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2B Daily News – Wednesday, August 24, 2011 Keystone cleans up at LLWS 49ers trade Mays SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania party rolled on at the Little League World Series. The hometown favorites from Clinton County overcame a rocky start with a six-run first inning then held on for a 7-5 win Tuesday night over Warner Robins, Ga., before another raucous crowd under the Lamade Stadium lights. Brandon Miller got the offense going again with a leadoff single before coming around to score on Landon Breon's two-run single. Miller, Pennsylvania's 12-year-old sparkplug, finished the scoring in the frantic first with an RBI infield single. Georgia had the winning run at the plate with two runners on with two outs in the sixth, but reliever Tyler McCloskey snared a bouncer to the mound to end the game. Central Pennsylvania's favorite sons, from the Keystone Little League in Clinton County, cele- brated another victory before exchanging handshakes with their opponents at home plate. The crowd erupted with chants of "Let's go Keystone! Let's go Keystone," before a deafening roar following the final out. McCloskey seemed oblivious to all the fuss. The 13-year-old closer tipped his cap and calmly walked off the mound while the rest of his teammates jumped for joy. Mariano Rivera would have been proud. "I'm not really nervous anymore because I've done this about a mil- lion times, now," McCloskey said. "I just have to go in there and stay focused and stay confident." In the early games Tuesday, sec- ond baseman Ken Igeta had an RBI double to start the scoring in a three-run third, and catcher Asuya Otsuka added an RBI triple in Hamamatsu City, Japan's 4-0 victo- ry over Langley, British Columbia. Cumberland, R.I., had a wild 8-7 win over the Netherlands in a con- solation game after Colin Cannata scored on an error in the bottom of the sixth. An earthquake centered in Vir- ginia briefly rattled Lamade Stadi- um during that game, causing the metal tables bolted to the concrete floor on press row to shake for sev- eral seconds. Play never stopped, and Rhode Island's players said they never felt the rumbling on the field. The giddy players created their own mini-rumblings when they mobbed Cannata in foul territory after he scored the winning run. "There was an earthquake," manager David Belisle asked incredulously afterward. "Is that right?" A Little League official said the venue was deemed safe after a structural engineer's inspection, and the rest of Tuesday's slate went on as scheduled. The Georgia-Pennsylvania nightcap had the intensity of two major league teams competing for a pennant. Pennsylvania's fans livened up the atmosphere wearing the colors of their beloved "Big Blue Machine." A local marching band played in the stands to make Little League feel old school. After giving up three runs in the top of the first, including Josh Goodman's RBI triple, Pennsylva- nia starter Trebor Nicodemus felt relief after his offense bailed him out with six runs. "The pressure got off my shoul- ders a little bit," said Nicodemus. "I knew we would get the bats out. I was feeling pretty happy" after we hit. Many of the 32,000-plus in attendance made the 30-mile drive from Clinton County up Route 220 to South Williamsport. If the Key- stone players keep this up, they'll be making that drive through cham- pionship Sunday. Georgia shortstop Jake Fromm's two-run homer to center sliced the deficit to 7-5 in the fourth. Fromm also made several sparkling defen- sive plays, including a diving catch in the hole to save an RBI single. But the first inning proved to be too much for Georgia to overcome. "The first inning we could have played a lot better defense. I don't know if it was the crowd or what, but we couldn't make a play in that first inning," Georgia manager Phillip Johnson said. "That ended up being the difference in the game." ___ Japan 4, Canada 0 Shoto Totsuka struck out four over two innings before giving way to relievers Hiroyasu Sugiura and Takuya Okamoto. Japan will play either Mexico or Venezuela on Thursday, while Canada was elimi- nated. It took Japan a few innings to figure out Canada starter Cole Can- telon, though. "It was a very fast fastball, but his location and his tempo were hard to time," Sigiura said through interpreter Kotaro Omori. The Hamamatsu City league moved a step closer to defending the title won last year by a squad from Tokyo. Nick Atkinson led Canada with three hits, while Yi Fan Pan added two singles. Cantelon gave up four runs and six hits in 4 2-3 innings, and coach Jason Andrews said his starter pitched well except for los- ing control of his curveball in the middle of the game. "We lost to the defending champs 4-0. We held our own," Andrews said when asked how his team handled elimination. "It's been a while since Canada did that. I think we represented very well. They're very upbeat, very happy with the way they played." Hunter can't