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2B Daily News – Monday, September 19, 2011 Scoreboard NFL At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WL T Pct New England2 0 0 1.000 Buffalo 2 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 2 0 0 1.000 Miami South 0 2 0 .000 WL T Pct Houston 2 0 0 1.000 Jacksonville 1 1 0 .500 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 Indianapolis 0 2 0 .000 North WL T Pct Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 Cleveland 1 1 0 .500 Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 West WL T Pct Raiders 1 1 0 .500 San Diego 1 1 0 .500 Denver 1 1 0 .500 Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East WL T Pct Washington 2 0 0 1.000 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1.000 Dallas 1 1 0 .500 N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 South WL T Pct New Orleans1 1 0 .500 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 RAIDERS Continued from page 1B road. I actually thought we had that ball on the last play, so it could've turned out either way.'' Fred Jackson scored twice and had 117 yards rushing, and Ryan Fitz- patrick finished 28 of 46 for 264 yards and three touch- downs for the Bills. The Raiders (1-1) could- n't overcome a short week while playing their second straight road game. Darren McFadden scored twice, and Moore had five catches for 146 yards and a touchdown — a 50-yarder with 3:41 left Carolina 0 2 0 .000 North WL T Pct Green Bay 2 0 0 1.000 Detroit 2 0 0 1.000 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 West 49ers WL T Pct 1 1 0 .500 Arizona 1 1 0 .500 St. Louis 0 1 0 .000 Seattle 0 2 0 .000 ——— Sunday's Games New Orleans 30, Chicago 13 Tennessee 26, Baltimore 13 Tampa Bay 24, Minnesota 20 Detroit 48, Kansas City 3 N.Y. Jets 32, Jacksonville 3 Buffalo 38, Oakland 35 Washington 22, Arizona 21 Pittsburgh 24, Seattle 0 Green Bay 30, Carolina 23 Cleveland 27, Indianapolis 19 Dallas 27, San Francisco 24, OT Denver 24, Cincinnati 22 Houston 23, Miami 13 New England 35, San Diego 21 Philadelphia at Atlanta, late Monday's Game St. Louis at N.Y. Giants, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 25 Houston at New Orleans, 10 a.m. Denver at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m. San Francisco at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. New England at Buffalo, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Miami at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at Carolina, 10 a.m. Kansas City at San Diego, 1:05 p.m. to give Oakland a 35-31 lead. ''It was up and down all day,'' Fitzpatrick said. ''We started slow on offense, but once we got that thing rolling, every time we had the ball we were going to score a touchdown.'' Oakland appeared well in control after scoring on each of its final three drives of the first half, capped by Camp- bell's 1-yard plunge. The Raiders came out throwing despite missing their top three receivers, including Darrius Heyward- Bey, who hurt his knee this past week in practice. Also out was speedster Jacoby Ford, who hurt his ham- string against Denver. Verlander beats A's OAKLAND (AP) — The AL Central title clinched for the Detroit Tigers, Justin Verlander has a goal — and it has nothing to do with the AL Cy Young Award. The Tigers are looking for homefield advantage, for their fans as much as for themselves. ''I'd like to start at home,'' Verlander said Sunday when he led the Tigers over the Oakland Athletics 3-0 and became the first pitcher in nine years to reach 24 wins. After clinching its first division title since 1987 on Fri- day, Detroit (89-64) is one game ahead of Texas (88-65) for No. 2 seed in the AL playoffs — and homefield advan- tage in the first round. In the event of a tie, Tigers hold the tiebreaker because Detroit swept Texas 6-0 in the season series. ''I want the home crowd behind me,'' Verlander said. ''I know it will be loud since they haven't seen it since 2006. It would be nice to play in front of them.'' Verlander (24-5) won his 12th straight start, pitching three-hit ball over eight innings. He struck out six and walked three, extending his scoreless streak to 17 innings. ''The champagne bottles are packed and gone, and the cigars are gone,'' Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. ''We have another mission and that's to get homefield advan- tage. If there's a fifth game, we want our fans to see it.'' N.Y. Jets at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at St. Louis, 1:05 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 1:15 p.m. Green Bay at Chicago, 1:15 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1:15 p.m. Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 5:20 p.m. Monday, Sep. 26 Washington at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. MLB American League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB New York 91 60 .603 — Boston 87 65 .572 4 1/2 Tampa Bay 85 67 .559 6 1/2 Toronto 77 75 .50714 1/2 Baltimore 62 89 .411 29 Central Division WL Pct GB x-Detroit 89 64 .582 — Cleveland 75 75 .50012 1/2 Chicago 74 78 .48714 1/2 Kansas City67 87 .43522 1/2 Minnesota 59 92 .391 29 West Division Texas WL Pct GB 88 65 .575 — Los Angeles83 69 .546 4 1/2 A's 69 84 .451 19 Seattle 63 89 .41424 1/2 x-clinched division ——— Saturday's Games N.Y.Yankees 7, Toronto 6 Cleveland 10, Minnesota 4 Oakland 5, Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3 NINERS Continued from page 1B Jerry Jones said. ''I know what he had to do before (painkillers) took hold to relieve him from his pain. But, boy, did he come back. That was inspirational.'' Romo emerged from the locker room after the second-half kickoff and walked briefly into the huddle as Jon Kitna returned to the sideline, then Romo immediately came off under doctor's orders and headed back to the locker room. Back on the sideline late in the third quarter, Romo tapped Jason Gar- rett on the shoulder and told the coach to put him back in the game. ''Eventually, what was convincing was, 'At some point I'm going to play with this thing, so why not now?''' Garrett said, quot- ing Romo. ''It's about a quarterback but it's really about a football player and a competitor. And Tony is that. One of the best com- petitors I've around.'' This was an exact reverse of what happened a week earlier: a 27-24 road loss to the Jets after Dallas blew a late 14-point lead and watched New York kick the winning field goal. Romo's late interception contributed to that Week 1 collapse. National League At A Glance By The Associated Press East Division WL Pct GB x-Philad. 98 52 .653 — Atlanta 87 66 .56912 1/2 New York 73 80 .47726 1/2 Going on a few hours of sleep, he was back to work early Monday morning preparing for the 49ers. Bailey kicked a tying 48-yard field goal Sunday as time expired in regula- tion after missing an early 21-yard attempt. That delighted the large contin- gent — close to one-third — of Cowboys fans in Candlestick Park. Romo completed five of six passes on the tying drive, connecting on con- secutive throws to Holley before finding him again in OT. ''Ribs are tough,'' Romo said. ''It's just hard to breathe, and talk really. You have to talk loud, especially on the road.'' Romo wasn't the only one playing hurt, either. Running back Felix Jones separated his shoulder early in the game, Jerry Jones said. ever been Miles Austin made three touchdown recep- tions among his nine catches for 143 yards, leaping over a defender and diving into the end zone to pull Dallas within 24-21 with 6:55 to play. Austin later hurt his ham- string. Jones won't need to defend Romo after this one. He grimaced and limped. He needed help from a lineman to stand up as the vicious hits kept coming. Romo completed 20 of 33 passes for 345 yards and Kitna found Austin for a 5-yard TD, but also threw two interceptions during his brief appear- ance. As Romo's team- mates celebrated, cheered and hugged, he slowly Baltimore 6, L.A. Angels 2 Kansas City 10, Chicago White Sox 3 Texas 7, Seattle 6 Sunday's Games Toronto 3, N.Y.Yankees 0 L.A. Angels 11, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 8, Boston 5 Chicago White Sox 10, Kansas City 5 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 5 Detroit 3, Oakland 0 Texas 3, Seattle 0 Monday's Games Baltimore (Guthrie 8-17) at Boston (Wei- land 0-2), 10:05 a.m., 1st game Minnesota (Diamond 1-4) at N.Y.Yankees (A.J.Burnett 10-11), 10:05 a.m. Seattle (Furbush 3-9) at Cleveland (D.Huff 2-5), 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (J.Williams 3-0) at Toronto (R.Romero 15-10), 4:07 p.m. Baltimore (Matusz 1-7) at Boston (Lackey 12-12), 4:10 p.m., 2nd game