— There is going to be cruddy weather in the northeast on Sunday, the last day of baseball’s regular season; Cubs-Red Sox are playing their game in Sunday at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, instead of Fenway Park.
— Red Sox 4-2, Cubs 3-0
Cubs will be a lower seed in the Wild Card round next week.
NBC will be happy; Bronx-Boston is a Wild Card matchup.
Alex Bregman was DH in the opener, playing with broken bones in his face.
Nightcap was scoreless until Wilyer Abreu’s two-run double in 8th inning.
— Guardians 12, Royals 9
Cleveland scored five runs in top of the ninth.
Angel Martinez had two hits, knocked in four runs.
Carter Jensen homered twice, had five RBI for Kansas City.
Guardians lead the White Sox by a game in AL Central with two days left.
— White Sox 6, Rockies 1
Sean Burke got 16 outs, allowed one run on five hits.
Munetaka Murakami homered twice, had three RBI.
Murakami is only hitting .209, but has 35 RBI, 92 walks and an .834 OPS
— A’s 6, Astros 5
A’s scored six runs in the sixth inning.
Michael Stefanic’s two-run single was the go-ahead hit.
Astros/Rangers are tied with two days left; Houston holds the tie breaker.
— Twins 10, Rangers 2
Luke Keaschall went 4-for-5, with 3 runs scored, 3 RBI.
Kody Clemens was 3-for-4, with three RBI
Jacob deGrom gave up eight runs in four IP.
— Rays 2, Phillies 0
Phillies have lost three in row, still haven’t clinched a playoff spot.
Freddy Peralta got 16 outs, gave up only four hits.
Bryan Baker got his 41st save.
— Diamondbacks 11, Padres 4
Arizona led 6-2 in the third inning.
Geraldo Perdomo had two hits, drove in four runs.
Lars Nootbaar scored three runs out of the leadoff spot.
— Famous birthdays, September 26th:
Dave Duncan, 81
Mike Bragg, 80
Lucius Allen, 79
John Roche, 77
Linda Hamilton, 70
Rich Gedman, 67
Steve Buechele, 65
Melissa Sue Anderson, 64
Dave Martinez, 62
Sean Doolittle, 40
— Steph Curry re-signed with Golden State for two years, $116M; this coming season will be his 19th with the Warriors. Curry has scored 26,528 points in the regular season, 4,147 more in the playoffs during his Hall of Fame career.
In case you were wondering, $116M for two years works out to $707,317.07 per regular season game. Not bad for a guy who is 38 years old.
— This made me feel old; Steve Alford is retiring from coaching after the coming season; he is 61 years old, has been a college coach for 31 years, the last seven years at Nevada. He was a really good college player at Indiana, played four years in the NBA.
— Indiana 29, Northwestern 23
Lee Beebe ran the ball 24 times for 203 yards and a TD.
Northwestern QB Chiles was 22-29/293 passing, with two TD’s.
Hoosiers outgained Wildcats 472-325; they improve to 4-0.
— Army 21, Temple 17
Army QB Hellums ran ball for 104 yards, three TDs.
Army ran ball 57 times for 279 yards.
Temple lost despite outgaining the Cadets, 459-315.
— UAB 24, Navy 20
Blazers had a 48-yard TD run with 10:36 left for the winning score.
Navy ran ball 58 times for 249 yards, but lost two fumbles.
UAB improves to 2-2; they averaged 8.7 yards per pass attempt
— 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
