B2 The BulleTin • Sunday, March 28, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
SUNDAY
SOCCER
Time
TV
FA Women’s Super League, Chelsea vs. Aston Villa 6:30 a.m.
NBCSN
International friendly, U.S. at Northern Ireland
9 a.m.
FOX
Women’s college, Rutgers at Wisconsin
9:30 a.m.
Big Ten
Women’s college, Villanova at Georgetown
10 a.m.
FS1
Women’s college, Indiana at Michigan
noon
Big Ten
Women’s college, Illinois at Michigan St.
2 p.m.
Big Ten
Men’s college, Stanford at UCLA
2 p.m.
Pac-12
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship semifinal,
teams TBD
3 p.m.
FS1
CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship semifinal,
teams TBD
6 p.m.
FS1
GOLF
PGA Tour, WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play
7 a.m.
Golf
PGA Tour,
Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship 11:30 a.m.
Golf
PGA Tour, WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play
noon
NBC
LPGA Tour, Kia Classic
3 p.m.
Golf
MOTOR SPORTS
Formula 1, Bahrain Grand Prix
7:55 a.m.
ESPN2
NASCAR Cup Series, Bristol (Tenn.)
12:30 p.m.
FOX
TENNIS
ATP/WTA, Miami Open
8 a.m.
Tennis
BASEBALL
College, Florida at South Carolina
9 a.m.
SEC
MLB preseason, Minnesota at Boston
10 a.m.
MLB
College, Oregon at Arizona
noon
Pac-12 (Ore)
College, Arkansas at Mississippi St.
noon
SEC
MLB preseason, Arizona at Chicago White Sox
1 p.m.
MLB
College, UCLA at USC
4 p.m.
Pac-12
MLB preseason, L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels
6 p.m.
MLB
BASKETBALL
Men’s NIT final, Mississippi St. vs. Memphis
9 a.m.
ESPN
Women’s NCAA, Georgia Tech vs. South Carolina 10 a.m.
ABC
Men’s NCAA, Creighton vs. Gonzaga
11:10 a.m.
CBS
Women’s NCAA, Missouri St. vs. Stanford
noon
ABC
Men’s NIT, 3rd-place game, L.A. Tech vs. CO St.
noon
ESPN
Men’s NCAA, Florida St. vs. Michigan
2 p.m.
CBS
Women’s NCAA, Oregon vs. Louisville
4 p.m.
ESPN
NBA, Portland at Toronto
4 p.m.
NBCSNW
Men’s NCAA, UCLA vs. Alabama
4:15 p.m.
TBS
Women’s NCAA, Texas vs. Maryland
6 p.m.
ESPN
Men’s NCAA, Oregon vs. USC
6:45 p.m.
TBS
HOCKEY
NHL, N.Y. Rangers at Washington
9 a.m.
NBC
NHL, Columbus at Detroit
noon
NBCSN
College, TBD vs. Boston College
2:30 p.m.
ESPN2
NHL, New Jersey at Boston
2:30 p.m.
NBCSN
College, West Regional Final, teams TBD
5 p.m.
ESPN2
NHL, Nashville at Chicago
5 p.m.
NBCSN
LACROSSE
College, Maryland at Rutgers
9 a.m.
ESPNU
College, Johns Hopkins at Penn St.
11 a.m.
ESPNU
HORSE RACING
America’s Day at the Races
10:30 a.m.
FS2
SOFTBALL
College, Alabama at Kentucky
12:30 p.m.
ESPN2
FOOTBALL
College, Arizona St. Spring Game
1 p.m.
Pac-12
MONDAY
TENNIS
ATP/WTA, Miami Open
BASEBALL
MLB preseason, Houston at Washington
LACROSSE
Women’s college, Maryland at Northwestern
BASKETBALL
Men’s NCAA, Regional Final, teams TBD
Women’s NCAA, Regional Final, teams TBD
Women’s NCAA, Regional Final, teams TBD
Men’s NCAA, Regional Final, teams TBD
HOCKEY
NHL, N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh
SOFTBALL
College, Alabama at Kentucky
8 a.m.
