Tuesday 10/9/18
9 October 2018 Sports
Sports From Wayne Mausser
Manny Machado hit a three-run homer, David Freese came through again in the postseason and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the NL Championship Series for the third year in a row, eliminating the Atlanta Braves with a 6-2 victory on Monday.
The Dodgers won the best-of-five Division Series 3-1 and will face the Milwaukee Brewers. Los Angeles won the season series against the Brewers 4-3, with all 7 games coming between July 20th and August 2nd. Game one of the NLCS will be at Miller Park Friday.
Coming off a tense victory in Game 3, the Baby Braves grabbed the lead on pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki’s two-run single in the fourth.
Freese, the 2011 World Series MVP with St. Louis, countered with pinch-hit single of his own in the sixth off Jonny Venters (0-1), driving home Cody Bellinger and Yasiel Puig for a 3-2 lead.
Machado finished off Atlanta in the seventh, launching a 1-2 pitch from rookie Chad Sobotka over the Dodgers’ bullpen – his team’s eighth homer of the series. The slugging shortstop, acquired from Baltimore in July, also had a run-scoring double in the first.
In the ALDS……Houston swept its series with the Indians, winning 11-3 at Cleveland…..In the other divisional match-up, Boston takes a 2-1 lead after pounding the Yankees in New York, 16-1. Brock Holt hit for the cycle for Boston. Game 4 is Thursday at Fenway Park.
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One of the most prolific passers in NFL history added a remarkable record Monday to his long list of Hall of Fame-caliber achievements.
Drew Brees broke Peyton Manning’s all-time passing record of 71,940 yards during the second quarter of the New Orleans Saints 43-19 victory over the Washington Redskins on Monday Night Football. He set the mark on a 62-yard touchdown pass to Tre’Quan Smith that gave the Saints a 26-6 lead.
Brees needed 201 yards to surpass Manning’s mark — the TD pass pushed him to 228. He finished the game completing 26 of 29 passes for 363 yards and three touchdowns. He currently has 72,103 career passing yards. Brees is one short of 500 touchdown passes.
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Meanwhile the Packers are still digesting their 31-23 road loss at Detroit on Sunday. Turnovers, penalties and four missed field goals from kicker Mason Crosby proved too much to overcome as Green Bay falls to 2-2-1 in the NFC North. The Packers host the 49ers Monday night.
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