The Chicago Bears have agreed to one-year contracts with
punter Pat O'Donnell
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A sixth-round draft pick by the Bears in 2014, O'Donnell is their all-time
leader with a 44.9-yard career gross average. He averaged a franchise-record 47
yards per punt last season, with 27 of 87 inside the 20.
Brown has 29 catches for 253 yards since joining the Bears in October 2016.
Bray figures to back up Mitchell Trubisky and newcomer Chase Daniel after
spending five seasons in Kansas City. New Bears coach Matt Nagy was his
quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator with the Chiefs.
The Bears announced the moves Friday.
The Seattle Mariners have made a
habit this year of mounting comebacks, winning by one run and prevailing in
extra innings.
They combined all three of those traits in a rousing, drama-filled matchup
with the Baltimore Orioles.
Denard Span hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 11th inning after Kyle
Seager delivered a two-run homer in the ninth, and the Mariners pulled out an
8-7 victory Wednesday night.
Playing without injured Nelson Cruz for a second straight game, Seattle got a
home run from Ryon Healy and collected 14 hits while improving its record in
extra innings to 7-0.
It was the Mariners¡¯ major league-leading 25th one-run victory, and it marked
the 16th comeback win in which they have taken the lead in the seventh inning or
later.
In this one, Seattle gave up a deflating three-run homer to Chris Davis in
the eighth inning before rallying.
¡±We¡¯ve had some great wins this year. We¡¯ve done a lot of this at
home Vontae
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road, after giving up the big home run in the eighth inning, it¡¯s how we¡¯re
wired. We play all 27 outs, guys don¡¯t quit. They figure out and find a
way.¡±
The Mariners came to town having lost six of seven. Now, after winning three
straight over the lowly Orioles, they can complete the first four-game road
sweep of Baltimore in franchise history.
Seattle has never swept a two-game series in Baltimore, and its last
three-game sweep of the Orioles on the road was in 2007.
Cruz has been bothered by a sore lower back, but the Mariners have done just
fine without him.
Jean Segura led off the 11th with a double against Mychal Givens (0-5), and
Span drove in the go-ahead run with a deep fly to center off Donnie Hart.
Chasen Bradford (5-0) worked the 10th and Edwin Diaz got three outs for his
major league-leading 30th save Charles
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earned the save in each game of this series.
¡±We have stepped up and started playing great baseball,¡± Diaz said. ¡±Our
defense, hitting and pitching are all doing great. We¡¯re in a good moment right
now.¡±
The Orioles trailed 5-4 in the eighth inning before Davis interrupted his
season-long slump with a shot off Alex Colome. The drive, on a 3-1 pitch, soared
onto Eutaw Street far beyond the right-field wall.
Davis entered the game with a .147 batting average, and on Friday returned
from an eight-game hiatus in which he worked to get his swing back. This was his
second home run since coming back, and it produced a rare feel-good moment for a
struggling team and its belabored slugger.
Then, in the Seattle ninth, Mitch Haniger singled off Zach Britton and Seager
delivered his 15th home run and second in two nights.
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after returning from surgery on a torn Achilles tendon, said, ¡±I knew it wasn¡¯t
going to be easy. I didn¡¯t want it to be like this, but it is what it is and
I¡¯ve just got to push through it.¡±
Much earlier, Seattle made up deficits of 2-0 and 4-2 to take a 5-4 lead in
the fifth inning against Alex Cobb.
Baltimore has lost four in a row overall and 14 of 15 at home.
DO THE HUSTLE
Orioles shortstop Manny Machado heard some boos Tuesday night when he trotted
to first base after hitting into a 4-6-3 double play.
Manager Buck Showalter promised the matter would be addressed, and he did so
on Wednesday.
¡±He¡¯s better than that,¡± Showalter said. ¡±It¡¯s a really bad presentation, and
he knows that. The toughest thing about it is that it¡¯s a poor presentation of
what he¡¯s really about.¡±
ALL-STAR ENDORSEMENT
Machado leads AL shortstops in fan voting for the All-Star Game, but Servais
believes Jean Segura is playing well enough to be a backup.
¡±There are a lot of good shortstops out there Eric
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statistical category,¡± Servais insisted.
Segura is batting .338 with 44 RBIs. He¡¯s got nine errors but has displayed
exceptional range.
TRAINER¡¯S ROOM
Mariners: Servais says Cruz ¡±is moving in the right direction¡± and could
return Thursday.
Orioles: RHP Darren O¡¯Day (hamstring) and OF Craig Gentry (rib fracture) were
placed on the 10-day disabled list.
UP NEXT
Mariners: Mike Leake (8-4, 4.11 ERA) gets his 17th start in the series
finale.
Orioles: Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday, Jimmy Yacabonis will
make his first major league start Thursday in place of injured Dylan Bundy.
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