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“Eighteen games? I’ve thought about it a lot. Eighteen games is okay there just would have to be two mandatory bye weeks and then you would have to also have a minimum of six days between each game. There wouldn’t be three games in 10 days. That you just you couldn’t do. There would be no way.”—Rams safety Quentin Lake on the NFL going to an 18-game season.
Dodgers clinch the NLDS over the Braves. Los Angeles won 4-1 in Atlanta. Andy Pages delivered a bases-loaded, two-run single in the seventh. The Dodgers get extra rest before the NLCS against Milwaukee.
On this date in 2018: Brock Holt of the Boston Red Sox hit the first cycle in postseason history in a 16–1 ALDS win over the Yankees.
Philadelphia Eagles trade center Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens. The Ravens receive Jurgens and a 2027 seventh-round pick. In return Philly receives a 2027 fifth-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick.
Tyrese Haliburton returns. The Pacers guard played for the first time in 472 days after tearing his Achilles in Game 7 of the 2025 Finals, scoring in a preseason appearance at his alma mater, Iowa State.
Since the Indiana Fever lost Game 3 to the Las Vegas in the first round of the WNBA playoffs.
Comparing Fever–Aces Game 1 (2.11 million) to the semifinal openers, viewership is down to about 44–47%. Compared with the Fever-Aces series average (~1.93 million), the drop is roughly 40%. Compared with Game 3 alone (2.25 million), it is about 49%.
Rays sweep the Yankees. Tampa Bay beat New York 4-3 in Game 3 behind Victor Mesa Jr.’s tiebreaking two-run homer off Max Fried. A fan-interference review turned an Anthony Volpe tying homer into a double. The Yankees’ title drought stretches to 17 years.
Brewers eliminate the Padres, set up an NLCS rematch with the Dodgers. Milwaukee won 3-1 in San Diego (series 3-1). Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored the go-ahead run; Fernando Tatis Jr.’s 429-foot homer only briefly tied it. The 103-win Brewers advance.
On this date in 1956: Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw the only perfect game in World Series (and postseason) history, a 2–0 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. He retired all 27 batters. The Yankees won the series in seven.
“So, I felt like I did well because I got 100% on all eight questions that they asked me. So, I’m proud of myself because of that, not too much about the home run or the World Series that I have or the rings that I have. So, there’s things in life that are bigger than just baseball.”—Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas after becoming an American citizen.
