A6 The BulleTin • Tuesday, sepTemBer 21, 2021
ON THE AIR
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics
MLB, San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres
SOCCER
CONCACAF League, Inter Moengo Tapoe vs Olimpia
Men’s College, Notre Dame at Michigan
Women’s, Friendly -- United States vs Paraguay
Men’s College, Indiana at Northwestern
CONCACAF League, Forge FC vs Independiente
CONCACAF League, Deportivo Guastatoya vs Alajuelense
TENNIS
Metz-ATP, Nur-Sultan-ATP, Ostrava-WTA
Metz-ATP, Nur-Sultan-ATP, Ostrava-WTA
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
ROOT
FS1
2:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
FS2
ESPNU
FS1
BIG10
FS2
FS2
11 p.m.
3 a.m.
TENNIS
TENNIS
WEDNESDAY
BASEBALL
MLB, Regional Coverage
MLB, New York Mets at Boston Red Sox
MLB, Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics
MLB, San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres
SOCCER
Spanish Primera Division, Sevilla vs Valencia
Canadian Championship:
HFX Wanderers FC vs CF Montréal
CONCACAF League, Comunicaciones vs Alianza
Leagues Cup, Final: Seattle Sounders FC vs Club Leon
CONCACAF League, Marathón vs Real Estelí
TENNIS
Metz-ATP, Nur-Sultan-ATP, Ostrava-WTA
Metz-ATP, Nur-Sultan-ATP, Ostrava-WTA
Time
9:30 a.m.
4 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
7 p.m.
TV
MLB
ESPN
ROOT
ESPN
10:25 a.m. ESPNEWS
ON DECK
Prep sports
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21
Volleyball: mountain View at sprague, 6:30 p.m.; Bend
at West salem, 6:30 p.m.; summit at mcnary, 6:30 p.m.;
hood river Valley at Crook County, 6:30 p.m.; ridgeview
at redmond, 6:30 p.m.; estacada at madras, 6 p.m.; phi-
lomath at sisters, 6 p.m.; la pine at harrisburg, 6 p.m.;
Central Christian at Gilchrist, 5:30 p.m.
Boys soccer: Bend at parkrose, 4:30 p.m.; ridgeview at
south albany, 6 p.m.; madras at molalla, 4 p.m.; sisters
at sweet home, 6 p.m.
Girls soccer: south albany at redmond, 5:30 p.m.; mo-
lalla at madras, 4 p.m.; sweet home at sisters, 6 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22
Volleyball: The dalles at ridgeview, 6:30 p.m.; delphian
at Culver, 5 p.m.
Girls soccer: Grants pass at mountain View, 4 p.m.; Cen-
tral linn at la pine, 4:30 p.m.
Cross-country: la pine at santiam Christian invita-
tional, 5 p.m.
PREPS
Volleyball
Monday’s results
Culver 3, Colton 0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-9)
paisley at Trinity lutheran, late
Girls soccer
ridgeview at summit, late
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
FS2
FS2
ESPN2
FS2
11 p.m.
3 a.m.
TENNIS
TENNIS
Listings are the most accurate available.
SPORTS BRIEFING
FOOTBALL
Ducks optimistic multiple defenders, offensive tackle
will return against Arizona — Oregon could have two de-
fensive starters back in the lineup and a starting offensive line-
man who left last week’s game could return this week. Strong-
side linebacker Mase Funa (foot), weak-side linebacker Keith
Brown (leg), right tackle Steven Jones and edge rusher Adrian
Jackson Jr. are all expected to play for the No. 3 Ducks against
Arizona on Saturday (7:30 p.m., ESPN). The absence of Funa
(three tackles, fumble recovery) and Jackson (two tackles)
combined with Kayvon Thibodeaux (left ankle sprain) and
Bradyn Swinson (unspecified) also being out as well left Ore-
gon without much of its two deep at the edge positions. Thibo-
deaux is day-to-day and Swinson is doubtful this week.
