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Thebetterteamwon. The Europeans were favored to win, were they not? They had Rory Mc- Ilroy with his two ma- jors and No. 1 ranking. When the teams were set, they had four of the top five players in the world. And they were playing at home. They also had cap- tain Paul McGinley, who blended supreme confi- dence with an extraordi- nary eye for detail. Most telling about McGinley was when he was asked last week the one thing he feared when he was ap- pointed captain. "Honestly, I didn't have a fear. I had a real clear idea of what I wanted to achieve." Did he win the Ryder Cup for Europe? McGinley certainly helped. The players took it from there. Rose was un- beaten. McIlroy played his best golf Sunday. Graeme McDowell unselfishly ac- cepted the role of taking on a rookie (Victor Dubuis- son) as his partner and sit- ting two sessions. They combined to go 5-0-1. That's what should be re- membered about this Ry- der Cup. The U.S. press con- ference won't be forgot- ten, which is why Mickel- son said what he did and when he did. Lefty spoke of a "winning formula" from which the Americans have strayed, and he had a point. While his frus- tration might have been geared toward Watson, the message was for the PGA of America and the unilat- eral way it goes about the business of picking a cap- tain and running the Ry- der Cup. Thanks to Mickelson, change is inevitable for Team USA, and that's a good thing. But does that guarantee a change in the outcome? No. Golf FROMPAGE1 and are inserted into the pockets of a shirt worn un- derneath the players' uni- forms and other padding. More than 2,000 junior high and high school play- ers have received the pads, which cost $90 per set. The pads are particu- larly important at the high school level and below be- cause there can be a big gap in the size and skill lev- els of the players. "On impact it relieves a lot of the stress and im- pact from a hit or a blow that you might receive dur- ing a play," explained Choc- tawhatchee High School coach Greg Thomas. Every player on Thomas' team was fitted with the protec- tive pads and shirts this year. While brain, spinal cord and heat-related in- juries have received sig- nificant attention through the years, torso injuries are often overlooked and unre- ported, said John Todoro- vich, chairman of the Uni- versity of West Florida's exercise science and com- munity health department. The school is teaming with YESS to do a study of foot- ball torso injuries in hopes of quantifying the problem. "When somebody gets a bruise or a contusion or something, we kind of ig- nore it, we don't report it and don't think about it," Todorovich said. "With concussions, we have now trained coaches to help prevent them, to know recognize the signs of con- cussions and seek medical help. We are hoping to get to the same point where we do the same thing with in- juries to the mid-region of the body." Football FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Baseball MLBPLAYOFFS DIVISION SERIES AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 3, Detroit 0 Thursday, Oct. 2:Baltimore12,Detroit3 Friday, Oct. 3: Baltimore 7, Detroit 6 Sunday, Oct. 5: Baltimore 2, Detroit 1 Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 0 Thursday, Oct. 2: Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2, 11 innings Friday, Oct. 3: Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 1, 11 innings Sunday, Oct. 5: Kansas City 8, Los Angeles 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE San Francisco 3, Washington 1 Friday, Oct. 3: San Francisco 3, Wash- ington 2 Saturday, Oct. 4: San Francisco 2, Wash- ington 1, 18 innings Monday, Oct. 6: Washington 4, San Francisco 1 Tuesday, Oct. 7: San Francisco 3, Washington 2 St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Friday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 9 Saturday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2 Monday, Oct. 6: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Tuesday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7) AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday, Oct. 10: Kansas City (Shields 14- 8) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6), 5:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11: Kansas City at Balti- more, 1:07 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA Tuesday, Oct. 14: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Wednesday, Oct. 15: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Friday, Oct. 