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Monday 4:30 p.m., Giants at Rangers, FOX-30 5 p.m., Texans at Colts, ESPN 7 p.m., Man U vs. Tottenham, CSNBA Sports 1B Monday November 1, 2010 Bumgarner pitches Giants to brink of Series crown ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The rookie pitched way beyond his years, sending a shudder through Rangers Ballpark. Madison Bumgarner dominat- ed for eight innings, Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey homered and the San Francisco Giants put on a fielding clinic in Game 4, beating Texas 4-0 on Sunday night to move within one win of that elu- sive World Series title. Dressed in black-and-orange, the Giants were spooky good in taking a 3-1 edge. Bumgarner allowed only three hits and took all the fun out of a festive, Hal- loween crowd. ‘‘I can’t say enough about what he did,’’ Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Ace Tim Lincecum will try Monday night to deliver the Giants’ first championship since they moved to San Francisco in 1958. Now it’s up to Cliff Lee to save the Rangers’ season in Game 5. The 21-year-old Bumgarner and closer Brian Wilson helped the Giants become the first team to post two shutouts in a World Series since Baltimore threw three straight to close out the Dodgers in 1966. ‘‘I thought the pitching was the thing tonight,’’ Texas manager Ron Washington said. ‘‘And their defense.’’ Huff’s two-run homer in the third gave Bumgarner all the sup- port he needed. Posey added a solo shot in the eighth — Bum- garner and Posey became the first rookie battery to start in the Series since Spec Shea and Yogi Berra for the Yankees in 1947. Even though Bumgarner got relief help, it was a complete game for the Giants. Andres Torres and Edgar Renteria each got three hits and their teammates made almost every play in the field. Make it great D in Big D. Left fielder Cody Ross came up with a shoestring catch, second baseman Freddy Sanchez made a leaping grab and Posey threw out Josh Hamilton trying to steal. Bumgarner helped himself, too, knocking down Hamilton’s scorcher up the middle. Coming off a 4-2 win Saturday night, the Rangers and their fans were ready to even this Series. Earlier in the day, about a quarter- mile away at Cowboys Stadium, Dallas dropped to 1-6 with a 35- side, anyway. Bumgarner didn’t permit a run- MCT photo Aubrey Huff, foreground, scores after he hit a home run in the third inning against the Rangers, Sunday. 17 loss to Jacksonsville. Two little boys held up signs inside that read: ‘‘Hurry Up Cowboys ... I Have a Rangers Game to go to.’’ The father-and-son team of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first ball in what Major League Baseball said was the first time two former presidents attended a World Series game. The elder Bush’s wife, Bar- bara, even kept score from her front-row seat next to the Texas dugout. There wasn’t much to write down — not on the Texas Raiders overwhelm Seahawks OAKLAND (AP) — The Oakland Raiders followed a win with a master- piece instead of a dud for a change. Jason Campbell threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns, and Oak- land’s defense did the rest to help the Raiders even their record at the mid- point of the season with a 33-3 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Darren McFadden ran for 111 yards as the Raiders (4-4) reached the .500 mark this late in the season for the first time since 2002. ‘‘It just continues to build confi- dence,’’ McFadden said. ‘‘You win one then come back the next week and flop, you’re back to like zero. You win two in a row and it builds your confi- dence even more.’’ Oakland had lost its last seven games following a win, outscored by an average of 17 points. This time, the Raiders followed up their 59-point offensive outburst in Denver a week ago with a shutdown defensive effort against the Seahawks (4-3). ‘‘It means we are growing, we are getting better and we got some things going in the right direction and there’s some consistency with that for the first time in quite some time,’’ coach Tom Cable said. Oakland didn’t allow a first down until more than 27 minutes into the game, had eight sacks and gave up just 162 yards of offense, including 47 on the ground. It was the fewest yards allowed by the Raiders since 2006 and the fewest points allowed since shut- ting out Kansas City in the final game of the 2002 season. The Raiders also gained 545 yards, marking the first time in franchise his- tory they put together back-to-back 500-yard performances. Oakland has outscored the opposition 92-17 the past two weeks — the most lopsided two-game stretch for the franchise since 1967. It wasn’t all good news for the Raiders. Pro Bowl cornerback Nnam- di Asomugha left the game in the fourth quarter with a sprained right ankle. All the bounces went Oakland’s way. The Raiders turned one double- deflection into a 55-yard pass play and another into an interception. The first of those breaks came on a third down late in the third quarter. Campbell’s slant pass hit off Darrius ner past first base until the seventh. Facing his only jam, he retired Ian Kinsler on a fly ball to strand two runners and preserve a 3-0 lead. Bumgarner struck out Vladimir Guerrero three times, the first time the star Texas designated hitter had done that this season. Wilson closed with a hitless ninth. The Giants tweaked their line- up, benching strikeout machine Pat Burrell and making Huff the DH for the first time this season. Bochy put Nate Schierholtz in right field and Travis Ishikawa at first base — fine fielders, not great hitters. That’s more the NL way, where spare bats rarely grow on the bench. Thwarted early, the Giants took a 2-0 lead in the third on Huff’s homer. Torres led off with a grounder that hit the first-base bag, kicked up and rolled into the corner for a double. Sanchez failed to advance him and was still shouting at himself down in the dugout tunnel when Huff hit a long drive to right. At 21, Bumgarner became the fifth-youngest pitcher to start in a World Series. 