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Brendan Sorsby's 82-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Goodie with 5:57 to play extended host Cincinnati's lead to 16 points over No. 14 Iowa State, and the Bearcats held on to win the Big 12 Conference game 38-30 on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their first defeat of the season. Cincinnati raised its record to 4-1 and 2-0, while Iowa State fell to 5-1, 2-1. The 82-yard TD was the Bearcats' longest play since 2015, and it sealed the team's first win over a ranked team in Scott Satterfield's 29 games as head coach. The play gave Cincinnati a 38-22 lead. Iowa State completed the scoring on a 3-yard pass from Rocco Becht to Chase Sowell with 1:56 left. Becht finished 30 of 48 for 314 yards and two touchdowns, and Sorsby went 13 of 25 for 214 yards and two TDs for Cincinnati, while teammate Evan Pryor rushed for a team-high 111 yards on 10 tries. After scoring 31 points in the first half, in which the team's lead was as large as 31-7, the Bearcats' defense took over in the second half when the offense stalled. Before Sorsby's 82-yard touchdown pass, the Bearcats' defense stopped the Cyclones on fourth-and-1 from their 16-yard line with 7:40 remaining in the game. It was one of three fourth-down stops for the Bearcats in the game. Offensively, the Bearcats rushed for 260 yards and had 474 total yards. Sorsby added nine rushes for 64 yards and a touchdown. The Cyclones also had over 400 yards of offense (470), with quarterback Becht adding two touchdowns on the ground. In the second half, both sidelines and head coaches were visibly upset and charged the field as penalties piled up. Cincinnati wound up with 128 yards in penalties and Iowa State 60. Iowa State coach Matt Campbell was called for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty late in the third quarter, while Cincinnati's bench received a sideline warning in the first half. On a Bearcats drive in the fourth quarter, three Bearcats plays that went for first downs and at least 19 yards, in a span of five plays, were called back due to offensive penalties. To cap it off, the Bearcats were called for illegal formation on a punt attempt. –Field Level Media

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MILWAUKEE — Ace right-hander Freddy Peralta shook off a leadoff homer and pitched effectively into the sixth inning to pace the Milwaukee Brewers to a 9-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in the opener of their best-of- five National League Division Series. Cubs starter Matthew Boyd (0-1) failed to get out of a six-run Milwaukee first inning. The Brewers added three runs in the second, batting around in both innings to go in front 9-1. "We talked during the week, one of the things we made a point of or maybe the main thing we talked about is ‘Promise me you'll be ready the first pitch,'" said Brewers manager Pat Murphy, whose team's first-round bye gave them five days without a game. "When the bell rings, you're ready. You don't get a couple rounds to figure out whether or not you want to fight. Be ready in the first round." Peralta (1-0), who led the National League with 17 victories during the regular season, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out nine and walking three in a 95-pitch outing. He allowed the opening homer by Michael Busch and a two-out solo homer in the sixth by Ian Happ … after Milwaukee had built a 9-1 lead. "I never want to start the game like that, but that's happened to me many times in my career and I have shown to myself that it doesn't matter," Peralta said. "If I get one or two runs in the first inning, it doesn't matter. I have probably like 90 more pitches for the game, and that's what I was able to do today." By the time Happ hit his solo homer and Nico Hoerner added a solo homer for Chicago off Jared Koenig in the eighth, the game was long since over. The Brewers answered Busch's homer with six runs off Boyd in the bottom of the first. Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang and William Contreras opened with consecutive doubles to put Milwaukee up 2-1. Andrew Vaughn walked with one out, then Contreras scored when second baseman Hoerner booted Sal Frelick's grounder. With two outs, Blake Perkins capped an 11-pitch at-bat with an RBI single to center to make the score 4-1 and chase Boyd after 30 pitches. Michael Soroka relieved and walked Joey Ortiz to load the bases. Chourio followed with a two-run single to left to make it 6-1 — Hoerner's error making the final four runs unearned. "Bottom line, they had really good at-bats," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. "They hit balls hard. They spoiled pitches. The Perkins at-bat was just a great at-bat. You've got to give him credit for that. Matt made some pitches to him, and he spoiled him and ended up with a base hit that was a really, really good major league at-bat." Milwaukee made the score 9-1 in the second. Contreras, Yelich and Vaughn opened with