A6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, June 22, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins
College World Series, Game 7: Texas vs Tennessee
College World Series, Game 8: Miss. St. vs Virginia
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Colorado Rockies at Seattle Mariners
BASKETBALL
NBA, Conference Final: L.A. Clippers at Phoenix Suns
HOCKEY
NHL, Montreal Canadiens at Vegas Golden Knights
SOCCER
UEFA Euro Championship, Czech Republic vs England
UEFA Euro Championship, Croatia vs Scotland
Time
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
TV
MLB
ESPNU
ESPN2
MLB
ROOT
6 p.m.
ESPN
6 p.m.
NBCSN
11:30 a.m. ESPN
11:30 a.m. ESPN2
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, Colorado Rockies at Seattle Mariners
MLB, Regional Coverage
College World Series, Game 9: Stanford vs Vanderbilt
MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres
BASKETBALL
NBA, Atlanta Hawks at Milwaukee Bucks
EQUESTRIAN
Horse Racing, America’s Day at the Races
GOLF
Euro PGA Tour, BMW International Open, First Round
HOCKEY
NHL, Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders
SOCCER
UEFA Euro Championship, Slovakia vs Spain
UEFA Euro Championship, Sweden vs Poland
UEFA Euro Championship, Portugal vs France
UEFA Euro Championship, Germany vs Hungary
Copa America, Ecuador vs Peru
Copa America, Brazil vs Colombia
MLS, Portland Timbers at Houston Dynamo
Time
10 a.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
TV
MLB
MLB
ROOT
MLB
ESPN
ESPN
5:30 p.m.
TNT
3 p.m.
3:30 a.m.
5 p.m.
FS2
GOLF
NBCSN
8:30 a.m. ESPN
8:30 a.m. ESPN2
11:30 a.m. ESPN
11:30 a.m. ESPN2
2 p.m.
FS1
5 p.m.
FS1
5:30 p.m. ROOT
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
ON DECK
Prep sports
Tuesday, June 22
Boys basketball: Mountain View at south eugene, 6
p.m.; la Pine at sisters, 7 p.m.
Thursday, June 24
Boys basketball: Mcnary at Mountain View, 6:30 p.m.;
la Pine at Bend, 5:30 p.m.
Friday, June 25
Boys basketball: Mcnary at Bend, 2 p.m.
Wrestling: Class 6a state meet at newberg, TBd.
Saturday, June 26
Boys basketball: south salem at summit, noon.
Wrestling: Class 3a state meet at Redmond, TBd; Class
2a/1a state meet at Central linn, TBd.
Swimming: Bend, Mountain View at Bend City Meet 4,
Juniper swim & Fitness Center, TBd.
BASKETBALL
NBA Playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
Tuesday’s Games
l.a. Clippers at Phoenix, 6 p.m., Phoenix leads series 1-0
Wednesday’s Game
atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
Phoenix at l.a. Clippers, 6 p.m.
Friday’s Game
atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
WNBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
Connecticut
8
5
.615
new york
7
6
.538
Chicago
7
7
.500
Washington
6
6
.500
atlanta
5
7
.417
indiana
1
14
.067
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Pct
seattle
12
2
.857
las Vegas
10
3
.769
Phoenix
6
7
.462
dallas
6
7
.462
Minnesota
5
7
.417
los angeles
5
7
.417
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago at new york, 4 p.m.
dallas at Connecticut, 4 p.m.
Washington at seattle, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Minnesota at atlanta, 4 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Chicago at new york, 4 p.m.
dallas at indiana, 4 p.m.
Washington at los angeles, 7:30 p.m.
