SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010
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Phillies vs.Giants
GAME 1 Last night, late
Giants at Phillies
GAME 2 Tonight, 8
Giants at Phillies
GAME 3 Tuesday, 4
Phillies at Giants
(*— if necessary. All games onWTTG-5, WBFF-45)
GAME 4 Wed., 7:30
Phillies at Giants
GAME 5* Thursday, 7:30
Phillies at Giants
GAME 6* Saturday, 3:30
Giants at Phillies
GAME 7* Oct. 24, 7:30
Giants at Phillies
GAME 1 Oct. 15
Yankees 6 Rangers 5
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D3 Rangers vs.Yankees
GAME 2 Yesterday
Rangers 7 Yankees 2
(*— if necessary. All games on TBS)
GAME 3 Tomorrow, 8
Rangers at Yankees
GAME 4 Tuesday, 8
Rangers at Yankees
GAME 5 Wednesday, 4
Rangers at Yankees
GAME 6* Friday, 8
Yankees at Rangers
GAME 7* Saturday, 8
Yankees at Rangers
NOTEBOOK
Zito, other vets left off the roster by Giants
BY DAVE SHEININ
philadelphia — The make- up of the San Francisco Gi- ants’NLCSroster, finalizedon Saturday, and the composi- tion of their Game 1 lineup underscored one strange truth about the Giants: They have a lot of money, in terms of player contracts, sitting around doing nothing. Left-hander Barry Zito,
with an $18.5 million salary the Giants’ highest-paid play- er, was once again left off the Giants’ roster for the NLCS, just as he was in the first round. Outfielder Jose Guil- len, whose $12 million salary is heavily subsidized by the Kansas City Royals, was also left off the roster again. Guillen has not been with
the Giants during the postsea- son, and one Giants executive said Guillenwas“not happy at all” about being left off the roster, butManager Bruce Bo- chy said Guillen is available to be activated in case of an injury to another player. In addition to Zito and
STEPHEN DUNN/GETTY IMAGES Texas fans cheer as Rangers relieverNeftali Feliz finishes off a 7-2 victory over the Yankees in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series in Arlington, Tex. This time, Rangers make their lead stand up rangers from D1
missed 24 consecutive games. “We always stay in the mo-
ment,” Washington said. “We’ve been trying to get them to stay in the moment for four years.” The reward for their latest
show of resilience is anALCS that has swung in their favor. They still have to beat the Yankees three out of five games, have to overcome a lineup that keeps coming at you like a horror-movie villain that just won’t die, not even after you set it on fire and run it over with a pick-up truck. But consider two things. First,
the Rangers dominated both games in Texas. “Realistically,” O’Day said, “we should be up 2-0.” Second, if the Rangers win only the games scheduled to be started by Lee and the Yankees’ A.J. Bur- nett, the team once known as the Washington Senators will ad- vance to theWorld Series. “We’re never going to feel like
we have control until we win a game,” second baseman Ian Kin-
sler said. “But it’s really nice having Cliff on the mound. He’s the guy that we want out there. I think [the Yankees] understand that.” The most pivotal moment of
Saturday’s pivotal game came in the sixth inning. Rangers starter Colby Lewis exited with two outs in the sixth, with twomenonbase and Brett Gardner coming to the plate. Washington motioned out to the bullpen, toward the perpe- trators of Saturday’s ruinous eighth inning. “It’s never really easy to turn
the page and not think about what happened,” said reliever Darren Oliver, one of three pitch- ers who recorded no outs Friday. “You have to.” The firstmanthrough the bull-
pen gates was left-hander Rapa- da.OnFriday, he threwone pitch, a fastball that Robinson Cano drilled to center for a game-tying single.OnSaturday, he entered to retire Gardner, a lefty, and Mar- cus Thames pinch-hit. “I didn’t feel like the entire
pressure of the bullpen was on me,”Rapadasaid. “I just felt like, I need to go out there and set the tone. I’m not just going give into hitters.” The lesson Rapada culled from
Friday’s night collapse, he said, was that “when the wheels are turning, they’re going to jump on that first, easy strike.” Alex Rodri- guez and Cano had all delivered crucial hits on first-pitch fast- balls. Rapada would not let it happen again. He threw Thames a first-pitch curveball. “Sure enough,” Rapada said,
“he jumped on it.” And Thames missed. Rapada
would throw Thames nine pitch- es, only one fastball. Rapada’s ninth pitch was a slow curveball. Thames swung over it, then tossed his bat in the air and swatted it down. The Yankees would not have a
