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MINNEAPOLIS -- King Felix is no longer the only ace in Seattle. Start by dazzling start, Hisashi Iwakuma is now right there with him. Iwakuma struck out five in 7 2-3 innings and Kendrys Morales homered to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Iwakuma (6-1) gave up seven hits and walked two to drop his ERA to 2.13, and Jesus Sucre added two hits and an RBI for the Mariners, who snapped Minnesotas four-game winning streak. Tom Wilhelmsen picked up his 12th save. "With what hes done in the past, I think were coming to expect this from him," Mariners shortstop Brendan Ryan said. "Whether thats fair or not, its just a tribute to how good and how nasty he is." Mike Pelfrey (3-6) gave up three runs on six hits in 5 1-3 innings for the Twins. Pedro Florimon had three hits and Chris Parmelee had two, but the rest of the lineup went 2 for 27 with six strikeouts. Morales eighth homer of the season was a two-run shot off Pelfrey to dead centre field that started Seattles three-run third inning. And that was all Iwakuma needed. "He knows how to dig deep when he needs to and he understands the game, and great heartbeat, like weve talked about so much," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "Hes able to slow the game down when he needs to slow it down and when he gets on a roll he gets in that nice tempo, which weve seen a lot of that this year." After a 10-game losing streak earlier in the month, the Twins came into the opener against the struggling Mariners on a nice little roll. They had won five of their previous six games following that miserable skid and appeared to have their fortunes turning thanks to a soft spot in the schedule -- they took four straight from the free-falling Brewers this week -- and some luck in not getting Mariners ace Felix Hernandez this weekend. But Iwakuma is no picnic either. Like many of his Japanese brethren who have come before him, Iwakuma has an almost hypnotic, unconventional delivery that plays with a hitters eye level. His right leg flares out on the follow-through that has the potential to distract as his splitter reaches the plate. He went 9-5 with a 3.16 ERA in 16 starts last season, but the American League hasnt shown any signs of figuring him out in his second year. The crafty right-hander entered the game with a 2.35 ERA, the third best in the American League and just ahead of Hernandez (2.38). His only loss of the season came in a 2-1 defeat at Houston on April 23 when he struck out 11 in five innings. He didnt miss as many bats on Friday night, but he was just as effective. He got Joe Mauer and Ryan Doumit twice and also induced three comebackers to the mound as the Twins flailed away. "He can spot that fastball at the knees and I dont know how you want to describe it, but its downhill and then it kind of flattens out," Ryan said. "It looks like its going to be a ball down and it stays at the knees for a strike. Then he throws a splitter off that. What are you supposed to do? I mean at that point youre almost having to guess." The Twins had a chance to get on the board in the third inning with runners at the corners and one out. But a drawn-in Brendan Ryan made a nifty stab at shortstop on a hot shot from Jamey Carroll and made a sharp throw off one foot to get Parmelee at home plate. "He pretty much shut us down," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. Iwakuma caught a break in the fifth when Florimons double down the left field line bounced into the seats for a ground-rule double, which prevented Parmelee from scoring. Carroll grounded out to end the inning. "I didnt have a very good bullpen today," Iwakuma said through a translator. "I thought my balance wasnt right, but then I was able to make my adjustment during the game." NOTES: The Mariners have won four of six following and eight-game losing streak. ... 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Instead, France leads with 10 points, three more than second-placed Sweden and six more than the Netherlands. The Dutch play in Luxembourg on Sunday.Its not decisive yet, but its an important result for us, Deschamps said. We could have done better, but thats also down to Sweden making things difficult for us. They were athletic and good on set pieces.After an inconsistent start to the season, following his record-breaking transfer of 105 million euros ($116 million) from Italian champion Juventus, Pogba is getting closer to his best form.Last weekend, he scored with a superb 20-meter (yard) volley for United against Swansea in the Premier League.In Frances previous qualifiier, he struck the winner in a 1-0 win against the Netherlands with a rasping 30-meter strike.ddddddddddddBetween those games, he netted twice for United in a 4-1 win against Fenerbahce in the Europa League, one of the goals a fine curler from outside the area.I know he likes to score, and thats good for him, but its not specifically what I expect from him. Im happier with his overall performance, which was in line with what he did against Holland, Deschamps said. He plays differently for United in a different system. He won a lot of possession for us and when hes playing at that level, in tandem with Blaise Matuidi in midfield, hes very important.But France needed his goal on a bitterly cold night because strikers Olivier Giroud -- starting in attack ahead of Kevin Gameiro -- and Griezmann squandered chances.The first chance of the game fell to the Swedes early on when France center half Raphael Varane had to hack away a dangerous cross.Payet then had an effort saved by Olsen, but the rest of Frances shooting was from long range and wayward.This left France left vulnerable to a sucker punch and it almost came when burly striker Ola Toivonens goal-bound effort was expertly blocked by Koscielny as he slid on the ground.Were proud of our performance, said Sweden coach Janne Andersson, who was unhappy that Griezmann was not given offside in the build-up to Frances winner. We deserved much better, but we need to create more scoring chances.Giroud headed over early in the second half and Pogbas shot from just outside the area was blocked.Sweden made the French pay, but it spurred Pogba into action.Andersson, however, was not impressed.I dont have an opinion, he said, when asked if Pogba was getting back to his best. I dont watch what other teams do. I watch my own players. ' ' '