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Oct 11, 2025, 06:15 AM ET

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Max Greyserman and Xander Schauffele shared the top of the leaderboard after Saturday’s third round of the Baycurrent Classic in Japan.

Playing on a rainy day, Greyserman finished with an even-par 71 with Schauffele carding a 67 at the Yokohama Country Club. Both are on 12-under 201.

Greyserman is after his first PGA Tour title — he was second in this event a year ago.

It’s a different story from Schauffele, who could add to his long resume on Sunday. This includes two major championships, a gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and numerous other PGA Tour titles.

Schauffele’s mother was born in Taiwan but grew up in Japan. Winning, of course, would be a dream.

“It would be special obviously, my grandparents here, my mom growing up here with her brother as well,” he said. “That’s far away from now, but yeah, to think into the future, it would be an incredible feeling.”

Greyserman, who has shared or held the lead outright since the first round, described just holding on.

“Obviously I think me and Xander are tied — so I would have liked to push my lead further, play better today and all that stuff, but you’re not going to play great for 72 straight holes,” he said. “The conditions were tough and I didn’t really adapt to the elements that well, but it’s a new day tomorrow.”

Five players were three strokes back going into the final round including defending champion Nico Echavarria (69), Michael Thorbjornsen (66), Byeong Hun An (66), Garrick Higgo (68), and Si Woo Kim (69).

“With these conditions, I’m very proud of the way I fought today to give myself a chance,” Echavarria said, referring to the all-day rain.

It is the only PGA Tour tournament in Japan. The event was moved this year to Yokohama after being played east of Tokyo. It premiered in 2019 and was won by Tiger Woods.

JACKSON, Miss. — Sam Ryder played bogey-free and Danny Walker finished with a pair of birdies, each posting a 7-under 65 to join a four-way tie at the top Thursday at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

Eric Cole managed 10 birdies, which helped offset a double bogey from the trees late in the round, and Garrick Higgo continued to show strides since a torn labrum slowed his progress after a win earlier this year. They were also at 65.

Ryder is at No. 110 in the FedEx Cup standings, while Walker is at No. 104. The Sanderson Farms Championship is part of the Fall Series where players who did not reach the PGA Tour’s postseason have to finish in the top 100 to keep their full cards.

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“I’m very aware where I’m at. You know it all year,” Ryder said. “You get a text every single week that tells you exactly where you are on FedEx. You can’t hide from it. But it doesn’t dictate my schedule. If I was in a better position, I would still like to think that I would be working hard on my game and trying to win and check other boxes.

“Right now, I’m trying to play for my status but still trying to play for bigger goals, too.”

Walker tied for sixth in the Players Championship, but he showed up at the Country Club of Jackson having missed eight straight cuts to fall out of the top 100.

He bounced back from a soft bogey on the 15th to finish with two straight birdies. Much like Ryder, he’s trying not to get wrapped up in scores and position.

“It’s really hard when you’ve missed a bunch of cuts to not go into a week and all you’re thinking about is hoping you make the cut, and that’s kind of where it got to,” Walker said. “When all you’re thinking about is results … it really got in my head, and I felt like going into this week I finally got in a place where I just wasn’t really worried about that.”

He had two weeks off because of the Ryder Cup and worked hard at learning to trust his game and see where it takes him.

NCAA champion Michael La Sasso was chasing the leaders until he was assessed a two-shot penalty after his par on the sixth hole. The PGA Tour said he violated Rule 8.1a for improving conditions of the shot he was playing.

It was not clear what he did. A tour official said La Sasso, who is playing on a sponsor exemption, declined to speak to the media.

Mac Meissner (No. 86 in the standings) and defending champion Kevin Yu were at 66. Yu won last year to earn a spot in the Masters. Winners of Fall Series events no longer get an automatic invitation to Augusta National.

Rasmus Hojgaard was at 69, coming straight from New York and Ryder Cup victory in his debut for Team Europe. He is at No 87 and now turns his attention toward keeping his card.

“Still a bit low on energy, so I’m going to manage myself the next couple days and hopefully restore some of it,” Hojgaard said.

Sep 25, 2025, 09:58 PM ET

CLEVELAND — Jahmai Jones led off the game with a home run, and the Detroit Tigers snapped an eight-game losing streak, beating Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Thursday night to move back into a tie with the Guardians atop the American League Central.

Detroit and Cleveland are 86-73 with three games left to play. The Guardians hold the tiebreaker after going 8-5 in the season series.

The Tigers head to Boston, where the Boston Red Sox have a one-game lead for the AL’s second wild card. The Guardians will host Texas Rangers, which has lost nine of 10. Meanwhile, both Detroit and Cleveland are one game ahead of the Houston Astros for the final AL wild-card spot.

Detroit snapped an eight-game losing streak, beating Cleveland to move back into a tie with the Guardians atop the American League Central with three games left to play in the regular season. David Richard-Imagn Images

Jones drove a sinker from Cleveland starter Parker Messick (3-1) on a full count 400 feet over the wall in left for his third career leadoff home run.

Wenceel Perez and Riley Greene also homered off Messick.

Brant Hurter (4-3) got the win, and Will Vest picked up his 22nd save in 29 opportunities.

