Tarik Skubal shuts down Astros as Tigers take Game 1

HOUSTON — Tarik Skubal twirled six shutout innings as the bottom of the order sparked an early rally that carried the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the American League wild-card series on Tuesday.

White Sox lose 121 games in a season, making history

DETROIT — Friday night in Detroit, as people bought hats and ate hot dogs and sang along to rock anthems, the Chicago White Sox pulled off a staggering feat. They lost their 121st game of the season, vaulting themselves into modern baseball history by breaking the record for most losses, one previously held by the 1962 New York Mets.

No. 2 Alabama outlasts No. 4 Georgia in second-half thriller

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A couple of powerful lessons were learned here at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday night. One, Alabama is still a reckoning force in the SEC under first-year coach Kalen DeBoer. Two, games are 60 minutes long, and the second 30 is just as important as the first.

Hawaii, six other schools commit to Mountain West

UH also did not receive any relief on the travel subsidies it pays visiting league opponents. UH pays $150,000 to Mountain West teams from the Pacific time zone, $175,000 to schools traveling from the Mountain time zone.