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Old foes meet again in NLCS

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Between the founding of the National League in 1876, and continuing all the way until 1968, the New York/San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals made the World Series a combined 27 times; however that changed in 1969.

It was in that season, that Major League Baseball broke the American League and the National League into two divisions in each league.

Just three years into the division play, the Giants would make their first ever appearance in the National League Championship Series, where they face the National League Eastern Division Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

After winning the first game behind starting pitcher Gaylord Perry, and two-run home runs from both Tito Fuentes and Willie McCovey, the Pirates muscled their way to three consecutive victories and defeated the Giants in four games on their way to winning World Series over the Baltimore Orioles in seven hard fought games.

It would take another 16 years for the Giants to make it back to the postseason, and standing in their way to make to the World Series for the first time in 25 years was non either then the Cardinals.

The Giants were on the brink of their first World Series since McCovey lined out to Bobby Richardson to end the 1962 World Series, but Candy Maldonado was unable to catch a Jose Oquendo flyball in right field and the Cardinals won Game Six by the final of 1-0.

Danny Cox then shutout the Giants 6-0 in Game Seven for their second National League Championship in three seasons.

Luckily, the Giants would not have wait long to return to the postseason, as they returned two years later to face the Chicago Cubs.

Will Clark got the Giants rolling in the first game, as he hit two home runs, including a grand slam, as he went 13-for-20 in the series on his way to winning the NLCS Most Valuable Player Award.

In the end, the Giants would defeat the Cubs in five games for their first National League pennant since 1962.

It would be another 13 years until the Giants made it back to the NLCS, and standing in their way was none other than the Cardinals, the same team that defeated the Giants in seven games 15 years earlier.

Benito Santiago hit a huge two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning in Game Four off of Rick White after he walked Barry Bonds intentionally with the bases empty.

After winning Game Four on a Santiago home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, you would not think anything would top that, oh just wait.

When Kenny Lofton singled off of Cardinals reliever Steve Kline in the bottom of the ninth inning, David Bell scored from second base to send the Giants to the World Series for the first time since 1989.

Eight years later, the Giants returned to the NLCS, where they would face the two-time defending National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Unsung heroes like Cody Ross and Juan Uribe would help the Giants advance to the World Series for the first time in eight seasons.

Ross hit two home runs off of Roy Halladay in Game One, and then Uribe hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in Game Four to give the Giants a 3-1 series lead; however the Phillies won Game Five and sent the series back to Philadelphia.

The Giants bullpen was solid in a Game Six after Jonathan Sanchez went just two innings, as they tossed seven scoreless innings and Uribe hit an opposite field home run in the top of the eighth inning.

Tim Lincecum came on to pitch in relief for the first time in his major league career, and allowed back-to-back singles in the bottom of the eighth inning before giving way to closer Brian Wilson, who got Carlos Ruiz to line into a double play to end the threat.

After giving up walks to Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley, Wilson was able to strikeout Ryan a Howard looking to send the Giants to the World Series.

Two years later, the Giants would face the Cardinals for the third time in NLCS play, after falling behind three games to one, things looked bleak for the Giants; however they would find help from an unlikely source.

Barry Zito would pitch the game of his life, as he struck out six Cardinals in Game Five at Busch Stadium and the Giants shutout the Cardinals 5-0.

Over the next two games, the Giants would out score the Cardinals 15-1 on their way to win their National League Championship in three years after trailing three games to one.

After defeating the Washington Nationals in the National League Division Series, and the Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two teams would matchup in the NLCS for the second time in three years.

In their previous three matchups in the NLCS, the Giants lead the Cardinals two series to one.

Stephenson’s Late Minute Tally Leads Earthquakes to Victory in Friendly

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By: Joe Lami

In the final week of calling Buck Shaw Stadium their home, the San Jose Earthquakes hosted C.D.S. Vida of Liga National in Honduras in a friendly on Tuesday night. Vida has a record of 3-2-6, good for seventh place in Liga National.

Vida has a connection with the Earthquakes, as Quakes’ defender, Victor Bernandez was born in the same town Vida calls home, La Cieba.

