Connect with us

Published

3 years ago

on

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL

1 QB-PP Los Alamitos, CA
Los Alamitos High School 6’3” 185 93

2 QB-PP New Orleans, LA
Isidore Newman School 6’3” 204 93

3 QB-PP Detroit, MI
Martin Luther King High School 6’3” 200 93

4 CB Lakeland, FL
Lakeland High School 6’2” 165 92

5 OT Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’6” 325 91

6 WR Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School 5’10” 172 91

7 OLB Montgomery, AL
Carver High School 6’3” 230 91

8 QB-DT Denton, TX
John H. Guyer High School 6’1” 195 91

9 DT Alabaster, AL
Thompson High School 6’3” 275 90

10 OT Runnells, IA
Southeast Polk High School 6’6” 315 90

11 DT Montgomery, AL
Carver High School 6’3” 300 90

12 S Hoschton, GA
Mill Creek High School 6’0” 190 90

13 WR Los Alamitos, CA
Los Alamitos High School 5’11” 180 90

14 S Denton, TX
John H. Guyer High School 6’0” 195 90

15 DT Katy, TX
Patricia E. Paetow High School 6’4” 270 90

16 OT Braintree, MA
Thayer Academy 6’5” 300 90

17 OLB Denton, TX
Billy Ryan High School 6’2” 230 90

18 RB Lehigh Acres, FL
Lehigh Senior High School 5’11” 195 89

19 DE Tampa, FL
Berkeley Prep 6’5” 245 89

20 RB Buford, GA
Buford High School 5’10” 185 88

21 QB-PP Zachary, LA
Zachary High School 6’4” 225 88

22 S Lynn, MA
Saint John’s Prep 6’0” 200 87

23 WR Fort Lauderdale, FL
Stranahan High School 6’3” 200 87

24 S Alabaster, AL
Thompson High School 6’2” 190 87

25 QB-PP Snellville, GA
Brookwood High School 6’2” 210 87

26 QB-DT Pittsburg, CA
Pittsburg High School 6’4” 185 87

27 CB Florence, AL
Florence High School 6’2” 170 87

28 DE Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’4” 240 87

29 WR Plantation, FL
American Heritage High School 6’0” 190 87

30 DE Venice, FL
Venice High School 6’4” 235 87

31 QB-PP Downey, CA
Warren High School 6’6” 195 87

32 CB Phenix City, AL
Central High School 6’2” 180 87

33 WR Atherton, CA
Menlo High School 6’3” 215 87

34 ATH Washington, DC
Archbishop Carroll High School 6’5” 225 87

35 TE-H Phoenix, AZ
Pinnacle High School 6’6” 235 86

36 OLB Tampa, FL
Jesuit High School 6’1” 210 86

37 QB-PP Birmingham, AL
Briarwood Christian School 6’3” 205 86

38 WR DeSoto, TX
DeSoto High School 6’0” 175 86

39 RB Orlando, FL
Edgewater High School 6’2” 220 86

40 WR Baton Rouge, LA
Catholic High School 6’4” 185 86

41 RB El Campo, TX
El Campo High School 5’11” 180 86

42 WR Houston, TX
Langham Creek High 5’11” 180 86

43 CB Arlington, TX
James Martin High School 6’1” 185 86

44 WR Longview, TX
Longview High School 6’2” 185 86

45 ATH Mustang, OK
Mustang High School 6’3” 185 86

46 DE Baltimore, MD
St. Frances Academy 6’4” 255 86

47 ATH Raleigh, MS
Raleigh High School 6’3” 200 86

48 CB Dallas, TX
South Oak Cliff High 5’11” 170 86

49 DT Tyler, TX
Tyler Legacy High School 6’4” 245 86

50 DE Seminole, FL
Osceola High School 6’5” 270 86

51 S Venice, FL
Venice High School 6’0” 190 86

52 DE Hyattsville, MD
DeMatha Catholic High School 6’6” 260 86

53 OG Lee’s Summit, MO
Lee’s Summit North High School 6’5” 310 86

