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VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Giants honoured late co-owner Pat Quinn with a win on Friday.The Giants beat the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 in Western Hockey League action, in Vancouvers first home game since Quinns death on Nov. 23.The team held a pre-game ceremony in honour of Quinn, a former player, coach and executive in the National Hockey League. Vancouver also unveiled a jersey patch and logo to commemorate him.On the ice, it was Jackson Houck who scored twice and added an assist for the Giants (11-18-0). Carter Popoff rounded out the attack, in the debut of head coach Claude Noel.Noel previously coached the Winnipeg Jets from 2011-14 and was hired by Vancouver on Nov. 30.Miles Koules and Alex Schoenborn each had a goal for Portland (15-13-3), which had its six-game winning streak snapped in the loss.Payton Lee got the win, making 32 saves, while Brendan Burke turned aside 34 shots for the Winterhawks.The Giants went 2 for 5 on the power play while Portland was scoreless on six chances.---BRONCOS 5 HURRICANES 2SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. — Coda Gordon scored twice and added an assist as the Broncos defeated Lethbridge.Colby Cave, Jay Merkley and Andreas Schumacher rounded out the Swift Current (15-12-4) attack. The win snaps a three-game losing skid for the Broncos.Taylor Cooper and Zane Jones found the back of the net for the Hurricanes (6-18-4).---PATS 3 WHEAT KINGS 2BRANDON, Man. — Adam Brooks had a pair of goals for Regina in its win over the Wheat Kings.Braden Christoffer had the other goal for the Pats (18-10-1), who won their fifth straight.Nolan Patrick and Reid Duke replied with their ninth goals of the season for Brandon (21-7-2).---HITMEN 6 OIL KINGS 2CALGARY — Connor Rankin had a hat trick as the Hitmen dominated Edmonton.Jordy Stallard, Adam Tambellini and Elliott Peterson also scored for Calgary (16-11-3).Mitchell Walter and Garan Magnes chipped in for the Oil Kings (14-11-5) in the third period.---REBELS 2 WARRIORS 1RED DEER, Alta. — Conner Bleackley scored the game-winning goal on the power play for the Rebels as they edged Moose Jaw.It was Bleackleys second goal of the game, after tying the score for Red Deer (15-11-4) in the first period.Jack Rodewald opened the scoring for the Warriors (12-13-3).---ICE 2 CHIEFS 1CRANBROOK, B.C. — Captain Sam Reinhart scored on the power play in the third period to lift Kootenay over Spokane.Jaedon Descheneau opened the scoring 41 seconds into the game for the Ice (14-15-0), who won their third straight.Jason Fram responded with a late second-period goal for the Chiefs (14-10-3).---RAIDERS 5 BLAZERS 4KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Jayden Hart scored a power-play goal at 19:34 of the third period as Prince Albert edged the Blazers.Simon Stransky had a goal and two assists for the Raiders (15-14-0). Reid Gardiner, Dylan Stewart and Gage Quinney rounded out the attack.Matt Revel struck twice for Kamloops (12-14-5), with Cole Ully and Logan McVeigh also chipping in.---COUGARS 4 ROCKETS 3KELOWNA, B.C. — Chase Witala had two of Prince Georges four second-period goals in its win over the Rockets.Sam Ruopp and Marc McNulty also scored for the Cougars (14-15-0).Nick Merkley, Rourke Chartier and Justin Kirkland scored for Kelowna (23-4-3).---ROYALS 6 BLADES 3VICTORIA — Axel Blomqvist recorded a hat trick as the Royals doubled up Saskatoon.Joe Hicketts, Greg Chase and Chaz Reddekopp also had goals for Victoria (16-14-2), which scored four straight in the third period.Ryan Coghlan, Alex Forsberg and Brett Stovin supplied the offence for the Blades (7-21-2), who havent won in six games.---THUNDERBIRDS 3 AMERICANS 1KENT, Wash. — Ryan Gropp had a goal and an assist as Seattle downed Tri-City.Jerret Smith and Ethan Bear also chipped in with goals for the Thunderbirds (12-12-4).Jordan Topping responded with his first of the season for the Americans (15-13-0).