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Volcanoes Rally to Top Hops, 7-6

"Any time you're playing your division you always want to beat them, especially with [Hillsboro] being four games up on us," manager Gary Davenport said.

(KEIZER, Ore. ) - The last time Salem-Keizer matched up against Hillsboro in a three-game series, it was left still searching for a series win. The Volcanoes won the opener 8-6 at Ron Tonkin Field on June 18, but dropped the final two games on consecutive nights.

Now, after winning the series opener last night 5-1, the Volcanoes needed every bit of their nine innings in Saturday's game to obtain that ever illusive series victory.

UFC: Weidman Retains Belt After Classic Clash with Machida

“He’s as good as I thought,” said Weidman, who retained the belt he won from Anderson Silva in July of 2013 for the second time.

(LAS VEGAS ) - If anyone ever says that a championship belt doesn’t mean anything, they obviously never saw Chris Weidman and Lyoto Machida fight for it Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

But after five heated rounds, a winner had to be declared, and it was the unbeaten middleweight champion from Long Island, who won a hard-fought unanimous decision over Machida in an instant classic.

Volcanoes Treat Sellout Crowd to 4th of July Win

In front of the second-largest crowd in franchise history, Jose Reyes limits Hops to one run in seven innings of work.

(KEIZER, Ore. ) - After dropping four of their last five games in an eight-game, multi-national road trip, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes were in desperate need of a pick-me-up.

Jose Reyes pitched seven innings of two-hit ball and the Volcanoes jumped ahead with a three-run first inning, as Salem-Keizer defeated the Hillsboro Hops 5-1 in Friday night.

Cubs Samardzija, Hammel Part of Blockbuster MLB Trade

The A's have now traded four of their last seven first-round Draft picks.

(OAKLAND, Calif. ) - The A's pulled the trigger on the ultimate blockbuster Friday evening, acquiring Cubs starters Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel at the cost of two first-round Draft picks in Addison Russell and Billy McKinney.

Oakland also packaged its best Triple-A starter, Dan Straily, in the deal, as confirmed by MLB.com.

Rain Gives Gilliland Pole for Coke 600 at Daytona

David Gilliland, who has finished no better than 20th in 17 starts this season, captured his third career Coors Light Pole.

(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) - No one knew what to expect when knockout NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying came to Daytona International Speedway for the first time on Friday.

But no one could have predicted what transpired in a chaotic qualifying session for Saturday night's Coke Zero 400.

Kahne Steals Win from Teammate

What had been a nearly-clean race turned chaotic with two crashes in the final seven laps.

(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) - Kasey Kahne stormed from 12th on the final restart to nip Regan Smith in a green-white-checkered finish to win Friday night’s Subway Firecracker 250 and foil Smith’s attempt to complete a sweep of the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series events at Daytona International Speedway.

The victory was Kahne’s first in the Nationwide Series since August 2007.

Brazil Tops Colombia; Germany Up Next in Semi-Finals

Brazil and can now look forward to a mouth-watering meeting with the Germans on Tuesday at Belo Horizonte's Estadio Mineirao.

() - Brazil have set up a FIFA World Cup semi-final with Germany after a thrilling 2-1 victory over Colombia in Fortaleza. The hosts were indebted to their two center-halves, Thiago Silva and David Luiz, for providing the goals at the Estadio Castelao that ultimately rendered James Rodriguez's late penalty a mere consolation.

History suggested that Luiz Felipe Scolari's side started the game as massive favorites, with Colombia having won just two of the teams' 25 previous meetings - and none since 1991.

Germany Into World Cup Semi-Finals

Hummels heads Germany past France.

(RIO De JANEIRO, Brazil) - Mats Hummels headed Germany past France at the Maracana and into a FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Mineirao.

The 25-year-old centre-back scored the only goal in the 13th minute, and Joachim Low’s side will now head to Belo Horizonte to face the Brazil-Colombia winners.

Shaw Named New Acrobatics and Tumbling Coach at the University of Oregon

Shaw becomes just the second head coach in the program's history.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Chelsea (White) Shaw has been named head acrobatics and tumbling coach at the University of Oregon, Director of Athletics Rob Mullens announced Thursday.

A former student-athlete at UO, where she was part of the Ducks' first two National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) national championships, Shaw returns to Eugene after a successful head coaching debut at Gannon University in 2014.

Vancouver Rallies Past Volcanoes, 6-4

The Hops come to Keizer for a three-game series that begins Friday for the 7th Annual Patriotic Tribute at Volcanoes Stadium.

(VANCOUVER, B.C.) - Vancouver used a five-run bottom of the eighth inning to rally back to victory 6-4 in the series finale Thursday night in front of 3,784 at Nat Bailey Stadium.

Roemon Fields gave the C's its fourth win in the five-game series with a 2 RBI triple with two outs in the eighth to cap off the huge comeback.