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2B Daily News – Saturday, October 8, 2011 Scoreboard NFL At A Glance By The Associated Press AMERICAN CONFERENCE East WL T Pct Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 New England3 1 0 .750 N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 Miami South 0 4 0 .000 WL T Pct Houston 3 1 0 .750 Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 Indianapolis 0 4 0 .000 North WL T Pct Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 .500 West WL T Pct San Diego 3 1 0 .750 Raiders 2 2 0 .500 Denver 1 3 0 .250 Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East WL T Pct Washington 3 1 0 .750 N.Y. Giants 3 1 0 .750 Dallas 2 2 0 .500 Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 South WL T Pct Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 New Orleans3 1 0 .750 Atlanta 2 2 0 .500 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 North WL T Pct Green Bay 4 0 0 1.000 Detroit 4 0 0 1.000 Chicago 2 2 0 .500 Minnesota 0 4 0 .000 West 49ers WL T Pct 3 1 0 .750 Seattle 1 3 0 .250 Arizona 1 3 0 .250 St. Louis 0 4 0 .000 ——— Sunday, Oct. 9 Arizona at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Oakland at Houston, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Indianapolis, 10 a.m. CARDS Continued from page 1B final month and major help from the 102-win Phillies just to reach the playoffs. Now they're heading to Milwaukee for the NL championship series starting Sunday fol- lowing a stunning upset in which they beat three of Philadelphia's four aces: Halladay, Cliff Lee and Roy Oswalt. Three of baseball's four opening-round matchups went to a deciding Game 5, and all of them were pitching-rich thrillers. Detroit held off the New York Yankees 3-2 on Thursday night, and Mil- waukee beat Arizona in 10 innings earlier Friday. Then, the showdown between Carpenter and BREW Continued from page 1B win, and I'm a winner.'' The Brewers would expect nothing less from their rabble-rousing, run- producing force who often refers to himself by the name of his self-creat- ed alter ego, ''Tony Plush.'' Morgan might have worn out his wel- come with other teams, but he's winning over the Brewers and their fans. ''He's a joy to have, I'll tell you,'' Brewers man- ager Ron Roenicke said. ''I don't care about all the little issues we have. This guy, I love him on this team. I like him as a real- ly nice young man. He came through big, again, when we needed him.'' Next, the Brewers face NL Central nemesis St. Louis after the wild-card Cardinals beat Philadel- phia 1-0 in Game 5 of their series Friday night. Milwaukee will open at Philadelphia at Buffalo, 10 a.m.. New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m. Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 10 a.m. Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. San Diego at Denver, 1:15 p.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 1:15 p.m. Green Bay at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m. Open: Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Miami, St. Louis, Washington Monday, Oct. 10 Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. MLB Postseason Baseball Glance By The Associated Press DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) All games televised by TBS American League Detroit 3, New York 2 Friday, Sept. 30: Detroit 1, New York 1, 1 1/2 innings, susp., rain Saturday, Oct. 1: New York 9, Detroit 3, comp. of susp. game Sunday, Oct. 2: Detroit 5, New York 3 Monday, Oct. 3: Detroit 5, New York 4 Tuesday, Oct. 4: New York 10, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 6: Detroit 3, New York 2 Texas 3,Tampa Bay 1 Friday, Sept. 30: Tampa Bay 9, Texas 0 Saturday, Oct. 1: Texas 8, Tampa Bay 6 Monday, Oct. 3: Texas 4, Tampa Bay 3 Tuesday, Oct. 4: Texas 4, Tampa Bay 3 National League St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2 Saturday, Louis 6 Sunday, Oct. 2: St. Louis 5, Philadelphia 4 Tuesday, Oct. 4: Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2 Wednesday, Oct. 5: St. Louis 5, Philadel- phia 3 Friday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0 Milwaukee 3, Arizona 2 Saturday, Oct. 1: Milwaukee 4, Arizona 1 Sunday, Oct. 2: Milwaukee 9, Arizona 4 Tuesday, Oct. 4: Arizona 8, Milwaukee 1 Wednesday, Oct. 5: Arizona 10, Milwau- kee 6 Friday, Oct. 7: Milwaukee 3, Arizona 2, 10 innings LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All games televised by Fox Halladay topped them all. Trailing two games to one, the Cardinals began their comeback with a win in Game 4. That night in St. Louis, a squirrel scam- pered across home plate as Schumaker batted in the middle innings — if the Cardinals keep winning, their fans will certainly go nuts, thanks to their ''Rally Squirrel.'' Coincidentally, a squir- rel was caught at Citizens Bank