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2B Daily News – Thursday, October 4, 2012 PREVIEW (Continued from page 1B) 35-34. Senior 'back Nathan Fultz racked up 198 rushing yards on 20 carries and scored three touchdowns. Chico, which has star quarterback Trevon Reid, is poised to be a tough task for Red Bluff to overcome. Despite Reid's injuries this season, he totaled 334 yards in the second half against the Hornets last week. in their own close fight, the Corning Cardinals (3-2 overall, 0-1 league) were playing in a thriller at home against Lassen. A's (Continued from page 1B) Young on a fly to center for the final out, then raised his arms in the air as the A's streamed out of the dugout and began bouncing up and down in the infield. ''2012 AL WEST CHAMPIONS'' flashed on the scoreboard two days after the A's clinched a playoff spot Monday and held a wild dance party in the club- house. ''I'm glad there's not one tomorrow or Fri- day,'' owner Lew Wolff said. ''I can relax and go home. I'm running out of underwear.'' fans while taking a victo- ry lap through the run- down Coliseum, where the outfield still has a light patch of grass from football in the venue shared by the NFL's Raiders. Players high-fived When the Spartans were But Lassen, down 16-13 with less than a minute to play, forced overtime with a field goal. touchdowns in overtime but Corning missed an extra point attempt leaving a win- dow for Lassen to score and go ahead by one to win 23- 22. Fultz scored one of his Week 5 bodes well as the team visits reigning Division II champion Orland at 7:30 time since being swept by Detroit in the 2006 AL championship series. two-run double in the fourth against Derek Holland (12-7) and Bran- don Moss drove in three runs, including a two-run single in the four-run eighth. Coco Crisp hit a tying er Evan Scribner (2-0) left the mound in the sixth to a standing ova- tion from the sellout crowd of 30,067. He allowed two hits and struck out two in three scoreless innings after replacing struggling starter A.J. Griffin. Rookie winning pitch- for a fifth consecutive game, gave up a double to Nelson Cruz before retiring the next three Texas hitters with strike- outs of David Murphy and Mike Napoli. Catch- er Derek Norris pumped his right arm as the Coli- seum fans jumped to their feet. Ryan Cook, pitching Soon, the celebratory champagne and beer made its way to the field — and players sprayed it into the stands. The A's returned to the field almost an hour later to greet fans still gathered along the top of the dugout. Oakland pulled off another remarkable per- formance in a season defined by thrilling walkoffs, rallies and whipped-cream pie cele- brations by a team that was never supposed to be here. Texas by 13 games on June 30. A club with a $59.5 million payroll, lowest in baseball. Gen- eral manager Billy Beane found ways to get a blue- collar franchise back to the playoffs for the first A club that trailed Norris then homered leading off the bottom of the eighth for his second RBI. It was his seventh homer and Oakland's majors-leading 112th since the All-Star break. I've been here, it's been, the A's can't compete with the payroll, can't compete with this team or that team,'' ''Ever since Day 1 said. ''We're better off if we're down. It just gives us the extra energy.'' Norris West champion San Francisco Giants as divi- sion champions. The Bay Area is already buzzing about a possible Bay Bridge World Series like the 1989 championship swept by Oakland, one interrupted by an earth- quake. The A's join the NL Hamilton's miscue The Cardinals' effort in p.m. Friday. Like Lassen, the Trojans prefer to run the ball, and despite a poor rushing per- formance from Orland against Sutter last week, the team had three players who totaled more than 100 yards on the ground against Grid- ley in Week 4. on Willows for a win. In eight-man football, the And both teams jumped Mercy Warriors' four-game win streak was ended in a 30-28 loss to Greenville, which scored late in the fourth quarter to ultimately beat Mercy. while charging forward might haunt the to-be free agent if his Rangers don't get past their wild- card game. man,'' Hamilton said. ''You guys have a hard time believing we can forget about it and move ahead. But that's what we get paid to do.'' ''I just missed it, Murphy's two-run sin- gle highlighted a five-run third inning that put Texas in prime position. drew a leadoff walk and Josh Reddick followed with an RBI double. Josh Donaldson singled and Seth Smith's base hit made it 5-3 and chased Ryan Dempster with none out and runners on first and second. In the fourth, Moss overall and 2-1 league, will face another formidable opponent as they visit Princeton at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Warriors, now 4-2 cia's presence on defense. The Eagles (2-3 overall, 1-1 league) thumped a lowly Herlong squad 62-0 two weeks ago. Mercy also blew out the team, but lost starting junior quarterback Tommy Garcia for the rest of the season early in that game. In the Warriors' loss against the Indians last week, head coach Charlie Ford said his team is stacked offensively, but misses Gar- Opening day starter Brandon McCarthy took a line drive to the head Sept. 5 that required surgery and ended his season, Brett Anderson missed most of the year coming off Tommy John surgery, and Dallas Braden never pitched because of shoulder problems. Starter Barto- lo Colon received a 50- game suspension in August for a positive testosterone test. Third baseman Bran- don Inge needed shoul- der surgery last month and prized Cuban rookie Yoenis Cespedes missed time with a pair of injuries in May and June. beginning for a team