The San Diego Padres seemed to have the formula down for postseason success: build a dominant bullpen. Entering the Wild Card series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, the Padres’ bullpen had been baseball’s best. Then on Wednesday, the Padres somehow looked even better.
Starter Dylan Cease was forced out of the game after just 3.2 innings in a tight, 1-0 game. But San Diego’s pen was virtually un-hittable afterward. Adrian Morejon went 2.1 perfect innings.
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If you had to take a stab at what age it’s acceptable to pull a Detective Murtaugh and say, “I’m getting too old for this s***,” what number would you arrive at?
Maybe 50 years old? 60 if you’re in really great shape?
I can almost guarantee you the answer wouldn’t be 23 years old, but that’s exactly where Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud finds himself in just his third year in the NFL.
Avert your eyes, old heads, because Mr. Stroud thinks he’s “unc” before he’s even old enough to legally rent a car.
The 49ers, with all their injuries, are dominating the Rams thus far.
San Francisco leads Los Angeles 14-0 with 13:44 remaining in the first half.
Mac Jones has two touchdown passes, with the second going to Christian McCaffrey for 1 yard. His first covered 6 yards to Jake Tonges.
The 49ers went 91 yards in 17 plays, getting out of poor field position with a 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Josaiah Stewart on a hit on Jones.
The 49ers have outgained the Rams 163 to 7, scoring on both their drives. The Rams had six plays for 7 yards on their only drive of the first quarter.
Jim Bowden joins CBS Sports HQ to recap the NL
Michigan football wide receiver Fredrick Moore has left the program, team spokesman Dave Ablauf confirmed to the Free Press on Thursday, Oct. 2.
Moore, a junior out of St. Louis, started for the Wolverines as a sophomore in 2024 but could not break into the rotation in a meaningful way in 2025. Moore had just 18 snaps over four games this season, though he had more playing time as a special-teamer, with 45 snaps and one tackle this year.
The 6-foot-1 Moore had 15 catches for 160 yards and a touchdown during his time in Ann Arbor.
The I-94 rivalry is getting postseason treatment.
The Milwaukee Brewers will meet the Chicago Cubs in the National League Division Series, the first time the two teams will square off in the playoffs.
Game 1 is Saturday at American Family Field.
And for Brewers fans and MLB Twitter, it can’t come soon enough. It’s two rivals playing with everything on the line. It’s Cubs manager Craig Counsell facing his former team. It’s two fanbases that would like nothing more than to send the other home for the season.
Buckle up, Brewers fans. The playoffs just got more spicy.
Freddy Fermin stepped to the plate in the top of the ninth inning with two outs and runners at second and third. Fermin had already recorded two hits in the game, which included a double, and was looking to tie the game with a third hit.
Fermin drove the ball to center field, unfortunately Pete Crow-Armstrong was waiting for it to come down, made the catch and ended the San Diego Padres season as the Chicago Cubs secured a 3-1 win and a 2-1 National League Wild Card Series win.
Detroit’s Dillon Dingler hits a home run in the Tigers’ series-clinching victory over the Cleveland Guardians in the Major League Baseball playoffs (Nick Cammett)
Dillon Dingler hit a go-ahead home run and Javier Baez sparked a four-run seventh inning as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Thursday to advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs.
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