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    12 I MONDAY, Auc. 30, 2010
Hamels shuts out Padres, Phils complete sweep
By Bernie Wilson
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SAN DIEGO -- Cole Hamels
shut down his hometown Padres
on four singles in eight innings to
time in nine
ALB
starts, leading the
Philadelphia ----
Phiflies to a 5-0 victory Sunday and
a three-game sweep of bumbling
NL West-leading San Diego.
The Padres have lost four
straight games for the first time
this season and were swept for
just the second time.
The Padres, who led the majors
Fera
From Page 11
offseason went on. saying he
hopes to be able to hit from the 50-
yard range.
"The weight room was benefi
cial," Wagner said. - I've been
kicking a lot over the summer and
the biggest thing is getting the
muscle memory and the repeti
tion."
In the past, the Nittany Lions
have struggled on special teams.
Last season's biggest breakdown
swung the lowa game. when
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Volleyball service aces against Campbell en who was also a member of the all- her," Carpenter said. "She's a phe- to have to be about, just progress
route to being named to the all- tournament team showcased nomenal athlete. I expect really ing over time and trying every day
tournament team. her potential for the Rose and the great things out of her." to get better," Brown said.
From Page 11. "She passed well, played good Lions' fans. Though the Lions had a perfect "I think we improved on every
victory against UNC and success defense and had a good stretch of The 6-foot-1 outside hitter was start to the season in terms of game that we played, which is
in the tournament. serving against Campbell," Rose second to Brown in kills against wins, the players are aware they what you want to do."
The 6-foot-5 middle hitter had a said of D'Errico. "She's exerting a UNC and Campbell, while her 13 can't be satisfied with the opening "We started a little shaky but by
career-best 19 kills against lot of energy trying to be the per- kills against Villanova led the weekend of play the end of the tournament in our
Campbell and was named the son who's keeping an eye on Lions. Brown said the opening three last game, I felt like we were con-
Carolina Classic MVP everybody else and trying to keep Carpenter believes the fresh- matches went well but were just netting well and had some good
Fellow senior Alyssa D'Errico people focused and headed in the man's performance was a sign of the beginning of a long process of rhythm going."
led Penn State in digs each match right direction." things to come. improvement.
and registered a career-high six Freshman Deja McClendon "It's a pleasure playing with "That's what this te a m is going To e-mail reporter: rmlsl3B@psu.edu
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in fielding percentage (.989) corn
ing in, committed a season-high
four errors.
After being
swept at home in
four games by ;47
Houston, the wild Philadelphia
card-leading
Phillies had their
usual success at
Petco Park They
won their seventh' San Diego
straight game at
the downtown ballpark, where
they're 18-4 since it opened in
2004.
The Phißies, who came in with a
1' 2-game lead over San Francisco
Hawkeye defensive end Adrian
Clayborn returned a blocked punt
for a touchdown.
This season, however, Wagner
said he expects the special teams
unit to serve as one of Penn
State's fortes.
Late last season, after poor
special teams proved costly in
both losses, Paterno questioned
his decision to redshirt some of
his freshmen who may have
made contributions on special
teams.
Mix those athletes with the
speed Penn State has in its return
game, and the unit could see sig-
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in the wild card race, remained
two games behind Atlanta in the
NL East.
Mike Sweeney, starting in place
of slumping Ryan Howard against
left-hander Clayton Richard, hit a
two-run homer, his first for the
Phillies since being acquired from
Seattle on Aug. 4. Jayson Werth
added a solo shot.
Hamels (8-10) prevailed over
Richard (12-6) in a duel of lefties to
win for the first time since July 11
against Cincinnati. He had gone 0-
3 despite a 2.83 ERA in his previ
ous eight starts.
Hamels retired his final 16 bat
ters after allowing Adrian
nificant improvements.
Junior cornerback Chaz Powell
is first on the list of kick returners,
followed by wideout Devon Smith
and running back Stephfon
Green. As expected, sophomore
wide receiver Justin Brown will
return punts, with safety Drew
Astorino and Smith listed behind
him.
