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MINNEAPOLIS -- The playoff scenario for the Cleveland Indians is simple: win Sunday and they are in. Lamin Barrow Kids Jersey . The Indians moved into sole possession of the AL wild-card lead on the next-to-last scheduled day of the regular season, beating the Minnesota Twins 5-1 Saturday behind Scott Kazmirs strong start to extend their winning streak to nine. Seeking their first post-season appearance since 2007, the Indians (91-70) took a one-game lead over Tampa Bay and Texas (both 90-71). "We want to keep this roll going. This is so much fun," Nick Swisher said. Cleveland is assured of at least a tie for the AL wild card. With three teams seeking the two wild cards, Sundays results could decide the matter or lead to one or two tiebreaker games at the start of next week. Carlos Santana homered for the Indians, who have won 14 of their last 16. If the three teams are tied after Sunday, Cleveland would host Tampa Bay on Monday afternoon, with the winner advancing to the post-season. The loser would play at Texas on Tuesday afternoon for the second wild card. In the event Sunday ends with a tie for the second wild-card berth, Texas would be home against Tampa Bay in a one-game tiebreaker Monday night. The two wild cards would then meet in a post-season game Wednesday night to determine which advances to the division series. "Every time you win, it makes the next day that much more important, so we get to show up tomorrow and see if we can win a game," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "We need to be one run better tomorrow and then we go from there." After a rain delay of 2 hours, 26 minutes at the start, Kazmir (10-9) allowed one run and six hits in six innings, and Marc Rzepczynski, Cody Allen and Joe Smith each followed with an inning of hitless relief. Kazmir won his second straight start after going 1-5 with a 5.82 ERA in his previous seven outings. He is 3-0 against Minnesota this year with a 1.45 ERA. "I was able to attack the strike zone and expand," said Kazmir, who struck out 11 and has 43 strikeouts in 28 innings during September. "Im going out there and getting them in swing mode, and once I get two strikes, I have quite a few pitches Im able to set them down with." Seven of Clevelands first 11 hitters struck out before Jason Kipnis singled in the fourth and Santana hit a two-run homer. "Carlos swing was huge," Francona said. "It helped loosen up everything." Eric Fryer singled in a run in the bottom half for Minnesota, but Michael Bourn had a two-run triple in the fifth and scored on Kipnis single for a 5-1 lead. "Were still very hungry, so were going out there every day and grinding at-bats and making quality pitches," Kazmir said. "Thats something we can carry into the post-season." Hoping to make Minnesotas 2014 rotation, Cole De Vries (0-2) allowed five runs and six hits in five innings. All five runs off him came with two outs. "You usually want to put teams away when you get two outs. Thats tough, but its kind of the way it works sometimes. What are you going to do?" he said. Minnesota has lost nine of 10, and Twins manager Ron Gardenhire will not win his 1,000th game this season. Gardenhire, who is not under contract for next year, is two victories shy. "We just have not played good and its not been a lot of fun," he said. "I had more than one of them come up and apologize to me. I dont need that. I know what theyre giving me. Theyre giving me a lot. I appreciate the efforts and they dont have to apologize for anything. They come and play. We just werent good enough this year." NOTES: Cleveland is 20-6 in September, its first month of at least 20 wins since August 1995. ... Indians DH Jason Giambi left the game with left forearm cramping. He is day to day. ... Bourn returned after missing three games with a sprained right wrist. ... Minnesota C Josmil Pinto did not play after being hit on the right hand by a pitch Friday. He is expected to play Sunday. ... Clevelands Ubaldo Jimenez (12-9) is scheduled to pitch Sunday against Minnesotas Scott Diamond (6-12). Cody Latimer Kids Jersey . Theyve been holding their breath for six years now, but finally they can exhale. As Celtics forward Jared Sullinger forced up a wild, off-balance runner, the building erupted. It was official.Cody Latimer Broncos Jersey . Haley sits alone in first at 13-under-par 131, while DeForest carded a 65 to move to minus-11. Coe also went eight-under on Friday at Prince of Wales Country Club, thanks to a hole-in-one, and holds third place at 10-under 134. James Nitties and Scott Parel, co-leaders after Thursday, couldnt keep pace.Waco, TX (Sports Network) - Baylor blew a 24-point lead in the fourth quarter but somehow pulled out an electrifying win in regulation, as Aaron Jones late field goal upended No. 14 TCU, 50-48, snapping the Horned Frogs 25-game regular season winning streak in epic fashion. The back-and-forth thriller featured eight lead changes, none more unlikely than Ross Evans splitting the uprights from 27 yards out to give the Horned Frogs a 48-47 edge after they trailed by 24 entering the final 15 minutes. Robert Griffin III had one last drive in him, however, as the quarterback led the Bears (1-0) into field goal range with an 11-play, 60-yard march in the final 4 1/2 minutes. "Thats a big-time [drive]. Thats not easy to do when you have zero momentum," Baylor head coach Art Briles said. "Our guys really just kept fighting, kept believing and persevered." Jones, who earlier had missed