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BACK IN BLUE Dodgers score five in ninth to get even and have Kershaw set to go

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REBOUNDING from a four-strikeout Game 3, Cody Bellinger doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, above, after scoring the tying run in the seventh.

Gurriel suspended five games, in 2018, for making offensive gesture By Bill Shaikin Yuli Gurriel, one of the key hitters for the Houston Astros, was suspended for five games after television cameras caught him making a gesture and mouthing a word with racial overtones during Friday’s Game 3 of the World Series. The unpaid suspension will be served at the start of the 2018 season, and Gurriel will not appeal. He will not miss any games in the Series. He started at first base Saturday. In announcing the suspension, Commissioner Rob Manfred said that “there is no place in our game” for Gurriel’s behavior. He then was

asked whether baseball had passed on a chance to make its biggest statement to that effect by choosing not to suspend Gurriel during the World Series. “I used my best judgment as to where the appropriate disciplinary level fell,” Manfred said. Manfred deflected a question about the virtual certainty of the players’ union challenging a suspension during the Series. He said he thought the penalty was appropriate in part because the suspension would be unpaid (players do not earn extra salary during the World Series), because the Dodgers’ Yu Darvish — the [See Gurriel, D2]

Dodgers don’t go Belly up With Bellinger finally regaining his stroke, L.A. is all square. A1

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All the Dodgers breathe easier after Wood and Bellinger deliver BILL PLASCHKE HOUSTON — When Cody Bellinger reached second base, he looked up into the Minute Maid Park ceiling and screamed, his hallelujahs spiraling skyward for battling team, a thankful city, and a renewed World Series. “A super sigh of relief,” he said. The Dodgers are back. A title is within reach. Two wins away, three games to get it done, and if 22year-old kid Bellinger can break

out of an 0-for-13 World Series hitless streak with the game’s two biggest hits with his team’s baseball life on the line, doesn’t anything seem possible? “It’s a beautiful game,” Bellinger said, and amen to that. On a Saturday night that stunned the swaggering Houston Astros, Bellinger finished what Alex Wood brilliantly started, and together they led Dodgers to a giant 6-2 victory over the Astros in Game 4 of the World Series, knotting the series at two games apiece. How big? Just listen to the most understated of Dodgers [See Plaschke, D3]

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It’s an unappealing decision

Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw What playoff slump? Kershaw, who entered October with a 4-7 record and 4.55 ERA in 18 postseason appearances, has been brilliant this fall. The Dodgers have won all four of his starts. In the last two, the left-hander held the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros to six hits and two runs — both on homers — over 13 innings. The Astros, which reached triple digits in wins during the regular season, actually had a losing record against left-handers. Kershaw is primarily a fastball-slider pitcher, although opponents hit .149 this year against his knee-buckling curveball and he didn’t allow a hit on a changeup.

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COMMISSIONER Rob Manfred said it would be unfair to punish the other 24 players on the Astros roster

because of Yuli Gurriel’s gesture, but there was no worry about the Dodgers after Chase Utley’s slide in 2015. immediately file a grievance, thus essentially nullifying the suspension for the rest of the World Series. Yes, that would absolutely happen. There is no way Gurriel would serve a minute of a suspension no matter what. The point is, just because the union would duck the punch doesn’t mean baseball shouldn’t throw it. Baseball needed to make an immediate stand for tolerance even if it wouldn’t legally stand up. Make an example of Gurriel and let the union be the bad guys for taking him off the hook. Manfred also said he wanted to make sure it would cost Gurriel five games of salary, which will be more than $330,000. Wait, you don’t think being sus-

pended during the middle of a World Series could have cost him infinitely more in public perception? Manfred added he was honoring Darvish’s request to move forward. Oh, so because the victim of a racist incident handles it with class and grace, that makes the incident less egregious? None of those first three reasons make such sense, but the fourth one is absolutely bonkers: “I felt it was unfair to punish the other 24 players on the Astros roster,” Manfred said. “I wanted the burden of this discipline to fall primarily on the wrongdoer.” Yeah, because that should be his priority, keeping a bunch of baseball players happy at the ex-

pense of his sport’s social integrity. Forget the nation of fans who saw the gesture and were offended. So, really, baseball will initially tolerate the mocking of millions of Asian Americans as long as it doesn’t do anything to inconvenience 24 ballplayers? Baseball wasn’t so forgiving three Octobers ago when it came to the Dodgers. Remember the 2015 National League Division Series against the New York Mets? Remember what happened when Chase Utley’s takeout slide into second base in Game 2 broke the leg of Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada? Utley was suspended for two games. Immediately. There was no waiting for

next season. There was no worry about impacting the other Dodgers. There was no fear of fooling with the postseason. The suspension was delivered on the spot. Yes, Utley appealed, so the suspension didn’t force him out of the lineup, although he was benched for the next two games anyway. And yes, the suspension was overturned the following spring, so it also didn’t cost him any money. But the point was made that dangerous play would not be tolerated even on one of baseball’s biggest stages. When it came to racism at the World Series, sadly, stunningly, that point was lost. bill.plaschke@latimes.com Twitter @BillPlaschke

Gurriel issues apology to Darvish [Gurriel, from D1] player at whom Gurriel’s actions were directed — had expressed a desire to move forward and because a World Series suspension would unfairly punish the rest of the Astros players. “I wanted the burden of this discipline to fall primarily on the wrongdoer,” Manfred said. Manfred commended Darvish for the “exemplary way” in which he handled the incident. “I made an offensive gesture that was indefensible,” Gurriel said in a statement released by the Astros. “I sincerely apologize to everyone that I offended with my actions. I deeply regret it. “I would particularly like to apologize to Yu Darvish, a pitcher that I admire and respect.” After Gurriel hit a home run off Darvish in Friday’s game, Gurriel returned to the dugout. He put his fingers to the sides of his face and lifted the corners of his eyes, the “slanted eyes” gesture widely regarded as offensive by Asians. Gurriel also used the word “chinito,” Spanish slang for Chinese boy. Gurriel will have to undergo sensitivity training. The Astros said they would donate the salary Gurriel would have earned from the five games to charities, including one “directly supporting diversity efforts.” Manfred said Gurriel “expressed remorse” when they met Saturday. The commissioner also met with owners and executives from teams and representatives of the players’ union. The commissioner said there was “complete unanimity” that Gurriel’s actions were indefensible. The union issued a statement saying that Gurriel would not appeal and that it would “refrain from further comment at this time.” Dodgers manager Dave

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By Bill Plaschke HOUSTON — The racist gesture made by the Houston Astros’ Yuli Gurriel toward the Dodgers’ Yu Darvish on Friday night called for somebody in power to swing for the fences. Instead, baseball bunted. After a nation witnessed Gurriel tugging on the corners of his eyes while using an ethnic slur about Darvish, Commissioner Rob Manfred needed to make a powerful statement Saturday that included an immediate suspension. Instead, he offered words backed by weakness. “There is no place in our game for the behavior or any behavior like we witnessed last night,” announced Manfred. Except, apparently, in the World Series, where Gurriel will continue to maintain his place without immediate punishment. “There is no excuse or explanation that makes that type of behavior acceptable,” Manfred added. Except for the excuse that, hey, everybody chill, we don’t want to mess up the mojo of our Fall Classic! In the second inning of Friday night’s 5-3 Astros victory, Gurriel homered off Darvish, who is Japanese. In the dugout afterward, Gurriel pulled at the corners of the eyes while using the word “Chinito,” which means “little Chinese boy.” For this, it was announced Saturday that Gurriel will be suspended for five games next season. Yes, next season. Six months from now. When nobody cares. A statement nobody hears. Manfred offered four excuses for why Guerriel wouldn’t be suspended now, four lame rationalizations falling under a single description: Baseball was taking the easy way out. Manfred said he was concerned the union would

TODAY’S GAME 5

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YULI GURRIEL celebrates with Astros teammate George Springer (4) after

hitting a home run off Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish on Friday in Houston. Roberts, who was born in Japan, said that Gurriel’s actions were “obviously not acceptable” and that he was pleased Manfred had acted so quickly. “I think that it gives us all some closure,” Roberts said. Said Astros manager A.J. Hinch: “I have great remorse that it involved our team. And Yuli has great remorse, and I appreciate that out of him. “It’s very personal for me, with Dave Roberts and his family heritage and Yu. We had Nori Aoki on this team earlier this season, and we know how diverse our sport is. And so we support everything that’s right about this game, and we’ll move forward, if everyone will allow us to.”

Darvish was born in Japan to an Iranian father and a Japanese mother. He grew up in Japan and played there before coming to Major League Baseball in 2012. Gurriel was born in Cuba and played there and in Japan in 2014 before coming to MLB last year. Darvish was widely reported to have called Gurriel’s actions “disrespectful.” Times columnist Dylan Hernandez, who speaks Japanese, said Darvish did not use that adjective in speaking with English-language reporters and that the translation had been improper. Darvish said he had seen Gurriel’s gesture. “Personally, it doesn’t really bother me,” Darvish said.

“But I’m sure the Astros have Asian fans, and there are a lot of Asian people all over the world, and to those people, from a humanistic perspective and as a baseball organization, I thought the Astros’ image might suffer as a result.” Darvish said he was not angry with Gurriel. “As teammates, we joke about stuff like that,” Darvish said. “He played in Japan, and I have respect for him. As citizens of the world, if we can learn from this and take a step forward. I think this could be a good thing.” Manfred said Gurriel had agreed to offer a personal apology to Darvish. “I’ve never had anything against Darvish,” Gurriel said Friday. “On the con-

trary, he’s always been one of the best pitchers. If he was offended, I ask for his forgiveness. That wasn’t my intention.” Gurriel said he was relieved to have hit the home run because he previously had struggled to hit against Darvish. “I was commenting how I hadn’t had much luck with Darvish,” Gurriel said. “I said I thought maybe they saw me as they did see themselves, and I wanted to see if they would throw me a pitch like that.” Gurriel said he was aware that “chinito” is regarded as a slur among the Japanese. “In Cuba and in various places, you don’t say Japanese, you call all Asians ‘chinitos,’” Gurriel said. “But I was in Japan, and I know they are offended by that.” Other MLB players have been suspended for making offensive comments. Matt Joyce of the Oakland Athletics and Kevin Pillar of the Toronto Blue Jays were suspended two games this season for using anti-gay slurs. Manfred said he thought the longer suspension for Gurriel would represent “a statement of our disapproval of this behavior.” After Darvish spoke with reporters Friday, he posted a note on social media, expressing hope that the Gurriel incident could serve as a learning experience. “No one is perfect,” Darvish wrote. “That includes both you and I. “What he had done today isn’t right, but I believe we should put our effort into learning rather than to accuse him. If we can take something from this, that is a giant step for mankind. Since we are living in such a wonderful world, let’s stay positive and move forward instead of focusing on anger. “I’m counting on everyone’s big love.” bill.shaikin@latimes.com

Kershaw on pitching in tiny Minute Maid Park: “I don’t think you can change anything based on where you’re at. It’s just a matter of making good pitches. As long as you’re making your pitches, [they] might hit one off the wall that [they’re] not supposed to, but other than that you can’t really change anything.” Houston manager A.J. Hinch on Kershaw erasing a reputation for postseason struggles: “Guys like Kershaw, who have excelled every single step of the way, are going to beat it over time. I think everybody believes that. I don’t love that it was done against us … but I appreciate the journey that those guys had to take. Sometimes the narrative doesn’t fit the fact.”

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DODGERS’ CLAYTON KERSHAW

Regular season >>>> W-L IP BB SO ERA 18-4 175 30 202 2.31 Postseason >>>> W-L IP BB 3-0 241⁄3 5

SO ERA 27 2.96

HOUSTON’S DALLAS KEUCHEL

Regular season >>>> W-L IP BB SO ERA 14-5 1452⁄3 47 125 2.90 Postseason >>>> W-L IP BB 2-2 24 6

SO ERA 28 3.00

Houston’s Dallas Keuchel Keuchel pitches well at Minute Maid Park, where he has a record of 36-20 with a 2.87 ERA in his career, including six wins and a 2.26 ERA in 11 starts this season. He has been especially sharp at home during the postseason, going 3-0 with a 0.92 ERA. In the World Series opener at Dodger Stadium, he gave up three runs — all on home runs — in a 3-1 loss. The Dodgers are hitting .309 against left-handers in the postseason, more than 50 points better than they did during the regular season. Keuchel typically throws his sinker more than his other five pitches combined, which is why two-thirds of the balls that are hit off him are hit on the ground. What Keuchel said: “That’s going to be a fun Game 5, just based on I faced this team five days ago. And we’ll see what kind of adjustments they make to me and what kind of adjustments I make to them.” Hinch on Keuchel facing the Dodgers again: “The elite pitchers, when they execute, you can see it over and over and still not hit it. So it comes down to execution and being able to adjust. Dallas, like a lot of great pitchers, will stay with his strengths until the other team proves otherwise. The key will be to harness the energy that comes with this building. He loves pitching at this place.” — Kevin Baxter

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This win is made of solid Wood DYLAN HERNANDEZ HOUSTON — When Alex Wood emerged from the visiting clubhouse at Minute Maid Park on Saturday night, he was met by a party of some of the most important people in his life. His parents. His fiancee. His best friend. These people shared a link other than him. Oct. 28 was a significant day in each of their lives. Wood’s parents were engaged on this day nearly three decades ago. His fiancee was born on this day. His best friend, Chase Veazey, was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident eight years ago. Saturday, the date came to have personal significance for Wood as well. In future years, Oct. 28 will also be the anniversary of Wood possibly saving the the Dodgers’ season with the pitching performance of a lifetime. “It’s hard to put into words, really, right now,” Wood said. Wood was masterful Saturday, limiting the Houston Astros to a solitary run over 52⁄3 innings in the Dodgers’ 6-2 victory in Game 4 of the World Series. A defeat and the Dodgers would have trailed the best-ofseven series, three games to one. Instead, they are tied, two games to two, with Clayton Kershaw scheduled to scale the mound for them in Game 5. Game 6 will be played at Dodger Stadium, as would Game 7, if it’s necessary. There was never any question Wood had the fortitude to pitch a game like this. He displayed the depth of his character in the first month of the season. When the Dodgers broke spring training, the team’s decision makers didn’t consider Wood to be one of their five best starting pitchers. Wood told manager Dave Roberts they were making a mistake, but the decision was made. He was to start the season in the bullpen. Wood didn’t complain. He didn’t feel sorry for himself. Instead, he competed. By the end of April, he was in the rotation. He won his first 11 decisions and was selected to the National League All-Star team. Wood didn’t pitch in the NL division series against the Arizona

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STARTER ALEX WOOD looks at George Springer’s sixth-inning solo home run, the only hit given up by the left-hander in 52⁄3 in-

nings, helping the Dodgers beat the Astros 6-2 in Game 4 and tie the World Series at two games apiece. Diamondbacks. When he started Game 4 of the NL Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs, he was more than four weeks removed from his last start. Wood lasted only 42⁄3 innings, giving up three home runs in a 3-2 loss. The Dodgers couldn’t afford for him to have another start like that. Yu Darvish recorded only five outs in his Friday night start, requiring Kenta Maeda to pitch 22⁄3 innings in the Dodgers’ Game 4 defeat. Maeda was consequently unavailable Saturday. Another short start would have spelled disaster. Only Wood was masterful. “Woody set the tone for us and was just outstanding tonight,” Roberts said. Astros starter Charlie Morton was dominant, but Wood matched him zero for zero. The righthander started the game by serving up a single to Chris Taylor but retired the next 14 batters he faced. Wood had a no-hitter through

five innings. “We were rolling pretty good the whole night,” Wood said. Reliever Brandon Morrow was warming up as Wood returned to the mound for the sixth inning. Wood retired the first two batters, Marwin Gonzalez and Brian McCann. Roberts had a decision to make. The top of the Astros lineup was due up for the third time and the Dodgers generally don’t like hitters to have that many looks against their starting pitchers. But Wood still had a no-hitter. Roberts kept Wood in one batter too many, it turned out. George Springer blasted a ball over the left-field stands, moving the Astros in front 1-0. Roberts replaced Wood with Morrow. But Roberts conceded that he entertained the thought of allowing Wood to continue. “I thought that obviously he

pitched an incredible game,” Roberts said. “Both starters tonight were lights out. Woody’s command tonight was just off the charts. I just felt that where they’re at in the order and how much he’s been used and pushed over the last month, right there, that’s all he had. And, for me, for us, that was plenty.” Roberts was right. The Dodgers bullpen gave up only one more hit, a ninth-inning home run by Alex Bregman against closer Kenley Jansen. By then, the Dodgers had tied the score in the seventh inning and blown the game open with a fiverun ninth. “We don’t win without Woody tonight,” outfielder Taylor said. Wood was met outside of the clubhouse after the game by his parents, fiancee and Veazey. He leaned over and embraced Veazey, who was in a wheelchair. “We got that good mojo going,”

Veazey said to Wood. Wood wanted him there. Their relationship dates to when they were teammates and roommates at the University of Georgia. There are two words tattooed on the inside of Wood’s left biceps: Second Chance. Dodgers catcher Kyle Farmer, who played and lived with them at Georgia, has a similar inscription. So does another former teammate. They were inked up eight years ago, as a means of coping with Veazey’s accident. Now, Veazey was in Houston, watching the greatest triumph of his best friend’s professional life. “I believe in fate, I believe everything happens for a reason,” Wood said. “I really always truly believe in God’s timing.” It couldn’t have come at a better time for the Dodgers. dylan.hernandez@latimes.com Twitter: @dylanohernandez

Team’s resilience comes through again [Plaschke, from D1] breaking out of his shell. “Just a huge win for us,” Chris Taylor said. “The difference between being down 3-1 and 2-2 is everything. Now we’ve got a threegame series, and we’ve got our guy on the mound tomorrow, so we’re right where we want to be.” That place is with ace Clayton Kershaw pitching Sunday against the Astros’ Dallas Keuchel in Game 5, a perfect moment to complete Kershaw’s postseason renaissance. Kershaw is so ready, after finishing the handshake line Saturday, with the field emptying, he jogged to the mound and got into his stretch position as if preparing to pitch that instant. “I promise you we’ll be ready to go win one game tomorrow,” manager Dave Roberts said. Also, this win ensures that not only will the series go back to Los Angeles, but that there will be a Game 6 at Dodger Stadium on Halloween, and won’t that be madness? “Taking one here to make sure we go back to L.A. is huge,” Bellinger said. Finally, this was the Astros’ first postseason loss in eight games at Minute Maid Park, and it has left them looking extremely mortal, especially a bullpen that has become the pain that everyone predicted. “I like where we’re at,” Roberts said. “There’s been so many emotional swings, and we’re dead even right now and we’ve got our ace going tomorrow. So I know that in our clubhouse, we feel good.” The win included redemption for the Dodgers bullpen, which completed a two-hitter, even if one of those hits was a ninth-inning homer by Alex Bregman off Kenley Jansen. The win also included big sacrifice fly by Austin Barnes followed by a second World Series home run by Joc Pederson to finish it. “We’ve got to get 27 outs … It seems like right now for some of these guys it’s one pitch and things unravel a little bit,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said of a bullpen that gave up five runs in the ninth inning. Heck, there was even a Dodgers

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AUSTIN BARNES is tagged out by Brian McCann after trying to score on a ground ball by Chris

Taylor in the sixth inning. The Dodgers were frustrated at this point, but they rallied late.

comeback involved, as the Astros took the lead in the sixth inning on George Springer’s second home run of the series against Wood, who was pitching a no-hitter at the time, the longest in Dodgers franchise postseason history. But then Bellinger, who was 0 for 13 with eight strikeouts in the series, led off the seventh against Astros starter Charlie Morton with a double into left-center field. Bellinger screamed to the heavens, asked for the ball as a souvenir, and the party was just getting started. “We’ve been doing it all year,” Bellinger said. “We’re a super resilient team.” Logan Forsythe, one of the sturdiest of Dodgers who entered batting .304 in the postseason, knocked him in with a single to left, only the Dodgers’ second hit in 18 at-bats with runners in scoring position in the Series, and the game was tied. “The momentum shifts,” Forsythe said. “Let’s bring in the guys and shut it down.”

With the score still tied 1-all in the ninth, against Astros closer Ken Giles, the guys showed up indeed. Corey Seager singled, Justin Turner walked, and Bellinger broke the tie by hitting another double to left-center to score Seager, leading to a late flow of Dodgers runs that ended with Pederson’s blast. This time, instead of looking up, Bellinger stared into the Dodger dugout and clapped his hands five times as if finally pounding away the pain of the last two losses and reminding everyone that the offense had righted itself and the team seems prepared to take the final two steps toward a title. “Today I tried to make an effort of not doing too much, and when you do that you get two hits sometimes,” Bellinger said. “It’s a crazy game.” Yeah, the kid is back, and he could be getting crazy hot again. “Every day you seem him grow a little bit more,” Wood said of his formerly struggling teammate. “To see him break through out

there was awesome. Everybody has had the same message for him. ‘We believe in you, you’re our guy, you’re special.’ ” So is Wood, who, making only the second postseason start of his career, struggled with his control but not with his stuff, holding the Astros hitless until Springer’s drive broke the scoreless deadlock with two outs in the sixth, at which point Wood was quickly removed. There have been only two World Series no-hit bids longer than Woods since Don Larsen’s perfect game in 1956, and the last one was Jerry Koosman in 1969. “Woody was unbelievable tonight,” Forsythe said. “We don’t win that game without Woody.” If they don’t win this game, well … they won it. They stayed strong early, broke through late, owned it in the end, and now the World Series feels different for them, brighter, louder, hallelujahs for everyone. bill.plaschke@latimes.com Twitter: @BillPlaschke

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TV: All games on Channel 11 Game 7 if necessary | Times PDT Dodgers AB R H BI Avg. Houston AB R H BI Avg. Taylor cf 4 0 1 0 .154 Springer cf 4 1 1 1 .278 Seager ss 4 1 1 0 .267 Bregman 3b 4 1 1 1 .235 Turner 3b 3 0 0 0 .125 Altuve 2b 4 0 0 0 .158 1-Clbrsn 2b 0 1 0 0 .500 Correa ss 2 0 0 0 .250 Bellinger 1b 4 2 2 1 .133 Gurriel 1b 3 0 0 0 .200 Puig rf 4 0 0 0 .125 Reddick rf 3 0 0 0 .286 Frsthe 2b 3 1 1 1 .286 Gattis dh 3 0 0 0 .400 Barnes c 2 0 0 1 .091 Gonzalez lf 2 0 0 0 .167 Pederson dh 4 1 1 3 .333 McCann c 3 0 0 0 .200 Hernandez lf 4 0 1 0 .300 Totals 28 2 2 2 Totals 32 6 7 6 Dodgers Houston

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1-ran for Turner in the 9th. Walks—Dodgers 2: Turner 1, Forsythe 1. Houston 2: Correa 1, Gonzalez 1. Strikeouts—Dodgers 9: Taylor 1, Seager 1, Turner 1, Bellinger 1, Puig 1, Forsythe 1, Pederson 2, Hernandez 1. Houston 4: Springer 1, Gurriel 1, McCann 2. LOB—Dodgers 3, Houston 1. 2B—Bellinger 2 (2). HR—Pederson (2), off Musgrove; Springer (2), off Wood; Bregman (2), off Jansen. RBIs—Bellinger (1), Forsythe (1), Barnes (1), Pederson 3 (4), Springer (3), Bregman (4). CS—Taylor (1). SF—Barnes. Runners left in scoring position—Dodgers 1 (Seager). RISP—Dodgers 3 for 7; . GIDP—Gurriel. DP—Dodgers 1 (Turner, Forsythe, Bellinger). Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wood........................52⁄3 1 1 1 2 3 84 1.59 Morrow .....................11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 14 2.25 Watson, W, 1-0.............1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Jansen ........................1 1 1 1 0 1 14 4.50 Houston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Morton......................61⁄3 3 1 1 0 7 76 1.42 Harris, BS, 1-1.............2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Devenski .....................1 0 0 0 0 1 12 2.70 Giles, L, 0-1.................0 2 3 3 1 0 8 27.00 Musgrove.....................1 1 2 2 1 1 15 9.00 Giles pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. Inherited runners-scored—Harris 1-1, Musgrove 2-2. HBP—Morton (Barnes). U—Laz Diaz, Bill Miller, Dan Iassogna, Mark Wegner, Gerry Davis, Paul Nauert. T—3:06. Tickets sold—43,322 (42,060).

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Honeycutt’s Dodgers’ faith is rewarded Dodgers role could change

ANALYSIS | FORMER DODGERS PITCHER TIM LEARY

Wood’s performance, Bellinger breaking out are especially big. By Mike Hiserman

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Former Santa Monica High and UCLA standout Tim Leary pitched 13 years in the big leagues and had his best season for the 1988 World Series-champion Dodgers, going 17-11 with a 2.91 earned-run average in 35 games. The right-hander threw three scoreless innings in Game 1 of the 1988 Series against Oakland and 32⁄3 one-run innings in Game 3. Now 58, Leary is serving as a guest analyst for the World Series, with an assist from deputy sports editor Mike Hiserman for Game 4. Hiserman: What was the story of the night in your mind? Leary: It’s the old saying with baseball: Pitching, defense and timely hitting wins games. That was the Dodgers tonight. They gave up one hit prior to the bottom of the ninth. [Cody] Bellinger broke out. I’m sure the people of Houston are probably wondering why Charlie Morton was taken out after 76 pitches, but that’s baseball. It seems like tonight was one of those nights that a lot of the moves the Astros made just didn’t work out. Well, you walk [Joc] Peterson with two outs and maybe set up a force, but they didn’t do that; he hit a homer that blew it open. [Chris] Devenski was pitching pretty well and they took him out. They took Morton out pretty early. Cody Bellinger was 0 for 13 in the Series with eight strikeouts until he doubled and scored the tying run in the seventh inning, then doubled again later. There were critics that said he looked so bad, he should be replaced. What’s your take? I said the same thing [Dave] Roberts did. You got to stick with the kid. What are your options, really? He has to break out for you at some point in a seven-game series. He was more or less the MVP of the team this season, let’s face it. Now his confidence is up and there

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JOC PEDERSON gets a hug from Cody Bellinger after Pederson’s three-run

home run in the ninth inning Saturday in Game 4 of the World Series in Houston.

‘I think the game finally slowed down for him. It was the third time around with the starter.’ Tim Leary,

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are three games left. What was the difference for him? I think the game finally slowed down for him. It was the third time around with the starter — and there’s a big thing about that this year and all. He stayed back with two strikes on him. He was going to fight off a fastball and he got a breaking ball that stayed knee high and he hit it the other way. It wasn’t like where they’d been pitching him before, down and in. He didn’t get a bad pitch and chase it. He stayed with it and hit it the other way. Alex Wood made his second start in 31 days and gave the Dodgers the outing they needed. What did he do well?

He kept the ball down. He pitched the game of his life. We’ve seen him do that this year. He’s come into his own. He showed no signs of composure problems. Other than that one hit, they got nothing. A 30-plus homer guy [George Springer] hit a 3-1 pitch for a homer. Not a bad pitch, just a very high level of hitting. [Wood] is the player of the game. If they don’t win this, they are down 3-1. The Dodgers flashed the leather in the second inning, with third baseman Justin Turner starting a sharp 5-4-3 double play and second baseman Logan Forsythe making a diving stop and throwing out Josh Reddick. Is that any kind of confidence boost to a pitcher, especially early in a game? It’s very big, especially for a ground ball pitcher like Wood. He can be more aggressive in the strike zone as long as he keeps the ball down. Major league defenses are almost always extraordinary, but when plays like that are made, it’s an in-the-moment confidence builder. Before the game, Astros slugger Yuli Gurriel was suspended five games by

Major League Baseball. Even though he won’t have to sit out until the start of next season, there has been a firestorm of attention on his actions toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish during Friday night’s game, which seems like it could be a real distraction. How difficult might that be for him and his teammates and coaches? A Cuban mocking a player from Japan? I don’t think anybody can make sense of it. I wouldn’t count on it being a distraction, at least not during the game. … I was a team player rep for seven years, and I think now is the time for baseball and all pro sports to hold conferences and symposiums on sensitivity training, and set guidelines where needed. Pro athletes are role models, yet nobody really defines what that entails. There are 20- to 25-year-olds — or even younger — coming into MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL every year. Those guys need guidance. Some of the guys who come from other countries, who knows what is and isn’t offensive where they come from. They come here and they’re held to standards they’re not even aware of. mike.hiserman@latimes.com

HOUSTON — When Don Mattingly took his managerial talents to South Beach two winters ago, preferring a long-term contract with the Miami Marlins to a shortterm deal to stay in Los Angeles, the Dodgers cleared out the coaching staff. The bench coach, first base coach, third base coach, bullpen coach? All gone. Not Rick Honeycutt, the Dodgers’ highly regarded pitching coach. The Dodgers signed Honeycutt to a two-year contract, with the understanding he would move into a front-office role thereafter. When the World Series ends, those two seasons will be up. For now, the Dodgers say they have not decided whether the team will have a new pitching coach next season. “I’m just worrying about this year right now,” Honeycutt said. “I’m extremely proud of the time I’ve been here. “I’m enjoying it as much this year as I ever have. I still enjoy what I do.” The Dodgers led the major leagues in earned-run average this season. They have ranked among the top five in the National League in all but two of Honeycutt’s 12 seasons. He is particularly close with Clayton Kershaw, who was the Dodgers’ firstround draft pick in 2006, Honeycutt’s first year as the pitching coach. Kershaw arrived in the majors in 2008. “I’ve known Honey for a long time,” Kershaw said. “He’s the best in the game for a reason. I’m thankful that I haven’t had to have any other pitching coach.” When Farhan Zaidi joined the Dodgers as general manager two years ago, he never had worked with Honeycutt. “He’s been better and more impactful than I could have anticipated,” Zaidi said. “We just want to leverage

By Pedro Moura HOUSTON — He moves with a sway or a strut more than a walk. Chest out, arms swinging, Chris Devenski leaves the mound like the next pitcher to take it is his tenant. It could be described as Vince McMahon mimicry, or the posture of a fervent man following a simple plan. “That’s the way my body feels like moving, and there I go,” said Devenski, who got the win in relief for the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the World Series and threw a scoreless inning Saturday in Game 4. “It’s like a sense of urgency to get from Point A to Point B with a purpose.” Devenski, 26, took an atypical path to his place as a mainstay in the Astros bullpen. He first attracted attention as a senior at Cerritos Gahr High, in the spring of 2008. One National League scout who has followed him since said Devenski walks the way he does because his intestinal fortitude is stronger than any other big league pitcher. “The swagger we have is unbelievable,” acknowledged Mike Devenski Jr., his father. “It’s like you have so much confidence in what you’re doing that you’re overwhelmed by yourself.” Since Devenski’s 2016 major-league debut, only one reliever has thrown more innings, and only four have better earned-run averages

than his 2.14 mark: Kenley Jansen, Wade Davis, Zach Britton and Andrew Miller, some of the best in the game. Devenski made 25 multipleinning appearances this season. As an emblem of changing big-league bullpen mores, he made the All-Star team. But despite last Wednesday’s win over the Dodgers, this month has tried his confidence. In his first postseason, he has performed poorly overall. And Astros manager A.J. Hinch has hesitated to use him in highleverage situations where he once would. “The way I’ve performed, stepping on the field and feeling the way I have on this stage, I’ve never felt like this before,” Devenski said. “I haven’t been able to adjust to it as quickly as I have other things in my life. But that’s where the learning comes from, and the growth.” He continued: “I think I’m past it now. It’s a learning experience. Where I was at mentally from it, it’s kind of brought me a new mindset, which is good. The past is the past. We’re right here in the moment. The future’s bright.” :: Mike Devenski runs a moving company, M&M Moving and Storage, in Artesia. He has been in the business more than four decades and was working Thursday before flying to Houston for this weekend’s games. When he’s not moving someone, he collects spare parts and repurposes them. For that, he’s known as Dr. Junk.

