Best 15 Minutes in Sports-Thursday

Posted by on September 27th, 2018  •  0 Comments  • 

..(Baseball)….

Padres-W-Giants (3-2)…Travis Jankowski solo HR…San Diego scores on balk and sacrifice fly…..Luis Perdomo 3-shutout inning-1 hit allowed….Padres (64-95)…Giants have lost 18-of-23.i….

San Diego….Off day Thursday-open final series of season vs Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday.

Padres…Hold Prospects Game featuring lower minor leaguers on Thursday Night at Petco Park….included in group are young pitching draft picks Adrian Morejon..MacKenzie Gore and Ryan Weathers and OF-Jorge On a.

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Dodgers-L-Arizona (7-2)….Dodgers fall out of 1st place….Now trail Rockies by half a game with 3-games left in season….AJ Pollock 3R-HR…Socrates Brito HR for Diamondbacks….D-Backs have won just 4-of-last 18-games… …

Dodgers..Off Thursday…play Giants on Friday.

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Angels-W-Texas (3-2)…Shohei Ohtani HR-RBI single…Adrian Beltre-Jurickson Profar HRs for Texas….

Halos…Off Thursday….weekend series on Friday with 1st place A’s.

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(Scoreboard)

Rockies-W-Phillies…Colorado wins 6th in a row-take over 1st place…Rockies trash Phillies (14-0)…David Dahl 3R-HR…Ian Desmond-Trevor Story 2R-HRs… …Phillies lost 14-of-18….

Cubs-W-Pirates…Jason Hayward 2R-HR..RBI single….Cubs lead a half game over Milwaukee….

Brewers-W-Cardinals…Milwaukee won 19-of-26….Taylor Shaw 2-singles-2 RBIs…Brew Crew still a half game back.

Red Sox-W-Orioles…JD Martinez 3R-HR..Sox hit 5HRs-win 1st game.
Red Sox-L-Orioles…Trey Mancini 2R-single…RBI triple….Boston (107-52)….Orioles (46-112)

Miami-L-Washington…Victor Robles 3R-HR..2R-ouble…Marlins (62-96)

Houston-L-Toronto…Randal Grichuk 2R-HR…Astros (100-58)

Reds-L-Royals…Alex Hordon HR-3-RBIs….Cincinnazti (66-93)….Royals (56-102)

Braves-L-Mets…Jacob deGrom 10-strikeout 2-hit shutout….Atlanta (89-69)

Yankees-L-Tampa Bay….Tommy Pham HR..CJ Cron RBI double..NY (97-61)

Indians-W-White Sox…Edwin Encarnarcio 3R-HR…RBI single…Cleveland (89-69)…White Sox (62-96)

Tigers-L-Twins…Ty Austin 2R-HR…Detroit (64-94)

A’s-W-Seattle….Matt Olson grand slam HR…..A’s hit 3-bombs…Athletics (96-63)

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(Injuries)

Phillies..OF-aaron Altherr-torn ligament thumb
Yankees..MRI-OF-Aaron Hicks-not hamstring tear
Cubs…MRI-3B-Kris Bryant..no broken wrist
Arizona..MRI-1B-Christian Walker-broken wrist
Atlanta…SS-Dansby Swanson-torn ligament in hand
Pirates..P-Edgar Santana-to have elbow ligament surgery
Angels..P-Shohei Ohtani-elbow transplant surgery next week.

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(MLB)

Toronto…Firing manager John Gibbons end of season-6Y (791-787) record.

Reds..Will interview ex Red Sox manager John Farrell

Giants..Manager Bruce Bochy says not concerned he has only 1-year left on his contract.

Mets..Will interview Jason McLeod-Cubs for GM job.

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….(Football)…..

Chargers…DE-Joey Rosa says he has tendon damage in his foot and a bone bruise…will be out till early November-another 5W-at least.

Chargers..WR-Keenan Allen-missed workouts with bruised knee

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(Schedule)

Rams-Vikings…Thursday Night Football…..Vikings QB-Kirk Cousins averaging (322YPG) passing….Rams offense led by Jared Goff averaging (439YPG) on offense…..Rams defense allowed 4TDs in 3-games…Rams (3-0)…Minnesota (2-1) coming off bad home field loss to Buffalo.

