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OZONE PARK, N.Y. -- It took Verves Tale a long time to win her first race. It took far less time to win her second.Verves Tale, who just six weeks ago won a maiden race at Keeneland, reeled in seemingly home-free favorite Lewis Bay in deep stretch to win Saturdays Grade 3 $250,000 Comely Stakes for 3-year-old fillies by a neck at Aqueduct.Lewis Bay, the 3-5 favorite, finished second by 3 3/4 lengths over Going for Broke as Chad Brown trainees finished second and third. Flora Dora finished fourth followed by Mo dAmour, Unbridled Mo and Big Mara.Paco Lopez rode the winner for owner Charles Fipke and trainer Barclay Tagg.Verves Tale had run second in five of her first seven starts before overcoming trouble to win a 1-1/16-mile maiden affair by 2-3/4 lengths at Keeneland on Oct. 16.In the Comely, Verves Tale raced a close-up fourth as Mo dAmour set fractions of 23.92 seconds for the quarter and 48.47 for the half. A stalking Lewis Bay, under Irad Ortiz Jr., took the lead at the three-eighths pole and Verves Tale followed that move.Lewis Bay opened a seemingly safe advantage in mid-stretch, but she began to weaken late. Verves Tale kept on coming and got up in the final three strides.I followed [Lewis Bay] until the eighth pole and she took me out a little bit, Lopez said. My filly is very nice filly and she tried really hard. I rode the best filly in the race.Verves Tale, a daughter of Tale of Ekati and a full sister to 2015 Preakness runner-up Tale of Verve, covered the 1-1/8 miles in 1:51.89 and returned $43.60.Its taken a long time, but shes turned into a real machine now, Tagg said.Verves Tale will head to south Florida on Tuesday and point to a 4-year-old campaign.Ortiz said he had no excuse for Lewis Bay, who had been a two-time graded stakes winner going 1-1/8 miles at Aqueduct.When she makes the lead shes not the type that opens up, Ortiz said. 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It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night.SAN DIEGO -- Philip Rivers made it through his first appearance of the exhibition season without committing a turnover or getting sacked. It was a small victory even though the San Diego Chargers did lose to the Seattle Seahawks 31-10 Thursday night. Mike McCoy, who made his head coaching debut, said hes pleased with how the first-team offence and defence did, even though they were on the field just a short time. Rivers completed 5 of 6 passes for 45 yards in leading the Chargers on an opening 74-yard drive in 13 plays capped by Nick Novaks 28-yard field goal. He even gained 5 yards on a third-and-6, scrambling when he couldnt find anyone open. Rather than going for it for a second time on fourth down, McCoy chose to have Novak kick the field goal. "I would have liked to see him pick up the first down," McCoy said Friday. "But hey, hes not getting paid to run the football. So hes going to try to do the next best thing, and thats something were talking about, whether you throw the ball away, you scramble, step up in the pocket or run, whatever thats going to be, but he was rather athletic." Rivers wasnt sacked and didnt throw any interceptions. Last year, he was sacked 49 times and had 22 turnovers, including 15 interceptions, as the Chargers missed the playoffs for the third straight season. Chargers backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst was intercepted twice and sacked three times. One of the pickoffs set up Brady Quinns 11-yard scoring pass to Jermaine Kearse 2:11 before halftime. San Diego defensive backs Darrell Stuckey and Stevve Williams collided, leaving Kearse wide open.dddddddddddd McCoy said Whitehurst "didnt do a bad job." The coach said the first interception was a good throw. "Its just one of those deals where the receiver has to keep coming back to the football." The second interception came during the two-minute drill, when Whitehurst stepped up in the pocket. The coach said the pass protection for Whitehurst was "too soft" at times. San Diegos only touchdown came on third-string quarterback Brad Sorensens 21-yard pass to Ladarius Green in the fourth quarter. McCoy said he was pleased with the tempo of the calls going in on both offence and defence. "Let them play. Its all about tempo, giving the players as much time to think about what the call is and go from there," McCoy said. He was also happy with outside linebacker Dwight Freeney, who signed as a free agent in May after a stellar career with Indianapolis. "It was great to see that," McCoy said. "One of the first pass rushes he had he came off the edge and went through the right tackle there and did a nice job. Thats what hes done forever. The best coverage on defence is a good pass rush, and hes going to help our defence a lot." Freeney didnt sack Russell Wilson but had him on the run. "Thats what its about. You know, everybody loves the sack number; thats great. But sometimes its about creating chaos for the quarterback," Freeney said. "Get him off his spot. Affect the quarterback, whether he has to keep scrambling." ' ' '