Monday: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4
Major League
Baseball playoffs
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
American League
Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1
Monday: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4
Tuesday: Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1
Oakland 2, Detroit 2
Monday: Oakland 6, Detroit 3
Tuesday: Detroit 8, Oakland 6
Thursday: Detroit 3, Oakland 0; Tigers win series 3-2
National League
St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 2
Monday: St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1
Wednesday: St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 1
Los Angeles 3, Atlanta 1
Sunday Los Angeles 13, Atlanta 6
Monday: Los Angeles 4, Atlanta 3
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7; x-if necessary)
American League
All games televised by Fox
Saturday: Detroit at Boston, 2:07 p.m.
Sunday: Detroit at Boston, 2:07 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 15: Boston at Detroit, 10:07 a.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16: Boston at Detroit, 2:07 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Boston at Detroit, 2:07 p.m.
x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Detroit at Boston, 10:37 a.m.
x-Sunday, Oct. 20: Detroit at Boston, 2:07 p.m.
National League
All games televised by TBS
Friday: Los Angeles at St. Louis, late
Saturday: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 10:07 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 14: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 2:07 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 15: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 2:07 p.m.
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:07 a.m.
x-Friday, Oct. 18: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 2:37 p.m.
x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 2:37 p.m.
Pro basketball
Women’s National
Basketball Association playoffs
FINALS
(Best-of-5)
Minnesota 2, Atlanta 0
Sunday: Minnesota 84, Atlanta 59
Tuesday: Minnesota 88, Atlanta 63
Thursday: Minnesota 86, Atlanta 77; Lynx win series 3-0
Pro football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Eng. 4 1 0 .800 95 70
N.Y. Jets 3 2 0 .600 98 116
Miami 3 2 0 .600 114 117
Buffalo 2 3 0 .400 112 130
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Indianapolis 4 1 0 .800 139 79
Tennessee 3 2 0 .600 115 95
Houston 2 3 0 .400 93 139
Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 51 163
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 117 110
Cleveland 3 2 0 .600 101 94
Cincinnati 3 2 0 .600 94 87
Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 69 110
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 5 0 0 1.000 230 139
Kansas City 5 0 0 1.000 128 58
Oakland 2 3 0 .400 98 108
San Diego 2 3 0 .400 125 129
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 3 0 .400 135 159
Dallas 2 3 0 .400 152 136
Washington 1 3 0 .250 91 112
N.Y. Giants 0 6 0 .000 103 209
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 5 0 0 1.000 134 73
Carolina 1 3 0 .250 74 58
Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 122 134
Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 70
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 4 2 0 .667 172 161
Detroit 3 2 0 .600 131 123
Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 118 97
Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 123
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 4 1 0 .800 137 81
San Fran. 3 2 0 .600 113 98
Arizona 3 2 0 .600 91 95
St. Louis 2 3 0 .400 103 141
Sunday’s games
Carolina at Minnesota, 7 a.m.
Oakland at Kansas City, 7 a.m.
St. Louis at Houston, 7 a.m.
Green Bay at Baltimore, 7 a.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7 a.m.
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 7 a.m.
Cincinnati at Buffalo, 7 a.m.
Detroit at Cleveland, 7 a.m.
Tennessee at Seattle, 10:05 a.m.
Jacksonville at Denver, 10:05 a.m.
Arizona at San Francisco, 10:25 a.m.
New Orleans at New England, 10:25 a.m.
Washington at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
Open: Atlanta, Miami
Monday’s game
Indianapolis at San Diego, 2:40 p.m.
College football
Today’s game
Today’s games
State
Hawaii at UNLV, 2 p.m.
TOP 25
No. 1 Alabama at Kentucky, 1 p.m.
No. 2 Oregon at No. 16 Wash., 10 a.m.
No. 3 Clemson vs. B.College, 9:30 a.m.
No. 5 Stanford at Utah, noon
No. 7 Georgia vs. No. 25 Missouri, 6 a.m.
No. 9 Texas A&M at Mississippi, 2:30 p.m.
No. 10 LSU vs. No. 17 Florida, 9:30 a.m.