San Jose had an early chance in the first half, but was unsuccessful. Mike Fuctio found himself behind the back line of Vida in the 26th minute. He struck one toward net with his left foot, but completely shanked the opportunity missing the net by a good ten feet.

Vida got on the board first, off of a free kick in the first half. When Eddie Hernandez flicked one into the bottom left corner of the net on a free kick in the 34th minute.

The Quakes were able to equalize however, early in the second half, as Tommy Thompson found the back of the net in the 47th minute. It was his first ever marker for San Jose. Shaun Francis picked up the assist, as he crossed it right in front of the goalmouth to Thompson, as Thompson went far post with the tap in.

San Jose had another great chance late in the 75th minute when a rocket shot from the top of the box was robbed by a diving save by Vida goalkeeper Obed Enamorado.

Quakes’ goalie, Billy Knutsen, made his San Jose debut when he was subbed late in the match in the 76th minute to take over duties from Bryan Meredith.

Kahri Stephenson gave the Earthquakes the lead on a beautiful shot in the 79th minute from the left side of the box. The rocket with the right foot found the right corner of the net to put the Quakes on top 2-1.

Stephenson had another great opportunity just two minutes later, as he found himself all alone in the box. He tried the right footed rocket once again, but missed but over the net.

San Jose returns to MLS action on Saturday, as they close out Buck Shaw Stadium, when they host Vancouver Whitecaps.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: The Earthquake Series 25 years later. I remember.

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

OAKLAND–As we approach the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, this Friday the 17th, which stopped the World Series for eleven days, we must remember what was going on in 1989 and during those years.

Just after the Oakland Athletics defeated the San Francisco Giants in that 1989 World Series, with two victories prior to the earthquake and two victories after the earthquake, KSTS CH 48 Telemundo would begin a schedule of weekend games live in Spanish of the four time World Champion Oakland A’s. The first and only time that a Spanish television station in the Bay Area broadcasted live baseball games in Spanish. This was years before the soccer furor and the US 1994 World Cup, which I also covered for Telemundo.

Then, General Manager, Joe Cruz, built a brand new set, colors Green and Gold, and authorized an expense of a few thousand dollars to build such a nice set. Yours truly was the Sports Director and Anchor those early years at Telemundo. The play by play of the games then were done from those studios, live, with a green screen in the background calling A’s games.

In this I Phone-Twitter-I Pad-Smart Phone and whatever else world we are living today, it is good to remember the many things that were done on radio and television. Like an old friend in the business tells me: “everything already has been done, at least once, although some people think they are re-discovering the world”.

But for me that faithful moment on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 PM is forever engraved in my memory. That morning it was a clear and perfect day in the Bay Area, temperatures around 70 degrees. One of those beautiful ‘Indian Summer’ days which we are accustomed here in the Bay Area, in September and October. I was doing the Spanish play by play for the Oakland Athletics on KNTA 1430AM radio, with main studios in San José.

My broadcast partner was Evelio Areas Mendoza, today retired and living in his native Nicaragua, Erwin Higueros (today broadcasting the Giants in Spanish)was our engineer. The A’s won games one and two at the Oakland Coliseum. Game three, four and five, were scheduled for San Francisco.

We were given a very small auxiliary broadcast booth next to the roof at Candlestick Park. The A’s dominated, winning at Oakland Saturday the 14th, by a score of 5-0 and then again on Sunday the 15th, by 5-1. The Loma Prieta Earthquake struck on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. Game 3 was scheduled to start at 5:35 pm at Candlestick Park, and thousands of people were already in the stadium when the quake occurred. Because of the coincidence of timing, it was the first major earthquake in the United States ever to be broadcast by live television.

We were doing our pregame show when the earthquake struck and I remember Evelio doing commentary about the enthusiasm of the Giants fans at the park, saying that the park was rocking because of the Giants fans in the stands, when the quake struck and I remember saying, “Evelio this is more than the Giants fans, I think we are having an earthquake” Both teams players were standing on the field, in a state of disbelief, I remember some of the players’ wives of the A’s came down to the field to be with their husbands, legendary Giants star and Hall of Famer Willie Mays wondered around the field, the San Francisco Police Department and other emergency services came onto the field at Candlestick Park. Our broadcast lines went down, we were “off the air”.

