Sports Briefs September 27, 2010
Russ Cochran won his second straight Champions Tour title, shooting a 1-under 71 for a two-stroke victory over Tom Pernice Jr. in the SAS Championship on Sunday in Cary, N.C.
The 51-year-old Cochran, a winner for the first time on the 50-and-over tour weeks ago in South Korea, became the third wire-to-wire winner in tournament history, finishing at 14 under on the Prestonwood Country Club course.
American League
Rangers 16, Athletics 9: Rookie Mitch Moreland homered twice to lead visiting Texas past Oakland.
Tigers 5, Twins 1: Miguel Cabrera set off an "MVP!" chant with his career-high 38th homer, helping host Detroit beat Minnesota.
Blue Jays 5, Orioles 2: Major league home run leader Jose Bautista was twice hit by pitches, leading to the ejection of Baltimore manager Buck Showalter, and host Toronto beat Baltimore.
White Sox 4, Angels 3: At Anaheim, Calif., Juan Pierre tripled home the tying run and scored on Omar Vizquel's single in the seventh inning, leading Chicago past Los Angeles.
Indians 5, Royals 3: Pinch-hitter Michael Brantley's two-run double capped a five-run rally in the eighth inning that carried host Cleveland over Kansas City.
Yankees 4, Red Sox 3, 10 inn.: On a night when Mariano Rivera and Jonathan Papelbon both failed to hold ninth-inning leads, Juan Miranda drew a bases-loaded walk from Hideki Okajima in the 10th that gave host New York a win over Boston.
National League
Giants 4, Rockies 2: At Denver, Matt Cain carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning, pitching San Francisco past fading Colorado and back into first place in the NL West.
Reds 12, Padres 2: Chris Heisey homered and hit a three-run double, leading visiting Cincinnati over San Diego that reducing its magic number to one for winning the NL Central.
Mets 7, Phillies 3: Carlos Beltran hit a pair of homers, David Wright also connected and visiting New York beat Philadelphia, preventing the Phillies from clinching their fourth straight NL East title at home.
Nationals 4, Braves 2: Atlanta's drive for the NL wild card spun its wheels again, with wild pitchers and missed opportunities at the plate contributing to host Washington.
Cardinals 8, Cubs 7: Albert Pujols hit his league-leading 42nd home run and visiting St. Louis held off Chicago, preventing the Reds from clinching the NL Central title.
Pirates 9, Astros 3: Paul Maholm limited Houston to one run over seven innings to win consecutive starts for the first time all season, and host Pittsburgh beat the Astros.
Brewers 7, Marlins 1: Ryan Braun hit two of host Milwaukee's four home runs and Chris Capuano pitched six sharp innings before leaving with an injury in Milwaukee's victory over Florida.
Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 4: At Phoenix, Chris Young and Tony Abreu each hit a two-run homer in a four-run eighth inning to rally Arizona past Los Angeles.
Football
The only previous time Nevada was ranked in the AP Top 25, the Wolf Pack ended the season playing in the Harbor Bowl in San Diego.
That was 1948.
It took 62 years, but Nevada is back in The Associated Press poll. The Wolf Pack were No. 25 in the poll released Sunday.
The first month of the season closed with the preseason top three in the rankings unchanged: Alabama is No. 1, followed by Ohio State and Boise State, which beat Oregon State 37-24 on Saturday.
* Bryant Moniz threw for 395 yards and six touchdowns - tying a school record for most touchdown passes in a half - as Hawaii trounced Charleston Southern 66-7 late Saturday night in Honolulu.
Auto racing
Tony Schumacher raced to his fifth Top Fuel victory of the season and first in the playoffs, beating Shawn Langdon in the final round in the NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.
Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won in the NHRA Full Throttle Countdown to the Championship playoff event on the all-concrete dragstrip.
- The Associated Press