SAN FRANCISCO -- Sure is hard to send these San Francisco Giants home in
October.
Maillot Antoine Griezmann France .Joe Panik
doubled off the right-center wall in the 13th inning to drive in Brandon
Crawford, and the Giants outlasted the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Monday night in Game
3 to extend their NL Division Series.Boosted by Conor Gillaspies go-ahead triple
in the eighth off Aroldis Chapman, the Giants rallied from a three-run deficit
and won their 10th straight game when facing postseason elimination.San
Francisco overcame Kris Bryants two-run homer off closer Sergio Romo that tied
it 5-all in the ninth, and an early three-run shot by pitcher Jake Arrieta
against Giants ace Madison Bumgarner.Just because were down, were not out. If
were breathing, were still fighting, Panik said.The wild-card Giants forced Game
4 at their raucous ballpark, postponing a potential Cubs clinch party in the
visitors clubhouse. Chicago leads the best-of-five playoff 2-1 and will send
John Lackey to the mound Tuesday night opposite lefty Matt Moore.We played it
hard, we played it right -- and they beat us, Cubs manager Joe Maddon
said.Teammates piled on Panik in celebration after he came through on the 57th
pitch from Mike Montgomery, beginning his fifth inning of relief. Crawford hit a
leadoff double on an 0-2 curve, bringing Panik to the plate.His big hit ended a
5-hour, 4-minute game that was only 29 minutes shy of the total time it took to
play the first two series games combined last week at Wrigley Field.Gillaspie
hit a two-run triple in the eighth and Crawford added an RBI single to give the
Giants a 5-3 lead.Theres a sense of calmness, Panik said. Its like weve been
there before.Rookie left-hander Ty Blach earned the win, escaping a 13th-inning
jam when pinch-hitter David Ross bounced into a double play.Bryants tying drive
hit the top of the left-field fence and bounced into the seats, silencing the
orange towel-swirling sellout crowd. The slugger received a warm hug of
congratulations in the dugout from Chapman, who had just given up the lead.On a
night when the early focus was the marquee pitching matchup between Bumgarner
and Arrieta, the bullpens decided this one hours later.Arrietas three-run drive
in the second held up most of the way.The game had everything -- pitching,
timely hitting on both sides. It was just a fun game to be involved with, Giants
manager Bruce Bochy said.Arrietas shot ended Bumgarners postseason scoreless
streak at 24 innings. The left-hander had also thrown 24 straight shutout
innings with the Giants facing postseason elimination, a separate string that
was snapped as well.Buster Posey hit an RBI single for the Giants in the third,
and Brandon Belt had a sacrifice fly in the fifth.Chapman relieved with two on
in the eighth, trying for the second six-out save of his career, and Gillaspie
tripled to deep right-center to put San Francisco ahead 4-3.Starting at third
base for a banged-up Eduardo Nunez, Gillaspie also hit a three-run homer in the
ninth inning for all the runs in Bumgarners wild-card win over the Mets last
Wednesday in New York.In the bottom of the ninth, Albert Almora Jr. made a
diving catch in deep right field on Poseys sinking liner and doubled up Belt at
first base for an inning-ending double play that kept the Cubs in it.The Giants
won the World Series in 2010, `12 and `14, and still believe they can do it
again and get by Chicago given their remarkable track record with the season at
stake.In 2012 against the Reds, San Francisco became the first team to come back
from an 0-2 deficit and win a best-of-five series with three straight road
victories. After that, the Giants came back from 3-1 down to beat the St. Louis
Cardinals in the NL Championship Series.I just think its part of our DNA, Belt
said. We never think were out of it.CHAPMAN GIVES IT UPChapman entered in the
eighth and struck out Hunter Pence with five consecutive pitches clocked at 101
or 102 mph. That brought up Gillaspie, who grounded out his first three times
up. He fouled off the first offering before driving the ball beyond a diving
Almora in right-center.Gillaspie has knocked in five of San Franciscos 11 runs
this postseason.Give Gillaspie credit, Maddon said. He did it a couple days ago.
He got an elevated fastball and hit it to the far part of the ballpark. I think
it surprised a lot of people.It was the 10th extra-base hit Chapman has allowed
to a left-handed batter in his career -- and the first triple.PAGAN SCRATCHEDThe
only Giants player with strong numbers against Arrieta was a late scratch. Left
fielder Angel Pagan got pulled from the lineup about an hour before the first
pitch because of back spasms. Pagan had a .455 average (5 for 11) against
Arrieta with a double and two strikeouts. Gregor Blanco replaced him.UP
NEXTLackey will try to pitch the Cubs into their second straight NLCS, while
Moore looks to build on his success down the stretch after the Giants acquired
him at the Aug. 1 trade deadline from Tampa Bay.
Maillot Olivier Giroud France . It was
Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of
Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two
weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5.
Maillot Hugo Lloris . Self was acquired from
the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and
made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Rookie defenseman Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist, and
teammates Nick Foligno and William Karlsson picked up their first goals of the
season as Columbus beat Chicago 3-2 on Friday night.Columbus Sergei Bobrovsky
blocked 32 shots as the Blue Jackets picked up their first win of the season,
avoiding a repeat of last seasons disastrous 0-8 start.Tyler Motte and Richard
Panik scored for Chicago (2-3-0), and Corey Crawford had 25 saves.The Blue
Jackets (1-2-0) took the lead when the 19-year-old Werenski netted a wrist shot
from the point during a power play at 9:10 in the first period. It was his
team-leading second goal of the season.ISLANDERS 3, COYOTES 2NEW YORK -- Johnny
Boychuks short-handed goal early in the third period lifted New York to the
victory.Dennis Seidenberg and Ryan Strome also scored for New York, and Jaroslav
Halak stopped 23 shots for his first win of the season and the Islanders second
in three home games after opening with two road losses.Brad Richardson and Radim
Vrbata scored 13 seconds apart in the first period to tie the score for the
Coyotes.
Maillot Eliaquim Mangala. Louis Domingue had
28 saves as Phoenix lost its third straight on the road after one home win.The
game marked the first NHL meeting between the Strome brothers. Dylan Strome, 19,
was the third overall pick by the Coyotes in the 2015 draft and made his debut
earlier this week. Ryan Strome, 23, was the fifth overall pick in the Islanders
in the 2011 draft.RED WINGS 5, PREDATORS 3DETROIT -- Gustav Nyquist had a goal
and an assist for Detroit.Justin Abdelkader, Drew Miller, Tomas Tatar and Darren
Helm also scored as Detroit won its third straight. Petr Mrazek stopped 30
shots.P.K. Subban, Mike Ribeiro and Mike Fisher scored for Nashville, which has
lost three straight. Pekka Rinne finished with 38 saves.Fishers power-play goal
with 4:46 left pulled the Predators within 4-3. It was Fishers third goal, all
on the power play.Helm had an empty-net power-play score with 22 seconds left,
his fourth goal of the season, to seal the win.
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