Date: 10/22/2014 04:59 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points and had 11 rebounds in Portland’s 93-75 win over Denver in an exhibition game yesterday. Damian Lillard had 18 points on 6-of-13 shooting to go with six assists and Wesley Matthews was 4 for 7 from beyond the arc for 17 points for the Blazers, who next face the Lakers.
DALLAS (AP) – Erik Cole scored two goals, Kari Lehtonen made 43 saves and the Dallas Stars held off the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 last night. Dallas scored five goals on only 12 shots against Vancouver starting goalie Ryan Miller to drive him from the game just 1:17 into the second period. Radim Vrbata, Zack Kassian and Jannik Hansen scored for the Canucks.
SEATTLE (AP) – Two Seattle-area youth football teams for players 9 and 10 years old have been banned from the playoffs because of their parents. The council for the Greater Eastside Junior Football Association banned the Renton Five Stars and the Bothell Cougars after a brawl in the stands at an Oct. 4 game in Bothell.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Madison Bumganer took a two-hit shutout into the seventh inning, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer off James Shields in a three-run first and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 in last night’s World Series opener. In a matchup of streaking teams, the Giants won their seventh Series game in a row dating to 2010 and ended a perfect postseason for the Royals.
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