FRIDAY SPORTS: Cards even Series; Panthers win; Mississppi State beats UK

*The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-2 Thursday night at Fenway Park to even the World Series at one game each. Although St. Louis got on the board first, David Ortiz again went long for Boston in the loss, with a two-run homer in the sixth that put them up 2-1. But the Cardinals came back to score three more runs, all of them in the seventh inning. Carlos Beltran, who bruised his ribs the night before when he stole an Ortiz grand slam with a catch over the right-field fence, was in the game and drove in one of the runs in the seventh with an RBI single. Game 3 will be played Saturday in St. Louis. Jake Peavy will start for Boston and Joe Kelly for the Cardinals.

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The Carolina Panthers downed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-13 Thursday night, sending the winless Bucs to an 0-7 record. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was 23 of 32 for 221 yards with two touchdown passes, and Bucs rookie QB Mike Glennon went 30 of 51 for 275 yards with one touchdown.

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In college football Thursday night, Dak Prescott threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns and also caught a 17-yard touchdown pass to lead Mississippi State past Kentucky 28-22.

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*It’s another round of Golden Corner High School Football Friday night on 96.3 WGOG. Our broadcast will originate from Tom Bass Field at Seneca High School, where the West-Oak Warriors will be in town to take on the Bobcats. At halftim, the jersey of Seneca Bobcat, Clemson Tiger, and Pittsburgh Steeler great Bennie Cunningham will be retired. Elsewhere Friday evening, top-ranked Daniel will visit Walhalla. Wren is at BHP in the battle for second place in Western AAA. Crescent will visit Landrum. Hillcrest plays host to TL Hanna. Pendleton goes to Liberty. Palmetto will host Emerald. Powdersville is at Carolina Academy. Westside will host Laurens. In Northeast Georgia, Stephens County is at Lanier. Elbert County goes to Hart County. Franklin County will host Morgan County.

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In college football Saturday, Clemson hopes to rebound when it visits the Maryland Terrapins at 3:30 PM. South Carolina is Columbia, Missouri to take on the 5th-ranked Missouri Tigers at 7:00 PM. And, also at 7:00, the Furman Paladins are on 96.3 WGOG as they face the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge. Coverage of that game begins at 6:00 PM Saturday.

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The Atlanta Falcons will face the Detroit Lions in London next season. The NFL will hold three games at Wembley Stadium in 2014. Also appearing will be Dallas versus Jacksonville and Miami against Oakland.