Oregon and Mississippi would earn top-four seeds and receive first-round byes in the College Football Playoff if the bracket were based on The Associated Press Top 25 released Sunday. Ohio State would remain No. 1 and be followed by No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Miami and No. 4 Mississippi. Ole Miss ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds lost their regular-season finale 4-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday but still reached the playoffs because the New York Mets fell to the Miami Marlins. Cincinnati entered Sunday knowing it could reach the playoffs if it beat Milwaukee or if the Mets ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — It was fitting in many ways that Brayan Rocchio hit the walk-off homer that put an exclamation point on the Cleveland Guardians' historic run to an AL Central title. Even though Cleveland had secured its 13th division crown in the eighth inning when the Boston Red Sox beat ...
DETROIT (AP) — Jared Goff's connection with Amon-Ra St. Brown is so good, it helped the Detroit Lions overcome a relatively lackluster game on offense to rout the Cleveland Browns. Goff threw two touchdown passes to St. Brown, Kalif Raymond returned a punt 65 yards for another score and the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Devon Dampier responded to Utah's first loss with one of his best performances. Dampier threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead the Utes to a 48-14 win over West Virginia on Saturday. Dampier bounced back from a lopsided home loss ...
PROVO, Utah (AP) — BYU built its football reputation on high-flying passing offenses. Now the Cougars are finding success with a potent running attack. No. 25 BYU (3-0) enters its Big 12 opener against Colorado (2-2, 0-1) on Saturday leading the conference with 265.6 rushing yards per game ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gavin Lux hit two doubles and scored the go-ahead run as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Friday night, overtaking the New York Mets for the third National League wild-card spot. Cincinnati's win and New York's 6-2 loss to Miami enabled the Reds to ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Alejandro Osuna hit a three-run homer in the first, rookie Jack Leiter matched a career high with 10 strikeouts and the Texas Rangers beat Cleveland 7-3 on Friday night. The Guardians (86-74) remained tied with Detroit for the AL Central lead after the Boston Red Sox rallied ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Noelvi Marté robbed Bryan Reynolds of a tying home run in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 Thursday to remain one game behind the New York Mets for the final NL wild card. Nick Lodolo tied his career high with 12 strikeouts before ...
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Joel Embiid and Paul George talked in vague generalities about when they can return for the 76ers from injuries that cost the All-Stars chunks of last season — and possibly the start of this one. The one thing that is certain, Philadelphia will be in serious trouble ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Aaron Nola took a perfect game into the sixth inning, moved into second on Philadelphia's career strikeout list and proved he could have some postseason value for the NL East champion Phillies in a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Nola (5-10) allowd ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Horwitz went 3 for 3 with two homers and four RBIs, Tommy Pham added a two-run shot and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 on Friday night. Nick Gonzales, Bryan Reynolds, Nick Yorke and Henry Davis each had two of Pittsburgh's 14 hits. Matt Olson and ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmundo Sosa hit three of Philadelphia's team-record eight home runs, Kyle Schwarber had two to pad his National League lead and the Phillies wrapped up a first-round bye with an 11-1 victory over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. Assured one of the top two seeds in ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — George Valera hit a two-run homer in the third inning, José Ramírez had a two-run double in the seventh and the Cleveland Guardians became the first major league team to overcome a deficit of 15 1/2 games and take the lead in either division or league play, beating the ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Spencer Horwitz hit an run-scoring double in the 11th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati 4-3 on Wednesday night, preventing the Reds from gaining ground in the race for an NL wild card. The Reds entered Wednesday's action tied with Arizona, one game behind ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes isn't a big numbers guy, yet he does maintain high standards for himself. The 23-year-old right-hander allowed four hits and struck out seven in six innings in his final scheduled start of the season on Wednesday night. While he didn't ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan wasn't looking at the American League Central standings in early July when the Cleveland Guardians were eight games under .500, in fourth place and 15 1/2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. The All-Star outfielder wasn't about to look on Wednesday night, even ...
By The Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez drove in a run with a swinging bunt when Cleveland rallied in a strange sixth inning against Detroit ace Tarik Skubal, and the Guardians beat the Tigers 5-2 on Tuesday night to move into a tie for first place in the AL ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is looking like a formidable force on the mound as October baseball approaches. The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way star had his third straight scoreless outing on Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, throwing a ...
By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ryan O'Hearn's grand slam was one of San Diego's three homers and Randy Vásquez and two relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Padres beat the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers 7-0 Tuesday night in what could be a playoff ...