MLB
High court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compen-
sation case — The Supreme Court decided unanimously
Monday that the NCAA can’t enforce rules limiting educa-
tion-related benefits — like computers and paid internships —
that colleges offer to student athletes. The case doesn’t decide
whether students can be paid salaries. Instead, the ruling will
help determine whether schools decide to offer athletes tens of
thousands of dollars in those benefits for things including tu-
toring, study abroad programs and graduate scholarships. The
high court agreed with a group of former college athletes that
NCAA limits on the education-related benefits that colleges
can offer athletes who play Division I basketball and football
are unenforceable. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the court
that the NCAA sought “immunity from the normal operation
of the antitrust laws,” which the court declined to grant. Under
current NCAA rules, students cannot be paid, and the scholar-
ship money colleges can offer is capped at the cost of attending
the school. The NCAA had defended its rules as necessary to
preserve the amateur nature of college sports.
BASEBALL
Hot-hitting Stanford sends Arizona packing — Brock
Jones homered, doubled and drove in five runs to lead one
of Stanford’s most productive offensive performances of the
season in a 14-5 victory over Arizona in a College World Se-
ries elimination game Monday. The Cardinal got their bats
cranked up again after losing 10-4 to North Carolina State
Saturday. They also got payback for the 20-2 beatdown they
took from their Pac-12 rival May 8. Stanford led 10-0 in the
fourth inning and, after Arizona cut the lead in half, tacked on
four more runs in the seventh to assure itself of extending its
first CWS appearance since 2008 at least two more days. The
Cardinal (39-16) entered the tournament averaging 6.7 runs
per game and have upped their scoring rate to 9.6 over the
last eight games, including double-digit runs in four of them.
Their batting average has gone from .276 in the regular season
to .326 in tournament games.
BASKETBALL
Oregon men’s basketball alumni team to play in TBT
— The Oregon alumni team Always Us will open its time in
The Basketball Tournament (TBT), the $1 million, winner-
take-all summer basketball event, in the Illinois regional. The
11-member Ducks squad is the No. 4 seed and will face the
No. 13 seed Peoria All-Stars at the Peoria Civic Center on July
25 at noon. If Always Us advances to the second round it will
face the winner of Autism Army and SCD Hoops on July 26
at 11 a.m. TV broadcast information will be announced soon.
The third and final games of the Illinois regional will take
place on July 28. The other top teams in the region are No. 1
seed Golden Eagles (Marquette alumni), No. 2 seed House of
‘Paign (Illinois alumni) and No. 3 seed Boeheim’s Army (Syra-
cuse alumni). Two teams will advance from each of TBT’s four
regionals to compete in championship weekend in Dayton,
Ohio at UD Arena with quarterfinals on July 31.
Harden commits to U.S. Olympic men’s team for Tokyo
— USA Basketball’s Olympic men’s roster is getting closer to
filled, with now as many as eight spots on the 12-person team
claimed. Brooklyn’s James Harden has told the national team
that is committed to playing U.S. men’s national team next
month at the Tokyo Games, said a person familiar with the de-
cision. Miami’s Bam Adebayo has also informed USA Basket-
ball of his intention to play for the team at the Tokyo Games.
Adebayo’s decision was first reported by ESPN, and he con-
firmed it Monday to The Associated Press. The eight commit-
ments, for now, all either confirmed by people with knowledge
or by the player publicly: Adebayo, Harden, Brooklyn’s Kevin
Durant, Golden State’s Draymond Green, Washington’s Brad-
ley Beal, Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Phoenix’s Devin Booker and
Portland’s Damian Lillard.
—Bulletin wire reports
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Monday night are:
1
7
GB
—
1½
5½
5½
6
6
BASEBALL
COLLEGE SPORTS
Oregon
Lottery
results
GB
—
1
1½
1½
2½
8
8 21 25 46
The estimated jackpot is now $4.4 million.
