1. Little Salamonia Cemetery
A meeting will be held on
Oct. 29 at 7 p.m.
at the Little Salamonia Christian Church
Boundry Pike & 300S,
to form a Board of Directors for the Little Salamonia
Cemetery. Those eligible are persons owning lots or
who have family members buried
at Little Salamonia Cemetery.
For more information: Rachel Stahl 229-938-7419
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
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By CHRIS SCHANZ
The Commercial Review
YORKTOWN — To send Jay
County back to the sectional
championship, all Lilly Rogers
had to do was make a stop.
The sophomore goalkeeper
had already made one save in
the overtime penalty kicks,
and making another on Delta’s
Bailee Allen would give the
Patriots a chance to defend
their title.
With her heels on the goal
line, Rogers jumped to deny
Allen’s attempt, sealing a 2-1
(4-3 PKs) victory over the
Eagles for Jay County on
Tuesday at Yorktown Sports
Park.
The win set up a rematch
with Yorktown at 7 p.m. Satur-
day for the sectional title.
The Class 2A Sectional 15
tournament host Tigers
defeated Muncie Central earli-
er in the evening, 5-1, with the
game delayed for 30 minutes
because of lightning with 8:49
left in the first half.
Yorktown beat Jay County,
the defending sectional cham-
pion, during the regular sea-
son, 3-1 on Sept. 25.
“It feels absolutely amaz-
ing,” said Rogers, who was
mugged by her teammates
after making the game-win-
ning save shortly before 10:30
p.m. “I don’t know how I did it,
but I’m really glad I did.”
Rogers knew what Allen was
going to do all along — it was
just a matter of executing.
“The first one I was just
thinking I was going to have to
watch her hips to know where
she goes,” Rogers said of her
first save on Angie Naaman.
“The second one gave it away
with her eyes which way she
was going. I just had to jump
to get it.”
Catherine Dunn scored the
Patriots’ first penalty-kick
goal and had to watch the rest
unfold from midfield.
But as Allen approached her
shot, the senior captain knew
Rogers would come through.
“Honestly, there is no feeling
that can describe how … all of
us were feeling,” she said of
Rogers’ save. “That is just one
of those times where every-
thing going on is just inde-
scribable, and then as soon as
(Allen) took the shot everyone
just hoped for the best.
“We all believe in Lilly
though, and we knew that if
we needed her to really come
through then she would do it
for us.
“It was an adrenaline rush
at its finest.”
Jay County (8-5) and the
Eagles (6-8-1) traded scores
through the first two rounds
of penalty kicks, with Dunn
and Mariah Bailey scoring for
the Patriots, and Kyndall
Pursley and Delaney
McCaslin notching goals for
Delta.
Alli Ruiz beat Delta goal-
keeper McCaslin in the third
round, and Rogers made the
stop on Naaman to give the
Patriots a 3-2 advantage.
JCHS senior Carmen Lopez
had her shot stopped by
McCaslin, and Morgan Size-
more beat Rogers to tie it at 3-
3 after four rounds.
Gabbie Mann, who scored
the lone goal in regulation for
Jay County just 30 seconds
into the contest, went to the
right side of the net to beat
McCaslin, setting the stage for
the final save by Rogers.
“I (said) at the beginning of
the year she’s one of the best,”
JCHS coach Giles Laux said of
his goalkeeper, who gave the
Patriot shooters words of
encouragement before going
out for the free kicks. “Every
game she gets better and bet-
ter. She made two tremendous
stops.”
But it wasn’t just overtime
when Rogers came up with big
saves.
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Jay wins thriller
TThe Commercial Review/Chris Schanz
Jay County High School sophomore goalkeeper Lilly Rogers makes the game-winning save against Delta’s Bailee
Allen during penalty kicks of the second Class 2A Sectional 15 semifinal game Tuesday night at Yorktown Sports Park. Rogers
had 14 saves on the night, including two on penalty kicks, as the Patriots defeated the Eagles 2-1 (4-3 PKs) to advance to the
sectional championship. Jay County will defend its sectional title against Yorktown at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Rogers makes two saves in PKs to seal win
MONROEVILLE —
After a close first game,
the Jay County High
School volleyball team
pulled away in the second
against Southern Wells.