Tennis
10 a.m.
MLB
10 a.m.
Big Ten
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
CBS
ESPN
ESPN
CBS
4 p.m.
NBCSN
4 p.m.
SEC
SPORTS BRIEFING
TENNIS
Tsitsipas, with Big Three missing, makes 4th round in
Miami — For tennis up-and-comers like Stefanos Tsitsipas,
the draw at the Miami Open began to look a lot less daunting
even before the tournament began. Rafael Nadal and Roger
Federer withdrew because of injuries, and Novak Djokovic
decided against making the trip from his native Serbia. They
stayed home with their 58 Grand Slam trophies. “It’s a first
test to see how it is playing without them,” the No. 2-seeded
Tsitsipas said after his third-round victory Saturday.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
No. 15 Oregon clubbed in 15-2 loss at Arizona — Or-
egon struck first, but Arizona reeled off 12 straight runs to
clinch the series win. Ryan Holgate hit a three-run triple and
came in to score on an error as part of a five-run third that
gave the Wildcats a lead and they never looked back from in
a 15-2 in over the No. 15 Ducks Saturday night at Hi Corbett
Field. Kenyon Yovan (2 for 4) hit a solo home run in the first
for Oregon (11-6, 2-3 Pac-12), which didn’t score again until a
Josh Kasevich RBI double in the eighth. In between, Arizona
(16-6, 3-2 Pac-12) scored nine runs, seven earned, off UO’s
Cullen Kafka (2-1), who gave up seven hits, two walks and hit
three batters and struck out eight over 5.1 innings. Tanner
O’Tremba hit an RBI single to score Holgate and tie the game
at 1 after two. Nine of 12 batters recorded a hit for UA, which
had 16 hits. Oregon will try to avoid the sweep in the series fi-
nale at noon Sunday.
— Bulletin wire reports
POWERBALL
The numbers drawn Saturday night are:
6 14 38 39 65 6
As listed at
oregonlottery.org
and individual
lottery websites
The estimated jackpot was not available at press time.
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Saturday night are:
5
MONDAY
Volleyball: Sisters at Stayton, 6:30 p.m.; Salem
academy at culver, 4:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Gladstone at Madras, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Madras at Gladstone, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY
Volleyball: ridgeview at hood river Valley, 6:30
p.m.; Pendleton at crook county, 6:30 p.m.; redmond
at The dalles, 6:30 p.m.; Gladstone at Madras, 6 p.m.;
Pleasant hill at la Pine, 6 p.m.; hosanna-Triad at
Gilchrist, 4 p.m.
Boys soccer: crook county at ridgeview, 6 p.m.;
Sisters at cascade, 6 p.m.; Willamette Valley christian at
central christian/Trinity lutheran, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer: Bend at Mountain View, 4 p.m.; red-
mond at The dalles, 4:30 p.m.; cascade at Sisters, 6 p.m.
Cross-Country: Madras at estacada.
PREPS
Football
Friday’s Late Games
Mountain View 7, Summit 3
redmond 28, Pendleton 0
ridgeview 46, hood river Valley 26
crook county 28, Madras 6
Siuslaw 36, Sisters 19
Saturday’s Game
la Pine 24, Vale 18
Volleyball
Men’s college
NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 SCHEDULE
All Games in Indianapolis
Saturday’s Games
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Oregon St. 65, loyola chicago 58
Syracuse vs. houston, late
SOUTH REGIONAL
Baylor 62, Villanova 51
arkansas 72, Oral roberts 70
Sunday’s Games
WEST REGIONAL
creighton vs. Gonzaga, 11:10 a.m. (cBS)
Oregon vs. Southern cal, 6:45 p.m. (TBS)
EAST REGIONAL
Florida St. vs. Michigan, 2 p.m. (cBS)
ucla vs. alabama, 4:15 p.m. (TBS)
Saturday’s Box Score
Saturday’s Games
ridgeview 3, Pendleton 0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-23)
crook county 3, redmond 0 (25-23, 25-9, 25-15)
Oregon St. 65, Loyola Chicago 58
Boys Soccer
Saturday’s Game
la Pine vs. central linn, late
Girls Soccer
Saturday’s Game
Mountain View vs. Summit, late
BASKETBALL
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
Pct
Phila.
