Hilfestellungen » Our guys continue to grind through it

Andi Sullivan made such good use of the rest of the month, it seems only fair that the final full week of October belonged to the Stanford All-American midfielder, too.A week after she looked comfortable at the sports highest level, twice excelling in what were her debut performances with the United States womens national team, Sullivan looked a little too good for college soccer. Or at least that portion of the college game that resides in Arizona.Sullivan scored a total of four goals in Stanfords wins at Arizona and Arizona State this past week, more than enough to merit a place as the espnW soccer player of the week.Far from exhibiting any fatigue after returning to Stanford following national team games in Utah and Minnesota, arriving back just in time to turn around and travel on the road trip, Sullivan put the Cardinal ahead to stay with the opening goal in a 4-0 win at Arizona. It was a strike that would have fit right in at the international level, Sullivan settling a pass with her first touch and then ripping a left-footed shot from just outside the box past the diving keeper. She later converted a penalty kick to expand the margin to a comfortable three goals.She was back at the penalty spot early in the second half of a 2-1 win at Arizona State and broke a scoreless tie when she converted. Then, about two minutes after Arizona State came within inches of a goal on a corner kick and three minutes before an own goal by the Cardinal, Sullivan deftly steered a Kyra Caruso pass into the lower corner for her second goal.Her four goals on the week were just two shy of her total in her first two college seasons.Sullivan impressed with the national team as a holding midfielder, the same role she played her first two seasons at Stanford. U.S. coach Jill Ellis also talked about trying Sullivan as the kind of ball-playing center back that she feels the modern game demands. But her task at Stanford this season has been to play higher up the field and produce points more directly.Despite missing two games, she ranks third in the Pac-12 with 10 goals (shes also tied for third in the conference with six assists). The Cardinal, in turn, are just one goal away from matching their total for the entirety of the 2015 season and control their own conference championship chances as the regular season concludes this weekend.I think its a little bit more freedom to be in the attacking role and a little more creativity, which is fun, Sullivan said of the change. Its a different part of the game. Its a challenge to me, from the last two years, when Ive been in a very organizational role, a very defensive, distributing role. Now its Can you add to that?Theyre different disciplines. They require a lot of the same skills, but they are different roles.No matter the role and no matter the team, Sullivan had an October to remember. Christian Okoye Jersey . Booth picked up 65 caps after making her national team debut in 2002 at the age of 17. She most recently played for Sky Blue FC of the National Womens Soccer League. "It just felt like it was my time to move on," she said in a phone interview from her hometown of Burlington, Ont. Marcus Allen Womens Jersey . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. http://www.thechiefsshoponline.com/Youth-Harrison-Butker-Chiefs-Jersey/ . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. Lee held the overnight lead but mixed three birdies with two bogeys for a 70. Marcus Allen Womens Jersey . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. Marcus Allen Youth Jersey . 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. HOUSTON -- Derek Holland did not pitch well Wednesday night, and he knew it.The left-hander struggled for a second straight outing, and a Rangers rally fell short.Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman both left with injuries, but George Springer and Teoscar Hernandez homered and the Houston Astros helped their fading playoff hopes with an 8-4 win over the Rangers.Holland (7-8) allowed five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.I have to do better, Holland said. Not pleased with what happened today. Its frustrating.Holland was announced as the starter after Tuesday nights game, with original starter Yu Darvish moved to start Saturday.Holland refused to use the on-again, off-again nature of the start as a reason for his struggles.I just didnt perform today, Holland said. Its no excuse to use that in there. I was called upon. I just didnt do my job.Altuve exited after the fourth with right oblique discomfort, and Bregman was pulled in the sixth with right hamstring discomfort. Both will be evaluated Thursday.Texas still holds a three-game lead over Cleveland for the best record in the AL.Houston snapped a three-game losing streak and closed within 3 1/2 games of Toronto for the second AL wild card.Hernandez gave the Astros a 3-1 lead with a two-run homer off the facade in left-center in the second. Springer led off the first with his 27th home run to tie it at 1.The Astros got just their fourth win in 19 games against the Rangers this season.Houston built a 5-1 lead, but the Rangers closed within onee on Nomar Mazaras two-run homer in the seventh and Jonathan Lucroys RBI single in the eighth.ddddddddddddAttribute that to the way we play, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. Our guys continue to grind through it. We have a comeback plan when we get down and our guys I felt like they were continuing to put that in play. We got it within one, felt like if we could keep it right there we have a shot.After the Rangers closed within 5-4, Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run single and Jake Marisnick had an RBI single in the eighth to extend the lead to four.Joe Musgrove (3-4) allowed three runs and five hits with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. The rookie right-hander retired 14 of 15 batters at one pointINJURED INFIELDERSAltuve entered leading the AL in hitting with a .340 average to go with 24 home runs and 94 RBI. The second baseman also leads the AL in hits with 196. He was 1 for 2 with a double before being lifted.Bregman, a rookie third baseman batting .260 with eight homers, limped into third in the sixth inning after stopping and starting on Tyler Whites groundout. Bregman tried to walk it off, but he was lifted for pinch-runner Tony Kemp and limped off the field.UP NEXTRangers: LHP Cole Hamels (14-5) makes his 30th start of the season Friday night against Oakland. The left-hander allowed two runs in six innings in his last start Saturday against the Angels. ' ' '