SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ryan Vogelsong tied a career high with eight strikeouts and the San Francisco Giants took a 5-1 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals through six innings in Game 6 of the NL championship series Sunday night.
Giants lead Cardinals 5-1 in Game 6 of NLCS (Yahoo! Sports)
21 Oct
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Giants lead Cardinals 5-1 in Game 6 of NLCS (Yahoo! Sports)
21 Oct
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ryan Vogelsong tied a career high with eight strikeouts and the San Francisco Giants took a 5-1 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals through six innings in Game 6 of the NL championship series Sunday night.
Fan is in critical condition after falling from escalator at MetLife Stadium
21 Oct
2012
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According to New Jersey State Police, a 42-year-old man fell over 20 feet from an escalator as he was leaving MetLife stadium following the New York Giants' 27-23 win over the Washington Redskins.
Sgt. Adam Grossman told the Associated Press that the man fell over the side of an escalator and fell onto a metal stage below. It is unclear at this time what caused the fall. The man was airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center and was in critical condition when he arrived.
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Some fans tweeted from the scene that the man had fallen to his death, but reports later confirmed that he was alive when he was transported to the hospital.
This isn't the first time an individual has fallen in an NFL stadium this year. On Aug. 31, 25-year-old Jonathan Kelly fell to his death at Houston's Reliant Stadium during a preseason game between the Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings.
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Cardinals’ Holliday scratched with back tightness (Yahoo! Sports)
21 Oct
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Left fielder Matt Holliday has been scratched from the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup because of lower back tightness just before Game 6 of the NL championship series against the San Francisco Giants.
Matt Holliday’s bad back scratches him from NLCS Game 6
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SAN FRANCISCO — In June, St. Louis Cardinals slugger Matt Holliday missed two games because of back spasms. With his back flaring up again Sunday night, Holliday has been reduced to a reserve role, if that, for Game 6 of the NLCS. The stakes are higher this time as the Cards, who lead the series 3-2, try to close out the San Francisco Giants for the second straight game.
Matt Carpenter, who came off the bench in Game 3 to hit a go-ahead home run after Carlos Beltran went down with a leg injury, takes Holliday's place in the lineup and will play first base. Cards manager Mike Matheny has moved Allen Craig to left field and the cleanup spot, which usually is Holliday's. Carlos Beltran, usually No. 2 in the order, is hitting third.
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Holliday, who is batting .222 with a home run, a double, seven RBIs and 10 strikeouts in 45 postseason at-bats, also has been dealing with a family crisis. His mother, Kathy Holliday, underwent surgery for colon cancer in St. Louis on Thursday, hours before Game 4. Holliday told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a lot has been on his mind since his mom was diagnosed during the final segment of the NLDS against Washington:
"It's been hard. This week's been hard," Holliday said. "It's part of life, part of being a big boy. You've got to deal with what happens in your life. I wish it wasn't. But it's part of it. She's doing good and we've had great support."
Aware of Holliday's personal situation, the Cardinals clubhouse said little publicly out of respect. It wasn't until the clubhouse thinned almost an hour after Thursday's win that the left fielder addressed it at any length.
"He's a brother to us," offered third baseman David Freese. "We're all here for him. He knows that."
That's simply brutal for Holliday, who has seemed distracted in some moments during the series.
The Cardinals usually seem to make do, even without a major cog like Holliday, who batted .295/.379/.497 with 27 homers (and a career-high 132 strikeouts) in 157 games in the regular season. But they're reaching a critical point against the Giants, who have home-field advantage for (up to) the next two games. San Francisco also is 4-0 this postseason when facing elimination.
Holliday also felt back spasms in September, but but didn't miss any time. He said then that his pains came on a different side. The Cardinals have yet to specify which part of Holliday's back is bothering him. We'll see if he is up to pinch hitting later on.
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Manning 77-yarder to Cruz rallies Giants 27-23 (Yahoo! Sports)
21 Oct
2012
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- While Robert Griffin III is quickly becoming the NFL's most exciting quarterback, there's none better than Eli Manning with the game on the line.
Eli Manning responds to RG3′s greatness with his own Hall of Fame touchdown throw
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You should have known, Robert Griffin III. You should have known, Redskins.
You did all you could, really. Griffin engineered a masterful drive late in the fourth quarter with his Washington team down 20-16, and seemed to have the game in hand when he threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Santana Moss with 1:32 remaining.
