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2B – Daily News – Wednesday, October 13, 2010 10 over seven innings. He fanned Rays slugger Carlos Pena six of the seven times he faced him in the series, and finished with an AL divi- sion series record 21 Ks in two games. Texas pitchers struck out 55 in the five games, a record for a division series in either league. After losing the first two games at Tropicana Field, the Rays rallied to win Games 3 and 4 in Texas to give themselves a chance to join the 1985 Roy- als, 1986 Mets, 1996 Yan- kees and 2001 Yankees as the only teams to lose the first two games of a postsea- son series at home and come back to win the series. Those 2001 Yankees were the only ones to rally in a best-of-five playoff, bounc- ing back against Oakland in 2001, when Rangers manag- er Ron Washington was the Athletics’ third base coach. For the first time since Tampa Bay’s final four home games of the 2008 postsea- son, the tarps from the upper deck at Tropicana Field were removed, boosting capacity in the domed stadium by about 5,000 seats — some with obstructed views. But a sellout crowd of 41,845 was not enough to keep the Rays’ bats from going silent again. MCT photo Texas shortstop Elvis Andrus slides into home plate,Tuesday, during the first inning. TEXAS (Continued from page 1B) offs. But they lost all three games at Tropicana Field, managing only two runs in the process. The Rangers said it’s the first time the road team has won every game in a postseason series, accord- ing to research by the Elias Sports Bureau. This also was the first time a division series went the full five games since the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees in 2005. A pair of Rangers runners scored from second base on infield grounders — thanks to heads-up baserunning by Elvis Andrus and Vladimir Guerrero. It’s the first playoff series victory in the 50-sea- son history of the Washing- ton/Texas franchise. ‘‘It’s something we’re proud of,’’ slugger Josh Hamilton said. ‘‘Hopefully, we can take it to the next level.’’ Back in the clubhouse, the first round of celebrating was with ginger ale so that Hamilton, who has battled alcohol and drug addiction, could take part. When he left the room, the Rangers brought out champagne. Lee, the 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner, won the series opener 5-1, allow- ing five hits and striking out Not with Lee on the mound. Jason Bartlett had three hits off Lee, but the Rays went 1 for 7 with run- ners in scoring position, with that lone hit being Ben Zobrist’s RBI single that tied it 1-all in the third. Price, a 19-game winner in his first full season in the majors, allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings. The Rangers hurt him with two long home runs in Game 1, but did much of their dam- age this time on ground balls that forced him to cover first base. Lee went 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA in five postseason starts for Philadelphia in 2009. He began this season with the Mariners and was acquired by Texas in the hope that he again would make a differ- ence in the playoffs. Despite the lack of suc- cess against Lee in the open- er, the Rays were confident going into Game 5. They beat him three times during the regular season and hit the ball hard in Game 1, even though they had just five hits to show for it. The Rangers gave Lee an early 1-0 lead, catching the Rays napping after Andrus led off the game with a single and stole second base. Price coaxed Hamilton into hitting a grounder to first base, and Andrus — running on the pitch — scored from second base when Pena flipped the ball to Price covering the bag and the pitcher didn’t turn to check on Andrus. Texas remained aggressive on the bases. The slow-footed Moli- na singled and stole second on a full-count pitch in the third, his first steal since Sept. 9, 2006, with Toronto. In the fourth, Nelson Cruz doubled off the wall in the deepest part of the ballpark — narrowly missing his fourth homer of the series. He put the Rangers ahead 2-1 when he stole third — with two outs — and con- tinued home on a throwing error