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2B – Daily News – Tuesday, September 7, 2010 Boise State tops Virginia Tech No. 3 Boise State 33 No. 10 Virginia Tech 30 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kellen Moore and Boise State look as if they are going to be in the national champi- onship chase for a while. Moore hit Austin Pettis with a 13-yard touchdown pass with 1:09 left and No. 3 Boise State passed what might be its toughest test of the season, beating No. 10 Virginia Tech 33-30 on Monday night. The Broncos (1-0) came to FedEx Field with their best preseason ranking ever and ran out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter, then had to rally themselves to extend their winning streak to 15 games. Tyrod Taylor passed for 186 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 73 yards for the Hokies (0-1), who for the fourth straight season took a deflating early season loss. As for the Broncos, even with 11 games left in the sea- son, the debate will start about whether they should become the first team from a conference without an automatic BCS bid to play for a national championship if they go undefeat- ed. ‘‘Game 1, and that’s what it is,’’ said Chris Petersen, who improved to 50-4 as coach of Boise State. ‘‘We’re just pleased to get out of here with a ‘W.’’’ Moore, the undersized Heisman Trophy contender, threw for 215 yards and three touchdowns. He led a five-play, 56- yard touchdown drive in the final two minutes — aided by a Virginia Tech personal foul penalty. After hitting Pettis on a quick slant for the winner, Moore sprinted to midfield with his hands raised high, waiting for a teammate to come and celebrate with him. The winningest team of the past decade in major college football, Boise State yet again was forced to prove it was worthy of all the accolades — this time far from home on a field that was anything but neutral, packed with Hokies fans. When it was over, they were taking a victory lap, exchanging high-fives with their fans who made the long trip. Boise State took the 17-0 lead by taking advantage of a handful of critical Virginia Tech mistakes that set up two TD passes by Moore. But by halftime the Hokies had climbed back into it with Ryan Williams scoring twice to cut the half- time lead to 20-14. On Boise State’s first possession of the second half, Moore fumbled when he cocked to throw and hit his own lineman. Virginia Tech recovered at the Broncos 31 and Williams completed the fifth scoring drive of less than 40 yards in the game with a 1-yard run around the right side. Taylor bounded off the field and leaped into a side bump NEW YORK (AP) — Grit was not going to be enough to get Maria Sharapova through this one. Not with nine double-faults, including three in a row. Not with a total of 36 unforced errors. And certainly not with No. 1-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark across the net Monday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open, doing ‘‘what she does best,’’ as Sharapova herself put it: getting to nearly every ball and hammering it back, stretching points on and on and on until her opponent misses the mark. It added up to a 6-3, 6-4 victory for 2009 U.S. Open run- MCT photo The Boise State defense takes down Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor, Monday night. with a teammate. Virginia Tech, after a nearly burying itself in the first quarter, had its first lead at 21-20. It lasted about a minute on the clock. D.J. Harper broke a tackle at the line on a third-and-1 and outran the Hokies for a 71-yard touchdown. No questioning Boise State’s speed on that play. Virginia Tech blocked the extra point attempt and it was 26-21 with 5:38 left in the third. Back came the Hokies. Virginia Tech’s Chris Hazley was wide right on a 51-yard field, but Boise State was flagged for running into the kicker. Now with a fourth-and-4 from the 29, Tech went for it and Taylor zipped an out to Jarrett Boykin, who slipped a Wozniacki wallops Sharapova GIANTS (Continued from page 1B) were flying in the dugout, bats in the stands, you have to be on your toes. I hope they’re all right.’’ On the field, nobody could get to Kennedy or Bumgarner. Kennedy was sharp for ner-up Wozniacki over Sharapova, who has failed to make it even as far as the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows since winning the 2006 title. Wozniacki carries a 12-match win- ning streak into her quarterfinal against 45th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova, who eliminated 2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 7-6 (4). The other quarterfinal on that side of the draw will be No. 31 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia against No. 7 Vera Zvonareva, who overwhelmed 38th-ranked Andrea Petkovic of Ger- many 6-1, 6-2 Monday night. Zvonareva, the runner-up at Wimbledon in July, reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time. Earlier, Kanepi did the same by coming back to defeat 2009 U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium 0-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic reached the men’s quar- terfinals at the U.S. Open for the fourth consecutive year by outclassing No. 19 Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Fish’s exit leaves one U.S. man in the tournament, No. 20 Sam Quer- rey, who is in fourth-round action Tuesday against No. 25 Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. Serbia’s Djokovic, the 2007 U.S. Open runner-up and 2008 Australian Open cham- pion, next faces No. 17 Gael Monfils, a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 winner over Richard Gasquet in an all-French matchup. Another quarterfinal will pit five-time U.S. Open cham- pion Roger Federer against No. 5 Robin Soderling, a two- time French Open finalist whose upset of Federer in that round at Paris this year ended his record streak of reaching the semifinals at 23 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments. Federer reached the quarterfinals at a 26th major in a row by beating No. 13 Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in Monday night’s last match. A’s (Continued from page 1B) hits. ‘‘They hit some balls hard and it seemed like every inning they were lead- ing off with a double or something,’’ Vargas said. ‘‘You’re not expecting Coco Crisp to hit the ball out of the yard on the second pitch of the game. It was a fastball up but it was away and he still got around on it. I can’t chalk that up to anything but bad luck. It seems the last seven or eight starts guys are being a little more patient, so I started throwing more fast- balls to counter that. You just have to make adjustments.’’ Gutierrez returned to the lineup after missing two games with a stomach bug and recorded an RBI for the fourth straight game. He also hit a ninth-inning double. Notes: Anderson didn’t issue a walk for the fifth time in 2010. ... Carson’s fourth- inning leadoff homer snapped an 0-for-15 funk. ... Anderson is 15-3 in 24 career starts when getting support of two or more runs. Texas A’s MLB West Division American League WL Pct GB 75 62 .547 — 68 69 .496 7 Angels 66 72 .478 9.5 Seattle 54 84 .391 21.5 East Division WL Pct GB New York 86 52 .623 — Tampa Bay 83 54 .6062 1/2 Boston 77 61 .558 9 Toronto 71 66 .51814 1/2 Baltimore 52 86 .377 34 Central Division WL Pct GB Minnesota 81 57 .587 — Chicago 77 60 .562 3.5 Detroit 68 70 .493 13 Kansas City 57 80 .416 23.5 Cleveland 56 82 .406 25 ————————————————— Monday’s results Oakland 6, Seattle 2 Baltimore 4, New York 3 Boston 12, Tampa Bay 5 Chicago 5, Detroit 4, 10 innings Cleveland 3, Los Angeles 2 Minnesota 5, Kansas City 4 Toronto 7, Texas 2 Today’s Games Seattle (Fister 4-11) at Oakland (Braden 9-10),7:05 p.m.,CSNC Baltimore (Arrieta 4-6) at New York (Sabathia 19-5), 4:05 p.m. Chicago (F.Garcia 11-5) at Detroit (Verlander 14-8), 4:05 p.m., MLBN Texas (Feldman 6-9) at Toronto (Marcum 11-7), 4:07 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 16-6) at Boston (Matsuzaka 9-4), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Bannister 7-11) at Minnesota (Liriano 12-7), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 5-12) at Los Angeles (T.Bell 2-4), 7:05 p.m. the fifth straight start, strik- ing out six and retiring 14 of his final 15 batters. The right-hander did a lit- tle work with his bat, too, leading off the eighth with his first career double. He was stranded at third after Javier Lopez struck out Kelly Johnson, and Ramon Ramirez got Chris Young on a fielder’s choice to end the inning. ‘‘I feel good right now. I was throwing a lot of strikes today,’’ Kennedy said. ‘‘I GOLDEN Golden League Playoffs First Round (Best-of-5) Calgary vs. Chico Today: Calgary at Chico, 7:05 p.m. Wednesday: at Chico, 7:05 p.m. Friday: at Calgary, 6:05 p.m. Saturday: at Calgary, 4:05 p.m. Sunday: at Calgary, 12:35 p.m. Orange County vs. Maui Today: at Maui, 9:35 p.m. Wednesday,: at Maui, 9:35 a.m. Friday: at Orange County, 7:05 p.m. Saturday: at Orange County, 7:05 p.m. Sunday: at Orange County, 5:05 p.m. didn’t have a whole lot of strikeouts. I put the ball in play and let my defense do the work.’’ Bumgarner matched Kennedy almost pitch for pitch. The left-hander struck out seven and twice got Adam LaRoche with two on and two outs: on a strikeout in the first inning and a fly ball to the warning track in right in the sixth. Bumgarner is 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA in three career starts against the Diamondbacks, but has just one win over his last eight starts this season. ‘‘Everything was work- ing for the most part today,’’ U.S. OPEN Monday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York Purse: $22.7 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Men Singles Fourth Round Gael Monfils (17), France, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 6-4, 7-5, 7-5. Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Mardy Fish (19), United States, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. Robin Soderling (5), Sweden, def. Albert Montanes (21), Spain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Jur- gen Melzer (13), Austria, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Women Singles Fourth Round Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Svet- lana Kuznetsova (11), Russia, 7-5, 7-6 (4). Kaia Kanepi (31), Estonia, def. Yanina Wickmayer (15), Belgium, 0-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Maria Sharapova (14), Russia, 6-3, 6-4. Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-1, 6-2. weak arm tackle attempt by Brandyn Thompson and eased into the end zone to put the Hokies up 27-26. They went for two and missed. Boise State couldn’t answer that score. Kyle Brotzman missed wide left from 30 yards and Hazley answered with a 34-yarder for Virginia Tech to make it 30-26. Virginia Tech had a chance to run out the clock, but couldn’t do it, Taylor threw an incomplete pass on third down that stopped the clock and gave Boise State extra time. ‘‘When it’s all said and done, we were one first down from winning that football game,’’ Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said. Bumgarner said. ‘‘I didn’t throw the cutter a lot, but the fastball velocity was good. Everything felt good.’’ Heilman felt good, too, but it didn’t work out as well. The former closer took the loss Saturday against Houston after Carlos Lee hit a three-run homer off him and made it two defeats in three days by giving up two soft singles and Schier- holtz’s hard-hit triple. ‘‘I left one pitch up and it hurt me,’’ Heilman said. PGA Deutsche Bank Championship At the TPC Boston, Norton, Mass. Purse: $7.5 millionYardage: 7,214;Par 71 Final Leaderboard Charley Hoffman Geoff Ogilvy Adam Scott 64-67-69-62—262 -22 64-72-65-66 —267 -17 Luke Donald 65-67-66-69— 267 -17 Jason Day Tom Gillis 63-67-66-71— 267 -17 67-71-65-65— 268 -16 67-69-65-67— 268 -16 Brandt Snedeker 66-64-67-71— 268 -16 John Senden 66-68-69-67— 270 -14 Steve Stricker 65-68-67-71 —271 -13 D.J. Trahan 64-69-69-70— 272 -12 Yreka FOOTBALL Northern Athletic League Overall WL W L 0 0 CARDINALS 00 1 0 Central Valley 0 0 Anderson 0 0 West Valley 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ————————————————— Friday’s games Orland at Corning, 7:30 p.m. Central Valley at Henley, 7 p.m. Yreka at Mazama, 7 p.m. Enterprise at West Valley, 7:30 p.m. Oroville at Anderson, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3 results WNBA CONFERENCE FINALS Eastern Conference Atlanta 1, New York 0 Game 1:Atlanta 81, New York 75 Today: at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m., NBATV Thursday: at New York, 4:30 p.m. Western Conference Seattle beats Phoenix 2-0 MLB West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 76 59 .563 — GIANTS 77 61 .558 .5 Colorado 73 64 .533 4 Dodgers 69 68 .504 8 Arizona 56 82 .406 21.5 East Division WL Pct GB Atlanta 79 59 .572 — Philadelphia 79 60 .568 .5 Florida 70 67 .511 8.5 New York 67 71 .486 12 Washington 60 78 .435 19 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 79 58 .577 — St. Louis 72 63 .533 6 Houston 64 73 .467 15 Milwaukee 63 74 .460 16 Chicago 60 78 .435 19.5 Pittsburgh 46 91 .336 33 ————————————————— Monday’s results San Francisco 2, Arizona 0, 11 innings Chicago 5, Houston 4 Colorado 10, Cincinnati 5 Florida 7, Philadelphia 1, 1st game Philadelphia 7, Florida 4, 2nd game Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 1 St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 6 Washington 13, New York 3 Los Angeles at San Diego, late Today’s games San Francisco (Lincecum 12-9) at Arizona (Enright 6-2),6:40 p.m.,CSNB Atlanta (T.Hudson 15-6) at Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 2-5), 4:05 p.m. Florida (Volstad 9-9) at Philadelphia (Blanton 6-6), 4:05 p.m. New York (Gee 0-0) at Washington (Maya 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Figueroa 4-2) at Chicago (Silva 10-5), 5:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 2-6) at Milwaukee (Narveson 10-7), 5:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 12-4) at Colorado (J.Chacin 7-9), 5:40 p.m. Los Angeles (Kershaw 11-9) at San Diego (Correia 10-10), 7:05 p.m. Game 1:Seattle 82, Phoenix 74 Game 2:Seattle 91, Phoenix 88 NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders 1.Kevin Harvick 2. Jeff Gordon 3.Kyle Busch 4.Tony Stewart 5. Carl Edwards 6. Jeff Burton 3,585 3,366 3,325 3,302 3,288 3,261 7. Jimmie Johnson 3,247 8.Kurt Busch 9. Matt Kenseth 10.Denny Hamlin 11. Greg Biffle 12. Clint Bowyer 3,228 3,225 3,147 3,110 3,066 13.Ryan Newman 2,949 14. Jamie McMurray 2,938 15. Mark Martin 2,919 16.David Reutimann 2,880 17. Juan Pablo Montoya 2,866 18. Kasey Kahne 19. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,847 20. Martin Truex Jr. 21. Joey Logano 22. A J Allmendinger 2,678 23.Paul Menard 24.David Ragan 2,456 25. Marcos Ambrose 2,410 26. Brad Keselowski 2,397 27. Scott Speed 28.Sam Hornish Jr. 2,252 29. Elliott Sadler 30. Regan Smith 31.Bobby Labonte 32.Travis Kvapil 33.David Gilliland 34.Kevin Conway 35.Robby Gordon 36. Brian Vickers 37.Joe Nemechek 38.Max Papis 2,258 2,195 2,109 1,857 1,799 1,658 1,546 1,536 1,158 983 907 39. Reed Sorenson 884 40. Mike Bliss 41.David Stremme 42. Bill Elliott 43.Dave Blaney 44. Casey Mears 836 825 800 790 785 45. Michael McDowell 696 46. J.J.Yeley 47. Boris Said 48.Todd Bodine 49. Landon Cassill 588 448 313 287 50.Patrick Carpentier 255 2,718 2,557 2,856 2,787 MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Galaxy 13 5 5 44 33 17 Salt Lake 12 4 7 43 37 16 FC Dallas 10 2 10 40 29 17 Colorado 9 6 7 34 28 21 QUAKES 97 5 32 24 23 Seattle EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 13 5 5 44 32 20 New York 11 8 4 37 27 24 Kansas City 7 9 6 27 22 24 Toronto FC 7 9 6 27 22 26 Chicago 6 7 7 25 28 29 New England 7 12 3 24 24 36 Philadelphia 5 11 6 21 26 38 D.C. 4 16 3 15 15 37 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. ————————————————— Wednesday’s game Toronto FC at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. FOOTBALL Mountain Valley League Overall WL W L Chester 0 0 Maxwell 0 0 Biggs 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 BULLDOGS 00 0 2 ————————————————— Friday’s games Weed at Los Molinos, 7:30 p.m. Chester at Fall River, 7:30 p.m. Maxwell at Colusa, 7:30 p.m. Williams at Biggs, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3 results 9 9 5 32 26 29 Houston 6 12 5 23 28 38 Chivas USA 6 12 4 22 23 29 Portola 30, Los Molinos 0 Bradshaw Christian 68, Biggs 0 Quincy 19, Chester 7 Williams 23, Maxwell 20 Corning 36, Las Plumas 0 Central Valley 31, Trinity 0 Enterprise 21, Anderson 0 Shasta 33, West Valley 14 Yreka 39, Mt. Shasta 15 FOOTBALL Eastern Athletic — South League Overall WL W L Lassen 0 0 Paradise 0 0 Oroville 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 SPARTANS 00 0 1 Las Plumas 0 0 0 1 ————————————————— Friday’s games Red Bluff vs.Shasta at Enterprise,7:30 p.m. Chico at Las Plumas, 7:30 p.m. Oroville at Anderson, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s game Paradise at Lowell, 2 p.m. Sept. 3 results Pleasant Valley 51, Red Bluff 8 Corning 36, Las Plumas 0 Lassen 28, Chico 27, OT Wheatland 41, Oroville 14 Sept. 4 result Deer Valley 20, Paradise 10 FOOTBALL California North — 8-man League Overall WL W L Big Valley 0 0 Dunsmuir 0 0 Hayfork 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 WARRIORS 00 1 0 Butte Valley 0 0 Happy Camp 0 0 Liberty C. 0 0 WPS Women’s Professional Soccer WL T Pts GF GA y-Gold Pride 15 3 5 50 42 18 x-Boston 10 8 5 35 36 28 x-Philadelphia 10 9 4 34 36 32 Washington 7 9 7 28 32 33 Chicago 7 11 6 27 21 27 Sky Blue FC 7 10 6 27 20 31 Atlanta ————————————————— Butte Valley vs Westwood, 4 p.m. Friday’s games Hayfork at Princeton, 4 p.m. Elk Creek at Big Valley, 6 p.m. Happy Camp at Greenville, 7 p.m. Saturday’s games Dunsmuir at Loyalton, 1 p.m. Liberty Christian at Herlong, 1 p.m. Sept. 3 results 5 12 6 21 20 39 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth y- clinched conference Dunsmuir 52, Princeton 6 Hayfork 66, Liberty Christian 35 Westwood 36, Happy Camp 6 Sept. 4 result Mercy 55, Champion Christian 38 0 0 0 1 0 1 ————————————————— Thursday’s game