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CHRIS DEVENSKI celebrates after beating the

Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series. For years, Chris joined him, traversing Southern California to meet clients. “Every weekend, for sure, we’d be doing something,” Mike said. One offseason, they worked at Freddie Freeman’s childhood home. Devenski noticed a picture of the Atlanta Braves star on the mantle; Freeman happened to be upstairs. During most of Devenski’s childhood, the family resided in what Mike described as a “rough neighborhood” in Santa Ana. Crime was unavoidable, the gang temptation clear. “You get to a certain age, you have to make a decision, what you want to do,” Mike Devenski said. “You can either go to school or stay with the kids.” When Chris was a freshman at Golden West College, before he transferred to Cal State Fullerton, he didn’t show up for his preseason physical. Coaches called his parents, who called him. For hours, he was nowhere to be found.

“I had to call the police,” Mike said. After a gang-prevention unit located his son, Mike made a choice. He moved the family to more suburban Artesia, where they still reside. Chris refocused on baseball and executed a steady climb. Astros closer Ken Giles is Devenski’s throwing partner. Two months apart in age, they train together in the offseason, spend untold hours together in the clubhouse, dugout and bullpen, and share intimate stories about their upbringings. Sometime last year, Devenski mentioned to Giles his gang temptations. “That’s not an easy thing, where he almost went down that path,” Giles said. “For someone to be so strong to be able to say, ‘I’m gonna turn my back and go the other route,’ it’s hard to do that.” :: Before Game 2 of the Series last week, Hinch said the Astros could not win with-

finishing his 12th year as Dodgers pitching coach.

out Devenski returning to top form. “My confidence hasn't wavered,” Hinch said. “I’ll put him in the game in the most important spots, because of the weapons, the demeanor he has, the confidence that our team has.” Hinch’s recent actions said differently, but that night Devenski entered a tied game with two out in the 10th inning and the Dodgers’ winning run at second base. Before he threw a pitch, he wheeled around and fired a wild pickoff in the general direction of second base that was headed toward left-center field when it happened to drill umpire Laz Diaz and stay in the infield. On the mound, Devenski leaned back, breathed in, blew a big bubble, and regrouped. An inning later, he finished the Astros’ first World Series victory. Mike and Shirley Devenski watched alongside Chris’ twin sister, Amanda, who teaches at Math and Science College Prep in MidCity, six miles from Dodger Stadium. Mike called his son’s World Series appearances his life’s biggest thrills. No matter his role in the Astros’ remaining games, Chris remains focused on the next Point B. There will always be one. “I’ve been overlooked my whole life,” he said. “I’ve been doubted here, I’ve been doubted there, but I’ve always believed in myself and my team. There’s not a day I don’t go out there and try to give all the effort I have within me and everything that I come from.”

his expertise and experience however we can, with whatever makes the most sense — whether that’s with the big league team, whether that’s in the minors, whether that’s in the draft. Whether he’s back in the same role or he’s back in a different role, that’s a conversation for after the season. “If there’s mutual interest in him continuing in this role, I wouldn’t rule it out.” The Dodgers have not demonstrated any urgency in finding a possible replacement for Honeycutt. Two prominent pitching coaches came off the market Thursday, with the St. Louis Cardinals hiring Mike Maddux and the Chicago Cubs hiring Jim Hickey, who had worked with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Dodgers also afforded Matt Herges, their triple-A pitching coach, the opportunity to accept the job of bullpen coach with the San Francisco Giants. Honeycutt, 63, has worked under four Dodgers managers. The only major league pitching coaches with longer tenure: Don Cooper, with the Chicago White Sox since 2002, and Darren Balsley, with the San Diego Padres since 2003. Honeycutt is the answer to this trivia question: When the Dodgers beat the Oakland Athletics in the 1988 World Series — the last time the Dodgers won the World Series — who was the winning pitcher in the only game the A’s won? “We had a great ballclub,” Honeycutt said. “I just think that we ran into a buzz saw. Orel [Hershiser] and that staff pitched us extremely well. It was a struggle just to get a run. That’s what the postseason can be. Pitching can dominate a series and, obviously, they dominated that series.” The A’s had won 104 games that season, most in the major leagues, with Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire as the “Bash Brothers.” But, after Canseco hit a grand slam in the second inning of Game 1, the A’s did not score for the rest of that game and did not score at all in the next game. In all — grand slam included — the A’s scored 11 runs in the five-game series. “It wasn’t just Orel,” Honeycutt said. “It was really the whole staff: [Tim] Leary and [Tim] Belcher, and the bullpen did an extremely good job also. That’s why you play the game. You can always look on paper and say it should be this or that, but that’s why you play the game. The team that sometimes is the most motivated ends up being the winner. “I’m sure both teams were motivated, without a doubt. And it’s not that the A’s weren’t trying. In a small way, our guys were a little bit — you almost felt like overconfident.” At least, that is, until Kirk Gibson hit the hobbleoff home run in Game 1, against the supposedly invincible Dennis Eckersley. “I have to say, that first game, Gibson’s home run did take a lot of steam out of our club,” Honeycutt said. “We felt like we were in control of that ballgame. Then something happened to Eckersley that had basically not happened all year. To lose a game when you’re ahead, late in the game, was obviously very hard to take.”

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JOSH ROSEN is sacked by Washington’s Benning Potoa’e before exiting in Saturday’s second half with the Bruins behind 27-9. It’s

unclear if Rosen’s injuries are serious and how long he may be out, but the Bruins went 1-5 without him to end last season.

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Injured Rosen watches Washington finish UCLA from sideline NO. 12 WASHINGTON 44 UCLA 23 By Ben Bolch SEATTLE — The dropped passes, needless penalties and missed tackles were pushed to the bottom of UCLA’s list of worries midway through the third quarter Saturday. The Bruins suddenly found themselves without Josh Rosen. The star quarterback who represented the Bruins’ only hope for an unlikely comeback at No. 12 Washington suffered multiple in-

juries that forced him out of the game. Backup quarterback Devon Modster, a redshirt freshman making his first extended appearance, showed some grit during the balance of UCLA’s 44-23 loss at Husky Stadium that was otherwise dispiriting for a variety of reasons. The primary downer was Rosen going out after being sacked four times. He went to the locker room before reappearing on the sideline in sweats late in the game. “He took some hits and he’s beat up,” UCLA coach Jim Mora said. “It’s multiple things going on.” The severity of Rosen’s injuries was not immediately known and he

was scheduled to be re-evaluated Sunday. An absence of any duration would be crushing. Rosen missed the Bruins’ final six games last season with a shoulder injury and his team went 1-5. Rosen entered the game leading the Pac-12 Conference in yards passing and total offense. He finished the game against the Huskies having completed 12 of 21 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown. Rosen didn’t get nearly enough help on a day his team’s best run belonged to defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa, who picked up a fumble and ran 51 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter.

The Bruins (4-4 overall, 2-3 Pac-12) were bad across the board, committing unnecessary penalties on defense, giving up two lengthy kickoff returns, getting gouged by the run and failing to generate much offense thanks to an inert run game and four dropped passes. “We didn’t come to play today, as it was shown,” safety Adarius Pickett said. Modster, whose only previous playing experience came at the end of a blowout victory over Hawaii in September, said he learned he was going to play moments before entering the game. [See UCLA, D14]

Trojans take control early, rout ASU

Darnold is superb, running game reappears and defense gets job done NO. 21 USC 48 ARIZONA STATE 17 By Zach Helfand TEMPE, Ariz. — Sam Darnold has spent much of this season explaining. Why have his turnovers ballooned? Why isn’t USC winning as it did last season? Why has he looked different? He stood in the pocket during USC’s first drive against Arizona State on Saturday and delivered a reminder. He arced a pass into the desert sky. Deontay Burnett, shooting the gap between the cornerback and safety, did not break stride. Touchdown. Darnold had placed it perfectly — no explanation needed. Darnold and the Trojans deliv-

ered reminders of their potential in their 48-17 win over Arizona State in front of 53,446 at Sun Devil Stadium. No. 21 USC (7-2, 5-1 in the Pac-12) bludgeoned Arizona State on the ground for 341 yards — 216 of them by Ronald Jones II. Its defense was smothering, save a bizarre Hail Mary at the end of the first half. USC outgained Arizona State (4-4, 3-2) 607 to 357. And Darnold showed again why he is among the best quarterbacks in the nation. He carved Arizona State’s secondary for 266 yards and three touchdowns, all in the first half. He squeezed passes into tight windows. He moved confidently and creatively in the pocket. He even had a 39-yard scamper on a zone-read keep, the longest run of his career. [See Trojans, D15]

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BOSTON — Put another 0.4 in the annals of L.A. sports history. This wasn’t as dramatic as Derek Fisher’s game-winning shot for the Lakers in

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Clippers falter in first loss A frustrated Rivers says his team ‘played the blame game.’ DETROIT 95 CLIPPERS 87 By Broderick Turner To begin with, coach Doc Rivers said the Clippers didn’t have the “right spirit” during their 95-87 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night at Staples Center before 17,247 fans. Then he proceeded to rip his team for not playing together, for not playing as a group, for not working together. On the flip side, his players disagreed with Rivers’ assessment. “I didn’t think we played together,” Rivers said after the Clippers lost their first game of the season. “We’ve been great. But today was a step backwards. We played the blame game, pointing fingers at each other. That’s something we have not done at all, but today it was here. I’ve seen winning, and that’s not winning tonight.... We [See Clippers, D8]

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SALT LAKE CITY — All of 20 years old and one day, Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball stood in front of his locker after his sixth NBA game, dejected. He thought back to two electrifying plays by Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell near the end of the third quarter. Those plays stole away the momentum the Lakers had built by cutting the Jazz lead to six after it had been 15. He thought about his own role in them. “That was my fault,” Ball said. “Put this loss on me. If you think about it, that kind of changed the course of the game. We were coming back. Two dumb plays by me and they got up.” The Lakers’ second trip wasn’t as fruitful as their first. They fell to the Utah Jazz 96-81 on Saturday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena. It was the second of back-to-back games, and their third game in four nights. The Lakers fell to 2-4 as the Jazz improved to 3-3. [See Lakers, D9]

2004, but for a few precious moments, the celebration felt like late spring. Joyous hops from the bench. Players mingled about as if a playoff series just ended. The17,565 fans in TD Garden in disbelief. It was a win in October, not May, but when Tyler Toffoli one-timed Anze Kopitar’s faceoff win with 0.4 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Kings a stunning 2-1 win Saturday against the Boston Bruins, it summed up the Kings’ season. “I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon

again,” Kopitar said. “I’ve never seen it in my hockey career to work like that, or that fast.” Kopitar lined up for a faceoff against David Pastrnak with 0.9 seconds on the clock and drew it right to Toffoli for his second goal of the game with 0.4 seconds left, the same time that remained when Fisher sank a winning shot in a 2004 playoff game. “I’ve never seen anything like that,” Toffoli said. “First time I’ve done that.” Much like the Kings’ 9-1-1 start, all the pieces fell into

place. Kings coach John Stevens put right handers Toffoli and Drew Doughty behind Kopitar to ensure a quick shot from the right side. The Bruins iced the puck and could not send out faceoff ace Patrice Bergeron. After officials confirmed the goal against the clock, the Kings took their celebration to the dressing room with a 4-1 record on their sixgame trip. “I don’t want to get carried away,” Stevens said. “It’s a huge win. We didn’t [See Kings, D6]

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CARDIFF, Wales — Anthony Joshua was taken to the 10th round before stopping the durable Carlos Takam and retaining his World Boxing Assn. and International Boxing Federation heavyweight titles in front of an estimated 75,000 fans on Saturday. The referee moved in to stop the fight after Joshua caught Takam with a hookuppercut combination and was moving in to land more blows. The Frenchman shook his head in disgust and many in the crowd jeered the decision. At the end of an uncomfortable evening for Joshua, during which he might have broken his nose in a secondround clash of heads, the unbeaten British boxer earned a 20th straight win that likely set him up for a unification fight in 2018 with either World Boxing Organization champion Joseph Parker or World Boxing Council champion Deontay Wilder. Takam was fighting at 12 days’ notice, as an injury replacement for Kubrat Pulev, and lived up to his reputa-

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tion as a tough opponent, absorbing big shots by Joshua and making himself tough to hit with movement. Takam took an eight count in the fourth round after toppling from a left hook by Joshua, and fought on with a cut above his right eye that twice required treatment. Joshua was fighting at the heaviest weight of his professional career, 254.8 pounds, and was taken beyond seven rounds for only the second time in his pro career. The other time was an 11-round fight against Wladimir Klitschko in April. “I was trying to break him down round by round,” Joshua said. “Unfortunately, the ref stopped it. I think people want to see Takam unconscious on the floor. That was where I was trying to get to. I don’t have control over the ref ’s decision.” Takam (35-4-1, 27 knockouts) was cheered by the crowd after the fight. “I don’t know why the referee stopped the match,” he said. In other bouts: Kal Yafai (23-0, 14 KOs) of Britain defeated Sho Ishida (24-1) by unanimous decision to retain the WBA super-flyweight title. Katie Taylor (8-0) added a professional world title to the Olympic gold medal she won as an amateur by beating Anahi Sanchez (17-3) by unanimous decision to claim the WBA lightweight belt.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Ducks’ special teams played a key role in a bounce-back win. Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour had rare power-play goals, John Gibson made 31 saves and the Ducks rebounded from a one-sided loss by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 Saturday night. The Ducks entered with the NHL's second-worst power play, going two for 31 over their first nine games, but they went two for two with the man advantage Saturday, while Tampa Bay's second-best unit in the NHL failed to score on four chances. “Special teams turned it, that was it,” Lightning coach

Jon Cooper said. Rakell got his second goal midway through the third and Hampus Lindholm also scored for the Ducks, who lost 8-3 Thursday night at Florida. Ryan Getzlaf had three assists. “We knew, obviously, we had to be better when you get embarrassed like that,” Gibson said. “We knew we were playing a good team, so we definitely had to be on our game.” Lightning stars Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov both snapped franchise record-tying 11game point streaks to start the season. Martin St. Louis also accomplished the feat in 2009-10. Stamkos and Kucherov were limited to two shots apiece. “Those guys are as good as they get in the league right now,” Getzlaf said.

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“Obviously, what they're doing, we pay special attention to them.” Rakell opened the scoring at 10:13 of the second on the Ducks' first power play. After Montour, on the power play, and Tampa Bay’s Chris Kunitz traded goals 57 seconds apart late in the second, Lindholm made it 3-1 from the high slot with 0.1 second left in the period.

“I knew there were a few seconds left, so I tried cheating down a little bit [from the blue line],” Lindhom said. “It ends up right on my stick.” Gibson made a lunging stop on Yanni Gourde's wraparound and Stamkos' left circle power-play shot in the second. TODAY AT CAROLINA When: 2 p.m. PDT On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio: 830. Update: The Ducks (5-4-1) will look to come away from their four-game trip with three victories when they face the Hurricanes (4-4-1). ...Sami Vatanen and Ryan Miller suited up for the first time all season. With the team’s first back-to-back contest of the campaign, it’s likely Miller will make his Ducks debut in goal against the Hurricanes.

Last-second one-timer earns victory [Kings, from D5] win a playoff series or anything, but it’s a big win. This group, I thought, battled hard. We told them sometimes it might take to the last second of a hockey game. I didn’t think it would be literally the last second.” The line of Toffoli, Pearson and Adrian Kempe was strong all night, and the top line of Kopitar, Dustin Brown and Alex Iafallo was the Kings’ best in the final period. Again, Jonathan Quick anchored it. He stopped a two-on-one, a break by Anders Bjork and another quality shot in the final three minutes of overtime in a superb matchup against Boston’s Tuukka Rask. The Kings toiled for Toffoli’s stunner. “You can say it’s luck,” Kopitar said. “You can say it’s good bounces. But at the same time, we’re working hard and we’re working for those bounces. To see it paid off in the way it did tonight, like I said, we’ll take it.” Boston played six players with a combined 72 games of NHL experience. One of them, Charlie McAvoy, 19, lived up to his billing as an up-and-coming defenseman with a headsup pass off a cycle play to Brad Marchand for Boston’s goal. McAvoy threw the puck across the ice and Marchand re-directed more than five minutes into the game.

‘We told them sometimes it might take to the last second of a hockey game. I didn’t think it would be literally the last second.’ — John Stevens,

Kings coach

Toffoli responded four minutes later with a backhand goal off a turnover. Pearson dumped in the puck and Boston’s Torey Krug, with Kempe giving chase, sent a pass up the middle that Toffoli grabbed and lifted past Rask. Both teams scratched and clawed for the ensuing 56 minutes until Toffoli’s third goal in two games. The Bruins were left shaking

their heads. “Yeah, that’s one of those things that happens once in a blue moon,” Marchand said. “You know it’s unfortunate, but I thought we played a pretty decent game. It’s just tough how it ended.” Oscar Fantenberg was a

KINGS ..............................1 Boston .............................1

0 0

1 — 2 0 — 1

FIRST PERIOD: 1. Bos., Marchand 6 (McAvoy, Bjork), 5:27. 2. KINGS, Toffoli 2, 9:01. Penalties—Chara, BOS, (slashing), 11:24. Muzzin, KINGS, (holding), 12:47. SECOND PERIOD: Scoring—None. Penalties—None. THIRD PERIOD: Scoring—None. Penalties—Postma, BOS, (delay of game), 2:31. Laich, KINGS, (hooking), 4:58. OVERTIME: 3. KINGS, Toffoli 3 (Kopitar), 5:00. Penalties—Bergeron, BOS, (slashing), 0:13. Doughty, KINGS, (interference), 0:13. SHOTS ON GOAL: KINGS 9-12-5-4—30. Bos. 10-511-4—30. Power-play conversions—KINGS 0 of 2. Bos. 0 of 2. GOALIES: KINGS, Quick 6-1-1 (30 shots-29 saves). Bos., Rask 1-3-0 (30-28).

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NHL STANDINGS WESTERN CONFERENCE

Pacific KINGS Vegas Vancouver DUCKS San Jose Calgary Edmonton Arizona Central St. Louis Dallas Colorado Nashville Chicago Minnesota Winnipeg

W 9 8 6 5 5 5 3 0 W 9 6 6 5 5 4 4

L 1 1 3 4 5 6 6 10 L 2 5 5 4 5 3 3

OL 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 OL 1 0 0 2 2 2 2

Pts 19 16 13 11 10 10 7 1 Pts 19 12 12 12 12 10 10

GF 38 34 30 31 27 26 22 26 GF 40 32 34 27 38 30 24

GA 20 19 25 30 26 32 33 48 GA 28 32 34 31 34 28 30

Note: Overtime or shootout losses worth one point.

KINGS 2, BRUINS 1, OT

late scratch because of back spasms that Stevens said flared up in the morning. “It’s nothing that’s serious,” Stevens said. “It’s just something that’s maintenance related.”

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Metropolitan New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus NY Islanders Philadelphia Washington Carolina NY Rangers Atlantic Tampa Bay Ottawa Toronto Detroit Boston Florida Buffalo Montreal

W 8 7 7 6 6 5 4 3 W 9 5 7 5 4 4 3 3

L 2 4 4 4 5 5 4 7 L 2 1 4 6 3 5 7 7

OL 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 OL 1 5 0 1 2 1 2 1

GA 31 43 27 35 31 39 26 43 GA 31 33 40 35 29 36 44 42

Rickard Rakell and Brandon Montour had rare power-play goals, and John Gibson made 31 saves. Tyler Toffoli scored off a faceoff — his second goal of the game — just before time expired in overtime. Logan Couture scored with 3:52 left in the third period. San Jose went 3-2-0 on a five-game trip. Jesper Bratt's goal on a power play with 4:13 left was the winner. The Devils rallied from 1-0 and 3-2 deficits. Gustav Nyquist scored the tying goal in the second period then got the winner in a shootout. The Habs dominated the first period, controlling possession and firing 19 shots on Ondrej Pavelec. Valtteri Filppula and Claude Giroux scored, and Brian Elliott had 28 saves for the Flyers. Jake Allen made 36 saves and Scottie Upshall had a goal and two assists. The Blues are perfect at home. Mikko Koivu scored midway through the third, Daniel Winnik also scored and Devan Dubnyk made 29 saves. John Tavares had his second hat trick in three games and the eighth of his NHL career. Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen each had two goals and an assist, and Jonathan Bernier had 39 saves. Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice in a three-goal third period, and Braden Holtby stopped 38 shots.

TODAY’S GAMES DUCKS at Carolina, 2 p.m. Washington at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

MONDAY’S GAMES

TYLER TOFFOLI parties with Drew Doughty (8) after scoring the game-winner with 0.4 seconds left.

GF 40 35 33 39 38 35 25 34 GF 45 41 45 32 27 35 29 23

RESULTS DUCKS 4 AT TAMPA BAY 1 KINGS 2 AT BOSTON 1 (OT) SAN JOSE 3 AT BUFFALO 2 AT NEW JERSEY 4 ARIZONA 3 DETROIT 3 AT FLORIDA 2 (SO) AT MONTREAL 5 NY RANGERS 4 PHILADELPHIA 4 AT TORONTO 2 AT ST. LOUIS 4 COLUMBUS 1 AT MINNESOTA 2 PITTSBURGH 1 NY ISLANDERS 6 AT NASHVILLE 2 AT COLORADO 6 CHICAGO 3 WASHINGTON 5 AT EDMONTON 2

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Pts 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 8 Pts 19 15 14 11 10 9 8 7

KINGS at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Vegas at NY Islanders, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Boston at Columbus, 4 p.m. Montreal at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

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NBA CLIPPERS REPORT

STANDINGS Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be determined for the playoffs. Teams are ranked 1-15 by record. Division standing no longer has any bearing on the rankings. The top eight teams in each conference make the playoffs, and the top-seeded team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team would play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition is the first of several tiebreakers, followed by conference record. (Western Conference divisions:S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern Conference divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S-Southeast).

WESTERN CONFERENCE Team 1. Memphis 2. CLIPPERS 2. San Antonio 4. Houston 5. Golden State 5. Portland 7. Minnesota 7. New Orleans 7. Utah 7. Oklahoma City

W 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 3

11. Denver 12. LAKERS 12. Phoenix 14. Sacramento 15. Dallas

2 2 2 1 1

L 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

PCT .833 .800 .800 .714 .667 .667 .500 .500 .500 .500

GB L10 5-1 1 ⁄2 4-1 1 ⁄2 4-1 1 ⁄2 5-2 1 4-2 1 4-2 2 3-3 2 3-3 2 3-3 2 3-3

Rk. S1 P1 S2 S3 P2 N1 N2 S4 N3 N4

3 4 4 4 6

.400 .333 .333 .200 .143

⁄2 2-3 1 2-4 1 2-4 11⁄2 1-4 21⁄2 1-6

N5 P3 P4 P5 S5 Rk. S1 A1 C1 C2 A2 S2 A3 C3

EASTERN CONFERENCE Team 1. Orlando 2. Boston 2. Detroit 4. Milwaukee 4. Toronto 4. Washington 7. Brooklyn 7. Cleveland

W 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3

L 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3

PCT .800 .667 .667 .600 .600 .600 .500 .500

GB L10 4-1 1 ⁄2 4-2 1 ⁄2 4-2 1 3-2 1 3-2 1 3-2 11⁄2 3-3 11⁄2 3-3

9. Charlotte 9. Indiana 9. Miami 12. Philadelphia 13. New York 14. Chicago 15. Atlanta

2 2 2 2 1 1 1

3 3 3 4 3 4 5

.400 .400 .400 .333 .250 .200 .167

⁄2 2-3 S3 1 ⁄2 2-3 C4 1 ⁄2 2-3 S4 1 2-4 A4 1 1-3 A5 11⁄2 1-4 C5 2 1-5 S5

Underdog at Atlanta at Indiana Orlando Washington at Brooklyn New York Detroit

Time 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

TODAY’S GAMES Favorite Milwaukee San Antonio at Charlotte at Sacramento Denver at Cleveland at Golden State

Line 5 7 4 OFF 41⁄2 91⁄2 OFF

Jordan slams remarks by owner of Texans

By Broderick Turner Being a Houston native, Clippers center DeAndre Jordan said he felt compelled to speak out on Twitter about the controversial statement made by Houston Texans owner Bob McNair. During the recent NFL owners meeting, McNair said, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” referring to the ongoing demonstrations by the players during the national anthem to bring awareness to social injustices. Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins walked out of practice Friday once he was told of McNair’s comment. Though McNair apologized, several NFL and NBA players voiced their displeasure with him. “Like, obviously I’ve heard that analogy before. But I thought it was — I could be wrong — you can’t let the prisoners take over the asylum, not the prison,” Jordan said. “Especially in the day and age we’re in right now, it just

kind of rubbed me the wrong way,” he added. “Being from Houston and a native, I felt like I had to say something. I felt it in my gut to say something.” Jordan took to his Twitter account on Friday. “Too late Bob. I ain’t rolling! Hopefully nobody is … even though I’m not a Texans fan, I’m from Houston and this irks me … and millions!” Jordan tweeted. He expounded upon his feelings Saturday during the Clippers’ shoot-around in preparation for a game against Detroit at Staples Center. “Obviously I wasn’t the only one that felt like that,” Jordan said. “Even some of their players felt that way. DeAndre Hopkins felt that way. I respect him for doing what he was doing and doing what he did. We’re going to back guys like that because at the end of the day, we’re all human. “We all have feelings and emotions, so we’re going to stand up for what we believe in, regardless of color, it doesn’t matter.” Jordan has shown loyalty

to Houston by donating $100 for every rebound he grabs this season to help the city rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. Jordan, who leads the NBA in rebounds (18.3), had already raised $7,300 before the Pistons’ game. “I did this because I didn’t want people to forget about it,” Jordan said. “I did something right as everything was going on, right after. But six months later, people may forget about it, something else may happen and then people may forget about what happened,” Jordan added. “I just want it to be an ongoing thing from me, because it’s going to take decades to rebuild that city. So I just wanted to do my part and help as much as I can,” he said. “Obviously I’m helping a lot right now in these four games,” Jordan said. “The more I help, the more it’s going to help the city I grew up in and was raised in.” broderick.turner @latimes.com Twitter: @BA_Turner

BOX SCORES JAZZ 96, LAKERS 81

PISTONS 95, CLIPPERS 87

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Ingram .......33 7-14 1-4 0-1 2 2 16 Nance Jr. ....31 1-3 3-4 5-10 2 4 5 Lopez.........17 2-7 2-2 1-3 0 4 6 Ball ...........35 3-10 0-0 1-2 4 2 9 Cldwll-Pope.28 2-11 3-5 0-3 1 1 7 Kuzma........22 4-10 0-0 1-3 3 1 9 Clarkson .....20 7-12 1-1 1-4 2 1 15 Randle .......18 2-7 2-2 3-7 2 4 6 Hart...........16 2-4 2-2 0-2 0 0 6 Bogut...........5 0-0 0-0 2-4 0 1 0 Brewer .........5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 Ennis ...........4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 31-81 14-20 14-39 17 20 81 Shooting: Field goals, 38.3%; free throws, 70.0% Three-point goals: 5-22 (Ball 3-6, Ingram 1-2, Kuzma 1-3, Brewer 0-1, Clarkson 0-1, Hart 0-1, Nance Jr. 0-1, Lopez 0-2, Caldwell-Pope 0-5). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 16 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Lopez 2, Ingram, Nance Jr.). Turnovers: 16 (Ball 5, Ingram 4, Nance Jr. 3, Caldwell-Pope 2, Bogut, Lopez). Steals: 12 (Ingram 4, Ball 2, Caldwell-Pope 2, Nance Jr. 2, Hart, Kuzma). Technical Fouls: None.

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Harris.........19 4-7 2-2 1-1 1 4 12 S.Johnson ...31 3-7 1-2 0-4 1 1 9 Drummond .33 7-10 1-2 4-17 1 2 15 Bradley.......30 4-15 4-6 1-5 2 1 12 Jackson......32 6-15 2-2 2-4 7 2 15 Tolliver........25 3-8 1-3 2-4 2 3 8 Galloway.....17 5-9 0-0 0-2 0 1 13 Smith.........15 4-6 0-0 0-2 1 0 8 Leuer .........13 0-4 2-2 1-5 1 3 2 Ellenson .....12 0-5 0-0 1-5 0 3 0 Bullock.........6 0-2 1-2 0-1 0 0 1 Moreland......1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 36-88 14-21 12-50 16 20 95 Shooting: Field goals, 40.9%; free throws, 66.7% Three-point goals: 9-28 (Galloway 3-7, Harris 2-3, S.Johnson 2-4, Jackson 1-3, Tolliver 1-5, Bullock 0-1, Smith 0-1, Bradley 0-2, Ellenson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 11. Team Turnovers: 12 (10 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Drummond 3, Tolliver 2, Leuer). Turnovers: 12 (Jackson 4, Drummond 3, Bradley 2, Ellenson 2, Leuer). Steals: 11 (Bradley 4, Drummond 2, S.Johnson 2, Ellenson, Jackson, Tolliver). Technical Fouls: coach Pistons (Defensive three second), 8:36 second.

LAKERS

UTAH

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Favors ........29 7-11 0-0 3-10 1 2 14 Ingles.........31 5-12 0-0 1-5 4 3 13 Gobert .......35 3-5 0-2 3-8 0 3 6 Hood .........28 5-14 0-0 0-3 2 2 13 Rubio.........32 6-13 5-6 3-7 4 3 21 Mitchell ......27 9-16 1-1 2-3 2 5 22 Johnson......18 0-2 1-2 0-3 4 0 1 Sefolosha ...14 2-2 0-0 0-5 0 0 4 Udoh .........12 0-1 0-0 2-4 1 1 0 Burks...........9 0-3 2-2 0-1 0 1 2 Totals 37-79 9-13 14-49 18 20 96 Shooting: Field goals, 46.8%; free throws, 69.2% Three-point goals: 13-31 (Rubio 4-7, Mitchell 3-6, Hood 3-7, Ingles 3-7, Burks 0-1, Favors 0-1, Johnson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 21 (24 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Gobert 3, Favors, Sefolosha). Turnovers: 21 (Mitchell 5, Rubio 5, Favors 4, Hood 3, Johnson 3, Gobert). Steals: 9 (Ingles 3, Mitchell 3, Favors, Johnson, Rubio). Technical Fouls: coach Jazz (Defensive three second), 8:17 first LAKERS 16 29 19 17— 81 Utah 31 25 19 21— 96 A—18,306. T—2:11. O—Mitchell Ervin, Mark Lindsay, Kane Fitzgerald

Pelicans 123, Cavaliers 101 CLEVELAND

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T James ........30 6-11 5-6 1-5 8 3 18 Love...........27 7-12 7-7 1-11 1 1 26 Thompson...16 3-7 1-2 1-2 0 3 7 Shumpert ...20 2-3 0-0 0-2 1 1 5 JR Smith.....22 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 Wade .........23 7-12 0-1 0-0 4 2 15 Korver ........22 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 3 8 Crowder......20 2-7 0-2 1-4 2 0 5 Frye ...........16 0-4 2-2 0-3 0 3 2 Green.........16 3-8 1-1 0-2 1 1 7 Osman .........5 2-3 0-0 0-4 0 0 4 Calderon ......5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Zizic.............5 0-2 1-2 0-2 0 1 1 Totals 36-78 17-23 5-37 19 19 101 Shooting: Field goals, 46.2%; free throws, 73.9% Three-point goals: 12-32 (Love 5-6, Korver 2-4, Shumpert 1-2, Wade 1-2, James 1-3, JR Smith1-3, Crowder 1-5, Osman 0-1, Frye 0-3, Green 0-3). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 17 (25 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Korver, Shumpert). Turnovers: 17 (James 4, Shumpert 3, Green 2, JR Smith 2, Love 2, Crowder, Frye, Wade, Zizic). Steals: 8 (Crowder 2, Wade 2, Frye, JR Smith, Korver, Love). Technical Fouls: Thompson, 9:28 first.

