ST. LOUIS (AP) β The St. Louis Cardinals evened their NLCS series at a game apiece by rallying to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Kolten Wong’s walkoff home run in the ninth. That followed solo homers by pinch-hitter Oscar Tavaras in the seventh and Matt Adams in the eighth. Game 3 is Tuesday in San Francisco.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) β The upstart Kansas City Royals return home Monday night to a raucous Kauffman Stadium as they try to take a 3-0 lead over Baltimore in the ALCS. Wei-Yin Chen, who was 16-10 in the regular season for the Orioles, tries to get Baltimore in the win column against Jeremy Guthrie, who was 13-11 in the 2014 campaign.
SEATTLE (AP) β The Dallas Cowboys went on the road and knocked off the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks 30-23 to improve their record to 5-1. DeMarco Murray ran for 115 yards, including the go-ahead 15-yard TD with 3:16 left. The Cowboys are the first team outside the NFC West to win at Seattle since 2011.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP)β Baltimore’s Joe Flacco (FLAK’-oh) came out firing, tossing four TD passes in the first quarter of the Ravens’ 48-17 rout of Tampa Bay. Flacco ended the day passing for 306 yards and five scores for the 4-2 Ravens, who scored on six straight possessions to begin the game, with Flacco throwing for TDs on the first five.
UNDATED (AP) β There is a new team on top of The Associated Press Top-25 poll. Despite the fact they have not been beaten, Florida State’s Seminoles have been replaced at the top of the AP poll by Mississippi State. The formerly No. 1 Seminoles were 38-20 winners over Syracuse while then No. 3 Mississippi State knocked off previously undefeated then No. 2 Auburn, 38-23.