32
13
.711
Brooklyn
31
15
.674
Milwaukee
29
16
.644
charlotte
23
21
.523
new york
24
22
.522
atlanta
23
22
.511
Boston
22
23
.489
Miami
22
24
.478
indiana
21
23
.477
chicago
19
24
.442
Toronto
18
27
.400
cleveland
17
28
.378
Washington
16
28
.364
Orlando
15
30
.333
detroit
12
33
.267
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
Pct
utah
33
11
.750
Phoenix
30
14
.682
l.a. clippers
30
16
.652
l.a. lakers
29
17
.630
denver
27
18
.600
Portland
27
18
.600
dallas
23
20
.535
San antonio
22
20
.524
Memphis
21
21
.500
Golden State
22
24
.478
Sacramento
20
25
.444
new Orleans
19
25
.432
Oklahoma city
19
25
.432
houston
13
32
.289
Minnesota
11
35
.239
Saturday’s Games
houston 129, Minnesota 107
new york 102, Milwaukee 96
Washington 106, detroit 92
chicago at San antonio, late
Boston at Oklahoma city, late
dallas at new Orleans, late
Memphis at utah, late
cleveland at Sacramento, late
Phila. at l.a. clippers, late
Sunday’s Games
Phoenix at charlotte, 10 a.m.
Portland at Toronto, 4 p.m.
atlanta at denver, 6 p.m.
Orlando at l.a. lakers, 7 p.m.
GB
—
1½
3
8½
8½
9
10
10½
10½
12
14
15
15½
17
20
GB
—
3
4
5
6½
6½
9½
10
11
12
13½
14
14
20½
23
OREGON ST. (20-12)
alatishe 4-8 2-2 10, Silva 2-6 0-0 4, lucas 3-9 0-0 8, re-
ichle 0-2 6-8 6, Thompson 6-13 8-8 22, hunt 1-3 0-0 2,
calloo 2-5 2-2 6, andela 2-4 0-0 4, Silver 1-1 0-0 3. Totals
21-51 18-20 65.
LOYOLA CHICAGO (26-5)
uguak 1-3 6-6 8, Krutwig 6-12 2-2 14, clemons 2-7 3-4
8, norris 3-7 2-3 10, Williamson 3-11 2-3 10, hall 1-5 0-3
2, Kennedy 1-4 2-3 4, Kaifes 0-2 0-0 0, hutson 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 18-54 17-24 58.
Halftime —Oregon St. 24-16. 3-Point Goals —Oregon
St. 5-13 (Thompson 2-3, lucas 2-6, Silver 1-1, hunt
0-1, reichle 0-2), loyola chicago 5-23 (norris 2-5, Wil-
liamson 2-8, clemons 1-6, Kaifes 0-1, uguak 0-1, hall
0-2). Fouled Out —uguak. Rebounds —Oregon St.
30 (alatishe 11), loyola chicago 31 (Krutwig 10). As-
sists —Oregon St. 13 (Thompson, hunt 4), loyola chi-
cago 14 (norris 6). Total Fouls —Oregon St. 16, loyola
chicago 20.
Women’s college
NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET 16 SCHEDULE
All Games in San Antonio, Tex.
Saturday’s Games
RIVER WALK REGIONAL
uconn 92, iowa 72
Baylor 78, Michigan 75
MERCADO REGIONAL
indiana 73, nc State 70
arizona 74, Texas a&M 59
Sunday’s Games
HEMISFAIR REGIONAL
Georgia Tech vs. South carolina, 10 a.m. (aBc)
Texas vs. Maryland, 6 p.m. (eSPn)
ALAMO REGIONAL
Missouri St. vs. Stanford, noon (aBc)
Oregon vs. louisville, 4 p.m. (eSPn)
GOLF
PGA Tour
Match Play Results
At Austin Country Club
Austin, Texas
Seeds in parentheses
Saturday
Quarterfinals
Billy horschel (32), united States, def. Tommy Fleetwood
(21), england, 19 holes.
