PAGE 8 The Tipton County Tribune Tuesday, October 26, 2021

TAKE IT AWAYThe Niners came in with a

league-low two takeawaysbut doubled that total in thefirst half.

Taylor fumbled onIndianapolis first play fromscrimmage and Fred Warnerrecovered to set up a fieldgoal by Joey Slye that madeit 9-0.

Wentz then made an inex-plicable decision early in thesecond quarter. As he wastrying to run away from NickBosa, Wentz appeared to flipthe ball forward right intoAzeez Al-Shaair's hands. Itwas ruled a fumble.

By STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Baseball Writer

HOUSTON (AP) — LanceMcCullers knew there was a"less than 1%" chance thathe would be able to pitch inthe World Series for theHouston Astros because of aforearm strain. The right-han-der waited as long as possi-ble, and didn't beat thoseodds.

"We remained hopeful,"McCullers said Monday,when announcing the daybefore Game 1 against theAtlanta Braves that he would-n't be on the Houston roster."We tried to pushed it as faras we could, butjust couldn't make itback to throwing,. ...There was no pointto write me offbefore we had to."

After a career-high 13 wins duringthe regular season,when he also had a 3.16ERA and 185 strikeouts,McCullers got hurt in the ALDivision Series. He pitched 62/3 scoreless innings in aGame 1 victory over theChicago White Sox, thenallowed one run with fivestrikeouts over four inningsbefore leaving the Game 4series clincher Oct. 12 whatthe team said then was fore-arm tightness.

McCullers said the flexorpronator muscle strain in hisright arm usually means sixto eight weeks before evenpicking up a ball. The 28-year-old pitcher, who signedan $85 million, five-year con-tract extension in Marchthrough 2026, said doctorshave indicated that they don'tbelieve there are any otherissues. He expects to be fullyhealthy by spring training.

McCullers started Game 7of the 2017 World Series atDodger Stadium whenHouston won its first champi-onship.

NOT SAYING YETIt was the pitcher and not

Astros manager Dusty Bakerwho made that announce-ment.

Baker didn't have much tosay about any other rosterdecisions for the WorldSeries, or even who would beHouston's starting pitcher forGame 2 on Wednesday night.

When asked if he knew whohis Game 2 starter would be,Baker said, "Yeah, but we'renot going to announce it yetbecause we don't know who'sstarting for them."

Rookie center fielder JakeMeyers didn't play in the AL

C h a m p i o n s h i pSeries againstBoston after hurtinghis shoulder trying tomake a catchagainst the wall inthe ALDS clincheragainst the WhiteSox. Baker wouldn't

say if he expected Meyers tobe on the World Series rosterthat had to be finalized by thismorning.

"We're not going toannounce any of our playoffrosters for a while," Bakersaid.

TOP TWO PICKSAtlanta Braves shortstop

Dansby Swanson and Astrosthird baseman Alex Bregmanwere the first two picks inbaseball's amateur draft in2015, and the former SECshortstops who played on aUSA collegiate national teamtogether. Both made their bigleague debuts weeks apart in2016.

Now they are on oppositesides in the World Series.

Swanson was the No. 1overall pick out of Vanderbilt,a year after the Commodoreswon the national champi-onship, when he was select-ed by the ArizonaDiamondbacks, who tradedhim to the Braves at the endof 2015.

McCullers a no-gofor World Series

this is definitely more valu-able, just having a legacy andhaving a home and some-where you're going to beremembered forever."

Juzang's stock rose afterUCLA's improbable run tothe Final Four last season.

The 6-foot-6 guard was oneof the breakout stars in MarchMadness, shooting 51% whileaveraging 22.8 points. His137 points were the second-highest NCAA tournamenttotal in UCLA history.

"I'm just trying to get betteracross the board," he said."Keep growing as a leaderand really all aspects of thegame."

Gillispie was honored onsenior night at Villanova andseemed to be on his way to aprofessional career before suf-fering a season-ending kneeinjury late in the season. Hewas cleared for workouts inAugust and is raring to go aftermissing out on the NCAATournament.

Jackson-Davis has beenIndiana's best player the pasttwo seasons, leading theHoosiers in scoring, rebound-ing and blocked shots. Afterconsidering a jump to theNBA, the 6-9 junior opted tostay to round out his gameand, hopefully, lead theHoosiers to the NCAATournament for the first timesince 2016.

"My freshman year I didn'thave a say in anything,"Jackson-Davis said. "I justkind of just held my tongue. Ifelt like last year I did it better,not to the best of my abilities,but I spoke up a lot more inthe locker room. This year Ithink I'm taking the full pledgeto try to lead guys on ourteam, especially the youngerguys."

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All-Americacontinued from page 6

Indiana cut the deficit to 107-102 on Justin Holiday's 3-pointe with 6:21 left in thefourth but never got any closer.

TIP-INSBucks: Grayson Allen went

4 of 9 for 3-pointers and fin-ished with 19 points. PatConnaughton had 13 points.... Middleton also had sevenassists. ... The Bucks havewon five straight in the seriesand are 39-4 against CentralDivision foes under coachMike Budenholzer's tenure.

Pacers: Chris Duarte had 18points, Justin Holiday finishedwith 12 and Jeremy Lambscored 11. ... Myles Turnerhad five points and fourrebounds but played only 14minutes after getting into earlyfoul trouble. ... The Pacersheld a 47-42 reboundingadvantage, giving up justseven offensive rebounds. Butthey had 19 turnovers andwere 14 of 36 on 3-pointers. ...Carlisle still needs one win totie Nate McMillan (183) for thethird-most in the franchise'sNBA history.

TRASH TALKINGThe game was marred by a

brief shouting match midwaythrough the fourth quarter,which occurred on a tie-upbetween Brogdon and Bucksguard George Hill under-neath the Pacers basket. Butthe bigger issue came whenMiddleton and Goga Bitadzewound up on the court.Bitadze was pulled out of thepile by the seat of his pants.Hill and Bitadze were eachgiven technical fouls followinga replay review.

IT'S THE SHOESTurner wore custom-

designed shoes as part of acontest sponsored byMountain Dew. The shoescame in the Pacers team col-ors, blue and gold. One shoecame with an Indianapoliscity flag while the otherincluded Indiana's nicknameand the Pacers team logo.

UP NEXTPacers: at Toronto

Wednesday

MICHAEL CONROY, APIndiana’s Chris Duarte (3)drives to the basket duringMonday night’s NBA gameagainst the MilwaukeeBucks.

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Two contestants missedone game in last week’sElwood Publishing Co. foot-ball contest and several oth-ers missed two, bringing thetiebreaker into play onceagain.

Jessie Munden of Arcadiawas perfect with a tie-break-

ing guess of 47 points andthus took home the $50 first-place prize.

Dale Munden, also ofArcadia, also missed just onegame and was four points offthe tiebreaker. But he tookhome the $25 second-placeprize.

Scott Duffitt of Churubuscomissed two games but wasjust one point off the tiebreak-er to earn the $15 third-placeprize.

Jessie Munden’s lone misscame when Wisconsin beatPurdue. Dale Munden,meanwhile, had San

Franscico beating the Colts.Duffitt incorrectly picked BallState to beat Miami of Ohio.

This week’s contest can befound below. Entries are dueby 4:30 p.m. Friday and areto be returned to either theElwood Call-Leader or TiptonTribune office.

The Mundens place 1st and 2nd in football contest