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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
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College Football
Ducks forgo passing game in blowout loss to Cardinal
By STEVE MIMS
The Register-Guard
STANFORD, Calif. (AP)
— Oregon had its full roster
of wide receivers against
Stanford with Charles Nelson
and Dillon Mitchell returning
from injury.
But neither one of those
two were able to add to
their receiving numbers
Saturday night with Oregon
rarely attempting a pass and
struggling to complete those
few opportunities during its
second game without injured
quarterback Justin Herbert.
True freshman Braxton
Burmeister got his second
straight start, and Taylor
Alie relieved him late in
the third quarter before
Burmeister returned to fi nish
off Oregon’s 49-7 Pac-12
loss. Burmeister fi nished 3
for 8 for 23 yards with two
interceptions, and the two
quarterbacks combined to go
5 for 13 for 33 yards.
“If I saw that in practice,
he wouldn’t be playing in the
game,” Oregon coach Willie
Taggart said when asked if
Burmeister looked better in
practice while beating out
Alie for the starting spot. “He
had a good week of practice
and came out and did not
Oregon
quar-
terback
Braxton
Burmeis-
ter (11)
scram-
bles
away
from
pressure
by Stan-
ford’s
Mike Ty-
ler (33)
during
the fi rst
quarter
of Sat-
urday’s
game in
Stan-
ford,
Calif.
AP Photo/D.
Ross Cam-
eron
have the game he wanted to.”
Oregon’s
top
four
receivers on the season —
Nelson, Johnny Johnson
III, Mitchell and Jacob
Breeland — did not catch a
pass. Nelson’s fi ve-yard run
marked the only touch in the
game from that foursome.
“There were times in this
game those guys were open,
and we just have to get the
ball to them,” Taggart said.
“We have to get the ball to
our playmakers.”
Brenden Schooler was the
only Oregon
wide receiver with a catch as
he fi nished with two for 15
yards. Three of Oregon’s fi ve
completions went to running
backs — Kani Benoit had
two for 10 yards and Royce
Freeman had one for eight
yards.
“I was open a few times,
but the quarterback had some
pressure,” Nelson said. “That
is part of football.”
Burmeister’s fi rst pass
was incomplete and his
second was intercepted.
Burmeister’s third pass was
his fi rst completion, but his
fourth was intercepted to
fi nish the fi rst half 1 for 4
with two interceptions.
“He had two turnovers
and he was shook a bit on
the sideline,” Taggart said.
“We felt going in we could
run the football and play to
our strengths, but when you
turn the ball over like that it’s
tough against a good football
team.”
Oregon ran on 43 of 56
plays during the game while
totaling 276 yards on the
ground. After Burmeister
threw his second interception
of the fi rst half, Oregon ran
the ball on its fi nal 17 plays
over three drives before
halftime.
The fi rst of those drives
featured some effective runs
negated by penalties.
On second-and-1, Tony
Brooks-James ran for two
yards, but Johnson was
fl agged for an illegal block.
Burmeister ran for 22 yards
on a second-and-14 when
Jake Pisarcik was called for
holding on a drive that ended
when Stanford blocked a
punt for a touchdown.
The next drive featured
eight runs that covered
46 yards to give Oregon
third-and-1 at the Stanford
38-yard line. Freeman was
stuffed for a 1-yard loss
and then got no gain on
fourth-and-2 to give the ball
back to the Cardinal.
Freshman Deommodore
Lenoir got an interception in
the end zone to give Oregon
the ball at its own 20-yard
line late in the fi rst half.
After Brooks-James ran
for 12 yards, Oregon took
a timeout and gave the ball
back to Brooks-James for
a fi ve-yard run. Oregon
took another timeout with
fi ve seconds left in the half
and again gave the ball to
Brooks-James for six yards.
Oregon ran on its fi rst
seven plays of the second
half to make it 24 consec-
utive running plays before
Burmeister threw an incom-
plete pass. He followed with
a seven-yard completion to
Brenden Schooler for his fi rst
connection of the game to a
wide receiver with 5:45 left
in the third quarter.
BEAVERS: Team goes into bye week with time to prepare for No. 23 Stanford
Continued from 1B
were made. You look at the
total yards, and you see the
direction we’re headed,” he
said. “We can run the ball, be
physical and play as a team.
It’s not lip service ... this
team is getting better and will
continue to do better.
“Whether I’m in this posi-
tion or not, those boys have
come together and they’re
determined. I felt they
fought hard. They showed
a different side of Beaver
football than I’ve seen since
I’ve been here and I couldn’t
be more happier for them. To
see the right kind of emotion
after a game like that, times
are changing.”
It was just nice to see this
group of players, after the
week they went through,
regroup and compete for 60
minutes — even if it didn’t
result in a win.
Running back Ryan
Nall — the former Central
Catholic High star — was
terrifi c for the Beavers,
gaining 172 yards on 24
carries and scoring three
touchdowns. Quarterback
Darell Garretson was steady
and made some pinpoint
throws, completing 20 of
37 passes for 289 yards.
Eight different players made
receptions, with Timmy
Hernandez leading the way
with seven grabs for 65
yards.
OSU’s special teams
were good. Jordan Choukair
had fi eld goals of 32, 37, 20
and 31 yards. Unfortunately,
he missed a 52-yard attempt
with 10 seconds left that
AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez
Oregon State running back Artavis Pierce (21) signals
a fi rst down after a carry during the fi rst half of Satur-
day’s game against Colorado in Corvallis.
would’ve tied the contest.
“The score didn’t show
how we played,” Nall said.
“We’re playing good ball
right now.”
