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2B Daily News– Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Giants stay alive in Cincinnati CINCINNATI (AP) — Hardly able to get a hit, the San Francisco Giants used a misplayed grounder to pro- long their NL playoff series. Third baseman Scott Rolen's two-out error in the 10th inning gave the Giants the go-ahead run Tuesday night in a 2-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds, who couldn't shake 17 years of home postseason futility. The Giants avoided a sweep in Game 3, cutting their deficit to 2-1. Gold Glove winner, could- n't come up with Joaquin Arias' short-hop grounder, bobbled it and threw late to first. Rolen, an eight-time The Giants' Gre- gor Blanco is greeted by Pablo Sandoval after scoring a run against the Cincinnati Reds in the third inning in Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Great American Ball- park on Tuesday. (MCT photo) The Giants managed only three hits against Homer Bailey and Reds relievers, but got two of them in the 10th — along with a passed ball by Ryan Hanigan — to pull it out. San Francisco won despite striking out 16 times. Cincinnati finished with four hits, just one after the first inning. Left-hander Barry Zito will pitch Game 4 on Wednesday for the Giants, who have won the last 11 times he started. The Reds have to decide whether to try ace Johnny Cueto, forced out of the opener in San Francisco on Saturday with spasms in his back and side. The Reds haven't won a home playoff game since 1995, the last time they reached the NL champi- onship series. One win away from making it back there, they couldn't beat a Giants team that has barely been able to get a hit. Didn't need many in this one. Bailey made his first start at Great American Ball Park since his Sept. 28 no- NFL Commissioner Goodell re-issues bounty discipline NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the suspensions of Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith on Tuesday for their role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal and reduced penal- ties for Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove. Though an appeal panel created by the NFL's labor agreement vacated the orig- inal suspensions on techni- cal grounds, Goodell ruled he was sticking with his decision to suspend Vilma for the season and Smith for four games. Hargrove, a free agent that the seven-month-old bounty saga is far from over. Vilma said on Twitter that the new ruling ''this is not news to me pride won't let him admit he's wrong.'' Smith issued a statement saying he will continue to explore his appeal options. Vilma's attorney, Peter defensive lineman, will face a two-game suspension once he signs with a team. He originally was hit with eight games, but that was reduced to seven with five games already served. Fuji- ta, who plays for Cleveland, will now miss only one game instead of three. The responses of Vilma, Smith and the NFL Players Association left little doubt Ginsberg, said in a state- ment that Goodell's new ruling ''continues his previ- ous grossly misplaced inter- pretation of the 'evidence.' What the Commissioner did today is not justice, nor just. The suspension has the fin- gerprints of lawyers trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.'' NASCAR Spring Cup Points Leaders 1, Brad Keselowski 2,142 2, Jimmie Johnson 2,137 3, Denny Hamlin 4, Clint Bowyer 5, Tony Stewart 6, Kasey Kahne 2,126 2,117 2,110 2,110 7, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2,103 8, Martin Truex Jr. 9, Kevin Harvick 10, Jeff Gordon 11, Greg Biffle 12, Matt Kenseth 2,100 2,096 2,094 2,091 2,070 The players were impli- cated in what the NFL said was a bounty pool run by former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and paid improper cash bonuses for hits that injured opponents. The players have acknowledged a pool but denied they intended to injure anyone. The players can delay their