two touchdowns in San Diego States 40-13 victory over Utah

SAN FRANCISCO -- Kris Bryant tossed his glove high in the air, Jake Arrieta jumped over the dugout railing and the rest of the Chicago Cubs rushed to join the celebration.Pure revelry and a sigh of relief, all at once.World Series favorites since opening day, the Cubs took another step in their championship chase Tuesday night by rallying for four runs in the ninth inning of Game 4 to beat San Francisco 6-5 and win their NL Division Series.You could see it coming. You could see little signs. Weve done it before and the guys, we dont quit, Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler said. Its a little more special doing it here. They for sure were thinking that they won it. But we play 27 outs and we dont give up until we win.Javier Baezs tiebreaking single capped the comeback against a beleaguered bullpen that sabotaged the Giants one last time.Four wins from their first pennant since 1945, the Cubs will open the NL Championship Series at Wrigley Field on Saturday against the Los Angeles Dodgers or Washington Nationals. That matchup is tied 2-all heading into the deciding Game 5 on Thursday.Before that, the team with the best regular-season record (103-58) in the majors this year will get a few days of rest. Chicago was swept by the New York Mets in the NLCS last year and is still seeking its first World Series title since 1908.Expectations is a good word. Because normally it means that you have something good attached to it at the other side, manager Joe Maddon said.And after finishing off the resilient Giants, the Cubs should have their rotation all lined up for the NLCS.Pressure, expectations -- I want our guys to thrive on those two words for the years to come. I want the organization to. In the end that means theres a lot expected of you. Good. There should be. We should all have a lot expected of us, Maddon added. So all those things I want to have us channel in a positive direction.Held to two hits over eight innings by Matt Moore, the Cubs trailed 5-2 heading to the ninth.No matter. One big rally ended San Franciscos 10-game winning streak when facing postseason elimination.Pinch-hitter Willson Contreras tied it with a two-run single with none out. Baez singled in the go-ahead run two batters later, and the Cubs capitalized on Gold Glove shortstop Brandon Crawfords second costly error and more untimely blunders by the Giants once-reliable relief staff.One day after getting tagged in the eighth inning, Aroldis Chapman closed this one out by striking out the side in order. When he set down Brandon Belt to end it, Chapmans teammates rushed to the mound to hug him and begin their celebration.Maddon has his confident, power-hitting Cubs on an October roll. They already beat All-Star Johnny Cueto and ex-Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija, then waited until Moores stellar outing was done to pounce.With this team, the big thing is we never give up, we never quit, said lefty Jon Lester, who figures to start the NLCS opener. We always feel like we have a chance, whether its the first inning or the ninth inning.Soon-to-retire David Ross homered to start the third, hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth and threw out Denard Span trying to steal.Downright unflappable for years in these pressure-packed situations, the Giants won World Series championships in 2010, 12 and 14. This was the clubs first postseason series defeat in the last 12.We dont think were going to win the World Series every even year. I mean, it took 50-something years to get one here, quipped manager Bruce Bochy, whose bullpen management was scrutinized throughout a disappointing second half.The orange towel-waving sellout crowd of 43,166, perhaps spoiled this decade by the every-other-year title success, had been counting on a few more games by the bay this October.Moore, acquired from Tampa Bay at the Aug. 1 trade deadline for games of this magnitude, struck out 10 as his former Rays manager -- Maddon -- watched from the other dugout.Long after Cubs starter John Lackeys night was done with just four innings, Hector Rondon pitched the eighth for the win.WHAT CURSE?Lester doesnt buy all the superstition surrounding Chicagos championship drought.Nobody really cares in there about a curse or a goat or anything else, he said. If we make a mistake, were not going to blame it on a curse or anything else like that. Were going to blame it on ourselves and be accountable for it and move on to the next play or the next moment. ... Weve got too many young guys in there that dont even know what that stuff is, you know what I mean? So, its almost better to play naive and just go out and worry about us, worry about the Cubs and not anything else in the past or, like I said, any animals.POWER PITCHERSTwo pitchers homered for the Cubs in the series: Arrieta on Monday and reliever Travis Wood in Game 2. The 1924 New York Giants were the only other team to have two pitchers go deep in a postseason series, according to ESPN Stats & Info.Thats pretty incredible, isnt it? Maddon said.GIANTS INJURIESLeft fielder Angel Pagan missed his second straight start with back spasms, and third baseman Eduardo Nunezs strained right hamstring is still slow to heal, leaving the Giants to contemplate replacing one on the roster. But no move was made before the game.CRAWFORDS MISCUESThe shortstop was the first Giants player to commit two errors in a postseason game since Don Mueller on Sept. 29, 1954, in Game 1 of the World Series. Mets Jerseys 2020 . -- Jaye Marie Green shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to increase her lead to five strokes after the second round of the LPGA Tours qualifying tournament. Cheap Mets Jerseys . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. https://www.cheapmetsjerseys.us/ .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. Mets Jerseys China . JOHNS, N. New York Mets Shirts .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. LOGAN, Utah -- Donnel Pumphrey ran for 223 yards, moving into the top five on the NCAA career list, and Juwan Washington added 137 yards and two touchdowns in San Diego States 40-13 victory over Utah State on Friday night.John Baron II was perfect on a career high four field goals in the driving rain for the Aztecs (7-1, 4-0), who have won 15 straight over Mountain West Conference rivals.Pumphrey leads the country with 1,469 yards this season. He passed Cedric Benson, Travis Prentice and Charles White as he reached 5,741.Washington had scoring runs of 39 and 1 yards een route to his first 100-yard game and the Aztecs piled up 400 yards on the ground.ddddddddddddMalik Smith scored his first touchdown with a 28-yard return on his ninth career interception for the final Aztec score.Kurt Myers passed for a score and ran for another for Utah State (3-7, 1-4). His first-quarter run marked the first time SDSU has trailed in a regular-season conference game since last Oct. 31, a span of 400 minutes, 14 seconds. ' ' '