Victor Perez (31), France, def. Sergio Garcia (39), Spain,
4 and 3.
Scottie Scheffler (30), united States, def. Jon rahm (3),
Spain, 3 and 1.
Matt Kuchar (52), united States, def. Brian harman (54),
united States, 2 and 1.
Fourth round
Tommy Fleetwood (21), england, def. dylan Frittelli (64),
South africa, 4 and 3.
Billy horschel (32), united States, def. Kevin Streelman
(53), united States, 3 and 1.
Sergio Garcia (39), Spain, def. Mackenzie hughes (48),
canada, 2 and 1.
Victor Perez (31), France, def. robert Macintyre (41),
Scotland, 5 and 4.
Scottie Scheffler (30), united States, def. ian Poulter (60),
england, 5 and 4.
Jon rahm (3), Spain, def. erik van rooyen (62), South
africa, 3 and 2.
Brian harman (54), united States, def. Bubba Watson
(55), united States, 2 and 1.
Matt Kuchar (52), united States, def. Jordan Spieth (49),
united States, 1 up.
HOCKEY
NHL
NHL Glance
NHL
East
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 33 22 7 4 48 114 95
n.y. islanders 35 22 9 4 48 105 82
Pittsburgh
35 22 11 2 46 115 93
Boston
30 17 8 5 39 83 72
Philadelphia 33 16 13 4 36 102 120
n.y. rangers 33 15 14 4 34 103 87
new Jersey
32 12 16 4 28 78 101
Buffalo
33 6 23 4 16 68 118
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
34 24 8 2 50 123 82
carolina
33 23 7 3 49 112 84
Florida
33 20 9 4 44 107 94
chicago
35 16 14 5 37 102 111
nashville
35 17 17 1 35 89 105
columbus
35 13 14 8 34 90 113
dallas
30 11 11 8 30 85 80
detroit
35 11 20 4 26 75 114
West
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vegas
32 23 8 1 47 104 74
colorado
33 21 8 4 46 113 75
Minnesota
32 21 10 1 43 94 78
St. louis
34 16 13 5 37 98 110
arizona
34 15 14 5 35 88 103
los angeles 32 13 13 6 32 91 90
San Jose
32 13 15 4 30 91 111
anaheim
35 10 19 6 26 78 116
North
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto
34 22 10 2 46 114 88
Winnipeg
34 21 11 2 44 112 94
edmonton
35 21 13 1 43 119 101
Montreal
31 14 8 9 37 100 87
Vancouver
37 16 18 3 35 100 120
calgary
35 15 17 3 33 91 105
Ottawa
36 12 20 4 28 94 135
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for
playoffs under this season’s temporary realignment.
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia 2, n.y. rangers 1
Boston 3, Buffalo 2
detroit 3, columbus 1
Vegas 3, colorado 2, OT
Pittsburgh 6, n.y. islanders 3
carolina 4, Tampa Bay 3
Toronto 4, edmonton 3, OT
nashville 3, chicago 1
Florida at dallas, late
San Jose at arizona, late
Winnipeg at calgary, late
Sunday’s Games
n.y. rangers at Washington, 9 a.m.
columbus at detroit, noon
anaheim at St. louis, 2 p.m.
new Jersey at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Florida at dallas, 3 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, ppd
nashville at chicago, 5 p.m.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BalTiMOre OriOleS — acquired rhP adam Plutko
from cleveland in exchange for cash considerations.
designated inF yolmer Sanchez for assignment.
deTrOiT TiGerS — released inF Greg Garcia from a
minor league contract. Optioned rhP Joe Jimenez to
Toledo (Triple-a east).
