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B4 The BulleTin • Friday, March 12, 2021 ON THE AIR SCOREBOARD FRIDAY BASKETBALL Women’s college, Big 12, Texas vs. Iowa St. Men’s college, Big Ten, Maryland vs. Michigan Men’s college, C-USA semifinal, teams TBD Men’s college, SEC, Mississippi St. vs. Alabama Men’s college, AAC, South Florida vs. Wichita St. Men’s college, Big Ten, Ohio St. vs. Purdue Men’s college, SEC, Florida vs. Tennessee Women’s college, Big Ten, Northwestern vs. Maryland Women’s college, Big 12, TCU vs. Baylor Men’s college, C-USA semifinal, teams TBD Men’s college, AAC, Cincinnati vs. SMU Women’s college, Big Ten, Michigan St. vs. TBD Men’s college, MAC, Ohio vs. Toledo Women’s college, America East, Stony Brook at Maine Men’s college, MAAC, Iona vs. TBD Men’s college, Big East, Georgetown vs. Seton Hall Men’s college, Big Ten, Rutgers vs. Illinois Men’s college, Big 12, Oklahoma St. vs. Baylor Men’s college, ACC, Georgia Tech vs. Virginia Men’s college, AAC, Tulane vs. Houston Men’s college, SEC, TBD vs. Arkansas Men’s college, MAC, TBD vs. Buffalo Men’s college, MAAC, Fairfield vs. Saint Peter’s Men’s college, Pac-12, Oregon St. vs. Oregon Men’s college, Big Ten, TBD vs. Iowa Men’s college, Big East, TBD vs. Creighton Men’s college, SEC, TBD vs. LSU Men’s college, Mtn. West, Nevada vs. San Diego St. Men’s college, Big 12, TBD vs. Kansas Men’s college, AAC, TBD vs. Memphis Men’s college, Pac-12, teams TBD Men’s college, Mtn. West, teams TBD Men’s college, Big West semifinal, teams TBD GOLF Players Championship BASEBALL MLB preseason, N.Y. Yankees at Detroit SAILING America’s Cup Time 8:30 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 9 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. TV ESPNU Big Ten CBSSN ESPN ESPN2 Big Ten ESPN 11 a.m. 11:30 a.m. noon noon 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. FS2 ESPNU CBSSN ESPN2 FS2 CBSSN 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m. 9 p.m. 9 p.m. ESPNU ESPNEWS FS1 Big Ten ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU SEC CBSSN ESPNEWS Pac-12 Big Ten FS1 SEC CBSSN ESPN2 ESPNU ESPN CBSSN ESPNU 9 a.m. Golf 10 a.m. MLB 7 p.m. ON DECK Friday, March 12 Football: Summit at Bend, 7 p.m.; redmond at hood river Valley, 7 p.m.; ridgeview at Pendleton, 7 p.m.; Molalla at crook county, 7 p.m.; Madras at es- tacada, 7 p.m.; harrisburg at Sisters, 7 p.m.; la Pine at Junction city, 7 p.m.; culver at Jefferson, 7 p.m. Volleyball: hosanna/Triad at Trinity lutheran, 3 p.m.; north lake/Paisley at Trinity lutheran, 6 p.m. Girls soccer: Bend at Summit, 6 p.m.; Mountain View at redmond, 6 p.m. Cross-country: central Oregon Xc at Bend Pine nursery Park, TBd. Saturday, March 13 Football: aloha at Mountain View, 4:30 p.m. Volleyball: hood river Valley at ridgeview, 12:30 p.m.; crook county at Pendleton, 11 a.m.; hood river Valley at Sisters, 3:30 p.m.; Sisters at ridgeview, 6:30 p.m.; The dalles at redmond, 9 a.m. la Pine at Pleasant hill, 2:30 p.m.; east linn christian at central christian, 5:30 p.m.; Trinity lutheran at Gilchrist, 3:30 p.m.; chil- oquin at Gilchrist, 5 p.m.; Trinity lutheran at chiloquin, 4 p.m. Boys soccer: Summit at central catholic, 5:30 p.m.; crosshill christian at la Pine, 1 p.m. PREP SPORTS Volleyball Wednesday’s Late Game Sisters 3, crook county 0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-22) Thursday Games Bend 3, Mountain View 0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-9) Summit vs. ridgeview, late central christian 3, rogue Valley adventist 1 (25-18, 19-25, 25-22, 25-14) SOCCER Premier League, Leeds United vs. Chelsea 4:25 a.m. NBCSN Premier League, Crystal Palace vs. West