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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 2022
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.2007
SPORTS
NFL
9B
Redskins take surprise victory against Eagles
Veteran Jason Campbell makes big plays, sharp passes; assistance from Portis, Cooley helps team win 20-12
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Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, front, is stopped for no gain by the Philadelphia Eagles' Brodrick Bunkley in the first half Monday in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA - If Jason Campbell becomes a star in the NFL,he might pinpoint Monday night's win as the start of something great.
Showing the poise of a veteran, the third-year quarterback in his ninth pro start converted several big plays and got plenty of help from Clinton Portis, Chris Cooley and an opportunistic defense in Washington's 20-12 victory over the Eagles.
The surprising Redskins, coming off a 5-11 season, are 2-0 and tied with Dallas atop the NFC East, which Philadelphia was expected to dominate.
But the Eagles are 0-2 and their offense, other than the dynamic Brian Westbrook, has been far too spotty.
Portiis and Cooley each scored touchdowns and Shaun Suisham made two field goals. Washington's defense stymied every Eagle except Westbrook, who rushed for 96 yards and caught eight passes for another 66 yards.
Westbrook's work wasn't enough to get Philadelphia into the end zone, however, as an array of blitzes and some hard hitting by the Redskins' secondary kept Donovan McNabb off-balance much of the night.
McNabb has lost six of his last seven starts and is 9-12 since the Eagles lost the Super Bowl to New England in January 2005.
Campbell didn't have gaudy statistics, either, but he kept the Redskins on the move when it counted with sharp passes and timely third-down conversions.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook, center, breaks a tackle and leaves a pack of Washington Redskins defensemen behind as he runs for a first down during the first half Monday in.
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MLB
Diamondbacks win despite mustering few hits
Los Angeles Dodgers players Andy LaRoche, left, and James Loney almost collide as Loney catches a pop fly hit by the Arizona Diamondbacks' Justin Upton in the first inning of a baseball game in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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The Diamondbacks were outit again, but these days that's hardly surprising. That they won anyway is even less of a shock.
Edgar Gonzalez pitched five solid
innings and the Arizona bullpen scraped together four more, making Chris Snyder's three-run homer stand up in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.
The D-backs, who had six hits to the Dodgers'
"This was as close to a must-win game as we've had all year."
nine, lead the National League West by two games over San Diego with two weeks to go despite being outscored 680-655 and having an NLlow.247 batting average.
"We have to keep grinding," Snyder said. "We're in first place, but in no way is it a lock."
out 10 and winning his 19th game to
the Padres beat San Francisco
5-1. San Diego leads the wild-card
race by 1½ games over Philadelphia
and 2½ out of the Dodgers.
Jake Peavy lowered his major league-leading ERA to 2.39, striking
The Philies beat New York 10-6 to slice the Mets' NEL East lead to
"That's it. Was it a must-win? No. But this was huge — a really big win for us. Every game from here on out is this way until we clinch."
"This was as close to a must-win game as we've had all year," Arizona outfielder Eric Bryant said.
In other NL games, it was Chicago 4, St. Louis 2; Milwaukee 5; Cincinnati 2; Colorado 13, Florida 0; Atlanta 3, Washington 0; and Houston 15, Pittsburgh 3.
The Diamondbacks, 46-29 at
Chase Field, play their final six home games of the season this week
three against the Giants and three against the Dodgers. Then, they finish with three at Pittsburgh and another three at Colorado.
"I like the fact that were going back home," manager Bob Melvin said. "We play well at home."
Gonzalez (8-2) was lifted for a pinch-hitter after yielding one run and six hits in just his second start since June 26.
"He pitched great — he gave us five innings," Melvin said. "That's all we could ask. You look at his record, it's pretty indicative of how
he's pitched for us."
Snyder's homer in the second was the only hit allowed by Esteban Loaiza (1-2), who walked a career-high seven in 4 2-3 innings. Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew walked to start the inning and one out later, Snyder hit a liner that glanced off the top of the fence in left-center and into the pavilion for his 13th homer.
"I thought I hit it in the gap"
Snyder said.
Loaiza didn't think it would clear the fence either, saying the homer came "on a perfect pitch — a cutter low and away."
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