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Friday Football — Biggs at Los Molinos, 7:30 p.m. Football — Central Valley at Corning, 7:30 p.m. Football — Red Bluff at Oroville, 7:30 p.m. Soccer — Paradise at Red Bluff, 3:30 p.m. Field Hockey — Postseason Tournament NBA — Clippers at Warriors, 7:30 p.m., CSNB Sports 1B Friday October 29, 2010 Giants cruise in Game 2 WORLD SERIES Texas 0 Giants 9 Game 2 SF2-0 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Cain shut down the Texas Rangers with the type of suffocat- ing pitching that put the San Fran- cisco Giants in the World Series. Two more games like this and they’ll win the World Series. Cain was sharp, the Rangers bullpen was not and San Francisco broke away for a 9-0 win Thursday night. The Giants headed to Texas with a 2-0 lead that looked to come way too easily. Edgar Renteria reprised his October success with a go-ahead home run, and the Giants broke away with seven runs in the eighth, the biggest inning in their postsea- son history. Texas relievers walked four straight batters with two outs in the eighth, letting the game out of con- trol. At this rate, team president and part-owner Nolan Ryan proba- bly wants to grab a ball himself and get on the mound. Texas set a record for most runs allowed in a franchise’s first two Series games. ‘‘You take all the runs you can get,’’ Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. ‘‘It’s nice to have a cushion going into the ninth.’’ Cain drew frenzied ovations from a crowd waving Halloween- colored orange pompoms, a day after the Giants won the opener 11- 7. After scoring just 19 runs in the six-game win over Philadelphia in the NL championship series, San Francisco has outscored Texas 20- 7 and outhit the Rangers .314 to .227. Youth basketball cancelled Spartan Youth Basketball, formally the Coca-Cola League, has been cancelled. There will be no sign-ups next week as previously reported in the Daily News. Berrendos 2 Ball Competition A new event for basketball lovers of all ages is coming to Red Bluff on Saturday, Dec. 4. Berrendos Middle School will be hosting a 2 Ball Com- petition. The price is $5 per competitor. This basketball skills game is played by a two-person team. It takes place on a half-court marked with specific shooting spots that award a different number of points based on each shot’s distance from the hoop and level of difficulty. Each two-player team has one minute to score as many baskets and accumulate as many points as possible from any of the six shooting spots. Teams with the most points in each age division will be awarded prizes. This is sure to be a fun event to both par- ticipate in as well as be a spectator. Competition will be broken up for boys and girls in the following age groups: 8-9, 10-11, 12-14, 30-38 and 38 and-older. Proceeds will benefit Berrendos basketball and pro- gram prizes will be awarded to the highest scores. For entry forms visit: www.bms-aesd-ca.schoolloop.com/2ball. Tehama Tracker SWIMMING Division I Championships MCT photo Matt Cain pitches,Thursday, in Game 2 of the World Series. C.J. Wilson allowed Renteria’s fifth-inning homer, then left the mound accompanied by a trainer with a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand following a leadoff walk in the seventh. Juan Uribe added a run-scoring single against reliever Darren Oliver. San Francisco pulled away as Rangers manager Ron Washington again made bullpen moves too late. See GIANTS, page 2B Chico and Pleasant Valley topped the Division I Swim- ming Championships, Wednesday. The Lady Panthers won the girls championship with 578 points and Pleasant Valley placed second with 347 points. The two schools tied with 400 points each in the boys championships. Red Bluff finished fifth with 137 points in the boys events and the Lady Spartans were seventh with 107 points. Three Red Bluff relay teams had fifth place finishes. Greg Wilson, Brad Dufour, Larsen Dahl and Curtis Twitchell were fifth in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:55.96. Dufour, Dahl, Bryce Eggert and Twitchell placed fifth in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:44.56. Laura Schreter, Mayson Trujillo, Alinda Ellis and Sama- ra Robinson were fifth in the girls 200 freestyle relay at 2:03.24, improving their seed time by almost 17 seconds. Josh Jackson, Jordan Johnson, Paul Hendricks and Wil- son were sixth in the 400 freestyle relay. Jolene Donaldson, Schreter, Trujillo and Robinson were seventh in the 200 medley relay. In individual events Wilson grabbed a fifth place finish in the boys 500 freestyle (5:37.14) and was eighth in the 200 freestyle (2:06.12). Schreter was sixth in the girls 200 freestlye (2:19.07) and ninth in the 500 freestlye (6:22.84). Twitchell finished sixth in the boys 100 freestyle (54.36) and 13th in the 50 freestyle (24.98). Dufour placed ninth in the boys 100 breaststroke (1:13.81) and was 19th in the 100 freestyle (1:00.72). Hendricks was ninth in the boys 100 butterfly (1:05.11) and 28th in the 50 freestyle (27.71). Trujillo took 10th in the girls 200 individual medley (2:43.60) and 14th in the 100 butterfly (1:17.53). Dahl placed 10th in the boys 100 butterfly (1:06.29) and 16th in the 100 breaststroke (1:20.20). Johnson was 10th in the boys 500 freestyle (5:49.02) and 16th in the 200 individual medley (2:38.13). Robinson was 12th in the girls 50 freestyle (29.85) and 14th in the 