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By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Griffin Jax and a trio of relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Minnesota Twins blanked Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals 4-0. Perez was hitless in four at-bats for the second straight night as he tries to break the team record for home

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ian Happ drove a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning to sour what could be Jon Lester’s final career start, lifting the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. Lester, 37, hasn’t declared whether he intends to come back for a 17th season. The

By MICHAL DWOJAK Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Lucas Giolito tuned up for the playoffs with a solid start, Yoán Moncada hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 for their sixth straight win. The AL Central champion White Sox are set to begin

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cameron Norrie beat top-seeded Andrey Rublev 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the San Diego Open final. Norrie, the 26-year-old British player who won his first ATP Tour title this year in Acapulco, will face second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway. Ruud beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

By TRAVIS JOHNSON Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns to help No. 4 Penn State beat Indiana 24-0 on Saturday. Jahan Dotson caught a pair of touchdown passes, Brenton Strange added one and Penn State forced eight punts, two turnovers and blocked a field goal

By ANDREW LOGUE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMES, Iowa (AP) — Brock Purdy threw four touchdown passes in the first quarter as Iowa State rolled past Big 12 Conference rival Kansas 59-7. The 28 points was the most ever scored by the Cyclones in an opening period, helping coach Matt Campbell’s team improve its record to 3-2

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Cameron Ward threw for 348 yards and three touchdowns and Incarnate Word held off a late rally to earn its fourth straight game, 38-27 over Northwestern State in a Southland Conference game. Ward tossed a short pass to C.J. Hardy less than a minute into the game and Marcus Cooper raced

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Chris Oladokun threw two touchdown passes, Pierre Strong Jr. ran for two more scores and South Dakota State beat Dixie State 55-7. South Dakota State (4-0) went three-and-out three times and had minus-8 total yards in its first four offensive possessions before exploding in the second quarter for 35 points. Dixie

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Phelipe Megiolaro had his first MLS shutout and FC Dallas tied 0-0 with Minnesota United. Tyler Miller had four saves for Minnesota (10-9-8). Dallas (6-13-10) is winless, with four losses, in its last seven games. 

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Wiley Hartley threw three touchdown passes to lead Campbell to a 48-31 victory over North Alabama in the Big South Conference opener for both teams. Hartley was 18-of-31 passing for 302 yards. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Caleb Snead, who had eight receptions for 162 yards. RJ Jackson

HOUSTON (AP) — Jake Constantine threw for two scores and Rice’s defense snared four interceptions and the Owls never trailed in a 24-19 win over Southern Mississippi. Following five straight losses against its Conference USA foe, Rice now has a two-game winning streak against the Golden Eagles. Constantine threw a 19-yard touchdown to Robert French

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Jaylen Warren rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns to help No. 19 Oklahoma State beat No. 21 Baylor 24-14 in a matchup of Big 12 teams that entered the night unbeaten. Spencer Sanders passed for 182 yards and ran for 76. He helped Baylor

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Joc Pederson hit a solo homer off Carlos Carrasco in the third inning, William Contreras went deep with a two-run shot off Carrasco in the fourth and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets 6-5. Two nights after clinching their fourth straight division title, the

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Malik Willis accounted for three touchdowns _ all in the third quarter _ and Liberty pulled away in the second half to defeat UAB 36-12 in nonconference action. Willis used just five plays to get the Flames (4-1) into the end zone on their first possession of the third quarter. He

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Will Rogers threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns and Nathan Pickering sacked Zach Calzada in the end zone late for a safety to lead Mississippi State to a 26-22 win over No. 15 Texas A&M Saturday night.  It’s the second straight loss for

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bryan Reynolds had four hits, raising his batting average above .300, to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rally from a five-run deficit and beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-6. Reynolds is now hitting .302 with one game remaining in the season. The three-year veteran batted just .189 during the

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jordan Lyles closed his season by allowing only two hits in seven innings and rookie Jonah Heim broke a fourth-inning tie with a three-run home run to help the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2. The Rangers won for the fifth time in their last eight games. Myles Straw drove

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Quay Holmes accounted for 185 total yards and two touchdowns and the running back took a screen pass 77 yards to the house to send East Tennessee State past Wofford 27-21. Holmes ran for 81 yards on 20 carries and his 5-yard scoring run to start the contest put the

By The Associated Press Saturday’s best: Alabama’s Brian Robinson Jr. rushed for career highs of 171 yards and four TDs and the top-ranked Crimson Tide shut down the nation’s top offense in a 42-21 victory over No. 12 Mississippi. Illinois’ Chase Brown also ran for 257 yards and two TDs in a 24-14 win over

By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Brad Roberts rolled to 142 yards and scored twice as Air Force scored on its first four possessions to build a big early lead then coasted to a 38-10 win over New Mexico. The Falcons’ defense contributed four takeaways and four sacks.