— Braves 1, Dodgers 0
Drake Baldwin’s first-inning HR was game’s only run.
Chris Sale struck out 11 in a 109-pitch complete game.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto got 19 outs, only gave up four hits.
— Cardinals 7, Orioles 5
Jordan/Urias homered for St Louis.
Cardinals’ win snaps their five-game losing skid.
Riley O’Brien earned his NL-leading 34th save.
— Astros 5, New York 1
Christian Walker had three hits, including a 2-run homer.
Hayden Wesneski gave up three hits, one run in five IP.
67-67 Astros lead the AL West by a game over Texas.
— Nationals 7, Rockies 1
Daylen Lile homered for the third game in a row.
In this series, Lile was 8-for-15 with three homers, 8 RBI.
Colorado is 52-82; this is their 8th straight losing season.
— Bills 28, Steelers 27
Buffalo drove 59 yards, scored TD/2-point play with 1:06 left for the win.
Steelers led 27-17 after they ran a punt back 45 yards for a TD with 11:11 left.
Total yardage: 266-232, Buffalo.
— Browns 34, Patriots 13
Dillon Gabriel was 12-15/186 passing, with three TD’s.
Cleveland led 27-13 at halftime.
Tommy DeVito threw a 45-yard TD pass for New England.
— Famous birthdays, August 28th:
Lou Piniella, 83
Barbara Bach, 80
Ron Guidry, 76
Joel Youngblood, 75
Luis Guzman, 70
John Long, 70
Jack Black, 57
Anthony Weaver, 46
Travis Bazzana, 24
— Tuesday was a huge night for underdogs in baseball; dogs won 11 of the 15 games played, good for a profit of 9.6 units.
— Angels have clinched their 11th consecutive losing season; Rockies have clinched their eighth straight losing year.
If you were a Rockies’ fan, would you be happy with Paul DePodesta being in charge of the team? He is the Jonah Hill character from the movie Moneyball; after that, he went to Cleveland and ran the NFL’s Browns. He’s the guy who gave QB Deshaun Watson the five-year guaranteed deal worth $46M/year.
— Brewers P Dustin May threw one pitch in his start Wednesday; he got drilled in the shoulder with a line drive, and left the game. Milwaukee put in a lefty pitcher; Mets had all their lefties in the lineup to face May, so that screwed them up.
— Orioles 1B Pete Alonso was 0-for-4 with four strikeouts Thursday; he is still 34-for-91 (.374) this month, with 8 home runs, 20 RBI.
— Freddy Peralta was 5-9, 4.99 in 22 starts for the Mets this year; he is 1-2, 5.60 in five starts for Tampa Bay, but his last start was really good, going up only two hits in six shutout IP in a 3-0 win at Detroit. Will be interesting to see how he pitches for the Rays.
— Rams traded RB Jarquez Hunter to Miami, bringing WR Tutu Atwell back to Los Angeles. Atwell previously played five years for the Rams, catching 105 passes for 1,535 yards, five TD’s.
— 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
