Monday Morning Sports Update-09/27/2021

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NFL – National Football League – Week 3
Yesterday
Baltimore Ravens 19, Detroit Lions 17
Cleveland Browns 26, Chicago Bears 6
Tennessee Titans 25, Indianapolis Colts 15

Ravens 19, Lions 17 – Tucker’s NFL-record FG lifts Ravens to 19-17 win
Justin Tucker set an NFL record with a 66-yard field goal, bouncing it through off the crossbar as time expired to lift the Baltimore Ravens to a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions. The kick topped the 64-yard field goal Matt Prater made for Denver against Tennessee on Dec. 8, 2013. Lamar Jackson threw a 36-yard pass to Sammy Watkins to get the Ravens across midfield with 7 seconds left. Baltimore went into the fourth with a 16-7 lead. Ryan Santoso made a go-ahead, 35-yard field goal with 1:04 left, giving coach Dan Campbell an opportunity to win his first game with the Lions.

Browns 26, Bears 6 – Garrett, Browns rough up rookie QB Fields, slam Bears 26-6
Myles Garrett made a franchise record 4 1/2 sacks on Justin Fields and Cleveland brought down Chicago’s rookie quarterback nine times while harassing him throughout his first NFL start as the Browns thumped the Bears 26-6. Garrett had a field day against Fields, who was thrust into the lineup after veteran Andy Dalton injured his knee last week. The Browns didn’t cut the former Ohio State star any slack, and their defense, which had been criticized for its performances in the first two games, got it together at Fields’ expense. Chicago’s offense gained just 47 yards and converted only six first downs.

Titans 25, Colts 15 – Ryan Tannehill throws 3 TDs as Titans hold off Colts 25-16
Ryan Tannehill threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns as the Tennessee Titans held off the Indianapolis Colts 25-16 to grab an early tiebreaker in the AFC South. The road team had won the previous five games in this divisional rivalry. The Titans (2-1) are the defending AFC South champs with a healthy Derrick Henry. The reigning AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year ran for 113 yards as he topped the 100-yard mark for a sixth straight divisional game. The Colts (0-3) are off to their worst start since 2011. Carson Wentz started despite sprained ankles. He never ran and threw for 194 yards.

Other NFL Scores
Carolina 24, Houston 9
Arizona 31, Jacksonville 19
Atlanta 17, N.Y. Giants 14
Buffalo 43, Washington 21
Cincinnati 24, Pittsburgh 10
L.A. Chargers 30, Kansas City 24
New Orleans 28, New England 13
Denver 26, N.Y. Jets 0
Las Vegas 31, Miami 28, OT
L.A. Rams 34, Tampa Bay 24
Minnesota 30, Seattle 17
Green Bay 30, San Francisco 28

Tonight
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys, 8:15 p.m.

NFL – Chiefs coach Andy Reid in stable condition at hospital
Chiefs coach Andy Reid is resting and in stable condition after being taken to a hospital following Kansas City’s 30-24 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. The Chiefs released a statement on Sunday night saying Reid was evaluated by the medical staff in the locker room after the game and was transported to The University of Kansas Health System for further evaluation as a precaution. The Chiefs have lost back-to-back games to the Ravens and Chargers and are in last place in the AFC West.

Golf – Ryder Cup – Americans win Ryder Cup in a rout
The young guns from the U.S. Ryder Cup team have completed the most lopsided win since Europe became part of the event in 1979. Daniel Berger won the final hole in the final match for the last point and a 19-9 victory at Whistling Straits. The final blow came from Collin Morikawa, at 24 the youngest player on the team and already a two-time major champion. He holed a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole that assured the Americans at least the 14 ½ points they needed.  Scottie Scheffler showed why he was selected as one of six Ryder Cup rookies on the United States squad, defeating top-ranked Jon Rahm by a 4-3 margin. Dustin Johnson became the first American since Larry Nelson in 1979 to go 5-0, completing his perfect week by beating Paul Casey in a match he never trailed.

MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Kansas City Royals 2, Detroit Tigers 1
Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 2
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 2

Royals 2, Tigers 1 – Bubic pitches 7 shutout innings, Royals beat Tigers 2-1
Kris Bubic kept up his mastery of the Tigers, pitching seven shutout innings and leading the Kansas City Royals over Detroit 2-1. Bubic gave up only two hits and a walk while striking out six. He allowed just three earned runs over 23 innings in four outings against Detroit this season. Scott Barlow survived a shaky ninth for his 16th save. Whit Merrifield had three hits and scored for Kansas City. Andrew Benintendi contributed two hits and an RBI. Tigers starter Wily Peralta carried a 16-inning scoreless streak into the game. The Royals halted it in the first inning on Benintendi’s RBI single.

White Sox 5, Indians 2 – Giolito’s 6 scoreless innings leads White Sox past Indians
Lucas Giolito pitched six scoreless innings, Eloy Jiménez had a two-run single and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 5-2. Chicago clinched its first Central title since 2008 by beating the Indians in a doubleheader opener Thursday but is 34-33 since the All-Star break. Giolito allowed five hits, struck out six and threw 100 pitches. Harold Ramirez homered off Craig Kimbrel in the eighth, but Liam Hendricks pitched the ninth for his 36th save.

Cardinals 4, Cubs 2 – Sweet! Cardinals win 16th in row, go ahead in 9th, top Cubs
Make it a very sweet 16 for the St. Louis Cardinals. Andrew Knizner scored the go-ahead run on Codi Heuer’s wild pitch in the ninth inning, and the Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their 16th straight victory. The Cardinals’ franchise-record streak is the longest in the majors since Cleveland took 22 in a row in 2017, and the best in the National League since the New York Giants won 16 straight in 1951. Paul Goldschmidt and Harrison Bader homered to extend a streak that has rocketed the Cardinals into position for the second NL wild card, leading Philadelphia and Cincinnati by six games with six to go. Next up is a three-game series against NL Central champion Milwaukee beginning on Tuesday night in St. Louis.

