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Detroit has won five straight since opening with a 5-1 loss to Montreal.

Edmonton has a losing record after dropping a third straight game as superstar Connor McDavid extended his career-long, season-opening, goal drought to six games.

Detroit’s John Gibson stopped 16 shots, including one that denied McDavid midway through the third period. On the same shift, Larkin poked the puck away from the three-time MVP to take away another potential scoring opportunity.

Edmonton’s Stuart Skinner had 21 saves.

Leon Draisaitl was all alone with a chance to pull the Oilers into a tie late in the game, but lost control of the puck.

Shortly thereafter, Finne scored an empty-net goal to seal it.

Finne, a 2023 seventh-round pick, had the first goal of midway through the second period to put Detroit ahead 2-0 after Larkin broke a scoreless tie a few minutes earlier in the period.

Larkin, who has a point in all six games this season, resored the Red Wings’ two-goal lead late in the third period after Edmonton’s Noah Philp scored.

Detroit’s captain is the third Red Wing to have multiple season-opening point streaks of six or more games, joining Hall of Famers Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman.

The Red Wings are off to a desperately needed strong start after extending their franchise-record post-season drought to nine years last spring.

The Oilers, coming off back-to-back losses in the Stanley Cup Final, didn’t earn a point for the first time against Detroit in eight games to end their longest active streak against an opponent.

Oilers: At Ottawa on Tuesday night.

Devils: At Buffalo on Wednesday night.

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Brodido defeated Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita at WrestleDream on Saturday to retain the AEW World Tag Team Championships.

Brodido won after Bandido hit Kazuchika Okada with the 21-Plex. Some highlights from the match are below.

On the Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite on Oct. 7, Okada and Takeshita faced Brody King and Bandido in a tag team bout that featured a unique, championship-based stipulation.

If Okada and Takeshita were to win, they would earn an AEW tag title shot at WrestleDream, but if Brodido were to win, the wrestler who got the winning fall would receive an opportunity at Okada’s Unified Championship at WrestleDream.

Okada and Takeshita, who are both members of the Don Callis Family, have had a great deal of tension between them in recent weeks, and that carried over to the Title Tuesday match.

Despite not being on the same page, The Rainmaker and The Alpha were victorious when Okada tagged himself in and executed his Rainmaker clothesline for the win.

Although Brodido fell to Okada and Takeshita on Dynamite, they entered WrestleDream in a much better place than their opponents due to their willingness to work together.

King and Bandido teamed up in a traditional tag team match for the first time in July, and less than two months later, they found themselves atop the AEW tag team division.

At Forbidden Door, Brodido won a three-way tag team match over the Hurt Business and JetSpeed to win the AEW World Tag Team Championships in their first title opportunity.

Brodido went on to retain the titles in a four-team ladder match at All Out, but the match against Okada and Takeshita represented the biggest challenge of their reign by far.

Even so, Brodido rose to the occasion to retain against Okada and Takeshita, perhaps driving an even bigger wedge between the Don Callis Family members in the process.

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Luka DonÄić didn’t disappoint in his preseason debut on Tuesday night.

While the Los Angeles Lakers suffered a 113-104 loss to the Phoenix Suns, DonÄić finished with 25 points in just 22 minutes of action.

He also recorded seven rebounds and four assists, shooting 7-of-15 from the field as well as 4-of-8 from three-point territory. While it’s important not to put too much stock into the plus-minus of a single preseason game, it’s still worth noting that the Lakers outscored the Suns by 11 points with DonÄić on the floor.

Despite the defeat, fans were amazed with his performance.

Austin Reaves also looked sharp offensively, finishing with 25 points on 8-of-16 shooting while pulling down four rebounds and dishing out two assists.

Meanwhile, Bronny James recorded seven points, three rebounds, two assists, one steal and one block in 22 minutes of action. James shot 3-of-8 from the field.

As for DonÄić, expectations are high ahead of his first full season as a member of the Lakers.