54 S New Iberia, LA
Westgate High School 6’2” 185 86

55 OG Wyomissing, PA
Wyomissing High School 6’4” 285 86

56 DE North Kansas City, MO
North Kansas City High School 6’4” 210 86

57 OLB Baton Rouge, LA
University Laboratory School 6’1” 210 86

58 DE Platte City, MO
Platte County R-III High School 6’5” 210 86

59 WR Round Rock, TX
Stony Point High School 6’2” 175 86

60 OT Ramsey, NJ
Don Bosco High School 6’5” 290 86

61 WR Miami, FL
Gulliver Prep High School 6’1” 170 86

62 ATH La Grange, TX
La Grange High School 5’11” 185 86

63 OT Findlay, OH
Findlay High School 6’5” 260 86

64 DE Bellflower, CA
St. John Bosco High School 6’5” 265 86

65 OT Rock Island, IL
Alleman High School 6’6” 305 86

66 DT Gardendale, AL
Gardendale High School 6’5” 280 86

67 OLB Tallahassee, FL
Lincoln High School 6’2” 215 86

68 WR Rolesville, NC
Rolesville High School 6’2” 185 86

69 OT Monroe, LA
Neville High School 6’5” 300 86

70 OLB Orlando, FL
Jones High School 6’2” 235 86

71 DT Oradell, NJ
Bergen Catholic High 6’6” 325 86

72 DE Miami, FL
Miami Central High School 6’3” 255 86

73 WR Thomasville, GA
Thomas County Central High School 5’11” 175 86

74 TE-H Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’5” 230 86

75 DT Warner Robins, GA
Warner Robins High School 6’5” 270 86

76 WR Bellflower, CA
St. John Bosco High School 5’11” 190 85

77 OG Ashburn, VA
Broad Run High School 6’5” 280 85

78 QB-DT Maize, KS
Maize High School 6’2” 175 85

79 OLB Merrillville, IN
Andrean High School 6’2” 215 85

80 S Shiner, TX
Shiner High School 6’1” 175 85

81 WR Phenix City, AL
Central High School 5’11” 175 85

82 DE Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’5” 240 85

83 WR Heathsville, VA
Northumberland High School 6’2” 225 85

84 OG Odessa, TX
Permian High School 6’4” 300 85

85 CB Quincy, FL
Robert F. Munroe High School 6’1” 190 85

86 TE-H Bixby, OK
Bixby High School 6’3” 215 84

87 DT Seminole, FL
Osceola High School 6’3” 300 84

88 CB Tampa, FL
Wharton High School 6’1” 187 84

89 WR Orlando, FL
Boone High School 6’2” 180 84

90 OT Mount Pleasant, SC
Oceanside Collegiate Academy 6’7” 285 84

91 QB-PP Ankeny, IA
Ankeny High School 6’6” 230 84

92 RB Saint Louis, MO
Christian Brothers College High School 6’1” 195 84

93 WR Flower Mound, TX
Marcus High School 6’3” 175 84

94 OG Orange Park, FL
Orange Park High School 6’4” 295 84

95 ILB Barnesville, GA
Lamar County High School 6’1” 220 84

96 ATH Houston, TX
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School 5’10” 170 84

97 TE-Y Fairburn, GA
Langston Hughes High School 6’5” 230 84

98 CB Gardena, CA
Junipero Serra High School 5’11” 175 84

99 DE Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’4” 250 84

100 OLB Murfreesboro, TN
Riverdale High School 6’5” 205 84

101 WR Ridgeland, MS
Ridgeland High School 6’3” 190 84

102 S Fort Lauderdale, FL
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School 5’11” 180 84

103 OT Alabaster, AL
Thompson High School 6’7” 310 84

104 CB Melbourne, FL
Eau Gallie High School 5’11” 180 84

105 DE Norman, OK
Community Christian School 6’4” 215 84

