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PORTLAND, Ore. - With no picks in this years NBA draft, the Portland Trail Blazers still made news in offering All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge a maximum contract extension. The offer was confirmed Thursday by a person close to the negotiations who could not comment publicly because the team had not formally announced it. The offer, made to Aldridges representatives last week, was first reported by Yahoo! Sports. Aldridge, in the fifth and final year of a $65 million contract, is set to become a free agent next summer. The Blazers hope to lure him to stay with a five-year, $108 million extension. Aldridge averaged a career-best 23.2 points and 11.1 rebounds last season for the Blazers, who went 54-28 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals before losing to eventual NBA champion San Antonio. The move does not come as a surprise after general manager Neil Olshey emphasized the importance of getting the deal with Aldridge done. "The most important thing is everybody, including LaMarcus, knows hes the number one priority in the organization right now," Olshey said when the season ended. There was talk last summer that Aldridge was interested in entertaining other offers, but as the season drew to a close he said several times that he was happy in Portland. The Blazers have been known in recent years to pull off draft night surprises, but the team was quiet with no picks this season. It was the third time that the Blazers had gone without a selection, but first since 1999. The team surrendered its picks in this years draft because of earlier trades. The No. 24 overall pick went to the Charlotte Hornets as part of a 2011 trade that brought Gerald Wallace to Portland. The No. 56 pick went to the Denver Nuggets in the 2011 trade that sent Andre Miller to the Nuggets. Yogi Ferrell Kings Jersey . This time, it was Eric Chavezs turn. 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Storen got three outs for his second save, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. "Really, the only thing different is the run to the mound -- fans are real into it," Storen said. "You soak that in for a second, and move on, and lock in and do what you need to do." Adam LaRoche homered twice for Washington, and Scott Hairston hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly off Cole Hamels (8-7) in the sixth inning. Gio Gonzalez (8-9) allowed two runs in six-plus innings. The Nationals had lost five straight against the Phillies. Washington leads the NL East by seven games over Atlanta, which lost 4-0 to Miami on Sunday. A day after manager Matt Williams said he had removed Rafael Soriano from the closer role, Storen got Carlos Ruiz to fly out to left and struck out Marlon Byrd and pinch-hitter Ryan Howard in his 57th career save. Storen spent most of 2012 recovering from elbow surgery, and then blew a save opportunity in Washingtons Game 5 loss to St. Louis in the division series that October. He found himself in the minors for portions of 2013. He has 55 appearances this season, mostly in middle relief, but was back in his old role after Williams said he was going to a closer by committee, at least temporarily. "We figure that (right-handed batters) Ruiz and Byrd are both going to hit . so that dictated Drew," Williams said. "Since he got through those two guys well, we just left the inning to him." Hamels allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 1-3 innings in his first start since he combined with three relievers for a no-hitter against Atlanta. He also had a costly balk that mmoved Ian Desmond to third before Hairstons tiebreaking fly ball to deep left.dddddddddddd "Ive been doing that move since Ive gotten to the big leagues," Hamels said. Hairston is 18 for 48 for his career against Hamels with 10 RBIs. LaRoches first home run tied it at 1 in the second, and he went deep again in the fourth, tying it at 2 with a drive over the out-of-town scoreboard for his 23rd homer. He is 5 for 16 with four home runs and 10 RBIs in his last four games. Darin Rufs sacrifice fly put the Phillies ahead in the top of the fourth. REVIEW OVERTHROWN The Phillies scored in the first when Grady Sizemore singled, reached third on Byrds base hit and then scored on centre fielder Denard Spans throwing error. Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said he thought Byrd should have been awarded home when Antony Rendon committed a second throwing error trying to get Sizemore at the plate. "The argument was that he was already past second base and its two bases," Sandberg said. "I asked if they could review that to check, which they opted to do, but they go on the headset and said that it was a non-reviewable play." TRAINERS ROOM Nationals: Gonzalez received a brief visit from a team trainer after he sprinted to avoid a double play in the fifth inning, but was cleared to continue. He said afterward he was suffering from a blister on his right foot. UP NEXT Phillies: RHP Kyle Kendrick (8-11, 4.77 ERA) starts against Pittsburgh LHP Jeff Locke (6-4, 3.75 ERA) in Mondays opener of a four-game series against the Pirates. Nationals: RHP Doug Fister (12-6, 2.66 ERA) will try to snap a three-game losing streak when he faces LHP Mike Minor (6-9, 4.65 ERA) on Monday night in the first of three against Atlanta. ' ' '