The Patriots defeated
the Raiders 25-21, 25-14 in
the opening
round of
the Allen
County Ath-
letic Conference tourna-
ment at Heritage.
Jay County (23-5)
advances to the semifinal
at 6 p.m. Thursday against
the Leo Lions, who beat
South Adams in two
games. The Patriots will
look to avenge their three-
game loss to the Lions on
Sept. 18.
Abby Barcus had 11 kills
to lead the JCHS offense
Tuesday, while also adding
a pair of digs and aces.
Kylie Osborne tallied six
kills and a pair of digs,
and Emily Westgerdes
notched three kills.
Abby Wendel totaled a
team-high 10 digs to go
with her two kills, and
Lizzy Schoenlein had 21
assists.
Jay falls to Delta
MARION — Following
the school’s first sectional
title in seven years, Jay
County High School boys
tennis team ran into a hot
Delta squad in the regional
semifinal Tuesday, falling
5-0 to the ninth-ranked
Eagles.
Garrett Rodgers and Sok
Vormohr lost 6-0, 6-2 to
Matt Hapner and Jacob
Brewer at No. 2 doubles.
Jay Robillard and Nick
Wilson defeated the JCHS
No. 1 doubles team of Jay
Houck and Adam Jutte, 6-
0, 6-1.
Delta won all three sin-
gles matches 6-0, 6-0, with
Joe Wegener and Jason
Wegener beating Zach
Pryor and Alex Krieg at
No. 1 and No. 2 singles
respectively.
JCHS senior Alex Clark
lost to Alec Robillard at
No. 3 singles.
Lions top Starfires
MONROEVILLE —
South Adams’ volleyball
team played well in its
opening set against the
Lions.
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ADVANCE
Patriot
spikers
advance
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The only thing that could stop the
East Jay Middle School eighth grade
football team Tuesday was the
weather.
East Jay raced out to a 28-0 lead
after two quarters against the South
Adams Starfires before the game was
halted because of inclement weather.
Michael and Ryan Schlechty had
touchdown runs of 4 and 50 yards
respectively. Daniel Ostrowski and
Parker Grimes each added TD runs
of 5 yards.
The South Adams seventh graders
defeated East Jay, 13-8.
Collin Shafer found the end zone
from 11 yards out with 1:01 left in the
game to give the Starfires the victory.
He also added a 12-yard touchdown
pass to Colin Alberson in the first
quarter.
East Jay stats were not available.
EJ spikers beat Starfires
BERNE — After dropping the first
game to South Adams, the East Jay
eighth grade volleyball team rallied
to take the next two in a 16-25, 25-19,
15-6 victory Tuesday over the host
Starfires.
The seventh grade Chiefs also
won, 25-24, 25-11.
Hanna Dillon and Olivia Kunkler
had six kills each to lead the Chief
eighth graders, and Sara Walter had
four kills to go with her four service
points. Kailee Denney tallied seven
points and four aces, and Maggie
Pryor had a half dozen digs.
For the seventh grade Chiefs,
Macey Weitzel tallied 11 points and
seven aces while going a perfect 14-
for-14 from the service line. Sarah
Hemmelgarn and Elyse Bost both
had six points, and Logan Poore
notched four. Britney Mullins added
four digs.
Eagles sweep Bruins
DUNKIRK — The West Jay sev-
enth and eighth grade volleyball
teams swept the Blackford Bruins on
Tuesday.
The eighth grade Eagles won 25-4,
25-12, and the seventh graders picked
up a 25-24, 25-5 victory.
Randi Ferguson and Rhegan
Shimp both had 19 points from the
service line for the WJMS eighth
graders. Shimp tallied eight aces,
and Ferguson had two along with a
pair of kills. Kendal Garringer also
recorded two kills.
Allison Jobe led the seventh
graders with 16 points and five aces.
Kymia Hankins tallied nine points,
and Halle Hill added five.
Chiefs, weather top Stars
Middle school
roundup
By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS —
When the Colts’ offensive
linemen walked into the
team complex Monday,
they already knew this
week’s challenge.
Keep Andrew Luck
clean and on his feet.