afford to rest SANTA CLARA (AP) — Kendall Hunter's phone wasn't blowing up with mes- sages the night the rookie running back scored the 49ers' first touchdown of the pre- season on a dazzling play in the third quarter. Outside of a brief chat with his mother shortly after the game, Hunter didn't receive many congratulatory calls or text messages at all. ''And she didn't see the game, she just saw the stats,'' Hunter said before practice Tuesday. ''I didn't talk to too many other people.'' That's exactly how the 49ers' fourth-round pick prefers it. With more than two weeks left before the start of the regular sea- son, the last thing the soft-spoken Hunter wants to do is get com- fortable. Pats on the back can wait until Sept. 3 when final roster cuts are made. Until then the small- est player on San Fran- cisco's roster won't relax — even if many people are already pen- ciling him as a key member of the 49ers backfield. ''He's definitely a guy who brings his lunch bucket to work,'' fellow running back Anthony Dixon said. ''It's a long season and if we've got a guy like Kendall who can help us, take some of the practice reps off us and NFL PRESEASON Thursday's games Carolina at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Baltimore, 5 p.m. Friday's games Green Bay at Indianapolis, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 5 p.m. Saturday's games Houston at San Francisco, 5 p.m. Jacksonville at Buffalo, 4 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Tennessee, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New England at Detroit, 5 p.m. Seattle at Denver, 6 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 7 p.m. Sunday's game New Orleans at Oakland, 5 p.m. help us in games, that's big because we're going to need him. I just hope the coaches put it all in play.'' Listed at 5-foot-7 and 199 pounds, Hunter is third on San Francisco's depth chart behind oft- injured Frank Gore and Dixon. But the two-time All-American proved against the Raiders he's capable of handling just about anything the coaching staff throws his way. He rushed for 105 yards on nine carries and scored on a 53-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter against Oakland's second-team defense. Hunter took the handoff from quarter- back Colin Kaepernick, broke through the right side of the line without being touched and then sped past a tackle attempt by safety Jerome Boyd. He raced the rest of the way into the end zone. It was the 49ers' first touchdown of the sea- son after being held to three points against New Orleans then get- ting only a field goal in the first half against Oakland. ''As a player I was taught that if you're going to do something, do it the hardest you can or don't do it at all,'' Hunter said. ''I mean, that was good but I just want to be out there to help the team any way I WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB x-Minnesota 21 6 .778 — Phoenix 15 10 .600 5 Seattle 15 12 .556 6 San Antonio 13 13 .500 7.5 Los Angeles 12 15 .444 9 Tulsa 1 24 .040 19 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL Pct GB Indiana 19 8 .704 — Connecticut 17 10 .630 2 New York 15 12 .556 4 Atlanta 14 13 .519 5 Chicago 12 15 .444 7 Washington 5 21 .192 13.5 x-clinched playoff spot —————————————————— Tuesday's results Atlanta 83, Chicago 80 Los Angeles 86, Washington 82, OT Minnesota 78, Tulsa 72 Seattle 63, San Antonio 55 New York at Phoenix, late Thursday's games Tulsa at Seattle, 7 p.m. can. Whatever they need me to do, I'm going to do. Anything.'' That includes sacri- ficing his body to save the 49ers quarterbacks. Hunter, who has been playing with a metal plate in his right ankle since his junior year of high school, worked on his pass protection throughout training camp. But it didn't come to fruition until the second half Satur- day when he upended a blitzing Oakland line- backer, allowing Kaepernick a few extra seconds to work. So while he may be dwarfed by his team- mates in the running backs meeting room, Hunter finally measured up. ''He's done consider- ably well,'' 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said after his team's 17-3 win. ''(Running backs coach Tom Rathman) has him working on that quite a bit in practice and he's really done a good job.'' It hasn't been a com- pletely smooth transi- tion from college to the NFL. Hunter played in a spread offense at Okla- homa State and had a pair of 1,500-yard sea- sons there but has been trying to learn the nuances of the West Coast offense Harbaugh is employing in San Francisco. That's meant more LITTLE LEAGUE World Series Tuesday's results Cumberland, R.I. 8, Rotterdam, Nether- lands 7 Hamamatsu City, Japan 4, Langley, British Columbia 0, Langley eliminated Clinton County, Pa. 7, Warner Robins, Ga. 5, Warner Robins eliminated Today's games Game 23 — Maracay, Venezuela vs.Mex- icali, Mexico, 1 p.m. Game 24 — Billings, Mont. vs. Huntington Beach, Calif., 5 p.m. Thursday's games Game 25 — Hamamatsu City, Japan vs. Game 