suspensions by appeal- ing again through their labor contract, which they have three days to do. They could also ask a federal judge in New Orleans to revisit their earlier request for an injunc- tion blocking the suspen- sions. WNBA CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-3) Eastern Conference Connecticut 1, Indiana 1 Game 1: Connecticut 76, Indiana 64 Game 2: Indiana 78, Connecticut 76 Thursday: at Connecticut, 5:30 p.m. Western Conference Minnesota 2, Los Angeles 0 Game 1: Minnesota 94, Los Angeles 77 Game 2: Minnesota 80, Los Angeles 79 Goodell, meanwhile, stood by the substance of the investigation began when allegations were first brought to the league's attention three seasons ago. ''The quality, specificity and scope of the evidence supporting the findings of conduct detrimental (to the game) are far greater and more extensive than ordi- narily available in such cases,'' Goodell said in a memorandum to the 32 clubs. NCAA Top 25 Schedule Saturday's games No. 1 Alabama at Missouri, 12:30 p.m. No. 3 South Carolina at No. 9 LSU, 5 p.m. No. 4 Florida at Vanderbilt, 3 p.m. No. 5 West Virginia at Texas Tech, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 Kansas State at Iowa State, 9 a.m. No.7 Notre Dame vs.No.17 Stanford, 12:30 p.m. No. 8 Ohio State at Indiana, 5 p.m. No. 10 Oregon State at BYU, 12:30 p.m. No. 11 Southern Cal at Washington, 4 p.m. No. 12 Florida St. vs. Boston Co., 2:30 p.m. No.13 Oklahoma vs.No. 15 Texas, 9 a.m. No. 18 Louisville at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. No. 19 Mississippi St. vs.Tennessee, 6 p.m. No. 20 Rutgers vs. Syracuse, 9 a.m. No. 21 Cincinnati vs. Fordham, 4 p.m. No.22 Tex.A&M at No.23 Louis.Tech, 6:15 p.m. No. 24 Boise St. vs.Fresno State, 12:30 p.m. No. 25 Michigan vs. Illinois, 12:30 p.m. hitter in Pittsburgh and allowed only one hit in seven innings, the latest dominating performance by a Reds starter. Marco Scu- taro singled in the sixth for the only hit off Bailey. Fortunately for the Giants, Bailey's one lapse let to a run. He hit a batter, walked another and gave up a sacrifice fly by Angel Pagan in the third inning. That was it until the 10th, with the Giants going down swinging — the Reds set a season high for strikeouts. Closer Aroldis Chapman got a pair of strikeouts on 100 mph fastballs during a perfect ninth inning, keep- ing it tied at 1. San Francisco's one-hit batting champion — and Hunter Pence, who pulled his left calf on a wild swing before getting his hit. With two outs, Hanigan wonders finally got it going against Jonathan Broxton, who gave up leadoff singles by Buster Posey — the NL couldn't come up with a pitch, letting the runners advance. Arias' tough- chance grounder then put Rolen in a tough spot — charging the ball for a quick short-hop swipe. He could- n't come up with it cleanly, and Arias beat the throw. No sweep this time. Instead, a Reds team that lost a lot — closer Ryan Madson in spring training, top hitter Joey Votto for six weeks at midseason, man- ager Dusty Baker for the NL Central clincher, Cueto in the first inning of the first playoff game — ended up with another playoff loss at home. Baker was back in the home dugout at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a month, recovered from an irregular heartbeat and a mini-stroke. After a pregame ovation, he settled in his red folding chair with a toothpick on his lips. The 63-year-old manag- got no-hit by Roy Halladay and swept by the Phillies in the opening round. The second-largest er watched his pitching staff dominate again, but fail to get that breakthrough win. Cincinnati's hadn't won a home playoff game since 1995, when the Reds beat the Dodgers 10-1 at River- front Stadium for a three- game division sweep. They then got swept by Atlanta. The Reds' next brush with the postseason came in 1999, when they lost a one- game playoff for the wild card to Al Leiter and the Mets. They finally made in 2010 with a young team that crowd in