Sure, the linemen hear
that message on a regular
basis, but it takes on
greater significance this
week with J.J. Watt and
the Texans on deck.
“He (Watt) makes the
tough grinding plays, and
he’s always going hard. So
it’s always a challenge to
go up against him,” Luck
said of Thursday night’s
game. “But it makes it fun
to go up against great play-
ers — and a great
defense.”
While Luck embraces
the chess match, Watt’s
versatility and game-
changing ability are a
major concern, especially
for an offensive line in
flux.
Undrafted rookie Jonot-
than Harrison made his
first career start at center
Sunday against Baltimore
and is expected to play the
same role this week.
Left guard Jack
Mewhort (ankle) and right
guard Hugh Thornton
(back) have missed two
straight days of practice
with injuries.
If they can’t play, the
Colts likely would move
Lance Louis back to left
guard where he started
two weeks ago, and go
with either backup center
A.Q. Shipley or veteran
Joe Reitz at right guard.
Coach Chuck Pagano
isn’t saying yet who will
start or how Indy will con-
tend with the menacing
Watt, all complicated by
the short week.
Pagano just knows that
if the Colts can’t protect
Luck, things could get
ugly fast.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Sports Page 11
Scoreboard
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San Francisco 3, Washington 2
St. Louis 3, L.A. Dodgers 2
Local schedule
TThhuurrssddaayy
Jay County — Volleyball vs. Leo in
ACAC tournament semifinal at Heritage –
6 p.m.; Volleyball ACAC tournament final
vs. TBA – 7:15 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Cross country in Mid-
west Athletic Conference meet at Coldwa-
ter – 5 p.m.; Volleyball at New Knoxville –
5:30 p.m.; FRMS football vs. Minster – 5
p.m.
South Adams — Girls soccer section-
al semifinal vs. Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Christian at Bishop Luers – 5 p.m.
FFrriiddaayy
Jay County — Football vs. Leo – 7 p.m.
Fort Recovery — Football at Minster –
7:30 p.m.
South Adams — Football vs. Woodlan
– 7 p.m.
SSaattuurrddaayy
Jay County — Cross country sectional
at Delta – 10 a.m.; Boys soccer sectional
final vs. Yorktown – 2 p.m.; Girls soccer
sectional final vs. Yorktown – 7 p.m
Fort Recovery — JV football at vs. Min-
ster – 10 a.m.
South Adams — Cross country sec-
tional at Bellmont – 10:30 a.m.; Volleyball
at Norse Classic – 9 a.m.; SAMS in coun-
ty tournament at St. Joseph Catholic – 9
a.m.
TV schedule
TTooddaayy
9 p.m. — Boxing: Sam Soliman vs.
Jermain Taylor (ESPN2)
TThhuurrssddaayy
2:30 p.m. — Soccer: UEFA Euro 2016
Qualifier – Slovakia vs. Spain (ESPN2)
5:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Nation-
wide Series – October Charlotte Race,
Practice (ESPN2)
7 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup
– Bank of America qualifying (ESPN2)
7:30 p.m. — College Football: BYU at
Central Florida (ESPN)
8:25 p.m. — NFL Football: Indianapo-
lis Colts at Houston Texans (CBS-7,8,15)
9:25 p.m. — Soccer: International
friendly (ESPN2)
FFrriiddaayy
3 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Sprint Cup
– Bank of America 500 practice (ESPN2)
5:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Sprint
Cup – Bank of America 500 practice
(ESPN2)
6:40 p.m. — Soccer: International
friendly – United States vs. Ecuador
(ESPN)
7:30 p.m. — NASCAR Racing: Nation-
wide Series – October Charlotte Race
(ESPN2)
8 p.m. — MLB Playoffs: American
League Championship Series – Kansas
City Royals at Baltimore Orioles, Game 1
(TBS)
9 p.m. — College Football: Washing-
ton State at Stanford (ESPN)
Local notes
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The 2014 Adams County 5K
Run/Walk Challenge will continue Oct.
26.
The next race in the series is the Cal-
lithumpian Canter 5K and 1-mile Fun
Run.
The race will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct.
26 at Bellmont High School, 1000 N.
Adams Drive, Decatur.
For more information, contact Linda
Morris at (260) 724-2604.