The five-time All-Star is coming off an eventful summer in which he excelled at EuroBasket 2025 with Slovenia, averaging 34.7 points, 8.6 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 2.7 steals per game on 45.8/32.1/87.8 shooting splits.

Los Angeles will open its 2025-26 regular season against the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 21.

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The Chicago Blackhawks made it home for their home opener on Saturday night. They took on the Montreal Canadiens in what was the first game of their centennial celebration.

The Blackhawks fell to the Canadiens by giving up a goal with 15 seconds left in regulation. This goal broke a 2-2 tie and ended Chicagoâ€s chance at its first win of the season.

The goal was a Juraj Slafkovsky redirection of a point shot that beat Spencer Knight. The young Blackhawks got a little bit frantic in the final minute of the game, and it bit them.

Chicago’s two goals were positive in the fact that two young core pieces scored them. Their first was the first in the career of defenseman Sam Rinzel. Frank Nazar won a faceoff back to Teuvo Teravainen, who tapped it to Rinzel with an open lane to the net. He didn’t miss.

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Not long after Cole Caufield had a Montreal Canadiens goal stand after being reviewed for a high stick, the Blackhawks tied the game thanks to a goal scored by Sam Rinzel.

Chicago’s second goal was a Frank Nazar shot on the power play that deflected in the net off of Connor Bedard. These two are forming decent chemistry with the man-advantage. Down the middle, based on the way the early stages of the season are going for these two players, the Blackhawks are forming a great two-headed monster.

One of the main storylines from the game was the penalty trouble that the Blackhawks found themselves in. The Blackhawks accumulated a total of 39 penalty minutes. Montreal had 10 power plays. They converted on two of them, which played a role in the outcome of the game.

After the match against the Bruins earlier in the week, the Blackhawks talked about standing up for each other, but they got a little ahead of themselves in this game.

Due to being on the penalty kill for almost one full period worth of time, they were never able to get in a true offensive rhythm. Some penalty killers didn’t get enough ice at 5-on-5, and some non-killers weren’t able to stay on the ice with offensive momentum for long enough to make an impact.

After the game was over, head coach Jeff Blashill talked about some of these issues and how they affected the team as a whole.

“That’s a really, really hard game to get any rhythm going. Blashill said. “Certain guys are playing so many minutes. Anybody who killed was playing so many minutes, and then you’re trying to get some of the guys that don’t kill you back in their rhythm in minutes.”

It makes sense when you think about it from a deployment standpoint. It’s hard to do anything with consistency when you’re marching to the penalty box like that. It has been over a decade since the Blackhawks last gave their opponent double-digit power plays. That must be cleaned up going forward.

To their credit, the penalty kill units did well based on the situation. They don’t love giving up two power-play goals, but when you kill off eight others, it is a win. The fact is that they gave the rest of the team a chance to win.

Chicago is still working on putting teams away late in hockey games. Giving up a heartbreaker with 15 seconds left adds to the list of games that this young core has lost in the final minutes.

“You have to have the mindset of not just being okay with being in the game,” Captain Nick Foligno said. “You’ve got to find a way to step on their throats for lack of a better word and find a way to get that done like [Montreal] did tonight, right? So that mentality has to now shift from ‘hey, we’re becoming a good team’ to ‘no, we are a good team’. We have to believe that and put it into our practice.”

As a guy who has been a captain for multiple NHL franchises and a general leader for others, Foligno knows the ups and downs of an NHL clubhouse. This Blackhawks team is getting better, and it shows when you watch. The results aren’t showing up in the standings just yet.

Chicago’s next chance will come on Monday night when they will host the Utah Mammoth at the United Center.

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No. 15 Michigan’s three-game win streak came to an end on Saturday night, falling to USC by the final score of 31-13 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The Wolverines struggled offensively, as freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood finished 15-of-24 for 207 yards and two touchdowns to go along with an interception.

Fans questioned the job security of Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore after the loss.

The Wolverines trailed 7-0 at the end of the first quarter, but tied the game in the second after Underwood connected with Donaven McCulley for an eight-yard touchdown.