NEW ORLEANS

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Cunningham31 1-2 0-2 2-4 2 2 2 Davis .........36 11-22 6-6 4-14 2 5 30 Cousins ......32 11-20 5-5 1-12 10 2 29 Holiday.......36 12-17 1-1 0-4 7 1 29 Moore ........25 10-13 0-0 0-2 2 2 24 Clark..........21 1-5 0-0 0-2 3 1 3 Nelson .......18 0-1 0-0 0-3 6 1 0 Jo.Smith .......6 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 Diallo...........6 0-1 0-0 0-1 1 3 0 Allen............5 1-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 2 Miller ...........4 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Cooke ..........2 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 Jones ...........2 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Totals 49-92 12-16 8-45 33 20 123 Shooting: Field goals, 53.3%; free throws, 75.0% Three-point goals: 13-31 (Moore 4-5, Holiday 4-6, Davis 2-4, Cousins 2-6, Clark 1-3, Allen 0-1, Cunningham 0-1, Nelson 0-1, Cooke 0-2, Miller 0-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 11 (11 PTS). Blocked Shots: 4 (Davis 3, Cunningham). Turnovers: 11 (Nelson 4, Moore 2, Allen, Clark, Cousins, Diallo, Holiday). Steals: 9 (Cousins 3, Davis 2, Cooke, Cunningham, Miller, Nelson). Technical Fouls: Cousins, 9:28 first. Cleveland 22 30 31 18— 101 New Orleans 35 30 24 34— 123

RESULTS

Grizzlies get past the Rockets again MEMPHIS 103 HOUSTON 89 Chandler Parsons scored 24 points to lead the host Memphis Grizzlies to a103-89 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Parsons was part of a Memphis bench effort that dominated the Rockets reserves. By the time Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni cleared his bench with just under four minutes left and Memphis leading by 19 points, the Grizzlies held a 62-15 advantage in bench points. That Rockets, who shot 38% overall, were 14 of 38 (37%) in threepoint shots and committed 19 turnovers, leading to 24 points. Ryan Anderson led the Rockets with 22 points and James Harden had 20 points and eight assists, but was six of 19 from the field, including two of nine in three-point shots. It was the second time in six days the Grizzlies beat Houston, the only team with a victory over the Rockets. Memphis won 98-90 at Houston on Monday. at New Orleans 123, Cleveland 101: DeMarcus Cousins had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for the Pelicans, who made better than 53% of their shots. Anthony Davis had 30 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks to help New Orleans win for the third time in four games. Kevin Love had 26 points and 11 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who have lost three of four. Oklahoma City 101, at Chicago 69: Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points, Paul George had 20 and the Thunder won their first road game in three tries. Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook had 12 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, giving him a triple-double against every opponent in his career. Lauri Markkanen scored 15 points for the Bulls. Boston 96, at Miami 90: Kyrie Irving scored nine points in the last 2:03 and finished with 24 points to help the Celtics extend their winning streak to four games. Jayson Tatum scored 20 points for Boston, which has defeated the Heat eight consecutive times. Philadelphia 112, at Dallas 110: Ben Simmons had 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as the 76ers won in Dallas for the first time since Jan. 29, 2005. at Portland 114, Phoenix 107: Damian Lillard scored 25 points and CJ McCollum scored 23 for the Trail Blazers to counter 34 points by Devin Booker. at Utah 96, Lakers 81 Detroit 95, at Clippers 87 —associated press

A—18,539. T—2:08. O—Michael Smith, Courtney Kirkland, Dedric Taylor

Celtics 96, Heat 90 BOSTON

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Horford.......34 3-9 6-7 1-9 3 1 12 Tatum.........31 6-9 6-7 2-5 0 1 20 Baynes .......24 2-3 2-2 2-5 1 2 6 Brown ........31 1-7 4-6 1-5 1 2 6 Irving .........33 10-23 2-2 0-4 3 0 24 Smart ........26 6-12 2-2 2-4 4 1 16 Rozier ........25 2-9 0-0 0-4 0 0 4 Theis..........15 4-6 0-0 3-4 0 4 8 Larkin.........10 0-3 0-0 0-1 3 2 0 Ojeleye.........6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Totals 34-81 22-26 11-41 15 14 96 Shooting: Field goals, 42.0%; free throws, 84.6% Three-point goals: 6-23 (Tatum 2-2, Smart 2-6, Irving 2-8, Brown 0-2, Horford 0-2, Rozier 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 12 (13 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Baynes 4, Irving). Turnovers: 12 (Brown 4, Horford 2, Irving 2, Smart 2, Baynes, Theis). Steals: 11 (Irving 3, Smart 2, Baynes, Horford, Larkin, Ojeleye, Rozier, Theis). Technical Fouls: Brown, 4:03 fourth.

MIAMI

Mark J. Terrill Associated Press

PISTONS FORWARD Anthony Tolliver, left, defends the Clippers’ Blake Griffin

during the first half of Detroit’s 95-87 victory at Staples Center.

Clippers unable to counter Pistons’ three-pointers [Clippers, from D5] deserved to lose. I really believe that. “Just watching our spirit. We tried to rally. It’s easy to do when you get down. But we lost the lead because our heads weren’t right, for whatever reason. You get 4-0 and you read the papers. I don’t know what the ... reason was. We’re going to be a really good basketball team, but we’re never going to be a good team if we play and act like that.” After scoring 19 points on five-for-18 shooting, Blake Griffin was asked about Rivers’ comments. “Naw, I didn’t see that, to be honest,” Griffin said. “I didn’t really see that. I thought we missed shots. I thought we made small, stupid mistakes here and there just as a team. But I didn’t see anybody pointing fingers. But that’s a perspective thing, so maybe that’s how he saw it from his per-

spective.… I don’t think now is the time to start pointing fingers.” DeAndre Jordan had seven points and 14 rebounds. “Nobody is going to be happy when you lose a game,” Jordan said. “But us being 4-1, I think that’s OK. We were the only undefeated team in the league to start the night tonight, and unfortunately we’re not anymore. I don’t think that we were going to go 82-0.” The Clippers couldn’t contain the Pistons’ threepoint shooters in the fourth quarter, watching them make three straight at one point and four total in the final 12 minutes. Stanley Johnson made the first three-pointer in the fourth, followed by two straight from Langston Galloway and another by Anthony Tolliver. Then when Reggie Jackson, who had 15 points and seven assists, scored, the

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T J.Johnson....32 7-14 1-1 0-5 2 3 16 Richardson..35 6-11 2-2 0-0 3 4 16 Adebayo .....24 2-4 2-2 1-3 0 3 6 Dragic ........36 9-15 3-3 0-3 4 3 22 Waiters.......24 2-8 0-0 0-5 2 3 5 Olynyk ........23 3-7 7-8 2-9 1 1 14 Winslow......23 3-7 0-0 3-12 3 4 6 T.Johnson....22 1-6 0-0 0-2 2 1 2 Ellington .....17 1-7 0-0 0-1 0 1 3 Totals 34-79 15-16 6-40 17 23 90 Shooting: Field goals, 43.0%; free throws, 93.8% Three-point goals: 7-31 (Richardson 2-5, Olynyk 1-3, Dragic 1-4, Waiters 1-4, J.Johnson 1-5, Ellington 1-6, Winslow 0-1, T.Johnson 0-3). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 19 (21 PTS). Blocked Shots: 9 (Olynyk 3, Winslow 2, Adebayo, Dragic, Richardson, T.Johnson). Turnovers: 19 (Richardson 6, Olynyk 4, J.Johnson 3, Dragic 2, Waiters 2, Adebayo, Winslow). Steals: 6 (Adebayo, J.Johnson, Olynyk, T.Johnson, Waiters, Winslow). Technical Fouls: None. Boston 21 26 27 22— 96 Miami 26 19 18 27— 90 A—19,600. T—2:11. O—Mike Callahan, Rodney Mott, Ray Acosta

Grizzlies 103, Rockets 89 HOUSTON

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Anderson....37 7-12 1-2 0-7 0 3 22 Mbah a Mte 33 0-4 0-0 0-2 3 3 0 Capela .......21 5-8 2-2 3-12 1 3 12 Ariza ..........35 2-6 4-4 0-7 5 4 10 Harden.......33 6-19 6-7 1-4 8 3 20 Tucker ........27 1-3 1-2 1-4 0 2 3 Brown ........21 4-13 0-0 0-0 0 1 11 Nene..........14 2-5 0-0 0-1 1 4 4 Black ...........3 1-1 3-3 1-2 0 0 5 Qi................3 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Williams .......3 1-3 0-1 1-2 0 0 2 Jackson........3 0-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Totals 29-77 17-21 8-43 18 23 89 Shooting: Field goals, 37.7%; free throws, 81.0% Three-point goals: 14-38 (Anderson 7-11, Brown 3-7, Ariza 2-4, Harden 2-9, Capela 0-1, Jackson 0-1, Qi 0-1, Mbah a Moute 0-2, Tucker 0-2). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 17 (24 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Anderson 2, Capela). Turnovers: 17 (Ariza 3, Harden 3, Tucker 3, Anderson 2, Capela 2, Nene 2, Brown, Mbah a Moute). Steals: 4 (Harden 2, Brown, Capela). Technical Fouls: None.

Clippers were in a 92-84 hole. Danilo Gallinari made a three-pointer to pull the Clippers to within 92-87, and L.A. got a defensive stop by forcing the Pistons into a 24second clock violation with one minute, three seconds left. But the Clippers couldn’t take advantage. They shot the ball poorly all game, finishing at 33.3% from the field. Austin Rivers had a strong game with 20 points on six-for-12 shooting, including six-for-eight on three-pointers. Gallinari had 13 points, but he was just four-for-16 from the field, including three-for-10 from three-point range. Meanwhile, the Pistons shot 40.9% from the field. But they played better defense in the fourth than the Clippers, holding them to just 15 points.

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Ennis III ......31 3-9 0-0 3-7 3 3 8 Martin.........21 4-5 1-2 1-3 1 6 9 Gasol..........31 1-8 4-6 0-7 5 0 6 Conley ........26 4-10 0-0 0-3 3 1 8 Harrison ......14 2-6 0-0 0-1 1 2 5 Brooks ........28 2-7 1-1 0-5 3 2 6 Chalmers.....25 6-10 1-1 0-2 4 2 15 Evans .........24 5-12 2-2 1-7 4 1 14 Parsons.......18 9-11 0-0 0-1 1 0 24 Wright.........13 3-5 0-0 1-4 0 2 6 Davis............3 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 Rabb ............1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 40-85 9-12 6-42 26 20 103 Shooting: Field goals, 47.1%; free throws, 75.0% Three-point goals: 14-33 (Parsons 6-8, Chalmers 2-4, Ennis III 2-4, Evans 2-5, Harrison 1-2, Brooks 1-4, Martin 0-1, Gasol 0-2, Conley 0-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 9 (12 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Gasol 4, Conley, Wright). Turnovers: 9 (Gasol 3, Martin 3, Brooks, Chalmers, Evans). Steals: 10 (Brooks 2, Chalmers 2, Martin 2, Evans, Gasol, Harrison, Parsons). Technical Fouls: Evans, 7:32 fourth. Houston 32 17 23 17— 89 Memphis 30 24 27 22— 103

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A—17,033. T—2:00. O—Tre Maddox, Mark Ayotte, James Capers

MEMPHIS

DETROIT

CLIPPERS

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Gallinari .....38 4-16 2-2 0-6 2 2 13 Griffin.........38 5-18 7-10 2-11 4 3 19 Jordan........35 3-6 1-3 8-14 0 2 7 Beverley .....36 3-9 0-0 0-2 8 3 9 Rivers.........33 6-12 2-2 2-4 1 1 20 L.Williams...21 3-9 3-3 0-2 3 1 10 W.Johnson ..12 1-7 0-0 1-7 1 2 2 Reed..........11 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 3 4 Thornwell......9 1-3 1-2 2-3 0 1 3 Dekker .........2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Totals 28-84 16-22 15-51 19 18 87 Shooting: Field goals, 33.3%; free throws, 72.7% Three-point goals: 15-38 (Rivers 6-8, Beverley 3-5, Gallinari 3-10, Griffin 2-6, L.Williams 1-4, Dekker 0-1, Thornwell 0-1, W.Johnson 0-3). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 18 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Jordan 3, Beverley, Reed, Thornwell). Turnovers: 18 (Beverley 4, Gallinari 3, Reed 3, Griffin 2, Jordan 2, L.Williams 2, Rivers 2). Steals: 6 (Rivers 4, Beverley 2). Technical Fouls: None. Detroit 27 18 22 28— 95 CLIPPERS 24 31 17 15— 87 A—17,247. T—2:13. O—Curtis Blair, Tom Washington, Eric Dalen

Trail Blazers 114, Suns 107 PHOENIX

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Chriss .........14 3-6 0-1 0-1 2 1 7 Warren........26 6-15 0-0 1-7 1 2 12 Chandler .....15 2-3 3-4 2-5 2 6 7 Booker........25 11-19 8-9 0-6 6 3 34 James.........12 2-8 4-4 2-3 4 3 9 Ulis ............35 4-9 0-0 1-2 5 1 8 Bender........33 3-5 0-0 1-7 0 1 8 Len ............31 3-7 6-8 1-8 0 2 12 Daniels .......23 0-4 0-0 1-1 1 1 0 Jackson.......22 3-11 3-4 3-6 0 3 10 Totals 37-87 24-30 12-46 21 23 107 Shooting: Field goals, 42.5%; free throws, 80.0% Three-point goals: 9-26 (Booker 4-7, Bender 2-4, James 1-2, Chriss 1-3, Jackson 1-3, Ulis 0-1, Warren 0-2, Daniels 0-4). Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: 17 (19 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Bender 2, Chandler 2, Chriss, Len, Warren). Turnovers: 17 (Booker 4, Chandler 3, Warren 3, Bender 2, Chriss 2, Daniels, James, Len). Steals: 12 (Ulis 4, Jackson 3, Chriss 2, Bender, Len, Warren). Technical Fouls: None.

PORTLAND

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Aminu ........19 3-5 3-3 0-5 2 4 10 Harkless .....26 4-11 0-0 1-7 1 2 10 Nurkic ........27 6-15 5-6 1-9 2 4 17 Lillard ........35 7-21 8-9 3-7 9 2 25 McCollum ...25 9-20 4-5 2-5 6 5 23 Turner.........32 4-7 1-3 1-5 2 3 10 Davis .........28 3-6 0-0 4-11 3 3 6 Connghtn....26 4-5 2-2 0-4 1 0 13 Collins........17 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 Totals 40-91 23-28 12-53 27 26 114 Shooting: Field goals, 44.0%; free throws, 82.1% Three-point goals: 11-26 (Connaughton 3-4, Lillard 3-8, Harkless 2-5, Turner 1-1, Aminu 1-2, McCollum 1-5, Nurkic 0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. Team Turnovers: 14 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 7 (Aminu 2, Harkless 2, Davis, McCollum, Nurkic). Turnovers: 14 (Turner 5, Nurkic 3, Lillard 2, Connaughton, Davis, Harkless, McCollum). Steals: 8 (Aminu 2, Davis 2, McCollum 2, Lillard, Turner). Technical Fouls: None. Phoenix 24 33 32 18— 107 Portland 29 32 31 22— 114 A—19,343. T—2:08. O—Leroy Richardson, Sean Corbin, Marat Kogut

76ers 112, Mavericks 110 PHILADELPHIA

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Covington ....34 4-10 0-0 1-5 1 3 11 Saric ..........29 4-12 0-0 1-1 3 1 12 Embiid ........29 8-19 4-6 3-9 4 4 23 Bayless .......32 3-7 1-2 1-3 0 2 9 Simmons.....33 10-15 3-4 2-7 8 3 23 McConnell ...31 7-10 0-0 0-4 8 0 15 Johnson ......18 3-5 0-0 1-6 0 2 6 Anderson.....14 1-5 0-0 2-5 1 1 3 Luwawu-Cab 10 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 4 6 Stauskas.......5 1-1 2-2 0-0 0 1 4 Totals 43-87 10-14 11-42 25 21 112 Shooting: Field goals, 49.4%; free throws, 71.4% Three-point goals: 16-35 (Saric 4-7, Covington 3-6, Embiid 3-7, Luwawu-Cabarrot 2-3, Bayless 2-6, Anderson 1-2, McConnell 1-2, Johnson 0-2). Team Rebounds: 6. Team Turnovers: 13 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 1 (Simmons). Turnovers: 13 (Embiid 7, McConnell 3, Covington, Saric, Simmons). Steals: 10 (Simmons 3, Anderson, Covington, Johnson, Luwawu-Cabarrot, McConnell, Saric, Stauskas). Technical Fouls: None.

DALLAS

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Barnes........37 9-17 0-0 0-4 0 0 25 Nowitzki ......27 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 2 11 Noel ...........19 1-1 2-2 1-4 0 2 4 Matthews ....33 5-9 6-7 0-6 2 3 19 Smith Jr.......30 5-12 1-1 0-2 8 1 12 Ferrell .........32 6-8 3-5 0-2 2 2 17 Barea .........23 6-12 0-0 0-3 2 0 15 Powell.........18 2-5 1-2 1-6 2 2 5 Harris .........16 0-3 2-2 1-6 1 3 2 Totals 38-74 15-19 3-33 22 15 110 Shooting: Field goals, 51.4%; free throws, 78.9% Three-point goals: 19-40 (Barnes 7-12, Matthews 3-5, Nowitzki 3-5, Barea 3-6, Ferrell 2-4, Smith Jr. 1-5, Powell 0-1, Harris 0-2). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 17 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 2 (Nowitzki 2). Turnovers: 17 (Smith Jr. 6, Matthews 3, Barnes 2, Noel 2, Barea, Ferrell, Nowitzki, Powell). Steals: 7 (Matthews 3, Ferrell 2, Barnes, Smith Jr.). Technical Fouls: None. Philadelphia 32 25 32 23— 112 Dallas 23 33 22 32— 110 A—19,567. T—2:09. O—Derek Richardson, Nick Buchert, Marc Davis

Thunder 101, Bulls 69 OKLAHOMA CITY

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Anthony......27 7-16 2-2 0-5 2 2 21 George .......28 8-15 0-0 1-5 0 2 20 Adams .......28 6-10 0-0 5-8 2 0 12 Roberson....20 2-2 0-0 1-1 1 2 5 Westbrook...28 5-13 2-3 2-13 13 2 12 Jera.Grant ...23 2-4 2-3 0-4 1 2 6 Felton ........20 3-8 4-6 1-8 3 1 12 Abrines.......18 2-8 0-0 0-2 1 2 5 Huestis.......17 1-5 0-0 0-2 1 2 2 Patterson ....15 1-5 0-0 1-2 0 0 2 Ferguson ......4 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 Collison........4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Johnson .......3 1-1 0-0 0-1 3 0 2 Totals 39-88 10-14 11-52 28 17 101 Shooting: Field goals, 44.3%; free throws, 71.4% Three-point goals: 13-34 (Anthony 5-9, George 4-5, Felton 2-4, Roberson1-1, Abrines1-5, Jera.Grant 0-1, Westbrook 0-2, Huestis 0-3, Patterson 0-4). Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 11 (17 PTS). Blocked Shots: 8 (Jera.Grant 2, Johnson 2, Adams, Felton, Huestis, Roberson). Turnovers: 11 (George 3, Westbrook 2, Abrines, Adams, Felton, Huestis, Jera.Grant, Patterson). Steals: 16 (George 4, Jera.Grant 3, Abrines 2, Felton 2, Patterson 2, Westbrook 2, Adams). Technical Fouls: Westbrook, 00:33 second.

CHICAGO

Min FG-A FT-A OR-T A P T Markkanen ..27 3-7 6-6 3-8 1 1 15 Zipser .........17 1-5 0-0 1-3 0 1 3 Lopez .........25 4-9 2-2 1-3 2 1 10 Jeri.Grant.....21 0-7 2-3 1-2 4 1 2 Holiday .......31 4-16 0-1 2-5 2 1 11 Valentine .....30 3-12 0-0 3-9 3 2 8 Felicio.........22 1-2 0-0 0-8 0 0 2 Dunn ..........22 4-9 0-0 1-4 3 5 8 Pondexter ....20 1-7 3-4 0-3 0 3 6 Nwaba ........16 1-3 2-4 0-2 0 1 4 Felder...........4 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Totals 22-78 15-20 12-47 16 16 69 Shooting: Field goals, 28.2%; free throws, 75.0% Three-point goals: 10-37 (Markkanen 3-6, Holiday 3-10, Valentine 2-5, Zipser 1-3, Pondexter 1-7, Jeri.Grant 0-6). Team Rebounds: 7. Team Turnovers: 19 (18 PTS). Blocked Shots: 5 (Lopez 2, Dunn, Felicio, Markkanen). Turnovers: 19 (Dunn 4, Holiday 4, Pondexter 3, Valentine 3, Zipser 3, Felicio, Lopez). Steals: 9 (Dunn 3, Nwaba 2, Holiday, Jeri.Grant, Valentine, Zipser). Technical Fouls: None. Oklahoma City 26 24 32 19— 101 Chicago 23 8 22 16— 69 A—21,706. T—1:56. O—Jacyn Goble, David Guthrie, Matt Boland

L AT I ME S . CO M / S P O RT S

S U N DAY, O C T O BE R 2 9 , 2 017

Accountability with a wink and a smile Simply shuffling pieces after their worst season probably won’t give Galaxy a winning hand KEVIN BAXTER ON SOCCER

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ROOKIE KYLE KUZMA , who played college ball at Utah in Salt Lake City,

played his first game as a pro there and scored nine points on four-for-10 shooting. LAKERS REPORT

Kuzma hits favorite spots in his old city

By Tania Ganguli SALT LAKE CITY — It was the second day of a back-to-back for the Lakers, so even though Kyle Kuzma was returning to the city where he spent the last four years of his life, he didn’t want to overload himself. Just the hits. First breakfast at a nofrills diner. He gets it every time. The Michigan hash — pork, potatoes, sausage, onion, mushrooms and peppers, topped with cheddar cheese and two eggs. Then he adds a side order of french toast to go along with it. Then he stopped over to visit his Salt Lake City barber. “Barber got me right,” Kuzma said. The Lakers’ second trip of the season offered some familiarity for the rookie. He played college basketball at Utah. He returns having quickly become a key part of the Lakers’ rotation. “NBA’s spacing’s really helped,” Kuzma said. “Teams gotta really respect my jumper. I’m a mismatch

at the four so a lot of times I have slower guys on me and I can exploit that. “ He wasn’t a star in college. When point guard Lonzo Ball has said he never even remembered Kuzma in games when UCLA played Utah last year, it’s only partially in jest. Kuzma spent four seasons at Utah. He redshirted in his first year, then played three seasons, earning a degree in that time. Kuzma had a strong junior year at Utah, averaging 16.4 points and 9.3 rebounds. But not until the NBA draft combine did many teams really start to notice him. “I mean, it’s been a heck of a journey for him,” Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said. “We have it printed in our program or in our facility. We talk about the process a lot, not having shortcuts and putting in the work. … He’s an extremely hard worker, grounded kid, really matured. His body changed. I think you can see what playing with some confidence will do for you.” Krystkowiak attended Saturday’s game and visited

with Kuzma before it. He wasn’t the only person there for Kuzma. A row of courtside fans, donning Utah gear, declared themselves there to see Kuzma. And during the game, when he hit a three-pointer, it didn’t matter that he was wearing the opposing team’s jersey, he still got a smattering of cheers and a brief “Kuuuz” chant. “I got a lot of confidence in myself,” Kuzma said. “Every time I’m on the court, I think I’m the best player. That’s the mind-set a lot of players should have.”

Etc.

Having played three games in four nights, and two on consecutive nights, the Lakers will get Sunday off before returning to work. … Kuzma isn’t the only Lakers player who went to Utah. Lakers big man Andrew Bogut is the only player in the Utes’ history to have been taken first overall in the NBA draft, in 2005 by Milwaukee. tania.ganguli@latimes.com Twitter: @taniaganguli

Early bricks by Lakers build house of pain in loss to Jazz [Lakers, from D5] Mitchell led all scorers with 22 points on nine of 16 shooting, while Brandon Ingram led the Lakers with 16 points. Ingram scored all 16 of his points in the first three quarters. Jordan Clarkson finished with 15 points on seven of 12 shooting. Ball scored nine points, all of them on three-pointers. He attempted six threes, and shot 3-of-10 overall. He also added four assists and two rebounds, with two steals and five turnovers. Larry Nance Jr. got 10 rebounds and scored five points for the Lakers. Utah point guard Ricky Rubio finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and four assists. The Lakers are plenty familiar with Mitchell, who was the 13th overall pick in a draft filled with talented guards. He and Lakers rookies Ball and Kyle Kuzma got to know each other during the pre-draft process. Lakers forward Julius Randle worked out with Mitchell over the summer, and liked his attitude and talent. Mitchell also worked out for

‘Put this loss on me. ... We were coming back. Two dumb plays by me and they got up.’ — Lonzo Ball, Lakers guard

the Lakers during the predraft process. “We know what kind of competitor he is,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. Mitchell came off the bench for the Jazz and had seven points at halftime. Until the final minute of the third quarter, he had just 10. The Lakers fell behind early on poor shooting in the first quarter, after which they trailed 31-16. They battled a much bigger Jazz team to claw back from that and cut the lead from double digits to six with a driving layup by Clarkson and a three-pointer by Kuzma. Then Utah’s Alec Burks missed a three-pointer and Mitchell, who is 6-feet-3, leaped into the air soaring

above the rim to slam home a one-handed dunk with Ball standing below him to the left of the basket. “That was kind of a teaching point, how one play at this level can change the entire game,” Walton said. “We had all the momentum at that point.” Seconds later, Ball turned the ball over to Joe Johnson, who kicked it to Mitchell for a three-pointer with 43 seconds left in the third quarter. “We didn’t box him out,” Walton said. “He just came flying in, got that tip dunk which electrified the home crowd, as it should have. He probably hit that next three because of how good he was feeling on the tip dunk, and then before you know it, it’s an 11-point fourth-quarter lead instead of a four- or sixpoint lead.” Said Ball: “I should have boxed him out. Then I threw the turnover.... We lost today. I feel like it was my fault. Watch the film and move on. Those plays could have been avoided if I had done the right thing.” tania.ganguli@latimes.com Twitter: @taniaganguli

Failure has consequences, right? Didn’t we all learn that as kids? Mess up a math test and you have to study more. Blow off your household chores and you get grounded. The Galaxy failed this year. Failed in magnificent, mind-numbing fashion, finishing at the bottom of the MLS table for the first time and breaking a host of unwanted franchise records for everything from most losses and most goals allowed to fewest points and fewest home wins. There have to be consequences for that, right? Apparently not. Two days after completing the worst season in franchise history, the team announced the expected front-office housecleaning would be nothing more than a shuffling of titles and that it would continue to play with the same deck. Team president Chris Klein will keep his job. General manager Pete Vagenas will lose that title and go back to his old one as vice president of soccer operations. And coach Sigi Schmid is having his responsibilities expanded to include player personnel decisions. That’s it. No staff shakeup, no firings, just one minor demotion and a little extra work for the coach. The Galaxy is going to stay the course even if they are taking on water and there are icebergs in their path. Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. But it doesn’t take an Einstein to figure out the Galaxy’s response is far too tepid given the circumstances. “We’ve taken a big step back and evaluated the people that we have and where they’re best suited for us going forward,” Klein said last week. But, he added, “I wouldn’t say anything’s set in stone.” To be fair, the Galaxy did fire one person this season — and that may have been a mistake. Under coach Curt Onalfo, the man who was handpicked to lead the transition to the post-Bruce Arena era, the team was 6-10-4 and in playoff contention. After he was fired in late July, the Galaxy went 2-8-4, were shut out six times and outscored 30-14 in 14 games under Schmid. And Schmid got promoted. Compare that to how

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CHRIS KLEIN , left, and Peter Vagenas, right, were

all smiles as Curt Onalfo was introduced as coach last year. Onalfo’s gone, but his old Galaxy bosses remain. AEG, which owns the Kings as well as the Galaxy, handled its hockey team last spring. When the Kings narrowly missed the NHL playoffs for the second time in three seasons, AEG sacked coach Darryl Sutter and general manager Dean Lombardi, the pair that led the team to its only two Stanley Cup championships. “With that level of accomplishment comes high expectations,” AEG’s Dan Beckerman said then. “And we have not met those expectations.” The Galaxy are five-time MLS champions, winning their last title in 2014, the same year the Kings won their last Stanley Cup. They are also the winningest team in MLS history, accomplishments that should raise the level of expectations for the Galaxy as well. Yet AEG is responding to the worst season in franchise history by rearranging the deck chairs. “I think the courage to move some people out is not there,” said someone with deep knowledge of the team’s management. One explanation for that could be financial. Although the Galaxy push back hard when the team is accused of cutting costs, figures compiled by the MLS players union show the Galaxy has trimmed its payroll substantially the past two seasons. So perhaps the idea of making sweeping changes in the front office at a time when the team is watching its bottom line seemed incongruous. Which isn’t to say AEG isn’t prepared to spend. Klein said the team will add staff in both the technical area and in player personnel and will beef up its scouting department as well. The Galaxy also have money to upgrade the roster, $500,000 of which will come from D.C. United in exchange for its midseason signing of former Galaxy academy player Paul Arriola.

