— Dodgers 3, Braves 1
Yamamoto struck out 10, gave up four hits in 7 IP.
Freeman, Hernandez homered for the Dodgers.
Los Angeles leads best-0f-5 series 2-1; Game 4 is Wednesday.
— Padres 4, Brewers 3
Michael King got a two-inning save, throwing 40 pitches.
Stellar effort by King, who threw 72 pitches in Sunday’s game.
Jake Cronenworth homered in the 5th to put the Padres ahead, 3-2.
Milwaukee leads series 2-1; home team won all three games.
— Troy State 55, Southern Miss 34
Trojans led 31-7 at halftime.
Troy ran the ball 59 times for 437 yards.
Total yards: Troy 662, Southern Miss 512
Troy won/covered last six series games.
— Bad news for the Philadelphia Eagles; 36-year old RT Lane Johnson retired to focus on his mental health.
Johnson missed four practices during training camp for personal reasons. He announced upon his return in August that this would likely be his last season in the NFL, with the pull of family life weighing on him. He played 14 years in the NFL, helping the Eagles win two Super Bowls.
Eagles were 122-63-1 when Johnson started, 18-30 when he was not in the lineup.
— New York P Cam Schlittler threw only 76 pitches in Monday’s game, after he threw 117 pitches in his previous start, six days earlier against Boston. 106 pitches had been his previous high in any game this season.
— RIP to Sam McDowell, a really good pitcher for Cleveland, who passed away this week at age 84. Known as Sudden Sam for how hard he threw, he led the AL in strikeouts five times in six years, from 1965-70. His career record was 141-134 in 346 starts; he made six All-Star teams.
RIP, sir.
— Famous birthdays, October 7th:
Judy Landers, 68
Dylan Baker, 67
Charles Woodson, 50
Evan Longoria, 41
Chase Daniel, 40
Mookie Betts, 34
Kyle Muller, 29
Tutu Atwell, 27
— Atlanta Falcons’ last two games:
W35-24, outgained Green Bay 498-328, ran ball for 242 yards.
W45-24, outgained New Orleans 420-320, ran ball for 205 yards.
Falcons are 2-2, have played only one home game, a 34-3 loss to Carolina.
— First byes of the NFL season are this week; little early for the bye week, but Kansas City and Carolina have this weekend.
Interesting that Colts/Commanders played in London last week, but don’t have a bye this week.
— Next night without an NFL or college football game on TV? December 1st.
— Through four weeks, favorites in NFL divisional games are 3-14 ATS.
— NFL division trends for non-divisional games:
NFC East: 5-4 ATS
NFC North: 5-6 ATS
NFC South: 4-8 ATS, 2-5 at home
NFC West: 5-3-1 ATS
AFC East: 7-6-1 ATS
AFC North: 6-6 ATS
AFC South: 6-7 ATS
AFC West: 5-4 ATS
— College football trends for conference games:
AAC- home teams 7-4 ATS
ACC- home underdogs 7-4 ATS
Big 18- home teams 5-13 ATS
Big X- home teams 3-7 ATS
C-USA- home favorites 3-1 ATS
MAC- home favorites 4-2 ATS
MW- home teams 4-2 ATS
Pac-8- home teams 2-2 ATS
SEC- home favorites 6-5 ATS
Sun Belt- home favorites 3-1 ATS, home underdogs 0-2 ATS
— NBA doesn’t play any games on Election Day; going to be a lot of college games that night, though.
— Weird watching a 76ers-Knicks exhibition game on TV and seeing Lebron James wearing a Phillies cap, sitting on the 76ers bench.
— Zach LaVine plays for the Sacramento Kings; he’s been in the NBA for 12 years, scoring 20.7 ppg. After this season, his career earnings will be $305,806,997. Lot of $$$.
Here’s the thing; in his 12-year career, LaVine has played in four playoff games.
Four.
In 2022, Bulls lost a playoff series 3-1 to Milwaukee, only time he’s made the playoffs.
In his one year at UCLA, Bruins won the Pac-12 tournament, then lost a Sweet 16 game to Florida, which was a #1-seed in that region.