MinneSOTa TWinS — reassigned c Tomas Telis, inFs
Tzu-Wei lin and JT riddle, and OFs Keon Broxton and
rob refsnyder to the minor league camp.
neW yOrK yanKeeS — released c robinson chirinos
and inF derek dietrich from minor league contracts. Se-
lected the contract of 1B/OF Jay Bruce from Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton (Triple-a east). Placed rhP clarke Schmidt on
the 60-day injured list.
OaKland aThleTicS — reassigned lhP reymin
Guduan, rhP deolis Guerra, cs Francisco Pena and car-
los Perez, inF Pete Kozma and OF cody Thomas to the
minor league camp.
SeaTTle MarinerS — Optioned rhPs Joey Gerber
and erik Swanson to the alternate training site.
TeXaS ranGerS — Optioned inF anderson Tejeda to
round rock (Triple-a West). assigned inF andy ibanez
to the alternate training site. re-signed c drew Butera
to a minor league contract. released rhP nick Vincent
from his minor league contract.
TOrOnTO Blue JayS — Optioned 2B Santiago espi-
nal, cF Josh Palacios and rhP Joel Payamps to Buffalo
(Triple-a east).
National League
aTlanTa BraVeS — Selected the contract of inF Pablo
Sandoval from Gwinnett (Triple-a east). designated OF
Phillip ervin for assignment. released inFs Jason Kipnis
and Jake lamb from minor league contracts. Selected
the contracts of inF ehire adrianza and rhP nate Jones.
Optioned rhP Bryse Wilson to the alternate training
site. Placed rhP Touki Toussaint on the 60-day injured
list. reassigned OF abraham almonte outright to the
alternate training site.
chicaGO cuBS — Optioned inF nico hoerner and
lhP Brad Wieck to iowa (Triple-a east). assigned rhPs
Shelby Miller, Trevor Megill and Pedro Strop, OF rafael
Ortega to the minor league camp. released OF cameron
Maybin from a minor league contract.
cincinnaTi redS — released rhP noe ramirez.
cOlOradO rOcKieS — Selected the contract of rhP
chi chi Gonzalez. Place rhP Scot Oberg on the 60-day
injured list. Optioned lhP lucas Gilbreath and inF colton
Welker to albuquerque (Triple-a West). reassigned cs
Jose Briceno, chris rabago and Brian Serven, inFs Greg
Bird, eric Stamets and alan Trejo and OF ryan Vilade to
the minor league camp.
MilWauKee BreWerS — re-signed rhP Jordan Zim-
mermann to a minor league contract.
PiTTSBurGh PiraTeS — Optioned rhP Tyler Bashlor
to indianapolis (Triple-a east).
WaShinGTOn naTiOnalS — Optioned lhP Sam clay,
rhP Kyle McGowin, inFs luis Garcia and carter Kieboom
and OF yadiel hernandez to rochester (Triple-a east).
Selected the contracts of inF Jordy Mercer and inF/OF
hernan Perez from rochester (Triple-a east). designated
inF Jake noll for assignment. reassigned rhPs aaron
Barrett, Paolo espino, Javy Guerra and Todd Peterson, cs
Welington castillo, Brandon Snyder and Blake Swihart,
inF adrian Sanchez and OFs Gerardo Parra and carlos
Tocci to the minor league camp.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
OrlandO MaGic — Waived G Jeff Teague.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BalTiMOre raVenS — agreed to terms with Wr
Sammy Watkins on a one-year contract. squad.
San FranciScO 49erS — Signed Wr Mohamed Sanu
and lB nathan Gerry to one-year contracts.
BASEBALL
Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible
for late changes made by TV stations.
Oregon
Lottery
results
ON DECK
6 25 37 44 47
The estimated jackpot is now $3.7 million.
The lost year: Minor leaguers
reflect on a canceled season
Thousands of players are
finally returning to work
BY JAKE SEINER
AP Baseball Writer
Matt Seelinger sat in the visitor’s bullpen
at Surprise Stadium, waiting for his turn
to pitch. The San Francisco Giants right-
hander had never played above Class A.
Now, in a Cactus League exhibition against
the Texas Rangers, he was in line to toe a
major league mound for the first time.
Then it started to storm in Arizona.