“Taking what we have and understanding the needs, then adding to that,” Klein said in explaining the philosophy. “So [Schmid] will have the resources in terms of people and otherwise to be able to do that. We believe in our system. We believe in bringing players through that.” Schmid left on his first scouting trip immediately after last weekend’s season finale and has promised to turn over a young, inexperienced roster that was illconceived and ineffective this season. “I am excited for the opportunity to build the roster into one that is capable of competing for championships,” Schmid, the winningest coach in MLS history, said in a club statement, one in which he also lauded AEG for its “tremendous support … in every aspect of operations.” Maybe it will work. The last time the Galaxy gave its coach the final say over player personnel decisions was in 2008, and Arena quickly rebuilt a team coming off three consecutive losing seasons into one that made eight straight playoff appearances. However Arena’s hiring was part of a larger housecleaning that saw AEG replace both Ruud Gullit, the Galaxy’s coach, and Alexi Lalas, the president and general manager. Schmid’s promotion amounts to nothing more than a light feather-dusting. Klein is certain that will be enough. “We are holding ourselves accountable and looking at this and trying to figure out what is the best way forward,” Klein said. “We have confidence in Sigi and his abilities to build a very good first team. And that process [has] started. “There is accountability, certainly, from top to bottom. And we take responsibility for that.” kevin.baxter@latimes.com Twitter: @kbaxter11

HIGH SCHOOLS

Team delivers victory as coach welcomes baby girl By Eric Sondheimer

When his wife, Desiree, went into labor at 11 a.m. Friday, Garden Grove Pacifica coach Vinnie Lopez was somewhat confident he’d be able to make his team’s football game against Tustin on Friday night. “I knew she was going to time it just right,” Lopez said of the baby. Mother Nature, however, didn’t cooperate. His wife delivered the couple’s fourth child, Leanna, at 7:46 p.m. Kickoff was at 7, so Lopez called an audible. Defensive coordinator Adrian Corona took over and guided the team to a 21-14 win over Tustin. It was a win-win night for the Lopez family. “I’m proud of the boys,” Lopez said. Parents and coaches were texting Lopez at the hospital with information on the game. Rai Sagastume scored the winning touchdown on a 16-yard run in the final minute. Pacifica improved to 8-1. Pacifica linebacker Isaak Togia sent a text message to

his coach: “Hey coach, don’t worry about the game. Take care of your family. We are family. We’ll bring home the W.” Lopez said he got home around midnight. Mother and daughter are doing well.

Big second half

Corona Centennial and Norco were tied 28-28 at halftime. Then the Huskies (8-1, 4-0) let loose an offensive and defensive onslaught to defeat Norco 63-28 and increase their Big VIII League winning streak to 44. Quarterback Tanner McKee completed 14 of 18 passes for 288 yards and three touchdowns. Chris Venable caught two touchdown passes and had an interception and fumble recovery.

having its first Open Division playoffs. The top eight teams ranked by the CalPreps.com computer formula will make up the division. With one week left in the regular season, these are the rankings: 1. Narbonne, 2. Crenshaw, 3. Carson, 4. Banning, 5. Fairfax, No. 6 Venice, 7. San Pedro, 8. Birmingham. South Gate is No. 9 and would stay in the Division 1 playoffs.

Jefferson wins it

Jefferson (7-3, 6-0) won the Exposition League title with a 46-32 win over previously unbeaten Santee. Romeo Doubs, a Nevada commit, scored five rushing touchdowns.

Running team

Bus invasion

Northridge Heritage Christian is 8-0 with a rushing attack that has rolled up 3,414 yards. Junior Nasir Marshall leads the team with 1,214 yards rushing, including 195 yards in a 53-32 win over Pasadena.

Playoff picture

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Santa Margarita is just 12 miles from JSerra, yet the school hired nine buses to take students to Friday’s rivalry game against the Lions. The students went home happy. Santa Margarita pulled out a 36-35 victory. The City Section will be

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S U N DAY, O C T O B E R 2 9 , 2 017

L AT I M ES . C O M / SP O RTS

NFL WEEK 8 10 A.M., CH. 2

CHARGERS at NEW ENGLAND Chargers will draw believers if win streak hits four.

FROM A TO Z Compiled by MATT WILHALME Baltimore: The Ravens’ 40-0 victory over the Dolphins on Thursday night was the largest shutout victory in their 22-year franchise history. Buffalo: The Bills have given retired receiver Anquan Boldin permission to find a trade partner after deciding he’d still like to play in the league. Cincinnati: A.J. Green has 30 100-yard receiving games, one shy of Chad Johnson for the Bengals’ team record. He has had two 100-yard games this season. CHARGERS: Philip Rivers has 3,967 completions and needs 22 to pass Warren Moon (3,988) for eighth alltime. He averages 36plus attempts per game. Cleveland: Myles Garrett (concussion)will miss the Browns’ game vs. the Vikings. He missed four games to start the season because of an ankle injury. Denver: The Broncos have won a franchiserecord 31 straight games when winning the turnover battle. Denver is 3-0 this season when leading at halftime. Houston: Deshaun Watson is the first rookie with three straight games of three or more touchdown passes. The Texans average 29.5 points. Indianapolis: On Sunday, Frank Gore could become the first running back to start 100 consecutive games since Curtis Martin started 119 in a row from 1998-2005. Jacksonville: The Jaguars lead the NFL with 33 sacks. Calais Campbell leads the way for Jacksonville with 10.0 — a career-high — through seven games. Kansas City: Kareem Hunt is the only player to start his career with seven straight 100-yard scrimmage games. Hunt leads NFL in yards rushing (717). Miami: The Dolphins announced Jay Cutler (ribs) probably will return to the starting role next week after sitting out Miami’s 40-0 loss to the Ravens on Thursday. New England: The Patriots last lost to the Chargers on Oct. 12, 2008 when Tom Brady was sidelined by a knee injury. New England leads the series 23-15-2. N.Y. Jets: Austin Seferian-Jenkins has had a touchdown in three straight games. He’s second on the team in receptions (26) despite missing two games. Oakland: Former Bills running back Marshawn Lynch will miss his first chance to return to Buffalo while serving a one-game suspension for pushing an official. Pittsburgh: T.J. Watt is tied for the lead among rookies with four sacks. The Steelers have the second- most sacks (24); opponent Lions allow fourth-most (23). Tennessee: The Titans expect rookie receiver Corey Davis to be ready to play following the bye week. He missed the last five games because of a hamstring injury.

10 A.M., CH. 11

CHICAGO at NEW ORLEANS Bears’ defense will need to score more to have hope.

1:15 P.M., CH. 11

WASHINGTON at DALLAS Which NFC East team can stay on Eagles’ heels?

ALSO TODAY MIN at CLE........ 6:30 OAK at BUF ...........10 IND at CIN .............10 SF at PHI................10

5:15 P.M., CH. 4

PITTSBURGH at DETROIT Steelers have won last four against the Lions.

CAR at TB ..............10 ATL at NYJ .............10 HOU at SEA .............1

Halfway through season, surprises are everywhere

Arizona: Drew Stanton will be the Cardinals’ starting quarterback with Carson Palmer out eight weeks because of a broken arm. Atlanta: Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon begins third stint with Falcons after being re-signed Monday with rookie Duke Riley headed toward surgery. Carolina: Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers has 150 sacks, one shy of passing Hall of Famer Chris Doleman for fourth on the all-time list. Alan Crowhurst Getty Images

AFTER A SUBPAR rookie season, Jared Goff has developed into the

best quarterback in the NFC West, leading the Rams to a 5-2 record. be tuning out (a bit) as last Sunday’s game against San Francisco scored a 25.2 rating in Dallas. That’s the lowest since a 2015 Thanksgiving Day game against Carolina — and Thanksgiving ratings tend to be lower because people often are out of the house and watching in groups. Broncos busted — Denver is as one-sided as the Rams were last year. The Broncos are totally reliant on their No. 1 defense to keep them in games. They’re 3-3 with 11 touchdowns. Remember when Manning had seven touchdowns in one game? Feels like a century ago. Trick or tweet — No matter where you fall on the kneeling-during-theanthem protests, it’s pretty weird that the NFL has gotten so much attention on President Trump’s Twitter feed. Typically, the only talk of knees at this point in the season is chatter about injured ones. Afterthought no longer — Jacksonville is for real, with a league-leading 33 sacks — Carolina is second with 24 — and 10 interceptions, second to Baltimore (12). The Jaguars can get the job done on the offense, too, with the No. 1 rushing attack and 10thranked offense overall. This can’t be ignored: Jacksonville is second in turnover differential at plus-8, with Buffalo leading at plus-10. Worst in the league? Winless Cleveland at minus-11. Out of nowhere — The little-known Alex Collins is leading Baltimore in rushing and ran for 113 yards in the Ravens’ blowout of Miami on Thursday, becoming the team’s first player to break the 100-yard mark in more than a year. He was cut by Seattle and wasn’t on Baltimore’s active roster until Week 2. He’s also a talented Irish dancer, meaning he and Ravens kicker Justin Tucker, an accomplished opera singer, could put on a pretty good Broadway show.

HOW THEY STAND West

NATIONAL CONFERENCE W L T Pct. PF PA NFC AFC Div.

RAMS

5 2 0 .714 212 138 3-2-0 2-0-0 2-1-0

Seattle

4 2 0 .667 134 94 3-1-0 1-1-0 2-0-0

Arizona

3 4 0 .429 119 191 2-4-0 1-0-0 1-1-0

San Francisco

0 7 0 .000 123 186 0-6-0 0-1-0 0-3-0

North

W L T Pct. PF PA NFC AFC Div.

Minnesota

5 2 0 .714 146 119 4-1-0 1-1-0 2-1-0

Green Bay

4 3 0 .571 164 161 3-3-0 1-0-0 1-1-0

Detroit

3 3 0 .500 161 149 3-3-0 0-0-0 1-0-0

Chicago

3 4 0 .429 122 151 1-4-0 2-0-0 0-2-0

South

W L T Pct. PF PA NFC AFC Div.

New Orleans

4 2 0 .667 171 133 3-1-0 1-1-0 1-0-0

Carolina

4 3 0 .571 131 139 2-3-0 2-0-0 0-1-0

Atlanta

3 3 0 .500 128 132 3-0-0 0-3-0 0-0-0

Tampa Bay

2 4 0 .333 145 151 2-2-0 0-2-0 0-0-0

East

W L T Pct. PF PA NFC AFC Div.

Philadelphia

6 1 0 .857 199 146 5-0-0 1-1-0 3-0-0

Dallas

3 3 0 .500 165 142 3-2-0 0-1-0 1-0-0

Washington

3 3 0 .500 141 147 2-2-0 1-1-0 0-2-0

N.Y. Giants

1 6 0 .143 112 156 0-5-0 1-1-0 0-2-0

West

FROM A TO Z Compiled by MATT WILHALME

SAM FARMER ON THE NFL

Football is a game of misdirection and disguise, and there have been plenty of both in the NFL this season. Typically, the only certainty about the league has been its unpredictability. The Philadelphia Eagles are soaring, the Rams are rising, the New England Patriots are starting to show their age and no one knows what to make of the Miami Dolphins. Some of the game’s biggest stars — Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Watt, Odell Beckham Jr. — are injured and watching from the sideline as a new wave of talent emerges. With the league approaching the midway point of the regular season, some of the surprises so far: The arrival of Jared Goff — The Rams were 0-7 with Goff as their starter last season, and their offense was bogged down. While not everyone wrote Goff off as a bust, it certainly looked like the club wildly overpaid for him by trading all the way up to the No. 1 spot. So far, he’s the best quarterback in the NFC West, among the more composed and consistent in the league, and the Rams are 5-2. Shows what good coaching — along with a revitalized running back, sure-handed receivers and suddenly solid offensive line — can do. Where did you go, Andrew Luck? — It feels like 2011 again for Indianapolis, when we never knew for sure whether Peyton Manning would be back. He never returned to the Colts after those four neck procedures (but would relaunch his career in Denver, getting the Broncos to two Super Bowls.) With Luck, who’s coming off shoulder surgery, the question persists: When is he returning to play? Bolts are recharged — Really, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Chargers are digging their way out of a hole. It seems to happen every season. They were on the road to irrelevance at 0-4, but they’ve regained their footing with three consecutive victories and are back in the AFC West race. A lot of credit goes to the defensive front, which has caused all sorts of problems for opposing quarterbacks. Wentzylvania — Carson Wentz was good as a Philadelphia rookie last season, but he’s really rounding into a star now. He’s poised in the pocket and can run (and with power) when the opportunity is right. He’s got the qualities of a healthy Luck. The bigger surprise on the Eagles has been the play of receiver Nelson Agholor, the former USC standout and 2015 first-round pick who has five touchdowns this season after scoring only three in his first two seasons. The Cowboys are mediocre — Six games into its schedule and 3-3, Dallas has matched last season’s loss total. The team is 1-2 at home, and the luster is off the dynamic duo of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott. Fans even seem to

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE W L T Pct. PF PA AFC NFC Div.

Kansas City

5 2 0 .714 207 161 3-2-0 2-0-0 1-1-0

Denver

3 3 0 .500 108 118 2-2-0 1-1-0 2-1-0

CHARGERS

3 4 0 .429 137 131 2-3-0 1-1-0 2-2-0

Oakland

3 4 0 .429 155 156 3-3-0 0-1-0 1-2-0

North

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Pittsburgh

5 2 0 .714 147 116 4-1-0 1-1-0 3-0-0

Baltimore

4 4 0 .500 170 148 4-2-0 0-2-0 2-1-0

Cincinnati

2 4 0 .333 98 112 2-3-0 0-1-0 1-2-0

Cleveland

0 7 0 .000 103 169 0-7-0 0-0-0 0-3-0

South

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Jacksonville

4 3 0 .571 183 110 4-2-0 0-1-0 2-1-0

Tennessee

4 3 0 .571 158 173 3-3-0 1-0-0 2-1-0

Houston

3 3 0 .500 177 147 3-3-0 0-0-0 1-1-0

Indianapolis

2 5 0 .286 119 222 1-2-0 1-3-0 0-2-0

East

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New England

5 2 0 .714 195 166 2-1-0 3-1-0 1-0-0

Buffalo

4 2 0 .667 119 101 2-1-0 2-1-0 1-0-0

Miami

4 3 0 .571 92 152 3-2-0 1-1-0 1-1-0

N.Y. Jets

3 4 0 .429 137 161 3-4-0 0-0-0 1-3-0

It’s elementary — No list of NFL surprises is complete without mention of the remarkable emergence of Houston rookie quarterback Deshaun Watson. The Texans have averaged 34 points per game in Watson’s five starts and have new life despite some crucial injuries. The third quarterback selected in last spring’s draft behind Mitchell Trubisky and Patrick Mahomes, Watson set a rookie record by needing only six games to throw his first 15 touchdown passes. Razor’s edge — Once all but unbeatable at home, New England has lost two games this season at Gillette Stadium, and the team looks vulnerable. Tom Brady is still going strong at age 40, but that Patriots defense is ranked last in the league and has to cope with the loss of star linebacker Dont’a Hightower. Good time for the Chargers to catch them at home. Clipped wings — What happened to that high-flying Atlanta Falcons offense? Kyle Shanahan, who drew up the plays last season, is now head coach in San Francisco (where the 49ers are still looking for their first win), and Steve Sarkisian is offensive coordinator in Atlanta. That transition has not gone smoothly, and the 3-3 Falcons have lost three games in a row, most recently 23-7 in a Super Bowl rematch with the Patriots. In fairness, Atlanta’s defense has been lousy too. Anyone’s guess — The wackiest division has been the AFC East, where the Patriots have taken a step back, Buffalo and the New York Jets have been surprisingly competitive, and Miami has been all over the map. The Dolphins had won three games in a row before a forehead-slapping 40-0 loss at Baltimore that underscored the unpredictability of this season. sam.farmer@latimes.com Twitter: @LATimesfarmer

ASK SAM FARMER ... Have a question about the NFL? Ask Times NFL writer Sam Farmer, and he will answer as many as he can online and in the Sunday editions of the newspaper throughout the season. Email questions to: sam.farmer@latimes.com What do practice squad players do on game day? They’re not on the official team, so they’re not on the sideline. Are they just gathering somewhere together to watch on NFL Sundays? Thomas Harris Eugene, Ore. Farmer: For this, I called Chargers general manager Tom Telesco, who was quick to point out that practice squad players are official members of the team and do everything the rest of the guys do, except dress on game day. For home games, the Chargers have some of their 10 practicesquad members — typically the skill-position players — go through a mini-workout that starts approximately two hours before kickoff. Those players have to finish by 90 minutes before kickoff. “During the game, it kind of depends on the coaching staff,” Telesco said. “Sometimes those players will watch the game from the sideline, and sometimes it’s from the press box.” That’s for home games. For away games, the Chargers don’t bring all 10 on the road, but typically between one and three of them on a rotating basis. Those players will watch the game from

the sideline, just like the seven members of the 53-man roster who have been deactivated. “We want them to get the feel and the look of, ‘This is how we travel, this is what the meetings are like for away games, this is our process,’ ” Telesco said. “Sunday is still a valuable day for these guys. It’s not a day off. “They break a sweat, and during the game they’re not watching it as a fan. … If you’re on the sideline, you’re listening to what the quarterback is talking about when he comes off the field, you’re listening to the tips that the coaches are giving your position group.” It’s not a bad gig. Practice squad players are paid $7,200 per week during the season — that’s 17 paychecks of that amount — and that bumps up to a minimum of $27,000 per week for those promoted to the 53-man roster. :: Tom Brady turned 40 this year. Does that set some kind of record for active quarterbacks? Beth Mittelholzer Santa Fe, N.M. Farmer: Amazing as it is that Brady is still playing — and leading the league in yards passing, no less — he’s a mere pup when compared with Hall of Fame quarterbacks such as Warren Moon, who played for the Kansas City Chiefs at 44, and George Blanda, who was an astounding 48 as a member of the 1975 Oakland Raiders.

Chicago: Rookie Mitchell Trubisky has thrown only 23 passes in the last two games, completing 12 with one touchdown and no interceptions. Dallas: Rookie linebacker Jaylon Smith, who missed all of 2016, had a forced fumble and his first sack last week. Smith leads the team with 44 tackles. Detroit: Receivers Golden Tate (shoulder) and Kenny Golladay (hamstring) were limited in practice this week. Left tackle Greg Robinson is out. Green Bay: Rookie running back Aaron Jones leads the Packers with 346 yards rushing in 62 carries and has three touchdowns after making only two starts. Minnesota: The Vikings have seven scoring drives of 80-plus yards after only four last season. They have held opponents to a league-low average of 4.0 yards after the catch. New Orleans: Quarterback Drew Brees passed for 331 yards and a touchdown last week, but he has had four passes intercepted in the last two games. N.Y. Giants: Tight end Evan Engram leads all rookie receivers with 342 yards on 30 catches. Carolina back Christian McCaffrey has more catches, 44, for 329 yards. Philadelphia: The Eagles haven’t started 6-1 since going 7-0 in 2004 when they reached Super Bowl. They lead the league in third-down conversions (50.5%). RAMS: Safety turned linebacker Mark Barron leads the Rams with 50 tackles and is tied with Nickell Robey-Coleman for the most interceptions (two). San Francisco: 49ers are last in NFL in third-down defense, allowing opponents to convert at a clip of 49.5%. Carlos Hyde has five rushing TDs in last five games. Seattle: Seahawks are tied with Jaguars as stingiest defense in league at 15.7 points per game. Seattle has not given up points in the first quarter this season. Tampa Bay: Jameis Winston needs 225 yards passing to reach 10,000 yards in his 39th game, putting him in a tie with Peyton Manning for sixth-fewest games. Washington: Linebacker Ryan Kerrigan has four sacks, a forced fumble and a pick-six this season. He also has three tackles for loss and two forced fumbles.

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HOW THEY MATCH UP CHARGERS (3-4) AT NEW ENGLAND (5-2) When Chargers have the ball Chargers coaches and players keep waiting for a 30-pluspoint outbreak because they believe there are enough playmakers to have a big day. But, because of how the defense has played, the Chargers have had the luxury of being a little more methodical on offense, keeping the ball out of harm’s way with a more conservative game plan. However, with the Patriots being able to score and New England’s defense beaten up and still near the bottom of the league in most categories, Sunday could be a day for the Chargers to open things up. Quarterback Philip Rivers has been intercepted just once in the last three games, and he’s starting to figure out the best way to use Keenan Allen, Travis Benjamin and Hunter Henry. And the team still has Antonio Gates, Tyrell Williams and Mike Williams, who could play up to 25 snaps, in the mix. The big worry should be Melvin Gordon, who finds himself on the injury report for the second straight week. Even if he’s able to play on Sunday, there will be questions about how big of a load the back can carry while still being effective in the running and passing games.

When Patriots have the ball Tom Brady. Tom Brady. Tom Brady. You can’t write that name enough. Maybe the best quarterback in NFL history, Brady still has found a way to get off to a good start without top receiver Julian Edelman, whom the team lost for the season in the summer. While Edelman’s loss is a big deal, having tight end Rob Gronkowski on the field certainly helps. While Brady can still make other receivers threats, Gronkowski should be the big test for the Chargers linebackers and safeties. The key, though, will be stopping New England’s ground game. In their last three games, all wins, the Patriots have rushed for more than 100 yards. They attack with a handful of running backs — Mike Gillislee, Dion Lewis, James White and Rex Burkhead —who all have different skills and present unique challenges for defenses. If New England is able to run the ball well, it will stay out of obvious passing situations and prohibit the Chargers’ terrifying pass rush from being let completely loose.

When they kick Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said his kicker, Nick Novak, will be OK after spending most of the week on the injury report with an ankle injury. Novak’s been solid, and last week, his coverage teams helped make up for the fact that he doesn’t have the leg strength to consistently get touchbacks. Punter Drew Kaser is having a great year, and last week Travis Benjamin broke free for a punt-return score. New England’s special teams are keyed by its kicker, Stephen Gostkowski, who has been one of the league’s best for the last decade. He’s missed just once in 17 field-goal attempts this season, hitting from as long as 58 yards — a career best. The Chargers have tried only 10 field goals, underscoring how big of a weapon Gostkowski can be.

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PHILIP RIVERS SAYS he’s still something of a fan, particularly when it comes to quarterbacks. “When

you’re going against a guy who has won all these Super Bowls .... it’s pretty special,” he says of Tom Brady.

It’s not a stretch to say this is Rivers vs. Brady

Dan Woike’s prediction When the Philadelphia Eagles pushed the Chargers around a month ago, and I promised to never pick the Chargers again, we didn’t know that the Eagles might be the best team in the league. We didn’t know that the Chargers and Lynn would figure out how to win the close games, that they could go on the road and win in New York and Oakland. We didn’t know that the defense would be so effective under Gus Bradley, that they’d start flying around hitting quarterbacks and forcing turnovers. The Chargers have been playing great. I think they’re more balanced than New England. But it won’t matter. PATRIOTS 32, CHARGERS 24

Chargers’ quarterback still feels the thrill of going against the best, even if he’s not quite the new-age workout guy the Patriots’ star is By Dan Woike

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s unarguably handsome face fills the cover of his new book. It has a logo — “TB12” — combining his initials and the number he wears on his New England Patriots jersey. The book — “The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance” — is a well-intentioned manual preaching the gospel of alternative exercises and diet, the stuff that’s made Brady a champion and a star into his 40s. Keep your muscles soft and able to absorb punishment. Eat organically. Stay away from processed sugars. It’s good advice. And it’s a New York Times bestseller. It’s also very different from the PR17 method. Philip Rivers, the Chargers’ quarterback, has a different approach to longevity and peak performance. And he’s not going vegan or anything to pull it off. “Probably not,” Rivers said with a chuckle. “I may just try to reach down and touch my toes once or twice or every once in a while. I haven’t stretched much in 15 years, so I’ll start with a toetouch.” It turns out this isn’t his genuine “Aw, shucks” charm. He doesn’t like to stretch. He doesn’t really touch his toes. That’s all too new-agey for him. “He never stretches,” tight end Antonio Gates said with a laugh. The Chargers, in fact, have made it point to make sure their star quarterback approaches aging with a more flexible mind — and tendons.

WHERE THEY RANK How Chargers and Patriots offenses and defenses compare statistically, with per-game averages: POINTS SCORED

POINTS ALLOWED

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

POINTS ALLOWED

POINTS SCORED

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

TOTAL OFFENSE

TOTAL DEFENSE

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

19.6 (21T)

23.7 (23)

18.7 (8)

27.9 (6)

330.4 (17)

426.9 (32)

PASS OFFENSE

PASS DEFENSE

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

251.3 (8)

310.3 (32)

RUSH OFFENSE

RUSH DEFENSE

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

79.1 (30)

116.4 (22)

TOTAL DEFENSE

TOTAL OFFENSE

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

PASS DEFENSE

PASS OFFENSE

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

RUSH DEFENSE

RUSH OFFENSE

326.0 (14)

410.7 (1)

185.4 (6)

300.0 (2)

CHARGERS

PATRIOTS

140.6 (32)

110.7 (17)

Injury report Final injury reports for Sunday’s games in Week 8 of the NFL schedule were submitted to the league Friday: CHARGERS: DOUBTFUL — Tackle Joe Barksdale (foot). QUESTIONABLE — Running back Melvin Gordon (foot), defensive tackle Corey Liuget (back). PATRIOTS: OUT — Defensive tackle Malcom Brown (ankle), linebacker Dont’a Hightower (shoulder), cornerback Eric Rowe (groin). QUESTIONABLE — Wide receiver Danny Amendola (knee), tackle Marcus Cannon (ankle), cornerback Stephon Gilmore (concussion/ankle), defensive end Lawrence Guy (chest), defensive end Cassius Marsh (shoulder), linebacker Elandon Roberts (ankle). “I’m a little hardheaded in how old school I’ve always been in my approach to things, from workouts to lifting weights to cardio,” Rivers admitted. “But I’m starting to see the little things now, things you’ve been a little lax on.” On Sunday, when the Chargers meet the Patriots, Brady and Rivers will have gotten there with vastly different approaches. But whether using the TB12 method or the PR17 cowboy boots method, the two players have defined their teams for more than a decade. Some might say this game is as much Brady vs. Rivers as it is Patriots vs. Chargers. “I don’t try to shy away from that,” Rivers said. “I don’t feel like I’m playing Tom Brady, by any means, but it’s still a big deal to me, as a fan of quarterbacks. All those times getting to go against Peyton Manning, I’ve still allowed myself to be that fan, in a sense — to have that love for the game, that love for the position. That’s what I grew up with. “When you’re going against a guy who has won

all these Super Bowls and is still playing at the level he’s playing at 40, and he will be in that discussion that will never be answered, of who’s the best ever, to be a chance to be the QB on the other team, to me, it is a big deal. “It’s pretty special.” It’s pretty remarkable that the two players with 472 games of combined experience are playing well this deep into their careers, with Rivers turning 37 before the end of the season and Brady at 40. It’s a testament to their methods — however creative or old school. It’s a testament to their skills. And it’s a testament to an evolving NFL, which has had changes in offensive philosophy and rules that reduce hits to the quarterbacks. “I definitely believe nutrition and the way these guys work has definitely contributed to their longevity, and I give the league tremendous credit,” Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt said. “One of the big things they’ve made an emphasis on is protecting those guys, the quarterbacks. It’s such an important position.

It doesn’t underscore the fact that these guys are tough.” Changes in offensive philosophies — quicker routes and faster throws — also have played a factor. “Where the passing game has gone has helped,” Rivers said. “There’s so much more now where the ball is out of our hand a lot quicker, and we’re still able to move the ball and get chunk plays. We’re not back there with two-man routes all the time, having to wait and getting hit in the face waiting for guys to get open. Empty formations weren’t as popular 20 years ago. Now, we’re empty, and guys are dinkdink-dink all over the place.” A quarter of the league’s starting quarterbacks were drafted by 2005. “It’s great for our game,” Whisenhunt said. Whether it’s stretching or lifting weights, eating steaks or grilling mushroom caps, Rivers knows whatever method he uses to stay on the field will always be tied to production. “The guys you’re talking about, Drew [Brees], Peyton, Brady, you’re talking about the best ever,” Rivers said. “I still think it’s unique and rare. How smart they are, how accurate they are, all that plays a factor. “I’ve never said I want to play until this day, or this many years. But as I stand now, the passion and love to compete I still have, from that standpoint, yes, if I can continue to play well enough, [I want] to play until I’m 40. It’s not something you’re just given. You have to go out there and prove it.” dan.woike@latimes.com Twitter: @DanWoikeSports

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MIA 19 LAC 17

KC 24 LAC 10

PHI 26 LAC 24

LAC 27 NYG 22

LAC 17 OAK 16

LAC 21 DEN 0

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VS. BUF 1 p.m.

AT DAL 1 :30 p.m.

VS. CLE 1 p.m.

VS. WAS 1 p.m.

AT KC 5:15 p.m.

AT NYJ 10 a.m.

VS. OAK 1:15 p.m.

Loss 0-1 A: 0-1

Loss 0-2 H: 0-1

Loss 0-3 H: 0-2

Loss 0-4 H: 0-3

Win 1-4 A: 1-1

Win 2-4 H: 2-1

Win 3-4 H: 1-3

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THE AP TOP 25 White = win | Black = loss | Gray = off

Alabama

8-0

8 Did not play 8 Saturday vs. No. 23 Louisiana State

Penn State

7-1

8 Lost to No. 6 Ohio State, 39-38 8 Saturday at No. 16 Michigan State

Georgia

8-0

8 Def. Florida, 42-7 8 Saturday vs. South Carolina

Tex. Christian

7-1

8 Lost to No. 25 Iowa State, 14-7 8 Saturday vs. Texas

Wisconsin

8-0

8 Def. Illinois, 24-10 8 Saturday at Indiana

Ohio State

7-1

8 Def. No. 2 Penn State, 39-38 8 Saturday at Iowa

Clemson

7-1

8 Def. Georgia Tech, 24-10 8 Saturday at No. 14 N. Carolina St.

Miami

7-0

8 Def. North Carolina, 24-19 8 Saturday vs. No. 13 Virginia Tech

Notre Dame

7-1

8 Def. No. 14 N. Carolina St., 35-14 8 Saturday vs. Wake Forest

10 Oklahoma

7-1

8 Def. Texas Tech, 49-27 8 Saturday at No. 11 Oklahoma State

11 Oklahoma St.

7-1

8 Def. No. 22 West Virginia, 50-39 8 Saturday vs. No. 10 Oklahoma

12 Washington

7-1

8 Def. UCLA, 44-23 8 Saturday vs. Oregon

13 Virginia Tech

7-1

8 Def. Duke, 24-3 8 Saturday at No. 8 Miami

14 N. Carolina St. 6-2 8 Lost to No. 9 Notre Dame, 35-14 8 Saturday vs. No. 7 Clemson

15 Washington St. 7-2 8 Lost to Arizona, 58-37 8 Saturday vs. No. 20 Stanford

16 Michigan State 6-2 8 Lost to Northwestern, 39-31 (3 OT) 8 Saturday vs. No. 2 Penn State

17 South Florida

7-1

8 Lost to Houston, 28-24 8 Saturday at Connecticut

18 Cent. Florida

7-0

8 Def. Austin Peay, 73-33 8 Saturday at Southern Methodist

19 Auburn

6-2

8 Did not play 8 Saturday at Texas A&M

20 Stanford

6-2

8 Def. Oregon State, 15-14, Thursday 8 Saturday at No. 15 Washington State

21 USC

7-2

8 Def. Arizona State, 48-17 8 Saturday vs. Arizona

22 West Virginia

5-3

8 Lost to No. 11 Oklahoma State, 50-39 8 Saturday vs. No. 25 Iowa State

23 Louisiana St.

6-2

8 Did not play 8 Saturday at No. 1 Alabama

24 Memphis

7-1

8 Def. Tulane, 56-26, Friday 8 Friday at Tulsa

25 Iowa State

6-2

8 Def. No. 4 Texas Christian, 14-7 8 Saturday at No. 22 West Virginia SOUTHLAND Washington 44, UCLA 23 USC 48, Arizona St. 17 San Diego St. 28, Hawaii 7 San Diego 48, Stetson 7 Claremont-Mudd 17, La Verne 7 Redlands 42, Pomona-Pitzer 20 Chapman 46, Cal Lutheran 38 Central Washington 34, Azusa Pacific 23 WEST Oregon 41, Utah 20 N. Arizona 37, Sacramento St. 17 North Dakota 48, Portland St. 21 UC Davis 31, Cal Poly 28 Arizona 58, Washington State 37 Nevada Las Vegas 26, Fresno St. 16 Humboldt St. 47, Simon Fraser 7 Linfield 16, Pacific Lutheran 10, OT Puget Sound 14, Willamette 13 S. Oregon 44, Montana Western 19 EAST Albright 26, Wilkes 23 Alfred 35, Morrisville St. 7 Alfred St. 18, Mount Ida 8 Amherst 31, Tufts 26 Assumption 68, Stonehill 0 Bates 27, Colby 24 Becker 14, Nichols 13 Brockport 33, Buffalo St. 0 Bryant 31, Wagner 16 California (Pa.) 31, Mercyhurst 21 Colgate 40, Bucknell 3 College of N.J. 20, William Paterson 0 Cornell 29, Princeton 28 Curry 17, Endicott 7 Delaware Valley 35, Lebanon Valley 0 Duquesne 37, Sacred Heart 21 Edinboro 69, Seton Hill 20 Elon 19, Villanova 14 Fairmont St. 34, W. Virginia St. 27 Fordham 45, Lehigh 35 Framingham St. 34, Mass.-Dartmouth 14 Franklin & Marshall 36, Moravian 14 Gettysburg 29, Susquehanna 21 Grove City 25, Geneva 7 Harvard 25, Dartmouth 22 Hillsdale 37, Alderson-Broaddus 31 Holy Cross 24, Georgetown 10

All the SEC hot-seat talk includes a hefty price tag

By Chris Foster It could be an expensive year around the SEC, where tolerance has never been in abundance and a coach is only as good as his team’s last play. Most “coaches on the hot seat” speculation includes Butch Jones (Tennessee), Barry Odom (Missouri), Matt Luke (Mississippi), Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M), Bret Bielema (Arkansas) and Ed Orgeron (LSU). It’s a group that totals $36 million in buyouts, according to USA Today. Meanwhile, Florida officials were hard at work Saturday trying to convince people that Jim McElwain — and his $12.9-million buyout — should not be on that list. The week has been strange in Gainesville, even by Florida standards. McElwain said that his family and players had received death threats because of their poor performance. Administration officials said they met with their coach, who offered no further details. McElwain then backed away slightly, saying “It comes with the territory” and proclaiming “I’m confident we’re all right.” That failed to drain the swamp. Darren Heitner, a sports attorney and Florida alum, tossed out on Twitter that administration officials and McElwain were in talks about a buyout. Athletic director Scott Stricklin reacted with a statement Saturday: “No one representing the University of Florida or our athletic department has had any conversations with Coach McElwain or his representatives regarding a buyout of his contract. Our focus is on this great Florida-Georgia rivalry today in Jacksonville.” People might want to check back in with Stricklin this week. After No. 3 Georgia scored three touchdowns during its first eight plays, two things accelerated with Florida — their unhappiness with McElwain and their intake at “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” The Bulldogs continued their Shermanlike march to No. 1 Alabama with a 42-7 victory.