Oregon’s Verone McKinley III, T.J. Bass recognized by
Pac-12 — Oregon’s Verone McKinley III and T.J. Bass were
recognized by the Pac-12 for their play against Stony Brook.
McKinley was named Pac-12 defensive player of the week and
Bass was named offensive lineman of the week, the second
Ducks offensive lineman to earn the honor in as many weeks.
A fourth-year sophomore, McKinley had three tackles and
two interceptions last week. He had an 80.1 overall grade by
Pro Football Focus and 88.5 pass-coverage grade. Bass had
four knockdowns to help pave the way for Oregon’s 173 rush-
ing yards. He had a 93.5 run-blocking grade from PFF, best
nationally among guards and second-best nationally among
all offensive linemen. His 86.4 overall grade was best among
FBS guards last week.
BASKETBALL
BASEBALL
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Tampa Bay
93
58
.616
—
Boston
86
65
.570
7
Toronto
84
66
.560
8½
new york
84
67
.556
9
Baltimore
48
102
.320
44½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Chicago
85
65
.567
—
Cleveland
73
76
.490
11½
detroit
73
78
.483
12½
Kansas City
69
82
.457
16½
minnesota
65
85
.433
20
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
houston
88
61
.591
—
Oakland
82
67
.550
6
seattle
80
69
.537
8
los angeles
72
77
.483
16
Texas
55
95
.367
33½
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
Pct
GB
atlanta
77
70
.524
—
phila.
76
74
.507
2½
new york
73
77
.487
5½
miami
64
86
.427
14½
Washington
61
89
.407
17½
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
z-milwaukee
91
59
.607
—
st. louis
80
69
.537
10½
Cincinnati
77
73
.513
14
Chicago
67
83
.447
24
pittsburgh
56
93
.376
34½
West Division
W
L
Pct
GB
z-san Francisco
97
53
.647
—
z-los angeles
96
54
.640
1
san diego
76
73
.510
20½
Colorado
70
79
.470
26½
arizona
48
101
.322
48½
z-clinched playoff berth
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
Kansas City 7, Cleveland 2, 7 innings, 1st game
detroit 4, Chicago White sox 3
Kansas City 4, Cleveland 2, 7 innings, 2nd game
Baltimore 2, phila. 0
n.y. yankees 4, Texas 3
Tampa Bay 6, Toronto 4
houston at l.a. angels, late
seattle at Oakland, late
Tuesday’s Games
Chicago White sox (Keuchel 8-9) at detroit (alexander
2-3), 10:10 a.m.
Kansas City (lynch 4-5) at Cleveland (Quantrill 6-3),
3:10 p.m.
Baltimore (ellis 1-0) at phila. (TBd), 4:05 p.m.
Texas (dunning 5-8) at n.y. yankees (montgomery 5-6),
4:05 p.m.
n.y. mets (stroman 9-12) at Boston (rodríguez 11-8),
4:10 p.m.
Toronto (manoah 6-2) at Tampa Bay (rasmussen 3-1),
4:10 p.m.
minnesota (Jax 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (mills 6-6),
4:40 p.m.
houston (urquidy 7-3) at l.a. angels (naughton 0-2),
6:38 p.m.
seattle (Gonzales 8-5) at Oakland (Blackburn 1-2),
6:40 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White sox at detroit, 10:10 a.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 12:10 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.
Baltimore at phila., 4:05 p.m.
Texas at n.y. yankees, 4:05 p.m.
n.y. mets at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
minnesota at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m.
houston at l.a. angels, 6:38 p.m.
seattle at Oakland, 6:40 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
Baltimore 2, phila. 0
st. louis 5, milwaukee 2
miami 8, Washington 7, 10 innings
pittsburgh at Cincinnati, late
atlanta at arizona, late
Tuesday’s Games
pittsburgh (Keller 4-11) at Cincinnati (mahle 12-5),
3:40 p.m.
Washington (rogers 1-0) at miami (rogers 7-7),
3:40 p.m.
