ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers are making their
second straight trip to the World Series. Michael Young homered and
drove in five and the Rangers won the AL pennant by beating Detroit
15-5, sending 14 men to the plate in the third inning when they
scored nine times.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas slugger Nelson Cruz set a record
for home runs in a postseason series, connecting for the sixth time
in the AL championship against Detroit. Cruz also had 13 RBIs in
the series, another record for any postseason round.
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Rangers will open the World Series on the
road Wednesday night at either St. Louis or Milwaukee. The
Cardinals can close out the Brewers in Game 6 of the NL
Championship Series Sunday afternoon at Miller Park.
CONCORD, N.C.(AP) - Matt Kenseth posted his third win over the
NASCAR season by holding off Kyle Busch to win the Bank of America
500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with Carl Edwards third as Edwards
maintains a five-point lead over Kevin Harvick in the Chase for the
Championship. Five-time series champion Jimmie Johnson crashed with
13 laps left and dropped from third to eighth in the driver
standings with five races left.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Andrew Luck did nothing to hurt his
chances for winning the Heisman Trophy in leading seventh-ranked
Stanford to a 44-14 win over Washington State. Luck posted his
second straight 300-plus-yard passing performance as the Cardinal
ran the nation's longest win streak to a Stanford-record 14 games.
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