FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers is trying to not make too much of his MetLife Stadium homecoming. But the New York Jets quarterback knows all eyes will be on him Thursday night when he faces the New England Patriots. Rodgers has waited more than a year to play in another game in front of the home fans — and further push aside the overwhelming disappointment that marked his debut in the Big Apple spotlight last year. “I mean, I feel good about it. It’s been a long time since I took the field at JetLife,” Rodgers said, using his nickname for the stadium the Jets share with the Giants. “So, it’ll be a lot of emotions, for sure. But we’re thankfully already into the third game of the season.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Moments after Jose Altuve was ejected for taking off his left cleat and sock trying to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and then made a sensational play at second base to seal the Houston Astros’ wild 4-3 win against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night. Altuve grounded out to third for the final out of the ninth but insisted he had fouled the ball off his foot. In a crazy scene, he took off his cleat and sock, trying to show the umpires where the ball hit, which got him ejected by plate umpire Brennan Miller. Manager Joe Espada was tossed after continuing to argue. “Sometimes you get hit somewhere in the hand and you take your batting glove to show you got hit. I was expecting to do the same thing,” Altuve said.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Rookie Eric Wagaman homered for the second straight game, Griffin Canning threw six innings of three-hit ball, and the Los Angeles Angels dealt the Chicago White Sox their 116th loss with a 5-0 victory on Tuesday night. The White Sox were trying to equal a season-high, four-game winning streak. Instead, they moved one step closer to the majors’ post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets. Chicago is 36-116 with 10 games left and has the fourth-most losses in a season since 1900. The 2003 Detroit Tigers hold the American League mark with 119 losses. The White Sox were shut out for the 19th time, tied for fourth-most since 2000, and finished with six hits. They had only two runners reach second base.
More than half of the WNBA playoff seeds are set with the New York Liberty clinching the No. 1 seed on Tuesday night. The rest of the postseason matchups will be determined when the regular season closes out on Thursday night. The Liberty topped the Washington Mystics to earn homecourt throughout the playoffs for only the second time in franchise history. The Minnesota Lynx clinched the No. 2 seed with their victory over Connecticut. Minnesota is the hottest team right now winning 13 of 14 since the Olympic break. They’ll face Phoenix in the opening round of the playoffs which begin Sunday. The Sun are currently in third with a one-game lead over Las Vegas, which assured itself no worse than the four seed with a victory over Seattle on Tuesday night. The Aces hold the tiebreaker with Connecticut. With the loss the Storm are assured of the fifth seed. Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are locked into sixth and will be on the road either in Connecticut or Las Vegas for the opening round.
TUESDAY'S SCORES
Major League Baseball
American League
Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1
Tampa Bay 8, Boston 3
Detroit 3, Kansas City 1
Texas 13, Toronto 8
NY Yankees 11, Seattle 2
LA Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 0
National League
Cincinnati 6, Atlanta 5
Miami 11, LA Dodgers 9
NY Mets 10, Washington 1
Colorado 8, Arizona 2
St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 5, Milwaukee 1
Interleague
San Francisco 10, Baltimore 0
Oakland 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Houston 4, San Diego 3