— Blue Jays 4, Royals 3
Kazuma Okamoto was 4-for-5, drove in two runs.
Blue Jays are over .500 for first time since April 3rd.
Toronto is tied for the AL’s last playoff spot.
— Red Sox 5, Orioles 0
Sonny Gray gave up three hits in his seven IP.
Game was scoreless after five innings.
Trevor Story was 3-for-5, scored two runs.
— Diamondbacks 4, Astros 3 (10)
Ketel Marte tied the game with an 8th inning home run.
Gabriel Moreno had the game-winning hit in the 10th.
Isaac Paredes knocked in all three of Houston’s runs.
— Cubs 6, Marlins 5
Ian Happ had two hits, two RBI for Chicago.
Cubs improved their road record to 40-31.
Stowers, Conine homered for the Marlins.
— Phillies 4, Braves 2
Kyle Schwarber hit his 41st home run this season.
Zack Wheeler gave up 3 hits, struck out 9 in 6 IP.
Braves still lead NL East by four games.
— Rays 6, Rangers 3 (10)
Jonathan Aranda hit a three-run homer in 10th inning.
Texas tied game with two runs in bottom of the 8th.
Rays lead the AL East by four games.
— Rockies 10, Cardinals 7
Colorado scored six runs in the bottom of 5th inning.
#8-9 hitters in order were 4-for-8, with three runs scored.
Jordan Romero got his 15th save for the Rockies.
— Famous birthdays, September 6th:
Ron Boone, 80
Jane Curtin, 79
Idris Elba, 54
Eric Zeier, 54
Derrek Lee, 51
Jerry Blevins, 43
Mitch Moreland, 41
Mark Andrews, 31
Romy Gonzalez, 30
— College football Upsets of the Week:
UMass (+29.5) 37, Rutgers 21
Tulsa (+14) 24, Oklahoma State 10
Colorado (+6.5) 14, Georgia Tech 13
— Michigan 13, Western Michigan 12
Michigan threw a 47-yard TD pass at the gun to avoid a huge upset.
Wolverines were favored by 27.5 points.
Michigan was minus-3 in turnovers, only 3-10 on third down.
— Auburn 17, Baylor 16
Baylor scored TD with 0:09 left; instead of kicking PAT and going to OT, they went for two points, but they came up short.
Pet Peeve of Mine: This game was on national TV. Go to overtime, and get your program more TV exposure, which would help their recruiting.
Auburn drove 75 yards, scored game-winning TD with 3:21 left.
Baylor QB Lagway played with a heavily-taped right ankle; he was 27-54/333 passing.
— Oregon 34, Boise State 27
Ducks threw a 62-yard TD pass with 8:45 left for the winning score.
Boise led 17-14 at halftime.
Oregon outgained the Broncos, 497-274
— Colorado State 35, Wyoming 13
Rams’ QB Henjy was 23-33/214 passes, with 5 TD passes.
Jim Mora Jr wins his debut as Colorado State’s coach.
Colorado State has 76 new players this year (41 transfers)
— Nebraska 49, Ohio U 21
Ohio led 13-7, going TD-FG-FG on first three drives.
Nebraska outscored the Bobcats 35-8 in the second half.
Nebraska QB Colandrea was 18-32/275 passing, with three TD’s.
— Pitt 59, Miami OH 14
Pitt QB Heintschel was 31-41/453 passing, with 7 TD passes.
Panthers outgained Miami, 646-289
— Last year, there were 126 football games between I-A and I-AA teams; the I-AA teams won four of those 126 games. Tarleton State beat Army 30-27 last year.
There were three I-AA upsets Saturday:
Tarleton State 20, Bowling Green 13
Citadel 43, Charlotte 41 OT
Idaho State 29, Utah State 17
— Lot of re-shuffling of teams/conferences again this year; I’m keeping a sheet of paper next to me here as I write this, which lists what league every team plays in now. Why in God’s name is Sacramento State in the Mid American Conference?
