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Friday Reporter-Herald October 8, 2010
S COREBOARD Coming Up Today Prep cross country — Roosevelt at Northglenn Invite, 3 p.m.; Thompson Valley at Meyers Invite, Greeley, 3:30 p.m.; Resurrection Christian at Mile High League championships, TBA. Prep football — Roosevelt vs. Mountain View, Peterson Stadium, 7 p.m.; Berthoud vs. Silver Creek, Marr Field, 7 p.m.; Resurrection Christian at Clear Creek, 7 p.m.; Loveland vs. Thompson Valley, Patterson Stadium, 7:30 p.m. Prep softball — Roosevelt vs. Windsor, Nelson’s Farm, 4 p.m. Prep boys tennis — Loveland at regionals, LHS courts, 9 a.m.; Thompson Valley, Mountain View at regionals, Greeley, 9 a.m. Prep volleyball — Thompson Valley vs. Loveland, TVHS gym, 5:15 p.m.; Resurrection Christian vs. Nederland, RCS gym, 6:30 p.m. Exhibition pro basketball — Denver vs. Portland, Pepsi Center, 7 p.m.
Saturday Prep cross country — Mountain View at Windjammer Invite, Englewood, 9 a.m.; Berthoud at Tri-Valley Conference championships, Mead HS, 9 a.m. Prep boys soccer — Roosevelt vs. Valley, RHS field, 4 p.m. College football — Colorado State at Air Force, noon; Northern Colorado at Sacramento State, 2:05 p.m.; Colorado at Missouri, 5 p.m. Pro soccer — Colorado at FC Dallas, 2 p.m. Exhibition pro hockey — Colorado Eagles vs. Odessa, Budweiser Events Center, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday Pro football — Denver at Baltimore, 11 a.m.
Tuning In Today Auto Racing Noon — NASCAR Nationwide CampingWorld.com 300 practice (SPEED-24) 1 p.m. — NASCAR Sprint Cup Pepsi 400 practice (ESPN2-28) 2:30 p.m. — CampingWorld.com 300 final practice (SPEED-24) 4:30 p.m. — Pepsi 400 qualifying (ESPN2-28) 11 p.m. — Formula One Japanese Grand Prix qualifying (SPEED-24) Baseball 4 p.m. — NLDS Gm. 2: Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies (TBS-31) 7:30 p.m. — NLDS Gm. 2: Atlanta Braves at San Fran. Giants (TBS-31) Equestrian 2:30 p.m. — Breeders’ Cup Challenge (ESPN2-28) Football 5:30 p.m. — Connecticut at Rutgers (ESPN-27) 7 p.m. — Oklahoma State at Louisiana-Lafayette (ESPN2-28) 7 p.m. — Columbine at Heritage (FSN-26) Golf 6:30 a.m. — European PGA Dunhill Links Championship (GOLF-54) 11 a.m. — PGA Champions Constellation Energy Senior Players (GOLF-54) 1 p.m. — PGA Tour McGladrey Classic (GOLF-54) 11:30 p.m. — Asian Amateur Championship (ESPN2-28) Hockey 10 a.m. — Carolina Hurricanes vs. Minnesota Wild (VERSUS-55) 1 p.m. — Columbus Blue Jackets vs. San Jose Sharks (VERSUS-55)
In Brief Football
Jenkins to try comeback NEW YORK (AP) — Kris Jenkins is not ready to call it a
career. The New York Jets’ nose tackle announced Thursday that he will attempt another comeback, eager to play again despite sustaining a season-ending knee injury for the second straight year. He tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his surgically repaired left knee in the team’s opener against Baltimore. He had surgery to repair the injury last week. The 10-year veteran tore the same ACL midway through last season. He also tore the ACL in his right knee in 2005 while with Carolina. Jenkins was hurt in the opening quarter of the Jets’ 10-9 loss when he was caught in a pileup on a tackle of fullback Le’Ron McClain.