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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018
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Westerholm named
Player of the Week
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Westerholm played shortstop for Seaside’s junior state
summer team, and second base for the Lower Columbia
Baseball Club.
Clatsop County made a clean sweep
of the Player of the Week awards for the
Lower Columbia Baseball Club.
While Knappa’s Ryker Coffey was
named the Player of the Week for Lower
Columbia’s AA Legion team for July
22-28, Payton Westerholm of Seaside
earned Player of the Week honors for
the club’s AAA Legion team, Hilander
Dental.
Entering his senior year at Seaside,
Westerholm spent the summer playing
for both Seaside’s junior state team and
Hilander Dental.
The season came to an end recently for
both teams, with Westerholm taking part
in two state tournaments.
For the Hilander Dental team, Wester-
holm had two hits in the Washington state
tournament opener against Spokane, and
followed with three hits vs. Kennewick in
the season finale.
Unfortunately, Hilander Dental lost
both games, bringing an end to the season.
Westerholm finished with a .296 bat-
ting average (21-for-71), with 14 runs bat-
ted in. He pitched and played second base
for the Lower Columbia team.
Mariners drop into wild-card
tie following 8-3 loss to Astros
Oregon State’s
title trophy
displayed at
historical society
PORTLAND — Oregon State’s
trophy for winning this year’s Col-
lege World Series is now on dis-
play at the Oregon Historical Soci-
ety in downtown Portland.
The Beavers defeated Arkansas
in June to claim their third national
championship in baseball.
The trophy can be seen Wednes-
day through Sunday in the pavilion
of the Oregon Historical Society on
Southwest Park Avenue. Admis-
sion to view the trophy is free.
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
UP NEXT: MARINERS
• Toronto Blue Jays (48-59)
at Seattle Mariners (63-45)
• Tonight, 7:10 p.m. TV: RTNW
S
EATTLE — When the Seat-
tle Mariners were rolling in
the middle of June, it appeared
unlikely anyone in their own divi-
sion would be contending with them
for one of the wild card spots in the
American League.
On Wednesday, the Mariners were
knocked from the lead for the second
wild-card in the AL, caught by divi-
sion rival Oakland.
Marwin Gonzalez hit two of
Houston’s four home runs, and the
Astros beat the Mariners 8-3, drop-
ping Seattle into a tie with the Athlet-
ics in the wild-card race. Seattle led
the A’s by 11 games in the middle of
June, but has seen the entire lead dis-
appear over the past six weeks.
“I’m not worried really about
anybody else right now. We need to
get back to playing like we’re capa-
ble of playing. It just hasn’t hap-
pened here recently,” Seattle man-
Seahawks sign
veteran guard
J.R. Sweezy
RENTON, Wash. — The Seat-
tle Seahawks added depth to their
offensive line Wednesday by sign-
ing veteran guard J.R. Sweezy.
— Associated Press
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher
Wade LeBlanc sits in the dugout
after being relieved in the fifth in-
ning of Wednesday’s game against
the Houston Astros in Seattle.
ager Scott Servais said. “We’ll have
a good game here or there. But like
I said, start putting together some
streaks together, just quality game
after game, good pitching, more
importantly on offense, we’ve got to
do more offensively.”
The Mariners were 21 games over
.500 at 46-25 after a 1-0 win on June
16, while Oakland was just below
.500 at 35-36. Seattle hasn’t played
terribly in the following six weeks,
but its 17-20 record is pedestrian
compared to Oakland’s 29-10 mark
and why the A’s have caught up so
quickly.
“We have to get back to playing
really good baseball and then we’ll
worry about the other guys,” Servais
said.
Both the Mariners and A’s are
still looking up at Houston in the AL
West. After a five-game losing streak,
the Astros rebounded to win the final
two games of the series. Houston has
a five-game cushion over both teams.
Ohio State coach
Meyer put on leave
Associated Press
Urban Meyer’s job appears to
be in jeopardy.
Ohio State placed Meyer, one
of the most successful coaches in
college football history, on paid
administrative leave Wednesday
while it investigates claims that
his wife knew about allegations of
domestic violence against an assis-
tant coach years before the staff
member was fired last week.
Courtney Smith, the ex-wife
of fired Buckeyes assistant Zach
Smith, gave an interview to Sta-
dium and provided text messages
to former ESPN reporter Brett
McMurphy between her and Shel-
ley Meyer in 2015 about Zach
Smith’ behavior. Courtney Smith
also provided threatening texts she
said came from her ex-husband,
and text messages between her and
other wives of Buckeyes assistant
coaches, discussing Zach Smith.
“Shelley said she was going
to have to tell Urban,” Courtney
Smith told Stadium. “I said: ‘That’s
fine, you should tell Urban.’”
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