106 S Fulton, MS
Itawamba Agri High School 6’0” 200 84

107 OT Fairburn, GA
Langston Hughes High School 6’7” 290 84

108 ATH Houston, TX
The Kinkaid School 5’11” 170 84

109 OT Tuscaloosa, AL
Northridge High School 6’7” 300 84

110 DE Mentor, OH
Mentor High School 6’5” 240 84

111 CB Plantation, FL
American Heritage High School 6’2” 185 84

112 OLB Lehi, UT
Skyridge High School 6’4” 220 84

113 DE Springdale, MD
C. H. Flowers High School 6’6” 230 84

114 OLB Crandall, TX
Crandall High School 6’1” 210 84

115 RB Dexter, MI
Dexter High School 5’11” 180 84

116 DE Eufaula, AL
Eufaula High School 6’3” 220 84

117 TE-Y Folsom, CA
Folsom High School 6’5” 235 84

118 DE Colleyville, TX
Covenant Christian Academy 6’5” 260 84

119 OT Austin, TX
Westlake High School 6’4” 310 84

120 DE New Hope, MN
Robbinsdale Cooper High School 6’4” 245 84

121 TE-H Austin, TX
Westlake High School 6’2” 220 84

122 ILB Many, LA
Many High School 6’2” 205 84

123 WR Milton, FL
Milton High School 6’3” 205 84

124 ATH Temple, TX
Temple High School 6’0” 185 84

125 OT Clearwater, FL
Clearwater Academy 6’7” 300 84

126 OLB Tampa, FL
Tampa Catholic High School 6’0” 200 84

127 DE Hickory, NC
Hickory High School 6’3” 230 84

128 TE-Y Saint Louis, MO
De Smet Jesuit High School 6’4” 250 84

129 OLB Hoschton, GA
Mill Creek High School 6’3” 200 84

130 ATH Dallas, TX
South Oak Cliff High 5’11” 170 84

131 OT Windsor, CT
Loomis Chaffee School 6’6” 310 84

132 DE Phenix City, AL
Central High School 6’4” 255 84

133 OT Roebuck, SC
Dorman High School 6’4” 305 84

134 OLB Fairfax, VA
Fairfax High School 6’2” 205 84

135 DT Camden, SC
Camden High School 6’5” 325 83

136 OG Douglasville, GA
South Paulding High School 6’4” 300 83

137 OT East Saint Louis, IL
East St. Louis High School 6’7” 355 83

138 TE-Y Thompson’s Station, TN
Independence High School 6’5” 225 83

139 OT McDonough, GA
Eagles Landing Christian Academy 6’7” 335 83

140 QB-PP Bellflower, CA
St. John Bosco High School 6’0” 200 83

141 CB Long Beach, CA
Long Beach Polytechnic High School 6’0” 175 83

142 S West Orange, FL
West Orange High School 6’2” 205 83

143 DE Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’3” 250 83

144 CB Denton, TX
John H. Guyer High School 6’0” 175 83

145 QB-PP Cornelius, NC
Hough High School 6’3” 225 83

146 WR Miami, FL
Miami Edison Senior High School 5’9” 170 83

147 ATH Lehigh Acres, FL
Lehigh Senior High School 6’0” 180 83

148 OLB Teague, TX
Teague High School 6’2” 225 83

149 CB Saint Louis, MO
De Smet Jesuit High School 6’0” 175 83

150 ATH Tampa, FL
Gaither High School 5’11” 170 83

151 RB Baton Rouge, LA
Liberty Magnet High School 5’11” 200 83

152 CB Waxahachie, TX
Waxahachie High School 5’11” 180 83

153 ATH Idaho Falls, ID
Skyline High School 6’4” 225 83

154 DE American Fork, UT
American Fork High School 6’4” 240 83

155 RB Derby, KS
Derby Senior High School 5’8” 155 83

156 CB Miami, FL
Gulliver Prep High School 6’2” 175 83

157 ATH Lincoln, NE
Lincoln East High School 6’4” 185 83

158 ILB Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’2” 225 83

