12 I THURSDAY, AUG. 26, 2010 McCutchen's strong tive series against a losing-record team, the Cardinals fell 3 1 / 2 games behind Cincinnati in the NL PITTSBURGH -- Daniel Central. St. Louis McCutchen pitched six shutout also remained a Alan Robinson ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER innings for his third victory as a game back in the major league starter, Neil Walker NL wild card tripled with the bases loaded and race. the Pittsburgh Pirates dealt the The Pirates, on pace to lose St. Louis Cardinals another dam- more than 100 games, had lost 13 aging loss by winning 5-2 on of 15 before beating St. Louis on Wednesday night. successive nights. Walker, a rookie Dropping their fourth consecu- batting .325 since July 17, also Volleyball From Page 10. in practice have made the deci sion of who to play and who to redshirt a tough one for the Penn State coach. "The problem is one day one's good and the next day somebody else is good," Rose said of the newcomers. "I think young players, you recruit them for their potential but in the end, you evaluate them Hertzog From Page 10. impressive start to finish, his body control when he received the ball and his finesse and his control around the ball." Hertzog said the importance of the game wasn't lost on him as the clock wound down. [Burke] said before the game we needed a win or a tie to get our seed in the division," Hertzog said. "It was just a great ball and I put it in the back of the net." Spikes From Page 10. Though aside from Santos' three- in June, Cumpton hurled three hit performance, the Spikes only had innings of one-hit ball Wednesday two hits, Santos said he thinks the night. The right-hander struck out team had a better approach at the five and walked just one in the plate Wednesday. process. . _ _ "We just tried to take our approach "He looked great," Santos said. from BP to the game," Santos said. "He's a strong guy. He throws well, 'Just being aggressive. Just trying to and we'd been looking forward to see keep a good swing on the ball through- ing him on the bump and he did an out the whole at-bat." outstanding job." The three runs were enough for the Kevin Decker relieved Cumpton in how they work with others." Preseason practices have given Rose an opportunity to see what kind of chemistry the play ers have while performing drills and scrimmaging. Junior Katie Kabbes said the returning players and freshmen are all getting along well, which helps when they need to help each other out on the court. Kabbes a captain on this season's team said an increase in communication has been necessary at practice. While Penn State's season has yet to officially begin, Hertzog's teammates have seen a deter mined forward. Defenders Andres Casais and Andy Parr said it's difficult to defend Hertzog in training because of how well-rounded the forwards game is. "You've gotta expect the unex pected," Parr said at media day Wednesday, drawing a laugh from Casais and coach Bob Warming. "That's a key thing with him." At the same time, midfielder Matheus Braga said he loves hav- State College pitching staff. Brandon Cumpton made his first professional start and second appearance. A ninth round pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates Two-Minute Warning vs. Old S 4. 9 un., Aug 2 -111-60dered a Wham' otk With their football ticbile''' et! vs, can* them them up with student to the Air . . ~ the Penn State B movi ookstore! FREE* & a e! - . ' Thase who do not have their • • • • out Tshirt can curnhase . ERHEACIS Saturday, Aug 2: ::,,,_,;'- - , 't , : . ia. open at 6, movie starts st 7 : , ...r.{ -~ .:f;3O-c ,,: - . .::: -: ' "om NOW! *Free pizza and soda to the first 80 idukonts '''''':; l 3' '' ''' SPORTS outing lifts Pirates over Cards drove in three runs as Pittsburgh Star break They beat good teams fatigue. The right-hander won 4-3 on Tuesday. but lose to mediocre or bad ones. responded with the best of his 14 Walker's triple in the third came They are 12-2 against top clubs but career starts, striking out five and after Jake Westbrook (1-2) got into 9-13 against teams that are .500 or walking two while giving up three trouble by hitting Chris Snyder own losing records. This month hits. with a pitch and Andrew alone, they have dropped series to The Cardinals never advanced McCutchen beat out an infield sin- the Astros, Cubs, Brewers and a runner past second against gle. Jose Tabata, another