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Boise State and Wyoming are two programs looking up. Wholesale Custom Cubs Shirts .When the two teams meet Saturday in Laramie, No. 13 Boise State (7-0, 3-0 Mountain West) will be looking to continue its rise in the AP Top 25 poll , while Wyoming (5-2, 3-0) is looking to continue its ascent from 2-10 finish last year.While first place in the Mountain Division is at stake, the Broncos have their sights set on cracking the Top 10 in hopes of earning a spot in the College Football Playoff. To do that, they need to remain undefeated.This game has big implications not only with the Mountain West Conference but nationally, Wyoming coach Craig Bohl noted.But Broncos coach Bryan Harsin has other more immediate concerns on his mind -- turnovers chief among them.Weve gotten three this year and given up 11, Harsin said. That is not a good ratio for us in the turnover category. Were certainly aware of that, but it needs to change.Boise State has never lost to Wyoming in the 10 meetings between the two teams. The Broncos won easily last year 34-14 .But Harsin said Wyoming is a program on the rise under Bohl, who over the last three years has brought a style of blue-collar, disciplined football that proved successful on the FCS level at North Dakota State.Certainly no surprise that Wyoming has developed this season and is having the success theyre having, Harsin said.Wyoming is led offensively by running back Brian Hill, who is second in the nation in rushing, averaging 144.3 yards. Hill ran for 289 yards last week in a win at Nevada.They are running the football and they are doing it effectively, Harsin said.Bohl said he knew before the season started that the Cowboys were much improved but he said the program is on a good trajectory and maybe a little bit ahead of where Id thought we would be at this point.The Cowboys have recorded their best start in the Mountain West Conference since joining the conference in 1999. They are one win away from becoming bowl eligible. The Cowboys were last in a bowl game in 2011.We didnt get here by chance and now its going to be important that we continue to play well, Bohl said. But were certainly in a different place than where we had been and its not by happenstance.Wyomings improvement this year has raised the stakes with Boise State coming to Laramie -- something Cowboys fans havent had at War Memorial Stadium in years.Some things to watch for in Saturdays game:BRINGING THE OFFENSE: Entering the game, Wyoming has averaged 34.4 points a game this season, and the Broncos 34.3. Both team feature dynamic running backs: Wyomings Brian Hill, who is second in the nation in rushing, and Boise States Jeremy McNichols, who is No. 6 with a per-game average of 130.7 yards on the ground.Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen is No. 3 in the Mountain West in total offense, averaging 231 yards a game. Broncos quarterback Brett Rypien is No. 1 in the league in passing, averaging 294.9 a game. However, Wyoming learned this week that its starting right tackle, Ryan Cummings, will be lost for the season because of a foot injury.WYOMING VERSUS TOP 25 TEAMS IN LARAMIE: Wyoming last beat a Top 25 opponent on Oct. 26, 2002, when it topped No. 22 Air Force 34-26 in Laramie. The highest ranked team Wyoming has ever defeated at home (or on the road) was No. 11 Arizona State in 1972, by a score of 45-43.BOISE IN LARAMIE -- Boise State has beaten Wyoming in all five games between the two teams at Laramie. Those five wins have been by an average of 30.8 points. This year, Wyomings defense has been giving up 30.3 points per game, but it has also recorded four defensive touchdowns and forced 15 turnovers this season.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org Custom Fergie Jenkins Jersey . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. Custom Billy Williams Jersey . 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They were outscored 18-5 in losing the three-game series to the Dodgers.Ray (7-13) gave up three runs and two hits in six innings. The left-hander walked four, including three in the first inning.The first inning I was just having trouble feeling my pitches, feel for my fastball and the breaking stuff, he said. After that I found all of them and they just started working for me.Arizonas lone run came on Paul Goldschmidts RBI double with two outs in the first.Yasiel Puig homered with one out in the sixth, extending the Dodgers lead to 3-1.It was a curveball, Ray said. I was trying to backdoor it and it just didnt break enough. He is a strong hitter and even though he might have got it off the end of the bat, he is strong enough to hit it out.Ray struck out 10 or more batters for the fourth time this season.He had very good stuff, a lot of strikeouts again, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. We need to score some runs.Brock Stewart became the fourth consecutive rookie pitcher to win his start for the Dodgers, who have won five straight.The Dodgers increased their lead to a season-high five games over San Francisco, which lost 6-5 at Colorado.Stewart (1-2) allowed one run and five hits in five innings, struck out one and walked two. The Dodgers started four consecutive rookies for the second straight week while their battered rotation slowly comes back. Jose De Leon took the mound Sunday and Kenta Maeda went Monday, followed by Ross Stripling on Tuesday. All four won.Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 43rd save in 49 chances, leaving him one shy of his career-high set in 2014.Los Angeles scored the tying and go-ahead runs in the bottom of the first. Corey Seager doubled into the right field corner, bringing home Howie Kendrick who had walked and narrowly avoided getting tagged in a head-first slide at the plate. Ernie Banks Jersey Large. Puigs sacrifice fly scored Seager, making it 2-1.Clinging to a 3-1 lead, the Dodgers bullpen squelched threats in the seventh and eighth innings.The D-backs loaded the bases in the seventh. Reliever Jesse Chavez gave up consecutive singles to pinch-hitter Phil Gosselin and Jean Segura before retiring the next two batters. He intentionally walked Goldschmidt and then struck out pinch-hitter Rickie Weeks Jr. to end the inning.Game on the line we thought that was our chance, Hale said. We always trust Rickie, he gives us good at-bats. Got the 3-2 and the guy made a good pitch on him.In the eighth, Pedro Baez came on and struck out Yasmany Tomas and Chris Hermann before walking pinch-hitter Mitch Haniger. He needed six pitches to retire Gosselin on a groundout to shortstop.TRAINERS ROOMD-backs: C Welington Castillo was scratched shortly before the game with tightness in his shoulder and replaced by Hermann.Dodgers: LHP Scott Kazmir experienced a setback in his rehab start at Triple-A Oklahoma City and left early with neck and ribcage issues. He will return to Los Angeles for further evaluation. He tossed 33 pitches and gave up a three-run homer, walked two and hit two batters.UP NEXTD-backs: RHP Braden Shipley (3-3, 4.94) starts the opener of a three-game home series against San Francisco. He is 2-0 with a 1.04 ERA in four starts when throwing six-plus innings.Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (11-2, 1.79) starts Friday for the first time since June 26 after missing two months with mild disk herniation. He allowed a season-high five runs and seven hits in seven innings against Miami at home on April 26 in a 6-3 loss. He struck out 10 and didnt issue a walk. Kershaw is 5-3 with a 2.40 ERA in 10 career starts against the Marlins. ' ' '