Baltimore (ellis 1-0) at phila. (TBd), 4:05 p.m.
n.y. mets (stroman 9-12) at Boston (rodríguez 11-8),
4:10 p.m.
minnesota (Jax 3-4) at Chicago Cubs (mills 6-6),
4:40 p.m.
st. louis (Woodford 2-3) at milwaukee (Woodruff 9-9),
4:40 p.m.
l.a. dodgers (urías 18-3) at Colorado (senzatela 4-9),
5:40 p.m.
atlanta (TBd) at arizona (Weaver 3-5), 6:40 p.m.
san Francisco (Gausman 14-6) at san diego (musgrove
11-9), 7:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 9:35 a.m.
Washington at miami, 3:40 p.m.
Baltimore at phila., 4:05 p.m.
n.y. mets at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
minnesota at Chicago Cubs, 4:40 p.m.
st. louis at milwaukee, 4:40 p.m.
l.a. dodgers at Colorado, 5:40 p.m.
atlanta at arizona, 6:40 p.m.
san Francisco at san diego, 7:10 p.m.
FOOTBALL
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T
Pct
Buffalo
1 1 0
.500
miami
1 1 0
.500
new england
1 1 0
.500
n.y. Jets
0 2 0
.000
South
W L T
Pct
houston
1 1 0
.500
Tennessee
1 1 0
.500
indianapolis
0 2 0
.000
Jacksonville
0 2 0
.000
North
W L T
Pct
Baltimore
1 1 0
.500
Cincinnati
1 1 0
.500
Cleveland
1 1 0
.500
pittsburgh
1 1 0
.500
West
W L T
Pct
denver
2 0 0 1.000
las Vegas
2 0 0 1.000
Kansas City
1 1 0
.500
l.a. Chargers
1 1 0
.500
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T
Pct
dallas
1 1 0
.500
phila.
1 1 0
.500
Washington
1 1 0
.500
n.y. Giants
0 2 0
.000
South
W L T
Pct
Carolina
2 0 0 1.000
Tampa Bay
2 0 0 1.000
new Orleans
1 1 0
.500
atlanta
0 2 0
.000
North
W L T
Pct
Chicago
1 1 0
.500
Green Bay
1 1 0
.500
detroit
0 2 0
.000
minnesota
0 2 0
.000
West
W L T
Pct
arizona
2 0 0 1.000
l.a. rams
2 0 0 1.000
san Francisco
2 0 0 1.000
seattle
1 1 0
.500
Monday’s Games
Green Bay 35, detroit 17
PF
51
17
41
20
PF
58
46
40
34
PF
63
44
60
40
PF
50
59
68
37
PA
23
51
23
44
PA
52
68
55
60
PA
68
44
54
42
PA
26
44
65
36
PF
49
43
46
42
PF
45
79
45
31
PF
34
38
50
57
PF
72
61
58
58
PA
48
23
49
57
PA
21
54
29
80
PA
51
55
76
61
PA
46
38
44
49
College
MLS
PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE
NORTH
Conference
All Games
W L PF PA W L PF
stanford
1 0 42 28 2 1 90
Oregon
0 0 0 0 3 0 114
Oregon st.
0 0 0 0 2 1 108
California
0 0 0 0 1 2 91
Washington
0 0 0 0 1 2 69
Wash. st.
0 1 14 45 1 2 81
SOUTH
Conference
All Games
W l pF pa W l pF
southern Cal
1 1 73 56 2 1 103
arizona st.
0 0 0 0 2 1 95
uCla
0 0 0 0 2 1 119
Colorado
0 0 0 0 1 2 42
utah
0 0 0 0 1 2 88
arizona
0 0 0 0 0 3 49
PA
75
59
57
86
47
95
pa
63
51
77
47
76
83
Saturday’s Games
Wash. st. at utah, 11:30 a.m.
uCla at stanford, 3 p.m.