Brom 6:55 a.m. NBCSN Men’s college, St. John’s at Georgetown 9 a.m. FS1 Women’s college, Northwestern at Purdue 10 a.m. Big Ten Men’s college, Oregon St. at Stanford 3 p.m. Pac-12 Mexico Primera Division, Tijuana vs. Santos Laguna 7 p.m. FS1 Italian Serie A, Bologna vs. Sampdoria 4:25 a.m. (Sun) ESPN2 BASKETBALL Women’s college, MAC final, teams TBD 8 a.m. CBSSN Men’s college, America East, UMass-Lowell at Hartford 8 a.m. ESPN2 Women’s college, MAAC final, teams TBD 8 a.m. ESPNEWS Men’s college, Big Ten semifinal, teams TBD 10 a.m. CBS Women’s college, Atlantic 10 semifinal, teams TBD 10 a.m. CBSSN Men’s college, SEC semifinal, teams TBD 10 a.m. ESPN Men’s college, MEAC final, teams TBD 10 a.m. ESPN2 Women’s college, Big Ten final, teams TBD 11 a.m. ESPNU Men’s college, AAC semifinal, teams TBD noon ESPN2 Men’s college, Big Ten semifinal, teams TBD 12:30 p.m. CBS Men’s college, SEC semifinal, teams TBD 12:30 p.m. ESPN Women’s college, Atlantic 10 semifinal, teams TBD 1 p.m. CBSSN Men’s college, MAAC final, teams TBD 1 p.m. ESPNU Men’s college, AAC semifinal, teams TBD 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 Men’s college, Mtn. West final, teams TBD 3 p.m. CBS Women’s college, C-USA final, teams TBD 3 p.m. CBSSN Men’s college, Big 12 final, teams TBD 3 p.m. ESPN Men’s college, SWAC final, teams TBD 3 p.m. ESPNU Men’s college, Big East final, teams TBD 3:30 p.m. FOX Men’s college, MAC final, teams TBD 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 Men’s college, Big Sky final, teams TBD 5 p.m. ESPNU NBA, Portland at Minnesota 5 p.m. NBCSNW Men’s college, ACC final, teams TBD 5:30 p.m. ESPN Men’s college, C-USA final, teams TBD 6 p.m. CBSSN Men’s college, Southland final, teams TBD 6:30 p.m. ESPN2 Men’s college, WAC final, teams TBD 7 p.m. ESPNU Men’s college, Pac-12 final, teams TBD 7:30 p.m. ESPN Men’s college, Big West final, teams TBD 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 LACROSSE College, Penn St. at Johns Hopkins 9 a.m. ESPNU College, Rutgers at Maryland noon Big Ten BASEBALL MLB preseason, Minnesota at Tampa Bay 10 a.m. MLB College, Arkansas-Little Rock at Auburn noon SEC College, Baylor at LSU 5 p.m. SEC GOLF Players Championship 10 a.m. NBC SOFTBALL College, LSU at Tennessee 10 a.m. SEC College, Mississippi St. at Ole Miss 3 p.m. SEC HORSE RACING America’s Day at the Races 11 a.m. FS1 America’s Day at the Races noon FS2 MOTOR SPORTS NHRA, Gainesville qualifying noon FS1 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Phoenix 2:30 p.m. FS1 BOXING Showtime Championship, Benavidez vs. Ellis 6 p.m. Sho SAILING America’s Cup 7 p.m. NBCSN Men’s college PAC-12 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT In Las Vegas FIRST ROUND Wednesday’s Late Game (11)california 76, (6)Stanford 58 QUARTERFINALS Thursday’s Games (1)Oregon 91, (8)arizona St. 73 (5)Oregon St. 83, (4)ucla 79, OT (7)utah vs. (2)uSc, late (11)california vs. (3)colorado, late SEMIFINALS Friday’s Games (1)Oregon vs. (5)Oregon St., 5:30 p.m. (7)utah—(2)uSc winner vs. (11)california-(3)colorado winner, 8:30 p.m. Thursday’s Box Scores Boys soccer Oregon 91, Arizona St. 73 Thursday’s Games Sisters 2, Mountain View 1 Summit vs. ridgeview Bend 5, redmond 0 cascade vs. crook county central christian/Trinity lutheran 2, Faith Bible 1 ARIZONA ST. (1-1) Graham 2-5 2-2 6, lawrence 2-2 1-2 5, Martin 5-12 3-3 16, Verge 12-25 2-2 28, Woods 3-6 1-2 9, house 2-9 0-0 6, Osten 0-1 0-0 0, Olmsted 0-0 0-0 0, Burno 0-1 0-0 0, Takhar 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 27-62 9-11 73. OREGON (1-0) Omoruyi 6-12 0-1 15, Williams 2-7 0-0 4, duarte 2-3 1-2 6, richardson 6-9 3-3 17, Figueroa 9-16 0-0 21, hardy 5-7 0-0 11, lawson 5-6 0-4 10, Kepnang 1-1 1-2 3, Terry 0-0 4-5 4, estrada 0-0 0-0 0, Wur 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36- 61 9-17 91. Halftime —Oregon 35-27. 