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SAN FRANCISCO -- Everyone seemed to be of the same mind that Thursdays series opener between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants was an important game.More important, they all agreed, is the series.The Giants got the jump on the Cardinals with a 6-2 win Thursday night behind Johnny Cuetos complete game.Cueto seemed to challenge his teammates after the win, boasting, Every game I will pitch from now on, I will pitch like a playoff game. Thats the way we need to play, like its a playoff game.The Giants and Cardinals are well versed in playoff-type games, dating back to the Giants run at their first of three World Series championships in 2010.But neither of Fridays starting pitchers has been a part of it.The Giants Matt Moore, acquired at the trade deadline from the Tampa Bay Rays, and Cardinals Luke Weaver, who has only six games of major league experience, will duel in Game 2 of the series.The night will begin with the Giants (78-68) leading the New York Mets (77-69) by one game and the Cardinals (76-70) by two in the race for the two National League wild-card spots.Also at stake in the Cardinals-Giants series is home-field advantage in a possible wild-card tie-breaker should they finish the regular season in a tie.Home field will go to the team that has the better head-to-head record during the regular season. The Giants win Thursday evened that count at 2-2.Im not trying to downplay (Thursdays) game, but we do have time left, losing pitcher Adam Wainwright insisted. We have plenty of time left to make this thing happen. We just have to play good games and have good starting pitching and play good defense and get timely hits. Thats what were going to try to do going forward.The Giants had all of the above in the opener. Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer off Wainwright, Buster Posey had a four-hit game, and Denard Span, demoted from first to eighth in the batting order, contributed a key two-run single in support of Cueto.The Cardinals, meanwhile, got a subpar effort from Wainwright (four runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings), hit poorly in general (seven 1-2-3 innings), and stranded four baserunners in the two innings in which they scored single runs.No doubt, the spotlight was on, and the Giants responded best on the first night.There was added intensity with who were playing, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of the playoff-type atmosphere. Were both fighting to get there. We knew we had to go out and play well, and we did that.The Cardinals welcomed back a potentially key player for their stretch run when former closer Trevor Rosenthal was activated from the disabled list before Thursdays game.He could play a role in the series before weekends end.Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. George Hill Bucks Jersey .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. http://www.nbabucksproshop.com/Authentic-Glenn-Robinson-Bucks-Jersey/ . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. D. J. Wilson Bucks Jersey . 1 position. The Mustangs (6-0), who beat Queens 50-31 last weekend, earned 17 first-place votes and 287 points in voting by the Football Reporters of Canada. Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011. Khris Middleton Bucks Jersey . - The Washington Redskins have cut defensive lineman Adam Carriker and punter Sav Rocca.VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. -- A California junior college football player has been arrested after he appeared to punch a referee during a game Saturday night.The Ventura County Star reports that Mount San Antonio freshman offensive linesman Bernard Schirmer was immediately ejected from the game and later arrested on suspicion of battery and taken to Ventura County jail.Police say the official, whose name was not released, had broken up an argument between players and was struck while wallking Schirmer back to his huddle.ddddddddddddTrainers from both Mount San Antonio and Ventura College immediately raced onto the field to tend to the injured official. He was replaced and did not return to the game.The newspaper reports that California Community College Athletic Association bylaws say striking an official is punishable by a five-year ban. ' ' '