Show i: O 1 & October 5)2003 a : ' i -- ' The Herald Journal t ' Insido :’L 7 V sf' J ' - A- (? t a fifth game offfhe Giants Pudge hangs on for final out helmet and mask went fly- - MIAMI (AP) — Ivan Rodriguez caught die throw from left field on one hop stepped in front of die plate and braced for a collision v Bearing down bn die Florida catcher was JT Snow son of a for-mer NFL receiver The ball die game and a berth in the NL cham- pionship series were in Rodriguez’s hands— and he refused to let them slip ing but he made the tag for die final out and the Mar- lins beat Barry Bonds and die Sian Francisco 4 Giants 6 Satur- day clinching their 7-- - (?& Preston soccer squads sweep 4 Shelley on home pitch i B4 Sports briefs SNs Wheeler takes 8th at prep tourney Sky View’s Brittany Wheeler finished in eighth ace Friday the first-evUtah State Girls Golf Ibur-name-nt at Davis Park Golf Course ' The tourney which featured 31 golfers was shortened to just nine holes (hie to rain Wheeler a sophomore from Hyde Park shot a 43 10-ti- All-Star- Red Sox stay alive — Page B3 divi- - best-of-fi- ve sion series 1 For the first time in postseason history a series ended with die potential tying run dirown out at the plate according to the Elias Sports Bureau 3-- away The CHICAGO (AP) — Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves sat in the clubhouse before the v game feeling about as desperate as they had in a longtime The powerful offense that had carried them in the regular season had evaporated and they were See MARLINS on B3 ’s AP photo Florida catcher jvanFtodriguaz left tags out San Francisco's JT Snow sliding into home to end Saturday's game at the brink of elimination in what would be yet another postseason disappointment Even worse Gary Sheffield was out of the lineup his left hand still too sore and swollen to play “We knew it was basically win this game or take a vacation — a long one” Jones said “It would have been a real rough winter for us" f See BRAVES on B3 er - Grizzlies ink Miller MEMPHIS Ifenn (AP) — Forward Mike Miller signed a contract extension with the Mem-phGrizzlies on Saturday Terms of die deal were not dis-closed and Miller’s agent didn’t immediately return calls Saturday Memphis acquired Miller last sea--' son in a trade with Orlandoand he averaged 128 points and 34 rebounds in 16 games six-ye- ar : is Saturday's scores ' ALDS 4 New York 3 Minnesota 1 Boston 3 Oakland 1 (11) NLDS - Florida 7 San Francisco 6 Atlanta 6 Chicago 4 Big S football - New Mexico 34 Utah State 7 BYU 44 San Diego St 36 N Arizona 48 Weber St 29 S Utah 17 W Oregon 10 On television AUTO RACING 11 ' v V New Mexico's DonTrell Moore (22) eludes USU's Reggie Willson (23) on his way to ' ' am'' NBC — NASCAR Winston Cup Banquet 400 -at Kansas City Kansas GOLF 11:30 am ABC — PGA Tour-WGAmerican Express Championship final round at Woodstock Ga 3 pm ' TGC — Nationwide Tour Monterey Peninsula Classic final round at Sea- side Calif 6 pm TGC — LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge! final round at Lincoln Calif HORSE RACING 4 pm ESPN2 — NTRA Ancient Title Handicap and Oak Tree Breeders’ Cup Mile at Arcadia Calif (Ih&) WinStar Galaxy and Overt) rook Spinster Stakes at Lexington Ky (same-da-y tapd) Prix de PArc De Triomphe at Paris (same-da- y tape) — (All delayed 1 am if MLB has two games at tape scheduled at 4 pm) 6 pm CNBC — NTRA Norfolk Stakes at Arcadia Calif (live) Grey Breeders' a ' touchdown Saturday first-quart- er APphoto in Albuquerque NM C - ' USU By Shawn Harrison sports editor ' ALBUQUERQUE NM — So much for streaks and close games New Mexico manhandled Utah State Saturday night at University Stadium 34--7 The three previous meetings between the two schools had been decided by a total of seven with two tf those contests going to overtime It didn’t 'even come close to extra time in this one “Obviously we were outplayed Cup Stakes at