At Chicago:
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In the final World Series contest at Wrigley Field on Sunday, Kris Bryant hit a solo home run (shown here) to spark a three-run fourth inning while Aroldis Chapman delivered an eight-out performance to seal the victory as the Chicago Cubs extended the Fall Classic by holding off the visiting Cleveland Indians 3-2 in game five.
The Indians, who still lead three games to two, can still wrap up their first world championship since 1948 with a game-six win back home in Cleveland on Tuesday night.
USA Today Sports photo by Tommy Gilligan
All four conference semifinal series opened on Sunday as Major League Soccer's MLS Cup Playoffs resumed.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Montreal:
Matteo Mancosu scored the only goal of the match in the 61st minute as the Montreal Impact defeated the visiting New York Red Bulls 1-0 in game one of their conference semifinal series, which will conclude next Sunday at Harrison, New Jersey (1:00 PM Pacific Time, ESPN).
At Toronto:
Jozy Altidore (84') and Tosaint Ricketts (90'+2) each scored once as Toronto FC blanked visiting New York City 2-0 in the opening match of their two game conference semifinal series, spoiling the Citizens' playoff debut.
The series will resume next Sunday at 3:30 PM Pacific Standard Time at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx (Fox Sports 1).
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Carson, California:
Giovani dos Santos scored the game's lone goal in the 55th minute as the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the visiting Colorado Rapids 1-0 in the opening contest of the conference semifinal series, which will continue at Sunday at 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time at Commerce City, Colorado (ESPN).
At Seattle:
Nicolas Lodeiro scored twice (55', 58') and Nelson Valdez (50') once as the Seattle Sounders dominated visiting FC Dallas 3-0 in game one of their conference semifinal series. The series will conclude next Sunday night at 6:00 PM Pacific Time at Frisco, Texas (Fox Sports 1).
At Corvallis, Oregon:
Quarterback Luke Falk threw for 415 yards and five touchdowns (two to Gabe Marks, one each to Tavares Martin, Jr. and Robert Lewis) as the Washington State Cougars (6-2 overall, 5-0 in Pac-12 play) overcame first-half deficits of 21-0 and 24-6 (halftime) and upended the Oregon State Beavers (2-6, 1-4) 35-31 on the road on Saturday night.
At Chicago:
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Corey Kluber pitched six innings of solid baseball on Saturday while Carlos Santana (solo shot, second inning) and Jason Kipnis (three-runner, seventh; that's him, on the center, ceelbrating with Coco Crisp afterward) each delivered a home run as the Cleveland Indians smothered the Chicago Cubs 7-2 on the road in the fourth game of the World Series.
The Indians, who lead the series three games to one, can lay claim to their first World Series title since 1948 with a game-five victory at Chicago's Wrigley Field on Sunday.
No team has come back from a three-games-to-one deficit to win a World Series since 1985, when the Kansas City Royals upended the St. Louis Cardinals.
USA Today Sports photo by Tommy Gilligan
At Eugene, Oregon:
The Oregon Ducks (3-5 overall, 1-4 in Pac-12 play), with quarterback Justin Herbert throwing for a school single-game record-tying 489 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday, snapped their five-game losing streak with a 54-35 home win over the Arizona State Sun Devils (5-4, 2-4).
At Regina, Saskatchewan:
Jonathan Jennings threw for two touchdowns and Jeremiah Johnson ran for another on Saturday as the British Columbia Lions (11-6) downed the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-12) 24-6 on the road in a Canadian Football League contest that was the Riders' final game at Mosaic Stadium.
Word came on Friday that Northwest Cable News is set to close up shop this coming January.
It's been on our local (Medford, OR) cable system since 1995.
At Chicago:
In the first World Series contest to be played at Wrigley Field since October 10, 1945, Coco Crisp (seen here) delivered a pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh inning, scoring pinch-runner Michael Martinez from third base while pitchers Josh Tomlin (who started), Andrew Miller, Brian Shaw, and closer Cody Allen combined on a five-hit shutout as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in game three of the Fall Classic, which the Indians now lead two games to one.
USA Today Sports photo by Tommy Gilligan
The knockout round in the MLS Cup Playoffs concluded on Thursday with two games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Washington:
Matteo Mancosu scored twice (43', 58') as the Montreal Impact knocked off DC United 4-2 on the road to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Seattle:
Nelson Valdez scored the game's lone goal in the 88th minute while goalkeeper Stefan Frei made seven saves as the Seattle Sounders continued their late-season momentum with a 1-0 home victory over Sporting Kansas City, who were knocked out in the knockout round for the third consecutive year.
