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Michigan was making a mess of another game against a heavy underdog, when Desmond Morgan snatched away Connecticuts chance for a huge upset. Morgans one handed interception in the fourth quarter swung the game Michigans way and the 15th ranked Wolverines dodged another potentially embarrassing loss with a 24 21 victory against Connecticut on Saturday night. A week after Michigan needed a last second stand to hold off Akron at the Big House, Brendan Gibbons kicked a 21 yard field goal with 4:36 left to give the Wolverines (4 0) their first lead of the second half. “Were Michigan. We dont play to everyone elses level and for the last two weeks we have. But were going to step it up,” defensive end Frank Clark said. Chandler Whitmer threw two touchdown passes and Ty Meer Brown returned a fumble 34 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter that put UConn (0 3) up 21 7. Quarterback Devin Gardner turned the ball over three times for Michigan and the Wolverines also muffed a punt inside their 10 that led to a UConn touchdown. Fitzgerald Toussaint carried the offence with 120 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries. Toussaint broke a 35 yard touchdown run in the third quarter, and scored from 12 yards out right after Morgans pick with 9:56 left. Against the Zips, Gardner threw three interceptions and lost a fumble and the Wolverines came away feeling more relieved than victorious. Gardner wasnt much better this week, going 11 for 23 for 97 yards. He ran for 64 yards and a 17 yard touchdown in the first quarter. But his defence had to bail him out, specifically Morgan.cheap jerseys After star Connecticut linebacker Yawin Smallwood stopped Gardner short on a fourth and 2 at the Huskies 22 with 11:23 left in the fourth quarter, the record crowd of 42,704 at Rentschler Field was rocking and starting to believe an upset was in the making. But Morgan made the play of the game and one play later Toussaint swept untouched around the left side to make it 21 21 with 9:49 left. Michigan forced a three and out on the next series and got the ball back around midfield, but its drive stalled at the 4 and Gibbons made the short kick to give Michigan a three point lead with 4:36 left. UConns last drive never had a chance. Michigan pushed the Huskies backward and then they came up a few yards short on a fourth and 29. UConn, playing without leading receiver Shakim Phillips, managed only 206 yards, 159 passing from Whitmer. The Huskies limped into the most high profile nonconference home game they have ever played, trying to avoid their first 0 3 start since 2001 and take some heat off third year coach Paul Pasqualoni. But Michigan had three turnovers in the first half that helped give UConn a 14 7 lead. Turnover No. 4 came on its first possession of the second half and put the Wolverines in a deep hole. Gardner tried to sneak on a third and short, but as he slid down the line, he bumped into one of his linemen and the ball popped loose. Brown picked up the ball and had a couple of teammates escort him into the end zone for a 21 7 lead less than 2 minutes into the half. Michigan finally responded with a drive, going 75 yards, the final 35 by Toussaint who made it 21 14 with 5:37 left in the third. The Maize and Blues visit to Rentschler Field was a major event in these parts. Former UConn basketball star Ray Allen made the trip and Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who grew up in Michigan and almost played for the Wolverines, also took in the game from the athletic directors box. On the field, though, the Huskies didnt appear to be in any condition to challenge Michigan, having already lost at home to Towson and Maryland at least without help, and Michigan gave it to the Huskies. Gardner threw a first quarter interception deep in UConn territory. He redeemed himself later with a 17 yard touchdown run to give Michigan a 7 0 lead with 1:52 left in the first. UConn ended the quarter with one first down. But Michigan couldnt take advantage as the Huskies offence sputtered, and the Huskies tied it at 7 with 3:54 left in the half when Whitmer found Spencer Parker, a former walk on, for an 11 yard touchdown pass. The third Michigan turnover of the half, a bouncing punt that hit off the leg of DaMario Jones while he was looking the other way, gave UConn the ball at the Wolverines 9 and two plays later Whitmer floated a 7 yard TD pass to Lyle McCombs that put the Huskies up 14 7. Gardner didnt complete a pass in the second quarter and for the second straight week Michigan looked disjointed against a heavy underdog. Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4 1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. KyrieIrvings last minute 3 pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBronJames left. ST. LOUIS Pete Kozma scored on catcher Mike Zuninos passed ball with the bases loaded and two outs in the 10th inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals retook the NL Central lead with a 2 1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. The Cardinals lead the division by a game after Pittsburgh lost. Theyre 6 1 on a nine game homestand. Kozma entered in the eighth inning as a pinch runner, later stole third base and scored the tying run. In the 10th, Kozma singled with two outs off Chase Ruffin (0 2). Oliver Perez walked Matt Carpenter and Jon Jay to load the bases. Zunino couldnt handle the first pitch to Matt Holliday, with the ball rolling free and Kozma scoring on a head first slide. Rookie Kevin Siegrist (3 1) worked around two hits in the 10th for the win. He has not allowed a run in 19 1 3 innings. Zunino homered for the Mariners, who have lost a franchise record 13 games in extra innings, including their last six in a row. The Cardinals have won their last four extra inning games. Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina helped them get there this time, throwing out pinch runner Endy Chavez and Dustin Ackley when they tried to steal in the ninth. Hisashi Iwakuma allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings for Seattle. Adam Wainwright allowed a run in eight innings. The 16 game winner was hurt only by Zuninos 435 foot homer in the fifth. . Kozma and stole third on Carpenters full count walk, then scored on Jays grounder off Charlie Furbush. The Cardinals struggled against Milwaukee pitching the previous series, with Wily Peralta and Marco Estrada both carrying no hit bids into the sixth. St. Louis also struggled against Iwakuma, and one of the biggest cheers came when the final score was posted for the Pirates 5 4 loss to the Cubs. Zunino had been 4 for 30 in 10 games since coming off the 15 day disabled list from a broken left hand that sidelined him more than a month. He connected for his third homer of the season and first since July 22. NOTES: Iwakuma topped 200 innings for the season in the fourth. . It was 70 degrees at gametime, a 25 degree drop from two days earlier. . 2B Carpenter hit his major league leading 49th double in the third and made the defensive play of the game in the seventh with a sliding stab in the outfield grass and throw to rob Zunino of a hit. . A pair of rookies get the call on Saturday night, with Michael Wacha (3 0, 2.72) making his seventh career start for the Cardinals and James Paxton (1 0, 1.50) making his second career start for Seattle. . Former Cardinals 3B Ken Oberkfell threw the ceremonial first pitch. . Kyle Seager started his 100th consecutive game at 3B, extending his Mariners franchise record. .