A6 BAKER CITY HERALD • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
SPORTS
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
OREGON STATE FOOTBALL
Beavers nip Stanford
in game’s final seconds
BY JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images-TNS
The Seattle Mariners celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-9, in Game 2 to win the American League Wild Card Series at
Rogers Centre on Oct. 8, 2022, in Toronto.
Mariners erase 7-run deficit,
sweep Blue Jays with 10-9 win
Seattle advances
to division series
BY IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO — Carlos San-
tana and J.P. Crawford de-
livered before Adam Frazier
capped Seattle’s historic come-
back with one sweet swing.
A little October fun for a
new generation of Mariners.
Frazier hit a tiebreaking RBI
double in the ninth inning,
and Seattle erased a seven-run
deficit while topping the To-
ronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Satur-
day, Oct. 8 for a sweep of their
AL wild-card series.
“Those are the kind of mo-
ments you picture yourself in
in the backyard when you’re a
kid,” Frazier said.
It was the biggest road
comeback win in playoff his-
tory and baseball’s largest
comeback victory to clinch a
postseason series.
Yup, it was quite a day for
a franchise making its first
playoff appearance since Hall
of Famer Edgar Martinez and
company were eliminated by
the New York Yankees in the
2001 AL Championship Se-
ries. Next up for this group of
Mariners is Houston in the AL
Division Series.
sinking liner, but it landed
“To go to the World Series,
as the two collided. All three
you have to go through Hous- runners scored on the double,
ton,” manager Scott Servais
tying it at 9.
said. “They’re really good. We
“It seems everything that
understand that. We’re really
could go wrong did go wrong
good.”
in a very short period of
Seattle got off to a 29-39
time,” interim Blue Jays man-
start this sea-
ager John
son, but it
“To go to the World Series, Schneider
went 61-33
said.
you have to go through
from June 21
Bichette
on, trailing
was able to
Houston. They’re really
only the As-
stay in the
good. We understand that. game, but the
tros (65-31)
among AL
33-year-old
We’re really good.”
teams over
Springer had
that span.
to be helped
—Scott Servais,
After win-
to his feet be-
Mariners manager
ning 4-0 in
fore he was
the opener
carted off
of the best-of-three se-
the field. The four-time All-
ries, the Mariners trailed
Star encouraged the cheering
8-1 through five innings in
crowd as he departed.
Game 2. But they roared
Schneider said Springer
back, tying it with four runs
was “doing OK” and would
in the eighth.
be evaluated further.
With two out and the
The Blue Jays have lost five
bases loaded, Crawford hit a
straight postseason games and
blooper to center against All- eight of nine. Toronto, which
Star closer Jordan Romano.
finished one win short of a
“I was praying to the base-
playoff berth in 2021, heads
ball gods to just let that ball
into another offseason on a
sit,” Crawford said.
disappointing note.
Center fielder George
“It’s going to take some
Springer and shortstop Bo
time,” Schneider said. “Proba-
Bichette went hard after the
bly take a vacation or two.”
Cal Raleigh, who hit
an RBI single for Seattle
in the eighth, reached
on a one-out double
against Romano in the
ninth.
After Mitch Haniger
flied out, Frazier drove
in Raleigh with a dou-
ble to right.
“I’m just glad the ball
fell,” Frazier said.
Bichette walked, stole
second and advanced
to third on a grounder
in the eighth, but An-
drés Muñoz retired Ale-
jandro Kirk to end the
threat.
George Kirby, Seat-
tle’s eighth pitcher of
the game, handled the
ninth for his first ca-
reer save. Matt Chap-
man walked with one
out, but Danny Jansen
struck out and Raimel
Tapia lined out to end
the game.
“I figured he would
step up, the adrenaline
would be going, and he
did a great job,” Servais
said of Kirby.
STANFORD, Calif. — Ben
Gulbranson threw a 56-yard
touchdown pass to Tre’Shaun
Harrison with 13 seconds re-
maining and Oregon State over-
came a 14-point deficit in the
fourth quarter to beat Stanford
28-27 on Saturday night, Oct. 8.
“We keep fighting until the
last second,” Gulbranson said.
“With this team, anything is pos-
sible.”
The Cardinal (1-4, 0-4 Pac-12)
appeared to be in control of the
game when they took a 24-10
lead into the fourth quarter with
Oregon State (4-2, 1-2) using a
backup quarterback. Instead,
they collapsed down the stretch
and lost their 11th straight game
against an FBS opponent.
“I’m not going to be all sun-
shine about us playing our best
game because we have to finish,”
coach David Shaw said. “We had
a chance to put the game away
and didn’t do it.”
Gulbranson threw a 21-yard
TD pass on fourth down to Silas
Bolden on the second play of the
fourth quarter to start the come-
back.
“That was definitely a spark
plug for us,” Gulbranson said.
“We rode that energy and fin-
ished pretty strong.”
Damien Martinez added a 43-
yard touchdown run to make
it 24-22 but the Beavers missed
both 2-point tries to keep Stan-
ford in the lead.
The Cardinal nearly ran out
the clock before settling for a 46-
yard field goal with 58 seconds
left.
But Gulbranson needed only
three plays to go 76 yards for
the win. After two short com-
pletions, he took a shot down
the sideline for Harrison, who
leaped over Ethan Bonner for
the catch. Patrick Fields ap-
peared in position to make the
tackle but Harrison got by him
for the score.
“I was thinking touchdown,”
Harrison said. “Got to score.
Got to make a play for the team.
That’s all I was thinking. When
I saw nobody in front of me,
straight green grass. Was think-
ing touchdown all the way.”
Gulbranson finished 20 for 28
for 250 yards and two TDs in his
first collegiate start in place of
the injured Chance Nolan.
He also authored the third
comeback from 14 points down
to start the fourth quarter in
school history. The only other
times it happened, according to
the Elias Sports Bureau, came
in 1981 against Fresno State and
2018 against Colorado.
Tanner McKee threw two long
touchdown passes to Brycen
Tremayne but it wasn’t enough
for the Cardinal, who haven’t
beaten an FBS team since top-
ping Oregon on October 2, 2021.
Stanford set a school record with
its 10th straight conference loss.
RARE LEAD
When the Cardinal drove 78
yards on their opening posses-
sion for a 1-yard TD by Casey
Filkins, it left them in an unusual
spot. It marked the first time
since October 30, 2021, against
Washington that Stanford led
a game at any point against an
FBS opponent. The Cardinal had
gone seven full games and 431
minutes, 44 seconds of game ac-
tion between leads.
THE TAKEAWAY
Oregon State: After losing
back-to-back games against
ranked opponents USC and
Utah, the Beavers were able to
get back on track against an eas-
ier opponent. With Nolan (neck)
and star tight end Musgrave
(knee) sidelined, Oregon State
struggled to get going offensively
until the fourth quarter but did
enough for the win.
Stanford: The Cardinal had
been outscored 20.4 points per
game during the 10-game skid
against FBS teams coming into
the game as they were rarely
competitive. This loss might
have been even more painful as
they seemed to have the game
under control until the end.
UP NEXT
Oregon State: Hosts Washing-
ton State on Saturday, Oct. 15.
Stanford: Visits Notre Dame
on Saturday, Oct. 15.
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