Show VlairD'ms The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday October COPY t£ST AVAILABLE seize momemitium ’ire Honda rallies That didn’t work Instead it took a infielder with football running through his blood to keep Atlanta from the brink n of another postseason ' little-kno- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Juan Pierre is sure every- d one ruled out his Florida Marlins in their playoff matchup with the San Francisco Giants And suddenly somehow the Marlins now have the momentum heading home wild-car- melt-dow- Mark DeRosa filling in for injured second baseman cus Giles hit a two-otwo-ru-n double in the eighth to lead the 4-- 1 1 think go Cubs AP photo ' day after Florida was held to just three The Marlins overdeficit in the came a three-ru- n fifth “A lot of people doubted this team and thought we ' couldn't win” said Lenny Harris who delivered a key pinch-h- it single in the sixth “We showed them a little something — that we’re not afraid of them” The Marlins got the split ' ng usu Continued from B1 V was USlTs "Teams are losing to teams they haven't Iostto in a long time" Cartwright said "This is a big for us because (Long ' Beach State yearas isn't) strong as they used to be" Twenty-on- e years ago the 49ers were not considered a powerhouse It appears they have involuntarily shed that hard- earned label this season For the second straight week they did- n't receive any votes in the American Vol- -' leyball Coaches Association Top 23 poll But don't think they aren't dangerous ' ' Logan Continued from B2 ! ! ! I best-of-fi- Needham who has dominated Region 4 all season continued to do so Wednesday as he shattered the course record by nearly a minute "It was exhausting and tir- ing but I managed to keep up the pace" Needham said "I feel like I'm exactly where I want to be" On the girls side with Sky View's top runner Lindsey Lawlor unable to run due to an Center Continued from BI ! those yards "It felt really good" Galliano said "We would have had more yards (in previous games) but the sacks have j i ! ! hurt us" The southern California native said he likes pass blocking mainly because he is freed up but also likes "pounding" people running the ball And he likes playing center because he is "right in the middle" Galliano played guard in high school and tackle for one year at Cerritos (Calif) Junior College before settling in at center his second season at Ceiritos After arriving at USU he played tackle dur-the before spring ing redshirting in mid-ye- ar Anxious to protect the lead Braves manager Bobby Cox called on Smoltz in the eighth — even though he missed nearly a month at the end of the season with a sore elbow “You play (his game with somewhat of a desperate mentality” Smoltz said “We had to have this win" The closer had worked two innings only three times all season the last on July 23 But Cox was also mindful that Smoltz never got a chance for a save in the 2002 postseason when the Braves lost to the ' Giants in the opening round That was just another postseason failure for Atlanta which has 12 straight division titles but only World Series title in that span 3-- The Aggies get theirs from Erin Cartwright (436 317) and Beth Hodge (349248) They won'L however have the services of their most statistically potent attacker-- ' Zuzana Cemianska and her 316 kills per stanza would be hard to imagine what it would be like if he was already gone" The story of how he became a Division I starter begins in 1998: His family had moved from Riverside Calif to Orange County When he ' walked into the office at Foothill High School for his senior year they knew where to direct him "You've got to meet the football coach" Galliano said explaining his first day "I wasn't playing football but thought I would give it a shot" It wasn't that he had never played football just not since getting to high school He said injuries and getting ' “You understand that they're to victory over Red Sox first seven innings Martinez remained unbeat- en in his playoff career by narrowly outpitch- ing Tim Hudson but he didn't get the win ! star-cross- ed The sophomore from Prague Czech : Republic twisted her right elbow in Friday's match against Idaho and is out : tonight and probably Saturday (UC ' Irvine) too Fuller said Sophomore Erin Graybill is expected to see more playing time in Cemianska's stead NeverthelessUSU will gointo the match thinking it has a good a shot as ever to prevail against LBSU The Aggies won't be happy to at least make a show of - it And that's the truth No bizarro world here "This year it's more of a 'let's not just take a game let's take a match'" USU middle blocker Ingrid Roth said "I don't know why Things are just a little bit different now" Martinez yielded six hits and four walks in seven innings throwing a season-hig- h 130 pitch- es But Boston’s imposing ace was never far from trouble: He allowed three runs in the third i threw out a runner at home in the fifth and barely escaped a bases-loadjam in the seventh Until Kim and Embree blew it Boston's heavy-hittin- g lineup appeared headed to a win thanks to two big blows from me of its lightest bats Walker a second baseman in his first year with the Red Sox hit a solo ' homer in his first career playoff After two singles in the middle innings he hit a two-ru- n homer off reliever Ricardo Rincon in the seventh giving Boston a 4-- 3 lead ed