5-4-3. I Don't Know to What to Who. McGehee to Lopez to Fielder.

Looper got Aaron Rowand to slap a sinker down the third-base line. Casey McGehee, playing near the bag, picked the ball and stepped on the base for the first out.

"I knew we were going to have a chance," said McGehee, who followed his part in the play with a run-scoring single in the sixth. "Playing on the line, ball right there at third base. I knew we had a chance. I was just hoping I didn't bounce it to Felipe. I didn't give him the best feed in the world."

McGehee was talking about second baseman Felipe Lopez, who handled the low throw for the second out, avoided the runner and fired to first.

"I really wasn't thinking about it until I threw it to 'P,' " Lopez said. "When I threw it, I was like, 'Oh my God, a triple play.' "

Fielder stretched and caught Lopez's throw about a step before Rowand hit the bag to complete the fifth triple play in team history.

Figures. Go on a road trip and the local teams do something exotic. Northern Illinois at Wisconsin for the football opener sounded exciting too.

On a day when several Big Ten football teams struggled against lesser non-conference opponents, the University of Wisconsin appeared poised to open its season with a workmanlike victory over a well-coached Northern Illinois team Saturday night at Camp Randall Stadium.

Several miscues in the final quarter by UW - on offense, defense and special teams - allowed the 16 ½-point underdog Huskies to chip away at a 22-point deficit with two touchdowns before UW free safety Chris Maragos came up with a huge fourth-down pass break-up to preserve a 28-20 victory.

This week Francis Stroup, composer of the Huskie Fight Song, celebrates his 100th birthday. Forward, Together Forward.