Rexdale Canada (same-da- y tape) Grand Criterium at am ESPN — Playoffs Division Series Game 4 Oakland at Boston 2 pm ESPN — Playoffs Division Series Games 4 New York dt Minnesota 5:30 pm FOX — Playoffs Division Series Game 5 Chicago at Atlanta " " w ran into a Lobo wall on Saturday He rushed for 37 yards on 11 car--' 142 ries after gaining a career-hig- h yards last week “We just didn’t execute” said Aggie quarterback Travis Cox who passed for 162 yards on attempts It was that plain and simple from the start and especially in the ond half when the Aggies’ deepest drive came on their first of the third quarter They reached the Lobo 34 13-of-- sec-poin- ts See AGGIES on B2 start By David Cordero sports writer called out dropped in Communication lapses resulted in balls hitting the court without being touched Outside hitters woe being set too wide As a result the Anteaters (14-- 4 The mental part of volleyball is important no got a lot of one will deny that easy points USU got its ship righted in Game 3 but by then it was too late But you want to limit your thinking during a “It’s disappointing” USU coach Burt Fuller match said “That stuff doesn’t happen in prac-tic- e Particularly when the ball is in the air We’ve got to make it happen in the Often Utah State found itself ponderUTAH STATE matches” ing instead of reacting which helped VOLLEYBALL UQ did And you can bet there was a dig its rather deep hole reason why it rallied so vigorously in Anteaters 3 The Aggies couldn’t climb out of it Game 3 coming back from a 24-1- 7 deficit either losing to UC Irvine 0 (30-2- 7 AggiesO 30-2- 3 37-3The Anteaters didn’t want at the Spectrum Saturday recent history to repeat itself nighL e marathon at “After one play like that you just start wigging Thursday they lost a out and things start happening” USU senior Erin Idaho after taking the first two stanzas “We kind of wanted to make sure we didn’t go Cartwright said “Then you start thinking Please to four or five after that” UCI coach Charlie call timeout because you can’t get reorganized Brande said It’s just error after error after error” Almost everything imaginable went wrong for They didn't because of a splendid offensive the Aggies (9-- 6 overall 2-- 3 Big West ConferSee HOLE on B5 ence) in the first two games Balls that players 5-- 1) am CBS — Denver at Kansas City FOX — Seattle at Green Bay 2 " 3) Solid third game doesn’t make up for bad NFL 11 We laid an egg and we need to outcoached” USU head coach make sure that doesn’t happen Mick Dennehy said “I can’t see a lot or think about a lot we did well again” on the other The Lobos (3-tonight" — Two early turnovers hand snapped out of their several injuries an offense UTAH STATE offensive funk to the that struggled to move the FOOTBALL delight of 31435 fans that were in attendance for ball and a defense that couldn’t stop the Lobos on homecoming New Mexico third down all proved mmSSSLmm finished with 325 yards of total offense costly for the Aggies (1- for It combination was a 221 The Aggies had a season-lo4) deadly the visitors back offense USU of yards running “This was very discouraging and David Fiefia had increased his out- disappointing” Dennehy said " put in every game this season but UNM Tough hole to climb out of Paris (same-da- y tape) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 offense sputters defense unable to stop pm FOX— Detroit at San Francisco 6:30 pm ESPN — Cleveland at Pittsburgh SOCCER 2 pm ESPN2 — MLS MetroStars at San Jose (delayed tape at 2 am if MLB has two games scheduled at 4 pm) 5:30 pm ESPN2 — FIFA Women's World Cup semifinal at Portland Ore 8:25 pm ESPN2 — FIFA Women's World Cup semifinal at Portland Ore 3-- 5) five-gam- $ i VI i MHch MaacaraHereld Journal UtSU's Erin GraybM tries to tip the baH past UC Irvine blockers Sami Cash left and Ashfie Main Saturday r— ! 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