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ByWillGraves TheAssociatedPress PITTSBURGH MadisonBumgar- ner pitched a four-hitter with 10 strikeouts and Brandon Craw- ford hit the first grand slam by a shortstop in postseason his- tory as the San Francisco Gi- ants routed the Pittsburgh Pi- rates 8-0 on Wednesday night in the National League wild- card game. San Francisco will face NL East champion Washington in the NL Division Series on Fri- day. Crawford's shot over the right- field wall in the fourth inning off Edinson Volquez put the Giants ahead. Bumgarner did the rest as San Francisco won its eighth consecutive postseason game and seventh in a row when fac- ing elimination. Overpowering one of the NL's best lineups, Bumgarner walked one and threw 79 of 109 pitches for strikes in his latest stellar postseason performance. The big left-hander, who allowed only four singles, has thrown 15 scoreless innings in two World Series starts. Volquez was trying to cap his remarkable comeback season by sending Pittsburgh to the NLDS for the second straight year, but he couldn't match Bumgarner. The right-hander cruised un- til the fourth, when a pair of sin- gles and a walk loaded the bases with no outs. Crawford followed with a drive that kept carrying all the way to the seats above the 21-foot high Roberto Clem- ente wall to silence the largest crowd in the 13-year history of PNC Park. That was more than enough for Bumgarner, who mixed his fastball with a slider the Pi- rates couldn't seem to figure out. Pittsburgh, which was fourth in the majors in extra-base hits this season, rarely hit the ball hard. The defense behind Bumgar- ner had its sloppy moments — including two errors and a pair of near collisions when right fielder Hunter Pence wouldn't clear the way for a teammate on a fly ball — but also had Bumgarner's back when neces- sary. Third baseman Pablo Sando- val — all 245 pounds of him — flipped over the railing in front of the Pittsburgh dugout to track down a foul popup off the bat of Russell Martin in the seventh. Sandoval landed on his feet, a perfect symbol of San Fran- cisco's seemingly endless resil- iency when the calendar flips to October. Dominant in the spring, the Giants hobbled to the finish, los- ing the race for the NL West title to the Los Angeles Dodgers and ceding home-field advantage in the win-or-go-home game to the Pirates, who went 17-9 in Sep- tember while taking St. Louis to the final day of the season in an attempt to win the NL Central. The chase included a decision to start budding ace Gerrit Cole in the regular-season finale in the hopes of catching the Car- dinals and avoiding the wild- card game. Cole struck out 12 in a brilliant performance but the Pirates lost, putting Pitts- burgh's hopes for extending its season on Volquez's excitable shoulders. NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD Bumgarnersilences Pirates,Giantsromp SanFrancisco'sCrawfordhitsfirstgrand slam by shortstop in postseason history DONWRIGHT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner throws against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning of a wild-card playoff game Wednesday in Pittsburgh. Bumgarner pitched a four-hit shutout and the Giants won 8-0to advance to the divisional round. Staff Reports WILLIAMS Visiting Los Molinos swept Williams 25-8, 25-12, 25-5 Tuesday night. Rachel Rogers led Los Moli- nos with 11 kills and four aces and served up 15 points. Hannah Rogers had seven kills and seven aces. She pro- duced 19 service points. Vanesa Cota had 24 assists. Los Molinos (12-5-3) visits East Nicolaus tonight at 6:30 p.m. MERCY 3, HAYFORK 0 The Lady Warriors beat visiting Hayfork 25-12, 25-22, 25-10 Tuesday. Madeline Flynn and Marissa Starman each had five kills for Mercy. The Lady Warriors got 14 aces, with five from Starman, four form C.J. Johnson and three by Tasha Pimentel. Pimentel also provided 14 as- sists and Johnson recorded 12 digs. Starman had nine digs and Daphne Nandino had eight. Mercy (14-8) is at University Prep tonight at 6:30 p.m. GRIDLEY 3, CORNING 0 Visiting Gridley beat Corning 25-18, 25- 20, 25-20 Tuesday night. Corning was without a num- ber of starters due to illness and injuries. Still coach Mike Albee said it was one of the best passing games he has seen. Emerie Eller had seven assists and Emma Brown four. Kaylee Shoemaker led Corn- ing with three kills. Maddy Caputo had 10 digs, Shoemaker 10 and Tessa Beten- baugh had seven. Albee said he's proud of how his girls played and that they are improving as a team. Corning (8-9) hosts Las Plu- mas tonight at 7 p.m. Tennis UNIVERSITY PREP 7, MERCY 0 Two matches were defaulted by both teams and visiting U-Prep took the rest. In the most competitive match, Catalina Goodson beat Cindy Chen in a first set tie- breaker 7-5 to win the set 7-6. Goodson