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ST. LOUIS -- A controversial 4-3 Cardinals?win could prove critical in the National League postseason race after umpires ruled that the Cincinnati Reds didnt declare their intention to challenge a call quickly enough at the conclusion of Thursday nights game.Yadier Molina doubled to left field with two outs and Matt Carpenter at first base in the bottom of the ninth inning at Busch Stadium. The ball caromed off an advertisement for the Missouri Lottery beyond the wall, and Carpenter raced home with the winning run.?However, the ball should have been ruled dead, forcing Carpenter to return to third. Cincinnati manager Bryan Price followed the umpires off the field and spoke with them in the tunnel, but according to the crew chief, the Reds call to review the play was too late and the winning run stood.?In this situation, Bryan Price did not come up on the top step [of the dugout],?crew chief Bill Miller told a pool reporter. We stayed there. I waited for my partners to come off the field. I looked into the dugout, the Cincinnati dugout, and Bryan Price made no eye contact with me whatsoever and then, after 30 seconds, he finally realized. Somebody must have told him what had happened, and we were walking off the field.Miller said none of the four umpires had an inkling the ball hit the sign, or they would have reviewed it themselves.Teams are supposed to demonstrate their intent to review a play within 10 seconds and make up their mind within 30 seconds, but on plays that end the game, that decision must be immediate, according to Replay Review Rule II D-3.Its a terrible rule, Price said. I mean, thats ridiculous.Price and staff didnt get the message fast enough from their video review crew.?Because of the crowd noise, we couldnt hear the phone ring, Price said. There was no siren or blinking light to let you know.As the Cardinals mobbed Molina between first and second base, several Reds players milled about on the field as if awaiting a replay review.I saw the Reds still on the field, but I didnt know what happened, so I came inside, and they were saying it was a ground-rule double, Molina said. I didnt know what happened at the moment.Reds left fielder Adam Duvall said the ball definitely hit the sign.I saw it. I heard it. Theres a gap in between the sign and the fence. I wasnt sure if it was in play or not, he said.Duvall retrieved the ball and made a relay home.Cardinals manager Mike Matheny, whose team trails the San Francisco Giants by one game for the final wild-card spot, acknowledged that the ground rules at Busch Stadium made that a dead ball.The Cardinals didnt stick around long to see if there would be a review.They celebrated on the field, and theres no reason to hang around, Matheny said.Carpenter was about halfway between second and third base when the ball hit the padded sign, so he would have been ordered back to third had umpires realized it was a dead ball.When the balls hit, Im running as hard as I can. I never looked or saw where it was, Carpenter said. Im picking up the third-base coach and got the wave, and thats a fun way to win a game. Under Armour Wholesale Australia . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. 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Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge.Before each round of the NHL Playoffs, Scott Cullen crunches a few numbers and comes up with an expected goals for and against for each team, based on shot differentials and save percentages. In the first round, the team with the higher expected goals, using these calculations, won seven of the eight series, with the Los Angeles Kings win over the St. Louis Blues upsetting the bid for perfection. Round Two brought middle of the road results, 2-2, with two goaltenders providing dramatically different results than their previous play. The Kings Jonathan Quick had the worst save percentage among starting goaltenders going into the playoffs (.902) and Ottawas Craig Anderson had the leagues best save percentage (.941) during the regular season. so, naturally, Quick had a .951 save percentage against San Jose in Round Two and the Kings needed every one of the saves he provided. Anderson was overpowered by Pittsburghs high-powered offence in the second round, posting an .884 save percentage. Since Im the first one to emphasize that overall statistics (or standings) are not necessarily representative of the current value for a team, especially with respect to injuries, these statistics merely provide a baseline for the series, perhaps providing an idea what a team needs to do in order to emerge victorious. In some cases, teams will simply need to keep doing what theyve been doing throughout the regular season; in others, they might need better goaltending, or fewer shots against, or more shots for -- just something -- to provide better expected results in a seven-game series. The calculations below are simple and the expected goals for each team in the series are determined by taking each teams shots for and against over the course of the season and splitting the difference. So, Chicago has 31.8 shots on goal per game through the regular season and second round of the playoffs and Los Angeles has allowed 25.9 shots on goal per game; the average of those two numbers is 28.8 shots, so thats the number that is then multiplied by (1 - the opposing goaltenders save percentage) to determine an expected goals per game. Finally, the number is multiplied by seven to indicate an expected goal total for a seven-game series. Theres no guarantee that scoring more goals in a series will result in winning four games first, but the odds certainly favour the team that scores more. Team SF SA Goaltender SV% Expected GF/Series Chicago 31.dddddddddddd8 26.7 Corey Crawford 0.929 16.96 Los Angeles 28.7 25.9 Jonathan Quick 0.916 13.77 Verdict: If Quick is going to keep playing in the unconscious manner that he has through the first two rounds, its going to be awfully tough for the Blackhawks to score enough to win the series. Corey Crawford has played well in goal for Chicago, and the Blackhawks have a positive shot differential (+5.1) that, if it holds up, gives them a chance. Team SF SA Goaltender SV% Expected GF/Series Pittsburgh 30.6 30.0 Tomas Vokoun 0.921 14.91 Boston 33.6 29.4 Tuukka Rask 0.929 17.59 Verdict: Just as Jonathan Quick has upset the apple cart for this model, so too have the Pittsburgh Penguins, in part because of their playoff-leading power play that has counted for 13 goals in 11 games this postseason. With marginal shot differentials this season, the Penguins have needed to fare better on the percentages and lighting up the power play sure helps in that regard so, if we make the assumption that Boston can win the shots on goal battle, they will still need to find a way to slow down the Penguins power play. Bostons penalty killing during the regular season was great (87.1%), ranking fourth in the league, but Ottawas penalty killing was the best in the league (88.0%) during the regular season and the Penguins still went 6-for-25 (24.0%). Since the Penguins are also getting very good goaltending now that Tomas Vokoun has taken over in net, that means Tuukka Rask has to be nothing short of excellent for the Bruins. Scott Cullen can be reached at Scott.Cullen@bellmedia.ca and followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen. For more, check out TSN Fantasy Sports on Facebook. ' ' '