Tuesday's Games Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 10:05 a.m., 1st game Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 4:05 p.m., 2nd game Tampa Bay at N.Y.Yankees, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 4:10 p.m. Detroit at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Oakland, 7:05 p.m. Washington 72 79 .47726 1/2 Florida 69 84 .45130 1/2 Central Division WL Pct GB Milwaukee 90 63 .588 — St. Louis 82 69 .543 7 Cincinnati 74 79 .484 16 Pittsburgh 68 85 .444 22 Chicago 67 86 .438 23 Houston 52 100.34237 1/2 West Division WL Pct GB Arizona 88 65 .575 — Giants 83 70 .542 5 Los Angeles76 76 .50011 1/2 Colorado 70 82 .46117 1/2 San Diego 65 88 .425 23 x-clinched division ——— Saturday's Games Chicago Cubs 2, Houston 1 Atlanta 1, N.Y.Mets 0 Florida 4, Washington 1, 13 innings Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 2 Milwaukee 10, Cincinnati 1 San Francisco 6, Colorado 5 San Diego 3, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 1 Sunday's Games Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 1 Washington 4, Florida 3 N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 5 Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 2 San Francisco 12, Colorado 5 Arizona 5, San Diego 1 L.A. Dodgers 15, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis at Philadelphia, late Monday's Games St. Louis (Lohse 13-8) at Philadelphia (Halladay 18-5), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 5-2) at Florida (Nolasco made his way to midfield for postgame handshakes. Romo returned for the last series of the third quarter, the final 15 min- utes and OT. He didn't give Garrett much chance to say no. ''I just told him I was good to go. I think he asked some of the guys,'' Romo said. ''I didn't give him too much of a chance. I just ran on the field.'' The 49ers (1-1) were trying to move to 2-0 under new coach Jim Har- baugh after a 33-17 victo- ry over defending NFC West champion Seattle last week. Alex Smith threw for 179 yards and two touch- downs, including a 29- yard strike to Delanie Walker in the third quarter. Smith found himself in the familiar predicament of getting hit. He was sacked six times as San Francis- co's offensive line often failed to protect him or give him ample time in the pocket to be effective. Frank Gore ran for a 1- yard score and Kyle Williams had a 12-yard touchdown catch as San Francisco went ahead 14- 0. Dallas had a final chance in regulation, get- ting the ball back with 4:03 to play starting from its own 26. Romo, in the shotgun as he'd been most of the day, delivered on third- and-6 from the 43 with a 7-yard completion to Austin. They connected on another 7-yard gain the next play. After Jones this week called Romo's perfor- mance against the Jets DENVER (AP) — The San Francisco Giants headed home with their playoff hopes still alive. Pablo Sandoval homered twice in an eight-run fourth inning, part of a six-home run barrage that led the late-charging Giants over the Colorado Rockies 12-5 Sunday for their eighth straight win. On its longest winning streak since April 2007, San Francisco closed within four games of Atlanta, the NL wild-card leader. ''We've done what we needed to do,'' manager Bruce Bochy said. ''It's obvious we need help. We've got to find a way to get (wins) and see what happens at the end.'' Pitcher Matt Cain, Mike Fontenot, Bran- don Belt and Brandon Crawford also home- red for the Giants, who remained five games back of Arizona in the NL West. The defending World Series champions have nine games left, including three against the Diamondbacks. ''We feel like we've got a really good shot,'' Belt said. Cain (12-10) allowed five runs — three earned — five hits, four walks and two hit batters in five innings. He helped himself with two hits, including his first home run since May 13, 2008, against Houston. ''I never found a rhythm,'' he said. ''I was really working and putting a lot of pres- sure on myself throughout the five innings.'' Bochy said he was one batter from tak- ing Cain out in the fifth, but Cain got Tommy Field to hit into an inning-ending double play. ''He looked like he didn't know how to pitch with a lead like that,'' Bochy said. In a four-game sweep of the Rockies, the Giants piled up 35 runs and 48 hits. San- doval led the way with a seven