consecutive singles to load the bases. Caleb Durbin drove in two runs with a one-out single to make it 8-1. Aaron Civale relieved Soroka and Chourio beat out an infield RBI single to third – making him the first player in postseason history to register three hits in the first two innings. Boyd registered just two outs while allowing six runs (two earned) on four hits, one walk and one strikeout. Soroka gave up three runs on five hits in one inning, walking two in a 38-pitch outing. Chourio, who missed most of August with a strained right hamstring, was removed for a pinch runner after legging out that infield single. Chourio was diagnosed with right hamstring tightness and underwent an MRI. Although there were no immediate results to the imaging, Chourio was optimistic. "They haven't said anything," Chourio said afterward through a translator. "We're still waiting. But physically I feel good, and I feel in a position where I'm ready to keep going and keep competing." The second game of the best-of-five series will be in Milwaukee on Monday night. "We made it harder for ourselves. We've got to win three out of four now; they've got to win two out of four," Counsell said. "Other than that, we've got to do more. We pitched well for the last six innings. We didn't pitch well early. That's it." –Jim Hoehn, Field Level Media

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TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk homered twice and the Toronto Blue Jays trounced the New York Yankees 10-1 Saturday in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits, including a homer, and added a sacrifice fly while Nathan Lukes had three RBIs to help the Blue Jays earn their first postseason win since 2016 — snapping a streak of seven straight losses. Aaron Judge had two hits for the Yankees, but the slugger struck out with the bases loaded and no outs in the sixth with the Blue Jays clinging to a 2-0 lead. Kevin Gausman's full-count pitch plunged low and outside, but Judge chased the off-speed offering. "The Judge at-bat was huge, to get that out," said Toronto manager John Schneider. Guerrero hit his first career postseason home run with two out in the first against Luis Gil (0-1), a shot to left on a 2-1 changeup. In the second, Guerrero was a factor defensively. He snared Ryan McMahon's broken-bat line drive and stepped on first for an inning-ending double play. Kirk led off the home second with his first career postseason homer when he cranked a first-pitch fastball to left. "They were hunting top of the zone a little bit," said Yankees manager Aaron Boone. "I thought they put a lot of good swings on him. "We can live with the two solo home runs and thought we could piece it together." Tim Hill replaced Gil after Guerrero's two-out single in the third and allowed Addison Barger's infield hit before ending the inning. Gil gave up two runs and four hits with no walks and two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. Lukes made a diving catch before skidding across the right-field line to rob Jazz Chisholm Jr. of a hit in the fifth. The Yankees loaded the bases with none out in the sixth on Anthony Volpe's double high off the left-field wall, Austin Wells's single and Trent Grisham's walk. Judge struck out before Cody Bellinger's walk forced in a run. After Gausman retired Ben Rice on an infield fly, Louis Varland came in and struck out Giancarlo Stanton with a 101-mph fastball to end the inning. "I would take Louis Varland against anybody right now," Gausman said. "He has taken his game to another level. That was one of the greatest trades we've ever made." Gausman (1-0) allowed one run, four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Seranthony Dominguez replaced Varland in the seventh after McMahon's one-out single. Luke Weaver walked Daulton Varsho to lead off Toronto's seventh. Anthony Santander and Gimenez singled to score a run. Fernando Cruz replaced Weaver. Pinch runner Myles Straw was forced at third on Ernie Clement's bunt and George Springer walked to load the bases. Lukes lined a two-run double to right and Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to center for a 6-1 lead. Brendon Little pitched around Judge's double in the eighth. Kirk led off the home eighth with a homer against Paul Blackburn. Gimenez added an RBI double, Clement had a sacrifice fly and Lukes contributed an RBI single. –Larry Millson, Field Level Media