3-Point Goals —arizona St. 10-28 (Martin 3-8, house 2-4, Woods 2-4, Verge 2-11, Takhar 1-1), Oregon 10-18 (Omoruyi 3-4, Figueroa 3-5, richardson 2-4, duarte 1-1, hardy 1-1, Williams 0-3). Fouled Out —Graham. Rebounds —arizona St. 29 (Verge 8), Oregon 33 (richardson 7). Assists —arizo- na St. 14 (Martin 5), Oregon 19 (richardson 9). Total Fouls —arizona St. 17, Oregon 13. Girls soccer Wednesday’s Late Game redmond 7, crook county 0 Thursday’s Games ridgeview vs. Summit, late estacada 3, Madras 0 Sisters 3, cascade 0 BASKETBALL NBA NBCSN SATURDAY Thursday’s Games charlotte 105, detroit 102 atlanta at Toronto, late Boston at Brooklyn, late Minnesota at new Orleans, late new york at Milwaukee, late Orlando at Miami, late Phila. at chicago, late dallas at Oklahoma city, late Golden State at l.a. clippers, late houston at Sacramento, late Phoenix at Portland, late Friday’s Games cleveland at new Orleans, 5 p.m. denver at Memphis, 5 p.m. Phila. at Washington, 5 p.m. Miami at chicago, 6 p.m. Orlando at San antonio, 6 p.m. houston at utah, 7 p.m. indiana at l.a. lakers, 7:30 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE W l Pct Phila. 24 12 .667 Brooklyn 24 13 .649 Milwaukee 22 14 .611 Boston 19 17 .528 new york 19 18 .514 charlotte 18 18 .500 Miami 18 18 .500 Toronto 17 19 .472 chicago 16 18 .471 indiana 16 19 .457 atlanta 16 20 .444 Washington 14 21 .400 cleveland 14 22 .389 Orlando 13 23 .361 detroit 10 27 .270 WESTERN CONFERENCE W l Pct utah 27 9 .750 Phoenix 24 11 .686 l.a. lakers 24 13 .649 l.a. clippers 24 14 .632 Portland 21 14 .600 denver 21 15 .583 San antonio 18 15 .545 dallas 19 16 .543 Memphis 17 16 .515 Golden State 19 18 .514 new Orleans 15 21 .417 Oklahoma city 15 21 .417 Sacramento 14 22 .389 houston 11 23 .324 Minnesota 7 29 .194 Wednesday’s Games Memphis 127, Washington 112 dallas 115, San antonio 104 GB — ½ 2 5 5½ 6 6 7 7 7½ 8 9½ 10 11 14½ GB — 2½ 3½ 4 5½ 6 7½ 7½ 8½ 8½ 12 12 13 15 20 Oregon St. 83, UCLA 79, OT OREGON ST. (1-0) alatishe 11-14 0-2 22, Silva 1-1 0-0 2, lucas 5-14 2-2 17, reichle 4-8 0-0 11, Thompson 3-11 11-11 18, hunt 1-8 0-0 3, andela 0-0 8-12 8, calloo 0-3 2-2 2, Silver 0-0 0-0 0, Franklin 0-0 0-0 0, Tucker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-59 23-29 83. UCLA (0-1) riley 2-7 3-4 7, Bernard 7-13 3-4 19, campbell 2-10 4-4 8, Juzang 5-10 1-2 12, Jaquez 2-5 7-8 11, Singleton 3-8 2-4 9, etienne 2-3 0-0 4, clark 2-3 0-0 4, Kyman 2-4 0-1 5, nwuba 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-63 20-27 79. Halftime —ucla 34-24. 3-Point Goals —Oregon St. 10-25 (lucas 5-10, reichle 3-6, hunt 1-4, Thompson 1-4, calloo 0-1), ucla 5-20 (Bernard 2-3, Kyman 1-2, Singleton 1-5, Juzang 1-6, campbell 0-2, Jaquez 0-2). Fouled Out —Silva, Thompson, hunt, riley, Jaquez. Rebounds —Oregon St. 30 (alatishe, andela 10), ucla 40 (Bernard 10). Assists —Oregon St. 13 (hunt 5), ucla 8 (campbell 5). Total Fouls —Oregon St. 25, ucla 23. TOP 25 SCORES Thursday’s Games no. 2 Baylor 74, Kansas St. 68 no. 9 Ohio St. 79, Minnesota 75 no. 12 Oklahoma St. 72, no. 10 West Virginia 69 no. 11 Kansas 69, no. 25 Oklahoma 62 no. 13 Texas 67, no. 20 Texas Tech 66 Georgetown 72, no. 14 Villanova 71 no. 15 Florida St. def. duke, uncontested no. 16 Virginia 72, Syracuse 69 no. 17 creighton 87, Butler 56 no. 19 San diego St. 69, Wyoming 66 north carolina 81, no. 22 Virginia Tech 73 Women’s college TOP 25 SCORES. Thursday’s Games no. 7 Maryland 83, nebraska 73 Michigan St. 69, no. 9 indiana 61 northwestern 65, no. 13 Michigan 49 iowa 