Brewers 7, Dodgers 4
William Contreras homered, had three RBI.
Yamamoto threw 75 pitches, only got eight outs, gave up 3 runs.
Milwaukee bullpen got 15 outs, didn’t allow any baserunners.
Milwaukee leads series 2-0; Game 3 is Wednesday in LA.
Guardians 7, Rays 3
Tampa Bay led 2-0 after five innings.
Top three guys in Cleveland lineup were 7-13, scored five runs.
Guardian bullpen got 15 outs, allowed only four baserunners.
Game 2 of the series is Tuesday night.
Buffalo 37, Rams 34 OT
Rams had 48-yard FG blocked in overtime.
Buffalo drove 35 yards, kicked 45-yard walk-off field goal.
Buffalo ran ball 37 times for 234 yards.
Josh Allen improved to 1-7 in overtime games.
Stafford threw for 383 yards and three TD’s.
Nakua had 21 targets, caught 17 passes for 138 yards.
Rams were 7-14 on 3rd down, Buffalo 2-7.
Bills had 13 penalties for 112 yards, Rams 11 for 84.
— Last five years, Rams’ record after five games:
2022- 2-3, finished 5-12
2023- 2-3, finished 10-7
2024- 1-4, finished 10-7
2025- 3-2, finished 12-5
2026- 2-3, finished ?????
— NFL divisional trends in non-division games:
AFC East 5-5 ATS in non-division games
AFC North 5-2 ATS as non-division road favorite
AFC South 1-7 ATS in non-division home games.
AFC West 5-5 ATS in non-division games
NFC East 6-0 ATS as non-division favorite.
NFC North 8-8 ATS in non-division games.
NFC South 2-5 ATS in non-division home games.
NFC West 5-5 ATS in non-division games
— College football conference trends in league games:
AAC- home favorites 8-3 ATS
ACC- home underdogs 9-5 ATS
Big 18- home favorites 2-11 ATS
Big X- home underdogs 0-3 ATS
C-USA- home favorites 6-1 ATS
MAC- home favorites 7-3 ATS
MW- home teams 5-5 ATS
Pac-8- home teams 3-4 ATS
SEC- home teams 14-12 ATS
Sun Belt- home teams 5-7 ATS
— UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava is out indefinitely with a knee injury.
— Famous birthdays, October 13th:
Rich Kotite, 84
Reggie Theus, 69
Doc Rivers, 65
Derek Harper, 65
Jerry Rice, 64
Trevor Hoffman, 59
Paul Pierce, 49
Jermaine O’Neal, 48
— Atlanta Falcons have lost their last five overtime games.
— Eagles cut QB Andy Dalton; Dolphins should pick him up, their QB’s are awful.
— Indiana Hoosiers have won 22 football games in a row, kind of remarkable, considering how they went from 1992-2024 without winning any bowl games.
Curt Cignetti is their coach; he’s done an amazing job. He went 19-4 in two years at James Madison, then 52-6 at Indiana. The guy didn’t become a college head coach until he was He didn’t become head coach until he was 50, he didn’t become a I-A head coach until he was 58 but he’s doing an amazingly good job.
— Speaking of James Madison, they’re moving from the Sun Belt to the American Conference, which should cut down on their travel a lot. Basketball-wise, it’ll be a pretty big step up in terms of competition.
— Three weeks until Election Day: wish I had kept track of how many texts/e-mails I’ve gotten from politicians, begging for $$$, almost none of them from New York, where I live. Delete and block future texts; a couple of the texts were actually rude, which was kind of funny.
Anyway, college basketball games start November 2nd, Election Day is the next day, then none of the grifters will bother me again until 2028.