As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites
Boston
Tampa Bay
new york
Toronto
Baltimore
Chicago
Cleveland
Kansas City
Minnesota
detroit
houston
Oakland
seattle
los angeles
Texas
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
43
29
.597
43
30
.589
38
33
.535
35
35
.500
23
48
.324
Central Division
W
L
Pct
43
29
.597
39
30
.565
32
38
.457
30
41
.423
30
42
.417
West Division
W
L
Pct
43
28
.606
44
29
.603
38
36
.514
36
36
.500
25
46
.352
GB
—
½
4½
7
19½
GB
—
2½
10
12½
13
GB
—
—
6½
7½
18
NATIONAL LEAGE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
new york
37
29
.561
—
Phila.
34
35
.493
4½
Washington
33
36
.478
5½
atlanta
33
37
.471
6
Miami
31
40
.437
8½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
40
32
.556
—
Milwaukee
40
32
.556
—
st. louis
36
36
.500
4
Cincinnati
35
35
.500
4
Pittsburgh
25
45
.357
14
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
san Francisco
46
26
.639
—
los angeles
44
27
.620
1½
san diego
42
32
.568
5
Colorado
30
43
.411
16½
arizona
20
53
.274
26½
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
houston at Baltimore, late.
Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, late
Oakland at Texas, late
Cincinnati at Minnesota, late
Tuesday’s Games
Cincinnati (Miley 6-4) at Minnesota (Ober 0-0),
10:10 a.m.
Chicago White sox (Giolito 5-5) at Pittsburgh (ander-
son 3-7), 4:05 p.m.
houston (Greinke 7-2) at Baltimore (lópez 2-8),
4:05 p.m.
Kansas City (singer 3-5) at n.y. yankees (Cole 8-3),
4:05 p.m.
Boston (Rodríguez 5-4) at Tampa Bay (Kittredge 5-1),
4:10 p.m.
st. louis (Oviedo 0-2) at detroit (skubal 4-7), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (stripling 2-4) at Miami (alcantara 4-6),
4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Morgan 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (hendricks
9-4), 5:05 p.m.
Oakland (irvin 4-7) at Texas (lyles 2-5), 5:05 p.m.
san Francisco (desclafani 7-2) at l.a. angels (heaney
4-4), 6:38 p.m.
Colorado (Freeland 0-2) at seattle (Flexen 6-3),
7:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White sox at Pittsburgh, 9:35 a.m.
st. louis at detroit, 10:10 a.m.
san Francisco at l.a. angels, 1:07 p.m.
Colorado at seattle, 1:10 p.m.
houston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at n.y. yankees, 4:05 p.m.
Boston at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
Oakland at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
n.y. Mets 4, atlanta 2, 7 innings, 1st game
Cleveland at Chicago Cubs, late
atlanta at n.y. Mets, late, 2nd game
Cincinnati at Minnesota, late
Milwaukee at arizona, late
l.a. dodgers at san diego, late
Tuesday’s Games
Cincinnati (Miley 6-4) at Minnesota (Ober 0-0),
10:10 a.m.
Chicago White sox (Giolito 5-5) at Pittsburgh (ander-
son 3-7), 4:05 p.m.
Washington (scherzer 5-4) at Phila. (Wheeler 5-3),
4:05 p.m.
atlanta (Morton 6-3) at n.y. Mets (stroman 6-5),
4:10 p.m.
st. louis (Oviedo 0-2) at detroit (skubal 4-7), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (stripling 2-4) at Miami (alcantara 4-6),
4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Morgan 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (hendricks
9-4), 5:05 p.m.
san Francisco (desclafani 7-2) at l.a. angels (heaney
4-4), 6:38 p.m.
Milwaukee (Peralta 6-2) at arizona (Gallen 1-2),
6:40 p.m.
Colorado (Freeland 0-2) at seattle (Flexen 6-3),
7:10 p.m.
l.a. dodgers (Kershaw 8-6) at san diego (snell 2-3),
7:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White sox at Pittsburgh, 9:35 a.m.
Washington at Phila., 10:05 a.m.
st. louis at detroit, 10:10 a.m.
Milwaukee at arizona, 12:40 p.m.
san Francisco at l.a. angels, 1:07 p.m.