No. 11 UCLA vs. California, 4:30 p.m.
No. 12 Okla. vs. Texas at Dallas, 6 a.m.
No. 14 S.Carolina at Arkansas, 6:21 a.m.
No. 15 Baylor at Kansas State, 9:30 a.m.
No. 18 Michigan at Penn State, 11 a.m.
No. 19 N’western at Wisconsin, 9:30 a.m.
No. 20 Texas Tech vs. Iowa State, 6 a.m.
No. 23 N. Illinois vs. Akron, 11 a.m.
No. 24 Virginia Tech vs. Pitt, 6 a.m.
Glantz-Culver line
NCAA football
Today
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
at UNLV 6½ 9½(55) Hawaii
Oklahoma-x 11½ 14(56½) Texas
at Michigan St. 6 9½(53) Indiana
at Virginia Tech 7 9 (42½) Pittsburgh
at UMass 2½ 3½ (45) Miami(Oh)
at Clemson 21 24½ (61) BC
Buffalo 7½ 11½(52) at W. Mich.
at Ohio 10½ 17½(52) C.Mich.
at Army 7 7½(54) E.Mich.
Maryland 4 7(44½) at Maryland
at UConn 6 5½(41) S. Florida
at Duke 3½ 3(57) Navy
Troy 16 17½(61½) at Ga.St.
Texas A&M 5 6 (75) at Ole Miss
at Ball St. 11 14 (61) Kent;St.
at Miss. St. 8½ 10½ (52) B.Green
at N. Illinois 21½ 23 (62) Akron
at Texas Tech 17 14½(56½) Iowa;St.
at UTSA +3½ 1½ (54½) Rice
at Wyoming 10 15½(68½) N.Mex.
Stanford 10 9 (54½) at Utah
at BYU 4 7(53½) Ga. Tech
Nebraska 14½ 14½ (57) at Purdue
at Georgia 11 8½(63½) Missouri
Baylor 10½ 17½ (72½) at Kan.St.
at LSU 6½ 7 (47½) Florida
at Arizona St. 24 25 (66½) Colorado
Oregon 10½ 14(75½) at Wash.
at UCLA 23 24½ (73) California
at Wisconsin 9½ 10½ (57) N’western
East Carolina 11 10 (55) at Tulane
South Carolina 7 6 (51) at Arkansas
Alabama 27 27½(52½) at Kentucky
at Colorado St. Pk 4½ (59) S.Jose St.
at Arkansas St. 24 24½(59½) Idaho
Michigan 1 2 (51) at Penn St.
at NC State 4½ 5½ (54½) Syracuse
at Houston 10½ 9½(52½) Memphis
UAB 6 7(55) UAB
Marshall 13 12½(54) at FAU
at TCU 24 25 (45) Kansas
at North Texas 4½ 6½ (55) M.Tenn.
at Texas St. 7 7(45½) La.-Monroe
Boise St. 7½ 7 (51½) at Utah St.
at Wash. St. Pk 1(62½) Oregon St.
Tulsa 10 10½ (61½) at UTEP
NFL
Sunday
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
at Kansas City 10 9 (40½) Oakland
at Tampa Bay +3 1 (45½) Phil.
Green Bay 3½ 2 (48½) at Balt.
Detroit 3 2½(45½) at Cleve.
at Minnesota 2 2½(44) Carolina
at Houston 7 7½ (43) St. Louis
at N.Y. Jets +2 2 (41) Pitt
Cincinnati 7½ 7½ (42) at Buffalo
at Seattle 13½ 13½ (40½) Tenn.
at Denver 27½ 27 (53) Jacksonville
at San Fran 11½ 11(41½) Arizona
at New Eng. 3 2½ (49½) N.Orl.
at Dallas 3½ 5½ (53½) Wash.
Monday
Indianapolis 2½ 1½ (50) at San Diego
Friday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
SEATTLE MARINERS — Announced C Henry Blanco declined his outright assignment and elected free agency.
TEXAS RANGERS — Signed RHP Jason Frasor to a one-year contract.
Can-Am League
ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Exercised the 2014 option on RHP Bobby Blevins.
