COLLEGE FOOTBALL-SCHEDULE
Seminoles, Aggies still perfect after second-half rallies
UNDATED (AP) β Top-ranked Florida State and No. 6 Texas A&M appeared ripe for the picking this afternoon, with each team falling behind by double digits before staying unbeaten.
The Seminoles trailed 24-7 and 38-28 before Jameis (JAY’-mis) Winston engineered three straight scoring drives to help FSU go up 49-38 in a 56-41 victory at North Carolina State. Winston threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns in his return from a suspension. Rashad Greene hauled in 11 passes for 125 yards and the go-ahead score for the 4-0 Seminoles, while Karlos Williams ran for three scores.
The Aggies rallied from a two-touchdown, fourth-quarter deficit before beating Arkansas 35-28 on Kenny Hill’s 25-yarder to Malcome Kennedy on the first play of overtime. Hill threw for 386 yards and four touchdowns, including two scores after A&M fell behind 28-14. Josh Reynolds grabbed a 58-yard scoring pass with 2:08 to play, tying the game only two plays after the Razorbacks missed a field goal.
Texas A&M handed Arkansas its 14th straight SEC loss and improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2001.
In other top-25 action:
β Nick Marshall threw three touchdown passes and rushed for 105 yards to lead No. 5 Auburn to a 45-17 victory over Louisiana Tech. Quan Bray caught a 44-yard touchdown pass and returned a punt 76 yards for another score in a 53-second span of the fourth quarter.
β Seventh-ranked Baylor was a 49-28 winner at Iowa State as Bryce Petty threw for a touchdown and ran for two others. Shock Linwood ran for three touchdowns and Petty completed 30 of his 44 passes for 336 yards for the 4-0 Bears.
β Everett Golson set a Notre Dame record by completing 25 straight passes, but he also turned the ball over three times before the eighth-ranked Irish pulled out a 31-15 victory over Syracuse at the Meadowlands. Golson was 32 of 39 for a career-best 362 yards and four touchdowns.
β Jeremy Langford rushed for 137 of Michigan State’s 533 total yards in a 56-14 dismantling of Wyoming. Connor Cook was 6-for-8 through the air for 109 yards and two touchdowns, helping the ninth-ranked Spartans score more than 50 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1978.
β Jaylen Walton ran for a key fourth-quarter touchdown and No. 10 Mississippi put together a stifling defensive effort in a 24-3 win over Memphis. Bo Wallace shook off three turnovers by going 22 of 37 for 248 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Laquon Treadwell.
β No. 12 Georgia got past Tennessee 35-32 as Todd Gurley ran for a career-high 208 yards and two touchdowns, including a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs trailed 10-0 before sending the Vols to their 21st consecutive road loss against ranked teams.
β Russell Hansbrough scored two of his three touchdowns in the final seven minutes to rally Missouri past No. 13 South Carolina 21-20 in Columbia. The Tigers trailed 20-7 and managed just 181 yards of offense through three quarters before improving to 4-1.
β No. 16 Stanford beat Washington 20-13 on Kevin Hogan’s five-yard touchdown run with 4:29 left. Hogan was 17-for-26 passing for 178 yards and added 53 yards rushing.
β Backup quarterback Brandon Harris led touchdown drives on each of his seven series, sparking No. 17 LSU to a 63-7 rout of New Mexico State. Harris ran for a pair of touchdowns and completed 11 of 14 passes for 178 yards and three scores.
β Cody Kessler passed for 261 yards and two touchdowns, and Su’a Cravens returned an interception 31 yards for another score in No. 18 Southern California’s 35-10 victory over Oregon State as the Trojans (3-1, 2-0 Pac-12) rebounded smartly from their first loss.
β Melvin Gordon ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns as 19th-ranked Wisconsin silenced South Florida 27-10. The game was tied 3-3 until Gordon scored twice in a 2:39 span of the third quarter, including a 43-yard run that put the Badgers ahead 17-3 midway through the period.
β Ameer Abdullah had a big game in Nebraska’s 45-14 pounding of Illinois, rushing for 208 yards and three touchdowns for the 21st-ranked Cornhuskers. Imani Cross had 109 of the Huskers’ 458 rushing yards.