73, no. 19 rutgers 62 no. 20 South Florida vs. ucF, late no. 24 Florida Gulf coast 87, Jacksonville 62 HOCKEY NHL East GP W L OT Pts GF GA n.y. islanders 27 17 6 4 38 80 60 Washington 26 16 6 4 36 89 83 Pittsburgh 26 16 9 1 33 86 79 Boston 24 14 6 4 32 70 56 Philadelphia 24 13 8 3 29 79 78 n.y. rangers 25 10 12 3 23 68 71 new Jersey 23 8 12 3 19 58 76 Buffalo 25 6 15 4 16 58 85 Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA carolina 26 19 6 1 39 93 67 Tampa Bay 25 18 5 2 38 91 57 Florida 26 17 5 4 38 89 76 chicago 28 14 9 5 33 87 88 columbus 28 10 12 6 26 75 94 nashville 27 11 15 1 23 64 90 dallas 22 8 9 5 21 64 59 detroit 28 8 16 4 20 63 95 West GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 23 16 6 1 33 73 51 St. louis 26 14 8 4 32 83 82 Minnesota 24 15 8 1 31 75 63 colorado 24 14 8 2 30 72 59 los angeles 25 11 8 6 28 78 72 arizona 26 12 10 4 28 69 77 anaheim 27 8 13 6 22 62 86 San Jose 23 9 11 3 21 66 88 North GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 28 19 7 2 40 97 70 Winnipeg 26 16 8 2 34 86 76 edmonton 28 17 11 0 34 93 83 Montreal 25 12 6 7 31 84 69 Vancouver 30 12 16 2 26 84 99 calgary 26 11 12 3 25 71 80 Ottawa 29 9 19 1 19 77 115 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Late Games edmonton 7, Ottawa 1 colorado 2, arizona 1, OT los angeles 5, anaheim 1 Montreal 5, Vancouver 1 Thursday’s Games carolina 5, nashville 1 Pittsburgh 5, Buffalo 2 n.y. islanders 5, new Jersey 3 Boston 4, n.y. rangers 0 Toronto 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Florida 5, columbus 4, OT Washington 5, Philadelphia 3 detroit 6, Tampa Bay 4 chicago 4, dallas 2 Montreal at calgary, late Friday’s Games arizona at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Vegas at St. louis, 5 p.m. los angeles at colorado, 6 p.m. Ottawa at edmonton, 6 p.m. San Jose at anaheim, 7 p.m. GOLF PGA Tour The Players Championship Partial Scores Thursday at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $15 million Yardage: 7,189; Par: 72 1st Round Suspended for Darkness (21 players DNF) Sergio Garcia 32-33—65 Brian harman 36-31—67 Matthew Fitzpatrick 32-36—68 corey conners 35-33—68 Shane lowry 32-36—68 lee Westwood 34-35—69 Tom hoge 35-34—69 denny Mccarthy 34-35—69 Bryson dechambeau 36-33—69 rory Sabbatini 33-36—69 Gary Woodland, 36-34—70. Keegan Bradley, 34-36— 70. nick Taylor, 36-34—70. adam long, 35-35—70. chris- tiaan Bezuidenhout, 35-35—70. Patrick reed, 36-34—70. Jordan Spieth, 34-36—70. ryan Palmer, 37-33—70. Steve Stricker, 37-33—70. Jason Kokrak, 35-35—70. Jason day, 36-34—70. Patton Kizzire, 35-35—70. charley hoffman, 38-32—70. Leaderboard at time of suspension SCORE THRU Sergio Garcia -7 18 Brain harman -5 18 Matthew Fitzpatrick -4 18 corey conners -4 18 Shane lowry -4 18 lee Westwood -3 18 Tom hoge -3 18 denny Mccarthy -3 18 Bryson dechambeau -3 18 rory Sabbatini -3 18 Will Zalatoris -3 17 DEALS Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League SeaTTle MarinerS — agreed to terms with cF Braden Bishop, rhPs Brandon Brennon, Sam delaplane, robert dugger, Justin dunn, Joey Gerber, Wyatt Mills, andres Munoz, ljay newsome, yohan ramirez, casey Sadler, erik Swanson, domingo Tapia, Juan Then and Will Vest, lhPs aaron Fletcher, nick Margevicius, anthony Misiewicz and Justus Sheffield, OFs Jake Fraley, Kyle lewis, Jose Marmo- lejos, dylan Moore and Taylor Trammell, 3B Ty France, inFs Sam haggerty and donovan Walton, 2B Shed long, Jr., c luis Torrens to a one-year contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association nBa — Suspended and fined c/PF Meyers leonard for one week. hOuSTOn rOcKeTS — released G Mason Jones. FOOTBALL National Football League aTlanTa FalcOnS — re-signed Wr christian Blake, cB Tyler hall, K younghoe Koo and de Jacob Tuioti-Mariner. carOlina PanTherS — Signed OT Taylor Moton franchise tender. hOuSTOn TeXanS — Signed rB Mark ingram. KanSaS ciTy chieFS — released lT eric Fisher and rT Mitchell Schwartz. MiaMi dOlPhinS — named danny crossman assis- tant head coach/special teams coordinator, George God- sey co-offensive coordinator/tight ends, eric Studesville co-offensive coordinator/running backs, charles Burks cornerbacks coach, austin clark defensive line coach, Shawn Flaherty assistant offensive line coach, Mike Judge assistant tight ends coach and rob leonard outside line- backers coach. MinneSOTa ViKinGS — released lT riley reiff. neW OrleanS SainTS — released cB Janoris Jenkins. SeaTTle SeahaWKS — Tendered Ol Kyle Fuller and dT Bryan Mone. WaShinGTOn FOOTBall TeaM — Tendered Wr cam Sims. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTOn BruinS — recalled c Jack Studnicka, d urho Vaakanainen and rW Zach Senyshyn from minors from taxi squad. carOlina hurricaneS — recalled d Jake Bean and G alex nedeljkovic from minors from taxi squad. naShVille PredaTOrS — designated d Frederic al- lard for assignment taxi squad. recalled ds Ben harpur and alexandre carrier, rW Mathieu Olivier, cs rem Pitlick and Michael Mccarron from minors from taxi squad.Placed c Brad richardson on injured reserve. neW yOrK ranGerS — recalled G Keith Kinkaid, d K’andre Miller and rW Kaapo Kakko from minors from taxi squad. OTTaWa SenaTOrS — designated d erik Brannstrom for assignment taxi squad. TOrOnTO MaPle leaFS — recalled lW Kenny agos- tino from minors from taxi squad. VicTOria rOyalS — named F Tarun Fizer captain of the 2020-21 Whl regular season. WinniPeG JeTS — recalled d logan Stanley from minors from taxi squad. SOCCER Major League Soccer inTer MiaMi cF — Signed lB/MF Joevin Jones to a two-year contract. la GalaXy — Signed MF Samuel Grandsir. MinneSOTa uniTed — released MF Sam Gleadle. VancOuVer WhiTecaPS Fc — named ricardo clark as first team assistant coach. COLLEGE uniVerSiTy OF neW MeXicO — named drew Meh- ringer passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Pac-12 Continued from B3 Lucas finished with 17 points and made five 3-pointers for Oregon State (15-12). Zach Reichle added 11 points and three 3-pointers. Thompson fouled out with 1:34 left in overtime and Hunt was called for his fifth at the other end, trying to set a high screen. Roman Silva also exited with 5:35 left in regulation after playing just 14 min- utes. Bernard had with 19 points and 10 re- bounds to lead UCLA (17-9), which lost its fourth straight game. Juzang scored nine of his 12 points in the first half be- fore going scoreless in the second half and Jaime Jaquez Jr. added 11 points. UCLA used an 18-2 run to go ahead by 16 points in the first half, and the Beavers had a stretch of 10-plus minutes with just one field goal. Oregon State shot 29.6% in the first half, but made three of its last four, capped by a Lucas 3-pointer to pull to 34- 24 at the break. Oregon State rallied in the second half by making 9 of 15 shots, tying it at 45 on Lucas’ 3-pointer with 9:34 to go. But the Beavers didn’t make their next field goal until the 5:49 mark to trail 56-52. Also Thursday: Oregon 91, Arizona St. 73: — L.J. Figueroa scored a season-high 21 points, Will Richardson had 17 points, seven re- bounds and nine assists and top-seeded Al Powers via Pac-12 Oregon’s L.J. Figueroa (12) makes a move on Arizona State’s Alonzo Verge Jr. (11) in the quar- terfinals of the Pac-12 Conference tournament on Thursday in Las Vegas. Figueroa led the top- seeded Ducks with 21 points in the team’s 91-73 rout