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PREPS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------GYMNASTICS at TVHS EAGLES 173.325, LOBOS 166.90 All-Around 1. Ashleigh Waterland, Thompson Valley 2. Sam Rasico, TV 3. Kelsey Gibbs, Rocky Mountain Vault 1. Waterland, TV 2. Rasico, TV 3. Erin Chavet, TV Uneven Bars 1. Waterland, TV 2. Nicole Thornton, TV
3. Chavet, TV
36.075 34.350 34.150 9.200 9.025 8.900 8.875 8.600
8.600 Balance Beam 1. Kelsey Hemberger, TV 8.875 2. Waterland, TV 8.825 3. Thornton, TV 8.800 Floor Exercise 1. Waterland, TV 9.175 2. Thornton, TV 8.800 3. Tatum Williams, TV 8.575 Thompson Valley results Floor — Corey Fancher 8.20, Kayla Canter 7.80, Rasico 8.575. Balance beam — Rasico 8.30, Canter 7.80, Emma Appelmann 8.00
Vault — Hemberger 8.30, Williams 8.50, Rhaya Espe 8.85 Uneven bars — Espe 7.925, Brandi Peter 8.25, Rasico 8.475. SOFTBALL at MVHS MOUNTAIN LIONS 2, EAGLES 1 Thompson Valley 000 010 0 — 1 5 0 Mountain View 100 001 x — 2 7 2 Delaney Duncan and Marissa Barnhart; Tori Bellington and Alyssa Morrison. WP: Bellington ; LP: Duncan. Batting (ab-r-h-bi) Thompson Valley — Lauren Mattson 4-0-0-0, Kiana De-
laney 3-0-1-0, Morgan Rohrbouck 3-0-1-0, Alexis Hunt 2-0-00, Jessie Mitchell 3-0-0-0, Hannah Thollot 3-1-1-0, Cheyenne Delaney 2-0-0-0, Amber Peterson 3-0-0-0, D. Duncan 3-0-2-1. Totals 26-1-5-1. Mountain View — Morrison 3-0-1-0, Stephanie Kerbel 3-0-1-0, Kellie Eastman 2-1-1-0, Jessica Shadowen 3-0-0-0, Talisha Veach 3-1-2-2, Andrea Baumann 3-0-0-0, Bellington 30-0-0, Ali Reed 3-0-1-0, Kelli Hlushak 2-0-1-0. Totals 25-2-7-2. 2B — Eastman, Reed; HR — Veach; SB — Thollot, Morrison; S — Hunt, C. Delaney. Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) Thompson Valley — D. Duncan: 6-7-2-2-1-1. Mountain View — Bellington: 7-5-1-1-0-12. at Berthoud
SPARTANS 5, INDIANS 2 Strasburg 000 001 1 — 2 6 2 Berthoud 100 004 x — 5 8 3 Krier and Davis; Victoria Puchino and Shelby Miller. WP: Puchino ; LP: Krier. Batting (ab-r-h-bi) Berthoud — Ashley Prescott 3-0-1-0, Kaitlyn Bending 31-0-0, Danielle Wikre 3-1-2-1, Morgan Thonhoff 3-1-0-0, Puchino 3-1-1-1, Lindsey Karlin 3-1-1-2, Miller 3-0-0-0, Megan McGinn 3-0-3-1, Mara Gwin 3-0-0-0. Totals 27-5-8-5. 2B — McGinn, Karlin, Wikre; SB — McGinn. Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so) Strasburg — Krier: 6-8-5-1-0-6. Berthoud — Puchino: 7-6-2-1-1-5.
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DIVISION SERIES American League Tampa Bay vs. Texas Thursday, Oct. 7 Texas 6, Tampa Bay 0, Texas leads series 2-0 Saturday, Oct. 9 Tampa Bay (Garza 15-10) at Texas (Lewis 12-13), 3:07 p.m. Minnesota vs. New York Thursday, Oct. 7 New York 5, Minnesota 2, New York leads series 2-0 Saturday, Oct. 9 Minnesota (Duensing 10-3) at New York (Hughes 18-8), 8:37 p.m National League Philadelphia 4, Cincinnati 0, Philadelphia leads series 1-0 Friday, Oct. 8 Cincinnati (Arroyo 17-10) at Philadelphia (Oswalt 13-13), 4:07 p.m. San Francisco vs. Atlanta San Francisco 1, Atlanta 0, San Francisco leads series 1-0 Friday, Oct. 8 Atlanta (Hanson 10-11) at San Francisco (Cain 13-11), 7:37 p.m. THURSDAY’S BOX SCORES YANKEES 5, TWINS 2 New York Minnesota ab r h bi ab r h bi Jeter ss 5 0 1 1 Span cf 4 0 1 0 Grndrs cf 4 1 3 1 OHudsn 2b 4 1 1 1 Teixeir 1b 4 0 1 0 Mauer c 4 0 1 0
