SPORTS 8-26 -24

College Football: 

Oregon State head coach Trent Bray named six team captains for the season that begins Saturday against Idaho State.  Maybe unsurprisingly from the former OSU Linebacker four of the six come from the defensive side of the ball, including lineman Semisi Saluni and inside linebacker Melvin Jordan IV along with defensive backs Jaden Robinson and Skyler Thomas. Offensive lineman Joshua Gray is a captain for the 2nd time… and senior quarterback Ben Gulbranson also got the nod.

MLB: 

The Mariners got by the Giants 4 to 3 yesterday. San Francisco drops the series. Heliot Ramos and Grant McCay homered for SF. Bryan Woo got the win for the Ms. The new additions to  the coaching staff, manager Dan Wilson and hitting coach Edgar Martinez are now 2 and 1, 4 and a half games behind Houston for the AL West lead.

San Francisco is starting a series in Milwaukee tomorrow.

The Mariners have Tampa at T Mobile park starting tonight at 6:40.

NFL:

The 49ers’ wild finish against Las Vegas Friday went viral over the weekend when the last play of the game had several laterals and fumbles as San Francisco was trying to get into the endzone at the end of the game. They didn’t score and there was an illegal forward pass anyway. The game ended in a 24-all tie.

The Seahawks had quarterback Geno Smith in for the first drive of the last preseason game Saturday. It ended with a touchdown pass to DK Metcalf. Seattle’s defensive starters also had a good showing.

The final 53-player roster has to be decided tomorrow.

College Hoops:

The Beavers will open the Diamond Head Classic against Charleston on December 22nd. Oakland, Loyola Chicago, Nebraska, Murray State, Charlotte and Hawai'i are the other teams playing over the holidays in Honolulu.