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(Changes story identification tag from USA-TRUMP/PORTAND; adds judge's comments from the decision, White House comments, details, paragraphs 3-9 and 17) * Judge blocks National Guard deployment to Portland until at least October 18 * Oregon lawsuit claims Trump's deployment violates state rights * Trump's portrayal of Portland protests disputed by local officials By Dietrich Knauth Oct 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to the city of Portland while a lawsuit challenging the move plays out. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut in Portland is a setback for Trump as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities he describes as lawless over the objections of their Democratic leaders. Immergut, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, blocked the Republican president from sending troops at least until October 18, saying there was no evidence that recent protests rose to the level of a rebellion or seriously interfered with law enforcement. While Trump described the city as "War ravaged," lawyers from the Oregon attorney general's office have said that protests in Portland were "small and sedate," resulting in only 25 arrests in mid-June and no arrests in the three-and-a-half-months since June 19. "The President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts," Immergut wrote. The White House said it would appeal. “President Trump exercised his lawful authority to protect federal assets and personnel in Portland following violent riots and attacks on law enforcement — we expect to be vindicated by a higher court,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said. Earlier on Saturday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said in a social media post that Trump was preparing to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago over his objections. The Portland lawsuit was filed by Democratic Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield on September 28, a day after Trump said he would send troops to Portland to protect federal immigration facilities from “domestic terrorists.” Oregon asked the court to declare the deployment illegal and block it from going forward, saying Trump was exaggerating the threat of protests against his immigration policies to justify illegally seizing control of state National Guard units. Oregon's lawsuit said that Trump announced the troop deployment after Fox News showed video clips from "substantially larger and more turbulent protests" in Portland in 2020. The stark divide over how the two sides described the situation on the ground in Portland was evident at a Friday court hearing. U.S. Department of Justice attorney Eric Hamilton said that "vicious and cruel radicals" had laid siege to the Portland headquarters of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The decision to send 200 troops – just 5% of the number recently sent to respond to Los Angeles protests – showed restraint, Hamilton said. Immergut at Friday's hearing had asked attorneys how much deference she should give to Trump's description of Portland in social media posts, and seemed skeptical about treating those posts as an official legal determination. "Really? A social media post is going to count as a presidential determination that you can send the National Guard to cities?" Immergut said. "I mean, is that really what I should be relying on as his determination?" Oregon's lawsuit argued that Trump's deployment violates several federal laws and the state's sovereign right to police its own citizens. Trump's decision to send troops only to "disfavored" Democratic cities like Portland also violates the state's rights under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, according to the lawsuit. Immergut said Oregon was likely to succeed on its arguments that Trump illegally called up the National Guard and violated Oregon's rights under the 10th Amendment. The lawsuit is the latest legal challenge to Trump's deployments of military forces to Democratic-led cities, including Los Angeles and Washington, which he has said were overrun with crime and hostile to immigration enforcement. State and local Democratic leaders have disputed those claims and accused Trump of violating longstanding U.S. laws and norms against using the military for domestic law enforcement. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from using the military to fight crime in California on September 2, but that ruling is on hold while the administration appeals. Washington, D.C.'s Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit on September 4 to end Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in the nation's capital. A judge has yet to rule on the request. (Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago, Dietrich Knauth and Jack Queen in New York, Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi, Lincoln Feast, Rosalba O'Brien and Matthew Lewis)