RReeggiisstteerr nnooww ffoorr TTuurrkkeeyy TTrroott
Registration is now open for the
eighth-annual Cooper Farms Turkey Trot
5K Walk/Run.
The race is set for 10 a.m. Nov. 1 at
Cooper Farm’s processing plant in St.
Henry, Ohio.
Awards will be given for the overall top
finishers and the top finishers in each
category.
All proceeds will benefit the State of
the Heart Hospice.
Go to www.speedy-feet.com to regis-
ter.
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Continued from page 12
Errors ultimately led to
its demise in a 25-13, 25-12
loss to the Lions in the
opening round of the
ACAC tournament at Her-
itage.
Morgan Alberson led
the Starfires with four
kills, and Addie Wanner
added two. Emma Ross-
wurm tallied four assists
and four digs, and Kylea
Pierce notched three digs.
Julia Grabau totaled
three assists, and Lauren
Smith also had four digs.
Cavs beat Tribe
FORT RECOVERY —
The Tribe volleyball team
hung with the sixth-
ranked Cavaliers for two
games, but weren’t able to
come away with a victory
in 25-21, 28-26, 25-17 loss to
Coldwater.
Kendra Siefring posted
team highs in kills (10),
digs (16) and blocks (four)
to lead Fort Recovery (8-12,
1-7 Midwest Athletic Con-
ference).
Cassidy Rammel had 17
assists to go with her three
kills and pair of blocks.
Tori and Morgan Lennartz
each added four kills and
two blocks, and Tori
notched seven digs.
Madi Grover and Caley
Schoenherr tallied 11 and
10 digs respectively.
Continued from page 12
Delta didn’t let the early deficit
get its spirits down, as the Eagles
peppered Rogers with scoring
chances the entire game.
Nearly 12 minutes after Mann
notched her team-leading 29th
goal of the season, Jay County
and Delta traded chances that
went unfinished.
On multiple occasions, cross-
ing attempts into the box from
the wings were just out of the
reach of players crashing the
net.
Delta finally broke through
about four minutes into the sec-
ond half, when Allen took a
right-footed shot from the top of
the 18-yard box to the left of the
net.
Rogers, who had 14 saves on
the night, was slightly out of
position and wasn’t able to make
the stop.
Even after Allen’s equalizer,
both teams pushed to get the
game-winning goal.
Jay County, which beat the
Eagles 5-0 Sept. 23, poured on the
chances in the final 20 minutes
of the game, spraying McCaslin
with shots from all angles, but
none of them were able to find
the back of the net.
“I can’t say anything bad about
that kid,” Delta coach Jacci Glan-
cy said of her senior goalkeeper.
“That kid is one of the best peo-
ple I’ve ever met. Just her char-
acter is phenomenal.
“She played her heart out
there. As a senior she came up
big.”
Even in the two, seven-minute
periods of extra time, Jay Coun-
ty still held the offensive advan-
tage.
The Eagles were without a
scoring opportunity in the extra
14 minutes, compared to the
Patriots’ seven chances.
Laux, Jay County’s first-year
coach, praised the defense for
keeping the Eagles at bay in
extra time.
“(They) played with a lot of
heart,” Laux said of his back
line, led by seniors Lexie Myers
and Sarah Newton. “I can’t say
enough about them.”
It was Rogers who gave the 10
players in front of her the most
credit.
“The team did absolutely
amazing,” she said. “I don’t
think I got a workout compared
to what I could have had.
“I wouldn’t be able to do any-
thing without the defense, the
midfield and the offense keeping
the ball up.”
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“He’s relentless. He’s got
size, he’s got length, he’s got
a motor, he knows the game
inside and out,” coach
Chuck Pagano said Tues-
day. “Whether you put a
tight end over there, a back,
chip, help, slide the line,
you’ve got to do whatever
you can to take care of this
guy. He’s a high energy guy
with a ton of talent. He’s
long, lengthy, twitchy, fast,
competitive. He’s a freak.”
Watt has more sacks (33)
than in anybody in the
league since 2012, when he
was the NFL Defensive
Player of the Year.
Although he has only two
sacks through five games
this season, Watt is still
making an impact. He has
scored two touchdowns,
one on offense and another
on an interception return,
while helping the Texans
rebound from their dismal
2013 season to a tie atop the
AFC South with the Colts.
