8A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2020
WORLD SERIES GAME 5
ARIZONA HANDS SEATTLE ITS FIRST LOSS WITH AN OVERTIME FIELD GOAL
Seahawks squander lead
Kingsbury elected to go ahead
and try for the fi eld goal. Gon-
zalez made the 41-yarder, but
Kingsbury called a timeout
just before the snap because
the play clock was winding
down. Gonzalez missed wide
left on the next attempt.
“That was pretty bad,”
Kingsbury said of the sideline
and clock management.
“Pretty much a complete de-
bacle. But luckily those guys
bailed us out.”
Moments later, it appeared
Seattle had won on the ensu-
ing drive when DK Metcalf
caught a 48-yard touchdown
pass, but the play was called
back because of holding on
receiver David Moore. Wilson
threw an interception on
the next play. The pass was
picked off by rookie Isaiah
Simmons.
“We could have won it on
offense a couple times, on de-
fense a couple times, in over-
time as well, and we weren’t
able to get the fi nish that we
needed,” Seattle coach Pete
Carroll said.
That gave Gonzalez the
chance for redemption. He
nailed the winner to knock off
the previously undefeated Se-
ahawks and set off a raucous
celebration at midfi eld.
Murray threw for 360
yards, three touchdowns and
one interception. He also ran
for 67 yards and a touch-
down. Wilson completed 33 of
50 passes for 388 yards and
three touchdowns but also
had three costly interceptions.
“I thought we played a
great game except for those
three plays, I mean honestly,”
Wilson said. “Those are my
fault. There’s so much that we
can do, and we have so much
confi dence. Our confi dence is
not going to waver. They’re
a great football team too. We
knew it was going to be a
battle.”
Seattle’s Carlos Hyde had a
24-yard touchdown run in the
second quarter. Tyler Lockett
caught three touchdowns
passes and had a career-high
200 yards receiving on 15
catches.
The Cardinals pulled to
27-24 on Murray’s 5-yard
touchdown run in the third
quarter. Arizona had a chance
to take the lead early in the
fourth after Wilson’s pass was
picked off by Patrick Peterson
in the end zone.
But Murray threw an
interception on the next play.
The throw was intended for
Andy Isabella but sailed way
off target and was caught
by a diving Quandre Diggs.
That set up Lockett’s third
touchdown catch of the night
and a 34-24 lead. He caught
a 3-yard pass from Wilson,
deftly dragging his feet in the
end zone just before he fell
out of bounds.
But the Cardinals (5-2)
weren’t done. Christian Kirk
caught an 8-yard touchdown
pass with 2:28 left to pull
Arizona to 34-31. Seattle had
to punt on the ensuing drive
and the Cardinals needed
just 52 seconds to move 54
yards and Gonzalez kicked
the tying fi eld goal.
“I don’t think I smiled all
game,” Murray said. “It just
felt like we had to keep our
heads down and keep grind-
ing. When you are playing
against Russell, anything is
possible. I think everybody
saw that tonight.”
The action-packed fi rst half
featured 377 yards of total
offense from the Seahawks
(5-1), who took a 27-17 lead
into the break.
ting No. 6 Michigan State
in 1967, which capped a
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three-game streak in which
The Hoosiers ended the
they also beat No. 10 Arizona
second-longest active streak and No. 7 Wisconsin and won
of losses to Top 10 opponents for only the second time in
in the Football Bowl Subdivi- 24 tries against the Nittany
sion. Only Wake Forest, at 63, Lions.
had been longer.
They did it on a day Penix
They beat their highest-
wasn’t at his best. He fi n-
rated opponent since upset-
ished 19 of 36 with 170 yards,
one touchdown and three
sacks. But his magical feet
worked wonders when the
Hoosiers needed him most.
“All I’d seen was an oppor-
tunity, an opportunity to go
out and show the world what
the Indiana Hoosiers are all
about,” Penix said, referring
to the fi nal play of the game.