While the Trojans found the end zone later in the quarter to take a 14-7 lead at halftime, Moore’s squad still remained within striking distance.

Michigan’s offense couldn’t find any type of rhythm early in the second half, as its three third-quarter drives ended with two punts and an interception.

The Wolverines also experienced issues defensively, with USC quarterback Jayden Maiava finishing 25-of-32 for 265 yards and two touchdowns while getting picked off once.

The Trojans ended the game with 489 total yards as a team, scoring 17 points in the second half and extinguishing any hope of a Michigan comeback.

USC’s rushing attack was also dominant in the victory, as King Miller picked up a season-high 158 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries. The Trojans amassed 224 yards on the ground overall.

It was a surprising result against a Michigan defense that allowed just 77.0 rush yards per game entering the contest, the third-best mark in the Big Ten.

As for the Wolverines’ offense, they only picked up 17 first downs in the contest and converted a mere two of nine opportunities on third down.

USC now sits at 5-1 with the win, while Michigan fell to 4-2.

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As the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated clinching their seventh trip to the NLCS in the past 10 seasons, and most of the Philadelphia Phillies had already begun making their way towards the dugout, Orion Kerkering came out of his hunched-over stance and was met by his catcher, J.T. Realmuto.

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The 24-year-old relief pitcher had just thrown away the third out in the bottom of the 11th inning, which would have extended the game and the Phillies’ season. Now, he stood on the mound in stunned disbelief at what just happened. A simple ground ball back to him should have led to an easy play. Instead, the Dodgers won 2-1.

Kerkering wasn’t left feeling alone for too long. Realmuto shepherded him off the mound and the two were soon greeted by outfielder Nick Castellanos, who had sprinted in from right field, to try and console his teammate.

“I just told him to keep his head up,†Castellanos said afterward, via MLB.com. “And I wanted to be next to him while he walked off the field, just so he knows he’s not alone in that moment.â€

The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate their walk-off 11th inning victory over the Philadelphia Phillies to advance to the 2025 NLCS. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

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As the three reached the Philadelphia dugout, Phillies manager Rob Thomson was there at the top of the steps to greet Kerkering with a simple message he hopes resonates beyond this season.

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“[I said to] just keep his head up,” Thomson said. “He just got caught up in the moment a little bit. Coming down the stretch there, he pitched so well for us. I feel for him because he’s putting it all on his shoulders. But we win as a team, and we lose as a team.”

Kerkering said Thomson’s message was similar to one that other teammates gave him after the game and that “it’s baseball. S*** happens.”

A fifth round draft pick by the Phillies in 2022, Kerkering broke into the big leagues in 2023, but wasn’t a regular option out of the bullpen until the following season. He’s made 136 appearances for the Phillies and sports a 1.23 WHIP, 2.79 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 126 innings pitched. The Huntington Beach native has earned his place on the roster and his teammates’ support proves that.

“It means a lot. It shows they care a lot. Just means everything, for sure,” Kerkering said.

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Friday begins a long four-month offseason until spring training 2026 begins. Kerkering will have a lot of time to think about how this season ended, but he was continually reminded by his teammates to not let one play define him and use this moment for good.

“Hopefully it’s the start of a long career,†Kerkering said. “Just keep it in the back of my head that this really f****** sucks right now, but hopefully, keep pushing and get over this hump and keep pushing.â€

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NEW YORK – The 2025 Yankees are gone sooner than they expected, undone by a team they never quite solved.

For all their late-season fight and the backs-against-the-wall drama of Aaron Judgeâ€s unforgettable October moment a night earlier, they ran out of answers against the Blue Jays on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, falling short in a season-ending 5-2 loss in Game 4 of the American League Division Series.

