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Tracker Thursday's results Tehama VOLLEYBALL Shasta Red Bluff 4 1 Red Bluff falls 20-25, 20-25, 25-23 21-25 Maggie Hansen — 7 kills, 2 blocks Tayler Zazueta — 11 kills, 26 digs Emily Gallagher — 19 assists, 4 digs Katie Gallagher — 10 assists, 3 aces, Jessica Macdonald — 5 kills, 2 blocks Hannah Woodall — 6 blocks Karlee Garcia — 15 digs TENNIS West Valley Red Bluff Red Bluff Singles Ginger Shaffer (L) 6-1, 2-6, 6-7 (3-7) Meredith Lord (W) — 7-5, 6-2 Jennika Alexander (W) — 6-1, 6-2 Josie Clements (W) — 6-4, 6-1 Aislynn Lair (W) — 6-3, 6-3 Erika Ellis (W) — 6-1, 6-0 Doubles Shaffer/Alexander (W) — 8-5 Clements/Lair (W) — 8-6 Lord/Ellis (W) — 8-2 GOLF Pleasant Valley Red Bluff Enterprise Shasta Chico Paradise Foothill Red Bluff Sofia Frantz — 51 Mickenzie Perdue — 53 Summer Frantz — 57 Autumn Poole — 60 Michelle Mitchell — 69 Kellie Rodriguez — 78 MLB San Francisco wins series Giants Cincinnati SF — Posey 1-4, Grand Slam CIN — Phillips 2-5, 2 RBI St. Louis Series tied 2-2 Washington STL— Beltran 0-3, 1 RBI WAS — Werth 1-4, 1 RBI MLB Series tied 2-2 New York Baltimore Detroit Athletics 2 1 MCT photo Tim Lincecum, right, douses Pablo Sandoval with champagne as the Giants celebrate after a series-clinching 6-4 win Thursday. Posey busts Cincinnati's hopes LATE Today's games FOOTBALL Central Valley Corning 7:30 p.m. Follow @TehamaSports for live game coverage tonight Red Bluff Wheatland 7:30 p.m. MLB Washington St. Louis TBS 5:37 p.m. NATIONALS 2, CARDINALS 1 STL— Wainwright, 14-13 WAS — Gonzalez, 21-8 On the tube AUTO RACING 1 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nation- wide Series, pole qualifying for Dollar General 300, at Concord, N.C. 2:30 p.m. ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, ''Happy Hour Series,'' final practice for Bank of America 500, at Concord, N.C. 4:30 p.m. ESPN — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Dollar General 300, at Concord, N.C. 10 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, qualifying for Grand Prix of Korea, at Yeongam, South Korea BOXING 7 p.m. SHO — Middleweights, Jonathan Cepeda (12-0-0) vs. Lamar Russ (10-0-0); lightweights, Jose Pedraza (10-0-0) vs. Allan Benitez (6-1-0), at St. Louis COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5 p.m. ESPN2 — Navy at Central Michigan GOLF 6 a.m.TGC — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, second round, at Vilamoura, Portugal 10:30 A.m.TGC — Champions Tour, Greater Hickory Classic, first round, at Conover, N.C. 1 p.m.TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, second round, at San Martin, Calif. 4:30 p.m.TGC — Web.com Tour, Miccosukee Championship, second round, at Miami (same-day tape) 6:30 p.m.TGC — LPGA Malaysia, second round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE HOCKEY 4 p.m. NBCSN — Ice Breaker Tour- nament, first round, Notre Dame vs. Maine, at Kansas City, Mo. Werth walkoff keeps Nats alive WASHINGTON (AP) — Lance Lynn needed only a few words to describe a 13-pitch at- bat. ''Three-two heater. He beat me.'' There were more questions for the St. Louis Cardinals reliever, of course, but the answers were more or less the same. He went mano-a-mano with Jayson Werth in the bot- tom of the ninth inning of a playoff game, los- ing the battle when the Washington leadoff hit- ter put the baker's dozen offering off the back wall of the visitor's dugout beyond left field. ''Everyone in the sta- The Nationals' 2-1 win Thursday in Game 4 kept the Cardinals from clinching the NL divi- sion series, and now there will be a decisive Game 5 in Washington on Friday. It'll be hard to top this one — with Werth going strike, strike, ball, ball, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, ball and foul before launching the hit that had him circling the