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Oct 5 (Stats Perform) – Results from the NCAAF games on Saturday (home team in CAPS) Army West Point 31 UAB 13 BAYLOR 35 Kansas State 34 NAVY 34 Air Force 31 GEORGIA 35 Kentucky 14 CINCINNATI 38 Iowa State 30 PITTSBURGH 48 Boston College 7 Clemson 38 NORTH CAROLINA 10 Illinois 43 PURDUE 27 MICHIGAN 24 Wisconsin 10 BALL STATE 20 Ohio 14 MARIST 19 San Diego 14 DUQUESNE 34 Stonehill 14 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 42 Sacred Heart 35 (OT) BUCKNELL 33 Richmond 28 LEHIGH 31 Yale 13 LAFAYETTE 24 Fordham 10 DRAKE 41 Valparaiso 0 TENNESSEE TECH 66 Western Illinois 20 TEMPLE 27 UTSA 21 Wake Forest 30 VIRGINIA TECH 23 STETSON 35 Davidson 32 Dayton 35 MOREHEAD STATE 28 MONMOUTH 49 Delaware State 38 Villanova 37 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7 PENN 36 Dartmouth 24 MERCYHURST 22 LIU 13 MERRIMACK 24 Robert Morris 7 GEORGETOWN 27 Morgan State 24 NEW HAVEN 28 Pace 14 Central State 18 FORT VALLEY STATE 14 BLUEFIELD STATE 35 Shaw 33 Fayetteville State 38 BOWIE STATE 10 ELIZABETH CITY STATE 39 Livingstone 27 Virginia Union 44 WINSTON-SALEM STATE 34 GARDNER-WEBB 30 Charleston Southern 27 Chattanooga 21 VMI 14 Western Carolina 23 WOFFORD 21 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 49 Savannah State 6 Butler 21 ST. THOMAS (MN) 14 (OT) LINDENWOOD 30 UT Martin 14 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 56 Campbell 10 Maine 34 BRYANT 14 Colgate 41 CORNELL 21 Harvard 59 HOLY CROSS 24 FURMAN 31 ETSU 22 BENEDICT 38 Allen 28 Johnson C. Smith 31 VIRGINIA STATE 20 Western Michigan 21 MASSACHUSETTS 3 ARIZONA 41 Oklahoma State 13 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 52 North Alabama 23 EASTERN ILLINOIS 31 Tennessee State 7 SOUTH DAKOTA 49 Murray State 24 ALABAMA STATE 52 Bethune-Cookman 35 Kentucky State 38 MILES 17 Albany State 47 LANE 6 UCLA 42 Penn State 37 NORTHWESTERN 42 Louisiana-Monroe 7 ALABAMA 30 Vanderbilt 14 SMU 31 Syracuse 18 Miami (OH) 25 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 14 NOTRE DAME 28 Boise State 7 APPALACHIAN STATE 27 Oregon State 23 James Madison 14 GEORGIA STATE 7 CONNECTICUT 51 FIU 10 FLORIDA 29 Texas 21 Virginia 30 LOUISVILLE 27 (OT) Washington 24 MARYLAND 20 AKRON 28 Central Michigan 22 BUFFALO 31 Eastern Michigan 30 (OT) Stony Brook 47 ALBANY 12 WILLIAM & MARY 38 North Carolina A&T 34 ARKANSAS STATE 31 Texas State 30 OKLAHOMA 44 Kent State 0 NEBRASKA 38 Michigan State 27 AUSTIN PEAY 44 West Georgia 30 LAMAR 24 Nicholls 17 Prairie View A&M 13 ALCORN STATE 12 Elon 17 TOWSON 3 HAMPTON 41 Norfolk State 34 MERCER 45 Samford 21 Montana State 34 NORTHERN ARIZONA 10 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 23 Utah Tech 17 North Dakota 35 UNI 7

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TORONTO — Alejandro Kirk homered twice and the Toronto Blue Jays trounced the New York Yankees 10-1 Saturday in Game 1 of the American League Division Series. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had three hits, including a homer, and added a sacrifice fly, while Nathan Lukes had three RBIs to help the Blue Jays to their first postseason win since 2016. Aaron Judge had two hits for the Yankees but struck out with the bases loaded in the sixth. "The Judge at-bat was huge, to get that out," Toronto manager John Schneider said. Guerrero hit his first career postseason home run with two out in the first against Luis Gil (0-1), a shot to left on a 2-1 changeup. In the second, Guerrero was a factor defensively. He snared Ryan McMahon's broken-bat line drive and stepped on first for an inning-ending double play. Kirk led off the home second with his first career postseason homer when he cranked a first-pitch fastball to left. "They were hunting top of the zone a little bit," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "I thought they put a lot of good swings on him. "We can live with the two solo home runs and thought we could piece it together." Tim Hill replaced Gil after Guerrero's two-out single in the third and allowed Addison Barger's infield hit before ending the inning. Gil allowed two runs, four hits with no walks and two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. Lukes made a diving catch before skidding across the right-field line to rob Jazz Chisholm Jr. of a hit in the fifth. The Yankees loaded the bases with none out in the sixth on Anthony Volpe's double high off the left-field wall, Austin Wells's single and Trent Grisham's walk. Judge struck out before Cody Bellinger's walk plated a run. Louis Varland replaced Kevin Gausman (1-0) with two out and struck out Giancarlo Stanton. "I would take Louis Varland against anybody right now," Gausman said. "He has taken his game to another level. That was one of the greatest trades we've ever made." Gausman allowed one run, four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. Seranthony Dominguez replaced Varland in the seventh after McMahon's one-out single. Luke Weaver walked Daulton Varsho to lead off Toronto's seventh. Anthony Santander and Gimenez singled to score a run. Fernando Cruz replaced Weaver. Pinch runner Myles Straw was forced at third on Ernie Clement's bunt and George Springer walked to load the bases. Lukes lined a two-run double to right and Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to center for a 6-1 lead. Brendon Little pitched around Judge's double in the eighth. Kirk led off the home eighth with a homer against Paul Blackburn. Gimenez added an RBI double, Clement had a sacrifice fly and Lukes contributed an RBI single. –Larry Millson, Field Level Media

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