Today
Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers, 1:10 p.m.                 94.9 WSJM-FM/103.7 Cosy-FM 12:50
Cubs are off

MLB – Cleveland plays final home game as Indians
Cleveland will play its final home game as the Indians, the team’s nickname since 1915. The club will be called the Cleveland Guardians next season. President of baseball operations Chris Antonetti doesn’t have a date when the Indians signage outside and inside the ballpark will be removed. Cleveland hosts Kansas City in a Monday afternoon makeup of a rainout last week. The team will spend the rest of the final week on the road.

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – 2021 Playoffs
Last Night
Chicago Sky 89, Minnesota Lynx 76

Sky 89, Lynx 76 – Vandersloot leads balanced Sky past Lynx 89-76
Courtney Vandersloot led a balanced attack with 19 points and the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky raced past the third-seeded Minnesota Lynx 89-76 in the second-round, single elimination WNBA playoff game. Chicago opens the best-of-five semifinals series at Connecticut on Tuesday. Kahleah Copper scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Sky.

NASCAR – Hamlin holds off Elliott, takes first NASCAR win in Vegas
Denny Hamlin earned his first career victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday night. The 41-year-old veteran driver held off Chase Elliott and kicked off the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with his second win in September. Hamlin got his first victory of the season in the playoff opener at Darlington three weeks ago in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, and he has emerged as a serious contender for his first Cup Series championship after a career filled with near-misses.

NCAAFB – Clemson falls to #25 in AP poll, snapping top-10 streak
Clemson has tumbled to No. 25 in The Associated Press college football poll and snapped its streak of 97 straight weeks in the top 10. The Tigers lost Saturday for the second time this season to drop 16 spots from No. 9. Clemson’s top-10 streak was tied with Alabama for the longest current run in college football and second-longest in the history of the AP poll, behind Miami’s 137 from 1985-93. The Crimson Tide remained No. 1 with 58 first-place votes out of 62. No. 2 Georgia received the remaining four first-place votes. Oregon stayed No. 3. Penn State moved up two spots to No. 4, Iowa remained No. 5 and Oklahoma slipped two spots to No. 6. North Carolina State moved into the poll at No. 23 by beating Clemson in double overtime.

AP TOP 25

1

Alabama (58)

4-0

2

Georgia (4)

4-0

3

Oregon

4-0

4

Penn State

4-0

5

Iowa

4-0

6

Oklahoma

4-0

7

Cincinnati

3-0

8

Arkansas

4-0

9

Notre Dame

4-0

10

Florida

3-1

11

Ohio State

3-1

12

Ole Miss

3-0

13

BYU

4-0

14

Michigan

4-0

15

Texas A&M

3-1

16

Coastal Carolina

4-0

17

Michigan State

4-0

18

Fresno State

4-1

19

Oklahoma State

4-0

20

UCLA

3-1

21

Baylor

4-0

22

Auburn

3-1

23

NC State

3-1

24

Wake Forest

4-0

25

Clemson

2-2

NCAAFB – OSU’s Pope dismissed after being taken off the field
Ohio State has dismissed senior linebacker K’Vaughan Pope after he was sent off the field during the 10th-ranked Buckeyes’ rout of Akron. The incident in Saturday’s game started when Pope tried to re-enter the game in the second quarter and was waved off by a teammate. Pope began walking to the locker room and got into an altercation with linebackers coach Al Washington. He was sent to the locker room after throwing his jersey and gloves into the stands. Pope wrote a derogatory tweet about Ohio State that was later deleted. He tweeted an apology Sunday.

NCAAFB – Utah’s Lowe killed in shooting less than a year after Jordan
Utah sophomore cornerback Aaron Lowe has died in a shooting at house party less than a year after teammate Ty Jordan was killed in an accidental shooting. Salt Lake City police say the 21-year-old Lowe was killed just a few hours after the Utes beat Washington State 24-13. A second victim in the shooting, a woman, is in critical condition and police are searching for a suspect. Lowe was a high school teammate of Jordan’s in Mesquite, Texas. He switched his jersey from No. 2 to 22 to honor his friend after the 19-year-old died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen on Christmas night 2020. Last month, Lowe was named the first recipient of the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship, voted on by the team.

MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Volleyball
Three Rivers at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.
Berrien Springs at Lake Michigan Catholic, 6:00 p.m.
Buchanan at Michigan Lutheran, 6:30 p.m.
Countryside Academy at Lawrence, 6:00 p.m.
Watervliet Grace Chr. at Howardsville Chr., 6:00 p.m.

Boys Tennis
South Bend St. Joseph (IN) at Berrien Springs, 4:30 p.m.
Buchanan at Kalamazoo Hackett, 4:30 p.m.
Plainwell at Allegan, 4:00 p.m.

Boys Soccer
Lake Michigan Catholic at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m.
Michigan Lutheran at Howardsville Chr., 5:00 p.m.
Bridgman at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m.
Bloomingdale at Cassopolis, 5:00 p.m.
Bangor at Comstock, 5:00 p.m.
Otsego at Allegan, 6:00 p.m.
Sturgis at Dowagiac, 5:30 p.m.
Plainwell at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.
Niles at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m.
Paw Paw at Vicksburg, 6:00 p.m.
Constantine at Fennville, 6:00 p.m.
Watervliet vs. Lawton, 6:00 p.m.
Coloma at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.
Parchment at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.
Schoolcraft at Saugatuck, 6:00 p.m.