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Adelaide marked milestone midfielder Scott Thompsons 300th AFL match with a 28-point win against Collingwood to rise to second spot on the ladder.The Crows, with Eddie Betts slotting three goals, triumphed 14.13 (97) to 10.9 (69) in Saturday nights Adelaide Oval fixture.Thompson, one of Adelaides favourite sons, was chaired from the field after the victory which puts the Crows behind only pacesetters Hawthorn.Adelaide booted the initial five goals of the game with a swagger but the Magpies, with Adam Treloar and captain Scott Pendlebury prominent, reduced their deficit to nine points just before halftime.The home side, before a bumper 50,012 crowd, surged again in the third term to create a 28-point break before Collingwood again responded - they kicked three consecutive goals to shrink the margin to 11 points.But steadying goals to Mitch McGovern, and Betts third after the three quarter-time siren, gave Adelaide a handy 23-point buffer.The Magpies, with seven wins and nine losses - still three wins outside the top eight - couldnt bridge the gap on the Crows in the last quarter.Adelaides Tom Lynch and emerging onballer Jarryd Lyons kicked two goals and dependable Daniel Talia was superb in defence.Onballers Rory Sloane (27 disposals) and the Crouch brothers - Brad (29 possessions) and Matt (24 touches) were influential, while the celebrated Thompson gathered 22 disposals.Collingwood skipper Pendlebury collected 30 possessions, and Treloar (36 touches) and Taylor Adams (32 possessions) were standouts.Travis Cloke took seven marks and kicked two goals among 17 disposals - his scoring return was matched by teammates Jack Crisp and Levi Greenwood.Crows coach Don Pyke praised the even spread of contributors in his winning side.It was a tough hard-fought contest, he said.To Collingwoods real credit they came with a strong contest ... but our guys really dug in.Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley lamented some sloppy skills from his players, who had 20 more disposals than Adelaide yet 10 fewer inside 50m entries.We gave most of what we had, Buckley said.The Magpies meet North Melbourne on Friday night while Adelaide travel to play Geelong next Saturday night.Nike Vapormax Herren Billig . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. 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In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves.CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Reds kept putting runners on base. Moving them around was more of a problem.The Reds piled up 11 hits and drew five walks, but the St. Louis Cardinals turned four double plays and made the most of a defensive breakdown by Cincinnati to pull out a 5-2 victory Sunday.Randal Grichuk and Kolten Wong homered, Carlos Martinez carried a shutout into the seventh inning and St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak.Yadier Molina had two of the Cardinals five hits as they avoided being swept in Cincinnati for the first time since July 2012.St. Louis began the day with a one-game lead over the Mets for the final NL playoff spot. New York was set to host Washington later.Martinez (13-7) allowed three hits over six scoreless innings before the Reds reached him for three hits and two runs to knock him out of the game three batters into the seventh. He walked five and struck out six while improving to 8-1 in 13 road starts this season.Cincinnati went on to load the bases with one out against reliever Zack Duke before Scott Schebler flied out. Left fielder Brandon Moss threw out Tyler Holt at the plate -- the third of four Cardinals double plays, tying their season high.Reds manager Bryan Price had no problem with the speedy Holt trying to score.Offensively, were down by three runs and you think youre going to be conservative, but you still have to score runs, Price said. Moss makes a nice play. We had to take a chance with two outs.Seung Hwan Oh allowed a leadoff single in the ninth before getting three outs for his 15th save.Tim Adleman (2-3) gave up both Cardinals homers while matching his career high with six strikeouts in his first career appearance against St. Louis. He allowed four hits and three runs with a walk in five innings.Outside of a few pitches, I did a pretty good job of minimizing damage, Adleman said. It was better today. I wasnt in a lot of jams today. The first (home run) in the second inning, the pitch got too much of the plate. Maybe in another park, it doesnt go out. I dont know. The second one to Wong was a curve over the plate. You have to tip your hat. He did what he was supposed to with it.Price, using Septtember as a tryout camp for the last-place Reds, pulled Adleman after 77 pitches.dddddddddddd Wandy Peralta made his major league debut with a hitless seventh.If this was August instead of September, I wouldnt have taken Adleman out, but I had four or five guys that needed to pitch, Price said. (Adleman had) done enough to keep us in the game.Grichuk followed Stephen Piscottys double with his 21st homer this season and second of the series, giving St. Louis a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Grichuk also homered on Friday.Wong made it 3-0 by leading off the fifth with his fourth homer this year and second on the road trip. He also connected Monday in Milwaukee.First baseman Joey Vottos error and pitcher Jumbo Diazs error and wild pitch helped St. Louis add two unearned runs in the sixth for a 5-0 lead.HAPPY BIRTHDAYReds All-Star left fielder Adam Duvall was rested on his 28th birthday. He had a pinch-hit single in the ninth.CLOCKWORKFireworks were set off every hour on the hour outside the ballpark as crowds gathered for the citys annual pre-Labor Day Riverfest fireworks show. The 40-year-old event has been known to draw crowds of up to 500,000 people to the banks of the Ohio River. World War II-era warplanes also buzzed the ballpark before and during the game.TOP DOWNReds pitching limited the Cardinals first four batters -- Matt Carpenter, Jedd Gyorko, Moss and Piscotty -- to a combined 5 for 43 with one RBI and six walks in the series.TRAINERS ROOMCardinals: Ex-Reds catcher Brayan Pena, limited to four games this season by left knee inflammation, was activated from the 60-day disabled list before the game.Reds: CF Billy Hamilton, leading the majors in stolen bases, exited in the third after straining his left oblique while taking a strike.UP NEXTMets RF Jay Bruce, traded by the Reds to New York on Aug. 1, returns to Cincinnati for the first time in the opener of a three-game series Monday. RHP Robert Stephenson (2-0) attempts to become the first Reds pitcher since Wayne Simpson in 1970 to win his first three career starts. ' ' '