PHILADELPHIA—When Aaron Nola can't stop Philadelphia's skid, the Phillies are in trouble.
Stephen Strasburg threw seven impressive innings, and Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman, and Juan Soto all homered, as the Washington Nationals beat the free-falling Phillies 5-1 last night to complete a three-game sweep.
BOSTON—The scoreboards at Fenway Park all were flashing “100 WINS” to celebrate the Red Sox reaching the milestone for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II.
But David Price already was thinking about No. 101.
“That's what we've done all year,” Price said last night after pitching seven innings of three-hit ball to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0.
INDIANAPOLIS—First, Brad Keselowski figured out the secret to restarting at the Brickyard 400.
Then he safely and strategically bumped his way into the lead and sped to the finish line.
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.—Keegan Bradley had bottomed out—crashing from the high of winning the PGA Championship to tumbling out of the 100 in the world.
His chances to represent U.S. teams in international play had dried up, his preferred putting method was banned, and the confidence that once put him on the cusp of greatness was shot.
DETROIT—Sam Darnold rolled right and made a rookie move—lobbing a football across the field that was picked off and returned for a touchdown.
It might have been his only mistake all night.
MINNEAPOLIS—Gary Sanchez was struggling since coming off the disabled list—and the N.Y. Yankees were off to a so-so September start.
Facing the Minnesota Twins seems to be a cure-all.
Sanchez had three hits, including a mammoth home run, while J.A. Happ tossed six shutout innings as the Yankees continued their mastery of the Twins with a 7-2 win last night.
WINNIPEG—Even Saskatchewan Roughriders' head coach Chris Jones had a hard time believing how his team's 32-27 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers unfolded on Saturday.
The Roughriders scored a pair of touchdowns and three field goals off Winnipeg interceptions while the Bombers recorded a pair of TDs after a Saskatchewan pick and fumble.
NEW YORK—The U.S. Open final suddenly appeared to be slipping away from Novak Djokovic.
He dropped three-consecutive games. He was barking at himself, at his entourage, at a crowd vocally supporting his opponent, Juan Martin del Potro.
He was, in short, out of sorts.
TORONTO—It was a bizarre collision that Justin Smoak believes Randal Grichuk probably didn't see coming—and the one negative on an otherwise solid afternoon for the Toronto Blue Jays.
Smoak hit his team-leading 24th home run of the season as the Jays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-2 yesterday afternoon.
MINNEAPOLIS—Kirk Cousins gave the Minnesota Vikings exactly what they needed for a victorious debut by their new quarterback.
The throws Cousins made in tight coverage at important times were on target.
And unlike Jimmy Garoppolo, he kept the ball out of the other team's hands.
