— Of last 59 NFL teams to start a season 0-2, only eight of them made the playoffs that year.
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 0-11 ATS in their last eleven games.
— Minnesota Vikings are the first NFL team EVER to win four consecutive games, with four different starting quarterbacks.
Max Brosmer
JJ McCarthy
Kyler Murray
Carson Wentz
— Giants’ QB Jaxson Dart’s knee injury was worse than initially thought; he may to have surgery on the knee, which would end his season after only seven plays.
— Green Bay Packers have injury issues on their offensive line; RT Zach Bewele tore his patellar tendon against the Jets Sunday, is out for the year.
— Mets named interim manager Andy Green their full-time skipper moving forward, giving him a three-year contract. Mets are 37-38 under Green this season.
— Red Sox gave interim manager Chad Tracy a three-year contract, and extended head of the front office Craig Breslow’s contract thru 2030. Red Sox are 74-55 under Tracy this year; they are in the playoffs for second year in a row, sixth time in 10 years..
— Famous birthdays, September 23rd:
Jason Alexander, 67
Larry Krystkowiak, 62
Pete Harnisch, 60
Tony Mandarich, 60
Ricky Davis, 47
Matt Kemp, 42
— Rays 0-6, New York 2-1
Rays win nightcap, clinch their 5th AL East title.
Tampa Bay is also the #1-seed in AL playoffs.
Drew Rasmussen got 20 outs, gave up 1 hit, struck out 11.
Yandy Diaz had two hits, drove in four runs.
— White Sox 14, Royals 11
Randal Grichuk scored four runs, had three RBI
Chase Meidroth had three hits, drove in five runs.
Vinny Pasqualino scored three runs, had five RBI.
— Guardians 3, Red Sox 2
Nathaniel Lowe hit game-winning sac fly in ninth inning.
Cleveland has won six games in a row.
Guardians lead White Sox by a game in AL Central.
Red Sox have lost eight of their last 12 games.
— Mets 6, Rangers 3
Texas is 78-79, tied for first in AL West
Francisco Alvarez scored twice, had two RBI
Sean Manaea gave up three hits, struck out nine in 6 IP.
— Astros 7, Mariners 0
Houston is 78-79, tied for first in AL West.
Five Astro pitchers allowed a total of four hits.
Yordan Alvarez hit his 41st home run, hit the 100 RBI plateau.
— A’s 9, Angels 7
Angels led 6-0 in the sixth inning.
Carlos Cortes came off bench, scored twice, had three RBI
Alika Williams had two hits, scored two runs.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they do not):
AL: Rays, Guardians, Hst/Tex. Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, White Sox
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Padres
