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Lane Thomas hits 3-run homer, Cleveland's bullpen torments Tigers as Guardians win ALDS opener 7-0 CLEVELAND (AP) Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer in a five-run outburst before Detroit got an out, and the Cleveland Guardians unleashed their lights-out bullpen to complete a four-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Tigers in an AL Division Series opener.

Thomas shot on his first career postseason swing helped the Guardians cool off the Tigers, who stormed into the playoffs with a second-half surge before sweeping AL West champion Houston in the wild-card round.

Tanner Bibee pitched 4 2/3 innings and relievers combined for 4 1/3 hitless innings.

David Fry added a two-run double for Cleveland.

Game 2 is Monday.

Vanderbilt leads No.

1 Alabama 23-14 at halftime NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) The Vanderbilt Commodores have never beaten a No.

1 team in football.

A very fast start has put them in position to do just that.

They lead Alabama 23-14 at halftime after taking their biggest lead ever over a top-ranked team at 16 points.

Vanderbilt scored the first 13 points in a start that featured the Commodores' first opening drive for a TD against Alabama since 2007 in Nick Saban's second game coaching the Tide.

Alabama won that game 24-1O.

Only the Tide scoring late trimmed that to single digits.

Sedrick Alexander has run for two TDs for Vanderbilt.

Randon Fontenette also had a Pick-6 off Jalen Milroe.

Moss scores 3 TDs as No.

25 Texas A&M gives No.

9 Missouri its first loss in 41-10 rout COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) LeVeon Moss ran for a career-high 138 yards with three touchdowns and No.

25 Texas A&M handed ninth-ranked Missouri its first loss with a 41-10 victory Saturday.

Its the fifth straight win for Texas A&M (5-1, 3-0 SEC) and first-year coach Mike Elko after a loss to Notre Dame in the season-opener in his debut with the Aggies.

Texas A&M was up 24-0 at halftime and padded the lead when Moss ran 75 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the third quarter.

He burst through a hole in the line and evaded one tackle before simply outrunning everyone for his second score of the day.

When he scored his third TD on an 18-yard run early in the fourth quarter that made it 41-7, the crowd of 97,049 broke into chants of: over-rated, over-rated.

George Brett reminds Royals players of intensity of past playoffs against Yankees NEW YORK (AP) George Brett watches the Kansas City Royals prepare to face the New York Yankees and remembers the combustible clashes of the 1970s.

The Hall of Famer tells players: This isnt a series, this is war, tossing in a profanity for emphasis.

Brett slid late into Graig Nettles in 1977s Game 5 of the best-of-five AL Championship Series, catching the third baseman on the face with an arm.

Nettles kicked Brett in the teeth.

Brett threw a punch as benches and bullpens emptied.

Six years later, Yankee Stadium was the site of the infamous Pine Tar Game, when Brett's ninth-inning homer was disallowed and later restored by the AL president.

Clayton Kershaw won't pitch for the Dodgers in playoffs after big toe injury fails to heal LOS ANGELES (AP) Clayton Kershaw won't pitch again this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He's been sidelined since late August with a toe injury and manager Dave Roberts says it has actually gotten worse.

Kershaw says he may need surgery, but nothing has been decided.

The 36-year-old left-hander was 2-2 with a 4.50 ERA in seven starts this season.

He didn't pitch until July 25 after having offseason shoulder surgery.

Kershaw went on the injured list Aug.

31 with a bone spur in his left big toe.

He says he'll decide his future during the offseason.

The Dodgers host the San Diego Padres on Saturday in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.

Cotter scores as Devils beat Sabres 3-1 to sweep season-opening series in Prague PRAGUE (AP) Newcomer Paul Cotter proved his value, scoring again in Prague as the New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 for a sweep of their regular-season-opening series in the Czech capital.

Cotter, among New Jerseys new additions, also scored in a 4-1 win Friday and added an assist.

The games were part of the NHL global series.

Two more international games will be played in Tampere, Finland, on Nov.

1-2 when defending Stanley Cup champion Florida faces the Dallas Stars.

Defenseman Seamus Casey and Timo Meier also scored and Jack Hughes had two assists for the Devils, who outshot the Sabres 37-18.

Keanu Reeves spins out at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in pro auto racing debut INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Hollywood star Keanu Reeves made his professional auto racing debut in an event in which The Matrix star spun out at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Reeves spun into the grass Saturday without a collision on the exit of Turn 9 a little more than halfway through the 45-minute race.

He re-entered and continued driving, signaling he was uninjured.

Reeves, who is 60 years old, is competing at Indianapolis in Toyota GR Cup, a Toyota spec-racing series and a support series for this weekends Indy 8 Hour sports car event.

He has a second race Sunday.

Dodgers' Kershaw, Guardians' Lively, Tigers' Mize and Yankees' Stroman are left off ALDS rosters Pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Joe Kelly were left off the Los Angeles Dodgers roster for their NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Kershaw is done for the season after his lingering toe injury worsened.

Edgardo Henriquez, a 22-year-old right-hander, was included on the Dodgers' roster.

Ben Lively was left off Clevelands roster against Detroit.

The Yankees dropped pitcher Marcus Stroman and reliever Mark Leiter Jr.

along with injured infielders Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu against Kansas City but included relievers Jake Cousins and Tim Mayza along with speedster Duke Ellis.

Right-hander Michael Grove was included but outfielder Kevin Kiermaier was omitted.

Shohei Ohtani is feeling excitement, not nerves, on eve of his postseason debut with the Dodgers LOS ANGELES (AP) Shohei Ohtani is about to realize his childhood dream of playing in important games.

Theres nothing bigger than the Major League Baseball playoffs.

And the Japanese superstar says he isnt nervous.

Ohtani says the excitement of playing October baseball for the first time is greater than anything else he could be feeling.

He spent the last six years with the Los Angeles Angels, who never made the postseason during his tenure.

Fans on both sides of the Pacific are clamoring to see what the record-setting Ohtani can do in October after he became the first player in MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season.

Packers suspend WR Romeo Doubs vs.

Rams for conduct detrimental to team GREEN BAY, Wis.

(AP) The Green Bay Packers have suspended wide receiver Romeo Doubs from Sundays game with the Los Angeles Rams for what they described as conduct detrimental to the team.

Doubs hadnt practiced Thursday or Friday.

The Packers said at the time that he was dealing with a personal matter.

Doubs has 12 catches for 169 yards and no touchdowns through Green Bays first four games this season after he had 59 receptions for 674 yards and eight touchdowns last year..

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