MLB-NLDS

Another pitcher’s duel?

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Braves left-hander Max Fried and Brewers righty Brandon Woodruff will try for another pitcher’s duel as Atlanta and Milwaukee play Game 2 of their NL Division Series.

Fried closed out the regular season in top form, going 3-0 with an 0.39 ERA in his final three starts.

Corbin Burnes and the Brewers edged Charlie Morton and the visiting Braves 2-1 in the opener, with Milwaukee getting both runs on Rowdy Tellez’s homer in the seventh inning off Morton.

In San Francisco, big league wins leader Julio Urías starts for the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NL Division Series against Kevin Gausman. The Giants took the first game last night, 4-0.

Urías went 20-3 with a 2.96 ERA — no one else in the majors posted more than 17 wins this season. He’ll be making his 19th postseason appearance and fourth start for the Dodgers.

Gausman will be making the first postseason start of his career.

MLB-ALDS

Day off for ALDS teams

CHICAGO (AP) — Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and the Astros work out at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago after taking a 2-0 lead over the White Sox in the AL Division Series.

Chicago returns home trying to avoid a sweep in the best-of-five matchup. Manager Tony La Russa hasn’t yet announced a starter for Game 3 Sunday night. Rookie Luis Garcia starts for Houston.

The Rays and Red Sox head to Boston with their AL Division Series tied at a game apiece. Nathan Eovaldi will start Game 3 tomorrow for Boston. He allowed one run and four hits over 5 1/3 innings of Boston’s wild-card win over the Yankees.

Kevin Cash of the Rays hasn’t announced a starter for Sunday. He could go with right-hander Drew Rasmussen or opt for a bullpen day.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-SCHEDULE

Top five matchup in college football

UNDATED (AP) — Week 6 of the college football season features a top-five matchup in the Big Ten, with No. 4 Penn State at No. 3 Iowa, and the Big 12′s biggest rivalry. No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 21 Texas play their annual game at the Texas State Fair in Dallas.

Also, one of the longest losing streaks in major college football is guaranteed to end when UConn, losers of 10 straight, faces UMass, which has lost 16 in a row.

TENNIS-INDIAN WELLS

Raducanu loses in first tournament since US Open win

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Emma Raducanu’s ten-match winning streak is over. In her first tournament since her surprising U.S. Open victory, she lost in straight sets to Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.

It was Raducanu’s fifth Tour-level event since making her WTA Tour debut in June.

Leyla Fernandez, who lost to Raducanu in the U.S. Open final, defeated Alize Cornet 6-2, 6-3.

Former world No. 1 Andy Murray beat Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-2 in his first match as a wild-card.

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