Arizonas Brandon Drury in Sundays 10-9 loss.Weve been waiting for this series for a while, Roberts said. I think were still pl

Neither of Alabamas two young quarterbacks did enough to separate themselves from the group in the Crimson Tides 52-6 win over Southern Cal.For the second straight week, coach Nick Saban will play both true freshman Jalen Hurts and redshirt freshman Blake Barnett when the top-ranked Crimson Tide hosts Western Kentucky at 3:30 ET Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.I thought that both guys were a little shaky in the beginning in terms of how they played, and I think that the longer they played in the game, the better they played, Saban said. That goes for both guys.I still think that we need to play two quarterbacks to try to gain the experience and knowledge and consistency that we need to see. We may do it a little different way than we did last week. But I think well probably still play two guys in the game.Barnett earned the start and completed 5-of-6 passes for 100 yards, a touchdown and no turnovers.Hurts entered the game after the second series and accounted for four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing). But he also turned the ball over twice.Jalen did a nice job in some of the things he did, turned the ball over a couple of times, Saban said. When Blake went back in the game, he actually played with a lot more confidence and a lot more poise.I think we need to continue to develop both of those players. It was encouraging that both players played better as they played in the game, which should be expected of freshmen.Hopefully, well see big improvement in this game.Alabama isnt playing a top-20 team like USC, but Western Kentucky is no slouch, despite being outscored in two previous meetings with Alabama by a combined score of 76-7. The Hilltoppers were ranked in the top 25 last season. They lost their starting quarterback from last year, but the Hilltoppers return a ton of starters from last years group.Theyve got one of the most prolific passing attacks that were going to see and some very good players to implement, Saban said. They play really tough, physical defensive football. This is a good team.The Hilltoppers opened their season with a 46-14 rout of Rice. Taking over for Brandon Doughty at quarterback, junior Mike White set an efficiency record when he passed for 517 yards in completing 25 of his 31 attempts in his WKU debut. He came to the Hilltoppers after two years at South Florida, where he had 15 starts.Wide receiver Taywan Taylor had four receptions covering at least 25 yards among his five receptions, and wide receiver Nicholas Norris had an 87-yard touchdown reception among his team-high seven receptions.We had two teams in our league that actually lost to teams that were nowhere near this good, Saban said, referring to Southern Mississippis win at Kentucky and South Alabamas win at Mississippi State. Nowhere near what they accomplished a year ago.Nowhere near the number of players coming back. These are not things that we can take at all for granted. We need to get ready to play this game as if were playing a really good football team, because we are.As for Hilltoppers coach Jeff Brohm, he has the requisite respect for the Tide.Were not blind, he said. We see what everyone else sees. This is the very best team in the country. Theyve got tremendous talent, great size, great speed at every position. There are no weaknesses.Theyre coached by the best coach in the country. Hes been there, hes done that, hes proven it. But our guys will be excited for this opportunity to go down there and play a caliber team like Alabama -- an SEC opponent, national champions, at their place, their first home game.I think our guys will be ready. Theyll look forward to this challenge. Were looking forward to seeing how we measure up. It will be a tough game, a tough matchup. We understand how tough this game will be.Mike Shannon . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Jose Martinez . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). http://www.custommlbcardinalsjersey.com/ . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. Orlando Cepeda .Y. - New Orleans forward Anthony Davis was chosen Friday to replace the injured Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city. Jordan Hicks . With his new coach and six-time Grand Slam singles champion Boris Becker watching him during an official match for the first time, Djokovic appeared tentative early against the Slovakian player, who often appeared content to keep the ball in play.The first two times Clayton Kershaw opposed Madison Bumgarner, it was too early to gauge whether it would be the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco Giants winning the National League West.The left-handed aces opposed each other twice in a span of six days in the first two weeks of the season with the Dodgers winning both meetings. Kershaw went 1-0 with a 2.40 ERA in those games and Bumgarner was 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA.Fast forward six months later, it is Kershaws Dodgers who are in first place over Bumgarners Giants, and the two stars will be on the mound in the opener of a three-game series on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.It will be the 10th regular-season matchup between Kershaw and Bumgarner, who made their major league debuts 15 1/2 months apart in 2008 and 2009. Kershaw has gone 3-4 with a 2.18 ERA and Bumgarner is 4-3 with a 2.88 ERA in those games.Kershaw will be making his third start since returning from a back injury. When he pitched five innings in Wednesdays 2-0 victory at Yankee Stadium, it could not have pleased him and the Dodgers any more.The three-time Cy Young award winner pitched around two rain delays, threw 64 pitches and about 16 more in a simulated game. He retired the first 12 hitters and ended his outing by striking out Yankees catcher Austin Romine with two on in a scoreless game.We felt comfortable with that delay to go back out there for the fifth. I think that just individually for Clayton it couldnt have worked out any better under the circumstances, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Fastball was good, velocity was really plus. He got the strikeout when he needed to, but to see Clayton go out there and do what he does, it was a huge lift for us.It was pretty much the same (intensity) both times, Kershaw said. I was obviously thankful to be back the first time, but I wasnt thinking about that. Once you start pitching, youre pitching. Youre trying to get guys out, and if youre not doing that effectively you need to look at it. So I did that.Just a little bit was better overall today. Maybe it was back on a normal routine, a normal four days almost -- or whatever my normal is now. Maybe that helped a little bit, I dont know.Kershaw is 7-1 with a 1.31 ERA in eight home starts this season. He has not pitched at home since beating WWashington on June 20.ddddddddddddAgainst the Giants, he is 18-7 with a 1.62 ERA in 34 games. He has posted a 0.80 WHIP, held Giants hitters to a .182 average and on June 10 Kershaw struck out 13 without a walk on 108 pitches in a 3-2 victory.The current Giants have a collective .161 average against Kershaw and its a significant drop-off after Buster Posey and Angel Pagan. Posey and Pagan are a combined .250 (37-for-148) against Kershaw. The rest of the team is 29-for-263 (.110).Burmgarner will be seeking his 100th career win. He is 4-5 with a 3.87 ERA in his last 12 starts after he took the loss Wednesday against the San Diego Padres when he allowed three runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.Tough luck. No other way to describe it, Bumgarner said of the loss. I made some good pitches.He is 13-9 with a 2.78 ERA in 25 appearances against the Dodgers, though he has a 5.63 ERA in his two outings against Los Angeles this season.The current Dodgers have a combined .243 average against Bumgarner and the best average belongs to outfielder Enrique Hernandez .579 (11-for-19) with three home runs. Justin Turner is 11-for-41 and left-handed hitters Adrian Gonzalez and Chase Utley are 10-for-50 and 2-for-12, respectively.The Giants led by 6 1/2 games at the All-Star break but lost the lead to the Dodgers on Aug. 21 after falling 2-0 to the Mets. That loss also put the Giants in a fight for the wild card with the Mets and Cardinals.Since the lead changed hands, the Giants have lost 15 of 26 and the Dodgers have won 17 of 27.The Dodgers missed a chance to extend the lead to six games when Ross Stripling gave up a 10th-inning single to Arizonas Brandon Drury in Sundays 10-9 loss.Weve been waiting for this series for a while, Roberts said. I think were still playing pretty good baseball.The Giants were held to five hits and were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position during Sundays 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The loss dropped San Francisco into the second wild spot, one game behind the Mets and one ahead of St. Louis.We created some chances today; we just couldnt get them in, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. We couldnt get the big hit. ' ' '