Park before Game 5. Not a good omen, appar- ently, for the Phillies. Carpenter was over 100 pitches when he took the mound in the ninth. He retired Chase Utley on a fly to the warning track in center and got Hunter Pence on a grounder. Howard was next, and Carpenter got the big slug- ger to end a most improb- able series win. home against St. Louis on Sunday. With the game tied at 2 in the 10th and Carlos Gomez on second base with one out, Morgan hit a grounder up the middle and Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz tried in vain to stop it with his leg. The ball went into center field and Gomez sailed across home plate as a wild throw home went awry. Gomez was surprised when one of the first peo- ple to greet him on the field at raucous Miller Park was Brewers princi- pal owner Mark Attana- sio. ''You have to be smart,'' Gomez said. ''You have to get to the boss first, and then your teammates.'' Morgan was mobbed by the Brewers near the mound after the latest dra- matic finish for baseball's best home team gave Mil- waukee its first victory in a postseason series since it won the AL pennant in 1982. Holiday Weight Gain Approaching! Why wait for new years resolutions to get in shape? Start now! Get the rest of 2011 for only $99! Start 2012 in shape! 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Rangers1 0 0 1 N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 Northeast Division GP W L OT Buffalo 1 1 0 0 Toronto 1 1 0 0 WOODS Continued from page 1B losing his PGA Tour card, has been fighting a foot injury since the middle of May. He showed signs of getting better by winning in South Korea last week, and then he got over jet lag in time to post a 7-under 64. That put him at 8-under 134. Bud Cauley, who turned pro this summer and is trying to avoid having to go to Q-school, had a 66 and was one shot behind. Fog delayed the start of the second round by 2 hours, 20 minutes, meaning it would not finish until Sat- urday. Woods was so disgusted this his putting after his opening 73 that he went to the practice green in the WNBA Continued from page 1B scoring attack as the Lynx won their first WNBA title. Minnesota closed the postseason with six straight wins, including sweeps of Phoenix in the Western Conference finals and Atlanta in the championship series. Most Minnesota players celebrat- ed in a pile of hugs on the court. Taj McWilliams-Franklin, the 41-year- old starting center, headed to the bench to engulf coach Cheryl Reeve in a hug. Angel McCoughtry led Atlanta with 22 points. Erika de Souza, who had 11, was Atlanta's only other scorer in double figures. Rebekkah Brunson had 13 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, while Candice Wiggins had 10 points. Atlanta was swept by Seattle in the 2010 WNBA finals. The Dream trailed by eight points in the final quarter before making a late charge. NASCAR Continued from page 1B will have ground to make up. Stewart, who won the first two Chase races, will roll off 23rd after strug- gling all day Friday; Busch will start 17th after his victory last week at Dover. ''The front end just wouldn't settle like it needed to,'' Kurt Busch said. ''But tomorrow is a new day. We've got two more cracks at practice to try and dial the car in.'' Denny Hamlin will start seventh, Jeff Gordon Boston 1 0 1 0 Montreal 1 0 1 0 Ottawa 1 0 1 0 Southeast Division GP W L OT Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 Carolina 1 0 1 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Detroit 1 1 0 0 Nashville 1 1 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 Chicago 1 0 1 0 Columbus 1 0 1 0 Northwest Division GP W L OT Vancouver 1 0 0 1 Calgary 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division GP W L OT 1 1 0 0 Dallas Los Angeles 1 1 0 0 Phoenix 0 0 0 0 Sharks 0 0 0 0 Anaheim 1 0 1 0 Thursday's Games Pittsburgh 4, Vancouver 3, SO Philadelphia 2, Boston 1 Toronto 2, Montreal 0 Friday's Games Buffalo 4, Anaheim 1 Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 1 Detroit 5, Ottawa 3 Nashville 3, Columbus 2 Dallas 2, Chicago 1 Saturday's Games N.Y. Rangers vs. Anaheim at Stockholm, Sweden, 10 a.m. Buffalo vs. Los Angeles at Berlin, Ger- many, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 4 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Colorado, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Calgary, 7 p.m. Phoenix at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. chill of late afternoon after the first round and rapped 5-foot putts, sometimes using only one hand. He also put two strips of lead tape on the bottom of his putter, and it seemed to pay off. He holed a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 14 to begin his run of three straight birdies, and all but one of his birdie putts looked to have a chance. He was missing, but not by much. ''I hit one bad putt today, and that was it,'' Woods said. ''Every other putt was on line.'' It was the first time since the Masters that Woods made a 36-hole cut, and the first time in two months that he broke par. That speaks only to the kind of stop-and-start year he has had, missing three months Sunday's Games Montreal at Winnipeg, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Moves Friday's Sports Transactions By The Associated Press BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Named Don Vaden vice president, director of officials. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined Baltimore DT Haloti Ngata $15,000 for lowering his helmet into the back of New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez;Oakland DL Richard Seymour $7,500 for each of two hits against New England QB Tom Brady and RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis; Washington LB Rob Jackson and undisclosed amount for dri- ving St. Louis QB Sam Bradford to the ground and Washington LB Perry Riley and undisclosed amount for striking a defense- less player fielding a punt. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed LS Cullen Loeffler to a three-year extension. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Released RB Eric Kettani from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL—Fined New York Rangers F Mats Zuc- carello $2,500 for boarding Los Angeles Kings F Kyle Clifford in game played in Stock- holm, Sweden. MINNESOTA WILD—Assigned C Eric Nys- trom to Houston (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed D Joe Callahan to a one-year contract.Released G Nicola Riopel, D Tony DeHart and F Ben Winnett. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS—Suspended Real Salt Lake MF Kyle Beckerman an additional two games and fined him $1,000 fine to for his violent con- duct in a Sept.28 game against the Chicago. FC DALLAS—Agreed to terms with D Jair Benitez and MF Andrew Jacobson on con- tract extensions. COLLEGE NCAA—Suspended Ohio State WR DeVi- er Posey for five more games, OL Marcus Hall, DL Melvin Fellows and RB Daniel Herron for one more game and must repay benefits after receiving pay for work not performed from a booster. this summer to let injuries to his left leg fully heal, and missing the last seven weeks when he failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs. And while the 68 was what he needed to make it to the weekend, the pleas- ant sunshine over Corde- Valle allowed for good scoring. He wasn't the only one who took advantage, and several others did far better, starting with Casey. Casey came up just short of the green on the par-5 15th, and then rolled in birdie putts of 40 feet and 25 feet on the next two holes, before finishing the back nine with a shot into 12 feet on the 18th. He added a pair of birdies on the front nine to put himself atop the leaderboard and raise his hopes going into Two free throws by McCoughtry cut Minnesota's lead to 64-40. Fol- lowing a turnover, Iziane Castro Marques hit a 3-pointer from the corner to cut the lead to one with 1:17 remaining. Poor shooting from the field forced Atlanta to foul in the final minute. Two free throws by McWilliams- Franklin and another free throw by Lindsay Whalen pushed the lead to 67-63. Following a miss by Castro Marques, McWilliams-Franklin added two more free throws with 35 seconds remaining. McCoughtry had two late layups, but the Dream could come no closer than four points in the final 30 sec- onds. The Dream held a 19-12 lead at 19-12 in the first quarter and led 37- 33 at halftime. There were two ties in the third quarter, the last at 41. Minnesota closed the period with an 11-4 run to lead 52-45 entering the final quarter. The Dream opened the fourth quarter with consecutive baskets by Alison Bales and Castro Marques to qualified 10th, Ryan New- man will start 11th and Brad Keselowski 12th among Chase contenders. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was 18th and Jimmie Johnson 19th. ''If it ain't us winning,'' Edwards said glibly, ''hopefully it's not another Chase guy.'' The native of Colum- bia, Mo., has fared well at Kansas Speedway, which he still considers his home track. Edwards has three top-5 finishes in nine starts on the 1 1/2-mile tri- oval. He's coming off a frus- trating race at Dover in which a pit road speeding TOKYO (AP) — Forget what the standings say. China is going to be eager for a do-over after a lackluster effort Saturday in qualifying at the world gymnastics championships. The Chinese scored 230.370 points despite major errors on uneven TUBE (Continued from page 1B) Utah • 3:30 p.m., NBC — Air Force at Notre Dame •4 p.m., ESPN — Auburn at Arkansas •4 p.m., ESPN2 — Georgia at Tennessee •4 p.m., CSNB — Iowa St. at Baylor •4 p.m., FX — Texas A&M at Texas