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== Anchorage- East and Lathrop will put undefeated records on t ==

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"The softball gods are on our side, there," Lathrop coach Bill Duffield said. "Pauline's a competitor and we knew she'd be tough to face, but our girls just showed resilience and came through at the end there."
Lathrop came up with two hits, one by Ciara Olalde and one from Payge Scanlon-Boswood. Jamie Bingham scored both runs for West, one coming on a solo home run in the fifth inning. 
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East's defense was helpless on a few occasions against Juneau, which got home runs from Randi Held, Malin Murray, Gracie Meiners and Savanna Schauwechker.
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Ketchikan and Sitka each experienced massive victory margins Friday in the small schools softball state tournament at Cartee Fields, each winning twice to advance to Saturday's winners-bracket semifinal.
Ketchikan started its day with a 24-0 first-round blowout of Hutchison and then took out Homer 6-4 in the second round. Sitka stormed by Kodiak 13-5 in the first round before rolling by Eielson 16-1 in the second round of the double-elimination tournament. 
Ketchikan and Sitka face off at 9 a.m., the winner moving in to the small schools championship game at 1 p.m., and the loser will face the winner of a losers bracket game between Eielson and Homer.

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Rookies Brandon Barnes and Jake Elmore hit two-run homers and the struggling Astros (32-56) beat the Rangers (50-37) for the first time since a March 31 season-opener.

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"Yes, there is one stage I am looking at. It could be a good day to try something," Contador said through a translator. "I'm going to look for an opportunity. In one week's time you'll know which one it was."
Sky now has seven riders because Edvald Boasson Hagen retired with injury last week and Vasil Kiryienka missed the time cut on Stage 9.
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Froome may need a little bit more of a cushion, though, and could target the 32-kilometer (20-mile) time trial.
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The Astros will play five games in seven days before the All-Star break, and Bo Porter has yet to set the club’s rotation for a three-game series at Tampa Bay.

The manager said a new fifth starter could be named, and a short-term move — promoting a pitcher already on the 25-man roster from the bullpen — is an option. However, the Astros could simply use four starters until the break.

Bud Norris is scheduled to start Tuesday at St. Louis, and Jordan Lyles will face the Cardinals on Wednesday. Brad Peacock and Jarred Cosart are among the candidates for promotion from Class AAA Oklahoma City. But the Astros also have starters turned relievers such as Paul Clemens, Brett Oberholtzer and Travis Blackley in their bullpen.

“It all depends. As the next couple days go along, Jeff (Luhnow) and Doug (Brocail) and myself and the staff, we’ll talk about it and try to figure out what’s the best move,” Porter said. “It really is one start before we finish the first half of the season before we head into the All-Star break. And then we basically will go back to a five-man rotation in earnest throughout the course of the regular season.”

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"Maybe the old dynamic of how we have done things since 1965 isn't valid anymore," he said. "Maybe it is time to try something different."
Lucas said as he left the meeting just before midnight Wednesday that he didn't know whether the leadership had the 218 votes necessary for passage.
Farm groups and anti-hunger groups have warned that separating the farm and nutrition programs after decades of linking them would be misguided. Rural lawmakers have long-added money for food stamps to the farm bill, which sets policy for agricultural subsidies and other farm programs, to gather urban votes for the measure.
In a letter to Boehner, more than 500 farm groups last week asked the GOP leadership not to split the legislation.
Lucas said he hopes a food stamp bill would come to the floor quickly, so the House and Senate can begin negotiations and get a farm bill passed.
"The quicker that second bill is passed the easier it is to complete the whole process," he said. 

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