“We didnâ€t do our job; didnâ€t finish the goal,†Judge said. “We had a special group in here, a lot of special players that made this year fun. But we didnâ€t get the ultimate prize, so we came up short.â€

Coming off the game of his life in the AL Wild Card clincher, rookie Cam Schlittler pitched well into the seventh inning, but Jazz Chisholm Jr. booted what could have been an inning-ending double play ball. The miscue proved costly when Nathan Lukes connected for a two-run single off Devin Williams, effectively putting New Yorkâ€s season on ice.

“Iâ€m still going to be thinking about this, even probably when the season starts next year,†Chisholm said.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer also drove in runs for the Blue Jays, who cycled through their pitching staff effectively in a bullpen game. Ryan McMahonâ€s third-inning solo homer tied the game at the time, but the Yanks were unable to generate anything more until Judge’s RBI single in the ninth.

“The ending’s the worst, right?†said manager Aaron Boone. “Especially when you know you have a really good group of guys that came together so well at the right time, the final couple months. Credit to the Blue Jays and the year they’ve had. They beat us this series, simple as that.â€

As Boone noted, these Yankees played some of their best baseball down the stretch, completing the regular season with eight consecutive victories and matching last yearâ€s 94-win total in pursuit of a second straight AL East title.

But Toronto claimed the division crown via the head-to-head tiebreaker, forcing New York into the Wild Card Series and an early October gauntlet. The Yankees could only watch the Blue Jays celebrate, a foreboding glimpse of what was to come.

That Wild Card Series against the Red Sox delivered a brief, thrilling reprieve. Forced to play win-or-go-home games twice after dropping Game 1, the Yankees clawed their way back to life. They evened the series behind Chisholmâ€s daring dash around the bases in Game 2, then rode Schlittlerâ€s right arm the next night.

For a fleeting moment, the idea of another pennant run didnâ€t seem far-fetched – but then came Toronto again.

The Blue Jays pounced on the Yankees†pitching early and often – Luis Gil and Max Fried both taking heavy damage – as Toronto piled up 23 runs across the first two contests.

“They hit the crap out of the ball,†catcher Austin Wells said. “They didnâ€t miss, and they took advantage of every free base we gave them.â€

Judgeâ€s unforgettable homer sparked hope in Game 3, but with passports in hand, the Yanks couldnâ€t extend their season a second day.

“I want to get back out there right now,†Judge said.

So the Yankees have fallen short of their goal to return to the World Series following last yearâ€s loss to the Dodgers. They instead join the growing list of powerful pinstriped rosters that fell short of the Canyon of Heroes, left to explain why the most decorated franchise in American sports hasnâ€t hoisted a trophy since 2009.

It was a turbulent year from the outset. Juan Sotoâ€s departure in free agency forced a recalibration: signing Fried, trading for Cody Bellinger and signing Paul Goldschmidt. All three delivered – Fried emerged as a staff leader, Bellinger provided steady professionalism and Goldschmidt served as a quiet, unflappable presence.

Still, they were tested constantly, especially during a swoon that spanned June into August. Gerrit Cole never threw a pitch, undergoing Tommy John surgery in March. Fried stepped into the ace role, while Carlos Rodón set career highs in numerous categories.

Judge hit .331, becoming the tallest batting champion (6-foot-7) in history, along with 53 home runs, 114 RBIs and AL-leading marks in on-base percentage (.457), slugging (.688) and OPS (1.145). Judge, Mickey Mantle (1956) and Jimmie Foxx (1938) are the only players to win a batting title and hit 50 or more homers in a season.

Around him, new stars emerged. Trent Grisham belted a career-high 34 homers. Chisholm joined the 30-30 club, just the third Yankee ever to do so. Ben Rice showed signs of becoming a foundational piece. The Yankees had plenty of talent – just not the answers for Toronto.

“We didnâ€t execute enough to win these games,†Giancarlo Stanton said.

And because these are the Yankees, the verdict will always be “championship or bust,†a mission statement that still comes from the top. When the Dodgers celebrated last October, Judge called the season a “failure.†This time, he said, “Not a good year.â€

It has been 16 years since the Yankees last stood atop the baseball world, a drought unthinkable to previous generations of pinstriped royalty. This group, defined by star power and flashes of dominance, has been unable to complete the job.