then went on to win the second set 6-2 to take the match. PREP ROUNDUP Los Molinos, Mercy volleyball teams win Lady Bulldogs take 12-5-3 mark to East Nic.; Lady Warriors at 14-8 vs. University Prep LOS MOLINOS 3, WILLIAMS 0 Up next: Tonight, Los Molinos at East Nicolaus, 6:30p.m. THESCORE MERCY 3, HAYFORK 0 Up next: Tonight, Mercy at Uni- versity Prep, 6:30p.m. THESCORE GRIDLEY 3, CORNING 0 Up next: Tonight, Las Plumas at Corning, 7p.m. THESCORE GIANTS 8, PIRATES 0 Up next: Giants at Washington Nationals, 12:07p.m. Friday, TV on FS1. THESCORE This is an im- portant week for our local Tehama County teams. E a ch t e a m has a matchup that, should they win, would likely launch their sea- son in the di- rection they want to go. A loss wouldn't be backbreaking, but a win would really turn some heads. Not much room this week so straight to the previews. ORLAND(4-0)ATCORNING(3-1),7:30 P.M.FRIDAY Orland Week is a big deal in Corning and this year it's an even bigger deal. Last year Corning got the bet- ter of a Trojans team that was without their star quarterback Tyler Batchelder during the regu- lar season. Batchelder returned in time for the rematch which came during the playoffs and Orland squeaked past the Cardinals 13-7. No Batchelder this year, but Or- land has quite an amass of talent. On offense the Trojans are led by Arthur Flynn (427 rushing yards, six touchdowns), James Wiseman (233 yards, four touch- downs) and Juan Maldonado (174 rushing yards, five touchdowns). Flynn also leads a defensive unit that includes Tanner Thomp- son and Cody Putnam, who know how to get into the backfield. Outside of a 28-21 game with Anderson, Orland has blown out their opponents this year, putting up at least 42 in each game. Corning has had to fight for its victories over Red Bluff and Oro- ville the past two weeks and will be ready for a slugfest. Alex Davila has 517 rushing yards and six touchdowns and Chance Nelson has seven scores with 405 yards. Tony Carrillo, Osiel Villa and Joseph Aguirre have stood out on defense for the Cards. RED BLUFF (2-3, 1-0) AT SHASTA (4- 1, 0-1), 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY I don't know how many people envi- sioned Shasta starting the sea- son 4-0, but the Wolves did, give them credit. The Wolves suffered their first loss of the season last week dur- ing their Eastern Athletic League opener, but only after giving Pleasant Valley everything they could handle. Mario Valdez has been the key for Shasta this season. He's got 10 TDs to go along with 494 rush- ing yards and 188 receiving yards. Shasta wants the ball in his hands, but can Red Bluff stop it? That could come down to which Spartans team shows up Friday. We've seen many different ver- sions. There's the team that im- pressed during practice and in their opener at Central Valley. There's the team that came out sluggish in the first halves against West Valley and Anderson and dug itself a hole. And then there's the team we saw in the final 4 minutes of the comeback win against Foothill. If the middle team shows up this game could get out of hand. If one of the other Red Bluff teams shows up this is going to be worth the drive to Redding. MERCY(3-2,2-0)ATPRINCETON(3-2, 1-0), 4 P.M. FRIDAY Mercy's stated goal before the season started was a home playoff game. They win this one then they likely got one. But first they have to win and that means stopping Espinoza, both Oscar and Manuel. Oscar, a senior, has 1,189 rush- ing yards and 13 touchdowns. Manuel, a freshman, is the quar- terback and has four rushing touchdowns of his own. Contact Rich Greene at rgreene@redbluffdailynews.com or on Twitter @richgreenenews WEEK 5 PREVIEW Important week for teams in county Halter-trained wild horses will be available for public adop- tion Friday through Sunday, Oct. 10-12, at the Pauline Davis Pavilion on the Tehama District Fairground, with hors- es available at noon Friday. OPPORTUNITY Gentled mustangs available for adoption FULL STORY ON PAGE B2 Foothill visits Red Bluff for an Eastern Athletic League tennis match at 3:30p.m. The Mercy Lady Warriors are on the road at Willows today. TENNIS Lady Spartans hosting Foothill in EAL match The Lady Spartans host East- ern Athletic League opponent Foothill at 7p.m. while Corning hosts Las Plumas. Los Moli- nos is at East Nicolaus at 6:30 while Mercy visits University Prep. VOLLEYBALL Red Bluff, Corning host matches tonight Marty Stuart has always shown a showman's zest for every musical genre he's ever embarked on. Stuart is sched- uled to play a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, in Red Bluff's State Theatre. CONCERT Stuart to span musical genres at State Theatre FULL STORY ON PAGE B3 Rich Greene SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, October 2, 2014 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1