MLB playoffs

Major League Baseball Postseason

DIVISION SERIES

(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)

American League

Series A

Detroit 3, Oakland 2

Saturday, Oct. 6: Detroit 3, Oakland 1

Sunday, Oct. 7: Detroit 5, Oakland 4

Tuesday, Oct. 9: Oakland 2, Detroit 0

Wednesday, Oct. 10: Oakland 4, Detroit 3

Thursday, Oct. 11: Detroit 6, Oakland 0

Series B

New York 3, Baltimore 2

Sunday, Oct. 7: New York 7, Baltimore 2

Monday, Oct. 8: Baltimore 3, New York 2

Wednesday, Oct. 10: New York 3, Baltimore 2, 12 innings

Thursday, Oct. 11: Baltimore 2, New York 1, 13 innings

Friday, Oct. 12: New York 3, Baltimore 1

National League

Series A

San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 2,

Saturday, Oct. 6: Cincinnati 5, San Francisco 2

Sunday, Oct. 7: Cincinnati 9, San Francisco 0

Tuesday, Oct. 9: San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1, 10 innings

Wednesday, Oct. 10: San Francisco 8, Cincinnati 3

Thursday, Oct. 11: San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 4

Series B

St. Louis 3, Washington 2

Sunday, Oct. 7: Washington 3, St. Louis 2

Monday, Oct. 8: St. Louis 12, Washington 4

Wednesday, Oct. 10: St. Louis 8, Washington 0

Thursday, Oct. 11: Washington 2, St. Louis 1

Friday, Oct. 12: St. Louis 9, Washington 7

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

American League

All games televised by TBS

Detroit 2, New York 0

Saturday, Oct. 13: Detroit 6, New York 4, 12 innings

Sunday, Oct. 14: Detroit 3, New York 0

Tuesday, Oct. 16: New York (Hughes 16-13) at Detroit (Verlander 17-8), 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17: New York (Sabathia 15-6) at Detroit (Scherzer 16-7), 8:07 p.m.

x-Thursday, Oct. 18: New York at Detroit, 4:07 p.m.

x-Saturday, Oct. 20: Detroit at New York, 8:07 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 21: Detroit at New York, 8:15 p.m.

National League

All games televised by Fox

St. Louis 1, San Fracisco 0

Sunday, Oct. 14: St. Louis 6, San Francisco 4

Monday, Oct. 15: St. Louis (Carpenter 0-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 14-9), 8:07 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 17: San Francisco at St. Louis, 4:07 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18: San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:07 p.m.

x-Friday, Oct. 19: San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:07 p.m.

x-Sunday, Oct. 21: St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:45 p.m.

x-Monday, Oct. 22: St. Louis at San Francisco, 8:07 p.m.

WORLD SERIES

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

All games televised by Fox

Wednesday, Oct. 24: at National League, (n)

Thursday, Oct. 25: at National League, (n)

Saturday, Oct. 27: at American League, (n)

Sunday, Oct. 28: at American League, (n)

x-Monday, Oct. 29: at American League, (n)

x-Wednesday, Oct. 31: at National League, (n)

x-Thursday, Nov. 1: at National League, (n)

 

 

NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 3 3 0 .500 137 192

Miami 3 3 0 .500 120 117

New England 3 3 0 .500 188 137

N.Y. Jets 3 3 0 .500 133 141

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Houston 5 1 0 .833 173 115

Indianapolis 2 3 0 .400 100 145

Tennessee 2 4 0 .333 114 204

Jacksonville 1 4 0 .200 65 138

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 5 1 0 .833 161 118

Cincinnati 3 3 0 .500 149 163

Pittsburgh 2 3 0 .400 116 115

Cleveland 1 5 0 .167 134 163

West

W L T Pct PF PA

San Diego 3 2 0 .600 124 102

Denver 2 3 0 .400 135 114

Oakland 1 4 0 .200 87 148

Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 104 183

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 4 2 0 .667 178 114

Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 103 125

Washington 3 3 0 .500 178 173

Dallas 2 3 0 .400 94 119

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 6 0 0 1.000 171 113

Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 120 101

Carolina 1 4 0 .200 92 125

New Orleans 1 4 0 .200 141 154

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 4 1 0 .800 149 71

Minnesota 4 2 0 .667 146 117

Green Bay 3 3 0 .500 154 135

Detroit 2 3 0 .400 126 137

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 4 2 0 .667 110 97

San Francisco 4 2 0 .667 152 94

Seattle 4 2 0 .667 110 93

St. Louis 3 3 0 .500 110 111

Thursday, Oct. 11

Tennessee 26, Pittsburgh 23

Sunday, Oct. 14

Atlanta 23, Oakland 20

Tampa Bay 38, Kansas City 10

N.Y. Jets 35, Indianapolis 9

Cleveland 34, Cincinnati 24

Detroit 26, Philadelphia 23, OT

Miami 17, St. Louis 14

Baltimore 31, Dallas 29

Buffalo 19, Arizona 16, OT

Seattle 24, New England 23

N.Y. Giants 26, San Francisco 3

Washington 38, Minnesota 26

Green Bay 42, Houston 24

Open: Carolina, Chicago, Jacksonville, New Orleans

Monday, Oct. 15

Denver at San Diego, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 18

Seattle at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 21

Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 1 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Carolina, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego

Monday, Oct. 22

Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Ohio State stats

No. 8 OHIO ST. 52, INDIANA 49

Ohio St. 10 14 14 14 — 52

Indiana 7 7 13 22 — 49

First Quarter

OSU—Corey (Philly).Brown 12 run (Basil kick), 10:52.

OSU—FG Basil 35, 3:06.

Ind—Houston 59 run (Ewald kick), 2:00.

Second Quarter

Ind—Houston 7 run (Ewald kick), 14:46.

OSU—Roby 0 blocked punt return (Basil kick), 5:19.

OSU—D.Smith 60 pass from B.Miller (Basil kick), 2:31.

Third Quarter

Ind—FG Ewald 22, 12:36.

OSU—B.Miller 67 run (Basil kick), 12:18.

Ind—Wynn 76 pass from Coffman (Ewald kick), 8:40.

OSU—Hyde 14 pass from Guiton (Basil kick), 4:34.

Ind—FG Ewald 44, 3:54.

Fourth Quarter

OSU—Hyde 1 run (Basil kick), 14:40.

Ind—Roberts 1 run (Ewald kick), 10:30.

OSU—D.Smith 46 pass from B.Miller (Basil kick), 6:47.

Ind—D.Wilson 12 pass from Sudfeld (Ewald kick), 1:40.

Ind—Houston 25 pass from Sudfeld (Latimer run), 1:05.

A—48,880.

Team Statistics

OSU Ind

First downs 28 26

Rushes-yards 54-353 24-129

Passing 225 352

Comp-Att-Int 14-25-1 28-54-0

Return Yards 16 8

Punts-Avg. 4-34.3 8-36.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0

Penalties-Yards 10-91 4-50

Time of Possession 36:54 23:06

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Ohio St., Hyde 22-156, B.Miller 23-149, R.Smith 6-40, Corey (Philly).Brown 1-12, Team 2-(minus 4). Indiana, Houston 11-91, Wynn 1-19, Coffman 2-8, Roberts 5-6, Sudfeld 2-5, Coleman 3-0.

PASSING—Ohio St., B.Miller 13-24-1-211, Guiton 1-1-0-14. Indiana, Coffman 22-44-0-275, Sudfeld 6-10-0-77.

RECEIVING—Ohio St., Corey (Philly).Brown 6-51, Stoneburner 4-41, D.Smith 2-106, Hyde 2-27. Indiana, Latimer 7-68, Bolser 6-42, Wynn 3-81, Hughes 3-53, Houston 2-37, D.Wilson 2-24, Coleman 2-9, Roberts 1-16, Chester 1-15, Roundtree 1-7.

 

Bengals-Browns

Cincinnati 7 7 0 10 — 24

Cleveland 0 7 6 21 — 34

First Quarter

Cin—Gresham 55 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 7:07.

Second Quarter

Cle—Gordon 71 pass from Weeden (Dawson kick), 14:51.

Cin—Green 4 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 1:54.

Third Quarter

Cle—FG Dawson 41, 8:25.

Cle—FG Dawson 38, 6:27.

Fourth Quarter

Cle—Hardesty 1 run (Dawson kick), 14:56.

Cin—FG Nugent 44, 11:11.

Cle—Watson 3 pass from Weeden (Dawson kick), 8:00.

Cle—Brown 19 interception return (Dawson kick), 7:50.

Cin—Green 57 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 5:21.

A—67,060.

Team Statistics

Cin Cle

First downs 20 16

Total Net Yards 438 328

Rushes-yards 20-76 34-110

Passing 362 218

Punt Returns 4-58 2-60

Kickoff Returns 4-80 2-63

Interceptions Ret. 1-3 3-33

Comp-Att-Int 31-46-3 17-29-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-19 2-13

Punts 7-50.6 8-44.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0

Penalties-Yards 7-50 5-35

Time of Possession 30:03 29:57

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cincinnati, Green-Ellis 16-62, Peerman 1-7, Dalton 2-5, Hawkins 1-2. Cleveland, Hardesty 15-56, Richardson 14-37, Cribbs 1-8, Ogbonnaya 1-6, Weeden 3-3.

PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 31-46-3-381. Cleveland, Weeden 17-29-1-231.

RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Peerman 8-76, Green 7-135, Hawkins 5-35, Gresham 3-68, M.Jones 2-21, Binns 2-12, Charles 1-12, Tate 1-11, Green-Ellis 1-8, Leonard 1-3. Cleveland, Gordon 3-99, Little 3-18, Cooper 2-39, Cameron 2-38, Richardson 2-17, Watson 2-6, Ogbonnaya 2-5, Hardesty 1-9.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

AP college poll

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking::

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (60) 6-0 1,500 1

2. Oregon 6-0 1,436 2

3. Florida 6-0 1,361 4

4. Kansas St. 6-0 1,296 6

5. Notre Dame 6-0 1,283 7

6. LSU 6-1 1,153 9

7. Ohio St. 7-0 1,071 8

8. Oregon St. 5-0 1,050 10

9. South Carolina 6-1 1,042 3

10. Oklahoma 4-1 994 13

11. Southern Cal 5-1 874 11

12. Florida St. 6-1 836 12

13. Georgia 5-1 753 14

14. Clemson 5-1 673 16

15. Mississippi St. 6-0 591 19

16. Louisville 6-0 574 18

17. West Virginia 5-1 552 5

18. Texas Tech 5-1 444 NR

19. Rutgers 6-0 405 20

20. Texas A&M 5-1 379 22

21. Cincinnati 5-0 294 21

22. Stanford 4-2 242 17

23. Michigan 4-2 177 25

24. Boise St. 5-1 133 24

25. Ohio 7-0 104 NR

Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 92, TCU 88, Louisiana Tech 38, Texas 25, NC State 11, Northwestern 6, Washington 6, Wisconsin 6, Nebraska 4, North Carolina 2, Tulsa 2, Arizona 1, Iowa St. 1, Penn St. 1.

 

USA Today poll

The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 13, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (59) 6-0 1,475 1

2. Oregon 6-0 1,414 2

3. Kansas St. 6-0 1,307 5

4. Florida 6-0 1,297 6

5. Notre Dame 6-0 1,251 7

6. LSU 6-1 1,179 8

7. Oklahoma 4-1 1,021 10

8. South Carolina 6-1 1,012 3

9. Southern Cal 5-1 995 9

10. Florida St. 6-1 919 11

11. Oregon St. 5-0 839 14

12. Georgia 5-1 806 12

13. Clemson 5-1 741 13

14. Louisville 6-0 695 16

15. West Virginia 5-1 677 4

16. Mississippi St. 6-0 671 18

17. Rutgers 6-0 495 19

18. Cincinnati 5-0 456 20

19. Texas A&M 5-1 397 21

20. Texas Tech 5-1 274 NR

21. TCU 5-1 272 23

22. Boise St. 5-1 271 22

23. Stanford 4-2 215 17

24. Arizona St. 5-1 133 NR

25. Michigan 4-2 96 NR

Others receiving votes: Northwestern 77, Ohio 54, Texas 54, Louisiana Tech 24, Wisconsin 16, Nebraska 10, Nevada 7, Oklahoma State 6, Western Kentucky 6, Iowa State 5, Louisiana-Monroe 2, Northern Illinois 2, Toledo 2, Tulsa 1, UCLA 1.

 

NASCAR

NASCAR Sprint Cup

Bank of America 500 Results

Saturday

At Charlotte Motor Speedway

Concord, N.C.

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Start position in parentheses)

1. (4) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 334 laps, 112.6 rating, 47 points, $251,389.

2. (9) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 334, 130.7, 43, $220,426.

3. (5) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 334, 121.8, 42, $192,396.

4. (1) Greg Biffle, Ford, 334, 120.8, 41, $189,410.

5. (8) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 334, 110.6, 39, $162,818.

6. (2) Mark Martin, Toyota, 334, 106.6, 39, $109,935.

7. (19) Carl Edwards, Ford, 333, 98.5, 37, $144,701.

8. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 333, 105.2, 36, $99,010.

9. (12) Joey Logano, Toyota, 333, 89.3, 35, $96,385.

10. (6) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 333, 94, 34, $115,649.

11. (20) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 333, 121.4, 35, $151,380.

