— First pitch for Thursday’s Tampa Bay-Cleveland playoff game was pushed up from 6:00 to 1:00 because the weather is supposed to be cruddy in Cleveland Thursday night.
— Brewers 6, Dodgers 2
Chourio hit the first pitch of the game for a home run.
Bauers/Mitchell hit back/back homers in 7th inning.
Gasser started for the Brewers, allowed 3 hits in 5 scoreless IP.
Milwaukee leads series 3-0; Game 4 is Thursday.
— Rays 3, Guardians 1
Freddie Peralta allowed four hits in six shutout IP.
All three Tampa Bay runs were unearned.
Liam Hicks had two hits, knocked in two runs.
Series is 1-1; Game 3 is Thursday afternoon in Cleveland.
— Tampa Bay Rays have won Peralta’s last eight starts, during which he’s allowed four runs in 44.2 IP. Peralta was 5-9, 4.99 in 22 starts for the Mets this year.
— Missouri State 24, Kennesaw State 21
Bears drove 72 yards, kicked 22-yard FG with 0:02 left.
Missouri State was 7-14 on third down, Owls were 3-11.
Kennesaw had 11 penalties for 94 yards.
— Western Kentucky 16, Sam Houston 3
Hilltoppers drove 65 yards for a TD on first drive of game.
Hilltoppers outgained the Bearkats, 276-177
Western Kentucky improves to 3-4, Sam Houston falls to 1-5.
— Middle Tennessee 33, Delaware 30
Blue Raiders drove 93 yards, scored winning TD with 3:06 left.
MTSU QB Gagliano threw for 293 yards, three TD’s.
Delaware had 13 penalties for 101 yards, MTSU had 5 for 45 yards.
— Jacksonville State 27, Florida International 24
Jax State drove 82 yards, kicked game-winning FG with 0:44 left.
QB Creel threw for 214 yards, ran for 95 more.
Gamecocks improve to 5-2; FIU slips to 3-3.
— Famous birthdays, October 15th:
Jim Palmer, 81
Joe Klecko, 73
Vanessa Marcil, 58
Fred Hoiberg, 54
Aaron Afflalo, 41
Blaine Gabbert, 37
Teoscar Hernandez, 34
Jack Flaherty, 31
Jakob Poeltl, 31
— Rams cut kicker Harrison Mevis, added Blake Grupe off the Jets’ practice squad. Grupe has appeared in 50 games, kicking for the Colts/Saints.
— Phillies gave interim manager Don Mattingly a two-year contract that takes him through the 2028 season. Phillies were 79-55 this year under Mattingly but lost to Atlanta in the Wild Card series. Mattingly’s son Preston is the Phillies general manager, a (big) step below team President Dave Dombrowski.
— Houston Astros announced that manager Joe Espada will not return to manage the team next year. Espada had a 256-229 regular-season record in three years, 0-4 in the postseason.
— Payroll rank for the four teams left in the playoffs:
1) Dodgers
19) Brewers
28) Rays
29) Guardians
— So far this NFL season, underdogs are 12-4 ATS in prime-time games.
— Oregon Ducks are out of the college football top 25 for the first time since 2022.
— Arizona Cardinals traded WR Marvin Harrison Jr to Houston; Arizona gets a 2nd-round and a 6th-round pick, Texans also get a 6th-round pick.
— College basketball teams play exhibition games now; Syracuse-UConn played a game Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in the Nutmeg State. UConn still has exhibitions with Michigan State, Purdue coming up. Syracuse is coming to Albany Sunday to play Siena, where Syracuse coach Gerry MacNamara coached the last two seasons.
