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SPORTS A17
Wednesday 23 September

POSTSEASON
PUSH

Indiana Fever forward Tamika Mercer, Marte put Bucs on playoff cusp
Catchings shoots a free throw
against the Chicago Sky dur- Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach Rick Sofield, left, congratulates Starling Marte who cir-
ing the second half of Game cles the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray
3 of the WNBA basketball in the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, in Denver.
Eastern Conference semifi-
nals, Monday, Sept. 21, 2015, Associated Press
in Rosemont, Ill. Page 20

Associated Press

Fever beat

Sky, advance

to EC finals

CHICAGO (AP) — Tamika
Catchings scored 27 points
and Shenise Johnson add-
ed 22 to help the Indiana
Fever beat the Chicago
Sky 100-89 to advance to
the Eastern Conference fi-
nals in the WNBA playoffs
on Monday.
It’s the fifth straight year that
Indiana has advanced this
far, matching the league
record set by Los Angeles
from 1999-03. This might be
the most unexpected one
of the streak, especially
after dropping Game 1
to Chicago. Erlana Larkins
added 18 points and Maris-
sa Coleman had 17 for the
third-seeded Fever, who
advanced to face top-
seeded New York or fourth-
seeded Washington. Those
teams are tied 1-all going
into the series finale Tues-
day in New York.q