California at Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Oregon st. at southern Cal, 7 p.m.
arizona at Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at arizona st., 7:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
x-Connecticut
26
6
x-Chicago
16
16
Washington
12
20
x-new york
12
20
atlanta
8
24
indiana
6
26
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
l
x-las Vegas
24
8
x-minnesota
22
10
x-seattle
21
11
x-phoenix
19
13
x-dallas
14
18
los angeles
12
20
x-clinched playoff spot
pct
.813
.500
.375
.375
.250
.188
GB
—
10
14
14
18
20
pct
.750
.688
.656
.594
.438
.375
GB
—
2
3
5
10
12
PLAYOFFS
FIRST ROUND
Thursday
no. 7 dallas at no. 6 Chicago, 5 p.m.
no. 8 new york at no. 5 phoenix, 7 p.m.
SECOND ROUND
Sunday
TBd at no. 3 minnesota, TBa
TBd at no. 4 seattle, TBa
SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-5)
No. 1 Connecticut vs. TBD
Tuesday, sept. 28: TBd at Connecticut, 5 p.m.
Thursday, sept. 30: TBd at Connecticut, 5 p.m.
sunday, Oct. 3: Connecticut at TBd, TBa
x-Wednesday, Oct. 6: Connecticut at TBd, TBa
x-Friday, Oct. 8: TBd at Connecticut, TBa
No. 2 Las Vegas vs. TBD
Tuesday, sept. 28: TBd at las Vegas, 7 p.m.
Thursday, sept. 30: TBd at las Vegas, 7 p.m.
sunday, Oct. 3: las Vegas at TBd, TBa
x-Wednesday, Oct. 6: las Vegas at TBd, TBa
x-Friday, Oct. 8: TBd at las Vegas, TBa
FINALS
(Best-of-5)
sunday, Oct. 10: 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 13: 9 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 15: 9 p.m.
x-sunday, Oct 17: 3 p.m.
x-Tuesday, Oct. 19: 9 p.m.
SOCCER
NWSL
W
L T Pts GF
portland
11
4 2
35 25
reign FC
10
7 2
32 27
north Carolina
8
5 5
29 22
Orlando
7
5 7
28 24
Chicago
7
7 5
26 20
Washington
6
6 5
23 19
houston
6
7 5
23 20
Gotham FC
5
5 7
22 17
louisville
4
9 5
17 15
Kansas City
2 11 5
11
9
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday, September 25
north Carolina at Gotham FC, noon
portland at Chicago, 5 p.m.
GA
11
19
10
21
23
21
23
15
27
28
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
T Pts GF GA
new england
17
4
5 56 48 30
nashville
10
3 11 41 39 23
ny City FC
11
8
5 38 43 28
Orlando City
10
7
8 38 36 36
CF montréal
10
8
7 37 36 30
atlanta
9
7
9 36 35 30
phila.
9
7
8 35 31 25
d.C. united
10 11
4 34 41 36
inter miami CF
9 10
5 32 24 35
Columbus
8 11
7 31 30 35
new york
7 11
5 26 29 28
Chicago
6 14
5 23 24 40
Cincinnati
4 12
8 20 24 44
Toronto FC
4 15
6 18 28 51
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
T Pts GF GA
sporting KC
13
5
7 46 43 26
seattle
13
5
6 45 36 20
Colorado
12
4
8 44 35 24
la Galaxy
11
9
5 38 37 40
portland
11 10
4 37 36 42
real sl
10
9
6 36 41 35
minnesota united 9
8
7 34 27 29
la FC
9 10
6 33 38 36
Vancouver
7
8
9 30 30 34
san Jose
7
9
9 30 32 38
FC dallas
6 11
9 27 38 43
houston
5 10 11 26 31 39
austin FC
5 16
4 19 25 40
nOTe: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s Games
nashville at miami, 4:30 p.m.
new england at Chicago, 5 p.m.
ny City FC at new york, 5 p.m.
DEALS
Monday’s Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League
CinCinnaTi reds — selected the contract of C mark
Kolozsvary from louisville (Triple-a east) and agreed
to terms on a major league contract. placed C Tyler ste-
phenson on the 10-day il.
CleVeland indians — selected the contract of lhp
anthony Gose from Columbus (Triple-a east) and agreed
to terms on a major league contract. recalled rhp J.C.
mejia from Columbus.
