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Seattle, WA (Sports Network) - Jason Vargas outdueled Cole Hamels and the Seattle Mariners claimed a 2-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the rubber match of a three-game interleague set. Derek Carr Black Jersey . Vargas (5-4) recorded the third complete game of his career, limiting the majors top club to three hits and a pair of walks while fanning six. He retired 16 of the final 17 batters he faced and needed 119 pitches to finish his second shutout of the month. I think your focus has to be there a little bit more, not that it should go away when youre up five runs, but youre definitely more dialed in and focused on what you have to do, Vargas said on his mindset while throwing in close games. Meanwhile, Hamels (9-3) was denied his chance to be the majors first 10-game winner, exiting after 6 1/3 innings. The left-hander yielded seven hits and a pair of runs with six strikeouts -- including the 1,000th in his career. Justin Smoak and Adam Kennedy drove in a run each for the Mariners, who took two of three in the series. Ryan Howard collected two hits for the Phillies, who still hold the best record in baseball at 45-28 but were blanked for the fifth time this season. Hamels retired 11 in a row until Ichiro Suzukis one-out single in the sixth. He advanced on a groundout then scored when Smoak blooped a hit to left. Dustin Ackley began the seventh with a triple, didnt move on a Franklin Gutierrez groundout but came in on a bloop hit to left from pinch-hitter Kennedy. That spelled the end for Hamels, and Jose Contreras managed to keep a lid on the situation by getting Chone Figgins to ground into an inning-ending double play. David Herndon turned in a scoreless eighth, but his offense only managed a two-out single from Howard in the ninth before Ben Francisco flied out to end the game. The hit snapped a streak of 15 in a row retired by Vargas from a walk to Carlos Ruiz in the fourth. You have to give him credit, he mixed it up well, Howard said of facing Vargas. He didnt necessarily have to throw stuff for strikes. He threw enough for strikes to where it kind of got us to get a little bit out of our element, guys were just a little bit out in front of pitches, he threw well. The Phils couldnt push a run across in the first despite two runners in scoring position. Hamels shook off a Smoak single in Seattles turn, then struck out three batters in the second before retiring the side in order in the third. Philly had two on with one out in the fourth, but Raul Ibanez hit into an inning-ending double play with a liner to third. Hamels reached his milestone by fanning Miguel Olivo swinging for the second out in the home fourth. GAME NOTES:Vargas blanked the Tampa Bay Rays on four hits in a 7-0 victory on June 3...Hamels is the third youngest pitcher to record his 1,000th strikeout, after Seattles Felix Hernandez and Tim Lincecum of the Giants...Entering play, the Mariners sported the worst batting average in baseball at a paltry .239...With 1 2/3 innings of scoreless ball, Phillies relievers extended their streak to 17 1/3 frames in the last eight contests. Keith McGill Womens Jersey . 10 to the rafters before honouring the franchises first superstar the best way they could -- with a rocket-fast start. http://www.authenticraidersshop.com/Justin-Ellis-Raiders-Jersey . With the possibility of an upset hanging in the air at Hartwall Arena, the Canadian captain came through in the clutch Wednesday by scoring the winning goal in a 3-2 victory over Switzerland.Emma Eliasson scored with 4:15 to play and Sweden beat defending bronze medalist Finland 4-2 in the Olympic womens hockey quarter-finals Saturday -- a reversal of the result from the third-place game four years ago. Valentina Wallner made 29 saves for Sweden, which will play the United States in the semifinals. Finland, the No. 3 seed in the world, drops to the classification bracket and can finish no better than fifth. Two-time NCAA champion Noora Raty made 28 saves for Finland. But she could not see Eliassons slapshot from the blue line that held up as the game-winner. The game was a rough one for womens hockey, which does not allow the body-checking that would be familiar to fans of the NHL or the mens international game. Finlands Nina Tikkinen was cross-checked to the ice in front of the Sweden net, banging her head on the ice as she landed, and a skirmish at the other end led to four-minute roughing penalties for Minttu Tuominen of Finland and Erika Grahm of Sweden. authenticraidersshop.com/Keith-Mcgill-Raiders-Jersey. Finland took the lead 13 minutes into the second when Wallner stopped Linda Valimakis shot with her blocker but left it in front for Venla Hovi. Sweden tied it on a power-play goal early in the second period when Anna Borgqvists shot deflected off a defencemans stick and the tip of Ratys skate into the net. Lina Wester gave Sweden the lead with 14:51 left in the third, but Finland tied it just 12 seconds later when Karoliina Rantamaki dug the puck out from behind the net and passed it in front to Emma Nuutinen. Sweden took a 3-2 lead on Eliassons power-play goal and Emma Nordin added an empty-netter. ' ' '
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