MLB – Major League Baseball

Yesterday

Oakland A’s 8, Detroit Tigers 6

Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 11 Innings

White Sox were off

Athletics 8, Tigers 6 – Lowrie, Canha help A's start fast in 8-6 win over Tigers

Jed Lowrie hit a three-run homer in the first inning for the first of Oakland’s eight two-out runs against Matt Manning in the Athletics’ 8-6 victory over the Tigers on Thursday. Mark Canha followed Lowrie’s shot with another homer for 4-0 lead. It was the 14th homer of the season for both Lowrie and Canha, and each went to the opposite field to reach the seats. Lowrie drilled a 411-foot shot to left-center, and Canha drove one out to right-center. Lowrie’s RBI double in the fourth made it 8-0 before the Tigers battled back by scoring six runs.

Cubs 6, Pirates 5 – F/11 – Cubs beat Pirates 6-5 on Difo error in 11th

Sergio Alcántara scampered home when second baseman Wilmer Difo mishandled a popup in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 for their third straight win. Rafael Ortega and Ian Happ homered for Chicago, and Alcántara logged the first three-hit game of his career. Codi Heuer got three outs for the win. Alcántara began the 11th on second base and advanced on Ortega’s sacrifice bunt. Happ then sent a high fly to second, where Difo committed the game-ending error.

Today

Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds, 7:10 p.m.                     News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:50

Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

NCAAFB – College Football

Last Night

(4) Ohio State 45, Minnesota 31

(4) Ohio State 45, Minnesota 31 – Stroud leads No. 4 Ohio State past Minnesota 45-31 in opener

C.J. Stroud passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns in his debut as the Ohio State starter and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes kept coach Ryan Day unbeaten in Big Ten play with a 45-31 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night. The Buckeyes flashed their five-star speed with two 70-plus-yard scores in the opener, one early on a run off right end by Miyan Williams and one late on a third-down screen to true freshman TreVeyon Henderson. Day, starting his third full year on the job, is 24-2 overall and 16-0 in conference games.

Tonight

St. Francis (PA) at Eastern Michigan, 7:00 p.m.

Michigan State at Northwestern, 9:00 p.m.                       Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 7:30

Saturday

Western Michigan at Michigan, 12:00 p.m.                        News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 11:00

Central Michigan at Missouri, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday

(9) Notre Dame at Florida State, 7:30 p.m.

NCAAFB – No. 9 Notre Dame travels to Florida State for season opener

Notre Dame is returning to being an independent and the ninth-ranked Fighting Irish look to show they have found a transfer quarterback — Jack Coan from Wisconsin — and a cohesive offensive line that can lead the team back to the College Football Playoff. Meanwhile, in Year 2 for Mike Norvell at Florida State, there are pressing questions on both sides of the ball and the Seminoles are seeking confidence in September. Florida State is also seeking to pull off an upset to spark the rebuild.

NCAA – Michigan State AD Alan Haller plans to make changes on Day 1

Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller says he will unveil a restructuring plan for the department when he is formally introduced next week. One of the ideas he shared was having football and basketball games on the same day as other competitions on campus to give fans access to multiple events. Haller is a former Spartans football player and deputy athletic director. Haller was a lieutenant for the university police department for 13 years before beginning to work for the athletic department in 2010.