Colorado at seattle, 1:10 p.m.
atlanta at n.y. Mets, 4:10 p.m.
Toronto at Miami, 4:10 p.m.
l.a. dodgers at san diego, 7:10 p.m.
NWSL
NCAA College World Series
At TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb.
(Double Elimination; x-if necessary)
Monday’s Games
Game 5 — no. 9 stanford 14, no. 5 arizona 5, arizona
eliminated
Game 6 — n.C. state 1, no. 4 Vanderbilt 0
Tuesday’s Games
Game 7 — no. 3 Tennessee vs. Texas 1, 11 a.m.
Game 8 — Virginia vs. no. 7 Mississippi st., 4 p.m.
Wednesday’s Game
Game 9 — stanford vs. no. 4 Vanderbilt, 4 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
Game 10 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 4 p.m.
HOCKEY
NHL Playoffs
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7, x-if necessary)
Monday’s Game
Tampa Bay 6, n.y. islanders 0, Tampa Bay leads series 3-2
Tuesday’s Game
Montreal at Vegas, 6 p.m., series tied 2-2
Wednesday’s Game
Tampa Bay at n.y. islanders, 5 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
Vegas at Montreal, 5 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
new england
6 1 2
20 14
Orlando City
4 1 3
15 11
Phila.
4 2 3
15 11
Columbus
4 2 2
14
9
new york
4 4 0
12 12
d.C. united
4 5 0
12
9
ny City FC
3 3 2
11 15
CF Montréal
3 3 2
11 10
atlanta
2 1 5
11 11
nashville
2 1 5
11
9
inter Miami CF
2 5 2
8
8
Toronto FC
1 5 2
5 10
Chicago
1 6 1
4
4
Cincinnati
1 5 1
4
6
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF
seattle
6 0 3
21 16
sporting KC
5 3 2
17 17
Colorado
5 2 1
16 14
la Galaxy
5 3 0
15 12
Portland
4 4 0
12 11
Real sl
3 1 3
12 12
houston
3 3 3
12 12
san Jose
3 5 1
10 11
la FC
2 3 3
9
9
austin FC
2 4 3
9
6
Minnesota united 2 4 2
8
7
Vancouver
2 5 1
7
7
FC dallas
1 3 4
7
9
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Tuesday’s Game
san Jose at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
new york at new england, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Phila., 4:30 p.m.
atlanta at ny City FC, 4:30 p.m.
austin FC at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Cincinnati at Chicago, 5 p.m.
d.C. united at CF Montréal, 5 p.m.
Colorado at sporting KC, 5:30 p.m.
Portland at houston, 5:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at nashville, 5:30 p.m.
Real sl at seattle, 7 p.m.
FC dallas at la FC, 7:30 p.m.
la Galaxy at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
GA
9
6
7
6
10
11
10
9
9
8
14
15
13
17
GA
4
13
8
13
12
8
13
12
10
9
12
12
12
Lawrence
Continued from A5
This is the second Olympic
trials for Lawrence, who grew
up in Reno, Nevada, and moved
to Bend in 2013. She reached
the finals and finished eighth in
the 2016 Olympic trials at Hay-
ward.
Lawrence raced in the second
of two heats on Sunday. She said
she watched the first heat on
television in the call room be-
low the new stadium.
“The first heat was pretty
bunched up and there was some
jostling and someone fell,” Law-
rence said. “I think Emma Co-
burn saw that and she was like,
alright, I’m not messing around.
So she just took it out fast.”
Knowing she had three days
before racing again, Lawrence
made the decision to try to stay
with Coburn and Falland and
punch her ticket to the finals
with a top-five finish in the
heat. She ran in third position
for most of the race and fin-
ished that way, with a sizable
Calkins
Continued from A5
“Couldn’t be more excited
about this group going for-
ward,” Mariners manager Scott
Servais said. “We’re playing on
top of our game right now. It’s
really fun to watch the young
players’ confidence grow, and
what they can do and the ex-
citement they bring. Hopefully
our fans are enjoying it.”