Frontier League
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed 3B Steve Carillo and RHP Kyle Owings to a contract extension. Signed RHP Corey Rhoney and 1B Karsten Strieby.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed OF Greg Kumpel and RHP Matt Miller.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended New York Jets TE Kellen Winslow Jr. four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances. Fined New York Giants S Will Hill and Green Bay S Jerron McMillian $15,750 each for striking a defenseless opponent in the head area. Fined Dallas DL George Selvie $7,785 fine for grabbing the face mask of Denver QB Peyton Manning.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed LB Cameron Lawrence from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL — Suspended Vancouver D Alex Edler three games for an illegal check to the head of San Jose F Tomas Hertl during an Oct. 10 game.
DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled C Luke Glendening from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned C Cory Emmerton and G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids. Activated G Jonas Gustavsson from injured reserve.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Loaned F Joey Crabb to San Antonio (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned D Chris Summers to Portland (AHL). Recalled F Brandon Yip from Portland.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled G Kristers Gudlevskis from Florida (ECHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Connor Carrick and C Michael Latta to Hershey (AHL). Recalled D Nate Schmidt from Hershey.
ECHL
FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Announced G Kristers Gudlevskis was called up by Tampa Bay (NHL).
GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Announced F Keven Veilleux was assigned to the team from Portland (AHL).
Southern Professional Hockey League
PEORIA RIVERMEN — Signed G Jack Astedt, G Curtis Martinu and F Steve Morra to training camp contracts.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
EDMONTON RUSH — Named Jimmy Quinlan defensive coach.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MLS — Suspended Real Salt Lake D Abdoulie Mansally two games for a serious foul against Dallas MF Jackson in the 15th minute of an Oct. 5 game.
COLLEGE
ST. MARY (NEB.) — Added tennis beginning in 2014.
Golf
LPGA Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Top Par Scores
Friday
At Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Purse: $2 million
Yardage: 6,246; Par: 71
Second Round
a-amateur
Ilhee Lee 64-65—129 -13
Lexi Thompson 67-63—130 -12
Shanshan Feng 67-65—132 -10
I.K. Kim 67-66—133 -9
Paula Creamer 66-67—133 -9
Amy Yang 72-62—134 -8
Mamiko Higa 68-66—134 -8
So Yeon Ryu 70-65—135 -7
Cristie Kerr 67-68—135 -7
Suzann Pettersen 67-68—135 -7
Karine Icher 70-66—136 -6
Gerina Piller 70-66—136 -6
Hee Young Park 69-67—136 -6
Jodi Ewart Shadoff 66-70—136 -6
Brittany Lang 65-71—136 -6
Pornanong Phatlum 71-66—137 -5
Jiyai Shin 71-66—137 -5
Michelle Wie 71-66—137 -5
Champions Tour-SAS Championship
Top Par Scores
Friday
At Prestonwood Country Club
Cary, N.C.
Purse: $2.1 million
Yardage: 7,240; Par 72 (35-37)
First Round
Russ Cochran 36-30—66 -6
Larry Nelson 29-37—66 -6
Mark Mouland 32-34—66 -6
Mike Goodes 32-35—67 -5
Michael Allen 33-34—67 -5
David Frost 31-36—67 -5
Kirk Triplett 32-35—67 -5
Bernhard Langer 33-34—67 -5
Duffy Waldorf 34-34—68 -4
Neal Lancaster 33-35—68 -4
Jeff Sluman 33-35—68 -4
Joe Daley 34-34—68 -4
Gary Hallberg 31-37—68 -4
Craig Stadler 34-34—68 -4
Tom Kite 33-35—68 -4
Kenny Perry 32-36—68 -4
Doug Garwood 33-35—68 -4
PGA-Frys.com
Top Par Scores
Friday
At CordeValle Golf Club
San Martin, Calif.