Here are the matchups for the conference semifinals (with the away goals rule in effect) with all kickoff times Pacific:
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
Sunday:
At Montreal:
Montreal Impact vs. New York Red Bulls, 12:00 (ESPN)
At Toronto:
Toronto FC vs. New York City FC, 4:00 PM (Fox Sports 1)
Sunday, November 6:
At Harrison, New Jersey:
New York Red Bulls vs. Montreal Impact, TBD
At New York:
New York City FC vs. Toronto FC, TBD
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
Sunday:
At Carson, California:
Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids, 2:00 PM (ESPN)
At Seattle:
Seattle Sounders FC vs. FC Dallas, 6:30 PM (Fox Sports 1)
Sunday, November 6:
At Commerce City, Colorado:
Colorado Rapids vs. Los Angeles Galaxy, TBD
At Frisco, Texas:
FC Dallas vs. Seattle Sounders FC, TBD
Major League Soccer's MLS Cup Playoffs commenced on Wednesday with two opening-round games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
At Toronto:
Sebastian Giovinco (15'), Jonathan Osorio (48'), and Jozy Altidore (85') each scored once as Toronto FC picked up their first-ever playoff victory, 3-1 over the visiting Philadelphia Union. Next up for the Reds will be a two-match conference semifinal series against New York City FC with the first contest to take place on Sunday in Toronto.
WESTERN CONFERENCE:
At Carson, California:
Alan Gordon had a hand in three goals, scoring in the 14th minute while assisting on both of Emmanuel Boateng's tallies (26', 34') as the Los Angeles Galaxy smothered visiting Real Salt Lake 3-1 in a one-match knockoff playoff rounder. The Galaxy will host the opening game of a two-contest conference semifinal series against the Colorado Rapids this coming Sunday.
At Cleveland:
Jake Arietta carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning while Mike Montgomery and Aroldis Chapman did their jobs in relief as the Chicago Cubs, with Kyle Schwarber going two-for-three with a walk and driving in a pair of runs, leveled the World Series at one game apiece on Wednesday with a 5-1 road victory over the Cleveland Indians.
Here's Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo celebrating after scoring one of Chicago's three fifth-inning runs.
USA Today Sports photo by Charles LeClaire
At Cleveland:
Roberto Perez hit two home runs (a solo shot and a three-runner) while Corey Kluber, Andrew Miller, and Cody Allen combined on a 15-strikeout shutout as the Cleveland Indians smothered the visiting Chicago Cubs 6-0 in Tuesday's opening game of the World Series. Here, we see the aforementioned Mr. Kluber and Mr. Perez, who were the two big heroes for the Indians, who are three victories away from their first World Series crown since 1948.
EPA photo by John G. Mabanglo
Bobby Vee, who became a teenage idol in the early 1960s with such hits as "Take Good Care of My Baby," and "The Night Has A Dozen Eyes," passed away on Monday at Rogers, Minnesota from complications of Alzheimer's disease at age 73.
Mr. Vee's career got off to a fairytale start with his show-business baptism coming at age 15 when he was pressed to fill in for Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. (The Big Bopper) Richardson lost their lives in a plane crash in Iowa in early 1959 en route to a concert in Morehead, Minnesota.
Bobby would score 38 singles in Billboard's Hot 100 chart from 1959 to 1970.
At Santa Clara, California:
Quarterback Jameis Winston threw for three touchdowns on Sunday as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-3) overcame an early 14-point deficit and manhandled the San Francisco 49ers (1-6) 34-17 on the road.
The defeat was the niners' sixth successive as San Francisco is on its' longest losing skid since 2008.
At Vancouver, British Columbia:
Giles Barnes scored twice (13', 32') as the Vancouver Whitecaps dominated the visiting Portland Timbers 4-1 in the Major League Soccer season finale for both clubs on Sunday.
The defeat not only cost the Timbers a shot at qualifying for the MLS Cup Playoffs (the first time that has happened to a reigning champ in ten years), it handed the Cascadia Cup to the Whitecaps.
The Timbers ended up going winless on the road in league play, dropping their final seven away matches.
At Chicago:
Starter Kyle Hendricks and relief man Aroldis Chapman combined on a two-hit shutout while Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras each hit a home run on Saturday night as the Chicago Cubs locked up their first National League Pennant (and first World Series berth) in 71 years with a 5-0 smothering of the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers in game six of the National League Championship Series, which the Cubs won four games to two.