After the quake, and while in the main Press Box at Candlestick, I was interviewed by various local Bay Area as well as Latin American media outlets to talk about the earthquake. We were inside a stadium that had no view to the outside, so we all didn’t know what was happening outside. While at the Press Box I remember seeing the first images on CH 5 with Anchor Ana Chávez and saw for the first time the part of the Bay Bridge that broke in two with some cars dangling on top of the water, and then the fire at the Marina. By the way, Olga and Joaquin (my parents) previously to living in the Mission District in San Francisco, also lived for a few years at #2 Cervantes in the Marina. That building was destroyed and fire burned it to the ground that afternoon.

It took me close to three hours to drive back to my home in Fremont, since the bridges were close I had to drive around the bay all the way south. First stopped to see my mother and father whom at that time- were living in a retirement building in the San Francisco Mission District, they were fine, although their apartment was a real mess. Then I dropped Evelio at his home in Daly City and later Erwin at his home in Oakland. My car water pump was leaking that morning, so I drove my wife’s car(who was in much better shape) to the game.

As for the Series itself Commissioner Fay Vincent decided to postpone Game three (although he didn’t tell anyone before doing so, resulting in an umpire protest) initially for five days, resulting in the longest delay in World Series history.. It was postponed for another five days (until October 27) because of delays in restoring transmission links. When action resumed for game three, the 27th of October the Athletics won 13-7 and then completed the four-game sweep by winning the next day, by a score of 9 to 6. The score was settled, the Athletics swept the Giants and now they have won four(4)World Series since they arrived in Oakland (from Kansas City)in 1968.

At the time of this 1989 World Series, the Giants have not won a World Series in their history in San Francisco since 1958. They won it 21 years later in 2010, and then again in 2012,at their new ATT Park.

Just one of my many memories in the business, which I thought was appropriate to remember during this week, when we celebrate 25 years since the earthquake that stopped the World Series for eleven days.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for Oakland A’s and on television on Fox Sports in Los Angeles with the LA Angels, and does News and Commentary each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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Blanco wins it with a bunt

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-.Gregor Blanco came up with a perfect bunt at the most opportune time in the game.

Blanco laid a bunt that reliever Randy Choate fielded; however his throw to first base went passed first and into right field allowing Brandon Crawford to score from second base, as the San Francisco Giants would go on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in 10 inning in Game Three of the National League Championship Series before a sellout crowd of 42,716 at AT&T Park.

With the victory, the Giants take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series against the Cardinals, the fourth all-time meeting between the teams in the National League Championship Series.

Crawford reached on a walk, the first baserunner to reach base since Tim Hudson reached on a single in the bottom of the fourth inning then advanced to second base on a base hit by Juan Perez to bring Blanco to the plate.

Sergio Romo pitched the 10th inning to pickup the victory just two nights after allowing a walk-off home run to Kolton Wong.

Hudson pitched an admirable game in his debut in the NLCS, as the 16-year veteran went 6.1 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, walking zero and striking out five.

Travis Ishikawa got the Giants on the board early, as he took a John Lackey pitch in the bottom of the first inning and put it into the right-center field alley way that allowed three runs to score.

The Ishikawa double came after Lackey was able to retire Gregor Blanco on a popup to Jhonny Peralta at shortstop, and then Joe Panik was robbed of a base hit, when John Jay made a tremendous diving catch in centerfield.

Following the Panik flyout to Jay, that is when the wheels began to unravel for Lackey in the inning.

Buster Posey and Pablo Sandoval each singled, and then Hunter Pence hit a double that scored Posey and sent Sandoval to third base.

With a 3-0 count on Brandon Belt, and first base open, Lackey then intentionally walked Belt to load the bases that brought up Ishikawa.

The left-handed Ishikawa put the Lackey pitch into between Jay and Cardinals right fielder Randal Grichuk to clear the bases and give the Giants a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.

The four runs scored by the Giants were the most in a first inning in postseason play since Game Seven of the 1912 World Series against the Boston Red Sox.

Grichuk tied up the game in the top of the seventh inning, as he took a Hudson pitch and slammed it off the left field foul pole. It was the second home run of the postseason for Grichuk.

Lackey went six innings, allowing four runs on five hits, walking just one and striking out three.