“They were playing man (cov-
erage), and we’ve got to score
to win the game so I wasn’t
going to let my team down. I
went out and gave it my all.”
It took a lengthy replay
review to confi rm the initial
call and when the offi cial
made the announcement
Penix knew was coming, the
wild celebration began inside
the mostly empty stadium.
By David Brandt
AP Sports Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The
NFC West has a new chal-
lenger for the top that’s won
three straight games. The
Arizona Cardinals earned a
few style points with the way
they pulled off this prime-
time thriller, too.
Zane Gonzalez made a
48-yard fi eld goal with 20 sec-
onds left in overtime to give
the Cardinals a 37-34 victory
over the Seattle Seahawks
in a Sunday night show that
featured 1,091 total yards,
huge plays, crucial mistakes
and — fi nally — a winner.
“These are the games
you honestly dream about,”
Arizona quarterback Kyler
Murray said.
Seattle led all of regula-
tion until Gonzalez made a
44-yard fi eld goal as time ex-
pired to tie it at 34. It meant
an entertaining quarterback
duel between Murray and Se-
attle’s Russell Wilson would
continue.
And that’s when the crazy
really got started.
The Cardinals stopped the
Seahawks opening drive in
overtime and then quickly
moved downfi eld. On second-
and-15, Arizona coach Kliff
“These are the games you
honestly dream about.”
— Kyler Murray, Arizona
Cardinals quarterback
UPSET
Dodgers one win
from world title
By Ronald Blum
AP Baseball Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas — As much as Clayton Kershaw
has dominated hitters throughout a glittering career,
he has not silenced those who cite his lack of baseball’s
ultimate accomplishment.
With a gritty performance, plus one particular delivery
home that will long be remembered, he hushed the skep-
tics and moved the Los Angeles Dodgers within a victory
of their fi rst World Series title since 1988.
“He’s a phenomenal pitcher on the biggest stage,” reliev-
er Blake Treinen said after Kershaw beat the Tampa Bay
Rays for the second time in six days, a 4-2 win Sunday
night that gave the Dodgers a 3-2 Series lead. “I think a
lot of credit goes to what he’s been able to do in this World
Series for us.”
Kershaw even prevented the Rays from stealing the
tying run.
Los Angeles was clinging to a one-run lead with run-
ners at the corners and two outs in the fourth inning, and
Kevin Kiermaier at the plate.
The great left-hander had raised both hands over his
head in his instantly recognizable stretch position when
he heard fi rst baseman Max Muncy scream: “Step off!
Step off! Step off!”
“Instinctually, I kind of did it,” Kershaw recalled.
He coolly and quickly backed off the rubber and calmly
threw to catcher Austin Barnes, who grabbed the ball and
got his mitt down on Manuel Margot’s outstretched hand
while the runner’s helmet tumbled off and cut his own lip.
Tampa Bay rarely threatened again.
Mookie Betts and Corey Seager sparked a two-run
fi rst inning, and Joc Pederson and Muncy homered off
long-ball prone Tyler Glasnow, whose 100 mph heat got
burned.
Thirty of the previous 46 teams to win Game 5 for a
3-2 lead have won the title, but just six of the last 14.
Teams that wasted 3-2 leads include last year’s Houston
Astros.
Tony Gonsolin will start for the Dodgers tonight, when
Game 2 starter Blake Snell pitches for Tampa Bay.
This is the fi rst time since 1997 that teams have alter-
nated wins in the fi rst fi ve games.
Allen needed to pull out
every trick in the book, too,
especially after Sean Clifford
hooked up with Jahan Dot-
son on a 60-yard TD pass to
give Penn State its fi rst lead
of the second half, 21-20 with
2:30 left in regulation.
Penn State sacked Penix
on the next two plays, forced
him to throw the ball away
on third and an incompletion
on fourth, taking the ball
back on down at the Indiana
14.
This time, Allen called for
the defense to give up the
touchdown, hoping for one
more possession, and Devyn
Ford obliged with a TD run
that gave Penn State a 28-20
lead.
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