Blue Jays Force Game 7; NFL and college football deliver weekend drama
The Toronto Blue Jays kept their season alive Sunday night, staving off elimination with a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners at Rogers Centre. Backed by a raucous home crowd, rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage carried a shutout into the sixth inning while Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each homered to even the American League Championship Series at three games apiece.
Toronto capitalized on three Seattle errors and strung together timely hits from Barger and Isiah Kiner-Falefa to seize control early. Yesavage induced three consecutive inning-ending double plays, escaping bases-loaded jams in the third, fourth, and fifth. The Blue Jays, who boast the AL’s best home record, now host Game 7 tonight at 8 p.m. against the Mariners. Shane Bieber will start for Toronto opposite George Kirby in a rematch of Game 3, which the Jays won 13-4. The winner advances to the World Series to face the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In the NFL, Sunday brought several key matchups. The Philadelphia Eagles ended their two-game losing streak, defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 28-22. The Green Bay Packers edged the Arizona Cardinals 27-23, while the Dallas Cowboys rolled past the Washington Commanders, who may have lost star QB Jaden Daniels to a hamstring injury, 44-22. The San Francisco 49ers earned a 20-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons, extending their dominance at home. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are set to host the Detroit Lions in the evening game, and the Houston Texans face the Seattle Seahawks later tonight.
College football’s Week 8 slate also delivered major shakeups across the rankings. Notre Dame defeated USC 34-24, marking the Irish’s fifth straight win and bolstering their playoff hopes. In the SEC, Georgia outlasted Ole Miss 43-35 after a late rally, while Texas A&M survived on the road with a 45-42 win over Arkansas. Texas narrowly escaped an upset in overtime, topping Kentucky 17-14, and Vanderbilt continued its surprising rise with a 31-24 victory over LSU.
Source: MLB, NFL, NCAA