159 DE Concord, NC
J. M. Robinson High School 6’5” 260 83

160 WR Lakeland, FL
Lakeland High School 6’4” 190 83

161 TE-H Santa Rosa Beach, FL
South Walton High School 6’6” 210 83

162 CB Bellflower, CA
St. John Bosco High School 6’2” 185 82

163 DE Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Santa Margarita Catholic High School 6’7” 255 82

164 DT Saint James, MD
St. James School 6’4” 275 82

165 RB Picayune, MS
Picayune Memorial High School 6’1” 215 82

166 DE Houston, TX
C. E. King High School 6’4” 245 82

167 CB Roswell, GA
Roswell High School 5’11” 165 82

168 OG West Bloomfield, MI
West Bloomfield High School 6’3” 280 82

169 DE Detroit, MI
Cass Technical High School 6’3” 245 82

170 DT Chandler, AZ
Chandler High School 6’4” 295 82

171 RB Farmerville, LA
Union Parish High School 5’8” 180 82

172 DE Olney, MD
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School 6’5” 235 82

173 CB Coppell, TX
Coppell High School 6’1” 190 82

174 OG Huber Heights, OH
Wayne High School 6’3” 280 82

175 ATH Uniontown, PA
Laurel Highlands High School 6’0” 160 82

176 QB-DT Nashville, TN
Montgomery Bell Academy 6’1” 170 82

177 DE Olney, MD
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School 6’5” 205 82

178 CB Seminole, FL
Osceola High School 6’1” 180 82

179 OLB Jacksonville, FL
Andrew Jackson High School 6’3” 215 82

180 DE Ellenwood, GA
Cedar Grove High School 6’6” 210 82

181 QB-DT Hendersonville, TN
Pope John Paul II High School 6’2” 205 82

182 CB Ellenwood, GA
Cedar Grove High School 5’11” 170 82

183 DE Austin, TX
Westlake High School 6’5” 230 82

184 OLB Durham, NC
Southern Durham High School 6’4” 215 82

185 CB Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School 6’1” 190 82

186 ATH Dublin, GA
Trinity Christian School 6’0” 180 82

187 CB Jacksonville, FL
Bartram Trail High School 6’0” 165 82

188 QB-DT Brentwood, TN
Ravenwood High School 6’0” 210 82

189 CB Chandler, AZ
Basha High School 5’10” 175 82

190 ILB Fayetteville, GA
Whitewater High School 6’1” 220 82

191 DE Amarillo, TX
Tascosa High School 6’3” 255 82

192 OT McDonough, GA
Eagles Landing Christian Academy 6’5” 300 82

193 QB-PP Baton Rouge, LA
Woodlawn High School 6’3” 185 82

194 CB Arlington, TX
Juan Seguin High School 6’1” 175 82

195 OLB Manteca, CA
Manteca High School 6’3” 215 82

196 WR Chula Vista, CA
Mater Dei Catholic High School 6’1” 190 82

197 ILB Altamonte Springs, FL
Lake Brantley High School 6’2” 190 82

198 CB Spanaway, WA
Spanaway Lake High School 5’11” 170 82

199 TE-H Ashdown, AR
Ashdown High School 6’5” 215 82

200 DT Richmond, VA
Benedictine College Prep 6’4” 310 82

201 OT Sandy, UT
Alta High School 6’6” 300 82

202 CB Baton Rouge, LA
Woodlawn High School 6’0” 165 82

203 DE Indianapolis, IN
Lawrence Central High School 6’4” 225 82

204 TE-H Milton, MA
Milton Academy 6’4” 215 82

205 DE HIghland Home, AL
Highland Home High School 6’6” 245 82

206 CB Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School 5’11” 180 82

207 ATH Miami, FL
Miami Palmetto High School 5’11” 170 82

208 DE Trussville, AL