Playing Har-Baugh

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh had seen enough, especially with the Wolverines playing the hottest team in the Big Ten. OK, it was Rutgers. But the Scarlet Knights had won back-toback conference games for the first time. So, after a sluggish start, Harbaugh decided that Michigan quarterback John O’Korn must be benched. O’Korn had thrown for just 13 yards and had one pass intercepted. Enter Brandon Peters with the score tied 7-7 in the second quarter. He produced two touchdowns before halftime, one a 20-yard touchdown pass to Chris Evans. Peters, a redshirt freshman, completed 10 of 14 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown in a 35-14 victory. Harbaugh claimed that the decision to play Peters was made during the week. “That was the plan, and we stuck to the plan,” Harbaugh said post-game. Peters’ performance left the Michigan media hollering for more. Before the Wolverines could shower, a Detroit Free Press headline post-game screamed, “Brandon Peters has to be Michigan starting QB moving forward.” Harbaugh was a little more cryptic, telling reporters, “Like a bird leaving the nest, kids leaving the house and going out on their own. It’s time.” Michigan fans might say it was overdue. After all, Peters was once compared to Stanford’s Andrew Luck … by Harbaugh.

Come fly with me …

University of San Diego football players can bank on an exotic location for vacation this year, provided they signed up for frequent-flier miles. The Toreros reside in the Pioneer Football League, a conference that features a singer (Drake), a servant (Butler) and a hat (Stetson). It also covers eight states, and though you couldn’t win the presidency with them, it would be a good start in an election (171 electoral college votes). On the far left is San Diego. The closest conference opponent is Drake in Des Moines, Iowa, which is 1,744 miles away. Yet the Toreros are once again the bull in the conference’s china shop.

Husson 70, Anna Maria 13 Indiana (Pa.) 42, Gannon 26 Ithaca 14, Utica 0 Johns Hopkins 31, Muhlenberg 24 Juniata 38, Dickinson 14 Kean 27, Christopher Newport 7 King's (Pa.) 18, FDU-Florham 15 LIU Post 41, Pace 14 Lake Erie 45, Kentucky Wesleyan 27 Lock Haven 27, Bloomsburg 24 Lycoming 35, Misericordia 17 Maine 23, William & Mary 6 Merrimack 41, St. Anselm 3 Millersville 59, Cheyney 7 Missouri 52, UConn 12 New Haven 20, American International 19 Notre Dame Coll. 17, Charleston (W. Va.) 12 Oklahoma St. 50, West Virginia 39 Penn 17, Brown 7 Pittsburgh 31, Virginia 14 Plymouth St. 17, Westfield St. 0 RPI 21, St. Lawrence 17 Rhode Island 31, Albany (N.Y.) 14 S. Connecticut 45, Bentley 42 SUNY Maritime 61, Castleton 7 Salisbury 33, Rowan 0 Shepherd 45, WV Wesleyan 14 Shippensburg 27, Kutztown 13 Slippery Rock 24, Clarion 9 St. Francis (Pa.) 36, Robert Morris 7 St. John Fisher 35, Cortland St. 28 Thomas More 21, Bethany (W. Va.) 0 Towson 18, Delaware 17 Trinity (Conn.) 27, Middlebury 5 Tuskegee 45, Central St. (Ohio) 0 Massachusetts 30, Appalachian St. 27, 2OT Ursinus 28, McDaniel 21 W. Connecticut 55, Fitchburg St. 34 W. New England 35, Salve Regina 26 WPI 24, MIT 21 Washington & Jefferson 21, St. Vincent 3 Waynesburg 34, Thiel 7 Wesley 26, Montclair St. 7 Wesleyan (Conn.) 21, Bowdoin 10 West Chester 31, East Stroudsburg 26 West Liberty 44, Concord 14 Westminster (Pa.) 21, Carnegie-Mellon 7 Williams 24, Hamilton 6

Winston-Salem 27, Shaw 21, OT Worcester St. 48, Mass. Maritime 0 Yale 23, Columbia 6 SOUTH Alabama St. 21, Alabama A&M 16 Arkansas 38, Mississippi 37 Averett 12, Maryville (Tenn.) 7 Benedict 17, Albany St. (Ga.) 12 Berry 35, Birmingham-Southern 18 Bethune-Cookman 24, Hampton 21 Bluefield South 17, Union (Ky.) 7 Bowie St. 86, Lincoln (Pa.) 14 Brevard 58, NC Wesleyan 42 Carson-Newman 27, Tusculum 7 Catawba 45, Limestone 28 Catholic 10, Norwich 7 Centre 28, Millsaps 13 Chattanooga 23, Samford 21 Clemson 24, Georgia Tech 10 Cumberlands 21, St. Andrews 14 E. Kentucky 26, Murray St. 13 Fla. Atlantic 42, W. Kentucky 28 Fla. International 41, Marshall 30 Faulkner 49, Warner 35 Fayetteville St. 28, Livingstone 26 Ferrum 19, Methodist 14 Florida A&M 34, Morgan St. 31 Fort Valley St. 52, Morehouse 7 Frostburg St. 35, S. Virginia 3 Furman 28, W. Carolina 6 Gallaudet 28, Dean 7 Georgetown (Ky.) 31, Campbellsville 24, 2OT Georgia 42, Florida 7 Grambling St. 50, Texas Southern 24 Guilford 49, Bridgewater (Va.) 23 Hampden-Sydney 38, Emory & Henry 30 Houston 28, South Florida 24 Howard 28, SC State 20 Huntingdon 52, Greensboro 7 Jackson St. 24, Miss. Valley St. 5 Jacksonville 54, Campbell 48, 3OT Jacksonville St. 23, SE Missouri 7 James Madison 21, New Hampshire 0 Kennesaw St. 28, Presbyterian 0 Kentucky 29, Tennessee 26 Kentucky Christian 30, Cincinnati Christian 6 Kentucky St. 32, Lane 5 Liberty 33, Gardner-Webb 17

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JIM MCELWAIN , the head coach for Florida, prepares to take the field with his

players before their game against Georgia on Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.

BEST OF THE DAY PASSING TYLER HILINSKI, Washington State JOHN WOLFORD, Wake Forest BRIAN LEWERKE, Michigan State TANNER LEE, Nebraska CARTER STANLEY, Kansas RUSHING RASHAAD PENNY, San Diego State DEVIN SINGLETARY, Fla. Atlantic RONALD JONES II, USC SPENCER BROWN, Ala. Birmingham JOSH ADAMS, Notre Dame RECEIVING STEVEN SIMS JR., Kansas M. VALDES-SCANTLING, S. Florida GREG DORTCH, Wake Forest CODY WHITE, Michigan State MICHAEL GALLUP, Colorado State

Att Cmp 61 45 34 28 57 39 50 32 48 23 Att Yards 30 253 36 244 18 216 33 209 27 202 No Yards 9 233 10 186 10 167 9 165 7 161

Yds 509 461 445 431 418 Avg 8.4 6.8 12.0 6.3 7.5 Avg 25.9 18.6 16.7 18.3 23.0

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San Diego traveled to Florida for the second consecutive week and returned with a 48-7 victory over Stetson. Anthony Lawrence, a third-year starter at quarterback, threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns, giving him 69 in his career. It left the Toreros atop the conference standings with a 5-0 record. This is nothing new. San Diego has won or shared the last six conference championships. The program launched Harbaugh’s head-coaching career in 2004. He won two conference titles before moving on. Like Harbaugh, current coach Dale Lindsey certainly needs to keep a bag packed, though not because of unhappy alums. The Toreros will have logged 9,320 miles for conference games by the end of the season. While the Toreros must trudge through the Midwest, East and Deep South, their opponents have it a little better coming west. San Diego was named the most beautiful campus in the United States by the Princeton Review.

Cowboy up

Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph did not practice in the week leading up to the West Virginia game. Coach Mike Gundy told reporters that his quarterback was “just dinged a bit.” That diagnosis seemed to be confirmed by Rudolph on Saturday. He threw for 216 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another. The No. 11 Cowboys needed his performance, as they nearly squandered a 20-

Lindsey Wilson 35, Bethel (Tenn.) 17 Maryland 42, Indiana 39 Miami 24, North Carolina 19 Monmouth (NJ) 23, Charleston Southern 20 N.C. Central 42, Delaware St. 14 North Alabama 20, Delta St. 7 Point (Ga.) 40, Ave Maria 17 Reinhardt 44, Pikeville 21 Rhodes 28, Sewanee 10 Sam Houston St. 33, SE Louisiana 23 Savannah St. 27, Norfolk St. 9 Shenandoah 50, Apprentice 15 South Carolina 34, Vanderbilt 27 St. Augustine's 24, Johnson C. Smith 0 Stony Brook 27, Richmond 24 Tennessee Tech 30, Tennessee St. 26 Texas St. 27, Coastal Carolina 7 The Citadel 21, VMI 3 Troy 38, Georgia Southern 16 Ala. Birmingahm 30, Southern Miss. 12 Central Florida 73, Austin Peay 33 UNC-Pembroke 14, Lenoir-Rhyne 10 Tenn. Martin 27, E. Illinois 10 Virginia St. 26, Chowan 23 Virginia Tech 24, Duke 3 Virginia Union 37, Elizabeth City St. 21 Wake Forest 42, Louisville 32 West Alabama 35, West Florida 18 Widener 20, Stevenson 14 Wingate 44, Newberry 20 Wofford 31, East Tenn. St. 24 MIDWEST Akron 21, Buffalo 20 Albion 48, Wis. Lutheran 14 Ashland 30, Wayne (Mich.) 10 Augsburg 35, Hamline 28 Avila 34, Mid-Am Nazarene 27 Baker 49, Cent. Methodist 0 Baldwin-Wallace 52, Capital 34 Benedictine (Ill.) 61, Concordia (Ill.) 32 Benedictine (Kan.) 42, William Penn 29 Carthage 45, Millikin 27 Case Reserve 45, Washington (Md.) 28 Central 65, Loras 24 Chicago 49, Ripon 36 Colorado Mines 27, Chadron St. 15 Concordia (Mich.) 31, Taylor 14 Concordia (Moor.) 35, Carleton 12

Concordia (Neb.) 38, Dakota Wesleyan 16 Concordia (Wis.) 26, Rockford 20 Cornell (Iowa) 52, Knox 51, OT Dayton 27, Butler 22 DePauw 42, Allegheny 26 Dickinson St. 28, Dakota St. 25 Doane 13, Hastings 7 Drake 17, Davidson 12 Eureka 40, St. Scholastica 34 Evangel 21, Missouri Valley 0 Ferris St. 24, Northwood (Mich.) 14 Fort Hays St. 34, Emporia St. 7 Franklin 66, Mount St. Joseph 39 Glenville St. 34, Urbana 14 Grand Valley St. 28, N. Michigan 3 Grand View 47, Culver-Stockton 12 Greenville 48, Iowa Wesleyan 41 Gustavus 41, St. Olaf 13 Hanover 37, Defiance 29 Heidelberg 37, Wilmington (Ohio) 14 Hope 50, Kalamazoo 0 Illinois College 30, Grinnell 7 Illinois St. 35, Youngstown St. 0 Illinois Wesleyan 47, Elmhurst 15 Indianapolis 42, William Jewell 3 Iowa 17, Minnesota 10 Iowa St. 14, TCU 7 Jamestown 27, Mayville St. 14 John Carroll 24, Muskingum 0 Kansas St. 30, Kansas 20 Kansas Wesleyan 56, Bethany (Kan.) 28 Lakeland 41, Aurora 38 Lawrence 49, Beloit 13 Lindenwood (Mo.) 35, Nebraska-Kearney 31 Luther 36, Coe 28, 3OT Manchester 48, Earlham 13 Marian (Ind.) 27, Siena Heights 21 Marietta 35, Ohio Northern 28 Martin Luther 44, Crown (Minn.) 28 McKendree 36, Lincoln (Mo.) 12 Michigan 35, Rutgers 14 Michigan Tech 17, Davenport 10 Minn. St.-Mankato 27, Winona St. 6 Minn. St.-Moorhead 51, Mary 19 Minot St. 42, Minn.-Crookston 35 Missouri St. 59, Indiana St. 20 Monmouth (Ill.) 42, Lake Forest 7 Morningside 36, Midland 15

point lead before scraping out a 50-39 victory over No. 22 West Virginia. Rudolph’s day left him with a school record 77 career touchdown passes, two more than Brandon Weeden. It was also his 29th victory as a starter, surpassing the Oklahoma State record held by Gundy. The victory left the Cowboys tied for first place in the Big 12. Gundy wasn’t in a celebrating mood after his team’s victory. According to ESPN, Gundy was asked what he would have said if someone told him the Cowboys would win while giving up a touchdown on an interception return and another on a blocked punt. Gundy replied, “I would have said that they were drinking and I wish I was drinking with them.”

Road tripped up

The signs were there from the start. Nothing was going to go right for Michigan State. First, the flight to Chicago was canceled Friday, forcing the team to take a 239mile bus ride to play Northwestern. The Spartans’ first possession ended with a fumble on the Wildcats’ seven-yard line. Their last possession ended with quarterback Brian Lewerke having a pass intercepted by Brett Walsh in the third overtime to preserve Northwestern’s 39-31 victory. And coach Mark Dantonio’s post-game news conference was interrupted twice when his cellphone rang at the podium. After the second time, Dantonio said, “There’s always firsts. There’s a first.” Something Dantonio should keep in mind on the way home.

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Columbia lost to Yale 23-6 Saturday, leaving the two teams tied for first in the Ivy League. Lions fans, who were on the rise after a 6-0 start to the season, had to cringe knowing losses tend to pile up for Columbia. The Lions lost 44 consecutive games in the 1980s and had a 24-game losing streak from 2012 to 2015. Columbia, though, wasn’t the only team having a stressful day around the Ivy League. ESPN reported that Dion King, a defensive quality control coach for Dartmouth, punched and shattered a window in the press box at Harvard Stadium, sending glass flying, after the team fumbled a punt. King, ESPN reported, was escorted from the stadium. Dartmouth blew a 14-0 lead in a 25-22 loss to Harvard and fell a game behind Yale and Columbia. Dartmouth officials said King would pony up the Big Green to pay for the damage. sports@latimes.com

Mount Union 51, Otterbein 14 N. Dakota St. 30, N. Iowa 14 Nebraska 25, Purdue 24 North Central (Ill.) 60, Carroll (Wis.) 21 North Park 20, Augustana (Ill.) 17 Northern St. (SD) 21, St. Cloud St. 16 Northwestern 39, Michigan St. 31, 3OT Northwestern (Iowa) 41, Dordt 23 Northwestern (Minn.) 21, Minn.-Morris 14 Notre Dame 35, N.C. State 14 Ohio St. 39, Penn St. 38 Ohio Wesleyan 34, Oberlin 26 Olivet 44, Alma 20 Olivet Nazarene 49, Trinity Bible 6 Peru St. 55, Graceland (Iowa) 34 Pittsburg St. 20, NW Missouri St. 10 Rose-Hulman 31, Bluffton 28 S. Dakota St. 52, W. Illinois 24 Saginaw Valley St. 14, Tiffin 9 Simpson (Iowa) 49, Buena Vista 21 Sioux Falls 21, Augustana (SD) 14 South Dakota 42, S. Illinois 0 Southwestern (Kan.) 35, Bethel (Kan.) 7 St. Ambrose 35, Robert Morris-Chicago 29 St. Francis (Ind.) 70, Lindenwood (Ill.) 0 St. Mary (Kan.) 41, McPherson 28 St. Norbert 47, Macalester 7 St. Thomas (Minn.) 58, Bethel (Minn.) 13 St. Xavier 30, St. Francis (Ill.) 28 Sterling 41, Ottawa, Kan. 7 Tabor 45, Friends 14 Trine 55, Adrian 34 Truman St. 31, Quincy 7 Upper Iowa 31, SW Minnesota St. 20 Valley City St. 66, Presentation 27 Valparaiso 63, Morehead St. 32 Wartburg 23, Dubuque 0 Washburn 34, Missouri Western 24 Wayne (Neb.) 27, Concordia (St.P.) 23 Westminster (Mo.) 21, Mac Murray 13 Wis.-LaCrosse 27, Wis.-Platteville 20 Wis. Oshkosh 31, Wis. River Falls 28 Wis. Stout 55, Wis. Eau Claire 7 Wis. Whitewater 35, Wis. Stevens Pt. 7 Wisconsin 24, Illinois 10 Wittenberg 21, Wabash 14 Wooster 51, Kenyon 41 SOUTHWEST

Arkansas Tech 38, East Central 10 Cent. Arkansas 47, McNeese St. 17 Cent. Oklahoma 48, Cent. Missouri 30 E. Texas Baptist 42, Sul Ross St. 28 Hardin-Simmons 21, Southwestern (Texas) 7 Harding 42, SE Oklahoma 3 Henderson St. 36, S. Arkansas 30 Hendrix 38, Trinity (Texas) 35 Langston 27, Okla. Panhandle St. 14 Louisiana Tech 42, Rice 28 Mary Hardin-Baylor 62, McMurry 0 Midwestern St. 66, Texas Permian Basin 8 Mississippi St. 35, Texas A&M 14 Nicholls 38, Incarnate Word 31 North Texas 45, Old Dominion 38 Northeastern St. 32, Missouri Southern 29, 2OT Northwestern St. 10, Houston Baptist 7 Oklahoma 49, Texas Tech 27 Oklahoma Baptist 28, SW Oklahoma 24 Ouachita 55, Ark.-Monticello 21 Prairie View 34, Bacone 17 S. Nazarene 44, NW Oklahoma St. 37 SW Assemblies of God 28, Lyon 13 Southern U. 47, Ark. Pine Bluff 40 Stephen F. Austin 34, Lamar 7 Tarleton St. 28, W. Oregon 6 Texas 38, Baylor 7 Texas Lutheran 63, Howard Payne 21 UTSA 31, UTEP 14 Wayland Baptist 54, Texas Wesleyan 24 ROCKIES Air Force 45, Colorado St. 28 BYU 41, San Jose St. 20 CSU Pueblo 40, Western St. (Col.) 7 Carroll (Mont.) 59, Montana St. Northern 7 Colorado 44, California 28 Colorado Mesa 77, N.M. Highlands 14 Dixie St. 54, Adams St. 28 Fort Lewis 44, S. Dakota Tech 35 Rocky Mountain 30, Montana Tech 27 S. Utah 27, N. Colorado 14 Montana St. 28, Idaho St. 14 Coll. of Idaho 38, E. Oregon 20 Weber St. 41, Montana 27 Idaho 31, La. Monroe 23 Wyoming 42, New Mexico 3 Arkansas St. 37, New Mexico St. 21 Boise St. 41, Utah St. 14

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C O NF E RE N CE REP ORTS BIG TEN TEAM EAST Ohio State Penn State Michigan State Michigan Maryland Rutgers Indiana WEST Wisconsin Northwestern Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Purdue Illinois UP NEXT

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Saturday Ohio State at Iowa Penn State at Michigan State Wisconsin at Indiana Minnesota at Michigan Northwestern at Nebraska Illinois at Purdue Maryland at Rutgers

No. 5 Wisconsin 24, Illinois 10: Alec Ingold and Garrett Groshek scored on short runs in the first half and offensive lineman Michael Deiter added another touchdown on a trick play for the unbeaten Badgers. Their star running back, Jonathan Taylor, rushed for just 73 yards but didn’t appear in the second half because of a left leg injury. The freshman entered the game averaging 158.6 yards rushing. at Northwestern 39, No. 16 Michigan State 31 (3 OT): Clayton Thorson threw a 22-yard touchdown to Flynn Nagel in the third overtime, and Nate Hall intercepted a pass to clinch the victory for the Wildcats. Spartans quarterback Brian Lewerke was stripped on the final play, but he picked up the loose ball and fired toward the goal line, where Hall intercepted a pass intended for Matt Sokol. at Michigan 35, Rutgers 14: Wolverines quarterback Brandon Peters replaced John O’Korn in the first half and the redshirt freshman didn’t disappoint. Playing extensively for the first time, Peters completed 10 of 14 passes for 124 yards with a touchdown on his first three drives as the Wolverines pulled away from the Scarlet Knights. O’Korn had another shaky performance. He threw an interception and recovered two of his own fumbles off snaps before being pulled. at Iowa 17, Minnesota 10: Nate Stanley threw for 190 yards as the Hawkeyes won their eighth straight in Iowa City over the Golden Gophers. After missing one game, linebacker Josey Jewell returned to lead the Iowa defense with 11 tackles, six of them solo. Rodney Smith led the way on offense for Minnesota, rushing for 82 yards on 15 attempts.

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Michigan State at Ohio State Iowa at Wisconsin Michigan at Maryland Indiana at Illinois Nebraska at Minnesota Purdue at Northwestern Rutgers at Penn State

Nebraska 25, at Purdue 24: Tanner Lee threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan Jr. with 14 seconds left for the Cornhuskers, who snapped a two-game skid. Lee capped the best night of his career with two touchdown passes in the final 11 minutes to erase a 12-point deficit. The Cornhuskers rushed for only 40 yards. at Maryland 42, Indiana 39: Max Bortenschlager threw two touchdown passes and Jake Funk ran for a pair of fourthquarter scores as the Terrapins ended a three-game skid. Indiana lost despite outgaining Maryland 483-345.

SOUTHEASTERN TEAM EAST Georgia South Carolina Kentucky Florida Missouri Tennessee Vanderbilt WEST Alabama Auburn Louisiana State Mississippi State Texas A&M Arkansas Mississippi UP NEXT

Conf. W L 5 0 4 2 3 2 3 3 0 4 0 5 0 5 W L 5 0 4 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 4 1 4

Overall W L 8 0 6 2 6 2 3 4 3 5 3 5 3 5 W L 8 0 6 2 6 2 6 2 5 3 3 5 3 5

Saturday Louisiana State at Alabama Auburn at Texas A&M South Carolina at Georgia Florida at Missouri Southern Mississippi at Tennessee Coastal Carolina at Arkansas Mississippi at Kentucky Massachusetts at Mississippi State Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt

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Alabama at Mississippi State Georgia at Auburn Arkansas at Louisiana State Florida at South Carolina Tennessee at Missouri Louisiana at Mississippi New Mexico at Texas A&M Kentucky at Vanderbilt

Arkansas 38, at Mississippi 37: Connor Limpert made a 34-yard field goal with four seconds left and Arkansas rallied from a 24-point deficit for an improbable victory. No. 3 Georgia 42, at Florida 7: Sony Michel put thirdranked Georgia up big early and put Florida away late, scoring on two long runs in a drubbing that might have been the final game for Gators coach Jim McElwain. “I haven’t been told anything,” said McElwain, who is now 22-12 in three seasons. “There have been no conversations about that. Nothing in this world surprises me. I know what I was brought here to do. Look, we haven’t been good on offense. I get it. We’ve won a few games, but we haven’t won enough; haven’t won a championship. That’s real. That’s life. And I take full responsibility for all of it, no doubt.” It was Florida’s most lopsided loss in the series since a 44-0 shutout in 1982. Michel finished with 137 yards rushing on just six carries and helped the Bulldogs remain unbeaten and in control in the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division. at South Carolina 34, Vanderbilt 27: Jake Bentley, who came into the game with 14 yards rushing all season, ran six times for 47 yards and the first two TDs on the ground in his college career to lead South Carolina to a win. A.J. Turner ran 15 times for a career best 121 yards. Missouri 52, at Connecticut 12: Drew Lock threw for 377 yards and five touchdowns and Missouri routed Connecticut, winning back-to-back games for the first time since the start of the 2015 season. Lock, who played just under three quarters, picked apart the nation’s worst pass defense, finishing with a career-high 31 completions on 37 attempts. Bryant Shirreffs completed 19 of 39 passes for 202 yards for Connecticut but was sacked five times.

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MARCUS BAUGH celebrates with teammates after catching a 16-yard touch-

down pass for the lead with 1:48 left in the fourth quarter against Penn State.

Buckeyes rally, keep playoff hopes alive

Barrett silences critics, joins Heisman race by throwing four touchdown passes. NO. 6 OHIO STATE 39 NO. 2 PENN STATE 38 associated press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the tunnel at Ohio Stadium, J.T. Barrett was posing for pictures with friends, receiving handshakes and hugs and thanking one older man with a scratchy voice for screaming himself hoarse. Barrett smiled and laughed. Ohio State’s stoic fifth-year senior quarterback doesn’t show much emotion on the field. And if he gained any gratification from playing the best game of his career seven weeks after fans were wondering if he should be benched, he was

not about to let on. This is certain: When Barrett said goodbye to his friends and left the Horseshoe on Saturday night he did so as a Heisman Trophy candidate with absolutely nothing left to prove. Barrett was near flawless against No. 2 Penn State, capping a brilliant performance with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Baugh with 1:48 left in the fourth quarter that gave No. 6 Ohio State a 39-38 victory. Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer called it one of the best games he has ever seen a quarterback play. “I’ve never had a kid play perfect, but damn he was close tonight,” Meyer said. Barrett was 33 for 39 for 328 yards and four touchdown passes, three in the fourth quarter after the Buckeyes (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten) were down 35-20. He also ran for 95 yards on 17 carries. In the fourth quarter, he was 13

Healthy Bryant is sharp for Tigers

Mississippi State 35, at Texas A&M 14: Mississippi State hasn’t played a close game this season and that trend continued. The Bulldogs whipped the Aggies at Kyle Field to win their third consecutive game. at Kentucky 29, Tennessee 26: Benny Snell Jr. rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns as the Wildcats handed Butch Jones and the Volunteers their fourth straight loss.

BIG 12 TEAM Oklahoma Oklahoma State Texas Christian Iowa State West Virginia Texas Kansas State Texas Tech Kansas Baylor UP NEXT

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Overall W L 7 1 7 1 7 1 6 2 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 7 0 8

Saturday Oklahoma at Oklahoma State Kansas State at Texas Tech Iowa State at West Virginia Texas at Texas Christian Baylor at Kansas November 11 Texas Christian at Oklahoma Oklahoma State at Iowa State West Virginia at Kansas State Texas Tech at Baylor Kansas at Texas

ATLANTIC COAST TEAM Conf. Overall ATLANTIC W L W L North Carolina State 4 0 6 2 Clemson 5 1 7 1 Boston College 3 3 5 4 Syracuse 2 2 4 4 Wake Forest 2 3 5 3 Louisville 2 4 5 4 Florida State 2 4 2 5 COASTAL W L W L Miami 5 0 7 0 Virginia Tech 3 1 7 1 Georgia Tech 3 2 4 3 Virginia 2 2 5 3 Pittsburgh 2 3 4 5 Duke 1 5 4 5 North Carolina 0 6 1 8 UP NEXT Saturday Syracuse at Florida State Clemson at North Carolina State Virginia Tech at Miami Georgia Tech at Virginia Wake Forest at Notre Dame

No. 11 Oklahoma State 50, at West Virginia 39: Mason Rudolph threw three touchdown passes and ran for one score as the Cowboys won their fourth straight game. Rudolph, a senior, earned his 29th win as a starter, breaking the school record set by current coach Mike Gundy from 1986 to 1989. Rudolph finished 20 of 34 for 216 yards. Mountaineers quarterback Will Grier, who entered the game first in the FBS with 26 touchdown passes, had two touchdown passes and four interceptions. Texas 38, Baylor 7: Shane Buechele threw for a touchdown and ran for another as the Longhorns kept the Bears winless. DeShon Elliot intercepted Bears quarterback Zach Smith and returned it 43 yards for a score in the first minute of the game. It was Elliot’s national-leading sixth interception of the season and the second he returned for a score. The Longhorns defense forced three turnovers and limited Baylor to 249 yards of total offense — 3.3 yards per play. Kansas State 30, at Kansas 20: Alex Barnes ran for two touchdowns and D.J. Reed returned a kickoff 99 yards for another score as the Wildcats beat the Jayhawks for the 10th straight time. Alex Delton, starting for the injured Jesse Ertz, threw for 98 yards for the Wildcats before leaving in the first half with an undisclosed injury. Third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson played the rest of the way. at No. 10 Oklahoma 49, Texas Tech 27: Baker Mayfield passed for 281 yards and four touchdowns for the Sooners. No. 8 Miami 24, at North Carolina 19: Malik Rosier threw for a career-high 356 yards with three touchdowns to help the Hurricanes avoid an upset. Rosier had a 51-yard touchdown throw to Christopher Herndon IV late in the first half and a 78-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Thomas to open the third quarter. The Hurricanes recovered a fumble by Jordon Brown after the Tar Heels had pushed near the Miami 35 with 2:11 left. Rosier then ran for a first down, allowing Miami to run out the clock. at No. 13 Virginia Tech 24, Duke 3: Josh Jackson threw for a touchdown and ran for one on a night at Blacksburg, Va., when it rained for most of the second half. The Hokies won their third game in a row and the Blue Devils lost their fifth in a row. at Wake Forest 42, Louisville 32: John Wolford threw four of his five touchdown passes to Greg Dortch and became the first Demon Deacon in 19 years to throw for more than 400 yards, passing for 461. Dortch set a school record with the four touchdown catches. Wake Forest had 625 yards. Lamar Jackson rushed for 161 yards and three touchdowns, and passed for 330 yards, but was sacked six times. at Pittsburgh 31, Virginia 14: Darrin Hall ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, Quadree Henderson returned a punt for a score and the Panthers kept the Cavaliers in check. Pittsburgh stopped Virginia on fourth down at the goal line with 4:35 remaining. — Compiled from wire reports

for 13 for 170 yards. “We don’t care about what anyone else thinks about J.T. because we know what we think about J.T. and what he brings to the table,” said Terry McLaurin, who caught Barrett’s first TD pass of the game, which gave the quarterback 91 in his career to break Drew Brees’ Big Ten record. Penn State led 38-27 with 5:42 left and it looked as if the Nittany Lions (7-1, 4-1) were going to knock the Buckeyes out of the College Football Playoff race, until Barrett capped the comeback. “What was going through my head was Coach Meyer saying ‘Go win the game.’ He says that all the time,’” Barrett said. Saquon Barkley scored two long touchdowns for Penn State, but was held to 44 yards on 21 carries — and that included a 36-yard touchdown run in the first half.