Game Two hero Wong, who hit a walkoff home run off of Romo in the bottom of the ninth inning to even up the Best-of-Seven NLCS continues to be a thorn in the side of the Giants pitching staff.

Wong doubled with two outs in the top of the second inning for the Cardinals first hit of the game, and then got the Cardinals on the board in the top of the fourth inning, as he tripled to right-centerfield to score Jay and Matt Holliday after both singled off of Hudson to leadoff the inning.

Peralta got the Cardinals within one run in the top of the sixth inning, as he singled underneath the glove of a sliding Sandoval to score Jay from third base after the centerfielder led off the inning with a single, went to second on a Holliday groundout and then to third on a Matt Adams groundout to Belt at first base.

Hudson got out of the inning after getting the hot-hitting Wong to flyout to Blanco to end the inning.

After Hudson singled in the bottom of the fourth inning, Lackey, and relievers Marco Gonzales, Pat Neshek and Seth Maness did not allow a baserunner to reach base and retired 16 in a row from the final out of the fourth until the end of the ninth inning.

49ers fall behind early, but storm back to bump the Rams in St. Louis

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By Morris Phillips

In 2012, the Rams interrupted what has been a pretty, lopsided rivalry with the 49ers by forcing overtime twice, and almost beating a team that was on its way to winning the NFC title and appearing in the Super Bowl.

In the 700th edition of Monday Football, the Rams came out blazing, leading 14-0 before the first quarter was done.  Despite the presence of a rookie quarterback in Austin Davis, and 1-3 record, St. Louis was moving the ball on the 49ers’ defense and looking to add on to a 14-3 lead when a curious call seemed to short circuit the Rams and jump start the 49ers.

After moving past midfield, and looking for a first down, Davis threw to tight end Jared Cook who ran for a first down.  But the play was negated when Cook was whistled for offensive interference when none seemed apparent from the video replay.  The Rams were forced to punt, and the 49ers fortunes change immediately.

Eight plays later, and with less than 30 seconds remaining before halftime, Brandon Lloyd slipped behind cornerback Janoris Jenkins for an 80-yard catch and run that prevented the 49ers from being down double-digits at halftime.  The pass was beautifully thrown by Colin Kaepernick and led to a big second half for the quarterback that carried the 49ers to the win.

Kaepernick would go on to throw for 343 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in a 31-17 win that become the team’s NFL-best 46th win on Monday night.  The 49ers’ quarterback has won all four of the Monday night ballgames he’s started and this time he was all over the highlight reel with his running and passing that ultimately was too much for the Rams.

Michael Crabtree and Anquan Boldin also caught touchdown passes for the 49ers, and with the team needing to stop a last ditch drive from the Rams, trailing 24-17, rookie Dontae Johnson stepped in front of a Davis pass and returned it 20 yards for the clincher.

Johnson’s return capped the 49ers’ uneven, but unquestionably effective defensive performance against the rookie Davis.  The Rams were held to 309 total yards, but a major chunk of that came in the first quarter when the Rams jumped out in front.

So what hampered the 49ers’ defense early and was quickly eliminated once the 49ers made their move before halftime?

“They hadn’t done some of the things they did early,” linebacker Dan Skuta said.  “We adjusted and we kept playing; that’s something we do really well.”

Offensively, the 49ers figured to take advantage of a Rams’ defense that ranks 26th against the run with Frank Gore around  But Gore’s role was minimal, despite 13 carries, as Kaepernick took advantage of the Rams with his arm and deep, receiving corps.

The win improves the 49ers’ record to 4-2 which leaves them tied with the Seahawks and one game behind the division-leading Cardinals.  The 49ers get the AFC West-leading Broncos in Denver on Sunday night in what could be termed a Super Bowl preview.

The injury report was the only true negative in the victory with Patrick Willis leaving the game early with an injured toe.  The 49ers commited just five penalties for 23 yards and lost one fumble in a nearly-mistake free contest.

Cal, UCLA meet after disappointing Saturday

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By George Devine, Sr.

