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3-0 Giants extend lead over Phillies
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SAN FRANCISCO — Cody Ross and Aubrey Huff hit RBI singles in the fourth inning against Cole Hamels and Matt Cain shut down Philadelphia through six innings to help San Francisco Giants take a 3-0 lead over Philadelphia in Game 3 of the NL championship series Tuesday.
Ezra Shaw. Poo/AP Photo
After splitting the first two games in Philadelphia, the Giants got the early edge against the Phillies thanks to another strong outing by Cain and another timely hits by Ross.
Hamels retired the first nine batters before new leadoff hitter Edgar Renteria lined a single to right to open the fourth. With runners on first and second and two outs, Ross delivered once again for the Giants with a line drive to left field.
Ross hit three solo homers in Philadelphia and drove in four of San Francisco's first six runs of the series. He has long been a thorn in Hamel's side, with his four home runs that most any hitter has against the left-hander.
San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Matt Cain throws during the first inning of Game 3 of baseball's National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday, Oct. 19, in San Francisco.
Ross finally got some help from his teammates when Huff's grounder went off the glove of diving second baseman Chase Utley and into right field for another run-scoring hit.
Those were the first runs allowed this postseason by Hamels, who pitched a five-hit shutout in the division series clincher against Cincinnati. That was the sixth career postseason win for the 2008 NLCS and World Series MVP, tying Hall of Famer Steve Carlton's franchise record.
The Giants added another run in the fifth inning when Freddy
Sanchez's soft liner took a tricky hop off Utley and into shallow center field to score Aaron Rowand from second base on the single.
Cain entered the game 0-3 with a 6.23 ERA in five starts against the Phillies — the highest ERA he has against any NL opponent. He had no such trouble early on in this game, picking up where he left off when he allowed no earned runs in 6 2-3 innings in the division series against Atlanta.
Cain allowed two hits and two walks, striking out five. He escaped trouble a few times, holding Philadelphia hitless in four at-bats with runners in scoring position. The Phillies have just three hits in 32 at-bats with runners in scoring position this series.
Cain even retired his nemesis Utley all three times, getting him to fly out to center field in the first inning, ground out with runners on first and second to end the third and ground out with a runner on second to end the fifth. Utley was 7 for 15 with three homers off Cain in the regular season, with his .467 average the fourth highest of any opponent.
Bonds, wearing a Giants jersey with his No. 25 on it, jumped up and down, waving his arms in the dugout before being introduced to the crowd. He received loud cheers from the fans who probably would have liked his bat in the lineup, with a few boos sprinkled in. Bonds, Robb Nen, J.T. Snow and
It was a festive atmosphere in San Francisco, with fans waving their orange towels and a pregame flyover. There were also four members of the 2002 NL champion Giants on hand, including all-time home run leader Barry Bonds.
Shawon Dunston all threw out ceremonial first pitches. Bonds dofted his cap and waved to the crowd as he walked off the field with former
teammates.
Bonds watched the game from the front row near the Giants dugout and posed for pictures for fans.
BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Gabbert keeps life private amidst teams' wins
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Last week's game against Texas A&M, Missouri quarterback junior Blaine Gabbert allowed Monday, "was personal for me."
Just as he seemed ready to elaborate, though, he audibled.
"It was our turn to show people that we're here to stay," he said.
So much for the revelation.
Yet from all indications to close observers, Gabbert's dynamic performance in Missouri's 30-9 win indeed reflected a ratcheted-up intensity beyond even his usual lasered-in approach.
Because, it seems, of doubters.
And it was a frame of mind he might be expected to assume again
this week with BCS No.1 Oklahoma coming to town.
If last week was a local referendum on the program, and in some ways its quarterback, this week it's on a national scope:
Consider the ABC broadcast, the ESPN College GameDay invasion and sheer stakes in what perhaps is the biggest game the Parkway West product ever has played in.
Even on the lesser scale last week, sophomore receiver T.J. Moe said after the game, Gabbert simply was on another plateau as he threw for three touchdowns in MU's win.
"You could see it in his eyes," Moe said. "There are some people like that, where you can really tell."
Expounding Monday, Moe said,
"When he was in the locker room,
he didn't say a word. ... He was in his own mind."
