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Carson Benge put on an absolute clinic in right field Monday night as the Mets took down the Padres two to one. The rookie gunned down two runners at the plate, with fellow first-year outfielder A.J. Ewing adding a third. New York's arms did what their bats barely had to.
Over in the NFL, Justin Herbert looks like a new quarterback under Mike McDaniel in Los Angeles. The Chargers' head coach says Herbert is blowing past the typical first-year learning curve in this offense, and if the early returns are any indication, the rest of the AFC West has a real problem on its hands this season.
And in college football, the Associated Press dropped its preseason poll Monday with Ohio State sitting at number one — no surprise there — but the deeper story is the Buckeyes extending what may be the most remarkable streak in the sport, appearing in the preseason poll for a record consecutive run that no other program in the country can touch.
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