— Tigers 4, White Sox 2
Detroit clinched its first playoff spot since 2014.
Tigers are 34-17 in their last 51 games.
44,435 fans celebrated Detroit’s making the playoffs.
Tigers actually dumped four veterans at the trade deadline in July
Detroit manager AJ Hinch was the Astros’ skipper when they won the World Series in 2017, and lost the World Series in 2019. He’s a really good manager.
— White Sox lost their 121st game, the most any team has lost since 1900.
— Orioles 7, Twins 2
Cade Povich tossed 5.2 scoreless IP.
Baltimore wraps up the #1 Wild Card in the AL.
Minnesota is eliminated- they’re 4-10 in their last 14 games.
Twins’ loss puts Kansas City in the playoffs.
Royals are in playoffs for first time since 2015- they were 56-106 last year.
— Braves 3, Royals 0
Max Fried allowed three hits in 8.2 scoreless IP.
Royals were shut out for third time in their last six games.
— Brewers 8, Mets 4
Rhys Hoskins hit a first inning grand slam.
— Padres 5, Diamondbacks 3
Luis Arraez had two doubles and a triple for San Diego.
Padres clinch the #1 Wild Card in the National League.
Braves/Mets/Arizona are now all tied for the last two NL Wild Cards.
Braves/Mets are scheduled to play a doubleheader in Atlanta Monday.
— Cubs 1, Reds 0
Jameson Taillon threw seven shutout IP.
Tough-luck loser Nick Martinez was 4-1, 0.83 in five September starts.
— Last four World Series champs finished in the top 4 in home runs during the regular season.
Top 5 teams in home runs this season:
235- New York (A)
228- Baltimore
227- Los Angeles
208- Atlanta
207- Arizona
— Famous birthdays, September 28th:
Steve Largent, 70
Todd Worrell, 65
Irving Fryar, 62
Johnny Dawkins, 61
Mira Sorvino, 57
José Calderón, 43
Emeka Okafor, 42
Ryan Zimmerman, 40
Riley Greene, 24
— Miami 38, Virginia Tech 34
Miami drove 57 yards, scored game-winning TD with 1:57 left.
Hokies led 24-17 at halftime.
Tech was 9-14 on third down, Miami 10-15
Miami is 5-0; they gained 508 yards, survived three turnovers.
— Rutgers 21, Washington 18
Huskies outgained Rutgers, 521-299.
Rutgers was 7-15 on third down, Washington 2-12
Washington missed a 55-yard FG with 0:03 left.
These schools are in same league, despite being 2,854 miles apart.
— Interesting article on the Interweb about how the Denver Broncos spent this week in West Virginia, after playing in Tampa last week- they play the Jets in New Jersey Sunday.
Broncos stayed at the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia this week. Back in 2012, when he was suspended for Bountygate, Denver coach Sean Payton caddied in a PGA golf tournament at Greenbrier. Saints later had three training camps there.
Trip is costing the Broncos around $2M.
Weather was cruddy Friday and the Greenbrier doesn’t have an indoor practice facility; the Broncos practiced on indoor tennis courts.
Denver is traveling with 36,000 pounds of gear.
Apparently the Broncos get honey from beehives behind their indoor practice facility in Colorado; they brought some of that honey with them to West Virginia.
— Dallas Cowboys hosted the Ravens last week, September 22; they have only one home game between then and November 10th.
Week 4- won 20-15 @ Giants
Week 5- @ Pittsburgh
Week 6- home vs Detroit
Week 7- bye week
Week 8- @ San Francisco
Week 9- @ Atlanta
Week 10- home vs Philadelphia
— Auburn is changing QB’s again this week for their game with Oklahoma; Payton Thorne is back as Auburn’s starter- he got benched after they lost 21-14 to the Cal Bears three weeks ago.
— Big trade in the NBA:
Knicks are acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns from Minnesota.
In return, Timberwolves get:
Julius Randle
Donte DiVincenzo
Detroit Pistons’ 2025 first round pick
Towns will reunite with Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, whom he played for in Minnesota from 2016-19.