49ers rally late to beat Broncos WEMBLEY, England (AP) — With a change of scenery and a change of quarterback, maybe the San Francisco 49ers can still turn their season around. After winning only one of their first six games, the 49ers and backup Troy Smith turned it on in the fourth quarter Sunday to beat the reeling Denver Broncos 24-16 in the NFL’s fourth regular-season game in London. ‘‘Even though we missed some things early on, I think the rhythm was put in place to make some plays later on,’’ said Smith, who was making his first start as a 49er in place of the injured Alex Smith and the third of his career. ‘‘You have to be able to keep your head down and keep even- keeled as a quarter- back.’’ Smith completed three long passes in the fourth quarter to get the offense going. Trailing 10-3 and struggling all day, Smith tied the score by rushing for a 1-yard touchdown after completing back-to-back passes to Delanie Walker, the first for 27 yards and the second for 38 following a scramble. ‘‘It’s kind of like watching Brett Favre,’’ 49ers coach Mike Singletary said of the 38-yarder. ‘‘I don’t want to put him in the same light, but it’s kind of like watching a Brett Favre pass.’’ Less than 5 minutes later, Smith threw a 28-yard touch- MCT photo Raiders' Marcel Reece (45) and Darrius Heyward-Bey celebrate Heyward-Bey's touchdown reception during the third quarter against the Seahawks, Sunday. Heyward-Bey’s knee, bounced up and was bobbled by Jacoby Ford before Michael Bush picked it out of the air and rumbled for the big gain. That set up one of Sebastian Janikowski’s four field goals to give Oakland a 16-0 lead. On the next possession, Matt Has- selbeck threw a deep ball to Deon But- ler that cornerback Stanford Routt deflected. Butler tried to make a diving catch of the batted pass, but the ball popped out right to Tyvon Branch for an interception. down pass to Michael Crabtree with 7:23 left to put San Francisco (2-6) ahead 17-10. Frank Gore scored another TD with 3:47 to go, running in from the 3. Smith, the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner from Ohio State, found out only a few days earlier he was going to start at Wembley because Alex Smith was diagnosed with a sep- arated shoulder. And he struggled in the first half, complet- ing 4 of 9 passes for 37 yards. He finished with 196 yards on 12-of-19 passing. Gore helped out with a productive day on the ground, rushing for 118 yards on 29 carries. ‘‘We wanted to make sure we established the running game and allow Troy, in his third start in his career, to devel- op some type of rhythm, develop some type of consistency, some type of confidence,’’ Singletary said. ‘‘And not put too much on him too soon.’’ Singletary wouldn’t say whether Smith won the starting job. ‘‘We’re going into the bye week, and as far as Alex Smith is concerned, it’s a week-to-week deal,’’ Singletary said. ‘‘I’ll wait and talk to our doctors, trainers, whatever. But we’ll make those decisions as we need to.’’ This is the fourth straight year the NFL has played a reg- ular-season game in London. And with another packed Wembley assured in the buildup, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was still talking about more games in Britain and possibly a franchise based in London in the future. Bowyer edges Harvick under caution at Talladega TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — It was wild, all right, it just wasn’t decisive. NASCAR’s three title contenders left Talladega Superspeedway with their championship chances intact, as Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick remained locked at the top of the tightest points fight in seven years after a typically chaotic race. Clint Bowyer edged Harvick, his Richard Chil- dress Racing teammate, in a photo-finish Sunday. But Harvick was just fine set- tling for second because it’s the big picture that matters now. Johnson, the four-time defending champion, left Talladega with a 14-point lead over Hamlin and Har- vick was 38 back. There are three races remaining in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. ‘‘We’ve gone through seven races, and you can throw a blanket over the three of us,’’ Harvick said. ‘‘It’s really going to just come down to dotting the Is, crossing the Ts, keeping that performance level where it needs to be.’’ ‘‘It’s going to be an awe- some championship battle all the way to Homestead, and I’m really looking for- ward to it,’’ Johnson echoed. All three went to Tal- ladega hoping it wouldn’t be the wild card of the 10- race Chase. Although it was wild, it didn’t disrupt the Chase. The race was marked by 87 lead changes, second most in NASCAR history, and a multicar accident that sent AJ Allmendinger’s car flipping across the track as the leaders roared toward the white flag. NASCAR threw the caution for All- mendinger’s accident, and nobody had any idea who was out front when the yel- low waved. It took several minutes of reviews for NASCAR to declare Bowyer the victor. He jumped the gun with celebratory burnouts, then stuck his hand out his win- dow for a congratulatory high-five with Harvick, who waited in his parked Chevrolet for the NASCAR call. While Bowyer celebrat- ed in Victory Lane, the title contenders tried to make sense of the day. Johnson hovered around a TV moni- tor in the infield media cen- ter to watch replays of the final two laps, while a wide- eyed Harvick was later dis- tracted by another view. ‘‘Oh, I didn’t know somebody flipped,’’ he said.