Two Cubs, second baseman Javier Baez and pitcher Jon Lester, shared the series' Most Valuable Player award.
The Cubs will open up the World Series against the Indians in Cleveland on Tuesday, in search of their first world championship since 1908.
The Cleveland Indians are searching for their first World Series crown since 1948.
At Seattle:
The Washington Huskies (7-0 overall, 4-0 in Pac-12 play; #5 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Amway Coaches polls) dominated the visiting Oregon State Beavers (2-5, 1-3) 41-17 on Saturday. Huskies' quarterback Jake Browning completed 14 of 28 passes for 291 yards and three touchdowns while Myles Gaskin carried the ball 18 times for 128 yards and another score.
At Regina, Saskatchewan:
Quarterback Vernon Adams, Jr. completed 11 of 24 passes on Saturday for 177 yards and a touchdown as the Montreal Alouettes (5-11) ended the Saskatchewan Roughriders' (5-11) four-game Canadian Football League winning streak 19-14 on the road.
At Berkeley, California:
Matt Anderson recovered from missing a game-winning field-goal attempt at the end of regulation on Friday night by kicking the go-ahead three-pointer in the second overtime, then Jordan Kunaszyk came up with the game-ending interception as the California Golden Bears (4-3 overall, 2-2 in Pac-12 play) recovered from blowing a 20-point second-half lead to defeat the visiting Oregon Ducks (2-5, 0-4) 52-29.
The Ducks have now dropped five straight contests, their longest losing skid since 1996.
From circa 1935, here's a photo of screen actress Glenda Farrell with her four-legged friend.
At Los Angeles:
A strong seven-inning pitching performance from Jon Lester, combined with a two-run Addison Russell home run and a three-run double in the eighth inning from Javier Baez lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 8-4 game-five road victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday in the National League Championship Series, which the Cubs now lead three games to two.
The Cubs can wrap up their first National League pennant (and punch their ticket for their first World Series appearance) in 71 years with a game-six victory back home in Chicago on Saturday.
At Los Angeles:
Home runs from the slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo sparked the Chicago Cubs to a 10-2 Wednesday road nuking of the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four of the National League Championship Series, now squared at two games apiece.
At Portland, Oregon:
Rolando Blackburn's goal in the 23rd minute on Wednesday enabled Deportivo Saprissa to gain a 1-1 road with the Portland Timbers, enough for the Costa Rican club to win Group B and advance to the quarterfinals.
Jack McInerney scored for the Timbers in the 57th minute as Portland had to settle for a home draw when a win was needed to advance to the knockout stage.
Portland's final Major League Soccer regular-season contest will at Vancouver in a Cascadia Cup clash against the Whitecaps on Sunday at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (ROOT Sports Northwest). The Timbers still have a legitimate shot at qualifying for the MLS Cup Playoffs.
At Toronto:
Starting pitcher Ryan Merritt and the bullpen combined on a shutout while Coco Crisp hit a home run as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on the road in game five of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday as the Indians won their first American League pennant since 1997 (their sixth overall) four games to one.
Indians relief pitcher Andrew Miller was named series Most Valuable Player.
Cleveland will host the opening game of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers or Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. The Indians gained home-field advantage due to the American League's victory in July's All-Star Game.
At Los Angeles:
Rich Hill pitched six innings of two-hit shutout ball and the bullpen kept the Chicago Cubs off the scoreboard while Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning on Tuesday night as the Los Angeles Dodgers took a two-games-to-one lead in the National League Championship Series following their 6-0 game-three beatdown over their guests from the Windy City.
At Toronto:
In Tuesday fourth game of the American League Championship Series, Josh Donaldson hit a third-inning home run while Aaron Sanchez pitched six strong innings as the Toronto Blue Jays avoided elimination by defeating the visiting Cleveland Indians 5-2.
The Indians, who still lead the series three games to one, can wrap up their first American League pennant since 1997 with a game-five win in Toronto on Wednesday.
At Toronto:
Jason Kipnis and Mike Napoli each hit a home run and the bullpen came to the rescue after starting pitcher Trevor Bauer's exit due to a bloody finger as the Cleveland Indians on Monday night took game three of the American League Championship Series 4-2 on the road over the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Indians, who lead the series three games to none, can wrap up their first American League pennant (and gain their first World Series appearance) since 1997 with a game-four victory in Toronto on Tuesday.
