NEW YORK -- Daniel Murphy continued to torment his former team Saturday night, lacing the tiebreaking homer leading off the 10th inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 4-3 win over the New York Mets at Citi Field. Trace McSorley completed a 7-yard pass to Juwan Johnson on the game's final play and No. 4 Penn State defeated Iowa 21-19 on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. PULLMAN, Wash. -- Luke Falk threw for 478 yards and five touchdowns, and No. 18 Washington State rolled to a 45-7 victory over Nevada on Saturday. ATHENS, Ga. -- Last week it was Mississippi State which opened the eyes of many in the SEC with its rout of LSU. ATLANTA -- Rookie Johan Camargo delivered a pinch-hit double with two outs in the eighth inning to drive in two runs and give the Atlanta Braves a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night at SunTrust Park. DETROIT -- Zach Granite's three-run homer capped an eight-run eighth inning Saturday night that powered the Minnesota Twins to a come-from-behind 10-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers, who dropped their sixth straight game. HOUSTON -- Carlos Correa recorded his first three-hit game since returning from the disabled list and teamed with Evan Gattis to pace the Houston Astros to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday at Minute Maid Park. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Junior quarterback Malik Rosier passed for a career-high 333 yards -- 189 in a big third quarter -- and junior running back Mark Walton rushed for a career-high 204 yards to lead No. 14 Miami to a 52-30 victory over Toledo on Saturday. SEATTLE -- Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff homer and the Cleveland Indians went deep four times in an 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday at Safeco Field. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Fifth-year senior quarterback John O'Korn, a transfer from Houston, came off the bench during the first quarter when starter Wilton Speight was injured and led No. 8 Michigan to a 28-10, come-from-behind victory against Purdue on Saturday in sold-out Ross-Ade Stadium. TORONTO -- Greg Bird hit a three-run homer and Sonny Gray pitched six effective innings as the New York Yankees clinched an American League wild card spot with a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. BERKELEY, Calif. -- USC took advantage of six California turnovers as the fifth-ranked Trojans broke away from a halftime tie to defeat California 30-20 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. STILLWATER, Okla. -- TCU, for all its recent road success, had never won a Big 12 Conference game in the state of Oklahoma. CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson scored four fourth-quarter touchdowns to break a 7-7 tie and defeat Boston College 34-7 on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. CINCINNATI -- Mitch Moreland hit a three-run home run and Eduardo Rodriguez allowed only three hits through 7 2/3 innings, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 5-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday afternoon at Great American Ball Park. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Top-seeded Alabama generally wins football games because it's bigger, stronger, faster and more prepared than its opponents. Those, and a phenomenal rushing attack, were the reasons the Crimson Tide went to Vanderbilt Stadium and pounded the Commodores 59-0 on Saturday afternoon. England's Paul Casey fired a 5-under 65 Saturday to take a two-shot lead after three rounds of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The New England Patriots signed quarterback Taylor Heinicke to the practice squad Saturday and released wide receiver Demarcus Ayers from the practice squad. BLACKSBURG, Va. -- No. 13 Virginia Tech used a dominating defensive performance to dispatch visiting Old Dominion 38-0 on Saturday at Lane Stadium. MILWAUKEE -- Travis Shaw hit a two-run homer in with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning off Wade Davis as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 Saturday afternoon at Miller Park. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- North Carolina State never trailed and spoiled No. 12 Florida State's hurricane-delayed home opener at Doak Campbell Stadium with a 27-21 victory on Saturday. Rangers star Josh Windass slid into his own manager Saturday in a 2-0 loss to Celtic in Scotland. Continuing a torrid box office pace, "It," the film version of Stephen King's book about a monster clown, is the highest-grossing horror movie in U.S. history. Soul singer Charles Bradley, who rose to prominence late in life after years as a journeyman cover singer, died Saturday of cancer, his label said. He was 68. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 10 Ohio State buried UNLV with an avalanche of touchdown passes in the first half and rolled to a 54-21 victory on Saturday in a nonconference mismatch at Ohio Stadium. |
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