They’re certainly enjoying
the results. The way the results
are achieved might have aged
each fan 10 years, but they’re
enjoying them. In games de-
cided by two runs or less this
season, the Mariners are 21-
15.
In games decided by one
run, the Mariners are 16-6.
That’s how they’ve managed to
be two games over .500 despite
having allowed 46 more runs
than they’ve scored.
Doesn’t hurt that the bull-
pen has been scorching. Just
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Bend’s Mel Lawrence (on top of the barrier) competes in the women’s
steeplechase on Sunday night of the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials at
Hayward Field in Eugene.
gap behind her to the fourth
runner.
“The last two laps I was look-
ing at the jumbotron and I
could see I had a good amount
of space, so I kind of backed off,
especially on the last lap,” Law-
rence said.
once — in the ninth Satur-
day against the Rays — have
the M’s given up a run in the
eighth or ninth inning in any
of their past seven wins. Paul
Sewald has gone nine straight
appearances without giving
up a run. Drew Steckenrider
hasn’t allowed a run in 12 of
his past 13 appearances, in-
cluding his last seven. The two
blanked the Rays in the eighth
and ninth, respectively, on
Sunday, with Sewald fanning
two and Steckenrider striking
out the side.
Doesn’t hurt that the young
talent is starting to prosper.
Shortstop J.P. Crawford, 26,
leads the team in Wins Above
Replacement (2.3) and has
watched his slugging percent-
age jump from .330 at the start
of the month to .404 currently.
After struggling mightily in
his first two starts, 24-year-old
pitcher Logan Gilbert has gone
at least five innings in his past
four starts, at least six innings
in two of his past four starts,
and has watched his team win
in each of his past five appear-
ances.
Doesn’t hurt that their ace
seemed to rediscover his form
Sunday, either. Even before the
forearm strain that sidelined
him for all of May, Marco
Gonzales had been struggling
for the M’s. He came into Sun-
day’s game with an ERA of
5.44, but ended up throwing 6
1/3 innings vs. the Rays while
giving up just two runs.
His striking out Austin
Meadows to end the sixth
with two on might have been
the play of the game before
Long’s 10th-inning heroics. If
he keeps churning out perfor-
mances like that, this team has
a chance come September.
“I felt like I finally had the
fastball command that I’ve
been after,” Gonzales said. “Be-
sides a couple pitches, I really
felt confident in a lot of at-bats
against these guys.”
W L T Pts GF
Orlando
3 0 3
12
8
Portland
4 2 0
12 12
Washington
2 1 3
9
6
Gotham FC
2 1 2
8
3
Chicago
2 2 2
8
5
north Carolina
2 2 1
7
8
houston
2 3 1
7
6
louisville
2 2 1
7
3
Reign FC
1 3 1
4
3
Kansas City
0 4 2
2
2
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Tuesday’s Game
Chicago at Reign FC, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Orlando at Kansas City, 11 a.m.
north Carolina at louisville, 4:30 p.m.
GA
5
4
6
2
8
4
7
8
5
7
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
BalTiMORe ORiOles — Placed RhP Cesar Valdez on the
10-day il. Recalled RhP Travis lakins, sr. from norfolk
(Triple-a east).
Kansas CiTy ROyals — Recalled 1B Ryan O’hearn from
Omaha (Triple-a east). Placed ss adalberto Mondesi
on the 10-day il.
lOs anGeles anGels — Optioned RhP Jaime Barria to
salt lake (Triple-a West). Optioned RhP Chris Rodriguez
to Rocket City (double-a south). Reinstated lhP Jose
Quintana from the 10-day il.
neW yORK yanKees — Optioned 1B Chris Gittens to
scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-a east).