Only once has a team come back from a three-games-to-none deficit to win a best-of-seven series in Major League Baseball postseason history----the Boston Red Sox doing the trick against the New York Yankees in the 2004 American League Championship Series (which was followed by a four-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals for their first World Series championship since 1918).
At Chicago:
A lead-off home run in the second inning by Adrian Gonzalez provided the game's only run while Clayton Kershaw pitched seven shutout innings and Kenley Jensen pitched two perfect innings in relief as the Los Angeles Dodgers squared the National League Championship Series at a game apiece following their 1-0 game-two road win over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
At Portland, Oregon:
Fanendo Adi successfully converted a penalty kick in the 35th minute on Sunday as the Portland Timbers, in their regular-season home finale, defeated the visiting Colorado Rapids 1-0 to keep their Major League Soccer playoff chances alive.
The Timbers' next match is this coming Wednesday night at 10:00 PM Pacific Time as they conclude Group B play in the CONCACAF Champions League, needing a home victory over Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa to advanced to that tournament's quarterfinal round.
Portland will conclude their MLS regular-season campaign next Sunday on the road against the Vancouver Whitecaps (1:00 PM Pacific Time, ROOT Sports Northwest).
At Orchard Park, New York:
Running back LeSean McCoy ran for 140 yards and three touchdowns as the Buffalo Bills (4-2) demolished the visiting San Francisco 49ers (1-5) 45-16 on Sunday for their fourth straight win, while the Niners have now dropped five in a row.
At Chicago:
Miguel Montero delivered a grand-slam home run in the eighth inning, which was followed by Dexter Fowler's solo shot as the Chicago Cubs scored five runs in that inning en route to a 8-4 National League Championship Series-opening home victory on Saturday over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
At Cleveland:
Josh Tomlin (who started), Andrew Miller, and Cody Allen combined on a three-hitter while Carlos Santana hit a home run and Francisco Lindor had an RBI single on Saturday as the Cleveland Indians defeated the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 in the second game of the American League Championship Series, which the Indians now lead two games to none.
At Corvallis, Oregon:
Running back Joe Williams carried the ball 34 times for 179 yards and a touchdown while quarterback Troy Williams ran for another score on Saturday as the Utah Runnin' Utes (6-1 overall, 3-1 in Pac-12 play; #21 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Amway Coaches polls) held off the Oregon State Beavers (2-4, 1-2) 19-14.
At Toronto:
Quarterback Darian Durant completed 15 of 22 passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns while running back Joe McKnight carried the ball 17 times for 150 yards on Saturday as the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5-10) picked up their fourth successive Canadian Football League victory, 29-11 on the road over the Toronto Argonauts (5-11).
The Jacksonville Sharks are set to move to another indoor gridiron league.
Here's an article on this week's decision by the Orlando Predators to suspend operations.
It's nice way to say that this long-running Arena Football institution has gone under.
Can a four-team league make it work?
Unlikely.
At Cleveland:
Francisco Lindor hit a two-run homer while Corey Kluber pitched six and one-third innings of shutout ball as the Cleveland Indians blanked the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 in Friday's opening game of the American League Championship Series.
Anthony Miller and Cody Allen came in relief to finish the shutout win for the Indians, in search of their first pennant since 1997.
With Portland and Los Angeles apparently out of business and Orlando quitting or possibly defecting and Jacksonville itself jumping ship (perhaps along with Arizona), the Arena Football League is taking on the appearence of the original North American Soccer League on its' death rattle.
At Washington:
Joc Pederson's homer keyed a four-run seventh inning, then Clayton Kershaw, who already won twice in the series, got the last two outs in the ninth inning for his first Major League Baseball career save as the Los Angeles Dodgers held off the home-standing Washington Nationals 4-3 in the fifth and deciding contest of their National League divisional playoff series and advanced to the National League Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs, which opens Saturday night in the Windy City.
The Dodgers will be seeking their first pennant since 1988 (when they won their most recent World Series title), the Cubs since 1945 (their last WS crown came in 1908).
Both National League divisional playoff series continued on Tuesday.
At Los Angeles:
Chase Utley delivered the single that produced the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 6-5 to square their divisional playoff series at two games apiece.
The series is set to be decided at Washington on Thursday.
At San Francisco:
Javier Baez delivered the go-ahead run with his single to cap off a four-run ninth inning against five relief pitchers, then Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the bottom of said inning as the Chicago Cubs erased a three-run deficit to overcome the San Francisco Giants 6-5 and won their divisional playoff series three games to one.
