Whalen 0­1). Team rebounds: 8. Team turnovers: 10 (4 PTS). Blocked shots: 3 (Fowles 3). Turnovers: 10 (Fowles 2, Perkins 2, Pierson 2, Whalen 2, Howard, Moore). Steals: 4 (Moore 3, Fowles). Technical fouls: None.

Seattle 19 19 19 25 — 82 Minnesota 23 21 25 24 — 93 SEATTLE

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