two extra points, connected on a 37-yarder with 1:04 to play. Mike Hickss interception in the final seconds sealed the memorable win, Baylors first over a ranked opponent since 2004. "It was kind of tense, really. [But] I felt relaxed, I felt good and confident in my team, the field goal unit and confident in myself," Jones said. Griffin torched a usually stout TCU defense for 359 yards and five touchdowns, hitting Kendall Wright 12 times for 189 yards and two scores. Wright even threw a touchdown to Terrance Williams, whose 42-yard hookup with Griffin gave the Bears a seemingly comfortable 47-23 lead with 6:10 remaining in the third quarter. Casey Pachall, tasked with replacing the winningest quarterback in TCU history in Andy Dalton, nearly pulled off a remarkable comeback by throwing three of his four TDs in the fourth quarter while converting a pair of two-point tries. "I was very happy with what [Pachall] did. I was very happy with the offense as a whole. They put up 38 points against a Big 12 defense," TCU head coach Gary Patterson said. His 19-yard connection with David Porter pulled TCU within 47-45 with 7:11 on the clock. The two-point conversion failed, but Griffin fumbled on the first play of the next possession, leading to Evans go-ahead field goal with 4:27 showing. After two incompletions to start the ensuing drive, Griffin and Wright switched roles, as the quarterback hauled in a 15-yard pass over the middle to move the chains on a double pass. Three first downs moved the ball to the TCU 26-yard line, and after Terrance Ganaway gained six yards on three rushes, Jones came in and kicked the game- winner. Pachall completed four straight passes to move into Baylor territory with time winding down, but his forced attempted into double coverage was brought in by Hicks, who fell to the ground with two seconds to play, effectively ending the roller coaster affair. The Horned Frogs led the nation in defense the previous three seasons. They allowed 12 points per game and 228 yards of total offense en route to a 13-0 campaign last year, including a Rose Bowl win over Big Ten champ Wisconsin. The Bears, though, exceeded those numbers by the end of the first quarter just one year after getting dismantled, 45-10, by its intra-state rivaal. shopjerseysbroncos.com/Womens-Cody-Latimer-Authentic-Jersey/. Baylor, which ended a 16-year bowl drought by making it to the Texas Bowl last season, opened the scoring with a trick play, as Wright caught a screen pass behind Griffin and lobbed a 40-yard TD to an uncovered Williams just 2:17 into the game. Greg McCoys ensuing kickoff return of 73 yards set up Pachalls nine-yard run to paydirt. Though the extra point was blocked, TCU went ahead on Matthew Tuckers four-yard touchdown run with 5:46 remaining in the opening stanza. Baylor answered right back with Griffin finding Wright in the right corner of the end zone for a 35-yard score off a play-action fake. Evans booted a 44-yard field goal to cap a flurry of first-quarter scoring that continued in the second with Wright and Logan Brock trading respective 28 and 23-yard touchdown catches in the first three minutes. Darius Jones 55-yard kickoff return gave Baylor good field position, and on the third play of the drive, Griffin hit Jordan Najvar for a 14-yard score. Jones ensuing point after was blocked. After Evans missed a 41-yard field goal, Ganaway ended an eight-play, 76-yard drive with a two-yard run up the middle off a direct snap, giving the hosts a 34-23 lead at halftime. Evans was wide right on another 41-yard attempt on the first possession of the third quarter. The errant kick came after a chop blocking penalty negated a gain that had moved TCU inside Baylors five-yard line. While McCoy set up several scores with 229 kick return yards, the speedster was beaten down the left sideline by Lanear Sampson en route to a 64-yard score on a perfectly-thrown ball by Griffin with 8:49 left in the third. Jones missed the extra point, but it took little away from Baylors momentum. Following a three-and-out, Griffin quickly struck again, hitting Williams for a 42-yard TD over the middle for a 47-23 advantage. "We played so badly on defense, especially at the corner position, that we just couldnt overcome it. Youve got to give Baylor all the credit, and youve got to understand that they did a great job," Patterson said. The Horned Frogs went down swinging, as Pachall connected with Brock in the end zone on 4th-and-goal from the one in the opening minute of the fourth. Pachall ran in the two-point try, then found Josh Boyce for a nine-yard TD a little more than three minutes later, cutting the deficit to 47-39 following another successful two-point completion. Game Notes TCU is in its final season in the Mountain West Conference before moving to the Big East for the 2012 campaign...It was TCUs first regular season loss since Nov. 6, 2008, a 13-10 decision at No. 10 Utah...The Horned Frogs had also won 11 straight on the road...Pachall passed for 251 yards on 25-of-39 efficiency and found Boyce nine times for 96 yards...Waymon James led the TCU ground game with 64 yards on just six carries...Baylors last win over a ranked opponent was at home on Oct. 30, 2004, a 35-34 double OT triumph over No. 16 Texas A&M...Griffin completed 21-of-27 throws and added 38 yards on the ground...Ganaway had a game-high 120 rushing yards on 24 touches...Williams logged 126 receiving yards on six grabs..The all-time series is tied, 50-50-7. ' ' '
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