Purse: $5 million
Yardage: 7,379; Par: 71
Second Round
Brooks Koepka 67-64—131 -11
Jason Kokrak 67-65—132 -10
Robert Garrigus 70-63—133 -9
Jim Herman 67-66—133 -9
Camilo Villegas 68-66—134 -8
Scott Brown 68-67—135 -7
Charlie Wi 67-68—135 -7
Kevin Tway 70-65—135 -7
Kyle Stanley 66-69—135 -7
Billy Hurley III 69-66—135 -7
Hideki Matsuyama 70-66—136 -6
Spencer Levin 71-65—136 -6
Justin Hicks 68-68—136 -6
Ryo Ishikawa 69-67—136 -6
Andres Gonzales 74-62—136 -6
Vijay Singh 69-67—136 -6
Jeff Overton 64-72—136 -6
Brad Fritsch 73-64—137 -5
Max Homa 69-68—137 -5
Ben Martin 69-68—137 -5
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
x-New York 15 9 8 53 50 39
Sporting KC 15 10 7 52 44 29
Houston 13 10 9 48 39 37
Montreal 13 10 7 46 48 45
Philadelphia 12 10 9 45 39 39
Chicago 12 12 7 43 41 45
New Eng. 11 11 9 42 44 36
Columbus 12 15 5 41 40 42
Toronto FC 5 16 11 26 29 46
D.C. 3 22 6 15 20 55
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
R-Salt Lake 15 10 7 52 55 40
Seattle 15 10 6 51 41 38
Portland 12 5 14 50 48 33
Los Angeles 14 11 6 48 51 37
Colorado 13 10 9 48 42 33
San Jose 13 11 8 47 33 41
Vancouver 12 11 9 45 48 42
FC Dallas 10 10 11 41 43 47
Chivas USA 6 18 8 26 29 60
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
x- clinched playoff berth
Wednesday’s Games
Houston 0, Sporting Kansas City 0, tie
Vancouver 4, Seattle FC 1
San Jose 1, Colorado 0
Today’s Games
New England at Montreal, 10:30 a.m.
Philadelphia at D.C. United, 1 p.m.
Chicago at FC Dallas, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Seattle FC at Portland, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
Montreal at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 18
D.C. United at Sporting Kansas City, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19
Philadelphia at Montreal, 10 a.m.
Seattle FC at FC Dallas, 10:30 a.m.
Vancouver at Colorado, 12 p.m.
Columbus at New England, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Portland, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20
New York at Houston, 11 a.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
NBA
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Brooklyn 1 0 1.000 —
Toronto 2 1 .667 —
Philadelphia 1 1 .500 ½
New York 1 1 .500 ½
Boston 0 3 .000 2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 3 0 1.000 —
Atlanta 1 1 .500 1½
Washington 0 1 .000 2
Orlando 0 2 .000 2½
Charlotte 0 2 .000 2½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 2 0 1.000 —
Chicago 2 0 1.000 —
Detroit 0 1 .000 1½
Indiana 0 2 .000 2
Milwaukee 0 2 .000 2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
New Orleans 3 0 1.000 —
Dallas 1 1 .500 1½
Houston 1 1 .500 1½
San Antonio 0 0 .000 1½
Memphis 0 2 .000 2½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 2 0 1.000 —
Oklahoma City 1 0 1.000 ½
Denver 1 1 .500 1
Utah 1 1 .500 1
Portland 1 2 .333 1½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 —
Phoenix 1 0 1.000 —
L.A. Lakers 2 2 .500 ½
Sacramento 1 1 .500 ½
Golden State 1 2 .333 1
Thursday’s Games
Houston 116, Indiana 96
Miami 112, Detroit 107
Minnesota 98, Milwaukee 89
Sacramento 104, L.A. Lakers 86
Friday’s Games
Toronto 100, New York 91
Philadelphia 97, Boston 85
Cleveland 110, Orlando 105
Miami 86, Charlotte 75
Portland 96, Utah 86
Today’s Games
Chicago vs. Washington at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11 a.m.
New York vs. Boston at Manchester, NH, 1:30 p.m.
Detroit at Brooklyn, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Utah, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Indiana vs. Houston at Taipei, Taiwan, 7:30 p.m. (Saturday)
Atlanta vs. New Orleans at Biloxi, MS, 10 a.m.
Phoenix at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m.