The annual intramural football game between the Los Angeles and Berkeley campuses of the University of California will take place this year at the latter location, after both divisions of UC fell to their opponents over the weekend. The Bears went down, 31-7, to the Huskies of Washington, after a series of sacks and turnovers. The Bruins lost to Oregon, 42-30, in somewhat less ignominious fashion. Both branches of the State’s enormous university had home field advantage. Both teams are now 4-2 overall. Cal is 2-2, in the middle of the North conference; UCLA is 1-2, ahead of only Colorado.

In diagnosing the syndrome of Saturday, close observers suggest that Cal QB Jared Goff has become easier to read as time has gone on, and that — perhaps with some overconfidence — the offensive line has not protected him as well as they have in previous games. In addition, the Bear defense was less than aggressive in its stalking of the Dawgs. The absences of Brennan Scarlett and Michael Lowe were not helpful, and their return is awaited.Cal will have to beef up the secondary to stop Jordan Payton, who caught two touchdowns late in the game against the Ducks. These factors will need to change against UCLA, as well as an increased emphasis on the running game to balance the offense.

Saturday’s game is at 12:30 p.m. Other dates in the season are:

Friday, October 24 vs. Oregon at 7 p.m. (at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara)

Saturday, November 1 at Oregon State, TBA

Thursday, November 13 at USC, 6 p.m.

Saturday, November 22, BIG GAME vs. Stanford, TBA

Saturday, November 29, BYU, TBA

Wong wins it

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By Jeremy Kahn

With one swing off the bat of Kolten Wong, the National League Championship Series is all tied up.

Wong hit a solo home run leading off the bottom of the ninth inning, as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-4 at Busch Stadium.

The Giants tied up the game in the top of the ninth inning, as Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal unleashed a wild pitch on ball four to Joe Panik that allowed Matt Duffy to score all the way from second base.

Duffy, who was running on the pitch came all the way to score the tying run without a throw from backup catcher Tony Cruz.

After Panik walked, Buster Posey walked to load the bases and Cardinals manager Mike Matheny brought on Seth Maness to replace Rosenthal to face Pablo Sandoval.

On the fifth pitch from Maness to Sandoval, the third baseman grounded out back to the pitcher to end the threat.

Wong hit the second pitch he saw from Sergio Romo into the right-field seats to send the Busch Stadium crowd into a frenzy.

This was the second big home of the postseason for Wong, who hit the decisive home run in the bottom of the seventh inning in Game Three of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Yadier Molina was forced to leave the game after he suffered a strained oblique muscle in the bottom of the sixth, as he hit into a double play.

Matt Carpenter gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning, as he hit a solo home run off of Giants starter Jake Peavy.

It was the fourth home run of the postseason for Carpenter.

Randal Grichuk drive in the Giants second run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning to score Matt Adams.

Joaquin Arias got the Giants on the board in the top of the fifth inning, as he grounded out to score Brandon Belt.

Hunter Pence tied up the game in the top of the sixth inning, as he singled in Sandoval.

The Giants took the lead in the top of the seventh inning, as Gregor Blanco singled to right field to score Brandon Crawford.

Things were going great, but then Jean Machi gave up a game-tying pinch hit home run to Omar Taveras.

Bruce Bochy then brought on Hunter Strickland, and he gave up a solo home run to Adams to give the Cardinals the lead.

It was the third home run of the postseason that Strickland allowed, setting a rookie record for most home runs allowed in a single postseason.

Peavy went just four innings, allowing two runs on four hits, walking three and striking out two before giving way to Jeremy Affeldt.

The three home runs in the game by the Cardinals raise their total to 11, after hitting just 105 during the regular season, the fewest in the National League.

FRYS.COM OPEN: That a Bae! Korean holds on for victory

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By Jeremy Harness

NAPA – After sinking his par putt at the 18th on Sunday, Sang-Moon Bae’s manager tried to spray him with champagne, only to have his client dodge the shooting suds.

Bae didn’t exactly run away from the competition and wasn’t the birdie machine that he was the day before, but he did just enough on Sunday to win the Frys.com Open. He held on for pars for the last four holes and, with a final round of 73, finished 15 under par and two strokes ahead of a hard-charging Steven Bowditch, who had played the back nine four under and simply ran out of holes.