of the Sun Devils. Oregon eased into the semifinals with a 91-73 victory over Arizona State in the Pac-12 Conference tournament. Oregon did not miss consecutive shots in the final 15 minutes of the game until the 1:30 mark when it was in front 60-35. The Ducks made six straight for a 41-23 lead and seven consecutive to go up 54-33. Eugene Omoruyi had 15 points and six rebounds for Oregon (20-5), which has won six straight games to reach 20 wins for the 11th straight season. Amauri Hardy added 11 points and Chandler Lawson 10. The Ducks shot 59% from the field, in- cluding 10 of 18 from distance — with three apiece from Omoruyi and Figueroa. Alonzo Verge Jr. led Arizona State (11- 14) with 28 points and eight rebounds. Remy Martin added 16 points with five assists. Yordan Álvarez The 2019 AL Rookie of the Year played just two games for Houston last season before having surgery on both knees. The Astros are easing Álvarez back this spring training, and he hasn’t appeared in a game yet. He hit .313 with 27 homers and 78 RBIs in only 313 at-bats in 2019, helping Houston win the AL pennant. The Astros reached Game 7 of the AL Champion- ship Series without him last year and get- ting Álvarez’s bat back at designated hitter should help make up for the departure of George Springer in free agency. swinging the ball well this spring and is a welcome addition to the Mariners’ lineup. Haniger hit .285 with 26 homers and 93 RBIs in 2018. He slumped to .220 with 15 homers and 32 RBIs in 63 games in 2019 before injuries derailed him. Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV stations. MLB SPORTS BRIEFING Continued from B3 GOLF Sergio Garcia grabs lead at Players Championship — The first round of The Players Championship on Thurs- day was a difficult test at the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. Play was suspended because of darkness, and the first-round scoring average (73.802) is on track to be the high- est since 2007. The defending champion, Rory McIlroy, fin- ished one shot away from posting an 80. All of this makes Sergio Garcia’s 7-under-par 65 to take a two-shot lead over Brian Harman that much more remarkable. When darkness brought the first round to a halt — 21 players didn’t finish — there already were 13 scores of 80 or higher. That included Henrik Stenson with an 85, his highest score ever on the PGA Tour. There were 22 scores of triple bogey or worse. — Bulletin wire report Corey Kluber The two-time AL Cy Young Award win- ner has thrown only 36 2/3 innings over the past two seasons, one since May 2019 when he was hit on the right forearm by a come- backer. Kluber tore a muscle in his right shoulder in his Texas debut last July 26 and agreed to an $11 million, one-year deal with the New York Yankees in January. The Yan- kees are hoping the 34-year-old can regain the form that made him one of baseball’s best pitchers in Cleveland from 2013-18. “Physically, I feel like I’m in a good spot,” Kluber said after his first spring training start. “I’m just trying to prepare for the sea- son the best I can.” Mitch Haniger A 2018 All-Star outfielder with Seat- tle, Haniger hasn’t played since June 2019 due to multiple injuries and surgeries. He’s Chris Archer A two-time All-Star with Tampa Bay, Archer is back with the Rays after 21/2 dis- appointing seasons in Pittsburgh. The righty missed last season due to surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome and was 6-12 with a 4.92 ERA in 33 starts with the Pirates. He signed a $6.5 million, one- year deal, returning to the AL champion Rays. The Rays are taking it slowly with Ar- cher, and he hasn’t yet pitched in a spring training game.