Opponents have attempt-
ed to slow down Watt with
some exotic blocking
schemes, but somehow the
defensive end always seems
to come up with a solution.
“That’s part of the chal-
lenge,” said Watt, who has
sacked Luck four times in
four career games.
Defending division
champion Indianapolis (3-
2) heads to Houston on a
three-game winning streak.
A win would not only give
the Colts sole possession of
the division lead for the
first time this season, but it
also would give Indianapo-
lis a 3-0 record in division
play, with two of those wins
on the road.
A win for Houston would
give the Texans an early
edge in the tiebreakers
before December’s rematch
in Indianapolis.
Keeping track of Watt is
only part of the problem for
the Colts.
While Indianapolis isn’t
expected to see No. 1 draft
pick Jadeveon Clowney
(knee) this week, the Tex-
ans still have plenty of play-
makers such as linebackers
Brian Cushing and Brooks
Reed and cornerbacks
Johnathan Joseph and
Kareem Jackson.
Sports on tap
Wins ...
The Commercial Review/Chris Schanz
Jay County High School junior Sophie Bader (8) sends a ball upfield in front of a Delta
forward during the first half of the Class 2A Sectional 15 semifinal Tuesday at Yorktown Sports
Park. The Patriots beat the Eagles in penalty kicks to advance to Saturday’s sectional final.
Local ...
Has risen
NEW YORK — The
price of qualifying
offers for eligible free
agents has risen to
$15.3 million from
$14.1 million.
The 8.5 percent
increase was finalized
by Major League Base-
ball and the players’
association. It is up
from $13.3 million
after the 2012 season,
the first of the new
system.
Baseball’s labor con-
tract sets the price at
the average of the 125
highest contracts by
average annual value.
A club has until 5
p.m. Eastern time on
the fifth day following
the World Series to
make a qualifying
offer and a player has
until 5 p.m. EST on the
12th day after the
World Series to accept
it. An offer can only be
made to a free agent
who was with the
team for the entire
season.
Have signed
DETROIT — The
Detroit Lions have
signed Matt Prater to
a one-year deal in
their latest effort to fix
their early kicking
woes.
The Lions con-
firmed the agreement
Tuesday night. The
Broncos cut ties with
Prater last week, when
the 30-year-old kicker
was about to come off
a four-game suspen-
sion for violating the
league’s substance
abuse policy.
Prater made 25 of 26
field goals last season,
including a record-set-
ting 64-yarder against
Tennessee. The Lions
have grown increas-
ingly desperate for
kicking help after
rookie Nate Freese
went 3 of 7 on field
goals and Alex Henery
went 1 of 5.
Prater has been in
the NFL’s substance-
abuse program, which
includes alcohol, since
a DUI arrest on Aug.
12, 2011. He was origi-
nally facing a ban for a
full season but his
lawyer negotiated a
four-game ban instead.
—Associated Press
In review
Colts ...
By DAN KILBRIDGE
Associated Press
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michi-
gan State coach Mark Dantonio
believes his eighth-ranked Spartans
deserve to be in the inaugural Col-
lege Football Playoff if they win the
rest of their games.
It was almost a moot point.
Michigan State (4-1, 1-0 Big Ten)
beat No. 19 Nebraska 27-22 in its con-
ference opener, nearly blowing a 24-
point lead. The Spartans were up 27-3
early in the fourth quarter, but Corn-
huskers tailback Ameer Abdullah
had two touchdowns rushing and
wideout De’Mornay El-Pierson
scored on a 62-yard punt return with
3:22 remaining to pull within one
score.
“Did we coach correctly? No,” Dan-
tonio said of the fourth quarter. “Did
we play correctly? No. There were
things that we needed to do better on
both ends, so we are all in it togeth-
er.”
Michigan State kicker Michael
Geiger missed a 36-yard field goal
attempt with 1:07 remaining and
Nebraska was driving for the poten-
tial win, but Spartans cornerback
Trae Waynes intercepted Tommy
Armstrong Jr. with 30 seconds
remaining to seal the victory.