While Gabbert seldom lets the media in those crannies of his cranium, the reasons for last week's enhanced urgency appear clear.
Between the so-called high hip pointer he suffered against Colorado, perceived jabs at him and the fact A&M's Jerrod Johnson had been named preseason All-Big 12. Gabbert evidently distilled it all as skepticism about him.
MU coach Gary Pinkel echoed Moe in suggesting Gabbert perhaps had been more locked in, but he thought it was because of the injury.
"Maybe when you go through something like that, your focus goes to a whole new level," he said.
To be sure, Gabbert wouldn't have been able to achieve anything last week or even much of last season if not for his quality of being able to cope with injury.
Just as he continued on with a bum ankle last year, he easily could have been waylaid by the hip injury that Pinkel referred to as a rib issue after the game.
Or that he's got happy feet, as some detractors like to say. Or that Oklahoma's too good for MU to handle.
Whatever else might be said about him this week, figure that what he'll hear is he's too hurt to play.
That will help him make it personal as he tries to show MU is here to stay.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Wisconsin coach learns from errors
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
So what do you think of Bret Bielema now?
When they won 12 games during his first season five years ago, the Bielema dissenters said it was because he had Barry Alvarez's players. When they lost six in 2008, they said it was because of Bielema's knuckleheaded decisions.
Granted, it's not the most important question here as a fairly crucial juncture of the season, the midpoint between Wisconsin's victory against No. 1 Ohio State and another big game Saturday at Iowa, but I'm asking anyway because it's the one issue that never seems to leave the room, no matter the state of the Badgers.
When our UW beat writer, Jeff Potrykus, blogged on the topic after Bucky crushed Ohio State, the reaction pointed to that which has been apparent since Alvarez handpicked Bielema before the 2005 season:
While it's not true that the Badgers have the most polarizing football coach in the country, it's fair to say that few with anything close to Bielema's 44-15 record elicit such conflicting emotions from the fan base.
No matter what Bielema does, a certain segment among the Grateful Red just isn't going to
like the guy
Sure, that's the case at a number of places,
but why does it seem so applicable here?
No doubt, Bielema has done and said some silly, immature things while on the clock as one of the state's highest-paid workers. All or a portion of that has a tendency to rub some people the wrong way.
were times when, reflective of the coach, the team was not sufficiently disciplined. There's that Herky the Hawkeye tattoo. He can be blunt and arrogant. But so could his boss and predecessor, although few made it an issue with Alvarez because he won and usually comported himself the way we expect a head football coach to act.
I've been critical of the way Bielema has handled certain things. I didn't think he took immediate responsibility for his game-turning personal foul two years ago at Michigan State. He's thrown underlings under the bus after losses. He was wrong for trying to run up the score against Minnesota, no matter the weak explanation.
So maybe here's a better question:
In all those scenarios, you expect more out of the football coach, especially at a place like Wisconsin. You demand stand-up, accountable behavior.
Nevertheless, you've got to give it to the man on several levels.
To me, it's apparent he's growing as a person. And if you want to measure him as a football
coach
I'm not advocating a lifetime contract for Bielema in such a fluid business ... But for the here and now, the coach is acting the part.
What do you want from your football coach?
To be older and established like Joe Paterno? Buttoned-down and dignified like Jim Tressel? Even-mannered like Kirk Ferentz?
If it seems like we're separating personality from results, move to the head of the season-ticket line.
Bielema is also 40 and single.
He has been known to enjoy his life outside the job. There
Paterno was 42-10-1 after five years at Penn State. Tressel was 50-13 after five at Ohio State. Ferentz was 32-28 after five at Iowa. With five games to go in his fifth season at Wisconsin, Bielema is in or beyond that company.
you know,
b e y o n d
44-15 —
he probably didn't get enough credit for Ohio State.
The Badgers could not have been more prepared, more poised or more disciplined to thoroughly beat a No. 1 than they were Saturday night. The leadership exhibited by the Badgers, especially from the offensive linemen, has to start somewhere.
So if you're asking me what I want from a football coach, it is preparation, discipline, poise, leadership and citizenship from the top down, the type that came through loud and clear against a more talented opponent.
I'm not advocating a lifetime contract for Bielema in such a fluid business. What happens from Iowa onward, who can say? But for the here and now, the coach is acting the part.
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