Kansas CiTy rOyals — reinstated rhp Brady singer
from the 10-day il. Optioned rhps scott Blewett and
Tyler Zuber to Omaha (Triple-a east). selected the con-
tract of rhp dylan Coleman from Omaha and agreed to
terms on a major league contract. Transferred rhps Wade
davis and Brad Keller from the 10-day il to the 60-day il.
recalled CF edward Olivares from Omaha.
neW yOrK yanKees — Optioned rnp Clarke schmidt
to scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-a east). reinstated
rhp luis severino from the 60-day il. released rhp
sal romano.
OaKland aThleTiCs — Claimed rhp michael Feliz
off waivers from Boston. designated C aramis Garcia
for assignment.
seaTTle mariners — sent rhp andres munoz to Ta-
coma (Triple-a West) on a rehab assignment.
Tampa Bay rays — selected the contract of rhp shane
Baz from durham (Triple-a east) and agreed to terms on
a major league contract. placed rhp andrew Kitteredge
on the 10-day il, retroactive to sept. 18. Transferred rhp
Chris archer from the 10-day il to the 60-day il.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
aTlanTa FalCOns — signed Wr Juwan Green to the
practice squad. released K elliott Fry from the prac-
tice squad.
CleVeland BrOWns — signed Te miller Forristall
and G Tristen hoge to the practice squad. released T
Jordan steckler from the pracice scquad. Waived Wr
dvion davis.
CinCinnaTi BenGals — placed practice squad Ol Kea-
ton sutherland on the reserve/COVid-19 list.
Green Bay paCKers — promoted Wr equanimeous
st. Brown to the active roster from the practice squad.
JaCKsOnVille JaGuars — signed rB nathan Cottrell
to the practice squad. placed Ol Walker little on the
reserve/COVid-19 list.
miami dOlphins — signed T roderick Johnson to
the practice squad. released T Bobby hart from the
practice squad.
philadelphia eaGles — placed G Brandon Brooks
on injured reserve. placed Te Zach ertz on the reserve/
COVid-19 list.
piTTsBurGh sTeelers — placed dT Tyson alualu on
injured reserve. promoted dT henry mondeaux from
the practice squad.
Tampa Bay BuCCaneers — signed lB elijah ponder to
the practice squad.
Tennessee TiTans — signed Ol Christian dilauro to
the practice squad. released K ryan santoso from the
practice squad.
Pac-12, SWAC forming basketball partnership — The
Pac-12 and the Southwestern Athletic Conference are form-
ing a basketball educational and scheduling partnership. The
partnership announced Monday will include home-and-home
series between the member institutions in each conference.
The partnership in men’s and women’s basketball will begin in
November 2022 with two-year home-and-home series through
2026. As part of the partnership, student-athletes will partici-
pate in social justice and antiracism educational components
as part of the games. The programming will be a collaboration
between leadership from the two participating basketball pro-
grams. Athletic departments also will facilitate private meet-
ings between athletic directors and their respective senior staff.
The first home-and-home series will include Southern and Ar-
izona, Florida A&M and Oregon, Alabama State and USC, Ar-
izona State and Texas Southern, Colorado and Grambling, and
Washington State against Prairie View A&M.
BASEBALL
Perez breaks Bench’s record with 46th HR — Salvador
Perez hit his 46th home run, breaking Johnny Bench’s record
for homers by a catcher in a season, and the Kansas City Roy-
als beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Monday in the first game of
a doubleheader. Perez hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning,
topping Bench’s total from 1970 for the most by a player who
played at least 75% of his team’s games at catcher. Starting
again behind the plate — the durable All-Star has seen some
time at designated hitter — Perez drove a 1-2 pitch from Tris-
ton McKenzie into the left field bleachers, a drive that traveled
429 feet. Perez pointed to the sky after crossing home plate
and was hugged by several teammates as he entered the dug-
out. Perez also moved into a tie for the major league lead in
homers with Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Perez leads the
majors with 115 RBIs.