12. (17) Aric Almirola, Ford, 333, 87.4, 32, $119,146.

13. (32) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 333, 84.3, 31, $134,610.

14. (7) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 333, 84.8, 30, $124,296.

15. (14) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 333, 80.2, 0, $117,935.

16. (11) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 333, 86.4, 28, $122,871.

17. (30) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 333, 73.2, 27, $106,793.

18. (13) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 332, 81, 27, $119,246.

19. (22) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 332, 63.2, 25, $104,701.

20. (3) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 332, 69, 24, $119,443.

21. (21) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 332, 69.1, 23, $100,143.

22. (16) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 332, 71.1, 0, $73,285.

23. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 331, 58.2, 21, $89,043.

24. (38) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 330, 61.3, 20, $94,968.

25. (41) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 330, 46.6, 19, $92,668.

26. (37) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 329, 53.5, 18, $98,530.

27. (24) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 328, 50.5, 17, $79,860.

28. (39) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 327, 38.4, 16, $110,635.

29. (27) Casey Mears, Ford, 327, 49, 15, $80,607.

30. (34) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 327, 45.6, 14, $72,335.

31. (33) Michael McDowell, Ford, 326, 40.4, 13, $70,135.

32. (15) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 324, 48.8, 12, $75,685.

33. (18) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 303, 59.6, 12, $95,468.

34. (25) David Ragan, Ford, 287, 31.2, 10, $67,160.

35. (29) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, engine, 190, 56.9, 0, $67,010.

36. (40) Timmy Hill, Ford, engine, 182, 36, 0, $75,110.

37. (31) David Stremme, Toyota, rear gear, 62, 38.8, 7, $66,705.

38. (26) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, engine, 61, 57.4, 6, $74,828.

39. (28) Mike Bliss, Toyota, rear gear, 53, 35.3, 0, $63,725.

40. (23) Scott Speed, Ford, vibration, 50, 36.9, 4, $63,600.

41. (43) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, vibration, 32, 29.3, 0, $63,450.

42. (35) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, brakes, 30, 29.5, 2, $63,325.

43. (42) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, transmission, 25, 27.9, 1, $63,713.

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Race Statistics

Average Speed of Race Winner: 154.935 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 14 minutes, 1 second.

Margin of Victory: 0.417 seconds.

Caution Flags: 5 for 23 laps.

Lead Changes: 20 among 8 drivers.

Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1-2; M.Martin 3-4; G.Biffle 5-37; B.Keselowski 38-41; M.Ambrose 42-43; B.Keselowski 44-71; J.Johnson 72-83; J.Gordon 84-85; B.Keselowski 86-97; J.Johnson 98-134; D.Hamlin 135-167; B.Keselowski 168; J.Johnson 169-172; G.Biffle 173-179; B.Keselowski 180-220; C.Bowyer 221-222; B.Keselowski 223-275; C.Bowyer 276-277; D.Hamlin 278-280; G.Biffle 281-309; C.Bowyer 310-334.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Keselowski, 6 times for 139 laps; G.Biffle, 4 times for 71 laps; J.Johnson, 3 times for 53 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 36 laps; C.Bowyer, 3 times for 29 laps; M.Martin, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Gordon, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Ambrose, 1 time for 2 laps.

Top 12 in Points: 1. B.Keselowski, 2,214; 2. J.Johnson, 2,207; 3. D.Hamlin, 2,199; 4. C.Bowyer, 2,186; 5. K.Kahne, 2,179; 6. G.Biffle, 2,171; 7. M.Truex Jr., 2,165; 8. T.Stewart, 2,164; 9. J.Gordon, 2,164; 10. K.Harvick, 2,158; 11. M.Kenseth, 2,147; 12. D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,128.

 

Top rushing QBs

Most rushing yards by an NFL quarterback in a single game:

173 — Michael Vick, Atlanta at Minnesota, Dec. 1, 2002

166 — Michael Vick, Atlanta vs. New Orleans, Nov. 26, 2006

150 — Tobin Rote, Green Bay at Chicago, Nov. 18, 1951

141 — Michael Vick, Atlanta vs. Carolina, Dec. 7, 2003

138 — Robert Griffin III, Washington vs. Minnesota, Oct. 14, 2012

136 — George Taliaferro, Baltimore vs. L.A. Rams, Nov. 22, 1953

131 — Billy Kilmer, San Francisco vs. L.A. Rams, Oct. 8, 1961

131 — Tobin Rote, Green Bay at Detroit, Nov. 22, 1951

130 — Michael Vick, Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, Dec. 19, 2010

Source: STATS LLC