THURSDAY’S SUMMARIES FLYERS 3, PENGUINS 2 Philadelphia 0 2 1 — 3 Pittsburgh 0 0 2 — 2 First Period—None. Second Period—1, Philadelphia, Briere 1 (Richards, Leino), 2:51 (pp). 2, Philadelphia, Betts 1 (Powe, van Riemsdyk), 17:15. Third Period—3, Pittsburgh, Kennedy 1 (Martin, Letang), :44. 4, Philadelphia, Giroux 1, 4:55 (sh). 5, Pittsburgh, Goligoski 1 (Michalek, Kunitz), 5:14 (pp). MAPLE LEAFS 3, CANADIENS 2 Montreal 1 0 1 — 2 Toronto 2 0 1 — 3 First Period—1, Toronto, Brent 1 (Phaneuf), 6:42. 2, Toronto, Kessel 1 (Bozak, Komisarek), 8:57. 3, Montreal, Boyd 1, 12:19. Second Period—None. Third Period—4, Toronto, MacArthur 1 (Kulemin, Grabovski), 1:36. 5, Montreal, Halpern 1 (Lapierre, Pouliot), 2:28. HURRICANES 4, WILD 3 Carolina 1 3 0 — 4 Minnesota 1 1 1 — 3 First Period—1, Minnesota, Latendresse 1 (Koivu, Brodziak), 3:33. 2, Carolina, Sutter 1 (Jokinen, McBain), 19:50 (pp). Second Period—3, Carolina, Babchuk 1 (Cole, Dalpe), 5:58. 4, Minnesota, Cullen 1 (Havlat), 9:52 (pp). 5, Carolina, Jokinen 1 (Corvo, Pitkanen), 11:16 (pp). 6, Carolina, Sutter 2 (Dwyer, Gleason), 18:03. Third Period—7, Minnesota, Burns 1 (Miettinen, Cullen), 16:39 (pp). Shots on Goal—Carolina 10-14-7—31. Minnesota 7-1111—29.
ARdrgz 3b 4 0 1 1 DlmYn lf 4 1 2 0 Cano 2b 4 0 1 0 Thome dh 4 0 1 0 Swisher rf 4 0 1 0 Cuddyr 1b 3 0 0 0 Golson rf 0 0 0 0 Kubel rf 2 0 0 0 Posada c 3 1 0 0 Valenci 3b 2 0 0 1 Brkmn dh 4 2 2 2 Hardy ss 3 0 0 0 Gardnr lf 4 1 2 0 Totals 36 5 12 5 Totals 30 2 6 2 New York 000 110 201 — 5 Minnesota 010 001 000 — 2 DP—New York 2, Minnesota 1. LOB—New York 8, Minnesota 3. 2B—Granderson (1), Swisher (1), Berkman (1). 3B—Delm.Young (1). HR—Berkman (1), O.Hudson (1). SB—Gardner (1). S—Granderson. SF—A.Rodriguez, Valencia. New York IP H R ER BB SO Pettitte W,1-0 7 5 2 2 1 4 K.Wood H,2 1 0 0 0 0 2 Ma.Rivera S,2-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO Pavano L,0-1 6 10 4 4 1 3 1 /3 0 0 0 1 0 Mijares 2 Rauch /3 0 0 0 0 1 Guerrier 1 0 0 0 0 1 Capps 1 2 1 1 0 0 Pavano pitched to 4 batters in the 7th. T—2:59. A—42,035 (39,504). RANGERS 6, RAYS 0 Texas Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h bi Andrus ss 5 1 2 0 Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
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BUpton cf 4 0 0 0 Crwfrd lf 4 0 0 0 Longori 3b 4 0 0 0 Zobrist 1b-2b 3 0 0 0 WAyar dh 4 0 1 0 Shppch c 3 0 0 0 SRdrgz 2b 2 0 0 0 Joyce ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Jnnngs rf 2 0 0 0 DJhnsn ph-1b 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 9 5 Totals 30 0 2 0 Texas 001 140 000 — 6 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 — 0 E—Kinsler (1), J.Shields (1). DP—Tampa Bay 2. LOB—Texas 4, Tampa Bay 7. 2B—N.Cruz (1), W.Aybar (1). HR—M.Young (1), Kinsler (1). SB—Andrus (1). Texas IP H R ER BB SO C.Wilson W,1-0 6 1/3 2 0 0 2 7 1 /3 0 0 0 0 1 O’Day D.Oliver 2 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO J.Shields L,0-1 4 1/3 4 4 4 0 2 1 Qualls /3 4 2 2 0 0 1 Choate /3 0 0 0 0 0 Wheeler 1 0 0 0 0 2 Niemann 3 1 0 0 1 4 HBP—by C.Wilson (Bartlett), by J.Shields (Treanor, Treanor). T—3:10. A—35,535 (36,973). GIANTS 1, BRAVES 0 Atlanta San Francisco