The Cubs will host the opening game of the National League Champions Series (their second successive) on Saturday against the winner of the Los Angeles-Washington series (currently deadlocked at two games apiece) as the Cubs are seeking their first National League pennant since 1945 (and first World Series crown since 1908).
Both National League divisional playoff series continued on Monday.
At Los Angeles:
Jayson Werth hit a home run as the Washington Nationals scored four runs in the ninth inning for a 8-3 game-three road win over the Los Angeles Dodgers to take a two-games-to-one divisional playoff series lead.
The Nationals can wrap up the series and advance to their first National League Championship Series since 1981 (as the Montreal Expos) with a win in Los Angeles in game four on Tuesday.
At San Francisco:
Brandon Crawford scored the winning run in the 13th inning on a base hit by Joe Panik as the San Francisco Giants avoided elimination by defeating the visiting Chicago Cubs 6-5 in game three of their divisional playoff series.
The Cubs, who lead the series two games to one, can still secure their second straight National League Championship Series appearance with a game four road win on Tuesday.
At Boston:
Coco Crisp hit a two-run homer on Monday as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on the road and completed their three-game American League divisional playoff series sweep.
The Indians will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series (the first for the Tribe since 2007) which opens on Friday in Cleveland.
At Toronto:
Josh Donaldson scampered home from second base in the bottom of the tenth inning on Sunday after Rougned Odor bounced what would have been a double-play relay as the Toronto Blue Jays, in defeating the visiting Texas Rangers 7-6 in game three, swept their American League divisional playoff series in three straight games.
The Blue Jays advanced to their second straight American League Championship Series as a result.
At Washington:
In a contest rescheduled from Saturday due to rain, Jose Lobaton hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning as the Washington Nationals squared their National League divisional playoff series with the Los Angeles Dodgers at one game apiece following their 5-2 game-two home victory on Sunday.
At Corvallis, Oregon:
Quarterback Darrel Garretson ran 16 yards for the game-winning touchdown in overtime as the Oregon State Beavers (2-3 overall, 1-1 in Pac-12 play) blew a 17-point fourth-quarter lead, trailed briefly in overtime, then bounced back for a 47-44 home victory on Saturday over the California Golden Bears (3-3, 1-2).
Beavers running back Ryan Nall ran for 221 yards (almost half of the 474 rushing yards, a school record against a Pac-12 opponent) and three touchdowns (4, 80, and 5 yards).
The victory ended Oregon State's 12-game Pac-12 Conference losing skid.
At Chicago:
In the lone Saturday Major League Baseball playoff contest that was contested , Travis Wood became the first relief pitcher since 1924 to hit a postseason home run as the Chicago Cubs defeated the visiting San Francisco Giants 5-2 in game two of a National League divisional playoff series.
The Cubs, who now lead the series two games to none, can finish off the Giants with a game-three victory on Monday in San Francisco.
On one other note, Saturday's scheduled second game of the Los Angeles-Washington series, with the Dodgers leading one game to none, was postponed to Sunday due to rain.
At Eugene, Oregon:
Quarterback Jake Browning threw for 304 yards and a school-record six touchdowns and ran for two more while running back 197 yards and another TD on Saturday as the Washington Huskies (6-0 overall, 3-0 in Pac-12 play; #5 in the Associated Press poll, #6 in the USA Today/Amway Coaches rankings) snapped a 12-game losing streak against the Oregon Ducks (2-4, 0-3) with a 70-21 demolition on the road.
At Ottawa:
Tyler Crapigna connected on six of seven field goal attempts on Friday----including a 39-yarder in overtime---as the Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-10-0) collected their third straight Canadian Football League victory by knocking off the Ottawa REDBLACKS (6-7-1) 32-30 on the road.
Both National League divisional playoffs series opened on Friday.
At Washington:
Home runs from Corey Seager and Justin Turner sparked the Los Angeles Dodgers to a divisional playoff series-opening 4-3 road victory (and a rare playoff win for Clayton Kershaw) over the Washington Nationals.
At ChicagoL
Javier Baez delivered a solo home run in the eighth inning while Jon Lester pitched eight shutout innings (retiring the last thirteen batters he faced) and have Aroldis Chapman shut the proverbial barn door in the ninth inning as the Chicago Cubs outdueled the visiting San Francisco Giants 1-0 in the opening contest of their divisional playoff series.
The Major League Baseball playoffs continued on Friday with four games, two of them in the American League divisional playoff series.
