NBA: 

The Trail Blazers beat Orlando yesterday to run their summer league record to 3 and 1. Guard Michael Devoe continued to impress, leading the Blazers with 18 points. He is getting that extra playing time since Scoot Henderson was out with a shoulder injury. Portland will play again this weekend and has an outside chance to make the top 4 playoffs depending on the results of games today. 

MLB:

The season resumes today.

The NL West is bunched up with the Giants, Dodgers, and Diamondbacks separated by 3 losses. The 3rd place Giants at 49 and 41 are in Pittsburgh to take on the scuffling Pirates. First pitch is at 4:10.

The Seattle Mariners are 45 and 44, in 3rd place, 6 games out of first behind the Texas Rangers in the AL west. The Mariners are back against Detroit in T Mobile Park after the long road trip for the All Star Break.  First Pitch from Seattle is at 7:10 with Luis Castillo going for the Ms.

Soccer: 

The Timbers haven’t won in over a month and are in 12th place in the MLS western conference. They’re back in Portland tomorrow against a good Columbus team, sitting in 5th place in the Eastern Conference. The match starts at 7:30

Local:

The Bend Elks blew out Cowlitz 16 to 3 last night, pounding out 18 hits. The Elks salvaged the series against the first place Black Bears and snapped a 3 game losing streak. Bend will try to keep those bats going on the road in Port Angeles tonight. First pitch is at 6:35.

Mt Bachelor’s Gravity Series Racing begins today (Fri)… The downhill mountain bike series is on six different racecourses all over the Bike Park. Racing goes from 5 to 7.

The High Cascades 100 mountain bike endurance race is tomorrow (Sat) on trails West of Bend. Start time is 5:30 AM from the Athletic Club of Bend.