ab 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 29
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bi ab r h bi OInfant 3b 0 ATorrs cf 4 0 1 0 Heywrd rf 0 FSnchz 2b 4 0 0 0 D.Lee 1b 0 A.Huff 1b 3 0 1 0 McCnn c 0 Posey c 4 1 2 0 AlGnzlz ss 0 Burrell lf 3 0 0 0 M.Diaz lf 0 Schrhlt rf 0 0 0 0 Conrad 2b 0 Uribe ss 2 0 0 0 Ankiel cf 0 Sandovl 3b 2 0 0 0 D.Lowe p 0 C.Ross rf-lf 2 0 1 1 Venters p 0 Linccm p 2 0 0 0 Hinske ph 0 Moylan p 0 MDunn p 0 Kimrel p 0 Totals 0 Totals 26 1 5 1 Atlanta 000 000 000 — 0 San Francisco 000 100 00x — 1 E—Ankiel (1), Conrad (1). DP—Atlanta 2. LOB—Atlanta 3, San Francisco 6. 2B—O.Infante (1), McCann (1), Posey (1). SB—Posey (1). CS—A.Huff (1). S—Lincecum. Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO D.Lowe L,0-1 5 1/3 4 1 1 4 6 Venters 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 1 /3 0 0 0 0 0 Moylan M.Dunn 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kimbrel /3 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Lincecum W,1-0 9 2 0 0 1 14 M.Dunn pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. T—2:26. A—43,936 (41,915).
Freak occurrence in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Freak really showed up for San Francisco on his biggest stage yet. Tim Lincecum pitched a two-hitter and struck San Fran. 1, out 14 in a Atlanta 0 dominating postseason GAME 2: debut, and Today, the Giants 7:37 p.m. scored their TBS (Ch. 31) only run after a questionable umpiring call to beat the Atlanta Braves 1-0 in Game 1 of their NL division series Thursday night.
“That’s one of the best efforts I’ve ever seen,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “What a great job that kid did. He’s tough.” Lincecum pitched a gem, a day after Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw only the second no-hitter in postseason history in his debut. Lincecum outdueled playoff veteran Derek Lowe and caught a break, too. Cody Ross singled in the only run Lincecum needed in the fourth after Buster Posey was called safe on a steal of second by umpire Paul Emmel. It was the first career steal for Posey, even though he appeared to be tagged out
by Brooks Conrad on the play — retiring Braves manager Bobby Cox, the all-time leader in ejections, did not argue. “I haven’t seen it,” Cox said. “Some of the guys came down after that inning and said he was out by six, eight inches. From the dugout you can’t see anything.” Lincecum struck out Derrek Lee for the third time to end the 119-pitch masterpiece in 2 hours, 26 minutes. In a postseason already filled with plenty of stellar The Associated Press pitching, this was the first Fans react after San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum 1-0 game in the postseason struck out Atlanta’s Derek Lowe during the sixth inning against the since 2005. Braves. Lincecum struck out 14 batters in a two-hit shutout.