The window remains open, but each October exit makes the frame a little smaller, the questions a little louder.

“Itâ€s the worst conversation to have,†Stanton said. “So you do whatever is possible to not be here at this moment. Obviously, the frustration adds each year, and each time weâ€ve got to come up and do this.â€

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NEW YORK — In a heavyweight fight for the ages, the Blue Jays couldnâ€t keep their gloves up.

It was all sitting right in front of them, up 6-1 in the top of the third with the Yankee Stadium crowd ready to turn its frustrations from Toronto to their own team. All the Blue Jays needed to do was play Blue Jays baseball, but for the first time this postseason, they left themselves wide open.

Tuesdayâ€s 9-6 loss to extend the ALDS to a Game 4 Wednesday night in New York was a loss of Torontoâ€s own making. Sure, Aaron Judge delivered a playoff moment they might be replaying for years in New York with a three-run shot off the foul pole in left field, but the Blue Jays just kept inviting the Yankees to land the big blow. Their lapses in defense were the stunner in all of this.

“We just didn’t play our game,†said manager John Schneider. “When you look at things as a whole, just defensively, giving [the Yankees] extra outs, they can do that in a hurry. It’s not one thing, it’s a couple of things.â€

It started early. Minutes after Vladimir Guerrero Jr.â€s third home run in as many ALDS games got the Blue Jays out to a dream start, Isiah Kiner-Falefa bobbled a ground ball that extended the inning long enough for Giancarlo Stanton to drive in the Yankees†first run. The most obvious error came just prior to Judgeâ€s home run, though, when Addison Barger tracked a high pop fly from Austin Wells back into shallow left field, drifting towards the foul line. Barger just kept drifting until … clank.

“It was pretty swirly out there up top,†Barger said. “When it got to its highest point, I felt like I was in position to make the play, and just started tailing towards the stands a little bit, which is kind of weird for a left-handed fly ball. Usually they come back towards the line.â€

Instead of having the bases empty with two outs, the inning kept rolling and two batters later, Judge was trotting up the first-base line, pointing down at the dirt of the stadium heâ€d just reclaimed from Guerrero.

“The game changed. The whole series changed right there,†said Jazz Chisholm Jr., who later hit the go-ahead home run.

Itâ€s difficult to even fault Louis Varland, who gave up the big blow. He threw Judge a 100 mph fastball up, in and well off the plate. Itâ€s the first time in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008), regular season or postseason combined, that a hitter has homered off a 99-plus mph pitch that also was that far inside.

“He made a really good pitch look really bad,†Varland said.

It doesnâ€t stop there, either. An inning after a grounder skipped past the outstretched glove of Guerrero to score the Yankees†eighth run, Anthony Santander dove and whiffed on a looping liner from Cody Bellinger, allowing it to skip past him and set up the eventual ninth run. Drip, drip, drip.

This wasnâ€t the Blue Jays team weâ€ve seen all season, at least what played out from the third inning on. Shane Bieber didnâ€t give the Blue Jays the start they needed, either, in a moment that couldnâ€t have lined up better for their big Trade Deadline addition. None of these are fatal flaws, but in the postseason, thereâ€s so little time for adjustments and almost no room for the “small sample size†arguments.

The Blue Jays won the Team Gold Glove in 2023 and 2024, and they have been one of the best defensive clubs in baseball this season. Alejandro Kirk, Andrés Giménez and Daulton Varsho might be the best up-the-middle trio in the league, and across the roster, the Blue Jays are rock solid. The strangest things can happen in the postseason, though, especially with all the hate and passion of Yankee Stadium raining down on you.

