Hometown Broadcasting Sports Monday 9/28/20
28 September 2020 Sports
Aaron Rodgers passed for 283 yards and three touchdowns, and the Green Bay Packers remained unbeaten with a 37-30 victory over the New Orleans Saints. The Packers were without receiver Davante Adams and defensive lineman Kenny Clark, and the Saints were without receiver Michael Thomas. Packers receiver Allen Lazard caught six passes for 146 yards, highlighted by receptions of 48 and 72 yards that each set up touchdowns.
Packers kicker Mason Crosby also kicked three field goals, including a 52-yard kick about halfway through the first quarter.
Alvin Kamara gained 197 yards from scrimmage, scoring twice on short passes from Drew Brees followed by shifty runs after the catch. Kamara’s second TD was a 52-yarder in which he slipped at least four tackles. Brees passed for 288 yards and three touchdowns. Next week, the Packers will host Atlanta on Monday night before going into thier bye week.
Elsewhere in the NFC North the Bears (3-0) also remain undefeated as they came back from a 16-point second half deficit behind backup quarterback Nick Foles to stun the winless Atlanta Falclons at home 30-26. Foles threw three second half touchdowns after replacing starter Mitchell Trubisky in the third quarter. Trubisky struggled against the Falcons completing 13 of 22 passes for 128 yards and one touchdown. Foles threw touchdown passes to Jimmy Graham, Allen Robinson and the game-winner to Anthony Miller for winning points.
In another comeback game, Tennessee rallied from 12 points behind in the second half to hand the Vikings their third straight loss, this time in overtime, 31-30 in Minneapolis.
In Monday Night Football Kansas City plays at Baltimore. Both teams are 2-0 to start the season.
Harrison Bader tripled and homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals clinch a postseason berth on the final day of the regular season with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee, and the Brewers also earned a playoff spot Sunday via help on the West Coast moments later. St. Louis (30-28) will be the fifth seed in the NL and open a three-game wild-card series at San Diego on Wednesday. By winning, the Cardinals avoided having to travel to Detroit for two makeup games Monday.
The Brewers (29-31) locked up the eighth seed and a third consecutive postseason berth after the Padres beat San Francisco 5-4 in a game that ended about 15 minutes later. The Giants finished with an identical record as the Brewers but lost out on a tiebreaker due to an inferior intradivision record.
Milwaukee will face the top-seeded Dodgers in Los Angeles in a three-game series that also starts Wednesday. The Brewers haven’t had a winning record at any point this season. Milwaukee and Houston will be the first teams ever to qualify for the playoffs with a losing mark. The Brewers head to Los Angeles and will likely be without two of their top starters in Anderson and Corbin Burnes, who sustained a left oblique injury on Thursday.
Cardinals starter Austin Gomber allowed one run, one hit and two walks and struck out three over four innings. Giovanny Gallegos (2-0), Génesis Cabera and Alex Reyes combined to pitch the final five innings. Reyes got his first save.
Brett Anderson (4-4) surrendered a triple to Bader and a walk to Tyler O’Neill to start the third inning before departing with a blister on his left index finger. Anderson opened the season on the injured list with a blister on the same finger and did not make his debut until Aug. 3.
The NBA Finals are set after Miami defeated Boston 125-113 Sunday to win their Eastern Conference Finals series 4-2.
In the Western Conference Finals Saturday, the Lakers (4-1) wrapped up their series with a 117-107 win over Denver to advance to the NBA Finals. Game one between Miami and the Lakers is Wednesday.
Game six of the Stanley Cup Finals is tonight as Tampa Bay plays Dallas. The Lightning lead the Stars 3-2.
Kyle Busch advanced to the second round of the Nascar Cup Series Playoffs with an overtime win in Sunday night’s South Point 400 in Las Vegas. The win earned Busch a position in the next round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs – moving the 2004 series champion from last place among the 12 Playoff drivers entering the race to the first driver with a guaranteed spot in the Round of 8.
On the men’s PGA Tour Hudson Swafford won the Corales Puntacana Resort & Championship Sunday shooting a final round 69 and edging Tyler McCumber by one stroke. Swafford finished at 270 and 18 under par.
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