Home field a disadvantage in ALDS Yankees head back to New York up 2-0
Rangers also on the verge of sweep
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sure, the New York Yankees stumbled through September as Andy Pettitte tried to work his way back from a groin injury. After landing in the AL wild-card spot, the defending World Series champs look as though they had the Minnesota Twins right where they wanted ’em. Pettitte turned in a vintage performance with seven smooth innings New York 5, and Lance BerkMinnesota 2 man had two big hits in a 5-2 victory GAME 3: by the Yankees over Saturday, their favorite post6:37 p.m. season punching TBS (Ch. 31) bag on Thursday evening for a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five division series. So much for Minnesota’s homefield advantage. The Yankees are hardly an underdog when it comes to October. “Andy, when he gets in big situations, he knows how to handle it,” New York manager Joe Girardi said. “He’s not going to try to make the
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Gratified to finally be in the playoffs, Michael Young and the Texas Rangers are making the most of their opportunity. Young hit a three-run homer one pitch after keeping his at-bat alive with a disputed check-swing, helping C.J. Wilson and the AL West champions beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-0, Thursday for a 2-0 lead in their division series. “I just think that Texas 6, we’ve had a great Tampa Bay 0 mentality these first two games,” Young said. “We’re not reGAME 3: ally thinking about Saturday, some huge, grand 3:07 p.m. picture here. We TBS (Ch. 31) empty the bank for the game we’re playing that day.” Texas is the only current major league franchise that’s never won a playoff series. After winning consecutive games on the road, that can change with one victory when the best-of-five matchup shifts to Rangers Ballpark this weekend. Game 3 is Saturday, with Matt Garza pitching for Tampa Bay
The Associated Press
New York starting pitcher Andy Pettitte throws during the fifth inning of Game 2 against Minnesota. perfect pitch. He’s going to stay aggressive and just try to do what he does. And I think a lot of that is just from experience.” Berkman hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth and a tiebreaking double in the seventh against Carl Pavano, sending the Twins to their 11th straight postseason loss. Eight of those have come against the Yankees, who trailed in each of those games. From the point of the Twins’ biggest lead in those games, the Yankees have outscored them 42-8.
Hurricanes kick off the EAGLES: season, win in Finland
Evaluation of players still the chief concern
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The Associated Press HELSINKI — Brandon Sutter scored twice as the Carolina Hurricanes held on to beat the Minnesota Wild, 4-3, in the opening game of the NHL season on Thursday. Anton Babchuk, back after a year in the Russian KHL, and Jussi Jokinen also scored for the Hurricanes. Brent Burns scored for Minnesota with 3 minutes, 21 seconds left, but Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward made a late save to preserve the win.
NHL
The teams play again in Helsinki today.
Flyers 3, Penguins 2 PITTSBURGH — Surprise starter Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 29 shots in his NHL debut, and Danny Briere and Blair Betts scored the first two goals as Philadelphia spoiled Pittsburgh’s debut game in its new arena.
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 TORONTO — JeanSebastien Giguere made 26 saves as Toronto edged a short-handed Montreal team.
against Colby Lewis. “Being up 2-0 is huge, especially winning two on the road. But we still haven’t accomplished anything yet,” Rangers manager Ron Washington said. “Our goal is to get as far as we possibly can, and we’re just going to take it back to Texas and come out and try to play as hard as we can again.” Ian Kinsler also homered for the Rangers, who are in the playoffs for the first time since 1999 and hadn’t won a postseason game in 14 years before Cliff Lee shut down the sputtering Rays in their home park on Wednesday. Wilson was equally impressive, allowing two hits in 62/3 innings. He gave up a single to leadoff man Jason Bartlett to start the game, then limited the Rays to just three baserunners on an error, a walk and a hit batter over the next five innings. Willy Aybar doubled in the seventh for the second hit off the Texas starter, who departed with runners at second and third. Darren O’Day struck out pinch-hitter Matt Joyce, and Darren Oliver got seven outs to finish the two-hitter before a sellout crowd of 35,535. Long known for fielding powerful lineups, the Rangers finally look as though they have the arms to match.
he should have saved. “It was sporatic out there; they got a couple late ones that I wish to have back ... but that (flurry) was when I felt most comfortable out there.” While watching up in the stands, Chris Stewart closely evaluated everything that was going on out on the ice. For Stewart, Loewen’s performance — as well as starting goalie Tim Boron’s — was met with a little bit of leniency. “There’s a lot of pressure on goalies, and when they only see half the game they can’t get in the mindset,”
he said. “He made a couple excellent saves, then there’s two that he’d probably like to have back.” Overall, Stewart was glad to see the team show some gusto as far as sticking up for each other. Mario Joly, Brad MacMillan, Kip Workman and Brett Thurston all dropped gloves. “If we did anything tonight, I think we started to established ourself as a hockey club that’s going to play together as a team,” Stewart added. Daymen Rycroft scored twice, and Braden Desmet had the other goal for Colorado. Odessa, which opted to
play most of its big guns while Eagles veterans Riley Nelson, Aaron Schneekloth and Kevin Ulanski sat, displayed most of its arsenal on the power play. Defensively, the Eagles were rusty, but Stewart will simply use this game as part of the overall evaluation of players. Stewart dressed just 17 players for the game, giving everyone a chance to skate hard for three full periods. Loewen staked his claim, and now will wait for the outcome. “From my perspective, hopefully the goaltending decision is the most difficult for (Stewart) to make,” Loewen said.