rookie, Pirates. McCutchen, who pitched with made it 4-0 an inning later with an McCutchen (2-5) wasn't sup- multiple runners on base only RBI single, his sixth hit of the posed to oppose St. Louis, but once. three-game series. found out Tuesday night that Garrett Jones hit his 19th The Cardinals have fallen into scheduled starter Jeff Karstens homer, a solo drive in the Pirates an unusual pattern since the All- was being skipped due to arm eighth against Blake Hawksworth. The junior outside hitter said there's been a lot more talking between upperclassmen and underclassmen than in past sea sons. Freshman setter Mikinzie Moydell said inexperience has made it tough to adjust, but she's getting a lot of support from all her teammates. Even with the newcomers adjusting to practice on the fly, D'Errico said the team isn't slowing down. reporter: rmlsl3B@psu.edu ing Hertzog ahead of him on the field and anticipates big things from the striker this season. expect a lot of good things man, he's a machine," Braga said. "He's fast, he's fit, he scores a lot of goals, even in practice he's always scoring." "He gets there like 10 minutes early before everyone just shoot ing the ball into the goal, taking the ball to the goal. It's amazing the runs that he makes through defenders, it's just beautiful for the midfielders, especially for me." and though Decker said after the game he didn't have his best stuff, he picked up right where Cumpton left off. Decker improved his record to 7-1 after he threw four innings and gave up only one run on three hits. Justin Ennis and Jason Townsend pitched an inning each to close out the game. The lone Mahoning Valley run came on an RBI triple by Fontanez in the seventh inning. State College mustered just seven hits and one run in the two games prior to Wednesday. i‘lomerf FIELD FIELD SHIELDS Fri., Aug 27 To e-mail reporter frksl42@psu.edu Final days! Buy a Mac for college, and get a free iPod touch.* * After mail-in rebate. See online store for details While your memories of Penn State will last forever, this offer won't. Use your PSU ID to get great Apple Education pricing on a new Mac and get a FREE BGB iPod touch. But only until September 7,2010 Visit us here today! http://computerstore.psu.edu/ Penn State's Computer Store Willard Building • HUB Mon-Fri: 9 am - 5 pm (except holidays) Phone: 814.865.2100 or 800.251.9281 Terms and conditions apply. Apple, the Apple logo, Rod and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc. Quarterbacks From Page 10 started playing football, Newsome thrives on the pres sure. "He's just a nice, easy-going personality," Kevin Sr. said. "He can be in a competition with some one and still, in a way, be kind of helpful. He's easy to work with, I'll put it that way" Add Bolden to the competition, and the Lions understand why Over the summer Burke said he saw Hertzog's work rate and understanding of playing off the ball improve dramatically. Former Lion and current FC Dallas for ward Jason Yeisley played for Burke last year, and the coach said he's seen a lot of Yeisley's work rate rub off on Hertzog, which makes the junior twice as dangerous. Burke sees a lot of pro potential in Hertzog. The coach said he talked to sev eral pro scouts and this upcoming season could be the one for `it ~ws # ~`~rrff) THE DAILY COLLEGIAN this year's starting position is tak ing an extended amount of time to decide. But whether or not Paterno decides to wait until the week of the game, like he did in 2008 with Daryll Clark and Pat Devlin, the quarterbacks are just worried about taking steps in the right direction. "We're all going to be the best that we can become," Newsome said. "From there, Coach Joe will choose us." To e-mail reporter: aass22o@psu.edu Hertzog to pin himself in the mid dle of the pro radar "The sky's the limit for Corey. True goal scorers, there's a rea son they get paid better than any body else at any level and that's because they're hard to come by," Burke said. "He hasn't quite put it all togeth er yet, but he's not far off putting his whole game together and I, for one, would not be surprised if he had an absolute breakout season for Penn State this year." To e-mail reporter: adrso79@psu.edu PUCA 107326 TaxT ax By Handy Delivery 814-355-5555 PUT THIS NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE NOW! ig Authorized Campus Store
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