that traded away catcher Kurt And that's just the Washington turned to the lefty Holland, a starter who was tagged for four runs in the first inning of the second game of Sunday's dou- bleheader with the Angels before working into the seventh. He retired the first two batters before Crisp's double down the right- field line. The only other teams to come back from at least 13 games down to win the division were the 1914 Boston Braves, the 1951 New York Giants, the '78 Yankees and the '95 Seattle Mariners. Oakland accom- plished this with an ever- changing roster managed by Melvin in his first full season as skipper. They lost third baseman Scott Sizemore to a knee injury on the first full day of spring training workouts, never promot- ed slugger Manny Ramirez from the minors before parting ways, and dealt with devastating injuries all year long. MLB American League West Division x-A's y-Texas Angels Seattle East Division WL Pct GB x-New York 95 67 .586 — y-Baltimore 93 69 .574 2 Tampa Bay 90 72 .556 5 Toronto Boston Central Division x-Detroit Chicago WL Pct GB 88 74 .543 — 85 77 .525 3 Kansas City 72 90 .444 16 Cleveland 68 94 .420 20 Minnesota 66 96 .407 22 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division —————————————————— Wednesday's results Oakland 12, Texas 5 Seattle 12, L.A. Angels 0 N.Y.Yankees 14, Boston 2 Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland 0 Toronto 2, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1 Detroit 1, Kansas City 0 End of regular season WL Pct GB 94 68 .580 — 93 69 .574 1 89 73 .549 5 75 87 .463 19 West Division x-GIANTS Dodgers Arizona WL Pct GB 94 68 .580 — 86 76 .531 8 81 81 .500 13 San Diego 76 86 .469 18 Colorado 64 98 .395 30 East Division WL Pct GB x-Washington 98 64 .605 — y-Atlanta 94 68 .580 4 Philadelphia 81 81 .500 17 New York Miami 74 88 .457 24 69 93 .426 29 73 89 .451 22 69 93 .426 26 Central Division WL Pct GB x-Cincinnati 97 65 .599 — y-St. Louis 88 74 .543 9 Milwaukee 83 79 .512 14 Pittsburgh 79 83 .488 18 Chicago Houston x-clinched division y-clinched wild card —————————————————— Wednesday's results Atlanta 4, Pittsburgh 0 Washington 5, Philadelphia 1 Chicago Cubs 5, Houston 4 N.Y.Mets 4, Miami 2 Colorado 2, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, San Francisco 1 San Diego 7, Milwaukee 6 St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 0 End of regular season Ford, however, said he commends Brenten James for stepping in to replace the injured Garcia as well as Nico Leal, who is filling James' spot. improve their kick-return defense against Princeton, as Greenville gained good field position at critical moments in Week 5 to upset the Warriors. The Warriors will need to dogs would be preparing to play Maxwell on Friday, but the team shut down the var- sity season last month. Suzuki to the Nationals during the year after swapping three top pitchers during the off- season — Trevor Cahill to Arizona, NL Cy Young Award favorite and 21-game winner Gio Gonzalez to Washington and All-Star closer Andrew Bailey to Boston. ''There hasn't been a lot of luck involved,'' said Beane, who received a celebratory pie in the face. ''The one thing about baseball, when you play 161 games, you don't get lucky this late in the season. There have been a lot of adjustments on the fly.'' MLB National League The Los Molinos Bull- Todd Hamer said after three players became ineligible to play because of grades, in addition to a player who left the team and one who was removed, he was left with seven players to play 11- man football. The junior varsity team, Bulldogs head coach however, is still in action and is scheduled to host Maxwell for homecoming at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Homecoming activities will start at 5:30 p.m. NFL AFC West WL T Pct PF PA San Diego 3 1 0 .750 100 71 Denver 2 2 0 .500 114 83 Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 88 136 RAIDERS 13 0 .25067 125 East WL T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 81 109 New Eng. 2 2 0 .500 134 92 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 115 131 Miami South 1 3 0 .250 86 90 WL T Pct PF PA Houston 4 0 0 1.000126 56 Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 61 83 Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 62 97 Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 81 151 North WL T Pct PF PA Baltimore 3 1 0 .750 121 83 Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 112 112 Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 77 75 Cleveland 0 4 0 .000 73 98 NFC West WL T Pct PF PA Arizona 4 0 0 1.000 91 61 49ers 31 0 .750 104 65 St. Louis 2 2 0 .500 79 91 Seattle 2 2 0 .500 70 58 East Philadelphia 3 1 0 .750 66 83 Dallas WL T Pct PF PA 2 2 0 .500 65 88 Washington 2 2 0 .500 123 123 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 111 84 South WL T Pct PF PA Atlanta 4 0 0 1.000124 76 Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 82 91 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 80 109 New Orleans0 4 0 .000 110 130 North WL T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 1 0 .750 90 72 Chicago 3 1 0 .750 108 68 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 85 81 Detroit Week 4 results Thursday's games Baltimore 23, Cleveland 16 Sunday's games 61 101 .377 36 55 107 .340 42 Houston 38, Tennessee 14 San Diego 37, Kansas City 20 St. Louis 19, Seattle 13 New England 52, Buffalo 28 Minnesota 20, Detroit 13 Atlanta 30, Carolina 28 San Francisco 34, N.Y. Jets 0 Arizona 24, Miami 21, OT Denver 37, Oakland 6 Cincinnati 27, Jacksonville 10 Green Bay 28, New Orleans 27 Washington 24, Tampa Bay 22 Philadelphia 19, N.Y. 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