ASTROS TAKE THE OPENER
Justin Verlander escaped a messy 5th inning where he gave up three walks as the Houston Astros went on to beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-2 in the opener of the American League Championship Series.
George Springer’s 2-run single gave the Astros an early 2-0 lead.
Carlos Correa hit a go-ahead single in the 6th.
Josh Reddick and Yuli Gurriel hit home runs in the 9th.
Gurriel with a 3-run shot.
Game 2 is tonight (9.09 Atlantic).
DODGERS EVEN THINGS
Milwaukee’s 12 game win streak is over. The Los Angeles Dodgers came back to edge the Brewers, 4-3 which evens the NLCS.
Justin Turner’s 2-run homer in the 8th was the difference.
Now it’s back to L.A. for Game 3 Monday night at Dodger Stadium.
CFL
Winnipeg 31 Saskatchewan 0
Edmonton 34 Ottawa 16
B.C. 26 Calgary 21
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MLB
NL Championship Series
L.A. Dodgers 4 Milwaukee 3
(Series tied 1-1)
AL Champions Series
Houston 7 Boston 2
(Astros lead series 1-0)
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NHL
Calgary 3 Colorado 2 OT
Edmonton 2 N.Y. Rangers 1
Ottawa 5 Los Angeles 1
Toronto 4 Washington 2
Vancouver 3 Florida 2
Montreal 4 Pittsburgh 3 (SO)
Boston 8 Detroit 2
Carolina 5 Minnesota 4 (OT)
Tampa Bay 8 Columbus 2
Vegas 1 Philadelphia 0
Nashville 5 N.Y. Islanders 2
Dallas 5 Anaheim 3
Chicago 4 St. Louis 3 (OT)
Buffalo 3 Arizona 0
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AHL
Rochester 4 Bridgeport 3
Binghamton 2 Laval 1
Utica 7 Toronto 4
Belleville 6 Manitoba 2
Rockford 5 Texas 3
Charlotte 4 Syracuse 1
WB/Scranton 4 Cleveland 1
Hartford 4 Providence 3
Lehigh Valley 5 Springfield 4 (SO)
Milwaukee 5 Hershey 1
Chicago 5 Grand Rapids 1
Colorado 3 San Antonio 1
San Diego 6 Ontario 5 (SO)
San Jose 6 Stockton 4
Tucson 2 Bakersfield 1
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MLS
Colorado 2 Minnesota United 0
D.C. United 1 FC Dallas 0
New England 2 Orlando City 0
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Sunday’s Games
(All times Eastern)
MLB Post-season
AL Championship Series
Houston at Boston, 7:09 p.m.
(Astros lead series 1-0)
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NFL
Seattle vs Oakland at London, U.K., 1 p.m.
Chicago at Miami, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at Houston, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
L.A. Chargers at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Washington, 1 p.m.
L.A. Rams at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Jacksonville at Dallas, 4:25 p.m.
Baltimore at Tennessee, 4:25 p.m.
Kansas City at New England, 8:20 p.m.
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NHL
San Jose at New Jersey, 1 p.m.
Anaheim at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.