NO. 7 CLEMSON 24 GEORGIA TECH 10 associated press

Charlie Neibergall Associated Press

IOWA STATE QUARTERBACK Kyle Kempt passed

for 202 yards and two touchdowns against TCU.

Cyclone damage for Horned Frogs Iowa State’s upset might leave Big 12 on the outside looking in at the playoff. NO. 25 IOWA STATE 14 NO. 4 TCU 7 associated press

AMES, Iowa — Texas Christian is no longer unbeaten. The Horned Frogs have only themselves — and a resurgent Iowa State defense — to blame. Kyle Kempt threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns and 25th-ranked Iowa State upset fourth-ranked TCU 14-7 on Saturday, leaving the Big 12 without an undefeated team heading into November. Iowa State’s win might have seriously hampered the league’s ability to get a team into the playoff after missing out a year ago. But TCU coach Gary Patterson believes the Horned Frogs still control their own destiny. TCU (7-1, 4-1Big12), Oklahoma State (7-1, 4-1) and Iowa State (6-2, 4-1) are tied atop the league — and the Cowboys play in Ames in two weeks. “We’ve still got a chance to play for a Big 12 title. Does

it hurt our chances for the playoff? Probably. We still played good enough defense to win,” Patterson said. Marcel Spears intercepted a Kenny Hill pass with 1:16 left to seal it for the Cyclones. They forced a pair of turnovers in the red zone in the second half in winning their fourth consecutive game, two of them over teams ranked in the top five on game day. “We go into games thinking we’re going to try to shut teams out,” Iowa State linebacker Joel Lanning said of a defense that held the Horned Frogs scoreless. Kempt put Iowa State ahead 14-0 at the break with touchdown passes to Matt Eaton (17 yards) and Hakeem Butler (four yards). TCU answered to open the second half on a 94-yard kickoff return by KaVontae Turpin. But Brian Peavy intercepted Hill in the end zone in the third quarter and brought it back 70 yards, and Willie Harvey caused Hill to fumble a ball recovered by Iowa State at its own 15-yard line with 7:11 to go. Hill had his worst game of the season, finishing 12 of 25 passing for 135 yards and those two costly interceptions. The Horned Frogs also committed 11 penalties for 104 yards.

CLEMSON, S.C. — Kelly Bryant threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns and No. 7 Clemson bounced back from its first loss of the season with a dominating 24-10 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday night. Bryant showed few negative effects from injuries that knocked him out early of the Tigers' past two games — a sprained left ankle in the third quarter of a win over Wake Forest on Oct. 7 and a concussion in the second quarter of a loss at Syracuse on Oct. 13. It was an unsettling two weeks — Clemson was off last Saturday — with plenty of questions, introspection and worries about Bryant's health. The Clemson junior put all the worrying to rest early on. He connected on a 38yard touchdown pass to Deon Cain less than three minutes into the game. Bryant zipped a 20-yard pass to tight end Milan Richard to put the Tigers (7-1, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) ahead 14-3 and cruise to their third consecutive win over Georgia Tech. The Tigers' defense made sure that was more than enough to hold off the Yellow Jackets (4-3, 3-2). Clemson had 11 tackles for loss and held Georgia Tech's leagueleading — and often confounding — triple-option run game to 198 yards, 175 fewer than its average. TaQuon Marshall, the ACC's leading rusher with a 117yard average, managed only 23 yards that included his 22yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. KirVonte Benson led Georgia Tech with 129 yards rushing. Bryant topped Clemson with 67 yards in 12 carries, showing little hesitation or discomfort.

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SEPT. 3 Tex. A&M

SEPT. 9 Hawaii

SEPT. 16 @Memphis

SEPT. 23 @Stanford

SEPT. 30 Colorado

OCT. 14 @Arizona

OCT. 21 Oregon

OCT. 28 @Wash.

NOV. 3 @Utah

NOV. 11 Ariz. St.

NOV. 18 @USC

NOV. 24 California

W, 45-44 (1-0)

W, 56-23 (2-0)

L, 48-45 (2-1)

L, 58-34 (2-2, 0-1)

W, 27-23 (3-2, 1-1)

L, 47-30 (3-3, 1-2)

W, 31-14 (4-3, 2-2)

L, 44-23 (4-4, 2-3)

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UP NEXT >>>The Bruins will be completing the always challenging Saturday-Friday road sequence at a place where they have had some recent success, beating the Utes in 2013 and 2015.

UCLA REPORT

‘Foolish penalties’ on repeat mode By Ben Bolch

SEATTLE — When is a defensive stop not a defensive stop? When UCLA commits a penalty to keep the drive alive. It’s happened with alarming regularity this season and it happened again Saturday at Husky Stadium in the first quarter of the Bruins’ 44-23 loss to No. 12 Washington. UCLA appeared to have forced a three-and-out after Huskies quarterback Jake Browning scrambled before his third-down pass fell incomplete. But Bruins linebacker Kenny Young was called for a personal foul after chasing Browning toward the sideline and hitting him out of bounds, giving Washington a first down. It extended a drive that led to a Washington field goal. UCLA defensive coordinator Tom Bradley said benching Young in that situation — to send a message about the need to avoid those types of penalties — was not considered. “I don’t think so,” Bradley said. “You know, a lot of those on the sidelines, especially on the sideline, [are] really a bang-bang play.” Bradley did acknowledge it was the type of play UCLA wanted to avoid, particularly after coach Jim Mora had repeatedly discussed the issue in practice. “That’s probably the thing that’s disheartening is how much he emphasized, ‘We can’t have foolish penalties,’ ” Bradley said. “There’s going to be penalties that are bangbang plays, but that’s the one thing that we wanted to eliminate, the things that were foolish and we can obviously control some of that.” UCLA freshman defensive end Jaelan Phillips made another questionable play in the third quarter when he appeared to knee tailback Myles Gaskin in the head after a play, earning a personal foul for unnecessary roughness. “I just saw the flag, I didn’t get to talk to Jaelen yet and ask him what happened,” Bradley said, “but obviously anything of that nature in that situation, you just have to walk away.... He’ll learn to do that.”

Season over

UCLA linebacker Josh Woods is scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery Tuesday on the shoulder he injured against Oregon, Mora

said. “Big loss, a lot of depth there,” Bradley said. Woods was among a handful of top players the Bruins were missing against the Huskies. Receiver Jordan Lasley (suspension), linebacker Breland Brandt (concussion), defensive ends Rick Wade (knee) and Matt Dickerson (collar bone), and tight end Austin Roberts (ankle) also were out. The absence of Lasley for a second consecutive week was particularly troubling for the Bruins because he’s one of the team’s top playmakers and was averaging a team-high 108.6 yards per game. Mora has not specified what led to the suspension or when Lasley might be allowed to return. “That will be determined as we go,” Mora said. On the plus side for the Bruins, linebackers Krys Barnes and Lokeni Toailoa and defensive end Jacob Tuioti-Mariner returned Saturday after being sidelined recently by a variety of injuries and illnesses. Tailback Jalen Starks warmed up before the game but did not play.

A new look

Sunny Right tackle Odogwu changed jersey numbers, going from No. 66 to No. 99. ben.bolch@latimes.com Twitter: @latbbolch

Washington 44, UCLA 23

UCLA .....................................3 6 0 14—23 Washington.............................3 17 17 7—44 First Quarter UCLA—FG Molson 42, 8:00 WAS—FG Vizcaino 31, 4:00 Second Quarter WAS—Browning 1 run (Vizcaino kick), 14:07 UCLA—J.Wilson 8 pass from Rosen (kick failed), 10:23 WAS—Coleman 1 run (Vizcaino kick), 9:46 WAS—FG Vizcaino 26, 3:50 Third Quarter WAS—Coleman 33 run (Vizcaino kick), 8:27 WAS—FG Vizcaino 24, 2:39 WAS—Gaskin 6 run (Vizcaino kick), 1:01 Fourth Quarter UCLA—Andrews 4 pass from Modster (Molson kick), 11:54 WAS—Coleman 13 run (Vizcaino kick), 8:29 UCLA—Odighizuwa 51 fumble return (Molson kick), 2:07 Attendance—69,847. STATISTICS TEAM UCLA WAS First downs ...................................15 24 Rushes-yards ............................28-62 58-333 Passing.......................................170 109 Comp-Att-Int..........................19-33-0 9-12-1 Return Yards................................123 216 Punts-Avg..............................8-36.25 2-34.5 Fumbles-Lost................................1-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards ...........................6-59 4-47 Time of Possession ....................26:09 33:51 Individual Leaders RUSHING: UCLA, Jamabo 9-28, Olorunfunmi 5-26, Stephens 7-18, Modster 1-9, Rosen 6-(minus 19). Washington, Gaskin 27169, Coleman 14-94, Ahmed 6-40, Pettis 0-17, Pleasant 4-14, Carta-Samuels 1-2, Browning 4-1, (Team) 2-(minus 4). PASSING: UCLA, Modster 7-12-0-77, Rosen 12-21-0-93. Washington, Browning 8-11-1-98, Carta-Samuels 1-1-0-11. RECEIVING: UCLA, Andrews 8-73, J.Wilson 4-38, Pabico 3-36, Howard 2-13, Stephens 2-10. Washington, Coleman 2-46, Jones 2-14, H.Bryant 1-17, Pettis 1-12, Pounds 1-8, Ahmed 1-7, Gaskin 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

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JAKE BROWNING threw for just 98 yards vs. Jacob Tuioti-Mariner and UCLA, but he got plenty of help.

Bruins still winless on road [UCLA, from D5] His first two drives did not go well. The first ended with a tipped pass that fell incomplete and the second ended with Modster losing a fumble. A breakthrough followed on the next drive, Modster showing nice touch on several passes, including a four-yard touchdown pass to Darren Andrews in the corner of the end zone. “Oh, it was great,” said a smiling Modster, who completed seven of 12 passes for 77 yards. “I threw it to my roommate, so that was even better.” Modster’s statistics did not fully convey his performance given the circumstances. “The thing we were mostly measuring was his demeanor out there and how he handled things,” Mora said, “and I didn’t sense any panic or any fear.” UCLA was essentially finished by the time Rosen departed with his team trailing 27-9. Many of the Bruins’ shortcomings came on defense, only a week after they had compiled their most complete game of the season against Oregon. Washington (7-1, 4-1) stomped its way to 333 yards rushing, with tailback Myles Gaskin running for 169 and a touchdown. The Huskies averaged 5.7 yards per carry, more than enough production to offset a ho-hum day

DEVON MODSTER had a rough start to his first extended action, as the Bruins’ backup quarterback fumbled on his second series. He threw for 77 yards in relief.

for quarterback Jake Browning in which he threw for 98 yards and had a pass intercepted by UCLA cornerback Darnay Holmes. UCLA trailed 20-9 at halftime thanks to some familiar defensive problems. The Bruins missed two tackles on Lavon Coleman’s 35-yard catch and run late in the first quarter and extended an earlier drive on a late hit out of bounds by linebacker Kenny Young after having held the Huskies on a thirddown play. “Guys were fit up, we just missed tackles,” Mora said. “It was nothing schematically at all.”

There were also some new issues for the Bruins. Kicker J.J. Molson missed an extra-point attempt for the first time this season and UCLA allowed Washington’s Salvon Ahmed to return the ensuing kickoff 82 yards, setting up a short touchdown drive that ended on Coleman’s one-yard run that gave the Huskies a 17-9 lead. Rosen’s only highlight was becoming the first player in the Pac-12 to throw a touchdown pass against the Huskies this season. It came early in the second quarter on an unusual formation in which the Bruins split out three receivers to one side

and two receivers to the other before Rosen connected with tight end Jordan Wilson over the middle for an eight-yard score. The Bruins are left to wonder if it might be the last touchdown pass Rosen throws for a while. “If Devon’s playing, then Devon is who we’ll talk about,” offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch said. “And we’re going to charge ahead and we are going to run our offense and we are going to run it to the best of the 11 guys out there’s ability.” ben.bolch@latimes.com Twitter: @latbbolch

PAC-12

Tate sparks hot Wildcats to wild win over Cougars

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ARIZONA’S J.J. TAYLOR, who rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns, looks for room against Washington State in the Wildcats’ upset at Tucson.

Khalil Tate, in his fourth straight spectacular performance, rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown and passed for 275 more and two scores, leading surprising Arizona to its fourth consecutive Pac-12 victory, 58-37 over No. 15 Washington State on Saturday night at Tucson. J.J. Taylor gained 157 yards in 13 carries for Arizona (6-2, 4-1 Pac-12), including touchdown runs of 79 and three yards after Washington State (7-2, 4-2) had rallied to take the lead in the third quarter behind backup quarterback Tyler Hilinski. The loss knocked Washington State out of a tie with Stanford for first place in the Pac-12 North. The Wildcats remain in the thick of things in the Pac-12 South. Hilinski replaced Luke Falk late in the first half and ignited what had been a sputtering offense. The redshirt sophomore completed 45 of 61 passes for 509 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for two scores but was intercepted four times,

STANDINGS TEAM NORTH Stanford Washington Washington State Oregon California Oregon State SOUTH USC Arizona Arizona State UCLA Colorado Utah

Conf. W L 5 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 5 0 5 W L 5 1 4 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 1 4

Overall W L 6 2 7 1 7 2 5 4 4 5 1 7 W L 7 2 6 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4

UP NEXT Friday UCLA at Utah Saturday Arizona at USC Colorado at Arizona State Oregon State at California Stanford at Washington State Oregon at Washington the last one returned 66 yards by Colin Schooler for a touchdown. at Colorado 44, California 28: Steven Montez bounced back from a benching a week earlier and threw

for 347 yards and three touchdowns on a day the school retired the jersey of the late Rashaan Salaam, the school’s only Heisman Trophy winner. The Buffaloes (5-4, 2-4 Pac-12) capped their homecoming win at Boulder with a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown by Nick Fisher with 2:34 remaining that made it 44-21. at Oregon 41, Utah 20: Receiver Charles Nelson got tripped up on a reverse but regained his footing to make a 22-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Breeland, as the Ducks ended a three-game losing streak. Nelson was congratulated on the sideline by injured Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert following the play that put the Ducks (5-4, 2-4 Pac-12) ahead 27-13 late in the third quarter. Utah (4-4, 1-4) lost its fourth in a row. Tyler Huntley threw for 293 yards and a touchdown. Former Oregon receiver Darren Carrington caught nine passes for 130 yards, and Oregon’s Tony Brooks-James ran for 105 yards.

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SEPT. 2 W. Michigan

SEPT. 9 Stanford

SEPT. 16 Texas

SEPT. 23 @California

SEPT. 29 @Wash. St.

OCT. 7 Oregon St.

OCT. 14 Utah

OCT. 21 @NDame

OCT. 28 @Ariz. St.

NOV. 4 Arizona

NOV. 11 @Colorado

NOV. 18 UCLA

W, 49-31 (1-0)

W, 42-24 (2-0, 1-0)

W, 27-24 (3-0)

W, 30-20 (4-0, 2-0)

L, 30-27 (4-1, 2-1)

W, 38-10 (5-1, 3-1)

W, 28-27 (6-1, 4-1)

L, 49-14 (6-2)

W, 48-17 (7-2, 5-1)

TBD

UP NEXT >>>Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate averaged 231 yards rushing in his first three starts this season.

USC REPORT

Pittman, in wake of tweets, gets 1st start

By Zach Helfand

TEMPE, Ariz. — Sam Darnold rolled to his right on the second play of USC’s game against Arizona State on Saturday night, fired a pass into the belly of Michael Pittman Jr. and thus quashed a briefly simmering dispute. At the start of the week, Pittman Jr.’s father, Michael Pittman Sr., let loose a barrage of tweets critical of USC’s coaching staff and its usage of his son; he hinted that his son might consider transferring. The lack of playing time, Pittman Sr. tweeted, “really is a shame ... and we’re fed up (Myself and his Mother). … I’m beyond disappointed and Michael Jr is too ... I trusted them with my kid and they

have let me down.” Depending on how one looks at it, Pittman Sr.’s protestations were premature — or they got results. Five days later, Pittman Jr. made the first start of his career and caught the first completion of the game. Pittman Jr. was pushing for a starting job at the beginning of the season until he landed atop of cornerback Jack Jones during a preseason drill, and the uneven landing spot buckled his leg, turning his ankle. He fell to the turf in obvious pain. Pittman Jr. missed USC’s first three games, and when he returned, he said, he suffered small but regular setbacks with the ankle. He rarely felt at full strength. Meanwhile, USC settled into a reliable trio at receiver

and struggled to find a fourth. Jalen Greene is the fourth leading receiver, and he started at the beginning of the season. He has six catches. Pittman Jr. struggled just to find the field. Entering Saturday’s game, he had just three receptions. But an injury that limited Steven Mitchell Jr. boosted Pittman Jr. into the starting role on Saturday and at least for a night put his father at ease.

Gustin is back

Porter Gustin wore a shiny new black shoe on his right foot in warmups before Saturday’s game. For weeks beforehand, he hadn’t needed one. He’d been in a boot. After missing five games because of a fractured right

big toe and a torn biceps, Gustin returned on Saturday to a limited role. Gustin participated in only one practice this week, on Thursday, and coach Clay Helton said during the week that even if Gustin played, he’d be limited. Jordan Iosefa started the game at the “predator” linebacker position, shifting from inside linebacker, but Gustin played often on third downs. Gustin’s return comes at a fortuitous time for USC. His replacement, Christian Rector, led the Pac-12 Conference in sacks but sustained a broken hand in practice this week.

Return as returner

A week after Jones supplanted him at punt returner, Ajene Harris was back at the position on Arizona State’s

first punt. He seized the opportunity. He returned the punt 21yards, tied with Jones for USC’s longest of the season. Jones, a week ago, showed explosiveness and aggression but fumbled a punt inside USC’s own 10-yard line.

Hot starts

USC scored a touchdown on its first drive. That has become a habit. The Trojans reached the end zone in five of their nine game this season.

Fatu cleared

Defensive tackle Josh Fatu was cleared to play after missing last week’s game against Notre Dame with a concussion suffered after he was involved in a car accident. zach.helfand@latimes.com

USC 48, Arizona St. 17

USC.....................................14 17 7 10—48 Arizona St...............................3 7 7 0—17 First Quarter USC—Burnett 32 pass from Darnold (McGrath kick), 11:27 ASU—FG Ruiz 39, 6:50 USC—Vaughns 42 pass from Darnold (McGrath kick), 2:25 Second Quarter USC—R.Jones 67 run (McGrath kick), 14:24 USC—Vaughns 19 pass from Darnold (McGrath kick), 6:02 USC—FG McGrath 51, :52 ASU—Ky.Williams 47 pass from Wilkins (Ruiz kick), :00 Third Quarter ASU—Wilkins 1 run (Ruiz kick), 11:30 USC—R.Jones 64 run (McGrath kick), 10:10 Fourth Quarter USC—FG McGrath 33, 10:36 USC—Ross 37 interception return (McGrath kick), 1:03 STATISTICS TEAM ASU USC First downs ...................................29 15 Rushes-yards ..........................46-341 30-79 Passing.......................................266 278 Comp-Att-Int..........................19-35-0 18-31-1 Return Yards..................................39 59 Punts-Avg................................2-48.0 8-39.37 Fumbles-Lost................................1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards ...........................8-60 10-99 Time of Possession ....................34:03 25:57 Individual Leaders RUSHING: USC, R.Jones 18-216, Malepeai 11-68, Ware 6-22, Darnold 4-19, Fink 3-7, Jountti 2-5, Toland 1-4, Peters 1-0. Arizona St., Richard 15-70, Benjamin 1-17, Cosgrove 2-6, Ralston 1-4, (Team) 1-(minus 9), Wilkins 10-(minus 9). PASSING: USC, Darnold 19-35-0-266. Arizona St., Wilkins 17-29-0-259, Barnett 1-2-1-19. RECEIVING: USC, Vaughns 6-126, Burnett 4-49, Petite 2-42, Pittman 2-23, Ware 1-8, Malepeai 1-6, Lewis 1-6, Sidney 1-5, R.Jones 1-1. Arizona St., Ky.Williams 7-121, Harry 3-86, Humphrey 2-18, Newsome 2-10, Harvey 1-32, Richard 1-5, Hodges 1-4, Ballage 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Southern Cal, McGrath 38.

Trojans make it look easy vs. ASU [Trojans from D5] When Darnold hums, USC is a different team. Defenses loosen. Holes materialize. Jones eased through one such hole in the second quarter, then stepped out of a tackle and high stepped like a Rockette past another before zooming 67 yards for a touchdown. It was a masterful performance for USC’s running game — and a confounding one. The Trojans looked unstoppable on the ground early in the season, but the ground efficiency soon disappeared. Last week, against Notre Dame, USC averaged 2.5 yards per carry. Against Arizona State, USC averaged 8.4, ignoring sacks. The average was padded by big runs, like in the third quarter when Jones slalomed through the Arizona State offense, bursting out of arm tackles, for a 64yard score. USC has recaptured momentum at a crucial time. Notre Dame had torched USC 49-14 a week prior. Tension was evident. Offensive coaches spoke defensively. An assistant stormed off the field in the middle of an interview. A parent publicly griped about playing time. The Trojans were spiraling, it might have appeared, into dark depths. And then they posted its most dominant performance of the season in a game they had to win. With another victory next week against Arizona, USC would need

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THE TROJANS’ Ajene Harris avoids a tackle by Arizona State’s Khaylan Thomas and scampers for yardage during the first half.

only to avoid calamity to win the Pac-12 South Division. On Saturday, after the early touchdown to Burnett, Darnold connected with Tyler Vaughns, who slithered past the cornerback and ran for a 42-yard touchdown. Darnold floated a 19-yard pass in the second quarter into a tight landing pad between three defenders. Again, Vaughns was there. He absorbed a hit to the helmet, flagged for targeting, but held on. He finished with

126 yards in six catches. How explosive was USC in the first half? It scored four touchdowns and dipped a toe inside the Sun Devils’ red zone just once, and then advanced to just the 19-yard line before the second touchdown pass to Vaughns. With about one minute left before halftime, walk-on freshman kicker Chase McGrath hit a 51-yard field goal, the longest of his career. At the end of the game, Ykili Ross added a garbage-

time touchdown on a 37-yard interception return. USC took care of the ball, at last. Darnold fumbled once but the damage was limited: It came on a sack on fourth down. With no help from USC’s offense, Arizona State’s own offense mustered little. USC’s defense forced six three-and-outs. USC had six sacks and limited the Sun Devils to 79 yards rushing. The only release, for the Sun Devils, was a bizarre

play before halftime. Arizona State lined up for a Hail Mary. What could go wrong? History said a lot. In 2014, Arizona State stunned USC on a Hail Mary at the end of the game to Jaelen Strong, in what became known as the “Jael Mary.” History repeated … eventually. A bobble by a defensive back gave Arizona State the reception — but a yard short, the officials ruled. The teams ran to the locker rooms. Meanwhile, the offi-

cials were reviewing. The band was about to take the field for the halftime performance when the officials finally overturned the call: touchdown. Both teams were called back from the locker room for the extra point. The mess at halftime and all the points meant the game lasted nearly 3 hours 40 minutes. USC enjoyed almost all of them. zach.helfand@latimes.com

Irish are up to the task in sixth straight victory Adams has his second 200-yard rushing day and goes over 1,000 for the season. NO. 9 NOTRE DAME 35 NO. 14 N.C. STATE 14 associated press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Julian Love returned his second interception of the season for a touchdown and running back Josh Adams had another big day, rushing for 202 yards, to help No. 9 Notre Dame beat 14thranked North Carolina State 35-14 on a blustery Saturday. The sixth straight victory by Brian Kelly’s Irish (7-1) avenged a 10-3 loss at N.C. State last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. N.C. State (6-2) saw its sixgame winning streak come to an end.

“Our guys were up to the task,” Kelly said. “They continually come out with energy and a mind-set to get after the opponent.” Love’s 69-yard return behind a convoy of his defensive mates with 12:05 left in the third quarter ended N.C. State quarterback Ryan Finley’s streak of consecutive passes without throwing an interception at 339. Love, who also broke up three other Finley attempts, had a 50-yard interception return for a touchdown in Notre Dame’s 38-18 victory at Michigan State. A little less than eight minutes after Love’s theft, the 6-foot-2, 225-pound Adams, who earlier in the game became the quickest back in school history to go over 1,000 yards in a season on his 110th attempt, broke up the middle for a 77-yard touchdown run that provided further breathing room. Adams had his second 200-yard rushing game of the season

and his sixth game over 100 yards this year. Adams now has eight runs of 59 yards or longer this season. That matches the team’s total of such runs from 2002 to 2014. Brandon Wimbush added three first-half touchdowns, his 11th rushing touchdown of the season and scoring passes of 25 yards to Durham Smythe and 11 yards to Kevin Stepherson. The scoring pass to Smythe came after Germaine Pratt of N.C. State fell on a blocked Irish punt to put the Wolfpack up 7-0. “When you get a punt block, the tendency is that it affects your football team,” Kelly said. “Our team didn’t flinch.” The Irish, averaging just under 318 rushing yards a game, sixth best in the nation, finished right at 318 yards against N.C. State, which had surrendered a paltry 91.3 yards a game.

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JOSH ADAMS, ALL ALONE in the third quarter, has had eight runs of 59 yards

or more this season, matching Notre Dame’s total from 2002 to 2014.

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THE DAY IN SPORTS

Johnson takes a six-shot lead at Shanghai Championships in the same year.

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Dustin Johnson shot a fourunder-par 68 on Saturday to take a six-stroke lead through three rounds at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Johnson seized control on a blustery day at Sheshan International with a four-shot swing on the par-five eighth hole — a birdie for Johnson and a triple bogey for fellow American and friend Brooks Koepka. “I’m in a good position going into tomorrow, but I’m still going to have to go out and play a really solid round if I want to get it done,” said Johnson, who has 22 birdies in 54 holes and is at 17-under 199. Koepka shot 73 and is at 205, and Sweden’s Henrik Stenson shot 69 for a 206. Johnson, ranked No. 1 in the world, is trying to become the first player to win three World Golf

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

SOUTHERN SECTION ARROWHEAD LEAGUE Carnegie 42, Sherman Indian 6 CHANNEL LEAGUE Dos Pueblos 31, Santa Barbara 19 CRESTVIEW LEAGUE Villa Park 57, Anaheim Canyon 25 CROSS VALLEY LEAGUE Big Bear 50, Excelsior 13 MOORE LEAGUE Millikan 46, Long Beach Wilson 20 8 MAN SOUTHERN SECTION AGAPE LEAGUE Academy of Careers & Exploration 50, California Lutheran 32 EXPRESS LEAGUE La Verne Lutheran 34, St. Michael's Prep 28 MT. PINOS LEAGUE Villanova Prep 72, Orcutt Academy 36 Cate 33, Thacher 28 OMEGA LEAGUE Lighthouse Christian 50, Bell-Jeff 28 NONLEAGUE Lighthouse Christian 50, Bell-Jeff 28 Lancaster Baptist 52, Lancaster Desert Christian 18 INTERSECTIONAL Bermuda Dunes Desert Christian 47, Edwards AFB Desert 0 Friday's Results CITY CENTRAL LEAGUE Belmont 38, Marquez 6 Contreras 36, Roybal 0 Hollywood 28, Bernstein 7 COLISEUM LEAGUE Crenshaw 52, Hawkins 7 Dorsey 49, Manual Arts 8 View Park 39, Los Angeles 12 EAST VALLEY LEAGUE Arleta 42, Monroe 21 Grant 14, Chavez 13 North Hollywood 19, Sun Valley Poly 14 EASTERN LEAGUE Bell 53, South East 40 Garfield 34, Los Angeles Roosevelt 14 Huntington Park 28, South Gate 21 EXPOSITION LEAGUE Jefferson 46, Santee 32 Rancho Dominguez 14, Angelou 10 West Adams 28, Fremont 19 MARINE LEAGUE Carson 48, Gardena 0 Narbonne 72, Washington 0 Wilmington Banning 21, San Pedro 14 METRO LEAGUE Locke 54, Los Angeles Jordan 0 Mendez 35, New Designs Watts 28 NORTHERN LEAGUE Eagle Rock 53, Lincoln 3 Los Angeles Marshall 31, Franklin 7 Los Angeles Wilson 26, Torres 7 VALLEY MISSION LEAGUE Reseda 59, Panorama 12 San Fernando 51, Van Nuys 0 Sylmar 30, Canoga Park 23 WEST VALLEY LEAGUE Birmingham 41, Cleveland 6 El Camino Real 41, Granada Hills 12 Taft 35, Chatsworth 0 WESTERN LEAGUE Fairfax 31, Westchester 20 Los Angeles Hamilton 14, Los Angeles University 6 Venice 34, Palisades 28 SOUTHERN SECTION ACADEMY LEAGUE Orange Vista 33, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy 13 St. Margaret's 54, Crean Lutheran 2 ALMONT LEAGUE Alhambra 56, Keppel 8 Montebello 40, San Gabriel 6 Schurr 56, Bell Gardens 10 AMBASSADOR LEAGUE Aquinas 74, Western Christian 0 Ontario Christian 34, Arrowhead Christian 0 Riverside Notre Dame 57, Linfield Christian 7 ANGELUS LEAGUE Cathedral 46, Salesian 0 St. Paul 34, La Salle 9 ARROWHEAD LEAGUE Anza Hamilton 37, CSDR 13 BASELINE LEAGUE Los Osos 41, Chino Hills 34 Rancho Cucamonga 56, Damien 9 Upland 77, Etiwanda 21 BAY LEAGUE Redondo 35, Inglewood 12 Palos Verdes 26, Mira Costa 7 Peninsula 41, Morningside 0 BIG VIII LEAGUE Corona 35, King 7 Corona Centennial 63, Norco 28 Corona Santiago 31, Eastvale Roosevelt 28 CAMINO LEAGUE Calabasas 40, Thousand Oaks 14 Moorpark 41, Newbury Park 28 CANYON LEAGUE Agoura 38, Simi Valley 17 Royal 21, Oak Park 20 CHANNEL LEAGUE Ventura 59, San Marcos 7 CITRUS BELT LEAGUE Cajon 48, Carter 20 Redlands East Valley 51, Eisenhower 6 Yucaipa 62, Citrus Valley 14 CRESTVIEW LEAGUE Yorba Linda 41, Foothill 6 CROSS VALLEY LEAGUE Silver Valley 41, Riverside Prep 20 DE ANZA LEAGUE Coachella Valley 41, Twentynine Palms 27 Rancho Mirage 47, Desert Mirage 8 Yucca Valley 51, Desert Hot Springs 23 DEL RIO LEAGUE La Serna 42, El Rancho 17 Santa Fe 34, California 13 DESERT MOUNTAIN LEAGUE Boron 61, Vasquez 15 DESERT SKY LEAGUE Barstow 48, Adelanto 6 Silverado 72, Granite Hills 18 DESERT VALLEY LEAGUE La Quinta 42, Indio 6 Palm Desert 56, Cathedral City 0 Palm Springs 24, Xavier Prep 21 EMPIRE LEAGUE Garden Grove Pacifica 21, Tustin 14 Placentia Valencia 28, La Palma Kennedy 12 FOOTHILL LEAGUE Canyon Country Canyon 35, Saugus 31 Hart 34, Golden Valley 27 Valencia 64, West Ranch 13 FREEWAY LEAGUE Fullerton 34, Troy 10 La Habra 50, Buena Park 14 Sunny Hills 34, Sonora 7 FRONTIER LEAGUE Carpinteria 56, Fillmore 26 Santa Clara 52, Malibu 0 GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE Westminster La Quinta 55, Bolsa Grande 0 GOLD COAST - OCEAN LEAGUE Sierra Canyon 49, Brentwood 0 GOLD COAST - VALLEY LEAGUE Paraclete 49, McAuliffe 8 GOLDEN LEAGUE Antelope Valley 52, Littlerock 0 Knight 24, Highland 17 Lancaster 36, Eastside 14 Palmdale 21, Quartz Hill 14 GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE Ocean View 42, Loara 7 Santa Ana 21, Orange 15 HACIENDA LEAGUE Charter Oak 48, Chino 10 Diamond Ranch 59, Walnut 14 Los Altos 36, West Covina 22 INLAND VALLEY LEAGUE Arlington 45, Canyon Springs 14 Rancho Verde 76, Riverside Poly 28 Valley View 33, Riverside North 26 LOS PADRES LEAGUE Lompoc 50, Santa Maria St. Joseph 6 Santa Ynez 42, Pioneer Valley 10

Bernhard Langer shot his second consecutive three-under 69 to pull into a tie with David Toms and Miguel Angel Jimenez for the second-round lead in the PowerShares QQQ Championship at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. Langer birdied Nos. 12, 13 and 17 to pull even with Jimenez (70), one behind Toms (72). Toms, who had a hole-in-one in the opening round, then bogeyed No. 18 to fall into the three-way tie at six-under 138. Ryan Armour shot a five-under 67 to take a five-stroke lead at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss. Armour, who led by one shot after 36 holes, had eight birdies and three bogeys to move to 15 under 201. Chesson Hadley (68) was next at 10 under.

