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WILFREDOLEE—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS San Francisco Giants le fielder Angel Pagan catches a fly ball hit by the Miami Marlins' Christian Yelich during the fourth inning Wednesday in Miami. ByAndrewBaggarly BayAreaNewsGroup MIAMI Whenabrushfireripsinto someone's neighborhood, you quickly find out what they value most. When an eight-game division lead evaporates, you find out whom a ma- jor league manager trusts the most. Bruce Bochy's preservation in- stincts kicked in during the sixth inning of the San Francisco Giants' 1-0 victory Wednesday afternoon at Marlins Park. He trusted his bullpen over Jeff Samardzija. Then he trusted Derek Law over Sergio Romo or Ja- vier Lopez. He trusts that his seasoned team will come through this fire. But un- til they do, he makes no apologies for riding his hottest hands. Bochy pulled Samardzija in the midst of a shutout, even though the right-hander had thrown a reason- able 82 pitches. The bold move paid off, Brandon Crawford's solo home run in the fourth inning held up, and for the first time in eight tries since the All-Star break, the Giants (65-49) won a series. They took two of three from the Marlins to end a challenging, 4-5 road trip down the Eastern Seaboard in which Hunter Pence received a black eye, Buster Posey scraped up his face and Bochy had a heart scare that sent him to the hospital. They survived the trip still cling- ing to first place, although for the first time in 87 days, they woke up Wednesday without sole possession of it. The Dodgers had caught them after being behind by as many as eight games; the deficit was 6½ at the All-Star break. Bochy was unvarnished in his as- sessment during his pregame meet- ing with reporters. "We haven't taken a series in how BASEBALL Giantskeepholdonfirstplace Crawford hits homer to back Samardzija, bullpen in 1-0 win over Marlins GIANTS1,MARLINS0 Up next: Baltimore Orioles at San Francisco Giants, 7:15p.m. Friday, TV on CSN-BA. THESCORE By Will Graves The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO Without it, Na- dia Comaneci is just another gold- medal winning gymnast from East- ern Europe. The Perfect 10 made the Roma- nian superstar more than a cham- pion. It made her a legend. Yet four decades after her bar- rier-shattering uneven bars rou- tine in Montreal — the one that ended with Comaneci and coach Bela Karolyi initially staring at the scoreboard in confusion when it read 1.00 because it wasn't outfit- ted to put up the first 10.0 in Olym- pic history — perfection is harder to achieve. The International Gymnastics Federation abandoned the 10-based system a decade ago in favor of a more complicated formula designed to better separate the best in the world. Yet something seemed to get lost even as gymnasts like Ameri- can Simone Biles — heavily favored to win the all-around title on Thurs- day night — pushed the sport to un- precedented heights. The scores Biles puts up are as- tounding. It's just that the 16s that Biles regularly posts on vault — a level her peers seldom match — don't translate. Yes, they're awe- some. They're just not "perfect." And 28 years after the last 10 in Olympic gymnastics, Comaneci wonders if that needs to change. "I think it would be nice to see OLYMPICS: GYMNASTICS WITHOUT 10 SCORE, PERFECTION TOUGH Sport's scoring system criticized for complexity 40 years a er Comaneci's 7 perfect marks in 1976 FILE — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In this 1976file photo, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci stands before a scoreboard in Montreal, Canada. DMITRI LOVETSKY — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The United States' Simone Biles performs on the vault during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. By Jimmy Durkin Bay Area News Group NAPA David Carr, now in his second year as an NFL Network analyst, has an admitted bias when it comes to the Oakland Raiders. The older brother of Derek Carr, he visited this week as part of NFL Network's tour of train- ing camps. After hearing plenty of the hype sent the Raiders way during the offseason, he came away impressed by how that hasn't seeped into the team's preparation. "When I got here, I was hop- ing what I would see is, one you get inside these lines, inside these stripes, the hype kind of goes away," David Carr said. "It's just work and these guys are competing. That's the cool part." The free agent additions of left guard Kelechi Osemele, line- backer Bruce Irvin, cornerback Sean Smith and safety Reggie Nelson have pundits picking the Raiders as a possible AFC West contender. A former No. 1 overall pick by Houston who spent 10 years in the NFL, David Carr is excited about what those new defensive pieces can do for the Raiders of- fense and top receivers Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree, a former teammate of his with the 49ers. "I was talking to Derek about the competitiveness on the of- fensive and defensive side of the ball," David Carr said. "Guys aren't this open, now they're this. It's tighter coverage. It's more competitive one-on-one situations. "Bringing over Reggie Nel- son and Sean Smith and those guys on the defensive side of the RAIDERS TRAINING CAMP Carr's big brother likes what he sees, hears By Paul Newberry The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO Katie Ledecky was the fastest swimmer in the pool, and she brought her Ameri- can teammates along for the ride. The 19-year-old turned in an- other overpowering performance to carry the United States to vic- tory in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay late Wednesday, capturing her third gold and fourth medal overall at the Rio Olympics. The U.S. trailed through the first three legs of the race, as Sweden, China and then Austra- lia swapped the top spot. Then, it was Ledecky's turn on the anchor leg. She blew everyone else away. Ledecky turned in a split of 1 minute, 53.74 seconds, which was nearly 2 ½ seconds faster than her next-fastest teammate, Alli- son Schmitt in 1:56.21. Only one other swimmer in the race, Australia's Emma McKeon, got within a second of Ledecky. The Australians settled for sil- ver, and Canada took the bronze. Eighteen-year-old Australian Kyle Chalmers dethroned defend- ing champion Nathan Adrian in the final of the 100-meter free- style earlier Wednesday night, taking that title Down Under for the first time in 48 years. In a furious down-and-back sprint, Chalmers rallied on the return lap to win with a time of 47.58 seconds. Pieter Timmers of Belgium claimed the silver in 47.80, while Adrian made it onto the medal podium — with a bronze this time — in 47.85. "I feel great about getting an- other medal," said Adrian, who barely advanced out of the pre- liminaries but nearly pulled off the first back-to-back titles in the 100 since Pieter van den Hoogen- band in 2000 and 2004. "It would be great to have gold, but in this day and age the 100 freestyle is maybe the most fickle event out there. I am so proud to be a med- alist for two Olympiads." For Australia, a country known more for its distance freestylers, Chalmers became the 100 free champion since Michael Wenden at Mexico City in 1968. The teen- ager is also the youngest Olym- pic gold medalist in that event since 17-year-old Jorg Woithe of East Germany at the 1980 Mos- cow Games. Then there's Kazakhstan, which claimed its first Olympic swimming medal. Ever. A gold one, at that. Dmitriy Balandin pulled off a stunning upset in the men's 200 breaststroke, winning from the eighth lane to put his central Asian country on the swimming medal stand for the first time. Yosuhiro Koseki of Japan went out fast and was more than a sec- ond under world-record pace at the final turn. But Balandin was right with him in the outside lane, and Koseki couldn't keep up the pace. Balandin touched in 2:07.46, while Josh Prenot of the United States rallied to claim silver. OLYMPIC SWIMMING Ledecky leads US to gold in relay race GIANTS PAGE 2 GYMNASTS PAGE 2 RAIDERS PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, August 11, 2016 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1