College Football:

Preseason All-conference teams were announced by the Pac 12 Media yesterday. Earning First Team honors are Oregon State running back Damien Martinez, offensive linemen Joshua Gray and Taliese Fuaga.  Kitan Oladapo was selected to the Defense, Anthony Gould is the return specialist. Oregon had 2 first teamers; running back Bucky Irving, and defensive line-man Brandon Dorlus. The Beavers and Ducks each had 2 second team selections. The U of O had 8 Honorable Mentions including quarterback Bo Nix. OSU had 5 honorable mentions… Pac 12 media day with player and coach press conferences is Friday. We’ll also get team rankings and championship picks from the media and coaches this week.

MLB:

San Francisco beat the Reds 4 to 2 in 10 innings in the continued game that was postponed from Monday. In last night’s originally scheduled game the Giants held off Cincinnati 11 to 10. Wilmer Flores had 2 home runs and had 5 rbi. It’s a 7 game win streak for SF and they’re a game and a half out of first in the division behind the Dodgers. Game 3 of the 4 game series is today at 4:10 from Great American Ball Park.

Seattle lost 10 to 3 to Minnesota last night. Eugenio Suarez homered again, the Mariners offense managed 9 hits but never got anything going as they dropped back to .500. The Mariners offense ranks near the bottom of MLB coming in 27th in average and 18th in Runs.  The Ms can still get a split of the 4 game series though. Game 3 is tonight starting at 6:40.

Local:

Bend lost 8 to 5 to Wenatchee last night… They got down early and couldn’t come back. Game 3 is a chance for The Elks to salvage the series before coming back to Bend for the weekend. First pitch tonight is at 6:35.

The Boys Under 18 Bend FC Timbers soccer team is at Nationals in Florida. They lost in match play 3 to 1 against a Missouri team yesterday. Bend plays again today at 3 against a team from Maryland. 

The final Bend Summer Crit series is today at Pacific Crest Middle School. The first bike racers start at 5.