Great American history was still getting the hang of playoff rooting. A video board message instructed the 44,501 fans not to wave white rally tow- els while the Reds were in the field — could be dis- tracting. Didn't take long to get those towels twirling. Bran- don Phillips led off with a single, but was thrown out at third when he tried to advance on a ball that got away from Posey. It was costly — the Reds went on to score on a walk and a pair of singles, including Jay Bruce's RBI hit to right. The Reds got only one more hit the rest of the way. MLB PLAYOFFS WILD CARD National League: St. Louis 6, Atlanta 3 American League: Baltimore 5, Texas 1 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Detroit 2, Oakland 1 Game 1: Detroit 3, Oakland 1 Game 2: Detroit 5, Oakland 4 Tuesday: Oakland 2, Detroit 0 Today: Detroit (Scherzer 16-7) at Oakland (Griffin 7-1), 6:37 p.m. (TNT) x-Thursday: Detroit (Verlander 17-8) at Oakland, 6:37 p.m. (TNT) Baltimore 1, New York 1 Game 1: New York 7, Baltimore 2 Game 2: Baltimore 3, New York 2 Today: Baltimore at N.Y. (Kuroda 16-11), 4:37 p.m. or 5:37 p.m. (TBS) x-Thursday: Baltimore at New York (Hughes 16-13), 5:37 p.m. (TBS) x-Friday: Baltimore at New York, TBD (TBS) National League Cincinnati 2, San Francisco 1 Game 1: Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 2 Game 2: Cincinnati 9, San Francisco 0 Tuesday: San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1 Today: San Francisco at Cincinnati 1:07 p.m., (TBS) x-Thursday: San Francisco at Cincinnati, TBD (TBS) St. Louis 1,Washington 1 Game 1:Washington 3, St. Louis 2 Game 2: St. Louis 12, Washington 4 Today: St. Louis at Washington, 10:07 a.m. (MLB) Thursday: St. Louis at Washington, 1:07 p.m. or 2:07 p.m. (TBS) x-Friday: St. Louis at Washington, TBD (TBS) NFL AFC West WL T Pct Chargers 3 2 0 .600 Denver 2 3 0 .400 RAIDERS 130 .250 Kansas City 1 4 0 .200 East WL T Pct N. England 3 2 0 .600 N.Y. Jets 2 3 0 .400 Miami 2 3 0 .400 Buffalo 2 3 0 .400 South WL T Pct Houston 5 0 0 1.000 Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 Jacksonville 1 4 0 .200 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 North WL T Pct Baltimore 4 1 0 .800 Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 .500 Cleveland 0 5 0 .000 NFC East WL T Pct Philadelphia 3 2 0 .600 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 Dallas 2 2 0 .500 Washington 2 3 0 .400 South WL T Pct Atlanta 5 0 0 1.000 Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 Carolina 1 4 0 .200 N. Orleans 1 4 0 .200 North WL T Pct Minnesota 4 1 0 .800 Chicago 4 1 0 .800 Green Bay 2 3 0 .400 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 West WL T Pct Arizona 4 1 0 .800 49ERS 410 .800 St. Louis 3 2 0 .600 Seattle 3 2 0 .600 _________________________________ Week 5 results Thursday's result St. Louis 17, Arizona 3 Sunday's results San Francisco 45, Buffalo 3 Atlanta 24, Washington 17 Baltimore 9, Kansas City 6 Chicago 41, Jacksonville 3 Indianapolis 30, Green Bay 27 Miami 17, Cincinnati 13 Minnesota 30, Tennessee 7 New England 31, Denver 21 New Orleans 31, San Diego 24 N.Y. Giants 41, Cleveland 27 Pittsburgh 16, Philadelphia 14 Seattle 16, Carolina 12 Monday's result Houston 23, N.Y. Jets 17 Week 6 Schedule Thursday's game Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 5:20 p.m. Sunday's games Oakland at Atlanta, 10 a.m. N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m. Dallas at Baltimore, 10 a.m. Detroit at Philadelphia, 10 a.m. Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Miami, 10 a.m. Buffalo at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. New England at Seattle, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 1:25 p.m. Green Bay at Houston, 5:20 p.m. Monday's game Denver at San Diego, 5:30 p.m. Open: Carolina, Chicago, Jacksonville, New Orleans DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY redbluffdailynews.com Subscribe Now! To get started, go to: www.redbluffdailynews.com/websubscribe