“Just my luck, it rains in the desert,”
Seelinger said.
The Giants and Rangers called off the
game after five innings, and Seelinger re-
turned to his hotel. That’s where he was,
trying not to lament his missed opportu-
nity, when he saw the headline on TV:
The NBA was suspending its season af-
ter Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested
positive for the coronavirus. Seelinger fig-
ured baseball wouldn’t be far behind.
More than a year later, Seelinger and
several thousand other minor leaguers are
finally getting back to work. After major
league players depart their camps in Flor-
ida and Arizona to begin the big league
season on Thursday, the lucky minor
leaguers who kept their jobs through the
past year will take their places in spring
training, resuming careers put on pause by
the pandemic.
They’ll have some stories to swap —
about power lifting with truck parts, box
jumping on electrical units, constructing
makeshift bullpens in their back yards.
About moving in with parents and work-
ing odd jobs to cover expenses. About
being locked in apartments for months
on end, not even allowed out for grocer-
ies.
“Each industry in this world went
through stuff, but us baseball players, we
only have X amount of years to play our
sport, and we lost a year,” Seelinger said.
“I’ll never get that year back. You don’t
think of it like that because that’s not a
good mindset to have. But that’s just a re-
ality.”
Last year was supposed to be a pivotal
one for Nick Garland. Undrafted as a se-
nior out of Central Connecticut State, the
catcher once drove from facility to facility
along Florida’s Gulf Coast, demanding to
speak to farm directors so he could ask
AP file
Krisna Carter, right, a chef for the Oklahoma City Dodgers minor league baseball team, prepares
hot dogs at Bricktown Ball park in Oklahoma City, on what would have been opening day for
minor league baseball in April. The OKC Dodgers Baseball Foundation provided over 5,000 hot
dog lunches across the Oklahoma City metro area to frontline workers and essential personnel
who are helping the community in fighting COVID-19. Following a year without a season, thou-
sands of minor league players are finally returning to work.
for a job. It had worked — he was in camp
with the Minnesota Twins last spring, try-
ing to lock up a roster spot at one of their
low-level affiliates.
Instead, he was sent back to his parent’s
house on Long Island, where every ball-
field and batting cage was closed while
New York fought to flatten the curve.
Desperate for somewhere to practice, he
pleaded with his parents to build a cage on
their front lawn.
“I’m like, ‘This is my career. I need to get
my work in,’” he recalled shouting.
Garland got his batting cage — briefly.
He and another nearby player, Bobby
Honeyman of the Seattle Mariners, bought
a popup structure designed for Little
Leaguers and set it up outside Garland’s
house.
“I remember all the neighbors were just
looking at us like, ‘What the hell are these
kids doing?’” he said. “We thought it was
the coolest thing ever. Five swings in, we
put five holes in it.”
Elsewhere, players did whatever they
could to stay in shape. Jake Fishman, a
left-hander for the Miami Marlins, began
deadlifting a neighbor’s crane stabilizers —
big hunks of metal used to keep trucks and
other machinery in place.
Oakland A’s catcher Collin Theroux
couldn’t find anything heavy, so he focused
on explosiveness. Among his workouts —
venturing into the parking lot of his girl-
friend’s apartment complex and jumping
on benches, electrical units or whatever
else he could find.
“Everybody was just embracing the
weird at that point,” Theroux said. “Nor-
mally I think I would shy away from that,
but I think those times called for people
giving you a pass on being weird.”
Players will be returning to camps that
are notably smaller after MLB contracted
40 minor league franchises this offseason,
eliminating around 1,000 roster spots.
Garland is among the new free agents
hoping to get noticed after his contract
with Minnesota wasn’t renewed. A ca-
reer .063 hitter in six affiliated games, the
25-year-old isn’t giving in yet.
“For a lot of people, it’s, ‘No, you can’t.
What are you doing? Get a job,’” he said.
“In my head, this is my job. This is what
I see myself doing. I believe in myself,
and that’s it. I think a lot of guys have that
mentality. They believe in themselves, and
that’s all they need.”