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(Injuries)

Rams..IR-CB-Aqib Talib-ankle surgery-out 8W
Patriots..IR-RB-Rex Burkhead-neck injury
Raiders..IR-K-Mike Nugent-hip

Ravens…8-players missed practice including S-Eric Weddle..DE-Terrell Suggs…CB-Brandon Car….LB-CJ Moseley returned to practice.

Bengals…WR-AJ Green out of practice-groin.

Lions..DE-Ziggy Ansah missed practice shoulder soreness

Houston..Annouce CB-Andre Hal-leukemia in remission

Eagles..WR-Alshon Jeffrey cleared workouts-beenout shoulder.

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(Roster Moves)

49ers..Workout QBs EJ Manuel-ex Raiders..Landry Jones-ex Steelers..have had 7-QBs in for visits this week.

Miami..Workout DE-Kony Ealey-ex Patriots…DE-Robert Ayers-ex Titans

Patriots..Workout WR-Jeremy Kerley-ex Bills
Patriots..Sign FA-DE-John Simon-ex Colts
Saints..Sign FA-WR-Brandon Tate-ex Bengals-Bills.
Saints..Workout CB-David Amerson-ex Chiefs-Raiders-Redskins

Raiders..Sign FA-K-Matt McKrane
Tampa Bay…Sign FA-S-Andrew Adams-ex Giants

Titans..Release QB-Logan Woodside-ex Toledo star

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(NFL)

Minnesota..Coach Mike Zimmer criticizes NFL for having Vikings play Thursday night road game on short work week.

Jets..Criticism from rookie DB-Jamal Adams that coach Todd Bowels had no game plan to defend Baker Mayfield if he got into Browns-Jets game last week.

Denver…looking at bringing in punters..Marquette King averaging only 41Y-per punt for Broncos.

Dallas..Jerry Jones say changes are not in offing for 30th ranked offense…Dallas also 31st in scoring.

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(College)

Clemson…2-year staring QB-Kelly Bryant leaves program to transfer after being benched…Will go to 1AA-school and play next year as Graduate student.

Connecticut….Troubled coach Randy Edsall storms out of press conference after questions about status of Def Coor….U-Conn is ranked 130th in nation giving up (664YPG)

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…(Basketball)…..

Lakers..G-LeBron James says ‘I’m not a very patient person’ but needs patience working with new teammates.

Clippers..G-Shai Alexander-explosive in early workouts.

Boston…F-Gordon Hayward-cleared by doctors for full workouts-coming off knee surgery.

Indiana…Former NBA head coach Jack McKinney passes away (83)

Miami-Minnesota-Sacramento….Teams open up 3-way trade talks about deal that could send F-Jimmy Butler to Heat for F-Justise Winslow and G-Goran Tragic….Draft picks would be included and Kings would take on expiring contracts as part of deal for cap relief.

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…..(Hockey)……..

Ducks..Lose F-Corey Perry for 5-months-torn ligament and damaged meniscus….Ducks already trying to cope with limited work from Ryan Kesler-Patrick Eaves.

Columbus…D-Seth Jones-out 6-weeks-knee injury

Buffalo..D-Zach Bogosian-reinjured hip

Calgary….Release C-Gilbert Bruhle…former 1st round pick-had played in KHL last year.

Flyers…F-Jaeri Lehtera is being questioned about his relationship with people arrested for running cocaine ring in his native Finland….Police confiscated 2-kilos of cocaine and amphetamines and 650,000 in Euros….23 people are being investigated.

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….(General)………

Ryder Cup…..coach Jim Furyk considering pairing Tiger Woods with Justin Thomas….Phil Mickleson with Bryson DeChambeau….and Dustin Johnson-Brooks Koepka for Friday first round “4-ball” play in Paris, France.

College Wrestling…Fresno State-vs-Stanford….announced will be held November 20th as part of ‘Battle of the Midway’ celebration.

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