— SMU 27, Florida State 24
SMU drove 71 yards, kicked 20-yard FG with 0:21 left.
Mustangs led 17-6 at halftime.
SMU outgained Florida State, 585-302
Mustangs won despite being minus-3 in turnovers.
— Eight major league teams had Labor Day off; why?
Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day; every team should play on holidays.
— Phillies 1, Braves 0
Kyle Schwarber’s 8th inning HR was the game’s only run.
It was Schwarber’s fifth career homer in a 1-0 game, tied with Ted Williams for the most ever.
Jesus Luzardo threw a 109-pitch complete game, striking out 12 guys,
— Brewers 4, Cubs 3
Milwaukee scored three runs in the bottom of the 8th.
Jackson Chourio had the game-winning hit.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 41st homer for the Cubs.
— Orioles 6, Guardians 4
Trevor Rogers allowed one run in 7.1 IP.
Orioles’ win snapped their six-game closing skid.
Coby Mayo homered, drove in three runs.
— Diamondbacks 5, Royals 4 (10)
Game was scoreless after nine innings.
If you bet over 9.5, you took a huge sigh of relief at the end.
Arizona used five pitchers to get thru the first nine innings.
— Red Sox 5, Angels 2
Adley Ruschman hit a 3-run homer in the second inning.
Boston’s magic number to clinch a playoff spot is 11.
Red Sox are 34-17 since the All-Star break.
— Tigers 5, Twins 4
Riley Greene had three hits, including a three-run homer.
Four relievers got the last 10 outs for Detroit.
Twins are 4.5 games out of the playoffs, with 18 games left to play.
— Famous birthdays, September 8th:
Lem Barney, 81
Heather Thomas, 69
Clarence Weatherspoon, 56
Latrell Sprewell, 56
Matt Barkley, 36
Gerrit Cole, 36
Leonard Floyd, 34
Lars Nootbaar, 29
Leody Taveras, 28
Victor Mesa Jr., 25
September 8th was my grandfather’s birthday; he was a conductor on the subway in New York City. He was a quiet guy who was always nice to me. Happy birthday, Pop!!!
— Conference records in non-league games:
AAC: 6-5
ACC: 4-6
Big 18: 7-7
Big X: 3-5
C-USA: 4-3
MAC: 3-5
MW: 4-3
Pac-12: 3-3
SEC: 8-2
Sun Belt: 2-4
— Western Michigan got hosed the other night, when Michigan was given an extra play by the refs, after time had expired, and the Wolverines completed a 47-yard Hail Mary to walk off with a 13-12 win. Bad call by the officials.
— With college football starting, Nick Saban is in more freakin’ commercials than Jennifer Garner and Samuel L Jackson, combined.
— Memo to college football announcers: How about not mentioning the Heisman Trophy until after Columbus Day? Talking about it on Labor Day is ridiculous.
—Florida basketball coach Todd Golden got a pay raise; he’ll be making $8.25M/year on a deal that runs through 2032. Florida is 87-24 the last three years; they won the national title in 2025, are 41-13 in SEC games the last three seasons.
— Congrats to Reds 3B/DH Eugenio Suarez, who passed his test to become a US citizen last week. He missed two games to go take the test, then in his first game back with Cincinnati, he hit a. home run in his first at-bat.
— Twice in the last 10 days, my doorbell rang in the morning, while I was still asleep; two guys who wanted to talk about religion. I am not a morning person; the first time I was polite, then on Labor Day, I just told them I wasn’t interested. No idea what/why they were doing; the one guy looked like Johnny Bench (he doesn’t know who Johnny Bench is). They handed me a card with bible verses on it, and went on their way.
— 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