At Arlington, Texas:
Kevin Pillar, Ezequiel Carrera, and Edwin Encarnacion each hit a fifth-inning home run as the Toronto Blue Jays held off the Texas Rangers 5-3 on the road in game two of their divisional playoff series, which the Blue Jays, who now lead two games to none, can finish off with a game-three win at home on Sunday.
At Cleveland:
Corey Kluber pitched 7+ innings of shutout baseball as the Cleveland Indians blanked the visiting Boston Red Sox 6-0 in the second contest of their divisional playoff series. Lonnie Chisenhall slammed a three-run homer off Boston starter David Price as the Indians, who now lead the series two games to none, look to finish off the Sox (and David Ortiz's career) on Sunday in Boston.
At Santa Clara, California:
Quarterback Drew Stanton threw for two touchdowns to Larry Fitzgerald while running back David Johnson carried the ball 27 times for 157 yards and two more scores on Thursday night as the Arizona Cardinals (2-3) scored 17 points off three San Francisco 49ers (1-4) turnovers in their 33-21 road victory.
Both American League divisional playoff series commenced on Thursday as the Major League Baseball playoffs continued.
At Arlington, Texas:
Jose Bautista belted a three-run homer in the ninth inning while Marco Estrada carried a shutout into the ninth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays annihilated the Texas Rangers 10-1 on the road in the opening game of a best-of-five divisional playoff series.
At Cleveland:
Jason Kipnis, Robert Perez, and Francisco Lindor each hit a home run in the third inning as the Cleveland Indians held off the visiting Boston Red Sox 5-4 in game one of a divisional playoff series.
At New York:
Conor Gillaspie delivered a three-run homer in the ninth inning on Tuesday night while Madison Bumgarner pitched a complet-game, four-hit six-strikeout shutout as the San Francisco Giants defeated the home-standing New York Mets 3-0 in the National League Wild-Card Game.
The Giants will open a National League divisional playoff series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in the Windy City on Friday night.
At Toronto:
Edwin Encarnacion knocked a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning on Tuesday night as the Toronto Blue Jays opened the Major League Baseball Playoffs by winning the American League Wild-Card game, 5-2 over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
The Blue Jays will open an American League divisional playoff series against the Texas Rangers at Arlington, Texas this coming Thursday.
Here's a photo of 1930s and 1940s screen actress Claire Dodd modeling a bicycle.
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Here's a glamour photo of 1930s and 1940s English-born screen actress Madeleine Carroll.
Another picture of Hedy Lamarr in the 1942 MGM picture "White Cargo."
Here's Hedy Lamarr as she appeared in the 1941 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture "White Cargo."
At Santa Clara, California:
Quarterback Dak Prescott completed 23 of 32 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday as the Dallas Cowboys (3-1) overcame a 14-point first-half deficit to upend the San Francisco 49ers (1-3) 24-17 on the road.
After Saturday's embarrassing setback at Washington State, support in the USA Today/Amway Coaches poll for the Oregon Ducks disappeared.
At Pullman, Washington:
Jamal Morrow, Gerard Wicks, and James Williams each ran for two touchdowns on Saturday night as the Washington State Cougars (2-2 overall, 1-0 in Pac-12 play), who compiled 651 yards of total offense, won their conference opener by dominating the visiting Oregon Ducks (2-3, 0-2) 51-33.
At Commerce City, Colorado:
Sebastien Le Toux scored the only goal of the match in the 63rd minute on Saturday night as the Colorado Rapids locked up a berth in the MLS Cup playoffs with a 1-0 home victory over the Portland Timbers.
The Timbers, whose playoff chances suffered a potentially crippling blow with the defeat, remain the only Major League Soccer club to remain winless on the road in league play this season.
In stark contrast, Colorado has remained unbeaten at home.
Portland's next league match will be at home on Sunday, October 16 as they host the same Rapids at 2:00 PM Pacific Time (ROOT Sports Northwest).
At Boulder, Colorado:
Quarterback Steven Montez threw three touchdown passes (of 51, 33, and 63 yards) to Shay Fields on Saturday as the Colorado Buffaloes (4-1 overall, 2-0 in Pac-12 play) dismembered the visiting Oregon State Beavers (1-3, 0-1) 47-6, ruining the Beavers' Pac-12 conference opener.
Oregon State is now 0-10 in conference play under head coach Gary Andersen.
Another glamour shot of screen actress Constance Bennett.
Another glamour shot of screen legend Constance Bennett.
