ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers are within one victory
of their first World Series championship after rallying for a 4-2
win over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5. Mike Napoli
(NAP'-oh-lee) provided a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth
inning to give the Rangers a three-games-to-two lead. Adrian Beltre
(BEHL'-tray) and Mitch Moreland hit solo homers for the Rangers,
who rallied after the Cardinals scratched out a pair of
second-inning runs to take a 2-0 lead.
BOSTON (AP) - Ben Cherington is set to be introduced as the new
general manager of the Boston Red Sox today. He replaces his former
boss, Theo Epstein, who resigned from the Red Sox on Friday to
become president of baseball operations for the Cubs. Cherington
has been handling many of the duties of general manager because
Epstein's departure had been expected.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Jim Thome (TOH'-mee) isn't ready to retire,
telling the City Club of Cleveland he still has the passion to play
and continue his pursuit of an elusive World Series ring. The
41-year-old Thome is eighth all time with 604 home runs and
returned to the Indians late this season. He becomes a free agent
after the World Series.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Josh Scobee (SKOH'-bee) drilled four
field goals and the Jacksonville Jaguars allowed just 146 total
yards in a 12-7 upset win over Baltimore. Scobee hit a pair of
54-yard attempts and a 51-yard boot in helping the Jags end a
five-game losing streak. Maurice Jones-Drew ran for 105 yards
against the NFL's top run defense as the Jaguars dropped the Ravens
out of first place in the AFC North.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) - Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz
says quarterback Matthew Stafford is "day to day" after hurting
his right ankle late in Sunday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
Schwartz wouldn't go into details about any X-rays or MRI
yesterday, although he did hint that the injury wasn't overly
serious.
