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2B – Daily News – Saturday, August 28, 2010 Second-year receivers highlight Battle of the Bay OAKLAND (AP) — Ever since the Oakland Raiders surprised everyone by taking Darrius Heyward- Bey ahead of Michael Crab- tree in last year’s draft it was inevitable that the two receivers would be com- pared throughout their careers. That became the case even more when Crabtree went three picks later to the team across the bay, the San Francisco 49ers. The two second-year receivers will meet on the field for the first time Saturday night when the Raiders host the Niners in the annual Battle of the Bay exhibition game. ‘‘I haven’t even thought about that,’’ Heyward-Bey said. ‘‘There’s no reason to think about it. I’m focused on this team, this offense and what we have to do for this team and the Raider nation.’’ The comparisons were rather one-sided last year even though Crabtree missed five games in a lengthy holdout that was partly attributable to his desire to be the highest-paid receiver in the draft despite being picked after Heyward- Bey. Heyward-Bey finished his rookie season with nine catches for 124 yards and one touchdown before miss- ing the final five games with a foot injury. Crabtree had 48 catches for 625 yards and two touchdowns in 11 games — only adding fuel to the critics who questioned why the Raiders passed up the more accomplished Crabtree for the speedier Heyward-Bey. The idea of altering that perception with a strong per- SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Three days, three elimination games and three wins for the boys from Waipahu, Hawaii at the Little League World Series. Keep this up through the weekend and they will return home with a World Series title. The West region champs rallied from four runs down against Columbus, Ga., and scored all its runs over the final three innings in a wild 12-5 win Friday. The Little League final four is finally set after rain earlier in the week forced the schedule to be pushed back. Hawaii will play Pearland, Texas, in the U.S. championship game Saturday, while Japan and Taiwan will meet for the international crown. The winners play Sunday for the World Series title. If they make it that far, it would be five games in five formance Saturday is the last thing on Heyward-Bey’s mind. ‘‘I play offense, he plays offense. He has nothing to do with me,’’ Heyward-Bey said. Heyward-Bey has looked much improved so far this season on the prac- tice field but that has yet to carry over to games. He played briefly in the exhibi- tion opener and did not catch the only ball thrown his direction. He missed last week’s game in Chicago with what coach Tom Cable called ‘‘fatigue.’’ Heyward-Bey returned to practice this week and looked refreshed. ‘‘I think the sky’s the limit for the young man,’’ new offensive coordinator Hue Jackson said. ‘‘I just think he needs to go play and I think he will this week. ... I’m excited about watch- ing a lot of our pieces finally come out and play together for an extended period of time and see where we are.’’ This game gives Jackson his first look at running back Darren McFadden and backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski this preseason after the two missed the first two games with injuries. The Niners also will get their first look this preseason at some key offensive play- ers in running backs Brian Westbrook and Frank Gore, and Crabtree, who missed the first two games with a sore neck. After Crabtree missed training camp last year in his holdout, the Niners were hoping to have him on the field as much as possible this summer so they could work on using him in differ- ent spots to get him open. ‘‘His work has been good, his improvement has days for Hawaii, a tiring schedule more appropriate for major leaguers than Lit- tle Leaguers. Noah Shack- les doesn’t mind. ‘‘I’m pumped,’’ the 13- year-old third baseman said. His two-run triple in the third inning following a hit batter and two walks helped Hawaii tie the score after Georgia had taken a 4-0 lead in the top of the inning. Hawaii took the lead on Ty DeSa’s RBI double to left center in the fourth. Two runs scored later in the inning after Shiloh Bania- ga’s smash got past drawn- in shortstop Brandon Pugh. Hawaii tacked on five runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach. ‘‘They didn’t give up, and they’ll do whatever it takes to win,’’ Hawaii man- ager Brian Yoshii said. Georgia ace Jacob Pate held Hawaii last week to two runs and one hit in a 6- MCT file photos The 49ers’Michael Crabtree and the Raiders’Darrius Heyward-Bey were 1st round picks in 2009. been good,’’ 49ers offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye said. ‘‘I think he’s such a natural football player, he’ll play good. The nuances of the things that we mess up or miss in terms of forma- tions and adjustments, the coverage, those are the things that are of concern right now. Understanding where the hots are, if he’s out of position where he normally plays, which he will be some to try to create matchups for him. The nuances of learning to do all of that and the quarterback being comfortable, that is where we have to make some hay here in the next 10 days or so.’’ This is the first of two meetings between the teams this year. They will also play in the regular season Oct. 17 in Candlestick Park, mean- ing both teams will show even less of their playbook than usual for a preseason game. The regular season game Hawaii advances to US title game at LLWS 2 win in last week’s tourna- ment opener for both teams. On Friday, Pate allowed seven runs, four hits and three walks. ‘‘It was a little easier because we had seen him before and had hit him a lit- tle bit,’’ DeSa said. ‘‘We knew his pitches. We were ready for him.’’ Hawaii won its second straight game over Georgia. NFL Preseason Week 3 Friday’s results Atlanta 16, Miami 6 New Orleans 36, San Diego 21 Philadelphia 20, Kansas City 17 Washington 16, N.Y. Jets 11 Saturday’s games San Francisco at Oakland, 6 p.m.,FOX Cleveland at Detroit, 2 p.m. Cincinnati at Buffalo, 3:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 5 p.m., CBS Tennessee at Carolina, 5 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Arizona at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Pittsburgh at Denver, 5 p.m., FOX also likely played a role in why the teams did not hold joint practices this year as they had the previous two training camps. ‘‘It’s probably much less of a deal because we play them in the regular season,’’ Niners quarterback Alex Smith said. ‘‘Whoever wins this game, its going to be all for nothing unless you get it done during the regular sea- son. I mean, obviously, you want to go out there and play well, but we all know the big one is coming a few weeks later.’’ Both teams enter this game having won their first LITTLELEAGUE At South Williamsport, Pa. Double Elimination Friday’s result Waipahu, Hawaii 12, Columbus, Ga.5, Colum- bus eliminated Saturday’s games International Championship Tokyo vs.Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 10 a.m., ABC U.S. Championship Pearland, Texas vs.Waipahu, Hawaii, fol- lowing International championship, ABC Sunday’s games Third Place International runner-up vs.U.S. runner-up, 8 a.m., ESPN World Championship International champion vs.U.S. champion, Noon, ABC two preseason games and with optimism that they can both end streaks of seven straight years without win- ning records. This is also the first time the Raiders have played at home, allowing the fans to give new quarterback Jason Campbell a warm greeting as the replacement for North Division GOLDEN Golden League WL Pct. GB Calgary 23 13 .639 — Victoria 19 15 .559 3 OUTLAWS 17 15 .531 4 Edmonton 17 17 .500 5 St. George 8 21 .276 11.5 South Division Maui WL Pct. GB 21 5 .808 — Orange Co. 25 7 .781 -1 Tucson 20 19 .513 7.5 Yuma 11 23 .324 14 Tijuana 2 27 .069 20.5 ————————————————— Friday’s results Chico 6, St. George 3 Calgary 7, Victoria 6 Maui 4, Yuma 3 Orange County 6, Tijuana 3 Tucson 4, Edmonton 3 Saturday’s games St. George at Chico, 7:08 p.m. Victoria at Calgary, 4:05 p.m. Tijuana at Orange County, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Edmonton at Tucson, 7 p.m. Maui at Yuma, 7 p.m. Tijuana at Orange Co., 7:35 p.m., 2nd game Sunday’s Games MLB West Division National League WL Pct GB Padres 76 51 .598 — GIANTS 71 58 .550 6 Colorado 66 61 .520 10 Dodgers 67 62 .519 10 Arizona 51 78 .395 26 East Division WL Pct GB Atlanta 73 55 .570 — Philadelphia 71 57 .555 2 Florida 65 62 .512 7.5 New York 64 64 .500 9 Washington 54 75 .419 19.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Cincinnati 74 54 .578 — St. Louis 69 57 .548 4 Milwaukee 60 68 .469 14 Houston 58 70 .453 16 Chicago 54 75 .419 20.5 Pittsburgh 43 85 .336 31 ————————————————— Friday’s results Arizona 6, San Francisco 0 Cincinnati 7, Chicago 1 Florida 7, Atlanta 1 Los Angeles 6, Colorado 2 Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 2 New York 2, Houston 1 Philadelphia 3, San Diego 2, 12 innings St. Louis 4, Washington 2 Today’s games Arizona (D.Hudson 3-1) at S.F.(M.Cain 10-10),6:05 p.m.,MNT-21 Philadelphia (Blanton 5-6) at San Diego (Garland 13-8), 1:10 p.m., FOX St. Louis (Lohse 2-5) at Washington (L.Hernandez 8-9), 4:05 p.m. Chicago (R.Wells 5-12) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 14-7), 4:10 p.m. Florida (Nolasco 14-8) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 14-5), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Myers 9-7) at New York (J.Santana 10-8), 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Duke 6-12) at Milwaukee (Capuano 2-2), 4:10 p.m. Los Angeles (Billingsley 10-7) at Colorado (J.Chacin 6-9), 5:10 p.m. Sunday’s games Arizona at San Francisco,1:05 p.m.,CSNB Chicago at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m., WGN Houston at New York, 10:10 a.m. Florida at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m. St. Louis at Washington, 10:35 a.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. Yes, You Can Bowl!! 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MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Galaxy 13 4 4 43 32 14 Salt Lake 11 4 6 39 36 16 FC Dallas 9 2 9 36 28 17 QUAKES 86 5 29 22 20 Seattle 8 8 5 29 23 25 Colorado 7 6 7 28 22 21 Houston 6 10 5 23 27 33 Chivas USA 5 11 4 19 22 26 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 12 5 4 40 31 20 New York 10 7 4 34 25 23 Toronto FC 7 8 5 26 22 25 Chicago 6 6 6 24 26 26 Kansas City 6 9 5 23 19 23 New England 6 11 3 21 20 33 Philadelphia 4 11 5 17 23 36 D.C. 4 14 3 15 15 35 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. ————————————————— Saturday’s games San Jose at New York, 4:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Columbus, 1 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at New England, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Seattle FC, 7:30 p.m. Kansas City at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s game D.C.United at Chivas USA, 7 p.m., ESPN2 PGA Barclays MLB At Ridgewood Country Club Paramus, N.J. 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