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Commerce City, CO - Obafemi Martins found the back of the net on either side of the intermission on Sunday as the Seattle Sounders coasted to a 4-1 rout of the Colorado Rapids at Dicks Sporting Goods Park. Wholesale Hurricanes Jerseys . Having already clinched a playoff spot, a win for Seattle would keep the club in prime contention for the Supporters Shield and Sigi Schmids side collected goals from Clint Dempsey, Martins and Marco Pappa to pull level with Los Angeles atop the table with 60 points. Colorados lone tally came off the boot of Deshorn Brown, but it wasnt enough as the club suffered its 15th loss of the season to remain on 32 points. It took just 11 minutes for the Sounders to take the lead as Rapids defender Marvelle Wynne was whistled for a handball in the box, resulting in a spot which Dempsey dispatched with a cheeky chip. The visitors doubled their advantage in the 28th minute as Martins got on the end of a nice through ball from Pappa and slotted it past Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin with ease. The Sounders made it 3-0 in the 33rd minute as Pappa beat Irwin with an excellent chipped effort for his fourth goal of the season before the Rapids finally pulled one back on the stroke of halftime through Deshorn Browns 10th goal of the campaign. Seattle put the result away 20 minutes from time when Lamar Neagle got free on the left flank and sent a low ball across the face of goal where Martins tapped it home at the far post to wrap up all three points. Carolina Hurricanes Gear . Marian Gaborik had two goals and an assist and Martin Jones made just 17 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season as the Kings snapped a three-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the lowly Oilers on Thursday. 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"Stevie may have made the defensive play of the night," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. Rays manager Joe Maddon challenged the call, but the ruling that Pearce kept his foot on the bag was confirmed after a 2-minute review. "The bases were loaded at the time, so if that got past me it could have cleared the bases," said Pearce, who had to wait for the replay decision to be sure the call was right. "It happened so fast and when you look, youre not on the bag anymore, so it depends on what happens." Nick Markakis extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a single in the Baltimore third. Evan Longoria hit a two-out RBI single in the first off Jimenez, who pitched 5 1-3 innings for his second win after going 0-4 in his first month with the Orioles. "Im really happy April is gone,," Jimenez said. Carolina Hurricanes Store. . "Now its May and everything is good." Singles by Adam Jones, Pearce and Jonathan Schoop produced Baltimores final run in the fourth. Darren ODay worked the ninth for his second save. The Rays have scored only eight runs in losing five straight games to Baltimore. They left 11 runners on base in this one. "Our goal right now is to figure out a way to get through it," Longoria said. "We all want to win. We all want to do our part. When it doesnt work out, its definitely frustrating." Price (3-3) gave up nine hits and three runs while striking out three in five-plus innings. It was the 16th time in their last 23 games that a Rays starting pitcher has failed to pitch into the sixth inning. Tampa Bay pitching coach Jim Hickey was ejected in the first inning for arguing a checked swing by Jones. NOTES: Baltimore C Matt Wieters was the designated hitter, one day after having his sore right elbow examined by Dr. James Andrews. No timeframe has been announced for when Wieters, who took pregame grounders at first base, will resume catching. ... Davis (strained left oblique) could be ready for a short minor league rehab assignment next week. ... Showalter will attend his sons graduation from TCU on Saturday, but expects to be back for the night game against Houston. He will miss the May 17 game at Kansas City to attend his daughters law school graduation at SMU. ... The Orioles begin a six-game homestand Friday night with LHP Wei-Yin Chen (3-2) facing Houston RHP Scott Feldman (2-1). ' ' '