MARMONTE LEAGUE Oaks Christian 38, St. Bonaventure 0 Westlake 23, Camarillo 19 MIRAMONTE LEAGUE Ganesha 55, Bassett 14 La Puente 27, Garey 21 MISSION LEAGUE Bishop Amat 42, Alemany 22 Chaminade 40, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 35 Gardena Serra 48, Crespi 3 MISSION VALLEY LEAGUE Arroyo 45, Mountain View 14 Gabrielino 41, Pasadena Marshall 6 South El Monte 28, El Monte 0 MOJAVE RIVER LEAGUE Apple Valley 43, Sultana 13 Oak Hills 42, Hesperia 10 Ridgecrest Burroughs 40, Serrano 38 MONTVIEW LEAGUE Azusa 50, Workman 7 Gladstone 14, Duarte 6 Nogales 56, Sierra Vista 6 MOORE LEAGUE Compton 47, Long Beach Cabrillo 14 Long Beach Poly 64, Lakewood 0 MOUNTAIN PASS LEAGUE Citrus Hill 30, Beaumont 0 Hemet 44, West Valley 3 San Jacinto 44, Tahquitz 12 MOUNTAIN VALLEY LEAGUE Moreno Valley 28, Rubidoux 8 Pacific 22, Banning 20 San Bernardino 41, Vista del Lago 7 MT. BALDY LEAGUE Alta Loma 44, Montclair 6 Colony 49, Ontario 24 Don Lugo 16, Chaffey 8 NORTH HILLS LEAGUE El Dorado 14, Brea Olinda 6 NORTHERN LEAGUE Nipomo 52, Morro Bay 0 OCEAN LEAGUE Culver City 42, Santa Monica 0 El Segundo 55, Hawthorne 8 Lawndale 55, Beverly Hills 0 OLYMPIC LEAGUE Cerritos Valley Christian 67, Whittier Christian 14 Heritage Christian 53, Maranatha 32 ORANGE LEAGUE Katella 35, Magnolia 0 Savanna 58, Santa Ana Valley 34 ORANGE COAST LEAGUE Godinez 38, Costa Mesa 3 Laguna Beach 40, Estancia 21 PAC-5 LEAGUE Arroyo Grande 35, Atascadero 7 Paso Robles 23, Righetti 14 PACIFIC LEAGUE Arcadia 39, Pasadena 13 Burbank 38, Muir 31 Crescenta Valley 50, Glendale 7 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Corona del Mar 70, Irvine 0 Northwood 10, Beckman 7 Woodbridge 56, Irvine University 28 PACIFIC VIEW LEAGUE Oxnard Pacifica 27, Hueneme 13 Rio Mesa 52, Channel Islands 10 PALOMARES LEAGUE Ayala 45, Claremont 7 Glendora 55, Bonita 30 South Hills 56, Diamond Bar 6 PIONEER LEAGUE North Torrance 21, Torrance 0 South Torrance 41, Compton Centennial 0 West Torrance 42, Leuzinger 41 PREP LEAGUE Rio Hondo Prep 40, Trinity Classical Academy 14 RIO HONDO LEAGUE Monrovia 42, San Marino 37 Temple City 33, La Canada 13 RIVER VALLEY LEAGUE Hillcrest 49, Jurupa Valley 0 Ramona 29, Norte Vista 28 Patriot 35, La Sierra 27 SAN ANDREAS LEAGUE Indian Springs 20, Arroyo Valley 0 Jurupa Hills 24, Rialto 14 San Gorgonio 41, Rim of the World 7 SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LEAGUE Downey 48, Warren 27 Lynwood 21, Dominguez 20 Paramount 28, Gahr 13 SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE Southlands Christian 38, Capistrano Valley Christian 35 Webb 30, Saddleback Valley Christian 7 SANTA FE LEAGUE St. Anthony 43, Mary Star 0 St. Genevieve 44, St. Monica 0 SEA VIEW LEAGUE Aliso Niguel 51, Dana Hills 20 El Toro 42, Laguna Hills 7 SOUTH CATHOLIC LEAGUE Bishop Montgomery 27, Bosco Tech 6 Cantwell-Sacred Heart 30, Verbum Dei 0 SOUTH COAST LEAGUE San Clemente 56, Trabuco Hills 21 Tesoro 22, San Juan Hills 17 SOUTH VALLEY LEAGUE California Military Institute 76, Calvary Murrieta 38 Santa Rosa Academy 41, Temecula Prep 6 SOUTHWESTERN LEAGUE Chaparral 30, Murrieta Mesa 15 Murrieta Valley 49, Great Oak 21 Vista Murrieta 45, Temecula Valley 0 SUBURBAN LEAGUE Artesia 87, Cerritos 32 La Mirada 41, Glenn 25 Mayfair 51, Bellflower 7 SUNBELT LEAGUE Heritage 60, Temescal Canyon 7 Lakeside 23, Elsinore 16 Paloma Valley 35, Perris 12 SUNKIST LEAGUE Colton 31, Fontana 8 Grand Terrace 50, Kaiser 14 Summit 56, Bloomington 15 SUNSET LEAGUE Edison 51, Fountain Valley 14 Newport Harbor 52, Marina 35 TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE Bishop Diego 52, Nordhoff 0 Grace Brethren 49, Santa Paula 0 TRINITY LEAGUE Mater Dei 51, Orange Lutheran 21 Santa Margarita 36, JSerra 35 St. John Bosco 42, Servite 17 VALLE VISTA LEAGUE Covina 28, Hacienda Heights Wilson 9 Rowland 37, Baldwin Park 28 NONLEAGUE San Luis Obispo 24, Templeton 17 Santa Maria 49, Viewpoint 14 INTERSECTIONAL Carlsbad Army-Navy 39, Ribet Academy 8 8 MAN CITY CITY LEAGUE Animo Robinson 64, New Designs University Park 0 VALLEY LEAGUE North Valley Military Institute 46, Discovery 28 Sherman Oaks CES 42, Fulton 0 Sun Valley 70, East Valley 6 SOUTHERN SECTION AGAPE LEAGUE Hesperia Christian 62, Lucerne Valley 0 COAST VALLEY LEAGUE Coast Union 90, Shandon 6 Santa Maria Valley Christian 62, Cuyama Valley 26 DESERT MOUNTAIN LEAGUE Mojave 72, Mammoth 6 EXPRESS LEAGUE Rolling Hills Prep 48, Avalon 14 OMEGA LEAGUE Hillcrest Christian 74, Westmark 20 WARRIOR LEAGUE Riverside County Education Academy 40, San Jacinto Valley Academy 0 NONLEAGUE Chadwick 43, Flintridge Prep 41 Upland Christian 82, Lone Pine 12 INTERSECTIONAL Mission Prep 35, Laton 14 Trona 69, Maricopa 0

Armour, 41, is seeking his first PGA Tour title in his 105th event. ETC.

Federer reaches Swiss Indoors final Top-seeded Roger Federer cruised past David Goffin 6-1, 6-2 in the Swiss Indoors semifinals at Basel to reach an 11th consecutive final when playing at his hometown event. Federer will face Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday, after the fourth-seeded Argentine beat Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4. Del Potro beat Federer in the U.S Open quarterfinals last month. Venus Williams, 37, rallied at the WTA Finals in Singapore to beat Caroline Garcia of France 6-7

Thursday's Results SOUTHERN SECTION ANGELUS LEAGUE St. Francis 77, Harvard-Westlake 27 CITRUS BELT LEAGUE Redlands 47, Miller 12 DEL RIO LEAGUE Whittier 11, Pioneer 10 EMPIRE LEAGUE Cypress 49, Western 21 GARDEN GROVE LEAGUE Garden Grove 41, Rancho Alamitos 17 Garden Grove Santiago 42, Los Amigos 27 GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE Westminster 21, Segerstrom 7 NORTH HILLS LEAGUE El Modena 45, Esperanza 10 ORANGE LEAGUE Century 43, Anaheim 27 ORANGE COAST LEAGUE Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 24, Saddleback 20 PACIFIC LEAGUE Burbank Burroughs 49, Hoover 14 SAN JOAQUIN LEAGUE Santa Clarita Christian 56, Fairmont Prep 20 SOUTH VALLEY LEAGUE Rancho Christian 49, Nuview Bridge 18 SUNSET LEAGUE Los Alamitos 35, Huntington Beach 0 VALLE VISTA LEAGUE San Dimas 48, Northview 42 8 MAN SOUTHERN SECTION WARRIOR LEAGUE Public Safety Academy 44, Noli Indian 28 NONLEAGUE Cornerstone Christian 40, University Careers & Sports Academy 34 Windward 49, Milken 22

THE ODDS

Baseball World Series, Gm. 5 Favorite DODGERS -130

Underdog at Houston

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Pro Football Today Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at New England 7 (48) CHARGERS Minnesota 10 (38) Cleveland at New Orleans 10 (47) Chicago Atlanta 61⁄2 (441⁄2) at N.Y. Jets at Tampa Bay 1 (46) Carolina at Philadelphia 13 (45) San Francisco at Buffalo 21⁄2 (46) Oakland at Cincinnati 101⁄2 (42) Indianapolis at Seattle 7 (451⁄2) Houston Dallas 11⁄2 (471⁄2) at Washington Pittsburgh 3 (461⁄2) at Detroit Monday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Kansas City 7 (43) Denver Updates at Pregame.com —Associated Press

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(3), 6-2, 6-3 and become the oldest women’s finalist at the year-end tournament. In the other semifinal, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark beat Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 7-6 (9), 6-3 to set up a championship match with the American. Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany took the season-opening women’s World Cup giant-slalom race for her 14th career victory, beating Tessa Worley of France by 0.14 seconds at Soelden, Austria. Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth, 0.74 off Rebensburg’s time, and American teammate Lindsey Vonn failed to qualify for the final run. Delta Air Lines says a charter flight carrying the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder from Minneapolis to Chicago apparently encountered a bird early Saturday when it was landing, causing damage that prompted some players to

$9.75-MILLION HSBC CHAMPIONS At Shanghai—Par 72 Sheshan International Golf Club—7,261 yards 54-Hole Leaders Dustin Johnson...............68-63-68—199 -17 Brooks Koepka...............64-68-73—205 -11 Henrik Stenson...............68-69-69—206 -10 Brian Harman ................68-69-70—207 -9 Justin Rose....................67-68-72—207 -9 Kyle Stanley...................71-68-69—208 -8 Peter Uihlein ..................72-67-69—208 -8 Rafa Cabrera Bello..........68-70-70—208 -8 Tyrrell Hatton..................68-70-71—209 -7 Matt Kuchar...................67-70-72—209 -7 Matthew Fitzpatrick .........68-69-72—209 -7 Paul Dunne....................67-73-70—210 -6 Charles Howell III............72-67-71—210 -6 Kiradech Aphibarnrat.......65-70-75—210 -6 Poom Saksansin.............73-70-68—211 -5 Hyunwoo Ryu .................69-73-69—211 -5 Patrick Cantlay ...............68-74-69—211 -5 Tommy Fleetwood ...........71-70-70—211 -5 Bernd Wiesberger ...........71-70-70—211 -5 David Lipsky ..................69-70-72—211 -5 Daisuke Kataoka ............71-72-69—212 -4 Paul Casey ....................71-72-69—212 -4 Gavin Green...................65-74-73—212 -4 Ashun Wu......................67-72-73—212 -4 Alexander Levy ...............71-71-71—213 -3 Chan Kim ......................69-72-72—213 -3 Matthew Southgate .........68-71-74—213 -3 Tony Finau .....................67-72-74—213 -3 Chez Reavie...................69-74-71—214 -2 Haydn Porteous ..............66-74-74—214 -2 Thorbjorn Olesen ............72-73-69—214 -2 Daniel Berger .................68-71-75—214 -2 Jason Day .....................69-74-72—215 -1 Others included: Jon Rahm......................72-74-69—215 -1 Charl Schwartzel.............73-70-73—216 E Phil Mickelson................71-72-74—217 +1 Pat Perez.......................72-69-76—217 +1 Marc Leishman...............71-79-68—218 +2 Xander Schauffele...........71-75-74—220 +4 Hideki Matsuyama ..........74-74-72—220 +4

CHAMPIONS TOUR $2-MILLION POWERSHARES QQQ CHAMPIONSHIP At Thousand Oaks—Par 72 Sherwood Country Club—7,006 yards 36-Hole Leaders Bernhard Langer..................69-69—138 -6 Miguel Angel Jimenez ...........68-70—138 -6 David Toms.........................66-72—138 -6 Scott McCarron ...................70-69—139 -5 Billy Andrade ......................69-70—139 -5 Jeff Maggert........................66-73—139 -5 Kenny Perry ........................72-68—140 -4 Doug Garwood ....................71-69—140 -4 Wes Short, Jr.......................70-70—140 -4 Scott Dunlap ......................68-72—140 -4 Vijay Singh .........................73-68—141 -3 Jeff Sluman ........................70-71—141 -3 Jesper Parnevik ...................67-74—141 -3 Gene Sauers.......................74-68—142 -2 Tom Lehman .......................74-68—142 -2 Fred Funk...........................74-68—142 -2 Duffy Waldorf ......................74-68—142 -2 Kirk Triplett .........................73-69—142 -2 Jerry Kelly ..........................72-70—142 -2 Woody Austin......................72-70—142 -2 Paul Goydos .......................71-71—142 -2 Paul Broadhurst ..................71-71—142 -2 David Frost.........................71-71—142 -2 Joey Sindelar ......................69-73—142 -2 Scott Parel .........................74-69—143 -1 Lee Janzen .........................74-69—143 -1 Carlos Franco .....................73-70—143 -1 Stephen Ames ....................73-71—144 E Glen Day............................73-71—144 E Tom Byrum .........................73-71—144 E Others included: Colin Montgomerie...............74-71—145 +1 Corey Pavin ........................72-73—145 +1 Esteban Toledo....................77-71—148 +4

$4.3-MILLION SANDERSON FARMS CHAMPIONSHIP At Jackson, Miss.—Par 72 The Country Club of Jackson—7,421 yards 54-Hole Leaders Ryan Armour..................66-68-67—201 -15 Chesson Hadley..............68-70-68—206 -10 Scott Strohmeyer ............72-67-68—207 -9 Beau Hossler .................69-69-69—207 -9 Ben Silverman................68-70-69—207 -9 Seamus Power ...............68-68-71—207 -9 Vaughn Taylor .................70-66-71—207 -9 Brian Stuard ..................67-70-71—208 -8 Brian Gay ......................72-69-68—209 -7 Billy Hurley III.................72-68-69—209 -7 Austin Cook ...................72-67-70—209 -7 Jonathan Randolph .........69-69-71—209 -7 Zac Blair .......................68-70-71—209 -7 Nicholas Lindheim ..........70-67-72—209 -7 Tyrone Van Aswegen ........70-65-74—209 -7 Hunter Mahan ................70-71-69—210 -6 Taylor Moore ..................69-71-70—210 -6 Tom Lovelady .................71-69-70—210 -6 Smylie Kaufman .............67-72-71—210 -6 Johnson Wagner .............69-70-71—210 -6 Dru Love .......................71-67-72—210 -6 Shawn Stefani................72-71-67—210 -6 Rob Oppenheim .............70-71-70—211 -5 William McGirt ...............70-71-70—211 -5

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$1.8-MILLION SIME DARBY At Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia—Par 71 TPC Kaula Lumpur—6,246 yards 54-Hole Leaders Cristie Kerr ....................70-63-65—198 Shanshan Feng ..............66-65-68—199 Sei Young Kim................69-65-68—202 Stacy Lewis ...................71-66-66—203 Jacqui Concolino ............68-68-67—203 Sarah Jane Smith ...........74-65-65—204 Sung Hyun Park..............68-69-67—204 Danielle Kang ................68-67-69—204 So Yeon Ryu ..................72-67-66—205 Carlota Ciganda .............70-66-69—205 Madelene Sagstrom ........66-66-73—205 Lizette Salas ..................72-68-66—206 In Gee Chun ..................72-66-68—206 Eun-Hee Ji.....................66-72-68—206 Brittany Lincicome ..........69-67-70—206 Nelly Korda....................68-68-70—206 Candie Kung ..................67-69-70—206 Lydia Ko........................64-72-70—206 Jane Park ......................71-70-66—207 Brooke M. Henderson......70-69-68—207 Gaby Lopez....................68-68-71—207 Suzann Pettersen............67-69-71—207 Caroline Masson.............70-72-66—208 Karine Icher ...................69-69-70—208 Su Oh...........................65-71-72—208 Chella Choi....................73-69-67—209 Megan Khang.................72-69-68—209 Lee-Anne Pace ...............73-70-67—210 Marina Alex ...................71-70-69—210 Gerina Piller...................73-67-70—210

post photos on social media showing the caved-in nose of the plane. No injuries were reported. The Thunder played the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night. Noah Gragson won his first career Truck Series race by passing two-time champion Matt Crafton on the final restart at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The race was the first in the round of six for the series. Gragson is not championshipeligible. Crafton finished second and Johnny Sauter was third. Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen qualified 1-2 for the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday, with standings leader Lewis Hamilton starting in the third position. England rallied to defeat Spain 5-2 in the soccer Under-17 World Cup in front of more than 66,000 at Kolkata, India.

SOCCER

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INTERNATIONAL ENGLAND Premier League Man United 1, Tottenham 0 Watford 0, Stoke 1 Liverpool 3, Huddersfield 0 Crystal Palace 2, West Ham 2 Arsenal 2, Swansea 1 West Brom 2, Man City 3 Bournemouth 0, Chelsea 1 SPAIN La Liga Alaves 1, Valencia 2 Atletico 1, Villarreal 1 Athletic Bilbao 0, Barcelona 2 Sevilla 2, Leganes 1 ITALY Serie A AC Milan 0, Juventus 2 Roma 1, Bologna 0 FRANCE Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain 3, Nice 0 Bordeaux 0, Monaco 2 Strasbourg 2, Angers 2 Guingamp 1, Amiens 1 Caen 1, Troyes 0 Dijon 1, Nantes 0 Montpellier 0, Rennes 1 GERMANY Bundesliga Mainz 1, Eintracht 1 Saturday’s Matches Hertha Berlin 2, Hamburger SV 1 Leverkusen 2, Cologne 1 Schalke 1, Wolfsburg 1 Hannover 4, Dortmund 2 Hoffenheim 1, Moenchengladbach 3 Bayern 2, RB Leipzig 0

AUTO RACING

BASEBALL Major League Baseball—Suspended Houston first baseman Yuri Gurriel five games next season for making a insensitive gesture in Game 3 of the World Series. FOOTBALL Denver—Waived wide receiver Hunter Sharp; signed linebacker Kevin Snyder. Detroit—Released defensive end Jacquies Smith; activated punter Sam Martin from the reserve/non-football injury list. Houston—Waived offensive tackle Kendall Lamm; added offensive tackle Duane Brown to the active roster. Minnesota—Signed center Cornelius Edison from the practice squad. Washington—Put linebacker Mason Foster on injured reserve; waived running back Mack Brown; signed offensive lineman Orlando Franklin and guard Arie Kouandjio. HOCKEY Ducks—Assigned center Kalle Kossila and defenseman Steven Oleksy to San Diego (AHL). Colorado—Called up forwards Andrew Agozzino and Rocco Grimaldi from San Antonio (AHL). New Jersey—Traded goaltender Scott Wedgewood to Arizona for a fifth-round draft choice. St. Louis—Called up goaltender Ville Husso from San Antonio (AHL).

TENNIS

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200 At Martinsville, Va. Martinsville Speedway Track: 0.526 miles 1. Noah Gragson, Toyota, 200 laps. 2. Matt Crafton, Toyota 200. 3. Johnny Sauter, Chevrolet 200. 4. Harrison Burton, Toyota 200. 5. Todd Gilliland, Toyota 200. 6. Stewart Friesen, Chevrolet 200. 7. Kaz Grala, Chevrolet 200. 8. Christopher Bell, Toyota 200. 9. Ben Rhodes, Toyota 200. 10. Austin Cindric, Ford..........................200. 11. Justin Haley, Chevrolet 200. 12. Grant Enfinger, Toyota 200. 13. Ryan Truex, Toyota 200. 14. Regan Smith, Ford 200. 15. Ty Dillon, Chevrolet 200. 16. Austin Hill, Ford 200. 17. Landon Huffman, Chevrolet 200. 18. Cale Gale, Chevrolet 200. 19. Chase Briscoe, Ford 199. 20. Cody Coughlin, Toyota....................................199. Average speed of winner: 67.932 mph. Time of race: 1 hour, 32 minutes, 55 seconds. Margin of victory: 1.486 seconds. Caution flags: Six for 45 laps. Lead changes: Six among five drivers.

PRO FOOTBALL CANADIAN LEAGUE Saturday’s Results British Columbia 36, Winnipeg 27 Edmonton 29, Calgary 20

$7-MILLION WTA FINALS At Singapore Surface: Hard-Indoor SINGLES (semifinals)—Caroline Wozniacki (6), Denmark, d. Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, 7-6 (9), 6-3; Venus Williams (5), d. Caroline Garcia (8), France, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3. DOUBLES (semifinals)—Timea Babos, Hungary-Andrea Hlavackova (3), Czech Republic, d. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan-Martina Hingis (1), Switzerland, 6-4, 7-6 (5); Kiki Bertens, NetherlandsJohanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, 6-4, 6-3. $2.4-MILLION ERSTE BANK OPEN At Vienna Surface: Hard-Indoor SINGLES (semifinals)—Lucas Pouille, France, d. Kyle Edmund, Britain, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3; JoWilfried Tsonga (8), France, d. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 7-6 (4), 7-5. DOUBLES (semifinals)—Rohan Bopanna, India-Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, d. Karen Khachanov, Russia-Lucas Pouille, France, 7-6 (2), 6-4. $2.16-MILLION SWISS INDOORS At Basel, Switzerland Surface: Hard-Indoor SINGLES (semifinals)—Juan Martin del Potro (4), Argentina, d. Marin Cilic (2), Croatia, 6-4, 6-4; Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, d. David Goffin (3), Belgium, 6-1, 6-2. DOUBLES (semifinals)—Fabrice MartinEdouard Roger-Vasselin, France, d. Marcus Daniell, New Zealand-Dominic Inglot, Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 13-11; Ivan Dodig, Croatia-Marcel Granollers (2), Spain, d. Nicholas Monroe and Jack Sock, 7-5, 6-3.

SANTA ANITA RESULTS Copyright 2017 by Equibase Co. 18th day of a 19-day meet. 8150 FIRST RACE. 11⁄8 mile turf. Allowance optional claiming. Fillies. Three-year-olds. Claiming price $75,000. Purse $51,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 3 Arch of Troy Elliott 19.80 9.80 5.80 1 Pistol Packin Rose Frey 4.40 3.00 4 War Moccasin Gutierrez 6.00 8 Also Ran: November Tale (IRE), Zuzanna, Gio’s Lady, Cynthiana, Goseecal. 8 Time: 24.93, 49.60, 1.13.26, 1.36.98, 1.48.48. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Mark D. Tsagalakis. Owner: Endeavor Farm. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Exacta (3-1) paid $35.80, $1 Superfecta (3-1-4-6) paid $1,253.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (3-1-4) paid $108.50. 8151 SECOND RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Maiden claiming. Two-year-olds. Claiming price $30,000. Purse $23,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 5 Midnight Run Desormux 8.80 4.00 3.00 8 Ridgefield Rocket Roman 6.80 5.00 4 Wildcat Kaos Pereira 14.80 8 Also Ran: Lipster, Vintage Hollywood, Skagit River, Gryffindor, Desert Domination, Doheny Beach. 8 Time: 22.45, 46.86, 1.00.14, 1.06.71. Clear & Fast. Trainer: J. Keith Desormeaux. Owner: Marquis, Charles K. and Marquis, Cynthia F.. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $2 Daily Double (3-5) paid $116.40, $1 Exacta (5-8) paid $28.40, $1 Superfecta (5-8-4-7) paid $1,463.80, 50-Cent Trifecta (58-4) paid $217.00. 8152 THIRD RACE. about 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Maiden special weight. Fillies and mares. Three-year-olds and up. Purse $50,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 2 Salten Sapity Stevens 26.20 12.00 6.20 1 Crayon Bejarano 6.60 4.00 10 Lori’s Attitude Baze 2.60 8 Also Ran: Mag the Mighty, Prieta, Ib Prospecting, Amore Gattina, Kaydetre, Cool Munnings, Cho Has Zip, Dramatic Victory. 8 Time: 21.27, 43.42, 1.06.56, 1.12.69. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Richard E. Mandella. Owner: Don Alberto Stable. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (3-5-2) paid $726.40, $2 Daily Double (5-2) paid $128.20, $1 Exacta (2-1) paid $66.00, $1 Superfecta (2-1-10-3) paid $1,672.80, 50-Cent Trifecta (2-1-10) paid $120.30.