hits, includ- ing three homers, in three games. He started the series by hitting for the cycle Thursday and ended it with his second multihomer 10-11), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Happ 6-15) at Cincinnati (Willis 0-6), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Narveson 10-7) at Chicago Cubs (C.Coleman 2-8), 5:05 p.m. San Diego (Luebke 5-9) at Colorado (Mill- wood 3-2), 5:40 p.m. Pittsburgh (Karstens 9-8) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 19-4), 6:40 p.m. Tuesday's Games Washington at Philadelphia, 10:05 a.m., 1st game Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta at Florida, 4:10 p.m. Houston at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. N.Y.Mets at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 5:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 6:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. Moves Sunday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Sent $20,000 to Minnesota to complete an earlier trade. National League NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with LHP Tim Byrdak on a one-year contract extension. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Activated RHP Brian Wilson from the 15-day DL. COLLEGE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE— Announced the council of presidents voted to accept Pittsburgh and Syracuse. ''outstanding,'' Romo made all the right calls in crunch time. He played through mul- tiple hits in the first half, when he threw a late 53- yard touchdown pass to Austin to bring Dallas within 14-7. The QB came up slowly after being clob- bered on a blindside cor- nerback blitz by Carlos Rogers as he was throwing in the second quarter. Romo looked to be headed for another tough day. The Cowboys came up short on a 76-yard drive over the opening 7 1/2 minutes after Bailey missed wide right on his 21-yard field goal attempt. Then, it was three straight three-and-outs. When it mattered, Romo came through. ''He understands that all eyes are on him,'' said safety Donte Whitner, beat on the deep throw in OT. ''They expect him to lead them to the playoffs and ultimately a champi- onship. For a guy like that, after the things that hap- pened last week, you expected him to come back into the football game.'' Notes: It was the first overtime game of the sea- son. ... The 49ers were outgained in total yards 472-206. ... Dallas' DeMarcus Ware and Jason Hatcher each had two sacks. ... San Francisco's Braylon Edwards limped off with a right knee injury after making a 21-yard catch in the first quarter. Harbaugh had no update afterward. Sandoval's 2 HRs in 4th lead Giants past Rox game this season. ''What a series he had,'' Bochy said. ''Pretty impressive. Pablo was locked in.'' Sandoval led off the fourth with a homer to center off Esmil Rogers (6-6). One out later, Belt homered and Crawford doubled. Cain followed with a homer to center. Sandoval ended the rally with his 22nd homer, a drive into the right-field bleachers for 10-1 lead. ''I said to my teammates, 'I got the hard ones. We'll see what happens.' When you get the hard ones, it's tough to get the easy ones,'' Sandoval said. ''I wasn't thinking about the cycle, you just want to get a pitch to drive the guy in. I got a good pitch, and I hit a home run.'' Fontenot had given the Giants a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the first. Colorado scored twice each in the fourth and fifth innings to close the gap, but a solo homer by Crawford helped the Giants stay comfortably ahead. Ty Wigginton and Seth Smith had two hits each for Colorado, which has lost five of six. Rogers allowed nine runs and seven hits in 3 2-3 innings, dropping to 0-4 with a 7.81 ERA since winning three straight starts in late July and early August. ''The ball was very true going through the strike zone and somewhere between belt and mid-thigh area,'' Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. ''When you do that, you're going to get hit by good big league hitters. That's exactly what happened.'' NOTES: The Giants activated closer Brian Wilson from the 15-day DL. ... The previous San Francisco player to homer twice in the same inning was Juan Uribe last Sept. 23 against the Chicago Cubs. ... The last time the Giants hit four home runs in one inning was Aug. 23, 1961, at Cincin- nati.