Date: 05/25/2015 04:59 AM
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Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) – Edwin Encarnacion and Ryan Goins homered, Aaron Sanchez won for the first time in three starts and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 8-2 yesterday, avoiding a three-game sweep. Sanchez (4-4) allowed two runs and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings to help Toronto win for just the third time in 12 games. Seattle’s Kyle Seager homered for the second straight game, a solo shot in the second, but the Mariners were unable to complete what would have been their first sweep in Toronto since May 2001.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Defending champion Florida leads five Southeastern Conference teams that qualified for the eight-team Women’s College World Series. Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn and LSU join the Gators in the field. Fourth-seeded Auburn, a first-time qualifier, will play No. 5 seed LSU, and No. 2 seed Oregon will face No. 7 seed UCLA.
QUEBEC CITY (AP) – Defenseman Stephen Desrocher scored at 18:07 of overtime to give the Ontario Hockey League champion Oshawa Generals a 5-4 victory over the host Quebec Remparts yesterday in the Memorial Cup. Dmytro Timashov scored twice, and Raphael Maheux and Ryan Graves added goals for Quebec (1-1).
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – After 17 grueling periods crammed into just four games over the previous week, the Anaheim Ducks have no doubt they can play at hockey’s highest level with the Chicago Blackhawks. Heading into a pivotal Game 5 today in the Western Conference finals, the Ducks also realize their two gut-wrenching overtime losses were missed opportunities to take out their veteran, playoff-tested opponents – and they can’t afford two more.
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