— Red Sox 6, Orioles 5
Adley Rutschman homered in his first game against his old team.
Nick Sogard hit a two-run homer in the 8th inning.
Pete Alonso homered; he has 94 RBI, tied for most in the AL.
— Astros 6, White Sox 2
Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in the first inning.
Hunter Brown gave up two runs in 6 IP, got the win.
Astros leads the AL West by two games over Texas.
— Rangers 6, Rays 0
Cal Quantrill gave up two hits, two walks in 7 IP.
Quantrill has a 1.25 ERA in his last seven starts.
Corey Seager hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
— Cubs 2, Brewers 1
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 39th home run this year.
Kevin Gausman gave up a run, five hits in 7 IP.
Milwaukee still leads the NL Central by eight games.
— Royals 7, Marlins 3
Carter Jensen hit a double, triple, home run, scored three runs.
Michael Wacha pitched six innings, got his 9th win of the year.
Only 10,803 fans were there, on a 97-degree night.
— Blue Jays 6, Guardians 3
Nathan Lukes had two hits, drove in two runs.
Toronto has won five of its last six games.
Blue Jays are half-game behind Cleveland for the last Wild Card spot.
— Pirates 5, Giants 2
Six Pittsburgh relievers held the Giants to two hits.
Pirates have won five of their last six series.
San Francisco starter threw 46 balls, only 49 strikes
— There have been 15 players in the major leagues this year who hit a home run in their first big league game, the most ever in one season.
— Cubs hit 62 home runs in August; no one else had more than 42.
— Famous birthdays, September 4th:
Wendell Tucker, 83
Doyle Alexander, 76
Khandi Alexander, 69
Lloyd Daniels, 59
Mike Piazza, 58
Ione Skye, 56
Beyonce Knowles, 45
Scott Tolzien, 39
Andrelton Simmons, 37
— UMass 37, Rutgers 21
Rutgers was a 29.5-point home favorite.
UMass QB Watson was 19-22/197 passing, with three TD’s.
UMass win snaps their 16-game losing streak.
— Colorado 14, Georgia Tech 13
Colorado scored game-winning TD with 0:37 left.
Colorado blocked a Georgia Tech 42-yard FG try on the last play.
Tech’s only touchdown came on a 100-yard kickoff return.
— Wake Forest 38, Akron 16
Gio Lopez threw for 350 yards, three TD’s.
Lopez has previously started at South Alabama, North Carolina.
Wake Forest outgained the Zips, 559-305
— Clemson isn’t ranked in the football pre-season top 25 for first time since 2011.
— The VSIN network out of Las Vegas has its shows on YouTube; you can get a lot of good handicapping/gambling knowledge on there.
— Since 2005, NFL underdogs of 8+ points are 26-9 ATS in Week 1.
— If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL: Braves, Brewers, Dodgers Wild Cards: Cubs, Phillies, Diamondbacks
AL: Rays, White Sox, Astros Wild Cards: New York, Red Sox, Guardians