by catcher Kelly Shop- pach. An alert play by Guer- rero gave the Rangers anoth- er run for a 3-1 lead in the sixth. With runners at first and second and one out, Kinsler hit a grounder to Pena. The first baseman fielded the ball and threw to second for a force out, but the relay throw to Price covering first was not in time for an inning-ending double play. Guerrero took off for home, surprising Price, who looked at the umpire for a call, and slid across the plate headfirst to avoid the tag by Shoppach. Lichaj, Shea debut for US in scoreless draw vs Colombia Colombia 0 USA0 CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — With the United States experimenting again with a new formation, the Ameri- cans finished the home por- tion of their 2010 schedule with a dull 0-0 draw against Colombia on Tues- day night that extended their three-year winless streak against South Amer- ican opponents to nine matches. Eric Lichaj and Brek Shea made their national team debuts, among the only highlights on a night U.S. coach Bob Bradley changed five starters from Saturday’s 2-2 tie against Poland in Chicago. The U.S. is 4-5-4 this year, in danger of its first losing record in a year since going 5-6-7 in 1997. The Americans complete 2010 play on Nov. 17, when they return to South Africa for an exhibition against Bafana Bafana in Cape Town. Since a 3-1 exhibition win over Ecuador in March 2007, the Americans are 0- 7-2 against South Ameri- can nations. Both sides showed more life in the second half, with Lichaj and midfielder Jer- maine Jones having notably strong games. Michael Bradley put the ball in the net in the 73rd minute after Benny Feil- haber, who entered in the 59th minute, passed to Jozy Altidore on a free kick. The goal was disallowed because Bradley and Alti- dore both were offside. Altidore’s header off a cross from Lichaj was saved in the 86th minute by 39-year-old goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon. After trying out a 4-2-3- 1 formation during Satur- day’s 2-2 draw against Poland, Bob Bradley CLUB (Continued from page 1B) flight winner was Peggy McDannold with a 236 and the third flight winner was Marie Simmons with a 234. In the Women’s Golf Association Northern Cali- experimented with a 4-3-3 formation in the first half that turned into more of a 4-5-1, with son Michael Bradley, Maurice Edu and Jones all in defensive roles. The Americans wound up playing deep and narrow, with Shea failing to get for- ward in a pairing with Stu- art Holden on the outside. Jones, a Schalke regular, played three exhibition games for Germany before switching nationalities and making his U.S. debut Sat- urday. Without Landon Dono- van, who stayed with the Los Angeles Galaxy this week, and Clint Dempsey, who began the night on the bench, the U.S. had no attack in the first half. Dempsey and Eddie Johnson were among four changes at the start of the second half, entering with Lichaj and fellow defender Michael Parkhurst. Lichaj, a 21-year-old with Aston Villa, and Shea, a 20-year-old midfielder with FC Dallas, made their national team debuts. Parkhurst, a defender for Nordsjaelland in Denmark, made his first appearance since July 2009 against Haiti in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Oguchi Onyewu was the U.S. captain for the first time until Parkhurst replaced him at the start of the second half and Dempsey took over the arm band. Still recovering from knee surgery last October, Onyewu went 90 minutes Saturday in his first game action since being benched after the first-round match against Slovenia at the World Cup. Onyewu hasn’t even dressed for AC Milan this season. Another little-used Rossoneri defender, 34- year-old Mario Yepes, was Colombia’s captain. Aston Villa’s Brad fornia Classic Tournament held Oct. 7-8 at Sequoia Woods Country Club in Arnold, Joan Christ and Marie Simmons medaled winning second low gross in their flight with a score of 286, bringing home their 19th WGANC medal. Guzan started in goal, while Everton’s Tim Howard, the regular No. 1, was on the bench. Colombia coach Hernan Dario Gomez gave Mon- dragon his first appearance for the national team since the 2005 CONCACAF MLB DIVISIONAL SERIES Best-of-5 Tuesday’s result Texas 5, Tampa Bay 1 Texas wins series 3-2 ALCS Best-of-7 Friday’s Game 1 New York (Sabathia 21-7) at Texas winner (TBD), 5:07 p.m. Series tied 0-0 NLCS Best-of-7 Saturday’s Game 1 San Francisco (Lincecum 16-10) at Phila.