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Johnny Cueto went out in the first inning with a back injury, and Cincinnati was powered by home runs from Phillips and Jay Bruce to beat the Giants 5-2 in Game 1 of the NL division series Saturday night.
• Phillips hit a two-run homer in the third, and Bruce added a solo drive leading off the fourth as the Reds overcame the departure of their 19-game winner after just eight pitches.
• Phillips added an RBI single in the ninth for his third hit and the Reds scored another on a passed ball. This one takes some of the sting out of that short-lived 2010 run.
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Smith's 4 TD passes spark another WVU shootout win over Texas, 48-45
• AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Geno Smith and No. 8 West Virginia turned their first trip to Texas into a rollicking Wild West drama.
• And now, two games into playing in a new conference, the Mountaineers look every bit like one of the teams to beat in the Big 12.
• Smith passed for four touchdowns, Andrew Buie ran for 207 yards and two touchdowns and West Virginia came away with another wild victory, this time taking down the 11th-ranked Longhorns 48-45 on Saturday night.
• A week after West Virginia ran up 70 points on Baylor at home, the Mountaineers turned their first road game in their new league into another high-scoring, heart-pounding affair.
• "Every week, we're going to go out and have fun," Smith said after he and his teammates celebrated the win with several thousand West Virginia fans tucked into a corner of Royal-Memorial Stadium.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2012. There are 85 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Oct. 7, 1929, former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall, one of the main figures of the Teapot Dome scandal, went on trial in Washington, D.C., charged with accepting a bribe from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny. (Fall was found guilty and sen (Continued on page 25)
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