T25 FOOTBALL-SCHEDULE
‘Nols outlast Tigers…Tide double up Gators
UNDATED (AP) β Top-ranked Florida State managed to win without its reigning Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback.
Jameis (JAYM’-ihs) Winston looked on as Karlos Williams scored on a 12-yard run in overtime to give the Seminoles a 23-17 win over No. 22 Clemson. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney declined to attempt a 33-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime and Adam Choice was stuffed for no gain on fourth-and-1. Two plays later, Williams bounced outside and went untouched into the end zone.
Seminoles quarterback Sean Maguire made his first career start and completed 21 of 39 passes for 305 yards, two interceptions and a game-tying, 74-yard touchdown to Rashad Greene with 6:04 left in regulation. Magquire got the start in place of Winston, who was suspended for the game after making “offensive and vulgar” comments earlier this week on campus.
β Marcus Mariota’s (mar-ee-OH’-tahz) six-yard TD pass to Keanon Lowe with 5:33 left allowed second-ranked Oregon to escape with a 38-31 victory against Washington State at Pullman. Mariota added to his Heisman resume by completing 21 of his 25 passes for 329 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions. Connor Halliday kept the Cougars close by completing 43 of 63 throws for 436 yards and four touchdowns.
β Third-ranked Alabama generated so much offense, it even allowed Florida to score a few points.
The Gators turned four Crimson Tide turnovers into 21 points, the only scoring Florida could muster in a 42-21 loss to Alabama.
Blake Sims recorded the Crimson Tide’s second-best passing day with 445 yards, including touchdown passes of 87 yards to Kenyan Drake on the opening play and 79 to Amari Cooper later in the first quarter. Cooper caught 10 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns after entering the game leading the nation in receptions.
Gators quarterback Jeff Driskel was 9-of-28 passing for 93 yards and was intercepted twice while his offense produced just 200 yards. Meanwhile, Florida surrendered a school-record 645 yards.
The Tide are 4-0 after winning their SEC opener.
β Mississippi State posted a 34-29 win at eighth-ranked LSU behind the work of quarterback Dak Prescott, who had 373 yards of total offense. Prescott passed for 268 yards and two touchdowns and highlighted his 105 yards rushing with a 56-yard scoring run.
LSU erased most of a 24-point, fourth-quarter deficit before a last-second desperation heave by LSU backup quarterback Brandon Harris was intercepted by Will Redmond at the goal line.
In other AP Top-25 action:
β Samaje Perine rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 4 Oklahoma to a 45-33 win over West Virginia. Alex Ross scored on a 100-yard kickoff return and quarterback Trevor Knight caught a 4-yard scoring pass on a trick play for the 4-0 Sooners.
β Kenny Hill accounted for 322 yards of offense in just the first half, and Jeremy Tabuyo turned two short passes into long touchdowns as sixth-ranked Texas A&M crushed SMU 58-6. Trey Williams ran for a pair of touchdowns to help the Aggies improve to 4-0 for the first time in eight years.
β Connor Cook threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score as No. 11 Michigan State scored the third-most points in program history in smashing Eastern Michigan 73-14. The 2-1 Spartans came within three points of matching the school record set in 1989 against Northwestern
β Sony Michel ran for 155 yards and three touchdowns to highlight a big day for freshmen in 13th-ranked Georgia’s 66-0 rout of Troy. Among other standout frosh for Georgia were receiver Isaiah McKenzie, who scored on a 52-yard punt return, and Bryce Ramsey, who threw his first career TD pass.
β Steve Spurrier is second on the SEC’s all-time wins list for coaches with 202 after 14th-rated South Carolina rallied from 14 points down to beat Vanderbilt 48-34. Dylan Thompson threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns, and he ran for another score.
β D’Angelo Roberts ran for a three-yard touchdown with 22 seconds left to lift Indiana past No. 18 Missouri 31-27. Nate Sudfeld passed for 252 yards and a touchdown.
β Melvin Gordon rushed for career highs of 253 yards and five touchdowns, and No. 19 Wisconsin ran for a Big Ten-record 644 yards to trample Bowling Green, 68-17.
β Taysom Hill threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 21 Brigham Young rallied to beat Virginia 41-33. Hill completed 13 of 23 for 187 yards and rushed for another 72 on 17 carries.
β No. 24 Nebraska knocked off Miami 41-31 as Ameer Abdullah ran 35 times for 229 yards. Tommy Armstrong Jr. passed for 113 yards and two touchdowns and ran 13 times for 96 for the Cornhuskers.
MLB-SCHEDULE
Tigers’ lead now 2-1/2 over Royals…AL wild-card race tightens…Cards’ win streak at four
UNDATED (AP) β The Detroit Tigers have stretched their lead in the American League Central by continuing their dominance of the Kansas City Royals.
Max Scherzer (SHUR’-zur) became the AL’s second 17-game winner by allowing a run and seven hits in seven innings of the Tigers’ 3-2 triumph over the Royals. Torii Hunter hit a solo homer in the fourth inning, but the game was tied 1-1 until Tyler Collins and Rajai (RAH’-zhay) Davis hit RBI singles with two out in the seventh. Joe Nathan got out of a two-on, two-out jam in the ninth by inducing Raul Ibanez (ih-BAHN’-yehz) to ground out for the final out.
The outcome gives the AL Central-leading Tigers a 2 Β½-game lead over Kansas City with eight to play. Detroit has won 13 of 18 in the season series.