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Troy Melton allowed one run in 3 2/3 innings in what was a bullpen game for the Tigers.

C.J. Kayfus and Jose Ramirez had RBI doubles for the Guardians, who are 18-6 in September.

Ramírez’s double was his 726th extra-base hit, passing Earl Averill (725) for the most in franchise history. Ramírez has 398 doubles, 43 triples and 285 home runs in his 13-year career.

Messick allowed four runs in five innings, snapping a 19-game streak where Cleveland’s starting rotation had allowed two or fewer runs in 19 consecutive games, which matched the 2019 Tampa Bay Rays and 1916 New York Giants for the second-longest streak since the mound was moved.

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The marathon is nearing its finish for the MLB regular season with four games left for the majority of the majors. And other than the tight grips the Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies have on the National League, there’s plenty up for grabs.

Here are the top storylines entering Thursday in a chaotic finish for the MLB playoffs:

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There’s a chance the Yankees get the No. 1 seed

We are indeed in strange times when the New York Yankees can give a hearty “thank you” to their nemesis Boston Red Sox.

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Aaron Judge hit home runs No. 50 and 51 as the Yankees took care of business in the Bronx on Wednesday night in blowing out the Chicago White Sox, 8-1. The Yankees’ 90th victory of the season pulled them into a tie for the AL East lead with the Toronto Blue Jays, who lost their second straight game to the Red Sox at home.

Toronto holds the tiebreaker with New York and its next four games — one vs. Boston and three against Tampa Bay — are at home. So the Yankees will need some more Jays missteps to get out of the wild-card spot, but it’s certainly possible.

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Manager Aaron Boone could get a moment to exhale, even if it’ll last for only a couple of days before the ALDS starts.

Why not 62 for Cal?

Let’s hit pause for a moment on the Seattle Mariners’ incredible playoff push, which reached new heights Wednesday night when they clinched the AL West. Let’s gaze at Cal Raleigh’s historic season. He hit home run No. 60 on Wednesday night, which puts him two back from tying Aaron Judge’s single-season record in the American League.

So we should expect Raleigh to keep hacking away, especially with one more game left against the Colorado Rockies and a three-game set against the Los Angeles Dodgers and their erratic bullpen.

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Guardians’ rocket rise could push Tigers completely out of playoff picture

On July 8, Detroit had the best record in baseball.

Entering play Thursday, the Tigers are looking at the grim prospect of playing their final game of the entire season this weekend. That’s how remarkable the Cleveland Guardians’ surge has been in taking control of the AL Central and how stunning Detroit’s collapse has been.

The Guardians went up a full game on the Tigers after winning 5-1 on Wednesday. They’ll go for a sweep Thursday. And even if the Tigers avoid the broom for their third straight series, the Guardians own the season tiebreaker.

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Cleveland has won 12 of its past 13 games while Detroit is 2-11 in its past 13 games and currently on an eight-game losing streak. On Sept. 4, the Tigers led the division by 11 games.

After Thursday’s series finale, Cleveland will host Texas for its final three games of the regular season. That means Detroit will need help regaining control of the division. If the Guardians take care of business, the Tigers better hope the Houston Astros keep tripping up. Detroit owns the tiebreaker if it comes down to that final wild-card spot with Houston.

Adding to Detroit’s woes: their final series of the regular season is at Fenway Park against the playoff-bound Red Sox, who are looking to make a move of their own in the wild-card standings.

Do the Mets, Reds and Diamondbacks want to make the playoffs?

With four games to go, three teams are vying for the final wild-card spot in the National League. The New York Mets currently hold that spot, but both the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks sit a game behind New York.

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With a possible trip to the playoffs on the line … every team faltered Wednesday. The Mets were blown out by the Chicago Cubs and both the Reds and D-Backs lost heartbreakers in extras.

All three teams are in action again Thursday. Of that group, the pressure is highest on the Mets, who need to finish with a better record than both the Reds and Diamondbacks to make the playoffs. Cincinnati and Arizona hold tiebreakers over New York for that final spot. The Mets can’t afford to end the season tied with either club.

The Reds sit on the other side of the pendulum. Cincinnati holds the tiebreaker over both New York and Arizona. The Reds only need to end the year tied with those teams to secure a playoff spot.

The only other team still in the playoff hunt in the NL are the Miami Marlins, but their path is nearly impossible at this point. The Marlins sit four games out but finish the season with a three-game series against the Mets. There’s a scenario where Miami could still earn the right tiebreakers to get in, but one misstep would get the team eliminated.

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Despite being fewer games out, both the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals have already been eliminated from the playoffs. They can’t win the appropriate tiebreakers to secure a spot, no matter how well both teams finish out the season.

What to watch Thursday

Pirates vs. Reds: 12:40 p.m. ET
Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks: 3:40 p.m. ET
Marlins vs. Phillies: 6:05 p.m. ET
Tigers vs. Guardians: 6:40 p.m. ET
White Sox vs. Yankees: 7:05 p.m. ET
Red Sox vs. Blue Jays: 7:07 p.m. ET
Mets vs. Cubs: 7:40 p.m. ET
Rockies vs. Mariners: 9:40 p.m. ET

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The Seattle Mariners have first place in the AL West all to themselves for only the second time this season.Seattle…