“If you let your foot off the gas for even a second, a good team will pounce on you and make stuff happen,†said Ernie Clement, who went 4-for-4. “We know they’re not going to give up. Theyâ€re not going to lay down. So we got to show up and be ready to play tomorrow.â€

Weâ€ve seen the Blue Jays at their best, scoring a postseason-record 23 runs through Games 1 and 2. Now, weâ€ve seen something a hundred miles from it. This isnâ€t going to get any easier, either, with Cam Schlittler waiting Wednesday and Toronto toying with a bullpen day after running that same bullpen hard in the Game 3 loss. Just as the Blue Jays†wins seemed to snowball on the Yankees, that can turn quickly.

The Blue Jays have played 165 games this season. Tuesday night was an outlier — as poorly timed as it can get — and they need to make sure it stays that way.

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The Arizona Cardinals had a 21-6 lead against the previously winless Tennessee Titans heading into the fourth quarter on Sunday. Somehow, they blew it, losing a third straight game on a field goal as time expired.

“I don’t really know what to think about that,” quarterback Kyler Murray told reporters after the 22-21 loss. “I don’t even know. I really don’t even know. That’s ‘How to Lose a Game 101.’ I don’t know. It was crazy.”

“That was bad,” he added. “That was bad. Bad. All around, it was bad.”

Two plays stood out. The first was running back Emari Demercado dropping the ball just before the goal line in celebration of what should have been a 72-yard touchdown run. Instead, the ball rolled out of the end zone and was a touchback, taking six points off the board (and driving fantasy players bonkers in the process).

The second was a bizarre play after Arizona safety Dadrion Taylor-Demerson intercepted the ball but fumbled as he went to the ground. The ball kicked off of several players, bounced into the end zone and was recovered by Tennessee wideout Tyler Lockett for a score, cutting the deficit to 21-19.

The Cardinals also went eight straight drives to end the game without scoring and the defense couldn’t stop Cam Ward and Tennessee’s offense in the fourth quarter, so there was plenty of blame to go around. But anyway you slice it, Murray and the 2-3 Cardinals let one get away.

“I just think if you look at the mistakes, I think we played well enough to win the game, but crucial, bonehead mistakes just gave them a chance to stay in the game,” Murray told reporters. “I think they were literally a play away from quitting, but we left them and we kept them in the game.”

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TORONTO – The Yankees had done their homework on Trey Yesavage, at least as much as they could. The rookie right-hander was something of a mystery, a live arm theyâ€d never faced, with a unique release and a hellacious splitter that didnâ€t show up clearly on video. Still, they figured they would adjust once they saw him live.

Then the first inning started, and reality hit hard. Three strikeouts later, the Yankees realized they werenâ€t just facing a challenge – they were in trouble. Yesavage carved through their lineup like a veteran, the Rogers Centre crowd roared like an all-day party and New Yorkâ€s hopes of returning to a second straight World Series are once again on the brink.

By the time Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launched a fourth-inning grand slam off Will Warren, the game had gone from frustrating to humiliating. Max Fried was knocked out early, the deficit ballooned and the Yankees had no choice but to endure the final innings of a 13-7 loss to the Blue Jays in Sundayâ€s Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

The Yankees must win three consecutive games to extend their season, including a potential Game 5 here in Toronto, where they have lost all but one of their nine contests this year. Itâ€s a tall order, magnified by this: In Division Series with the current 2-2-1 format, teams to win both Games 1 and 2 at home have advanced 31 of 34 times (91.2%), including 20 sweeps.

The most recent comeback in both situations came in the 2017 ALDS, when the Yankees rallied past Cleveland. To accomplish that, theyâ€ll have to flip the script after being outscored, 23-8, through the first two games of this series.

A 22-year-old top prospect who opened this season with Class-A Dunedin, Yesavage became the latest breakout star of this postseason, raising his hands to a curtain call after striking out 11 over 5 1/3 hitless, scoreless innings. All of New Yorkâ€s damage came off the bullpen, as the Yankees scored seven runs on 10 hits following Yesavageâ€s exit, forcing Toronto manager John Schneider to rifle through his available arms.

Ernie Clement hit a two-run homer in the second inning off Fried, who was charged with seven runs on eight hits and two walks over three-plus innings.

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