β Ohio State won state bragging rights against Cincinnati as J.T. Barrett threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns to lead the 22nd-ranked Buckeyes to a 50-28 rout of the Bearcats. The Buckeyes ran for 380 of their 710 total yards, highlighted by 183 yards and one touchdown on 28 carries.
β Charles Jones ran for three touchdowns and Tyler Lockett returned a punt for another score to lead No. 25 Kansas State to a 58-28 laugher against UTEP (YOO’-tep). Jake Waters ran for a touchdown and threw for another for the Wildcats, who allowed just one first down and 23 total yards in the first half.
MLB-SCHEDULE
AL, NL Central races still up for grabs…Yanks hammered in Jeter’s penultimate game
UNDATED (AP) β The American League and National League Central titles remain undecided after the two contenders in each division lost on Saturday.
The Tigers continue to top the AL Central by a game over Kansas City after Eduardo Escobar went 4-for-5 with a three-run homer and six RBIs in Minnesota’s 12-3 drubbing of Detroit. Brian Dozier added a solo shot and two RBIs for the Twins, who’ve outscored the Tigers 23-7 the last two nights.
The Royals were 5-4 losers in Chicago as Josh Phegley hit a pair of solo homers after Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) launched a two-run shot for the White Sox. John Danks held the Royals to two runs and five hits in seven innings.
St. Louis still leads the NL Central by a game over Pittsburgh following the Cardinals’ 5-2 loss at Arizona. Mark Trumbo led the Diamondbacks attack with a pair of homers and four RBIs. The game was tied 2-2 until Trumbo’s three-run blast in the seventh sent the Redbirds to their fourth loss in seven games.
The Bucs blew a 6-4 lead in the seventh inning before Ramon Santiago launched a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th to give Cincinnati a 10-6 win over Pittsburgh. Todd Frazier tied it with a two-run blast and scored seven runs as the Reds handed the Pirates just their fifth loss in 22 games.
Meanwhile, the Oakland Athletics failed to clinch the final AL wild-card berth by losing 5-4 to Texas. Robinson Chirinos (chih-REE’-nohs) hit a two-run homer and Jake Smolinski added a solo shot as Texas beat the Athletics for the fifth time in six tries. The A’s have the second-worst record in the majors since they were 11 games up in the wild-card race and four games ahead of the AL West-winning Angels on Aug. 10.
Seattle is still alive in the wild-card picture after Austin Jackson beat a double-play relay in the 11th inning, allowing Brad Miller to score the winning run in the Mariners’ 2-1 triumph over the Los Angeles Angels. The Mariners’ bullpen tossed 5 1/3 scoreless innings after James Paxton allowed a run and four hits in 5 2/3 frames.
Elsewhere in the majors:
β Daniel Nava went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to highlight Boston’s 16-hit attack in a 10-4 rout of the New York Yankees. Derek Jeter collected his 3,464th big league hit, went 1-for-2 and tweaked a hamstring before leaving for a pinch-hitter in the fifth inning of his next-to-last game.
β Jose Reyes had two hits and two RBI as Toronto handed Baltimore its third straight loss, 4-2. J.A. Happ won consecutive starts for the first time since late May, allowing two runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings.
β Scott Van Slyke manufactured the winning run in the Dodgers’ 6-5, 12-inning win over Colorado in Los Angeles. Van Slyke hit a one-out single, moved to second on a hit batter and stole third before coming home on a wild-pitch.
β Brandon Crawford hit a two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning to lead the Giants past San Diego 3-1 in San Francisco. Giants starter Jake Peavy faced his former team for the first time and allowed one run and four hits over five innings.
β Stephen Strasburg tossed six shutout innings and Asdrubal (as-DROO’-bul) Cabrera hit a three-run double in Washington’s 5-1 verdict over Miami. Strasburg struck out seven and allowed just two hits in his playoff tuneup.
β Wily Peralta (WIH’-lee peh-RAHL’-tah) ends up 17-11 after striking out 13 while yielding just a run and five hits in seven innings of Milwaukee’s 2-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Jonathan Lucroy (LOO’-kroy) doubled home the go-ahead run in the fifth, two innings after Carlos Gomez homered.
β Alex Colome (KAH’-loh-may) and three relievers combined on a five-hitter as Tampa Bay blanked the Indians 2-0 in Cleveland. Carlos Carrasco was the hard-luck loser after holding the Rays to one earned run and four hits while striking out 10 in 7 2/3 innings.