(Halladay 21-10),4:57 p.m. Series tied 0-0 MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-Galaxy 17 6 5 56 41 22 x-Salt Lake 14 4 10 52 41 18 x-FC Dallas 12 2 14 50 41 24 x-Seattle 13 9 6 45 36 32 x-QUAKES 12 8 7 43 30 28 Colorado 11 8 9 42 39 29 Chivas USA 8 15 4 28 29 36 Houston 7 15 6 27 37 48 NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Pacific Division Dallas WL OT Pts GF GA 2 0 0 4 9 7 SHARKS 10 1 3 5 5 Kings Phoenix 1 1 0 2 5 5 Ducks Central Division Detroit 1 1 0 2 3 4 0 3 0 0 2 13 WL OT Pts GF GA 2 0 1 5 11 7 St. Louis 2 0 0 4 7 2 Chicago 1 1 1 3 9 10 Nashville 1 0 0 2 4 1 Columbus 1 1 0 2 5 5 Northwest Division WL OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 2 0 0 4 7 2 Colorado 2 1 0 4 11 11 Vancouver 1 0 1 3 3 3 Calgary 1 1 0 2 3 5 Minnesota 0 1 1 1 4 6 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division WL OT Pts GF GA Philadelphia 2 0 1 5 8 6 N.Y. Islanders1 0 1 3 10 9 N.Y. Rangers 1 1 0 2 10 9 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 2 7 7 New Jersey 0 2 1 1 6 14 Northeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Toronto 2 0 0 4 8 3 Boston Montreal 1 1 0 2 5 5 Buffalo Ottawa 1 1 0 2 5 5 1 2 0 2 8 11 0 2 1 1 4 10 Southeast Division WL OT Pts GF GA Carolina 2 0 0 4 6 4 Washington 2 1 0 4 12 8 Tampa Bay 1 0 0 2 5 3 Atlanta Florida ————————————————— Tuesday’s results Colorado 5, Detroit 4, SO Atlanta at Los Angeles, late Today’s games New Jersey at Buffalo, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Wash., 4 p.m., VERSUS Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Anaheim, 7 p.m. 1 1 0 2 7 7 0 2 0 0 3 5 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. UCF EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA x-New York 14 8 6 48 35 27 x-Columbus 13 8 7 46 35 31 Kansas City 10 12 6 36 32 33 Chicago 8 12 8 32 33 37 Toronto FC 8 13 7 31 28 37 New England 8 15 5 29 31 48 Philadelphia 7 14 7 28 32 45 D.C. ————————————————— Tuesday’s result Kansas City 2, Chicago 0 Gold Cup against Panama. NOTES: The U.S. was without regular captain Carlos Bocanegra and right back Steve Cherundolo. Both returned to Europe NASCAR 1. Jimmie Johnson 5,673 2.Denny Hamlin 3.Kevin Harvick 4. Jeff Gordon 5.Tony Stewart 6.Kurt Busch 7. Carl Edwards 8. Jeff Burton 9.Kyle Busch 10. Greg Biffle 11. Matt Kenseth 12. Clint Bowyer Sprint Cup Points Leaders 5,637 5,619 5,588 5,566 5,533 5,511 5,496 5,486 5,458 5,432 5,426 after the Poland match. ... It was the first 0-0 tie for the U.S. since an exhibition NCAA Thursday’s Top 25 game No.25 West Virginia vs.S.Florida, 4:30 p.m. Saturday’s Top 25 games No.1 Ohio State at No.18 Wisconsin, 4 p.m. No.3 Boise State at San Jose State, 5 p.m. No. 4 TCU vs.BYU, 1 p.m. No. 5 Nebraska vs.Texas, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, 4 p.m. No.7 Auburn vs.No.12 Arkansas, 12:30 p.m. No. 8 Alabama vs. Mississippi, 6 p.m. No. 9 LSU vs. McNeese State, 4 p.m. No. 10 South Carolina at Kentucky, 3 p.m. No. 11 Utah at Wyoming, 3 p.m. No. 13 Michigan State vs. Illinois, 9 a.m. No. 15 Iowa at Michigan, 12:30 p.m. No.16 Florida State vs.Boston College, 9 a.m. No.17 Arizona at Washington State, 4:30 p.m. No.19 Nevada at Hawaii, 8:30 p.m. No.20 Oklahoma St.at Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. No. 21 Missouri at Texas A&M, 9 a.m. No. 22 Florida vs. Mississippi State, 4 p.m. No.23 Air Force at San Diego State, 5 p.m. No.24 Oregon State at Washington, 7:15 p.m. against Argentina in June 2008. FOOTBALL Eastern Athletic — South League Overall WL W L Paradise 1 0 Lassen 1 0 Oroville 0 0 Las Plumas 0 1 5 1 5 1 0 6 0 6 SPARTANS 01 0 6 ————————————————— Friday’s games Paradise at Red Bluff, 7:30 p.m. Las Plumas at Pleasant Valley, 7:30 p.m. Lassen at Oroville, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 results Lassen 34, Red Bluff 6 Chico 48, Oroville 16 Paradise 54, Las Plumas 0 FOOTBALL