“No doubt, our team
came together,” Garretson
added. “We had guys who
stepped up and played very
well. There was defi nitely
a lot of energy. That’s what
coach Hall brings to the
table.”
The Beavers had trouble
containing Phillip Lindsay
and
Montez.
Lindsay
fi nished with 185 yards
rushing on 28 carries,
highlighted by a 74-yard
touchdown run with 8:34
left in the fi rst quarter. He
also had a 9-yard scoring run
in the third quarter.
Montez, a sophomore,
scrambled out of trouble
several times, passing for
168 yards and two TDs.
Take away Lindsay’s
long scoring run and the
OSU defense only gave up
107 yards in the fi rst half.
“For the defense, I think
we hurt ourselves more than
infl icting pain,” said Oregon
State linebacker Manase
Hungalu, who had a team-
high 11 tackles. “It was just
little things. Players have to
be able to make plays. They
hit our weaknesses and it
was a poor performance.”
Hungalu was asked if
the Beavers were thinking
of Andersen, who departed
OSU with a 7-23 record,
during the game.
“Not today,” he replied.
“Not at all.”
The Beavers have a
bye next weekend and will
prepare for a Thursday night
game on Oct. 26 against No.
23 Stanford at Reser.
“I don’t like bye weeks,
but with our situation it will
benefi t us,” Hungalu said.
ALCS: Gray pitches Game 4 for Yankees, McCullers Jr. goes for Houston
Continued from 1B
Houston scored on a
bases-loaded walk in the
ninth before postseason star
Jose Altuve grounded into
a game-ending double play
with the bases loaded.
Sonny Gray starts Game 4
for New York in the best-of-
seven series on 11 days’ rest
Wednesday against Lance
McCullers Jr.
Frazier got the Yankees
rolling, taking an awkward
hack at a low, outside fastball
and slicing it into the seats.
“That was unorthodox,
but I’ll take a hundred like
that,” Frazier said. “The wind
was going a little crazy.”
Judge used his height
and long left arm to make a
leaping catch with his left
shoulder slamming into the
right-fi eld wall against Yuri
Gurriel starting the fourth.
“He’ll go through a wall
for you,” Frazier said.
Being a rookie, he politely
waited outside the dugout for
all the veterans to descend
the steps after the third out
— as he always does — then
capped a fi ve-run bottom half
with a laser of a line drive that
just cleared the left-fi eld wall.
Then in the fi fth, he
sprinted into short right for
a diving backhand catch on
Cameron Maybin in the fi fth.
On the fi rst chilly night of
the autumn with a game-time
temperature of 57, Sabathia
relied on the sharp, slow
slider that has helped revive
the former fl ame-thrower’s
career.
Pitching with caution to
Houston’s dangerous lineup,
he walked four, struck out
fi ve and pitched shutout ball
for the fi rst time in 21 career
postseason starts. During the
regular season, he was 9-0 in
10 starts following Yankees’
losses.
“Smoke and mirrors,”
Sabathia said.
Adam Warren followed
with two hitless innings.
Houston has just 15 hits over
the fi rst three games and is
batting .169 in the matchup.
Morton was chased after 3
2/3 innings and allowed seven
runs and six hits — including
three infi eld singles, a bloop
single to center, a double that
Maybin allowed to fall in left
and Frazier’s homer.
Frazier, a New Jersey
native who grew up a Yankees
fan, entered 7 for 18 against
Morton with two home runs.
With Frank Sinatra’s version
of “Fly Me to the Moon” as
his walk-up music, Frazier hit
not-quite a moonshot in the
second inning, driving a pitch
just 18 1/2 inches above the
dirt 365 feet with pretty much
just his left arm. That gave
the Yankees their fi rst lead of
the series.
He remembers sitting
in the seats at old Yankee
Stadium
watching
Jim
Leyritz’s 15th-inning home
beat Seattle in the 1995
playoffs.
“It’s such a cool feeling,”
Frazier said. “Goosebumps.”
Starting eight right-handed
batters against Sabathia,
Houston loaded the bases
with two outs in the third on a
pair of two-out walks around
Alex Bregman’s single. But
Carlos Correa popped out on
a fastball in on his fi sts.
“I know he likes to get his
hands extended,” Sabathia
said.
Judge made a leaping
catch with his left shoulder
slamming into the right-
fi eld wall against Gurriel
starting the fourth, prompting
Sabathia to raise both arms
and point to him with his
glove.
“I don’t know what got
hurt worse, the wall or him,”
plate umpire Gary Ceder-
strom was heard to say by
one of Fox’s microphones.
New York broke open
the game in the bottom
half. Chase Headley hit a
run-scoring infi eld single —
ending an 0-for-28 slide by
New York designated hitters
in the postseason. Brett
Gardner was hit on a leg by
a pitch, loading the bases,
and Harris came in and threw
a wild pitch that allowed
Frazier to come home from
third.
“Judge did what Judge has
done 50-plus times, which is
hit the ball out of the ballpark
when he gets a pitch to hit,”
Astros manager A.J. Hinch
said.
ALTUVE’S WEB GEM
Altuve made a diving
backhand stop on Didi
Gregorius’
third-inning
grounder, and the All-Star
second baseman threw to fi rst
baseman Marwin Gonzalez,
who did a split to catch the
ball. Umpire Chris Guccione
ruled Gregorius safe, which
would have given the
Yankees two on with one out,
but the call was overturned
on a video review. Altuve
also made a fi ne shuffl e pass
to Harris covering fi rst for the
fi nal out of the fourth after
Gregorius’ hard grounder off
Gonzalez’s glove.
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