17: Kansas City at Balti- more, TBA x-Saturday, Oct. 18: Kansas City at Baltimore, TBA NATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday, Oct. 11: San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:07 p.m. (Fox) Sunday, Oct. 12: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at San Fran- cisco, TBA (FS1) Wednesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at San Francisco, TBA (FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 18: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (Fox) x-Sunday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, TBA (FS1) WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) Tuesday, Oct. 21: at American League Wednesday, Oct. 22: at AL Friday, Oct. 24: at National League Saturday, Oct. 25: at NL x-Sunday, Oct. 26: at NL x-Tuesday, Oct. 28: at AL x-Wednesday, Oct. 29: at AL NLDS Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 Los Angeles St. Louis AB R H B AB R H B DGordn 2b 4 0 1 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 0 0 0 Crwfrd lf 5 1 2 0 Grichk rf 4 0 1 0 AdGnzl 1b 4 0 1 0 Hollidy lf 4 1 1 0 Kemp rf 4 0 1 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 HRmrz ss 3 1 0 0 JhPerlt ss 2 1 1 0 Ethier cf 2 0 0 0 MAdms 1b 3 1 1 3 Uribe 3b 4 0 1 1 YMolin c 3 0 0 0 A.Ellis c 2 0 1 0 Jay cf-lf 1 0 0 0 Puig pr 0 0 0 0 Wong 2b 3 0 0 0 Kershw p 2 0 1 0 SMiller p 1 0 0 0 P.Baez p 0 0 0 0 Maness p 0 0 0 0 League p 0 0 0 0 Kozma ph 1 0 0 0 JuTrnr ph 1 0 0 0 Gonzals p 0 0 0 0 Tavers ph 1 0 0 0 Neshek p 0 0 0 0 Bourjos cf 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 8 1 27 3 4 3 Los Angeles 000 002 000 — 2 St. Louis 000 000 30x — 3 DP: Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 2. LOB: Los Angeles 9, St. Louis 3. HR: Ma.Adams (1). S: Kershaw. IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Krshaw L,0-2 6 4 3 3 2 9 P.Baez 12/3 0 0 0 0 2 League 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis S.Miller 52/3 5 2 2 3 4 Maness 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 Gnzles W,2-0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Neshek 1 0 0 0 0 1 Rsnthal S,3 1 1 0 0 1 1 Kershaw pitched to 3 batters in the 7th. HBP: by P.Baez (Jay), by S.Miller (H.Ramirez); WP: Kershaw. Umpires: Home, Eric Cooper, First, Jerry Layne. Second, Alan Porter. Third, Jerry Meals. Right, Dale Scott. Left, Rob Drake. T: 3:05; A: 46,906 (45,399). Football AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA San Diego 4 1 0 .800 133 63 Denver 3 1 0 .750 116 87 Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 119 101 Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 103 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 96 89 New England 3 2 0 .600 123 107 Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 97 N.Y. Jets 1 4 0 .200 79 127 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 156 108 Houston 3 2 0 .600 104 87 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 88 139 Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 67 169 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 97 76 Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 116 80 Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 114 108 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 103 105 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 3 1 0 .750 86 86 Seattle 3 1 0 .750 110 83 San Francisco3 2 0 .600 110 106 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 84 119 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 156 132 Dallas 4 1 0 .800 135 103 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 133 111 Washington 1 4 0 .200 112 136 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 3 2 0 .600 104 120 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 151 143 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 132 141 Tampa Bay 1 4 0 .200 103 156 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 2 0 .600 99 79 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 134 106 Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 101 126 Chicago 2 3 0 .400 116 131 Thursday's game Green Bay 42, Minnesota 10 Sunday's games Cleveland 29, Tennessee 28 New Orleans 37, Tampa Bay 31, OT Dallas 20, Houston 17, OT Carolina 31, Chicago 24 Philadelphia 34, St. Louis 28 N.Y. Giants 30, Atlanta 20 Buffalo 17, Detroit 14 Indianapolis 20, Baltimore 13 Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9 Denver 41, Arizona 20 San Francisco 22, Kansas City 17 San Diego 31, N.Y. Jets 0 New England 43, Cincinnati 17 Open: Miami, Oakland Monday's game Seattle 27, Washington 17 Thursday, Oct. 9 Indianapolis at Houston, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. Denver at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Carolina at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Miami, 10 a.m. San Diego at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 1:25 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 1:25 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 1:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Open: Kansas City, New Orleans Monday, Oct. 13 San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. THE AP TOP 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (35) 5-0 1,461 1 2. Auburn (23) 5-0 1,459 5 3. Mississippi 5-0 1,320 11 3. Mississippi St. (2) 5-0 1,320 12 5. Baylor 5-0 1,258 7 6. Notre Dame 5-0 1,186 9 7. Alabama 4-1 1,060 3 8. Michigan St. 4-1 981 10 9. TCU 4-0 979 25 10. Arizona 5-0 951 NR 11. Oklahoma 4-1 904 4 12. Oregon 4-1 888 2 13. Georgia 4-1 854 13 14. Texas A&M 5-1 731 6 15. Ohio St. 4-1 534 20 16. Oklahoma St. 4-1 527 21 17. Kansas St. 4-1 486 23 18. UCLA 4-1 460 8 1 9. E as t C aro li na 4 -1 3 44 2 2 20. Arizona St. 4-1 325 NR 21. Nebraska 5-1 283 19 22. Georgia Tech 5-0 235 NR 23. Missouri 4-1 212 24 24. Utah 4-1 206 NR 25. Stanford 3-2 143 14 Others receiving votes: Clemson 92, Marshall 78, Southern Cal 61, Louisville 36, LSU 35, BYU 26, West Virginia 18, Arkansas 14, Wisconsin 7, California 6, Penn St. 5, Kentucky 4, Rutgers 4, N. Da- kota St. 3, Minnesota 2, South Carolina 1, Virginia 1. AMWAY TOP 25 POLL The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, re- cords through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida State (44) 5-0 1505 2 2. Auburn (16) 5-0 1477 5 3. Baylor (1) 5-0 1372 6 4. Mississippi 5-0 1308 11 5. Notre Dame 5-0 1269 8 6. Mississippi State 5-0 1237 14 7. Alabama 4-1 1065 1 8. Michigan State 4-1 1062 10 9. Oklahoma 4-1 929 3 10. Georgia 4-1 898 12 11. Oregon 4-1 897 4 12. TCU 4-0 865 25 13. Arizona 5-0 743 NR 14. Texas A&M 5-1 706 7 15. Ohio State 4-1 645 18 16. Kansas State 4-1 567 22 17. UCLA 4-1 483 9 18. Oklahoma State 4-1 479 23 19. East Carolina 4-1 451 21 20. Arizona State 4-1 354 24 21. Nebraska5-1 261 17 22. Stanford 3-2 241 13 23. Georgia Tech 5-0 240 NR 24. Missouri 4-1 182 NR 25. Clemson 3-2 138 NR Others receiving votes: Marshall 98; Utah 80; LSU 75; Louisville 36; Wisconsin 36; Southern California 28; Brigham Young 16; Minnesota 13; Duke 12; Wash- ington 12; Kentucky 11; West Virginia 8; Arkansas 6; Iowa 6; Memphis 5; Califor- nia 4; Penn State 3; Rutgers 2. Basketball NBA PRESEASON Tuesday's Games Indiana 103, Minnesota 90 Orlando 108, Miami 101 Detroit 111, Chicago 109 Houston 111, Dallas 108 Utah 92, Portland 73 Toronto at Sacramento, (n.) Golden State at L.A. Clippers, (n.) Wednesday's Games Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Washington vs. New Orleans at Jackson- ville, FL, 4 p.m. New York vs. Boston at Hartford, CT, 4:30 p.m. Memphis vs. Milwaukee at Green Bay, WI, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 6 p.m. Thursday's Games Milwaukee at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m. Utah at Portland, 7 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL Tuesday's games No games scheduled Wednesday's games Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Thursday's games Columbus at Buffalo, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 4 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 5 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 7 p.m. Tennis WORLD TOUR SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS Tuesday At Qizhong Tennis Center Shanghai Purse: $6.52 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles First Round Andy Murray (11), Britain, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-1, 7-5. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Ernests Gulbis (12), Latvia, 6-4, 6-1. Chuhan Wang, China, def. Fabio Fognini (15), Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Sam Groth, Australia, 7-6 (1), 6-3. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Thanasi Kok- kinakis, Australia, 6-7 (12), 6-3, 6-4. Steve Johnson, United States, def. An- drey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. Julien Benneteau, France, def. Ze Zhang, China, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Wu Di, China, 6-4, 6-1. Gilles Simon, France, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 7-5, 6-2. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-1. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6). Second Round Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Kevin Anderson (16), South Africa, 6-4, 6-2. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Lu Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Doubles First Round Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, and Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 10-8. Eric Butorac, United States, and Raven Klaasen, South Africa, def. Jamie Mur- ray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, 6-4, 7-5. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and David Mar- rero, Spain, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-4, 6-4. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Florin Mergea, Romania, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, and Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-2, 0-0, retired. Soccer MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 19 9 3 60 61 47 x-Los Angeles17 5 9 60 66 31 Salt Lake 13 8 10 49 50 39 FC Dallas 14 11 6 48 52 42 Vancouver 10 8 13 43 40 40 Portland 10 9 12 42 56 52 Colorado 8 15 8 32 42 58 San Jose 6 13 11 29 35 44 Chivas USA 7 18 6 27 26 58 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-D.C. 15 9 7 52 46 34 New England15 13 3 48 46 43 Kansas City 13 11 7 46 45 37 New York 11 9 11 44 49 46 Columbus 11 10 10 43 44 38 Toronto FC 11 12 7 40 42 48 Philadelphia 9 10 12 39 46 45 Houston 10 14 6 36 35 51 Chicago 5 8 18 33 38 46 Montreal 6 18 7 25 34 54 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Thursday's games Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1, tie Friday's games D.C. United 0, Kansas City 0, tie Saturday's games New York 1, Houston 0 Vancouver 2, FC Dallas 0 New England 2, Columbus 1 Los Angeles 3, Toronto FC 0 Portland 2, San Jose 1 Sunday's games Seattle FC 4, Colorado 1 Chicago 0, Montreal 0, tie Chivas USA 1, Salt Lake 0 Wednesday, Oct. 8 Houston at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 Chicago at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle FC, 7 p.m. Odds For Oct. 8 Major League Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE TOMORROW Favorite Line Underdog at Washington-x -175/+165 San Francisco at Los Angeles-x-155/+145 St. Louis FRIDAY AME RI CA N L EA GUE at Baltimore -115/+105 Kansas City ODDS TO WIN SERIES Baltimore -140/+120 Kansas City x-if necessary NCAA Football TOMORROW Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at UCF 3 31/2 BYU FRIDAY at Stanford 17 171/2 Washington St. San Diego St. 6 6 at New Mexico Fresno St. 9 10 at UNLV NFL TOMORROW Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Indianapolis 21/2 (46) at Houston SUNDAY Denver 8 (471/2) at N.Y. Jets at Cleveland 2 (47) Pittsburgh at Tennessee 6 (441/2) Jacksonville at Atlanta 3 (531/2) Chicago Green Bay 31/2 (49) at Miami Detroit 2 (44) at Minnesota at Cincinnati 7 (441/2) Carolina New England 3 (45) at Buffalo Baltimore 3 (43) at Tampa Bay San Diego 7 (43) at Oakland at Seattle 8 (47) Dallas at Arizona 31/2 (45) Washington at Philadelphia 21/2 (50) N.Y. Giants MONDAY San Francisco 31/2 (431/2) at St. Louis NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Toronto -110/-110 Montreal at Boston -175/+155 Philadelphia at Los Angeles -135/+115 San Jose at Calgary -110/-110 Vancouver Transactions BASEBALL American League Los Angeles Angels: Claimed OF Roger Kieschnick and OF Alredo Marte off out- right waivers from Arizona. Designated OF Brennan Boesch and C John Buck for assignment. Toronto Blue Jays: Claimed RHP Bo Schultz off waivers from Arizona. National League Atlanta Bravbes: Named Gordon Blake- ley and Roy clark special assistants to the general manager, Dave Trembley director, player development and Jonathan Schuerholz assistant director, player development. Promoted Brian Bridges to scouting director. Cincinnati Reds: Approved the sale of a minority interest in the club by The Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust to Frank Cohen. FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Placed P Dave Zastudil on injured reserve and LB Matt Shaughnessy on the injured reserve/re- turn list. Signed P Drew Butler from the practice squad. Re-signed LB Marcus Benard. Signed QB Dennis Dixon to the practice squad. Buffalo Bills: Signed G William Campbell and DT Jeremy Towns to the practice squad. Released TE Jamie Childers and RB Lonnie Pryor from the practice squad. Carolina Panthers: Placed FB Richie Brockel on injured reserve. Signed CB James Dockery. Chicago Bears: Signed CB Al Louis-Jean from the practice squad. Signed Lbs DeDe Lattimore and Terrell Manning to the practice squad. Waived DE David Bass and CB Isaiah Frey. Terminated the practice squad contracts of DE Roy Philon and WR Rashad Ross. Cincinnati Bengals: Claimed LB Khairi Fortt off waivers from New Orleans. Placed LB Sean Porter on the injured reserve list. By R.B. Fallstrom TheAssociatedPress ST. LOUIS Matt Adams and the Cardinals are mov- ing on. Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers are going home. Again. St. Louis tagged Ker- shaw in the seventh inning for the second straight time, riding Adams' go- ahead, three-run homer to a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles on Tuesday and a fourth consecutive trip to the NL Championship Se- ries. "I don't think I touched the ground the whole way around the bases," Adams said. "Definitely the high- light of my career. ... I will never, ever forget this." Neither will Kershaw. "The season ended and I was a big part of the rea- son why," Kershaw said. "I can't really put it into words, Just bad deja vu all over again." Following their 3-1 win in the best-of-five series, the Cardinals await San Francisco or Washing- ton with their rotation well-rested for the NLCS, which starts Saturday. They would open at home against the Giants or at the Nationals. Trevor Rosenthal al- lowed two runners in the ninth before getting Carl Crawford on a game-end- ing groundout for his third save of the series. At AT&T Park in San Francisco, fans cheered when the ri- val Dodgers were elimi- nated. "It was awesome, every- thing we did throughout that game," starter Shelby Miller said. "It was a heck of a game and a lot of fun, I know that." An overwhelming fa- vorite to win his third NL Cy Young Award in four years, Kershaw's October resume is a wreck. Kershaw dropped to 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA in 11 post- season games, including three relief appearances early in his career. He has lost four straight starts to St. Louis over the past two postseasons. "I've had success against them, too," Kershaw said. "It just seems like one in- ning gets me every time. And obviously that's not success." While the steady Car- dinals advanced to their ninth NLCS in 15 years, the defeat was a huge disap- pointment for the NL West champion Dodgers, who finished the regular season with a $256 million payroll that was $40 million higher than any other team. Los Angeles remains without a pennant since winning the 1988 World Series. Manager Don Mattingly wasn't about to second- guess leaving Kershaw in the game, especially with a bullpen that's foundered. He wanted the lefty to get three more outs. "It goes back to the same question: Is there anybody better, even on short rest, and even where he was at that point?" Mat- tingly said. Kershaw started on three days' rest for the sec- ond time in his postseason career. He was dominant into the seventh, as he was in Game 1, but again started the inning with three straight hits. The third hit Tues- day came when Adams drove a curveball on Ker- shaw's 102nd pitch into the right-center bullpen to put St. Louis up 3-2. Ad- ams thrust his hands over his head in the batter's box then jumped several times as he ran down the first base line. A stunned Kershaw bent over on the mound, head hung and hands on his knees. "I had a pretty good idea that it was gone," Ad- ams said. Kershaw allowed one homer to left-handed hit- ters while going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA in the regular season. He gave up two to the Cardinals, with Matt Carpenter connecting in the opener. The left- handed ace is 0-3 with a 9.72 ERA in his last three postseason appearances, including St. Louis' clinch- ing Game 6 victory in the NLCS last year. Reliever Marco Gonzales earned his second victory of the series, after getting treated for a nosebleed. The rookie lefty got Adrian Gonzalez on a groundout to end the seventh and strand two runners. Pat Neshek worked a perfect eighth for the sec- ond straight game and Rosenthal pitched the ninth for a second straight day, receiving two visits to the mound from catcher Yadier Molina and one from the pitching coach after a shaky start to the inning. NLDS THEASSOCIATEDPRESS St. Louis Cardinals players celebrate a er their 3-2win over Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4of their NLDS on Tuesday. Cardinals send Dodgers home | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014 2 B