"We've got a lot of good athletes
on the special teams," Wagner
said.
"So I feel like that can really be
one of the team's strengths."
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Gonzalez's single with two outs in fielded Hamels' bunt.
the third. He struck out six and Right fielder Ryan Ludwick
walked none. Ryan Madson fin- made a nice diving catch of
ished the combined five-hitter as Rollins' fly. But when Ludwick
several thousand Phillies fans attempted to double Hamels off
stood and cheered. first, his throw was wide and
Gonzalez had three hits for San bounced into the Padres' dugout
Diego. for another error, allowing Ruiz to
score.
'hvo of Philadelphia's runs were
unearned. Carlos Ruiz singled
with one out in the third and
advanced on Richard's errant
pickoff throw. He took third on
Hamels' groundout and scored on
Jimmy Rollins' single.
In the eighth, Ruiz hit a leadoff
single and was safe at second on
Richard's throwing error after he
Spikes
From Page 11.
Zach Russell earned his second
win of the year, going seven
strong innings while giving up
only two runs, one of which
earned. Russell, a 6-foot-2 right
hander, struck out six Spikes hit
ters in the outing.
For comparison, no Spikes
pitcher has gone seven innings in
a start all season.
Zack Dodson had a solid outing
from the bump for State College,
but was tagged with his fifth los
sof the season. The lefty allowed
just one run on five hits in four
innings of work.
One third of Batavia's 12 hits
Sunday night came off one of the
newest Spikes, relief pitcher
Joely Rodriguez, who relieved
Dodson to start the fifth stanza.
Rodriguez, along with fellow
bullpen pitcher Vmcent Payne,
was promoted from the Gulf
Coast League Pittsburgh Pirates
just before Sunday night's game.
"[Rodriguez] just went out
there and he just kept pounding
the zone and they just kept get
ting hits," said first baseman
Matt Curry, who went 2-for-4.
"But that's just all you can do is
throw your stuff over the plate
and see what happens."
Upset
From Page 11.
the game in the final part of the
contest came with just over
eight minutes remaining, when
Hayley Brock served up a cross
to Hayes in front of the net. The
ball ended up sailing over the
reach of Brock, who crashed to
the ground on her back and
needed to be assisted off the
field.
Walsh said she didn't have a
chance to talk to Hayes. The
freshman foward had her back
wrapped after the game, but
appeared to be showing no ill
effects.
Despite seemingly escaping a
possible injury, the Lions still
came away from the weekend
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In between, Sweeney lined a
pitch over the left-field wall with
two outs in the seventh.
Werth hit a solo homer off Luis
Perdomo with one out in the ninth,
his 18th.
Richard allowed four runs, two
earned, on four hits in 7 2-3
innings.
"But that's just all
you can do is throw
your stuff over the
plate and see what
happens."
Matt Curry
Spikes first baseman
With just seven games remain
ing in the season, State College
looks to snap their three-game
losing streak at 7:05 tonight at
Batavia.
"We've got two more games [in
Batavia] and we just need to
come out with the same aggres
sion, meet their intensity" Santos
said, "and hopefully come out
with a win [tonight]."
Notes: Spikes manager Gary
Robinson appeared on ESPN's
Sports Center on Saturday follow
ing an ejection to remember in
the sixth inning of Friday night's
Spikes-Muckdogs game at
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
Robinson's tirade ended with
the manager taking first base,
autographing it and handing it to
a fan along the first baseline.
The video has also found its
way to You Tube.
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"Friday night was
definitely our better
performance."
Lexi Marton
sophomore defender
without a win after tying Virginia,
1-1, in a hard fought game Friday
and losing a tough matchup
Sunday.
"Friday night was definitely
our better performance," defend
er Lexi Marton said.
"We came in fired up and had
tons of energy. There was way
more movement and communi
cation. [Sunday] it seemed like it
was lacking."
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