β Justin Upton hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer and his brother, B.J., hit a solo shot in Atlanta’s 4-2 win at Philadelphia. Aaron Harang allowed two runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings to finish the season 12-12.
β The New York Mets pulled out a 2-1 win over Houston on Lucas Duda’s (DOO’-duhz) two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth. The Mets were held to two hits before Eric Young Jr. tripled and scored on Duda’s 29th home run.
MLB-REDS/JOCKETTY
Reds GM gets extension
CINCINNATI (AP) β The Cincinnati Reds have extended general manager Walt Jocketty’s contract through 2016 despite the team’s disappointing showing this year. Injuries have led the team to go 75-86 under first-year manager Bryan Price after reaching the playoffs three times in four years under skipper Dusty Baker. Jocketty’s deal was set to expire at the end of the season.
MLB-ANGELS/LEASE
Angels ponder options after ending lease talks with Anaheim
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) β The Angels are considering options for a new home ballpark after ending negotiations with the city of Anaheim over a renewed lease on the baseball team’s existing stadium.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the team has been in talks with the nearby Orange County city of Tustin about a possible park.
Angels owner Arte Moreno says the team can afford to build a new stadium.
The team can opt out of its stadium lease in two years.
GOLF-RYDER CUP
Europe in control
GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) β Europe has put itself in great position to win the Ryder Cup for the eighth time in 10 tries.
The Europeans took 3 Β½ of a possible four points in foursomes play at Gleneagles, Scotland, on Saturday to grab a 10-6 lead through two days of play. Europe needs to claim just four of 12 points in Sunday’s singles play to retain the Cup.
The Americans pulled within 6 Β½ to 5 Β½ by winning two matches and halving another in the Saturday morning fourballs matches. But Jordan Spieth (speeth) and Patrick Reed prevented Europe from sweeping the foursomes, one day after the Europeans took 3 Β½ of a possible four points in the event. Saturday’s biggest foursomes rout belonged to Victor Dubuisson and Graeme McDowell, who whipped Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler, 5 and 4.
The most impressive performance of the day came from Europeans Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson in the first fourballs match. They carded 10 straight birdies and 12 of 16 holes to complete a 3 and 2 win over Bubba Watson and Matt Kuchar (KOO’-chur). The Americans dropped the match despite nine birdies.
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson benched Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley for both sessions Saturday, even though both wanted to play. Mickelson and Bradley rallied to take down Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia in the opening session of fourballs matches on Friday, but they lost badly in foursomes. Mickelson will play only three matches this week, his fewest since going 3-0 as a rookie at Oak Hill in 1995.
GOLF-CHAMPIONS TOUR/PEBBLE BEACH
Cook tops leaderboard
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) β John Cook shot a 4-under 68 at Pebble Beach to take a one-stroke lead over Tom Byrum and Skip Kendall through two rounds of the Champions Tour’s First Tee Open.
Cook had eight birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey to reach 8-under 135.
TENNIS-SHENZHEN OPEN
Murray wins 1st title in 15 months
SHENZHEN, China (AP) β Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain rallied from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain, 5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-1 on Sunday to win the Shenzhen Open.
Murray saved five match points as he ended a 15-month title drought while improving his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals in London in November.
Murray trailed 2-6 in the second set tiebreaker against Robredo, but the Spaniard squandered five match points.
It was Murray’s first title since his triumph at Wimbledon in July 2013 and his 29th tour-level victory.
NBA-76ers/CARTER-WILLIAMS
Reigning rookie of the year Carter-Williams not sure when he’ll play again
DOVER, Del. (AP) β Philadelphia 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams is unsure when he’ll return to play following offseason shoulder surgery.
The NBA rookie of the year had surgery in May to repair the labrum of his right shoulder. Sixers coach Brett Brown said Carter-Williams has not been cleared to play for the start of training camp on Tuesday.
Carter-Williams was only the third player since 1950-51 to lead all rookies in scoring (16.7), rebounding (6.3) and assists (6.2), averaging 16.7 points, 6.3 boards and 6.2 helpers. Oscar Robertson and Alvan Adams are the other players to accomplish the feat.