OaKland aThleTiCs — selected the contract of RhP
domingo acevedo from las Vegas (Triple-a West). Op-
tioned lhP Jesus luzardo to las Vegas.
TaMPa Bay Rays — Optioned RhP drew Rasmussen to
durham (Triple-a east).
TeXas RanGeRs — Recalled 3B andy ibanez from
Round Rock (Triple-a West). Optioned lF Jason Martin
to Round Rock.
TOROnTO Blue Jays — Optioned RhP Jeremy Beasley
to Buffalo (Triple-a east).
National League
aRiZOna diaMOndBaCKs — Recalled RhP humberto
Castellanos from Reno (Triple-a West). Placed RhP Matt
Peacock on the bereavement list.
aTlanTa BRaVes — Optioned RhP Jacob Webb to
Gwinnett (Triple-a east). Recalled lhP Kyle Muller from
Gwinnett.
ChiCaGO CuBs — Reinstated RhP adbert alzolay from
the 10-day il. Optioned lhP Kyle Ryan to iowa (Triple-a
east).
lOs anGeles dOdGeRs — Recalled RF Zac Reks from
Oklahoma City (Triple-a West). Optioned RhP edwin
uceta to Oklahoma City.
MilWauKee BReWeRs — selected the contract of RhP
Jake Cousins from nashville (Triple-a east). designated
RhP Zack Godley for assignment.
neW yORK MeTs — Reinstated 2B Jeff Mcneill from the
10-day il. Placed RhP Robert Gsellman on the 10-day
il, retroactive to June 20. Recalled lhP stephen Tarpley
from syracuse (Triple-a east). Placed RhP Jeurys Familia
on the 10-day il. Recalled RhP yennsy diaz from syracuse.
san FRanCisCO GianTs — Reinstated lF alex dicker-
son and lF darin Ruf from the 10-day il. Optioned 3B
Jason Vosler and lF laMonte Wade, Jr. to sacramento
(Triple-a West).
BASKETBALL
NBA G League
G leaGue iGniTe — signed G dyson daniels.
Womens’s National Basketball Association
WashinGTOn MysTiCs — signed C Megan Gustafson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
aRiZOna CaRdinals — Waived WR Krishawn hogan.
las VeGas RaideRs — signed s Trevon Moehrig to a
four-year contract.
neW enGland PaTRiOTs — signed WR devin Ross.
neW yORK GianTs — announced eli Manning has ac-
cepted a role working with business operations and fan
engagement initiatives.
The race marked her first
time competing at the new
Hayward Field, which she
called “amazing.” Though she
admitted she did not really take
it all in because she was so fo-
cused on advancing to Thurs-
day’s finals.
“Once I got out there, I felt
like I hardly looked up,” Law-
rence said.
In addition to her teammates
on Littlewing, Lawrence has her
husband and sister at Hayward
to cheer her on.
She said she enjoyed being
able to race in front of a crowd
again, even at limited capacity
due to the pandemic.
“We haven’t had that at all,
and Eugene is such a track
town,” Lawrence said. “A lot of
people in the stands are more
family and coaches, but it was
really cool.”
The women’s steeplechase
final is scheduled for 8:47 p.m.
Thursday and will air live on
NBC Sports Northwest.
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It seems the whole team is
starting to feel confident. Win-
ning breeds confidence in gen-
eral, but winning these types
of games will grow that confi-
dence exponentially.
Still, it’s important to keep
perspective. Despite the M’s’
38-36 record, fangraphs.com
gives them just a 1.1% chance
of making the playoffs. The
site likely sees that minus-46
run differential and figures the
close ones will start going their
opponents’ way.
Doesn’t mean this isn’t fun,
though.
Sunday, Long was asked at
what point he thought people
would start taking notice of
what the Mariners are doing
despite many of the injuries
they’ve endured.
Answered Shed: “If they ha-
ven’t yet, then they better now.”
Take notice, folks. These
wins might not keep coming,
but they’re coming in droves
right now.