well-travel- - 14 ttoSiiUo m an ue jkJll freshman! ' Continued from B2 and creating scoring opportu- nities previously unforeseen Burrell the team's MVP a year ago led the squad with 73 points Though the potent line of Burrell-Leo-Hashimo- to may be broken up Crossley said there are plenty of able play- ers to create additional spe- - rial rotations Thiros' an upperclassman has proven to be a steady producer while Jacob Guttormsen (7 goals - against a ranked team this week “I don’t want to sayone thing and have something else happen I think though that this season is starting out to be really awe- - " some’’ said Revill' who was the Mountain West Conference defensive player of the week “We’re excited We’re just hoping that good things keep coming” Utah defensive coordinator Kyle Wittingham said he saw a turnaround' in the second game of the season a 6 loss at Texas A&M The Aggies' 21-- 0 halftime lead seemed to wake up burned out on the sport plus his family moving around had caused him to start playing basketball His one year at Foothill opened some doors He made first-tea"My high school coach's dad was the head coach at a junior college (Cerritos)" Galliano explained "He saw me play and brought me to junior college and told me I had a shot to keep playing He said if I kept doing what I was doing I would get my education paid for" The center listened earning honorable mention honors as a Sophomore and listed as one of the top 100 players in the country Besides USU he was recruited by North Carolina State Oklahoma State Kansas Nevada Missouri and LSU He chose to move to Logan "I liked the smaller community and I liked how they recruited me" Idol SCilM'llj tributed well last year as a Continued from B1 28-2- ed at-b- al Utes eventually claimed second place with a time of 20:3628 "That was my best time" Datwyler said "The race was tough — Audrey has improved quite a bit We really pounded each other the whole race" Sky View finished fourth iii each of the races and didn't quite seem to run as well as they are capable of running "It wasn't our best race but we're alrighL" Sky View : coach Kyle Wright said left- - center heartbreaking playoff defeat to the franchise’s overflowing collection' Boston has lost seven of its last eight playoff openers Martinez and Walker were the stars of the McConkie was on Datwyler’s tasdngthefiuitsofthatrightnowlt -2 Dave Veres to the wall in two-ru- heels throughout the race and 2001 which he said was hard to do Then it was back to his favorite spot in the middle last year "He was ready to playwhen he got here but die best thing for the team was him redshirting" Hoover said "We are The Cubs walked Rafael Furcal intentionally to get to DeRosa who made them pay by lining a pitch from All-St- ar ar Though they are closer to rebuilding this season they're still more reload than ' rebuild "I still anticipate a very good Long Beach State team" USU coach Burt Fuller said "That's a team that beat Pacific 1 when we couldn't even get a game bn them (Sept 20)" The 49ers get most of their firepbwer from outside hitter Erika Chidester (457 kills per game) and middle blocker Liz ' Hudson (371 278 attacking percentage) inGamel Rich Harden He walked two batters and threw a wild pitch in the 12th but Chavez saved the inning by fielding Gabe Kapler's sharp grounder and diving to tag third base before Manny Ramirez got there Harden called up to the majors after the break got the win n Durazo who had an early double against Pedro Martinez tied it with a clean single to center that delighted most of the 30606 fans in the packed Coliseum Todd Walker had two homers ahtong his four hits for the Red Sox who added another toughest road ballpark before the latest playoff misadventure for Kim whose struggles nearly cost Arizona its World Series title two years ago In the ninth' Kim walked a batter and hit ' another before Erubiel Durazo drove home ' pinch-runnEric Byrnes with a tying two-ou-t Embree single off Alan In the 11th Boston manager Grady f‘ Little shouted just how much he trusts his bullpen by calling on Derek Lowe his scheduled starter in Game 3 on Saturday Lowe got into trouble in the 12th walking three batters to load the basest catcher dropped an Hernandez the A’s All-Stthird-bas- e line and bunt down the exceptional Chavez scored without a throw After Keith Foulke pitched three innings of scoreless relief for the A’s they went to rookie illness it was Mountain Crest's Kira Datwyler serving as the lone valley runner to finish in the top five as she took fust followed by four Bees Datwyler has yet to lose in a region race "(Datwyler) is setting the bar" Lund said "If she stays healthy she'll be the top run- ner in the region for the next four years!" Datwyler led from start to finish which has been her trademark all season But Datwyler didn't win without pressure — as has often been the case this year Box Elder's Audrey ! i 3:2 2003 was overshadowed by a guy who doesn't usually start DeRosa took over at second base for Giles who had a deep bruise on his left leg after tumbling over first base Giants against Mark Redman Carl Pavano the winning pitcher when Florida clinched the wild card earned another important victory by getting two outs “It was just a weird day" Giants first baseman JT Snow said “They are a good team There's a reason they are here When you get to this point in the year there’s no quit in anybody" they