---TIGERS 5 SILVERTIPS 2EVERETT, Wash. — Trevor Cox had a hat trick and added an assist to lead Medicine Hat over the Silvertips.Chad Labelle and Cole Sanford rounded out the attack for the Tigers (20-6-2), for their fourth-straight win.Remi Laurencelle had two second-period goals for Everett (17-6-4). 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Putz in the eighth inning, putting the NL Central-leading Pirates ahead by four. Tabata connected a day after he came off the bench and had three hits in a 12-inning loss at St. Louis. Lambo had started the previous three games in right field after having his contract selected from Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday. However, Tabata got a chance to get back into the lineup Friday night after getting three hits off the bench Thursday against the Cardinals. Tabata, who is hitting .269, sent an opposite-field shot to right after Gaby Sanchez doubled. "Its always a good sign for Jose to drive a ball the other way like that," Clint Hurdle said. "Thats the gift hes brought to the game since hes been a young player. Thats one of the first things I saw in 2010 when I was (the hitting coach) with the Texas Rangers and they played the Pirates. Thats one of the first thing people here talking to me about when I became the manager. "He squared some balls up in St. Louis and hit a ball hard tonight. That puts him in a good spot where hes aggressive in the batters box right now." Cole (6-5) was pitching on eight days of rest. He had his previous turn in the rotation skipped in part to allow veteran A.J. Burnett to pitch Thursday against the Cardinals and also to get extra rest. The 22-year-old Cole has pitched 140 innings between the major leagues and minor leagues in his second major league season. The right-hander gave up two runs and five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. The first overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft won for just the second time in his last seven decisions after wwinning the first four starts of his career.dddddddddddd "It was tough to get a feel for the breaking ball, Cole said when asked about the effect of extra rest. "I threw some good one but there were others where I wasnt totally committed to trusting it would break." Having more days off is something Ive got to attack, though. Its going to happen again. Its something Im going to have to get used to." Starling Marte and Andrew McCutchen had two hits each for Pittsburgh. Brandon McCarthy (2-7) lost his fourth straight decision, giving up four runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings with three walks and five strikeouts. "The whole thing felt like I was in a fight," McCarthy said. "I was able to command my sinker, but that was about it. My cutter was as bad as I can remember it in a long time." Martin Prado had two of Arizonas five hits. Pittsburgh broke a 2-all tie and moved in front for good with a two-run fifth. Marte doubled with one out and scored on Neil Walkers double. McCutchen then singled in Walker to make it 4-2. Pedro Alvarezs two-run single put the Pirates ahead 2-0 in the third. The hit scored Walker, who had walked, and McCutchen, who had doubled. Arizona answered with two runs in the fourth. Cole walked Paul Goldschmidt and Aaron Hill with one out, and they scored on singles by Prado and A.J. Pollock. After winning three straight games against Baltimore in their final at-bat, the Diamondbacks didnt have the same magic as Jeanmar Gomez and Mark Melancon combined for three scoreless innings of relief. "Cole threw the ball good, moved the ball in and out very good, had good velocity, the ball was moving," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson. NOTES: RHP Trevor Cahill (3-10, 4.66 ERA) is expected to be activated from the disabled list and start Saturdays game against Pittsburgh LHP Jeff Locke (9-3, 2.43). Cahill has been out since July 1 with a bruised right hip. ... Diamondbacks SS Didi Gregorius did not start after going 8 for 47 (.170) in his previous 14 games. Cliff Pennington took his place. ... Pittsburgh signed RHP Kyle Farnsworth to a minor league contract as a free agent and assigned him to Triple-A Indianapolis. The 15-year veteran was released Aug. 9 by Tampa Bay. ' ' '