100 freestlye (1:05.92). Brittany Villa placed 13th in the girls 100 breaststroke (1:26.18). MCT photo Cody Ross crosses the plate,Thursday, for the Giants second run in Game 2 of the World Series. Raiders to start rookie receiver against Seattle Oakland Raiders ALAMEDA (AP) — Jacoby Ford was happy making the Oakland Raiders roster as a backup kick returner. With injuries sidelining two of the team’s top three wide receivers, the rookie is being pressed into a starting role this week. Ford, a fourth-round draft pick, will replace Louis Murphy and make his first NFL start Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks. Mur- phy has a chest contusion near his lung, an injury suf- fered when he collided with teammate Marcel Reece while both were trying to catch a pass in last week’s 59-14 win over Denver. ‘‘It’s really no different for me preparing,’’ Ford said Thursday. ‘‘I just have to go out there and make some plays when my number’s called. I know all of (the positions) really well, so I’m pretty much comfortable in every single position.’’ Ford has only two catch- es this season, both coming last week against the Bron- cos. One went for a first down, the other set up Reece’s 1-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Ford also ran the ball twice on revers- es for 29 yards. Along with Nick Miller, who also made his first career reception against Denver, Ford is part of Oak- land’s young receiving corps that is getting more attention this season due to the injuries to Murphy and Chaz Schilens. Schilens was projected to be the Raiders’ No. 1 receiv- er this season but hasn’t played at all while recover- ing from offseason knee surgery. The team originally tabbed him back for the Week 6 game against San Francisco but Schilens’ recovery has gone slower than expected. ‘‘There is progress, it’s just slow,’’ coach Tom Cable said of Schilens. ‘‘But there is progress.’’ Murphy has not prac- ticed this week and has already been ruled out of Sunday’s game against Seat- tle. That robs Oakland of its leading wide receiver. Mur- phy’s 21 catches for 337 yards are second on the Raiders only to tight end Zach Miller, who has 33 catches for 453 yards. Darrius Heyward-Bey, the Raiders’ first-round draft pick in 2009, has 14 catches for 161 yards but felt ill after the first series against the Broncos and sat out the remainder of the game. That moved Ford into the lineup after he previously played almost strictly on special teams. Ford replaced Yamon Figurs as Oakland’s kickoff returner early in the season and has averaged 21.2 yards a return ever since, including a season- high 64-yarder against Houston on Oct. 3. ‘‘Jacoby is improving daily and the game’s not too big for him,’’ Cable said. ‘‘(Ford and Miller) both have a good understanding of what we’re doing so it’s just an opportunity for them to go out and make some plays.’’ Ford and the rest of Oak- land’s receivers should get plenty of work this week. Seattle has the NFL’s sec- ond-ranked run defense and will try to shut down Raiders running back Dar- ren McFadden, who is third in the AFC and eighth over- all with 557 yards. He rushed for a career-high 165 yards and matched a fran- chise record with four touchdowns, three on the ground, in the record-setting win against Denver. If the Seahawks have a defensive weakness, though, it’s in the secondary, some- thing Ford hopes to take advantage of. ‘‘It’s going to take a good effort on our part, running good routes and just trying to beat them in transition,’’ Ford said. ‘‘No matter what, they’re still going to be on our hip so it’s going to take a lot of technique and disci- pline on our part to be able to get open and have some good plays against these guys.’’ Notes: QB Bruce Gradkowski is improving but hasn’t been cleared to play yet. ... Besides Murphy and Schilens, DT John Henderson (foot) and CB Chris Johnson (concussion) did not practice. Donaldson had a pair of 14th place finishes. One came in the girls 200 individual medley (2:50.59) and the other was in the 100 backstroke (1:17.70). Ellis placed 14th in the girls 500 freestlye (6:53.45) and 15th in the 50 freestlye (30.73). Jackson was 14th in the boys 200 individual medley (2:34.87) and 15th in the 500 freestlye (1:12.93). Eggert was 17th in the boys 100 freestyle (1:00.48) and 23rd in the 50 freestyle (26.32). Eddie Samay placed 17th in the boys 100 breaststroke (1:20.24) and 19th in the 500 freestyle (6:38.98). Amy Shoff was 21st in the girls 100 backstroke (1:22.61). Kameron Kavah finished 25th in the boys 100 breast (1:23.52) and Owen Ritter was 26th (1:27.62). VOLLEYBALL Red Bluff 25 25 25 Lassen 17 15 21 The Lady Spartans picked up a three-game road sweep at Lassen, Thursday night. Morgan Weaver had 14 assists and seven digs and Riley Kittle had eight kills, three aces and eight digs. Los Molinos 25 27 25 Quincy 9 25 17 The Lady Bulldogs got some revenge, Thursday, defeat- ing Quincy in three games, a team that had upset them two weeks ago. Tasha Madison had eight aces, Kiersten Seaman had 15 kills and eight digs and the Quirke Twins played a strong match. Callie Carruth had 26 assists and Briselda Castillo and Dannie Wabs and Francis Ocampo were strong on defense. SOCCER Red Bluff 1 Pleasant Valley 3 The Spartans fell to Pleasant Valley 3-1, on the road, Thursday. Skylar Garcia scored in the opening minutes of the game, but the Spartans couldn’t hold the lead.