8153 FOURTH RACE. 11/16 mile. Claiming. Three-year-olds and up. Claiming prices $12,500-$10,500. Purse $19,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 2 Saint Dermot Gonzalez 4.80 3.00 2.40 5 Sense of Glory Pena 5.60 3.40 4 Tisdale Roman 2.60 8 Also Ran: Ucanthankmelater, Jonny’s Choice, Willing to Travel, Private Prospect. 8 Time: 24.57, 49.36, 1.13.97, 1.39.87, 1.46.84. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Mark Glatt. Owner: Begley, John and Paul, Branch, William and Hogan, Wendy. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (5-2-2) paid $155.20, $2 Daily Double (2-2) paid $68.80, $1 Exacta (2-5) paid $11.00, $1 Superfecta (2-5-4-3) paid $225.80, 50-Cent Trifecta (2-5-4) paid $25.95. 8154 FIFTH RACE. 1 mile. Comma to the Top Stakes. Three-year-olds and up. Purse $70,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 2 Top of the Game Desormux 15.20 6.20 3.40 4 Hoppertunity Prat 3.40 2.40 3 Irish Freedom Bejarano 2.10 8 Also Ran: Curlin Rules, The Lieutenant, El Huerfano, Avanti Bello. 8 Time: 23.53, 47.11, 1.11.63, 1.24.01, 1.37.09. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Vladimir Cerin. Owner: Wilson, Holly and David. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (2-2-2) paid $307.00, 50-Cent Pick Four (5-2-2-2) 4 correct paid $1,091.70, 50-Cent Pick Five (3-5-2-2-2) 5 correct paid $14,119.90, $2 Daily Double (2-2) paid $58.00, $1 Exacta (2-4) paid $21.00, $1 Superfecta (2-4-3-6) paid $264.60, 50-Cent Trifecta (2-4-3) paid $28.90. 8155 SIXTH RACE. about 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Allowance. Fillies and mares. Three-year-olds and up. Purse $51,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 3 Angel Allie Baze 20.00 10.20 5.00 4 G Q Covergirl Maldondo 11.40 6.60 11 Painting Corners Roman 3.40 8 Also Ran: Lake Time, Zero Zee, Take A Deep Breath (GB), Phantom Proton, Moon Kitty, Joe’sgoldenholiday, Allowances (IRE). 8 Time: 21.37, 42.92, 1.05.73, 1.11.84. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Mark Glatt. Owner: Kirkwood, Sandee, Kirkwood, Al and Glatt, Mark. 8 Scratched: Adios Cali. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (2-2-3) paid $347.10, $2 Daily Double (2-3)

paid $201.80, $1 Exacta (3-4) paid $82.10, $1 Superfecta (3-4-11-7) paid $2,905.70, 50-Cent Trifecta (3-4-11) paid $213.75. 8156 SEVENTH RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Maiden claiming. Two-year-olds. Claiming price $30,000. Purse $23,000. Win Place Show P# Horse Jockey 6 Treasure Hunter Pereira 3.80 2.60 2.20 8 What’s Inside Conner 3.40 2.60 1 Rodeler Martinez 3.60 8 Also Ran: Joejoe’s Kingdom, The Sleepy Prince, Mr. Fullerton, Haulin’ Freight, Agressivebrawler, Star Warrior. 8 Time: 22.10, 46.31, 58.89, 1.05.56. Clear & Fast. Trainer: G. F. Almeida. Owner: Heart Racing Stables. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (2-3-6) paid $476.30, $2 Daily Double (3-6) paid $44.60, $1 Exacta (6-8) paid $5.30, $1 Superfecta (6-8-1-9) paid $67.50, 50-Cent Trifecta (6-8-1) paid $14.25. 8157 EIGHTH RACE. 7 furlongs. Maiden special weight. Two-year-olds. Purse $50,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 5 McKinzie Smith 9.20 5.80 3.60 4 He’s Stylish Baze 5.40 4.20 6 Shivermetimbers Van Dyke 2.60 8 Also Ran: Majestic Eagle, Calexman, Arno’s Mane Man, Midcourt, Orbit Rain, Blue Ox, Paint Me Lucky. 8 Time: 22.38, 45.24, 1.09.86, 1.22.70. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Bob Baffert. Owner: Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul. 8 Scratched: none. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (3-6-5) paid $137.60, $2 Daily Double (6-5) paid $17.60, $1 Exacta (5-4) paid $24.10, $1 Superfecta (5-4-6-2) paid $1,433.20, 50-Cent Trifecta (5-4-6) paid $22.80. 8158 NINTH RACE. 11⁄8 mile turf. Twilight Derby Stakes. Three-year-olds. Purse $200,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 6 Sharp Samurai Stevens 6.20 3.60 2.80 3 Big Score Prat 4.40 2.80 4 Bowies Hero Desormux 4.00 8 Also Ran: Channel Maker, Profiteer, Just Howard, Ann Arbor Eddie, Troublewithatee, Cowboy Culture. 8 Time: 23.95, 47.61, 1.10.87, 1.33.90, 1.45.36. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Mark Glatt. Owner: Red Baron’s Barn LLC, Rancho Temescal LLC and Glatt, Mark. 8 Scratched: Dangerfield, Cistron. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (6-5-6) paid $35.50, $2 Daily Double (5-6) paid $34.40, $1 Exacta (6-3) paid $11.80, $1 Superfecta (6-3-4-8) paid

$251.40, 50-Cent Trifecta (6-3-4) paid $21.50. 8159 TENTH RACE. 61⁄2 furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and mares. Three-year-olds and up. Claiming prices $12,500-$10,500. Purse $15,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 1 Spinyatta Roman 5.20 4.00 2.60 9 Coronado Cool Solis 5.80 2.80 10 Besides the Point Gonzalez 2.40 8 Also Ran: La Galy, Todos Santos, Dixie Crystal, Reinahermosa, Seaquet, Sassy Rose. 8 Time: 22.42, 45.97, 1.11.60, 1.18.58. Clear & Fast. Trainer: Philip D’Amato. Owner: Leggio, Richard, Peluso, Peter and Tanzman, David. 8 Scratched: She’sluckythatway. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (5-6-1) paid $54.30, $2 Daily Double (6-1) paid $18.60, $1 Exacta (1-9) paid $16.80, $1 Consolation Pick Three (5-6-2) paid $16.10, $1 Superfecta (1-9-10-8) paid $145.90, 50-Cent Trifecta (1-9-10) paid $17.45, $2 Consolation Double (6-2) paid $6.00. 8160 ELEVENTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Maiden special weight. Three-year-olds and up. Purse $50,000. P# Horse Jockey Win Place Show 8 Well Developed Van Dyke 6.20 3.60 2.80 1 Bold Papa Nakatani 4.40 3.40 3 Gosofar Roman 3.40 8 Also Ran: Save Ground, Copper Wind, Lord Admiral, Mr. Matlock, Dial Me In, Reckless Gravity, Warren’s Fandango, Chidamac, Air Force Cadet. 8 Time: 22.39, 46.40, 1.10.76, 1.22.86, 1.34.95. Clear & Firm. Trainer: Patrick Gallagher. Owner: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. 8 Scratched: Accreditation, Tule Fog. 8 Exotics: $1 Pick Three (6-1-8) paid $27.00, 50-Cent Pick Four (5-1/6/10-1/2-8/13/14) 9827 tickets with 4 correct paid $67.50, $2 Pick Six (3-6-5-1/6/10-1/2-8/13/14) 28 tickets with 6 correct paid $5,361.00, $2 Pick Six (3-6-5-1/6/10-1/2-8/13/14) 758 tickets with 5 out of 6 paid $33.40, $2 Pick Six Jackpot (3-6-5-1/6/10-1/2-8/13/14) , Pick Six Jackpot Carryover $31,408, $2 Daily Double (1-8) paid $15.40, $1 Exacta (8-1) paid $11.40, $1 Consolation Pick Three (6-2-8) paid $10.20, $1 Superfecta (8-1-3-5) paid $159.60, $1 Super High Five (8-1-3-5-9) 174 tickets paid $154.80, 50-Cent Trifecta (8-1-3) paid $21.55. ATTENDANCE/MUTUEL HANDLE On-track attendance-9,023. Mutuel handle-$1,450,618 Inter-track attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$2,393,874 Out-of-state attendance-N/A. Mutuel handle-$7,818,983 Total attendance-9,023. Mutuel handle-$11,663,475

SANTA ANITA ENTRIES 19th day of a 19-day thoroughbred meet. 8161 FIRST RACE (12:15). About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Allowance. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $51,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 6163 Caribou Club,1 D Van Dyke,122 3-1 8085 Tristan’s Trilogy,8 B Blanc,122 4-1 8128 Allaboutmike,2 P Lopez,120 9-2 .... Burning Brightly F Prat,122 5-1 (IRE),9 7067 Hitters Park,3 J Ochoa,122 5-1 (8029) Kristi’s Copilot,5 J Talamo,124 6-1 (7041) Plate Side,6 M Gutierrez,122 8-1 8015 Arch Prince,7 T Baze,120 20-1 8036 Dreams of Valor,4 E Maldonado,120 20-1 8162 SECOND RACE. 11⁄16 mile. Maiden special weight. 2-year-olds. Purse $50,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 8012 Instilled Regard,2 M Smith,120 9-5 7008 Draft Pick,1 E Roman,X115 4-1 8008 Xten,4 T Baze,120 4-1 8008 Canadian Game,3 M Gutierrez,120 5-1 8013 Fleetwood,5 K Desormeaux,120 5-1 7103 Midnight Soot,6 S Gonzalez,120 6-1 8010 Shane Zain,7 V Espinoza,120 12-1 8163 THIRD RACE. About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Starter allowance. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $30,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 8055 Midnight Swinger,9 D Van Dyke,122 5-2 8034 Red Livy (IRE),3 T Baze,120 3-1 (8039) Coalinga Hills,7 S Gonzalez,122 5-1 8041 Li’l Grazen,1 E Roman,X115 6-1 (6192) Proud ’n’ Ready,6 F Prat,122 6-1 3361 Velvet Jones,10 P Lopez,120 6-1 6267 Pirate Flag,8 B Blanc,122 15-1 4199 Reckless Charm,4 R Fuentes,XX117 15-1 8041 Royal Astronomer,5 S Elliott,122 20-1 8102 Carrie,2 M Linares,122 50-1

8164 FOURTH RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Claiming. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming prices $20,000-$18,000. Purse $24,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 6216 Plane Lucky,4 R Bejarano,122 9-5 4300 Dissension,3 P Lopez,122 5-2 6046 Pica,7 E Roman,X117 3-1 8109 Tuscany Beauty,6 M Gutierrez,122 5-1 (7071) Ryderroo,2 E Orozco,122 10-1 4308 Dragon Flower,5 S Risenhoover,122 12-1 1096 Run Sophia Run,1 K Frey,122 12-1 8165 FIFTH RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Starter optional claiming. 2-year-olds. Claiming price $40,000. Purse $30,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 8017 Texas Wedge,1 P Lopez,120 6-5 (8031) Utah Ute,2 R Bejarano,122 7-2 8031 Neighborhood Bully,3 D Van Dyke,120 4-1 8031 Get Em Up Scout,4 F Prat,120 8-1 (8005) Warrior’s Lullaby,6 E Maldonado,120 8-1 (7104) Handsome Swede,7 J Talamo,120 10-1 (8052) Oh Man,5 S Risenhoover,120 10-1 8166 SIXTH RACE. About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Maiden special weight. 3-year-olds and up. Purse $50,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds .... Oiseau de Guerre,3 G Stevens,122 7-2 8048 Little Juanito,10 E Roman,X117 4-1 .... Starting Bloc,6 F Prat,122 6-1 8062 Catfish Hunter,5 N Arroyo, Jr.,122 8-1 .... Schooley,8 P Lopez,122 8-1 6283 Towards the Light,9 J Theriot,122 8-1 8062 Tule Fog,11 S Arias,122 8-1 8048 New Dancer,2 S Gonzalez,122 10-1 3290 Pashito,1 I Puglisi,124 15-1 8048 Williston Dude,4 T Pereira,124 15-1 6212 Artistic Ab,7 M Pedroza,122 20-1 7070 Chrisiscookin,12 B Pena,122 30-1 8167 SEVENTH RACE. 1 mile. Maiden claiming. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming price $30,000. Purse $21,000.

PR 8039 8099 8090 8079 7053 8040 7016 8092 8092 8092

Horse (PP) Tiffany Diamond,4 Took the High Road,2 Hotsy Dotsy,8 Lovely Linda,9 Hope She Will,1 Dressed in Prada,5 Grace Hopper,3 Princess Nicole,10 Curlina Curlina,6 Eye of the River,7 Also eligible 3141 Let Me Flatter You,12 8112 Sonnet’s Joy,11

Jockey,Wt M Pedroza,122 J Talamo,122 E Roman,X119 T Conner,122 E Maldonado,122 T Pereira,122 M Falgione,XXX112 B Pena,122 F Martinez,124 B Boulanger,122

Odds 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 15-1 15-1 20-1 30-1 50-1

R Bejarano,122 W Ebow,124

12-1 50-1

8168 EIGHTH RACE. 51⁄2 furlongs. Claiming. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming prices $12,500-$10,500. Purse $15,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 8006 One I’m Running To,9 E Roman,X117 5-2 2030 Black Tie ’n Tails,6 S Elliott,124 3-1 7088 Cal Cal Li Gowchis,1 K Frey,122 7-2 6275 Liberation,2 A Solis,XX117 6-1 6202 True Ranger,10 T Pereira,124 10-1 .... Yo La Tengo,3 B Pena,122 10-1 8072 Mt. Leinster,8 M Pedroza,122 12-1 8088 Cammy’s Music,7 E Maldonado,122 15-1 8125 Proudtobesicilian,4 B Boulanger,120 30-1 .... Smarty Moon,12 S Arias,120 30-1 8088 Julia’s Summer,5 D Sorese,XXX112 50-1 7028 Spirit World,11 R Almanza,122 50-1 8169 NINTH RACE. 1 mile turf. Autumn Miss Stakes. Fillies. 3-year-olds. Purse $100,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 6043 Lull,11 F Prat,122 7-2 6208 Meadowsweet,9 E Roman,120 4-1 8020 Miss Southern Miss,2 K Desormeaux,122 6-1 (8020) Storm the Hill,6 C Nakatani,122 6-1 8020 Tapped,4 M Smith,120 6-1 8020 Spin Me a Kiss,8 E Maldonado,120 10-1 (8045) Chocolate Coated,5 G Stevens,120 12-1 8020 Kathy’s Song,1 T Baze,120 15-1

.... (8021) (8024) (8007) (7049) 8105

Reverse,10 Almost Carla,14 Beautiful Becca,3 Domestic Vintage,7 Sandy’s Surprise,13 Bernina Star,12

D Van Dyke,120 S Elliott,120 M Gutierrez,120 J Talamo,120 V Espinoza,120 S Gonzalez,120

15-1 20-1 20-1 20-1 20-1 30-1

8170 TENTH RACE. 6 furlongs. Allowance optional claiming. Fillies and mares. 3-year-olds and up. Claiming price $40,000. Purse $51,000. PR (6312) .... 3180 6046 3347 6216 6256 .... 8028 6256

Horse (PP) Marley’s Freedom,10 Bowie,4 Ruby Trust,9 Stealth Drone,5 Meanie Irenie,3 Discatsonthesquare,8 Shezroxiie,7 Dr Liz,1 Adios Cali,2 Empress Rules,6

Jockey,Wt K Desormeaux,120 F Prat,120 S Elliott,120 J Talamo,124 R Bejarano,120 D Van Dyke,124 T Baze,122 M Pedroza,120 T Pereira,122 B Boulanger,122

Odds 5-2 3-1 5-1 5-1 6-1 10-1 10-1 12-1 30-1 50-1

8171 ELEVENTH RACE. About 61⁄2 furlongs turf. Maiden special weight. Fillies. 2-year-olds. State bred. Purse $50,000. PR Horse (PP) Jockey,Wt Odds 8035 Carrie’s Success,10 J Talamo,120 5-2 8035 Bella Style,3 R Bejarano,120 5-1 .... An Eddie Surprise,1 M Gutierrez,120 6-1 .... Lucky At the V Espinoza,120 6-1 Bay,12 8035 X S Gold,9 K Desormeaux,120 6-1 6313 Fantastic Chloe,7 T Baze,120 8-1 6277 Super Patriot,8 Mn Garcia,120 10-1 .... Tribal Dance,11 T Conner,120 12-1 8035 Lucky Outcome,6 E Maldonado,120 15-1 8071 Dixie Lassie,4 M Linares,120 30-1 8103 Funny Bean,5 B Boulanger,120 30-1 8035 Lucky Lula,2 B Pena,120 30-1 Also eligible 7034 Carpathia,14 D Van Dyke,120 12-1 7044 She’s a Gambler,13 S Arias,120 50-1

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WORLD SERIES GAME 4 DODGERS REPORT

Jansen puts a bad game behind him By Kevin Baxter

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BRANDON MORROW , the Dodgers’ go-to reliever, delivered four key outs in a 6-2 victory over the Houston

Astros on Saturday. The often-injured pitcher says he hopes those troubles are behind him.

Morrow delivers again to help even the score

Reliever is key in Dodgers’ Game 4 victory in his 11th stint of the postseason. By Bill Shaikin HOUSTON — Brandon Morrow might not have sold his soul for the chance to win a World Series title. If he has sold out his arm, well, bring on a ring. “At this point, I’ll throw whenever,” Morrow said. “You don’t know when you’re going to get back to this.” He is Everyday Brandon Morrow. It is a remarkable nickname for a pitcher who has been injured so often that his name has not been as much “Brandon Morrow” as “the oft-injured Brandon Morrow.” He is the Dodgers’ go-to reliever. They went to him again on Saturday, for four key outs in a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros. The Dodgers have played 12 postseason games. Morrow has pitched in 11 of them. “I think the adrenaline will take you as far as you need to go,” Morrow said. “There’s no tired in the postseason.” There never has been a question about Morrow’s ability. He was drafted with

the fifth overall pick of the 2006 draft. The next four pitchers drafted, in order: Andrew Miller, Tim Lincecum, Clayton Kershaw, and Max Scherzer. There always have been questions about Morrow’s durability. This season is the first in seven years in which he has not been on the disabled list. He has thrown 56 innings this season, including the postseason. That might not sound all that impressive, but Morrow had not thrown so many innings in five years. He had long resisted the change from starter to reliever. This year, he embraced it. The Dodgers took a chance on him, but Team Depth had plenty of other options as well. “He took a chance to be with us,” Dodgers executive Alex Anthopoulos said, “knowing we were pretty deep and we had competition. He bet on himself. “I’m thrilled for him.” He has been so reliable that he was warming up while Alex Wood was in the fifth inning of a no-hitter. Morrow was warming up in the sixth inning, and the Dodgers’ track record of managing their pitchers appeared to indicate that he would face the Astros’ George Springer. Wood would have been starting his third trip

through the lineup, and Springer hits left-handers much better than righthanders. But Wood still had his no-hitter intact when Springer came to bat, with two out in the sixth inning, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts let Wood continue. Springer homered, and the Dodgers went to Morrow. He delivered, again, and this time his excellence helped ensure the Dodgers would not face elimination from the World Series on the morrow. He faced four batters – the heart of the Houston order – and he retired them all. His earned-run average in the postseason is 1.42. In this season of the home run, Morrow has faced 44 batters in the postseason. He has given up one home run. He has given up six hits in all; opposing hitters are batting .143 against him. Closer Kenley Jansen has been the Dodgers’ bullpen rock the past few years, in front of a revolving cast of setup men. None of the Dodgers’ top three setup men last October — Pedro Baez, Joe Blanton and Grant Dayton — are on the current roster. “Our bullpen has kind of been shaky the last few years,” Jansen said. Morrow did not even arrive from the minor leagues

until May. Now, he has established himself as a bullpen rock of his own. “Man, he’s taken a lot of load this year,” Jansen said. Said fellow reliever Ross Stripling: “He’s been just an absolute workhorse for us. It seems like he’s always getting the heart of the order. He’s facing the top four guys every day, it seems like.” Morrow said he hopes his injury troubles are behind him. He said he is fatigued, as he said every player is this time of year, but he challenged a reporter who suggested the fatigue might have shown up in lesser stuff. “What was different?” Morrow said. “I think it’s still 97, 98.” Morrow is a free agent this fall. The value of his next contract keeps rising with every game he pitches, every day. “He’s got big things coming over the next couple years, because he’s healthy and he’s proven to be a guy in the back end of a bullpen that somebody can really rely on,” Stripling said. “I’m sure we’re hoping we have him back next year. For now, we’re just happy to have him for the next three games.” bill.shaikin @latimes.com Twitter: @BillShaikin

HOUSTON — Kenley Jansen has converted 88 of 95 save opportunities over the last two regular seasons, a rate that won him his second consecutive National League reliever-of-the-year award Saturday. “This award is to me, [but] my bullpen guys deserve it too,” he said. “We have one of the best bullpens in the National League. Just forget about those bad days that you have. Have a short memory and continue to push.” Jansen had 41 saves in 42 tries during the regular season, striking out 109 and posting a 1.32 earned-run average in 681⁄3 innings. He had one of those bad days in Game 2 of the World Series, when the Astros scored twice with Jansen on the mound, resulting in his second blown save of the year. To that point, he had been nearly perfect in the postseason, giving up two hits and an unearned run in nine innings. He proved he has a short memory Saturday, returning to form — mostly — by limiting the Astros to a two-out home run in the ninth inning to preserve a 6-2 Dodgers victory that evened the best-ofseven series at two wins apiece. “You can’t let one bad day affect your season,” said Jansen, who was joined on the stage in the pregame awards ceremony by Kaden, his 2-year-old son. “You’ve just got to give credit to the hitters. They’re going to get lucky once in a while. That’s how you have to feel.” Boston’s Craig Kimbrel was chosen as the American League’s top reliever after a season in which he converted 35 of 39 save opportunities, striking out 126 batters in 69 innings.

As for short memories … Clayton Kershaw’s first visit to Minute Maid Park with the Dodgers didn’t end well. It came in July 2008 and Kershaw, then 20, was winless eight starts into his bigleague career when manager Joe Torre pulled him aside to tell him his was being sent to double-Jacksonville. Kershaw, who got that news just minutes after filling out a ticket request for friends, rushed up the tunnel to the empty clubhouse, tears in his eyes, to angrily clean out his locker.

“It’s disappointing,” he said then. “I didn’t expect it.” Kershaw now remembers it differently. “I don’t remember being that emotional or upset,” he said Saturday. What’s indisputable is that it was the last time Kershaw was demoted. Three weeks later, he was back in a Dodgers uniform to stay, throwing six shutout innings to beat Washington for his first major league win. He has won 143 regularseason games, three Cy Young Awards and an MVP trophy since then, with his only minor league appearances coming on rehab assignments. Kershaw, unbeaten this postseason with three wins and a 2.96 ERA, will take the mound Sunday in Houston with a chance to send the Dodgers back to Southern California leading the World Series. “You can’t compare regular season to postseason,” said Kershaw, who gave up one run in seven innings to beat Houston in Game 1. “Each game is in and of itself. We know it’s getting pretty close to must win.”

Providing relief

An abbreviated, five-out performance by Yu Darvish on Friday forced manager Dave Roberts to use Kenta Maeda for 22⁄3 innings in Game 3. Maeda threw 42 pitches, the most he had thrown in a game since Sept. 21. Maeda also threw 25 pitches in Game 2. The right-hander was unavailable for Game 4, but Roberts expected him to bounce back Sunday for a stint that could last multiple innings, if the Dodgers require it. “He’s got adrenaline,” Roberts said. “And we can use him for three outs, four outs, potentially.” In seven October appearances, Maeda has given up only two hits in nine innings.

Clutch performance

The Dodgers were only one for 14 (.071) with runners in scoring position in the first three games of the World Series, something Roberts blamed on his hitters swinging at pitches out of the strike zone. They showed more discipline Saturday, going three for seven, with Cody Bellinger and Logan Forsythe delivering run-scoring hits and Joc Pederson blasting a threerun homer. kevin.baxter@latimes.com Twitter: @kbaxter11

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Astros’ historic day tarnished by 2 incidents

Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times

GEORGE SPRINGER of the Houston Astros rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against Dodgers

starter Alex Wood in the sixth inning, the second homer in the World Series for the outfielder.

Springer bounces back

Astros outfielder and leadoff hitter regains swing after starting the World Series with four strikeouts. By Pedro Moura HOUSTON — Before Cody Bellinger broke out of his strikeout-heavy, 0-for-13 World Series start, George Springer did the same, on a smaller scale. Since Springer’s golden sombrero in this tied series’ opener, he has been the Houston Astros’ steadiest hitter, and he sees the potential parallels between him and Bellinger. “It just shows you that one game doesn’t define you,” Springer said. “I know he was probably pressing a little bit, but that’s the game. In the baseball world, an out’s an out. I don’t really care how you do it. You could strike out four times or pop out to the pitcher four times. It’s still an 0 for 4. You just have to move on.” When Springer reached the major leagues in 2014, he struck out at a prodigious rate, one-third of the time he stepped to the plate. Only four major leaguers batted as many times and struck out more often. Two of them aren’t major leaguers anymore. Aggression has always been the driving force of Springer’s offensive prowess, but he found more success in subsequent years by toning down the swings and misses. His strikeout rate was nearly 50% lower this season than in 2014. This season was also his best, as he hit a career-high .283, launched a career-high 34 homers, and earned his first All-Star nod. His performance in Tuesday’s Game 1 at Dodger Stadium, then, represented a

Bellinger comes through in the ninth as Dodgers come back to win Cody Bellinger’s RBI double in the ninth inning broke a 1-1 tie as the Dodgers came back to even the World Series at two games apiece. Earlier, Bellinger hit a double in the seventh inning to break an 0-for-13 stretch for the rookie, and went on to score on a Logan Forsythe single. The Dodgers, who had been 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position, went 3 for 7 in Game 4. Springer

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Sources: Major League Baseball. Ch ris Ke lle r Los Angeles Times

return to his rookie ways. His four strikeouts there, in tandem with his three-for-26 American League Championship Series, could have cast doubt on his current value to the Astros. But manager manager A.J. Hinch defended his decision to leave Springer atop his lineup. “George Springer has way more good days than bad days, and way more good stretches than bad stretches,” Hinch said. “So, I’m going to continue to encourage him.”

His teammates didn’t think twice about Springer’s series opener, nor did they expect Bellinger’s failings to linger all series after his fourstrikeout Friday. “For me, you read stuff, you hear things, and I’m like, ‘Eh,’ ” Astros catcher Brian McCann said. “I think people look too deep into four strikeouts. It’s an 0 for 4. You’re talking about two dynamic baseball players that are really good.” Since the opener, Springer has struck out twice in 14 plate appearances and reac-

hed base six times. He has doubled twice and homered twice, once to win Wednesday’s Game 2. He nearly broke open Friday’s Game 3 with a grand slam caught inches short of the outfield wall. His homer in Saturday’s Game 4 was the Astros’ lone hit until Alex Bregman inconsequentially conquered Kenley Jansen in the ninth. Hinch’s hunch was right. There was nothing wrong with Springer’s swing. He had bad days, followed by good ones. The bet is that more of the latter will follow. “To me,” Hinch said, “his swing is perfect.” Springer recaptured his form by regaining his patience. It began when he drew a walk to begin Game 2. Bit by bit, his tasks rendered themselves easier. When all he wanted to do was advance a baserunner 90 feet in that night’s tied 11th inning, he produced this series’ biggest blast. “He’s doing more by just letting the game come to him a little bit,” Hinch said. “I think success often relaxes guys and you track the ball a little bit longer and you hit the ball to all fields. “He’s just been very disciplined in the strike zone, getting pitches to hit and doing a really good job of calming himself down and actually not trying to do much.” Springer said he understood some of what the Dodgers were aiming to do against him. He also understood that he needn’t know everything. “I’m just trying to be who I know how to be,” he said. “I’m a very, very simple guy, and this game is very hard. Hard times, you try to complicate them, the harder it gets. In these games, it’s the simpler, the better, sometimes.” pedro.moura@latimes.com Twitter: @pedromoura

Two events marred what should have been remembered as a historic day in Houston sports. On Friday, the Astros won the city’s first World Series game. Earlier that day, two Texans skipped practice, presumably over irresponsible remarks made by owner Bob McNair. If that weren’t enough, the Astros’ Yuli Gurriel stained his home run in Game 3 against the Dodgers by making a racially insensitive and highly inappropriate gesture in the dugout. Neither action is forgivable. Both stole the spotlight from a day Houstonians should have celebrated. One of the universal beauties of sports is that they bring people together. Lately, there have been too many instances where they divide. McNair’s and Gurriel’s actions will be compared because of their proximity in time and the racially insensitive nature of both, but the situations aren’t the same. To be crystal clear, Gurriel and McNair made errors. Neither should be excused. But in Gurriel’s case, Major League Baseball, the Astros and Gurriel responded to the situation quickly and admirably. The hope moving forward is that people can learn from this unfortunate incident. The gesture was awful. There’s no way around it. The video of him went viral almost immediately. Gurriel used his fingers to act as if he were “slanting” his eyes and appeared to say “Chinito,” which translates to “little Chinese boy” after hitting a home run off Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish. It was shocking to witness. Particularly after a truly wonderful moment when a Cuban player hit a home run off a Japanese-Iranian player in Texas. The Astros won the game 5-3, but the focus shifted to Gurriel’s response. He was remorseful and seemed sincere and genuine. Astros manager A.J. Hinch made no excuses for Gurriel’s behavior. Nor did general manager Jeff Luhnow. Darvish handled the incident with incredible grace, acknowledging the gesture was offensive but urging everyone to learn from it. Everyone can learn something from Darvish, who couldn’t have been more classy. Gurriel was set to meet with and apologize to Darvish before Saturday’s game. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred issued a fivegame suspension to Gurriel to be served at the start of the 2018 season. He will also undergo sensitivity training during the offseason. Luhnow said Gurriel’s salary during the suspension would go to charity. It’s understandable that

many think there should have been an immediate suspension, but the reasoning Manfred gave was sound. He also suggested the other 24 Astros not be punished for Gurriel’s actions. It will continue to create controversy, but it is an appropriate punishment that we can only hope will teach Gurriel that actions have consequences. Gurriel can and should learn from this experience. But McNair cannot claim ignorance. On Friday, ESPN released an account of last week’s NFL owners meetings, during which McNair made the comment, “We can’t have inmates running the prison,” in regard to the recent and growing national anthem protests happening across the NFL. The choice of words is irresponsible, careless and inexcusable. Remember, the source of the anthem protests stems from players making a statement about police brutality against African-Americans. So to use a saying that compares the athletes to criminals is reprehensible. McNair, who has been an NFL owner for nearly two decades, should know better. He made a statement following President Trump’s comments in September when virtually the entire league reacted. The Texans were playing in New England and he locked arms in unity with them for the anthem. He spoke highly of his players’ character and intelligence at the time. This statement during a gathering of NFL owners negates that respect he showed players. It would have even if he had chosen different words. The terms “inmates” and “prison” certainly make this worse, but it would have also been bad for him to say players shouldn’t have a say in what happens in the league. That would be disrespectful. McNair apologized again Saturday, publicly and in person to his players, but it might be too little, too late. The NFL is extremely polarized and his comments made things worse in Houston, where Texans players have stood and been respectful during the national anthem. It will not be surprising if anyone from the team protests in Seattle during the anthem Sunday. Navigating through incidents like these and trying to move forward is getting harder because of the sheer volume of them. But the conversations resulting from them are important. Learning from the mishaps of owners, coaches, players and others who hold the respect and attention of millions is important. Let’s hope both incidents that tarnished what was otherwise a special day for Houston sports will bring awareness.

ASTROS REPORT

They are competing for much more than a title By Kevin Baxter HOUSTON — A little more than a week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in August, the Houston Astros returned to Minute Maid Park for the first time since the storm, taking the field with “Houston Strong” patches sewn on the left breast of their uniforms and with thousands of people who had been displaced in the stands. The Astros have a record of 30-14 since then, including an 18-3 record at Minute Maid Park. Manager A.J. Hinch doesn’t believe his team’s sterling record is a coincidence. “Any time you’re on the national stage, you play for your city,” he said. “When something like the hurri-

cane happens, there’s even greater responsibility to represent your city and bring awareness to the things that are needed to rebuild … ”We could feel how important the Astros became to the city of Houston and the residents. What does the World Series do to that city? Obviously, it gives home hope. It gives appreciation. It gives a smile or two for people going through some hard times. And for that we're happy to be a part of it.” Flooding from the storm, the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the U.S., killed 89 people, displaced more than 30,000 and caused more than $70 billion in damage. Part of the destruction occurred in Corpus Christi, where Sunday’s starter, Dallas Keuchel spent two seasons in the minor leagues.

Charlie Riedel Associated Press

HOUSTON’S RALLYING cry after Hurricane Har-

vey is written on the hat of an Astros fan. “When you break it down, we represent all of Texas,” Keuchel said. “It makes you feel like your home had been devastated. And that’s what we talked about playing for af-

ter everything.”

Halo effect

A lesson Astros third baseman Alex Bregman learned the hard way against the Angels has twice

benefited him and the Astros during the playoffs. With runners at first and third during a Sept. 24 game against the Angels at Houston, Bregman fielded a ground ball hit by Justin Upton and tried to turn an inning-ending double play. Upton beat the throw to first, a run scored, and the Angels won the game. Coaches later told Bregman he should throw home if a similar situation arose during the playoffs, because runs were likely to be at a premium. Lesson learned. In the sixth inning Saturday, he charged in to stab a Chris Taylor chopper and threw out Austin Barnes, who was running on contact from third. A week earlier, in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, he

made a similar play on Greg Bird in the fifth inning of a one-run game that the Astros went on to win. On that play, catcher Brian McCann made a great play to make the tag and hang onto the ball. The Astros had been praised for their hitting and stellar relief pitching in the Series’ first three games — not so much in Game 4 — but they have played stellar defense throughout. They have turned five double plays and made only one error. “We have athletes all over the field. We do execute plays,” Hinch said before Saturday’s game. “To see it on the biggest stage is why we’re having the success that we’re having.” kevin.baxter@latimes.com Twitter: @kbaxter11

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Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times

INSURANCE MAN JOC PEDERSON came to the plate in the ninth inning with the Dodgers holding a two-run lead, but with one swing of the bat against Houston reliever Joe Musgrove, the advantage quickly became five and the Dodgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; designated hitter was feeling good. It was the third hit of the Series for Pederson, two home runs and a double.

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