The Major League Baseball regular season came to a close with Toronto hanging on for a 2-1 win over Boston and Baltimore downing the New York Yankees 5-2…..The Blue Jays will host the Orioles in the American League wildcard playoff tomorrow with the winner facing Texas……The Red Sox will face Cleveland in a division playoff series starting on Thursday……In the National League, San Francisco clinched the second wildcard with a 7-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants will take on the New York Mets in the National League wildcard playoff Wednesday night with the winner advancing against the Chicago Cubs. The Dodgers will be taking on Washington in a division series.
In the NFL, Buffalo handed the New England Patriots still without quarterback Tom Brady their first home shutout at Gillette Stadium, 16-0……Last night, Ben Roethlisberger threw five touchdowns passes as the Pittsburgh Steelers trounced the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14 to improve to 3 and 1…..Denver improved to 4 and 0 with a 27-7 win over Tampa Bay…..Baltimore lost its first game of the season, 28-27 to Oakland as Raider quarterback Derek Carr threw 4 touchdown passes….The Raiders are now 3 and 1. In other play, it was Jacksonville 30 Indianapolis 27…..Houston 27 Tennessee 20….Washington 31 Cleveland 20…..Seattle 27 NY Jets 17…..Atlanta 48 Carolina 33…..Chicago 17 Detroit 14….Los Angeles 17 Arizona 13….New Irleans 35 San Diego 34 and Dallas 24 San Francisco 17.
The Fredericton Loyalists won the Rugby Union McNair Cup over the weekend 34-15 over the Saint John Trojans.
In Major Midget hockey, the Saint John Vitos shut out Fredericton 4-0 for their third win over the weekend.
In golf, the U.S won the Ryder Cup over Europe 17-11 for their biggest margin of victory since 1981.