better chance to get back into the game. Five relievers, three of whom were culprits in Friday’s debacle, recorded 10 outs: Rapa- da, Alexi Ogando, Oliver, O’Day
and Neftali Feliz. Together, they yielded four walks, one single, zero runs and no drama. The Rangers scored their first
run in the first inning, by repris- ing the bold base running that sent them into the ALCS. With Elvis Andrus on third after a steal and JoshHamilton on first after a walk, Washington called for a double steal. Washingtonhadcalled the play
three times this year, and it had worked only once. How did he know it would work Saturday? “I didn’t,” he said. But “the
opportunity was there,”Washing- ton said. “It was set up perfect, as far as I was concerned.” He believed Posada would
throw through to second base.He gave Hamilton a sign to get caught in a rundown, which would allow Andrus, one of the fastest players in baseball, time to score. “If Posada fakes it, I’m[dead],”
Washington said. “But he didn’t, because he was told to throw through.”
Cano’s throw home sailed
wide, and Andrus slid home safe- ly. He became the first player to steal home in the postseason since Brad Fullmer in Game 2 of the 2002World Series. “It surprised me,” Kinsler said.
“For Wash to be able to come up with that and to put that on was huge.” From there, the Rangers pum-
meled Hughes and handed the ball to their bullpen. Feliz, the fire-balling rookie many observ- ers thought should have ap- peared at some point Friday, re- corded the final three outs. He whipped 99-mph fastballs at the Yankees and handed Derek Jeter his third strikeout of the game. The ferocity of Feliz’s pitches sent the same message as the nerve of the Rangers. Maybe, as “Empire State of
Mind” blared in theRangers club- house, the series shifted to New York and Lee readied to take the stage, it was time for the Yankees to worry.
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Guillen, veterans Aaron Row- and ($12 million) and Edgar Renteria ($9 million) — who started for the Giants for much of the season — have beenreduced tobenchplayers who combined to make just four plate appearances in the division series against Atlan- ta.
“I’m sure it’s not easy [for
the players to accept]. But you have to do what’s best for the club,” Giants Manager Bruce Bochy said of the decisions. “That’s the only way we could have gotten here — if those guys don’t put aside their egos and ask, ‘What’s best for the team?’ And they all did that.” . . .
Jeff Idelson, president of
the BaseballHall ofFame, was on hand in Philadelphia on Saturday night to collect a game ball and game-worn jer- sey from RoyHalladay’s Oct. 6 no-hitter in the division series against Cincinnati. —Dave Sheinin
Ryan still has it The Texas Rangers opened
theALCSwith their ace on the mound: Nolan Ryan. And he came out firing. Now the team’s president
and part-owner, Ryan had the honor of throwing out the first pitch for the Rangers’ first ALCS game. The all-time king of strikeouts and no-hit- ters wasn’t about to give it a ceremonial soft toss. Wearing a red golf shirtand
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khakis, he gave that familiar leg kick and fired up the ol’ Ryan Express. His heater was low and would’ve been inside for a left-handed batter.As for the speed, let’s just say it would have been nice to have had a radar-gun reading.
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field Saturday night to a sold- out, towel-waving crowd in Philadelphia, a major league record continued. Five Phil- lies — Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Ruiz and Shane Victorino — have started in 33 consecutive postseason games, the longest such streak for five players on any one team. Another, Jay- son Werth, has started 32 straight. Here they are, winners of 52
of their past 71 games, four wins away from another trip to theWorld Series.Theymeet the San Francisco Giants as favorites to become the first NL team to win three straight pennants since 1942 to 1944. NLCS Game 1 starter Roy
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Halladay, he of the NLDS no- hitter in his postseason debut, said he was shocked at the dedicationandquiet poise the Phillies have. He called Utley “the Derek Jeter of the Na- tional League. —From news services
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