Scoreboard: Division Series openers go to Rays, Brewers, White Sox, Dodgers; Missouri beats Florida
Four MLB Division Series openers were decided Saturday, and No. 25 Missouri beat No. 8 Florida 45-17 in college football.
What we know
- The Rays, Brewers, White Sox and Dodgers each won Game 1 of their Division Series on Saturday. [2]
- No. 25 Missouri beat No. 8 Florida 45-17, ending a nine-game losing streak against ranked opponents. [1]
- No. 6 Indiana beat Rutgers 47-15 for its 21st straight victory. [1]
- Thirteen NHL games were played Saturday night, with three going to overtime in the games listed, including Pittsburgh's 6-5 win over Montreal. [3]
The Division Series began Saturday with four Game 1 finals. Tampa Bay beat the New York Yankees 1-0 in the American League, and Milwaukee edged San Diego 3-2 in the National League. [2]
In the other AL series, Munetaka Murakami hit a two-run homer and five Chicago pitchers combined on a three-hitter as the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0. In the NL, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3. Teoscar Hernández, Kyle Tucker and Max Muncy homered, and Tarik Skubal threw six innings, according to the recap. [2]
In college football, No. 25 Missouri beat No. 8 Florida 45-17. Quarterback Austin Simmons threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns, and Jamal Roberts ran for 211 yards and three scores. The win ended Missouri's nine-game losing streak against ranked teams. [1]
No. 7 Alabama beat No. 16 Mississippi State 56-23 in a game between unbeaten teams. No. 5 Ohio State won 31-14 at No. 14 Iowa. No. 6 Indiana's 47-15 win at Rutgers was its 21st in a row. No. 4 Miami beat Clemson 41-13, and No. 3 Notre Dame won 37-26 at North Carolina. No. 2 Georgia beat Vanderbilt 38-14. [1]
Several games were decided late. No. 24 Kentucky beat South Carolina 35-34 in overtime. Syracuse won 42-41 in overtime at UConn. Iowa State beat West Virginia 45-42 on a go-ahead touchdown with 1:57 left. No. 10 BYU beat TCU 17-10 on a 21-yard touchdown run by quarterback Bear Bachmeier with 2:06 remaining. [1]
Elsewhere, Florida State quarterback Ashton Daniels ran for five touchdowns, a school record for a Florida State quarterback, in a 38-7 win over Virginia. Georgia State quarterback Cameran Brown threw a school-record six touchdown passes in a 42-10 win over Old Dominion. Wake Forest beat Stanford 57-3. [1]
The NHL had a 13-game Saturday. Buffalo rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Chicago 4-3 in its home opener, with Jiri Kulich scoring with 6:40 left. Pittsburgh beat Montreal 6-5 in overtime on a second goal from Tommy Novak. Ottawa opened its season with a 3-2 win at Toronto. [3]
Carolina beat Philadelphia 3-2 in overtime, and San Jose beat Los Angeles 5-4 in overtime on Igor Chernyshov's second goal of the game. Edmonton's Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over Seattle, giving him nine points through three games. New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin made 36 saves for his 30th career shutout in a 6-0 win over New Jersey. [3]