NFL AFC West WL T Pct PF PA Kansas City 3 1 0 .750 77 57 RAIDERS 23 0 .400 111 134 Denver 2 3 0 .400 104 116 Chargers 2 3 0 .400 140 106 East WL T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 4 1 0 .800 135 81 New England 3 1 0 .750 131 96 Miami Buffalo South WL T Pct PF PA 6 19 3 21 19 44 NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Houston 3 2 0 .600 118 136 Jacksonville 3 2 0 .600 107 137 Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 132 95 Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 136 101 North WL T Pct PF PA Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 92 72 Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 86 50 Cincinnati 2 3 0 .400 100 102 Cleveland 1 4 0 .200 78 97 ODDS Glantz-Culver Line For Oct. 13 NCAAFootball Tonight 5 (44.5) Thursday Kansas St. 2.5 (50.5) NFL Sunday San Diego 8.5 (45) at Houston 4.5 (44) Kansas City at New England 2.5(44.5) New Orleans 5 (44) atTampa Bay at Philadelphia OFF(OFF) at N.Y. Giants 10(44.5) at Chicago OFF(OFF) at Green Bay OFF(OFF) at Pittsburgh 14(37.5) N.Y. Jets 3 (41) at San Francisco 6.5(41) at Minnesota 2 (43.5) Tennessee Off Key Indianapolis 3 (43.5) atWashington Monday 3(44 .5) atJacksonville Philadelphia QB questionable Chicago QB questionable Green Bay QB questionable NHL at Washington-280 N.Y.Islanders + 240 at Buffalo -145 New Jersey+125 at Pittsburgh-180 at Montreal -130 TampaBay +110 at Chicago -190 Vancouver -130 Toronto +160 Nashville +165 atAnaheim +110 at St. Louis Baltimore Atlanta Detroit Seattle Miami Cleveland atDenver Oakland Dallas at Marshall atKansas at West Virginia10.5 (43) South Florida NFC West Arizona 3 2 0 .600 88 138 Seattle WL T Pct PF PA 2 2 0 .500 75 77 St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 83 96 49ERS 05 0 .000 76 130 East WL T Pct PF PA Washington 3 2 0 .600 89 92 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 106 98 Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 122 103 Dallas South Atlanta 4 1 0 .800 113 70 Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 74 80 New Orleans 3 2 0 .600 99 102 Carolina 0 5 0 .000 52 110 North WL T Pct PF PA Chicago 4 1 0 .800 92 74 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 119 89 Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 63 67 Detroit 1 4 0 .200 126 112 ————————————————— Sunday’s games Oakland at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 10 a.m. Miami at Green Bay, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Houston, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Detroit at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Baltimore at New England, 10 a.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Denver, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 1:15 p.m. Indianapolis at Washington, 5:20 p.m. Monday’s game Tennessee at Jacksonville, 5:30 p.m. 1 3 0 .250 81 87 WL T Pct PF PA FOOTBALL Mountain Valley League Overall WL W L Maxwell 2 0 Biggs 2 0 Chester 0 2 5 1 2 4 3 3 BULLDOGS 02 2 4 ————————————————— Friday’s games Chester at Los Molinos, 7:30 p.m. Biggs at Maxwell, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 results Biggs 41, Los Molinos 0 Maxwell 58, Chester 22 2 2 0 .500 66 92 0 5 0 .000 87 161 Northern Athletic League Overall WL W L Central Valley 1 0 West Valley 1 0 Anderson 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 2 2 4 CARDINALS 01 4 2 Yreka 3 3 ————————————————— Friday’s games Corning at Anderson, 7:30 p.m. Gridley at Central Valley, 7:30 p.m. Yreka at West Valley, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 results West Valley 35, Corning 25 Central Valley 12, Yreka 10 Sutter 28, Anderson 3 FOOTBALL California — North (8-man) League Overall WL W L Hayfork 3 0 Dunsmuir 2 1 Butte Valley 2 1 Big Valley 1 1 Happy Camp 1 1 5 0 5 1 4 1 4 2 2 3 WARRIORS 02 2 2 Lib. Christian 0 3 1 4 ————————————————— Thursday’s game Liberty Christian at Dunsmuir, 7 p.m. Friday’s games Mercy at Big Valley, 7 p.m. Butte Valley at Princeton, 3:30 p.m. Happy Camp at Hayfork, 7 p.m. Oct. 8 results Big Valley 66, Herlong 14 Happy Camp 28, Liberty Christian 20 Hayfork 54, Dunsmuir 24 Oct. 9 result Butte Valley 66, Mercy 36