Former ace Severino rejoins Yankees after out nearly
2 years — Pitcher Luis Severino was activated by the New
York Yankees before Monday’s series opener against Texas
and was in position to make his first major league appearance
in nearly two years. Yankees manager Aaron Boone planned
to use the two-time All-Star out of the bullpen. New York be-
gan the day 1 1/2 games behind Toronto for the second AL
wild-card spot. The 27-year-old right-hander had Tommy
John surgery on Feb. 27, 2020. He made four minor league ap-
pearances totalling 10 2/3 innings for Tampa, Hudson Valley
and Somerset, allowing four runs, five hits and one home run
with three walks and 15 strikeouts.
—Bulletin wire reports
MEGABUCKS
The numbers drawn Monday night are:
16 29 33 37 44 47
Oregon
Lottery
results
The estimated jackpot is now $3.3 million.
As listed at OregonLottery.org and individual lottery websites
BASEBALL
Batting title races jumbled up
as MLB season winds down
for the cycle Sunday in a 3-0
victory over San Francisco. He
was the second Braves player
to do that recently. Freddie
Freeman pulled it off Aug. 18
at Miami.
Rosario hit a double in the
second inning, a triple in the
third, a homer in the seventh
and a single in the ninth.
BY NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
The bar for the batting title
is unusually low this year —
and that’s creating wild races
for the honor in both leagues.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
leads the majors in hitting
with a .321 average, and Trea
Turner is atop the National
League at .316. According to
Baseball-Reference.com, the
only time the leaders in both
leagues were at .325 or lower
was in 1960, when Dick Groat
topped the NL at .325 and Pete
Runnels hit .320 to win the AL
title.
The lowest average to win
the NL batting crown was .313
by Tony Gwynn in 1988. The
lowest to top the AL was .301
by Carl Yastrzemski in the
pitcher-dominated 1968 sea-
son.
These lower batting averages
by the league leaders are con-
sistent with the sense that the
sport is dominated by hom-
ers and strikeouts now. Aside
from the pandemic-shortened
2020 season, nobody has hit
over .350 since Josh Hamilton
in 2010.
With nobody close to a
number like that this season,
there could be several play-
ers in contention for the bat-
ting crown until the final day.
Houston’s Michael Brantley
(.315) and Yuli Gurriel (.314)
aren’t far behind Toronto’s
Guerrero in the AL. Right be-
hind the Dodgers’ Turner in
Adam Hunger/AP
Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smiles after hitting a single
against the New York Yankees during the eighth inning of a baseball
game on Sept. 6 in New York.
the NL are another former
Washington National and a
current one. Bryce Harper is
hitting .313 and Juan Soto is
at .315.
Head to head
The St. Louis Cardinals
swept a three-game series
against San Diego and ex-
tended their winning streak
to eight games. The Cardinals
lead Cincinnati by three games
for the second NL wild card.
The fading Padres are now 3
1/2 back, along with Philadel-
phia.
With Jack Flaherty limited
to 14 starts so far this year
because of injury problems,
40-year-old Adam Wainwright
is 16-7 with a 2.89 ERA for the
Cardinals.
Line of the week
Atlanta’s Eddie Rosario hit
Comeback of the week
Philadelphia trailed 7-0
against the Cubs on Thurs-
day night after Chicago scored
seven runs in the third in-
ning. The Phillies answered
with seven of their own in the
fourth and went on to a 17-8
victory. Chicago had a 98.2%
chance to win in the fourth in-
ning, according to Baseball Sa-
vant. But by the end of the sev-
enth, it was the Phillies whose
chances were north of 99%.
Philadelphia is two games
behind Atlanta atop the NL
East.
Highlight
Giants pitcher Kevin Gaus-
man came up as a pinch-hitter
Friday night in the 11th inning
against Atlanta, and he was
able to hit a bases-loaded sac-
rifice fly to win the game 6-5.
San Francisco had tied that
game on a homer by Donovan
Solano — also a pinch-hitter
— with two outs in the ninth.
The Giants were out of posi-
tion players when they turned
to Gausman, who hit a flyball
to right field.