— Dodgers 2, Tigers 1
Tarik Skubal gave up a run on 4 hits in 6 IP vs his old team (future team??)
Freddie Freeman’s 8th inning single was the game-winning hit.
Dodgers’ win snapped a three-game losing skid.
— New York 1, Red Sox 0
Paul Goldschmidt’s homer was the game’s only run.
Cam Schlittler gave up two hits in 5.2 IP on the mound.
Schlittler is 3-1, 0.56 in five starts against Boston.
— Rays 9, Padres 4
Yandy Diaz hit his 20th homer of the season.
Chandler Simpson had two hits, two steals, scored two runs.
San Diego lost three of its last four games.
— Reds 10, Cubs 8
Cubs led 3-0 after the third inning.
Reds hit four homers, scored five runs in the 6th inning.
Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-5, drove in two runs.
— Astros 3, Mets 1
Hunter Brown got 20 outs, half of them via strikeouts.
Houston is 68-67, leads AL West by two games.
Brown was first Astros starter since August 10th to finish the 6th inning.
— Braves 6, Rockies 4
Michael Harris homered, drove in three runs.
Atlanta has won five games in a row.
Colorado has lost nine of its last 11 games.
— Brewers 6, Rangers 1
Logan Henderson gave up one hit in seven IP.
Jake Bauers was 2-for-2, walked 3 times, scored twice.
Milwaukee leads the NL Central by eight games.
— Famous birthdays, August 29th:
Elliott Gould, 88
Darnell Hillman, 77
Doug DeCinces, 76
Eddie Murray, 70 (Lions’ kicker)
Rebecca DeMornay, 67
Rodney McCray, 65
Carl Banks, 64
Carla Gugino, 55
Roy Oswalt, 49
Brent Suter, 37
Noah Syndergaard, 34
Hunter Brown, 28
— Packers 42, Cardinals 38
Green Bay scored 15 points in the last 3:19 for the comeback win.
QB McCord played the whole game, throwing for 226 yards, four TD’s.
Arizona outgained the Packers, 492-282.
— Ravens 41, Commanders 3
Baltimore led 24-0 at halftime.
Ravens missed two FG’s, may bring in kickers for a tryout.
Ravens outgained Washington, 456-177
— Falcons 17, Dolphins 12
Tua Tagovailoa was 7-8/95 passing against his old team.
Dolphins kicked a field goal in all four quarters.
Miami finished preseason 0-3; they were outgained, 279-236.
— Bengals 30, Eagles 13
40-year old Josh Johnson was 12-19/156 passing.
Evan MacPherson kicked three FG’s, including a 58-yarder.
Andy Dalton outplayed Tanner McKee in the battle to be Eagles QB#2.
— Chiefs 9, Seahawks 9
Seahawks missed a 52-yard FG on the last play of the game.
Seattle also missed the PAT after their only TD.
Chiefs were 9-for-17 on third down, Seahawks 4-11.
— Panthers 16, Texans 13
Ryan Fitzgerald kicked three field goals for Carolina.
Texans gained only 173 yards, were 2-12 on third down.
Doesn’t matter much, but Houston finishes the preseason 0-3.
— Giants 23, Jets 6
Jets scored first but missed the PAT after the TD.
Dominic Zvada kicked field goals of 23-53-46 yards.
Giants outgained the Jets, 401-139
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Guardians
