ight, and San Francisco led the Cubs 5-2 at that point.He listened on the radio as he drove 15 minutes from AT&T Park: scoreless seventh, then scoreless eighth. Baer parked and arrived

SAN FRANCISCO -- Larry Baer left the ballpark in the sixth inning, and he remembers the exact moment because of the Kiss Cam on the scoreboard. The Giants CEO needed to get to Yom Kippur services at his synagogue by sundown Tuesday night, and San Francisco led the Cubs 5-2 at that point.He listened on the radio as he drove 15 minutes from AT&T Park: scoreless seventh, then scoreless eighth. Baer parked and arrived for the Kol Nidre service at 8:15 p.m. -- 15 minutes early for a change -- then eventually went inside and turned off his phone.The final score would have to wait for 90 minutes, yet Baer prepared for a flight first thing Thursday back to Chicago for Game 5 fully confident his club would stave off postseason elimination once more. The Giants had done so 10 times in a row, after all.I walked in, turned off my phone, ignored my phone -- off in terms of me looking at it ... not being checked, Baer told The Associated Press on Thursday. A big Giants fan was sitting near me and said as I was literally walking to sit down, `We got out in the bottom of the eighth. So, I took a deep breath and got into services for an hour and a half.With the Jewish High Holidays service over, a man from a couple of rows back approached and told him, Im sorry. Baer initially thought someone had died. Then he got it. The season was over, an even-year failure for the first time this decade after World Series championships in 2010, `12 and `14.Thats how I found out, Baer said of the 6-5 loss in Game 4.He skipped socializing after the service and headed for his car, then sat in silence for a while. Eventually, he called family members and then general manager Bobby Evans to make sure he was sane.I just sat in the car stunned, Baer said. Stunned.Baer has endured both the highs and lows as a baseball executive and devoted Jew when the postseason and High Holidays collide.Two years ago when he readied to break the fast following Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Baer endured a similar story with a far sweeter ending.This has a better outcome, Baer recalled.The Giants were in Washington for the NL Division Series and he stayed back in the Bay Area to be in temple. His father was being remembered, too, after Monroe Baer Jr. died in March 2014 at age 91. That time, Baer parked his car with the Giants trailing 1-0 late in the game. A stranger in the courtyard whispered in his ear Man on first. Baer went inside and the service was just beginning when someone else tapped him on the shoulder from behind with, Tie game.Baer assumed Game 2 went to extra innings but heard nothing when services ended, so his gut told him maybe the Giants had lost. A friend then urged him to get home, its the bottom of the 13th.Im like, `Wow, so I went to a party, a break-the-fast, Baer said of the celebration two blocks from temple. Baer noticed there were far fewer people around the food and the host immediately sent him upstairs, where rabbis and friends were gathered around a television watching the Giants in the 14th.They stayed put through the 15th, 16th and 17th -- and everybody then knew this game would end in the 18th, a significant number in Judaism derived from the Hebrew word chai, for long life.As we go to the top of the 18th, the rabbis and four people including myself simultaneously say, `It has to happen in the 18th because of the significance of the No. 18, he said. It was also pointed out that half of chai is up to bat, No. 9, Brandon Belt.Belt homered, and the Giants won 2-1.And the place erupts, Baer said. That was the perfect symmetry. ... So, were talking about complete bookends, both characterized by the holiday. 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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes end a five-game homestand Sunday against a team that put them in a bad mood at the start of the season.Across the past month, the Hurricanes figure theyve become a different team since the season-opening loss to the Winnipeg Jets.Its a good redemption game for us, Hurricanes center Jordan Staal said. I think weve learned a lot since that game. Weve done a good job of finding ways to win as of late.When the Jets visit, the game will mark the return to Raleigh for coach Paul Maurice, who had two different stints as coach of the Hurricanes.Maurices team won the Oct. 13 season opener with a 5-4 overtime decision at home, rallying from a three-goal deficit in the final 15 minutes in the third period.We all remember what happened in game one (of the season) and we can use that as motivation, Carolina goaltender Cam Ward said.The outcome turned into a bad memory, though there were positive aspects to a degree for the Hurricanes.A lot of it went the way we wanted, Carolina coach Bill Peters said of last months opener. Weve got to clean up some details. ... Were a much different team now, a better team. We should have a little bit of revenge on our mind.Trying to tack on to a three-game winning streak is also part of Sundays motivation for the Hurricanes, whove defeated Washington, San Jose and Montreal.Weve been beating the top teams in the league and were feeling comfortable with our team, center Victoor Rask said.ddddddddddddThis is a chance for the Hurricanes to extend momentum.Getting that last win here on the homestand is very, very important, defenseman Ron Hainsey said. Sundays game is one we have to be ready for right off the hop.Ward will be in the net again, with Peters saying hes keeping the lineup that has produced.I just feel like Im in a rhythm. Just comfortable and confident with what Im doing, Ward said. Were building some momentum here at home and its important that we respond.This will be the Jets third stop on a five-game road trip. The lost their second game in a row by dropping a 4-1 decision to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.With a quick turnaround from the game in Boston, Maurice said the plan is to split the goaltending duties, meaning it would be Connor Hellbuycks turn Sunday.Meanwhile, the Jets are anxious to see improved results on power plays. The Jets were 0-for-4 on Saturday night.Weve put a lot of pucks at the net, Maurice said. Were working on other pieces of it.Sundays game will be the fifth in eight days for the Jets.Weve had a pretty hard schedule, said right winger Nikolaj Ehlers, who has had a strong November. For me, its a learning phase. Its exciting to play this much, this is what you want. I feel good out there right now and hopefully I can keep building this. 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