With the victory, Bae takes the initial lead in the FedEx Cup standings with 500 points while extending his exempt status on the PGA Tour through the 2015-16 season. In addition to this being the 28-year-old’s first win since the Byron Nelson, but it was also his first top-10 finish since then as well.

He played the front nine one under, but he started feeling the heat on the back nine, as he made only one birdie against three bogeys down the stretch. He admitted that the nerves, which were non-existent throughout the first three rounds, started to kick in as the end got closer.

“I think I was a little nervous, had (lost) a little focus, too,” Bae said. “I didn’t want to look at the scoreboard, but I did. I looked a lot. That’s why I made a lot of bogeys.”

It was his second win on the PGA Tour, the first coming in the 2013 Byron Nelson Championship, which he also won by two strokes.

“I think my swing was really, really good this week, so that’s why I played good this week,” Bae said. “My confidence level is much higher than last season.”

Meanwhile, his playing partner, Zac Blair, could not generate the kind of momentum it needed to make a serious run at Bae and had a round of 74. He was continually faced with long, low-percentage birdie putts and had to work very hard for the pars that he was able to salvage, which makes it impossible to win in those circumstances.

The 24-year-old started with two bogeys on the first three holes but battled throughout, but he was visibly frustrated towards the middle of the round, particularly at the par-five ninth hole that saw his third shot – a chip from 10 yards off the green – had no bite and rolled 10 feet past the hole.

Blair ended up missing the putt and settled for a par, and from that point, he could not make putts when he really needed to. He did have an encouraging finish, however, as he was able to get up and down from the greenside bunker for a birdie to finish 10-under and a tie for 12th

Bowditch, on the other hand, started the day eight strokes off the lead and appeared to play considerably looser, particularly on the back nine.

After a birdie followed by a bogey to close the front side, he went on a tear on the back, starting with a birdie at the 12th and then at the 14th. He then put even more pressure on at the par-five 16th, as he reached the green in two before rolling in a 34-footer for an eagle.

He then birdied the 18th for a 67 to finish the tournament at 13-under, but since he was seven groups ahead of Bae, all he could do was wait anxiously for Bae to make a big mistake.

That never came, and Bae, although he didn’t clearly play his best, limped to the finish line.

“The first (tour victory) was hard, but the second one was more difficult,” Bae said. “But now that I’ve got the second one, I think the third and fourth will come easy since I have the confidence.”

Nets beat Kings 97-95 in Shanghai

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By Charlie O. Mallonee

A Mirza Teletovic 3-point basket with less than a minute to play lifted the Brooklyn Nets to a 97-95 win over the Sacramento Kings in Shanghai, China.

Ben McLemore put up a jump shot with less than 20 seconds to go, but the shot was blocked by Brooklyn’s Sergey Karasev.

Ramon Sessions led the Kings in scoring with 18 points. Sessions was 7 of 12 from from the field and was 3 for 5 from 3-point range.

Darren Collison added 15 points, DeMarcus Cousins scored 9 points as did Rudy Gay. Omri Casspi scored 9 points in his 22 minutes of playing time.

The Kings shot .425 (34-80) from the field. They connected on 5 of 13 3-point attempts. Sacramento missed 14 (22-36) shots from the free throw line.

Brook Lopez led the Nets in scoring with 18 points.

The Kings and the Nets will face off again on Wednesday in Beijing.

Bumgarner sets record in win

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By Jeremy Kahn

Madison Bumgarner is all of 25 years old, and now he owns a major league baseball postseason record.

Bumgarner pitched into the eighth inning, not allowing a run and the San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game One of the National League Championship Series at Busch Stadium.

The left-hander extended his scoreless streak to 26.2 innings on the road, breaking a 90-year old record.

Bumgarner scattered four hits over 7.2 innings, and besting the record of former Giants pitcher Art Neff, who pitched 23 scoreless innings on the road from 1921-1924.

Travis Ishikawa drove in the first Giants run in the top of the second, driving in Pablo Sandoval.

Gregor Blanco drove in the second run, as he reached on a Matt Carpenter fielding error that scored Hunter Pence.

Brandon Belt drove in the third and final run of the night, as he drove in Buster Posey.

Sergio Romo got the last out, and closer Santiago Casilla finished the shutout for Bumgarner.