However, that left Griffin, playing in his first NFC East divisional game, at the mercy of Eli Manning ... and Manning the Younger has a slightly impressive history of fourth-quarter comebacks. This time, Eli didn't even make it dramatic, throwing a perfect bomb downfield to receiver Victor Cruz, and Cruz ran into the end zone for a 77-yard scoring play.
It took Manning and Cruz one play to tear down what Griffin had tried so hard to build -- an impressive and crucial division win. But the Giants walked away with a 27-23 victory, a 5-2 record, and pole position in the NFC East. Washington moved to 3-4, and last place in that extremely competitive division.
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On their final drive, Griffin and his teammates tried to replicate Manning's late heroics, only to see Moss fumble the ball at the Washington 43-yard line. Giants cornerback Jayron Hosley recovered the fumble, Manning took a knee, and the game was over.
Still, Griffin continued to impress and encourage. On his final scoring drive, he hit tight end Logan Paulsen to convert a fourth-and-10 after a scramble, and he gained 24 yards on the ground on the very next play. The Giants had their hands full with the rookie all day, and the stats reflected that -- Griffin completed 20 passes in 28 attempts for 258 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception. He added 89 rushing yards on just nine carries.
"I'm really mad at the football gods for putting him in the NFC East," Giants defensive lineman Justin Tuck said of Griffin after the game. "He's going to be a headache."
"That guy is flat out unbelievable, man. I'm not going to lie. That's the best quarterback we've played this year for sure," Giants defender Osi Umenyiora added. "And it's unfortunate that he's a rookie, because he's going to be around here forever doing stuff like that, and that's just crazy."
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In the end, it was the turnovers that killed Washington -- coming into this game with just five giveaways, they gave the ball away four times Sunday.
Manning, who was erratic at times but murderously composed and efficient when it was most required, completed 25 passes in 40 attempts for 337 yards, one touchdown and two picks.
Of course, that stat line would mean nothing either way were it not for one key, opponent-killing play when it was required. Now you know, RG3. No matter how you think you have things in control, Eli Manning can always upset the outcome.
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Giants thriving on brink of elimination
21 Oct
2012
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SAN FRANCISCO — They got 'em right where they want 'em.
As much as the St. Louis Cardinals have developed a never-say-die reputation the past two seasons, the San Francisco Giants also have come up with winning performances on elimination's doorstep during these playoffs. On Sunday night in Game 6 of the NLCS, the Giants again play on the verge of the offseason.
In the division series round against the Reds, the Giants dropped the first two games at home and went to extra innings to win Game 3 before stunning the Reds with a first-of-its-kind comeback. Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong said that turnaround, plus a few other times, most people considered the Giants a lost cause.
"Everyone counted us out four or five times this year already," Vogelsong said in advance of his start in Game 6. "First when [closer Brian] Wilson went down. People said we couldn't do it. Then we lost Melky [Cabrera], unfortunately. People said we couldn't do it. The Dodgers made the big trade [for Adrian Gonzalez]. People said we weren't going to do it. We go down two games to Cincinnati, they said we're not going to do it."
He makes some pretty good points, though the Giants always seemed to have enough relievers to cover Wilson's loss. But losing Cabrera to the drug suspension, and the Dodgers adding Gonzalez and Josh Beckett without losing much active talent in return, seemed to make moments for the Giants demise. It just didn't happen. Just as it didn't against the Reds, and in Game 5 against the Cardinals with Barry Zito going. Rather than succumbing to "the inevitable," the Giants used those moments as rallying points.
"I think it's the perseverance through the whole season is where we draw the confidence that until it's not over until the last out is made," Vogelsong said. "I don't think the intensity with our team is any different. I think we play the game hard every day. You win some, you lose some. But when you can't lose, I think we definitely do play a little bit harder."
And they get (at least) at least 27 more outs until their last comes in 2012. After staving off the Cardinals for one night, they get a bit of a reward: The Giants return home to AT&T Park. Of course, they have played only .500 ball here since mid-July. But what's one more obstacle to overcome? Well, two. Chris Carpenter and his 2.94 career ERA in the postseason is another.
"You know what's at stake," manager Bruce Bochy said. "And they're handling it well. Both clubs have been in a similar situation. It's about going out there and playing like there's no tomorrow."
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Victor Cruz beats Redskins with 77-yard TD – Victor Cruz | NYG
21 Oct
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Victor Cruz caught seven passes for 131 yards and a touchdown in the Giants' 27-23 Week 7 win over the Redskins.
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21 Oct
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According to ProFootballTalk, Fred Davis is done for the season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon in Sunday's Week 7 game against the Giants.
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