“We just thought we had it in the
bag,” wide receiver Macgarrett
Kings Jr. said. “We didn’t move the
ball as well as we would like to (in the
second half). ... It was just little things
we need to fix to finish out the game
like we usually finish.”
Offensive coordinator Dave Warn-
er said he didn’t believe Michigan
State players let up at the end. Mis-
takes simply piled up and the Spar-
tans were not able to run out the
clock. Warner said he’s partly
responsible, and there were play calls
he would like to have back.
“There’s a lot of things,” Warner
said. “I think we did a very poor job,
and I’m including myself, as far as
clock management.”
Michigan State held its usual film
review Sunday to begin preparation
for this week’s game at Purdue (3-3, 1-
1) and took a hard look at what went
wrong during the final minutes.
“It wasn’t fun,” offensive lineman
Connor Kruse said. “A lot of mis-
takes.”
The fact that players and coaches
were disappointed with a win over a
top-20 team shows just how high
expectations are in East Lansing.
Dantonio was still able to enjoy the
win, especially considering five of
the top eight teams in the AP poll lost
in Week 6.
“You can look around the country
and ask four or five other teams how
they feel this week,” Dantonio said.
“In the big picture of things, if you
win, you’re going to advance. If you
lose by a couple, chances are you
don’t.”
The Spartans ultimately emerged
unscathed in the conference stand-
ings and still harbor legitimate play-
off aspirations. Now they must win
out in order to keep those hopes alive
considering a Week 2 loss at Oregon
and the Big Ten’s weak national rep-
utation. If MSU takes care of busi-
ness the rest of the way, however,
Dantonio believes the Spartans will
be in. That would mean winning the
Big Ten championship game for the
second straight year.
“There’s enough football teams in
this conference that are winning
games,” Dantonio said. “So if we do
what we’re supposed to do, or what
we’re attempting to do, and get in the
(Big Ten championship game) and
win that game, then I think good
things are possible.”
Next up is a Boilermakers team
that won 38-27 at Illinois last Satur-
day their its first conference victory
under second-year coach Darrell
Hazell. The Spartans eked out a 14-0
win over Purdue last season to
remain unbeaten in the conference
and are looking to avoid another let-
down after their shaky finish against
the Cornhuskers.
“We look at every game as a cham-
pionship game since the Big Ten
started,” quarterback Connor Cook
said. “If you play Purdue and you
lose, you’re completely out of the
hunt for the Big Ten championship
game.”
Spartans looking to finish games
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
— After their summer slide
and a September stumble,
the San Francisco Giants
have that old October swag-
ger back.
Every other year, it sure
seems to work for manager
Bruce Bochy’s boys.
Joe Panik scored the go-
ahead run in the seventh
inning on Aaron Barrett’s
bases-loaded wild pitch, as
the Giants edged the Wash-
ington Nationals 3-2 Tues-
day night to return to the
NL Championship Series.
The wild-card Giants,
with their cast of rookies
and homegrown stars, won
3-1 in the best-of-five Divi-
sion Series by also scoring
on a walk and a groundout.
Hunter Pence turned in a
defensive gem in right field
that helped hold the Nation-
als at bay as San Francisco
won for the 11th time in its
last 12 postseason games.
“It’s been a remarkable
journey. I wouldn’t trade it
for the world,” Pence said.
“If it was easy, it wouldn’t
be as fun.”
San Francisco travels to
St. Louis for Game 1 on Sat-
urday night.
It’s a rematch of the 2012
NLCS, when the Giants ral-
lied from a 3-1 deficit to beat
the Cardinals on the way to
their second World Series
championship in three
years.
Santiago Casilla walked
Bryce Harper with two outs
in the ninth, then retired
Wilson Ramos on a
grounder to end it.
Casilla was mobbed on
the mound as fireworks
shot off from the center-
field scoreboard.
“I just talked about their
will. These guys, they’re
relentless,” Bochy said.
“They were warriors on the
road. We had to win at Pitts-
burgh, we got two in Wash-
ington.”
Harper splashed a tying
home run into McCovey
Cove in the seventh, but
Washington’s season ended
with three one-run losses,
including that excruciating
2-1 defeat in 18 innings Sat-
urday in Game 2.
San Francisco returns to NLDS