23 loser, 1 p.m. Game 26 — Clinton County, Pa. vs.Game 24 loser, 5 p.m. Saturday's games International championship — Game 23 winner vs. Game 25 winner, 9 a.m. U.S. championship, Game 24 winner vs. Game 26 winner, Noon Sunday's games Third Place International runner-up vs. U.S. runner- up, 8 a.m. World Championship International champion vs. U.S. champi- on, Noon running between the tackles and sweeps, something he didn't do a lot of in college. But like Hunter's run against the Raiders, he's approached it at full speed. ''He struggles a little bit but you can tell that he's got the fight in him,'' Dixon said. ''When I saw him do what he did Saturday I wasn't surprised. I saw what he did in college a couple times so no, I wasn't surprised. Kendall's here early every day and he puts in the work.'' Notes: Harbaugh declined to say when he'll name a starting quarterback for the regular season. ''I just don't have any pressure on myself, as I look at it, to name a starting quarterback in a timetable manner,'' Harbaugh said. ... The 49ers still aren't sure if injured wide receiver Michael Crabtree (foot) will be healthy enough to play in the opener. Crabtree remains on the team's physically unable to perform list but is no longer wearing a protective boot. MLS WESTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Galaxy 14 3 9 51 37 20 Seattle 12 5 9 45 36 27 FC Dallas 12 7 7 43 33 27 Colorado 10 6 11 41 39 34 Salt Lake 10 7 6 36 32 20 Chivas USA 7 8 10 31 32 28 Portland 8 12 5 29 32 41 QUAKES 510 10 25 26 34 Vancouver 3 13 9 18 26 42 EASTERN CONFERENCE WL T Pts GF GA Columbus 11 7 7 40 29 24 Kansas City 9 7 9 36 36 31 Houston 8 7 11 35 34 32 Philadelphia 8 6 10 34 30 24 New York 6 6 14 32 41 37 D.C. 7 7 10 31 34 35 Chicago 3 7 15 24 28 33 N. England 4 11 11 23 26 39 Toronto FC 4 12 11 23 25 48 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. —————————————————— Today's game Chivas USA at Portland, 8 p.m. Saturday's games San Jose at Toronto FC, 4 p.m. Columbus at Seattle FC, 1 p.m. Houston at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Portland at D.C. United, 4:30 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's games Los Angeles at New York, 4 p.m. New England at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. CINCINNATI (AP) — Safety Taylor Mays is get- ting a chance to start over with a team that's been inter- ested in him since his col- lege days. The Cincinnati Bengals acquired the second-year player from the San Francis- co 49ers on Tuesday in a trade for an undisclosed draft pick. Mays spent the morning trying to learn the playbook, then practiced with the team in the afternoon. The pass defense has been a problem in preseason drubbings against the Lions and the Jets. The Bengals tried to upgrade the safety position through free agency, but Donte Whitner signed with A's day. the 49ers instead. Mays was San Francis- co's second-round pick last year out of Southern Califor- nia. He started six games early in the season, but played less as it went along. He played sparingly in the preseason, and the 49ers made it known they were interested in trading him. ''It's good not just for us, but for Taylor,'' San Francis- co coach Jim Harbaugh said. ''I think it was a positive thing for Taylor. We've got a lot of respect for Taylor. I've been around him for three or four weeks now and I under- stand he's a good football player. I respect him as a person. He's a hardworking guy. I think it's a better fit for him in Cincinnati, and I think he feels the same thing.'' Oakland in a July 31 trade. (Continued from page 1B) With one out in the sec- ond inning, Allen crushed a drive off Bartolo Colon (8-8) into the third deck, only the second ball to reach that height at the new Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009. Seattle's Russell Branyan did it in August last year. In the eighth, Allen hit a line shot off Hector Noesi into the second deck in right after striking in his two pre- vious at-bats. ''I don't look at 'em, I just run around the bases,'' Allen said. ''Act like you've done it before.'' It was Allen's first two homers with the A's and first multihomer game of his career. Three of his five hits with Arizona were home runs before he was sent to PRYOR (Continued from page 1B) — the same way veterans Mark Brunell and Todd Collins did with him in Washington. Just don't expect him to concede his job. ''People forget, I'm still a young guy, too,'' said Camp- bell, who's 29. ''So I'm try- ing to go out and get things right for this team and be the future for this team.'' Pryor will have plenty of catching up to do whenever he arrives. He has missed three weeks of training camp, two preseason games and count- less meetings. Pryor gave up his final season with the Buckeyes after an investiga- tion into the team's memora- bilia-for-cash scandal cost coach Jim Tressel his job. When he was allowed to enter the supplemental draft, he was handed a five-game suspension by Commission- er Roger