Tech • 4:30 p.m., VERSUS — Colorado at Stan- ford • 5:07 p.m., ABC — Ohio St. at Nebraska • 7:30 p.m., CSNB — Washington St. at UCLA GOLF •5 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Madrid Masters, third round, at Alcala de Henares, Spain • 11:30 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Hana Bank Championship, second round, at Incheon, South Korea (same-day tape) •2 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, third round, at San Martin, Calif. •5:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Insperity Championship, second round, at The Woodlands, Texas (same-day tape) HORSE RACING •2 p.m., VERSUS — NTRA, Shadwell Turf Mile and Dixiana Breeders' Futurity, at Lex- ington, Ky. NHL HOCKEY • 10 a.m., VERSUS — N.Y. Rangers vs. Anaheim, at Stockholm SOCCER • 4:30 p.m., CSNC — Major League Soc- cer, San Jose at New England SUNDAY AUTO RACING • 11 a.m., ESPN — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Hollywood Casino 400, at Kansas City, Kan. CYCLING •7 p.m., VERSUS — Paris-Tours, Voves to Tours, France (same-day tape) GOLF •5 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Madrid Masters, final round, at Alcala de Henares, Spain • 11:30 a.m., TGC — LPGA, Hana Bank Championship, final round, at Incheon, South Korea (same-day tape) •2 p.m., TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, final round, at San Martin, Calif. • 5:30 p.m., TGC — Champions Tour, Insperity Championship, final round, at The Woodlands, Texas (same-day tape) HORSE RACING •2 p.m., VERSUS — NTRA, Spinster Stakes and Bourbon Stakes, at Lexington, Ky. NFL FOOTBALL • 1:15 p.m., CBS — San Diego at Denver •5 p.m., NBC — Green Bay at Atlanta the weekend. ''To be honest, it's prob- ably the best I've hit the golf ball all year,'' Casey said. It's a good time for that to happen. Casey is playing the next two tournaments to meet the minimum require- ment of 15 starts. If he doesn't finish among the top 125, he likely would get enough exemptions as a past champion and for being among the top 50 in the world that he wouldn't need to go to Q-school. His only concern is playing better. The first sign should have been Thursday, when he was still dragging from the flight from South Korea, got to the top of the leader- board only to lose a few shots at the end of his round for a 70. pull within three points. Augustus quickly came off the bench, and Atlanta's comeback bid ended. A 7-2 run gave the Lynx a 59-51 lead. After McCoughtry's basket cut the Minnesota lead to 61-56, Moore answered with a big 3-pointer that went through the net as the shot clock sounded. McWilliams-Franklin's status as starting center had been uncertain after she sprained her right knee, forcing her to leave Wednesday night's game. The 41-year-old did start and had seven points, four rebounds and four assists. With the health of McWilliams- Franklin a concern, Reeve was upset when backup center Jessica Adair was called for her second foul late in the first quarter. After receiving a warning from official Michael Price to return to the bench, Reeve added another complaint and drew a tech- nical foul. After there were a combined 78 free throws in the Game 2 at Min- nesota, there were only 34 — 17 for each team — called in Game 3. penalty cost him a chance at victory. After the race, Edwards brashly told his team over the radio, ''We're going to Kansas and we're going to win, and let's just go do it.'' ''That's still my plan,'' he said. ''I hope I can come through with that. I feel that we can do it and I really felt like we could do it at Dover. I was really amped up at the end of that race. We are running pretty well now. We'll find out in race trim tomorrow how confident I am.'' He sounds plenty confi- dent. It helps having a two- time winner at Kansas bars, their best event, and passed Romania for the top spot. Romania, which competed Friday, scored 227.228 points. But those standings are unlikely to hold up with the United States and defending champion Russia compet- starting right next to him. Biffle, who won the 2007 and 2010 races, said he'll do whatever he can to help his teammate in the Chase. Biffle said he'd even let Edwards lead a lap, though he acknowl- edged that the No. 99 car is strong enough that it will probably get to the front on its own. ''You know what? If you look back, we've been pretty dang strong on all the mile-and-a-half and two-mile tracks as an organization,'' Biffle said. ''Carl is going to have a fast car. I don't think it will be an issue with him leading a lap.'' China not impressive in taking lead in qualifying ing later Saturday. The top eight teams earn spots at next summer's London Olympics as well as in Tuesday night's event finals. Scoring starts over in event finals, where three gymnasts compete on each event and all three scores count.