— Guardians 7-4, Tigers 6-3
Brayan Rocchio hit a grand slam in 4th inning, then had a walk-off HR.
Rocchio is first player since 1991 (Jack Clark) to do that.
Travis Bazzana had a walk-off hit in the nightcap.
— Braves 5, Phillies 2
Mauricio Dubon homered, scored two runs.
Chris Sale got the win; he is 14-9, 2.10 this year.
Braves now lead the NL East by five games.
— Rays 7, Rangers 6
Tampa Bay led 6-1 in the 7th inning.
Jonathan Aranda homered, scored two runs.
Nick Martinez got the win; he is 14-4, 3.04 this year.
— Red Sox 1, Orioles 0
Mickey Gasper’s first inning homer was the game’s only run.
Gasper has eight home runs in his last sixteen games.
Ranger Suarez gave up five hits in his seven IP.
— Astros 3, Diamondbacks 1
Cristian Javier got the win, giving up one hit in five IP.
Yainer Diaz homered for Houston.
Astros lead the AL West by three games.
— Brewers 10, Reds 7
Brice Turang had three hits, knocked in three runs.
Cooper Pratt had a bases-loaded triple, drove in four runs.
Trevor Megill recorded his 26th save.
— Blue Jays 9, Royals 2
Toronto is 71-71, at .500 for first time since June 22.
Springer, Kirk, Clement all had two RBI.
Blue Jays are a game out of the AL’s last playoff spot.
— Cardinals 7, Rockies 6
St Louis scored three runs in the top of the 9th
Ivan Herrera’s 3-run homer was a game-winner.
Cardinals improved to 36-33 in road games.
— St Louis RF Jordan Walker has 55 career home runs, against 55 different pitchers.
— Famous birthdays, September 5th
William Devane, 87
Billy Kilmer, 87
Michael Keaton, 75
Willie Gault, 66
Jeff Brantley, 63
Dennis Scott, 58
Ryan Spilborghs, 47
Chris Young, 43
Brandon Allen, 34
Austin Corbett, 31
Jarren Duran, 30
Steven Kwan, 29
— San Jose State 27, Eastern Michigan 21
Spartans outscored Eastern Michigan 10-0 in 4th quarter.
San Jose QB Weaver was 23-39/316 passing, with 3 TD’s.
San Jose outgained the Eagles, 453-281
— Michigan State 30, Toledo 20
Toledo was up 20-19 with 12:00 left in the game.
MSU QB Milivojevic was 26-34/247 passing.
Spartans outgained Toledo, 397-273
— Oklahoma 51, Texas-El Paso 0
Oklahoma had three TD passes of 34+ yards.
Sooners scored on an 88-yard punt return.
UTEP was 10-18 on third down, but was outgained 401-198.
— Miami 45, Stanford 6
Why are these teams in the same league???
Darian Mensah was 27-30/401 passing, with five TD’s.
Malachi Toney caught 12 passes for 234 yards, three TD’s.
— USC 39, Fresno State 0
Jayden Maiava was 23-25/349 passing, with three TDs
Trojans led 30-0 at halftime.
USC scored 81 points in winning their first two games.
— 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