so desperately needed at Pacific Bell Park and did it by getting away from the small ball that sent them on this improbable playoff journey After an energized Bany Bonds helped the Giants take an early lead Sidney Ponson couldn’t hold iL Pierre and the Marseries lins sent the back to Florida at one apiece Game 3 is Friday in Miami ' Kirk Rueter pitches for the er 5-- ! Wednes- 3 Atlanta evened the NL division series at one game apiece Game 3 is Friday night at Chicago’s Wrigley Field with Greg Maddux starting for the Braves against Mailt Prior The Braves' vaunted lineup RBI double in the sixth inning as San Francisco catcher Benito Florida's Juan Pierre hits a two-ru- n of in National on Game 2 a looks League Divisional Series playoff game Wednesday Santiago OAKLAND Calif (AP)— When Byung- -' Hyun Kim blows a postseason assignment it’s' no surprise When the Oakland Athletics win with a bunL it’s practically unprecedented Ramon Hernandez dropped a perfect bases- loaded bunt with two outs in the 12th inning 'scoring Eric Chavez with the winning run to - lift the A’s over the Boston Red Sox 4 in their playoff opener Wednesday night ‘ At 4 hours 37 minutes the game was die longest in Oakland’s postseason history and it ended in die A's most improbable way: with the hard-hittiexecuting a small--ball play to eke out a run By the time Chavez crossed the plate shortly after 12:43 am MST the teams were less than 14 hours away from die start of Game 2 on ' Thursday Boston appeared headed to a win in the AL’s : 3-- best-of-fi- ve An improbable bunt lifts A’s : run-scori- ng day night they were confident they would get us again" said Pierre who had four hits and drove in three runs "We put the pressure on them and kept the pressure on" Pierre'' said before this series started that the Giants hadn't yet seen the Marlins at their best San Francisco won fiye of six meetings during the regular season ' Pierre led a 15-h- it effort a : er Braves past the Chica- ay “Getting down Mar- ut -- ed intentionally walking Furcal to get to you” DeRosa said “You try to use that anger” Standing on second the former Penn quarterback pounded his hands together “I hope the Cubs don’t take offense I meant nothing by iL” DeRosa said “I've got the football rqentality still We needed this game going to Chicago" As an added bonus Giles in appeared as a pinch-hittthe sixth and came through with a single that put the Braves ahead ATLANTA (AP)— Braves were so desperate for a win they called on John ' Smoltz in the eighth inning three as Juan Encamacioti homered and Pierre wound up with a bases-loaddouble on a mis-plby Jose Cniz Jr in a decisixth as Florida sive three-ru- n rallied to beat sloppy San Francisco 9--5 Wednesday evening the series at one game each 2003 - B3 Desperate Braves get win over Cubs Pierre drives in 2 One player to look out for is Nick Haase The junior fromRed Wing Minn is new to the club and is expected to contribute immediately "He plays from end to end and it doesn't matter which way you're going" Crossley said "I expect that as the season goes on he'll turn into a real impact player in the league" Now if that can only happen on defense the Utes who only have only four starters back from last year's defense “We knew there 'd be a learning curve and the kids would take a while to start to dick” Wittingham said “That was when it really started to come together as a unit and that car-tied through to the next two games" The Utes are still giving up too much offense and been too inconsistent for Wittingham to be happy Opponents are averaging 3648 yards and 232 points a game “We’re not playing lights-oby any means still have a lot of improvement to ' make” Wittingham said “The key is we're getting great effort and the kids are competing Any time that happens you've got a ut chance” Galliano said "I liked the atmosphere the coaches just felt it was the place few me My family liked it and it wasn't far from home" Galliano is no dummy In fact he has already taken full advantage of getting an education for playing ball He graduated with f degree in exercise science and is waking on his masters in education The Aggie center will complete that work in foe spring ’'That is the main reason Tm playing I mean I'm out here for the team but also here for my education" Galliano said "I know that is going to take me a lot farther than this will" Of course he is not going to turn down any often should the NFL come calling Hoover said scouts have been watching him but knows his center is worried about right now not the near future Anyway he has several often to coach at the JC level in California already No 59 is also making sure he records his experience at USU He brought along his video camera and despite being teased about bring on vacation continues to take it along on road trips "Going to all of these different places has been amazing" Galliano said "I get made fun of because I take my video camera but one day I will show my kids all the places I've been Like Nebraska How often are you going to be able to go see that place? That was one of the best places in the country to go play" So far there has been no single highlight that stands above the rest He hopes that will come at the end of this season with the Aggies traveling to New Orleans for a bowl game And expect the video camera to come along but it will be a business trip not a vacation for No 59 |