bases, tossing his hel- met high and leaping into a pile of teammates dium knew what I was throwing there,'' Lynn said. ''Tip your cap to him. The guy can play, and he beat me.'' See NATS, page 2B CINCINNATI (AP) — Buster Posey insisted all along — even after San Francisco lost the first two at home — that his team was far from done, no matter how long the odds. Turns out, he was right. And the NL bat- ting champion had a lot to do with this most Giant comeback. Posey hit the third grand slam in Giants postseason history on Thursday, and San Francisco pulled off an unprecedented revival, moving into the championship series with a 6-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. They'll play either Washington or St. Louis for the NL pennant starting Sunday. ''We could go up against anybody at any feeling.'' time,'' shortstop Brandon Crawford said. ''Being down 2-0 and coming back and win- ning three at their place, it's an unbelievable win a five-game playoff series after falling behind 2-0. Major League Baseball's changed playoff format this season allowed them to become the first to take a best-of-five by winning the last three on the road. With one swing, Posey made it possible. ''I don't think anybody gave up,'' he said. Posey's second career grand slam off Mat Latos put the Giants up 6-0 in the fifth and sparked a joyous scrum in the San Francisco dugout. The ball smacked off the front of the upper deck in left field, just above Latos' name on the video board. ''That gave us some breathing room,'' The Giants became only the eighth team to Will Clark, in the 1989 NLCS, and Chuck Hiller, in the 1962 World Series, hit the other Giants slams in the postseason. Matt Cain and the bullpen held on, with more help from Posey. The All-Star catcher threw out Jay Bruce at third base to snuff out a sixth-inning rally that cut it to 6-3. The Giants also had a pair of diving catches that preserved the lead in the eighth. Ryan Ludwick singled home a run in the reliever Jeremy Affeldt said. ''We were all excited.'' ninth off Sergio Romo. With two runners aboard, Romo fanned Scott Rolen to end it. The Giants raised their arms, hugged and huddled by the side of the mound, bouncing in unison. Then they were off to the visiting club- See GIANTS, page 2B 1 2 4 6 290 262 296 290 319 319 328 DN file photo by Andre Byik Red Bluff's Ginger Ellis hits a backhand Tuesday. 8 1 Sports RED BLUFF 8,WEST VALLEY 1 Spartans playoff bound By ANDRE BYIK DN Sports Editor The Red Bluff Lady Spartans varsity tennis team clinched a playoff spot after defeating West Valley 8-1 on Thursday at home. Both teams came into the matchup with 7-4 Sac River League records, and a split in their last two meetings. The win gives the Spartans a second-place GIANTS 6, REDS 4 finish in league behind Foothill. Bluff's Ginger Shaffer fell to Tatiana Pellow in a third-set tiebreaker that saw gusty winds throughout. Shaffer got off to a In No.1 singles, Red fast start, winning the first set 6-1 after Pellow struggled to keep her groundstrokes in play. But the slow start turned into a quick turn- around in the second set as Pellow often caught Shaffer out of position on the court and aimed groundstrokes at her feet. Pellow won the set 6-2. Shaffer, however, jumped to a 5-2 lead in the third and looked to be cruising to a victory until Pellow rallied to win four straight games to take a 6-5 lead. After Shaffer forced a tiebreaker and took a 2-1 lead, she committed a couple of unforced errors with flat, softly- hit groundstrokes that sailed long with the help of strong winds. Pellow won the tiebreaker 7-3 to win West Valley's only match on the day. See the Tehama Tracker for Red Bluff's results from Thursday's matchup. 1B Friday October 12, 2012 MCT photo The Nationals' Jayson Werth leaps onto home plate after a win on Thursday.