— Blue Jays 4, Mariners 3
George Springer hit a 3-run homer in the 7th inning.
Toronto’s bullpen got 16 outs, allowed only one hit.
Blue Jays are in the World Series for first time since 1993.
Game 1 of the World Series is Friday night
— Lions 24, Buccaneers 9
Jahmyr Gibbs had 20 touches for 218 yards, two TD’s.
Lions outgained Tampa Bay, 379-251.
Detroit has won five of its last six games.
Lions are 17-8 ATS last 25 games as a home favorite.
Bucs’ first seven drives: 20 plays, 54 yards, 5 punts, 2 turnovers.
Tampa Bay lost WR Evans (broken collarbone)
Bucs ran the ball only 12 times for 41 yards.
Previous four games, Tampa Bay had scored 30.5 points/game.
— Seahawks 27, Texans 19
Seattle’s first 3 drives: 18 plays, 133 yards, 14 points.
Seattle scored 17 points on 3 drives that started in Seattle territory.
Seahawks held last four foes to 66 rushing yards/game.
Texans had 10 penalties for 105 yards, Seattle 12 for 93
Houston’s first four drives: 18 plays, 19 yards, 4 punts.
Texans ran the ball only 17 times for 56 yards.
Houston was 2-15 on 3rd down, 1-4 on 4th down.
Texans were +3 in turnovers and still lost; unusual.
— NFL divisional trends:
AFC East
Home teams 12-4 ATS divisional games
8-9 ATS non-divisional games
AFC North
Home teams 4-0 ATS divisional games
6-13 ATS non-divisional games
AFC South
4-2 ATS non-divisional favorite
AFC West
4-9 ATS non-divisional favorite
NFC East
Home teams 4-2 ATS divisional games
10-8 ATS non-divisional games
NFC North
5-2 ATS non-divisional home favorite
NFC South
12-11 ATS non-divisional games
NFC West
13-6 non-divisional games
— College football trends, conference games:
American
Favorites 17-8 ATS
ACC
Road teams 19-11 ATS
Big 18
Underdogs 21-15 ATS
Big X
Favorites 18-13 ATS
Conference USA
Home teams 9-6 ATS
Mid-American
Home teams 16-5 ATS
Mountain West
Home teams 8-9 ATS
SEC
Home teams 18-11 ATS
Sun Belt
Home teams 14-8 ATS
— Famous birthdays, October 21st:
Bill Curry, 83
Bill Russell, 77 (Dodgers’ SS)
Franklin Stubbs, 65
Zack Greinke, 42
Ricky Rubio, 35
Greg Robinson, 33
— 10 college football head coaches have been fired already this season; Florida, Colorado State are the most recent schools to tell their coach to take a hike.
— Florida State has lost its last nine ACC games, but coach Mike Norvell’s buyout is $54M, so he ain’t going anywhere until that number comes down a little.
— Texas A&M’s football team is 7-0 for the first time since 1994.
— Arkansas has lost five games in a row, only one by more than six points.
— I’d like to thank the NFL for doing such a lousy job designing the coaches’ baseball caps this season; saves me $40. Ugly hats, hard to even see the logos.
— NFC is 25-12 SU against the AFC so far this season.
