In the MLB playoffs, some late inning heroics in the playoffs yesterday.
The Dodgers beat the Braves 4-3, on a two-run homer by Juan Uribe in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Dodgers win that series 3 games to 1. They will face the winner of the series between the the Pirates and the Cardinals, which is now tied at 2 games apiece. The deciding game 5 between the Pirates and the Cards will be played tomorrow in St. Louis. In the American League, the Tampa Bay Rays are still on the brink of elimination, but they feel they have the Boston Red Sox right where they want them. Yesterday, Jose Lobaton hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to propel the Rays to the 5-4 win, putting the series now at 2 games to 1 in favor of the Red Sox. The Oakland A’s, meanwhile, beat the Tigers yesterday 6-3, and can end the series today in game four.
Here are the game capsules and summaries for both the National League and American League divisional series:
The American League takes center stage today:
Tigers @ A’s (A’s lead series 2-1)
Dan Straily vs Doug Fister 5:00 pm TBS
Red Sox @ Rays ( Red Sox lead Series 2-0)
Jake Peavy vs Jeremy Hellickson 8:30 pm TBS
Here is the complete post season schedule in MLB:
In other baseball news,
It is never too early to take a look at the Hot Stove possibilities this coming off season:
Alex Rodriguez’ appeal hearing is taking a week off and will resume next week. A-Rod is now also in the process of suing MLB. They are trying to get the law suit thrown out:
Let’s go to the gridiron:
Here are the scores from this week in the NFL:
THURSDAY
Cleveland 37 Buffalo 24
YESTERDAY
Baltimore 26 Miami 23
Cincinnati 13 New England 6
Indianapolis 34 Seattle 28
Denver 51 Dallas 48
San Francisco 34 Houston 3
New Orleans 26 Chicago 18
Green Bay 22 Detroit 9
Kansas City 26 Tennessee 17
St. Louis 34 Jacksonville 20
Philadelphia 36 NY Giants 21
Arizona 22 Carolina 6
Oakland 27 San Diego 17
MONDAY
NY Jets 30 Atlanta 28
Bad week in my picks. I went 3-4 against the spread this past week, 4-3 straight up. My season numbers so far are: 20-14-2 against the spread, and 25-11 straight up. Good, but not good enough.
Here is the schedule for this week’s games, which begin on Thursday, with the NY Giants visiting the Chicago Bears.
The Fins have their bye week this week. In other Dolphin news:
Armando Salguero has more:
Here’s ESPN’s NFL Nation Blog, with more news from all around the league:
Of course, we can all continue to sleep at night, knowing full well that Aaron Hernandez remains in jail, where he belongs.
In college football, all seven Division 1 football teams located in the state of Florida won on Saturday as UM, FIU, FAU, South Florida, Central Florida, Florida, and Florida State all were victorious. Trust me when I tell you . . . that does not happen very often.
The Canes are off this week:
Manny Navarro and Susan Miller Degnan have all the latest from Coral Gables:
Here’s the latest from FIU, courtesy of David J. Neal:
Here’s the latest from Tallahassee and FSU:
From Gainesville and the University of Florida:
Here are the NCAA Football rankings for this week. Florida State moves up to #6, Miami is #13, and the Gators are #17:
Here is the complete schedule in College Football for week 7, including TV listings:
In Miami Heat news,
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Clayton Kershaw has won two games so far this postseason, and will have a chance to continue in the NL Championship Series. Who holds the record for most wins in a single postseason? The answers comes later, alligator.
In the NHL, the Florida Panthers are in Philadelphia to take on the Flyers tonight:
George Richards has all the latest on the Panthers:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: Clayton Kershaw has won two games so far this postseason, and will have a chance to continue in the NL Championship Series. Who holds the record for most wins in a single postseason?
Randy Johnson won five games in 2001, and Francisco Rodriguez also won five games in the 2002 postseason.
Behave yourselves, and always remember that tomorrow will bring us a brand new day.
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