Goodell — the same number of games he would have sat out had he MLB West Division Texas American League WL Pct GB Angels 69 59 .539 4 A's 74 56 .569 — 58 70 .453 15 Seattle 55 73 .430 18 East Division WL Pct GB New York 77 49 .611 — Boston 78 50 .609 — Tampa Bay 69 58 .543 8.5 Toronto 65 63 .508 13 Baltimore 49 77 .389 28 Central Division WL Pct GB Detroit 70 58 .547 — Chicago 63 63 .500 6 Cleveland 63 63 .500 6 Minnesota 55 73 .430 15 Kansas City53 76 .411 17.5 —————————————————— Tuesday's results Oakland 6, N.Y.Yankees 5 Baltimore 8, Minnesota 1 Boston 11, Texas 5 Cleveland 7, Seattle 5, 1st game Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 6, Toronto 4 Seattle 12, Cleveland 7, 2nd game Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, late Today's games Oakland (Cahill 9-12) at New York (Sabathia 17-7), 4:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-11) at Cleveland (Tomlin 12-6), 9:05 a.m. Boston (Beckett 10-5) at Texas (M.Harrison 10-8), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Hochevar 8-10) at Toronto (R.Romero 12-9), 4:07 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 13-7) at Tampa Bay (W.Davis 8-7), 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (Guthrie 5-16) at Minnesota (Slowey 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Z.Stewart 1-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 14-6), 7:05 p.m. Thursday's games Oakland at N.Y.Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Kansas City at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Boston at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Sogard connected in the third for the type of drive that frustrates many opposing teams in the Bronx, a flyball that barely cleared the wall in right, 314 feet from home plate. It was his first big league homer. Colon gave up five runs for the second straight start. He got the loss in Kansas City on Wednesday and has not won since July 30, a span of four starts. NOTES: The A's traded 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff and cash to Colorado for a player or cash. Kouzmanoff, who has 82 homers and 345 RBIs in six big league seasons, was playing with Triple-A Sacramento since being demoted June 6. He was hitting .221 with four homers and 17 RBIs with Oakland in 46 games.When asked about the move, manager Bob Melvin said he hadn't heard the news. returned to Ohio State. Pryor has said he will not appeal the suspension. Pryor will be able to prac- tice immediately after sign- ing and play in the remaining two exhibition games. But he will not be eligible to practice with or play for Oakland during the regular season until the team's sixth game. ''He's already missed pretty much all of training camp,'' Campbell said. ''So there's a lot of important information he's missed out on.'' NOTES: Jackson said LB Travis Goethel is likely out for the season after tearing a ligament in his knee. He is expected to have surgery. ... Temperatures soared into the upper 90s in Napa and a fan passed out briefly while watching practice on the sideline. Jackson and team trainers came over in the middle of practice to check on the woman. She was smiling and joking after a few minutes. MLB West Division National League WL Pct GB Arizona 70 59 .543 — GIANTS 68 60 .531 1.5 Colorado 62 68 .477 8.5 Dodgers 59 69 .461 10.5 Padres 59 70 .457 11 East Division WL Pct GB Philadelphia 83 44 .654 — Atlanta 78 52 .600 6.5 Washington 62 65 .488 21 New York 60 68 .469 23.5 Florida 57 71 .445 26.5 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 78 53 .595 — St. Louis 67 62 .519 10 Cincinnati 63 65 .492 13.5 Pittsburgh 60 68 .469 16.5 Chicago 56 73 .434 21 Houston 42 87 .326 35 —————————————————— Tuesday's results San Diego at San Francisco, late Arizona 2, Washington 0 Atlanta 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Cincinnati 8, Florida 6 Colorado 8, Houston 6 L.A. Dodgers 13, St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 11, Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 4 Today's games San Diego (Stauffer 8-9) at San Fran. (Lincecum 11-10), 7:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Marcum 11-3) at Pittsburgh (Undecided), 9:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 6-10) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 7-5), 10:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 9-14) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 10-6), 11:15 a.m. Houston (W.Rodriguez 9-9) at Colorado (A.Cook 3-7), 12:10 p.m. Arizona (D.Hudson 12-9) at Washington (L.Hernandez 7-11), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-10) at Florida (Vazquez 7-11), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (D.Lowe 8-11) at Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 4-4), 5:05 p.m. Thursday's games Houston at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Arizona at Washington, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Florida, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.