The Royals didn’t lose ground in the AL wild-card race, staying a half-game behind Oakland and a half-game ahead of Seattle.
In Oakland, Freddy Galvis snapped a scoreless deadlock with a two-run homer in the seventh before Philadelphia completed a 3-0 win over the A’s. Phillies starter Jerome Williams surrendered just four hits in seven innings to become the first pitcher since 1900 to have at least one win against the same opponent with three different teams in the same season.
The Mariners were crushed by Houston 10-1 as the Astros smacked five homers among their 13 hits. Chris Carter and Alex Presley hit two-run homers in the first inning, Matt Dominguez and Carlos Corporan clubbed back-to-back homers in the fourth and Jake Marisnick added a three-run blast in the seventh. Dallas Keuchel (KY’-kul) struck out eight while holding the M’s to a run and seven hits in eight innings.
Elsewhere in the majors:
β Tony Cruz socked a three-run homer, Kolten Wong hit a two-run shot and Randal Grichuk (GRY’-chuhk) added a solo shot as St. Louis earned its fourth straight win, 8-4 over Cincinnati. Michael Wacha allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings, his longest outing in three starts since landing on the disabled list in mid-June with right shoulder pain.
β The Redbirds lead the NL Central by 3 Β½ games over Pittsburgh after the Pirates were beaten 1-0 by Milwaukee. The game was scoreless until Logan Schafer lifted a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the ninth, allowing the Brewers to pull within 3 Β½ games of the Bucs for the NL’s second wild-card berth. Milwaukee’s bullpen worked 4 1/3 shutout innings, one day after the Brewers’ relievers blew a 2-0 lead in the eighth inning of Friday’s loss in Pittsburgh.
β Chris Coghlan hit two homers, including the go-ahead, two-run drive off Brian Wilson in the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 8-7 comeback over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Chicago. Adrian Gonzalez homered twice for the Dodgers, who still lead the NL West by 3 Β½ games over San Francisco.
β The Giants were 3-2 losers in San Diego as Andrew Cashner held them to two runs and four hits in eight-plus innings. Cashner carried a two-out shutout and a three-run lead into the ninth before Hunter Pence led off the ninth with a homer.
β Cleveland is within 3 1/2 games of the second AL wild-card berth after Yan Gomes (yahn gohmz) hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs to lead a 7-3 win at Minnesota. Mike Aviles (ah-VEE’-lehs) put the Indians ahead to stay with a two-run triple in the second inning.
β Jered Weaver is the AL’s first 18-game winner of the season after allowing three runs and five hits in seven innings of the Los Angeles Angels’ 8-5 victory against Texas. Mike Trout and Albert Pujols (POO’-hohlz) belted two-run homers before David Freese (freez) launched a three-run blast that put the Angels ahead 8-0 in the fifth inning.
β Adam Jones belted a pair of two-run homers and Chris Tillman allowed two runs in seven innings of Baltimore’s 7-2 romp over Boston. Christian Walker hit his first major league homer for the Orioles.
β Ryan Zimmerman and Asdrubal (as-DROO’-bul) Cabrera hit RBI triples before Denard Span lined a tiebreaking single in a three-run seventh that pushed Washington past Miami 3-2. Zimmerman went 2-for-3 and played left field in his first game since straining his right hamstring July 22 in Colorado.
β Danny Valencia laced a go-ahead, two-run double and Marcus Stroman allowed two runs over six innings as Toronto beat the New York Yankees 6-3 to end a six-game losing streak. Jose Bautista homered against the Yanks for the eighth time this season.
β Dilson Herrera and Curtis Granderson homered to back Jon Niese (nees) in the New York Mets’ 4-2 victory in Atlanta. Niese carried a shutout into the eighth and allowed two runs in 7 1/3 innings as the Mets pushed the Braves closer to elimination.
β Nick Franklin hit a two-run homer and David Archer combined with four relievers on a three-hitter as Tampa Bay beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. Archer limited the Chisox to two hits over 6 1/3 shutout innings.
β Eddie Butler picked up his first big league win by allowing a run and five hits in six innings of Colorado’s 5-1 verdict over Arizona. Corey Dickerson and Josh Rutledge homered in the Rockies’ fifth straight win.
NFL-RICE JERSEYS
7,000 exchanges in 2 days
BALTIMORE (AP) β More than 7,000 fans showed up to exchange their Ray Rice jerseys for those of other Ravens players during a two-day event at Baltimore’s home stadium.
The team handed out 5,595 new jerseys before running out before midday Saturday, then issued more than 2,400 vouchers for fans to pick up their jerseys once new shipments arrive in October.
GOLF-YOKOHAMA TIRE LPGA CLASSIC
Reto and Hur tied for lead
PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) β South Korea’s Mi Jung Hur and South African Paula Reto share the lead through three rounds of the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in Alabama.
Hur birdied four for the last eight holes for a 5-under 67 and a 15-under total, while Reto closed her 2-under 70 with three birdies on her final five holes.
Top-ranked Stacy Lewis and Kris Tamulis are tied for third at 11 under.
CHAMPIONS TOUR-HAWAII CHAMPIONSHIP
Funk, Goydos share lead
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) β Fred Funk fired a 10-under 62 for a share of the lead with Paul Goydos (GOY’-dohs) through two rouns in the Champions Tour’s Hawaii Championship.
Funk had 11 birdies and a bogey at Kapolei Golf Club. Goydos shot a 63 to match Funk at 15-under 129.
Corey Pavin (PAY’-vihn) and Vijay Singh (VEE’-jay sihng) are two strokes back.