Hewitt-Trussville High School 6’4” 255 82

209 CB Charlotte, NC
Providence Day School 6’0” 175 82

210 OC Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’3” 325 82

211 OT Garland, TX
Naaman Forest High School 6’4” 285 82

212 RB Jacksonville, FL
Trinity Christian Academy 6’0” 190 82

213 TE-Y Saint Charles, MO
Francis Howell Central High School 6’6” 225 82

214 QB-PP Colorado Springs, CO
Vista Ridge High School 6’5” 195 82

215 CB Frisco, TX
Lone Star High School 6’0” 170 82

216 DE Pleasant Valley, IA
Pleasant Valley High School 6’5” 240 82

217 S Munford, AL
Munford High School 5’11” 195 82

218 DT New Bern, NC
New Bern High School 6’3” 285 82

219 CB Seattle, WA
Rainier High School 6’0” 180 82

220 ATH Pittsburg, CA
Pittsburg High School 6’1” 175 82

221 DE West Roxbury, MA
Catholic Memorial High School 6’4” 255 82

222 S Mansfield, TX
Mansfield High School 6’0” 185 82

223 DT Camden, NJ
Eastside High School 6’4” 300 82

224 ATH Cocoa, FL
Cocoa High School 5’11” 170 82

225 DE Thomaston, GA
Upson-Lee High School 6’5” 245 82

226 DT Rome, GA
Rome High School 6’4” 270 82

227 ATH Folsom, CA
Folsom High School 6’1” 190 82

228 CB Arlington, TX
Timberview High School 5’11” 185 82

229 ATH Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dillard High School 5’11” 190 82

230 RB Charlotte, NC
West Charlotte High School 6’0” 185 82

231 WR Tallahassee, FL
James S. Rickards High School 6’3” 190 82

232 RB Scranton, PA
Scranton Preparatory School 5’11” 190 82

233 CB Montgomery, AL
Alabama Christian Academy 6’2” 180 82

234 WR Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’2” 185 81

235 ATH Waco, TX
Connally High School 6’2” 190 81

236 S Irvington, NJ
Irvington High School 6’0” 190 81

237 CB Kankakee, IL
Kankakee High School 6’2” 170 81

238 WR Chipley, FL
Chipley High School 6’2” 185 81

239 DE Saint Petersburg, FL
Lakewood Senior High School 6’4” 225 81

240 ATH Ocean Springs, MS
Ocean Springs High School 6’2” 190 81

241 RB Sandersville, GA
Washington County High School 5’11” 190 81

242 WR Miami, FL
Dade Christian High School 6’2” 195 81

243 DE Washington, DC
St. John’s College High School 6’3” 235 81

244 ILB Philadelphia, PA
Imhotep Institute Charter High School 6’1” 220 81

245 WR Nashville, TN
The Ensworth School 6’3” 200 81

246 OT Provo, UT
Timpview High School 6’4” 260 81

247 TE-H Norcross, GA
Norcross High School 6’3” 220 81

248 S Zachary, LA
Zachary High School 6’2” 200 81

249 RB Plantation, FL
American Heritage High School 6’1” 220 81

250 OT Paris, TN
Henry County High School 6’5” 310 81

251 DT Jacksonville, FL
Westside High School 6’4” 300 81

252 S West Chester, OH
Lakota West High School 6’3” 175 81

253 OT Columbus, GA
Carver High School 6’5” 300 81

254 WR Tulsa, OK
Booker T. Washington High School 5’11” 170 81

255 TE-Y Tucson, AZ
Mountain View High School 6’4” 245 81

256 DE Gainesville, FL
Buchholz High School 6’3” 245 81

257 RB Middleburg, FL
Middleburg High School 5’11” 195 81

258 DE Manor, TX
Manor High School 6’4” 225 81

259 CB Fort Mitchell, KY
Beechwood High School 5’10” 175 81

260 QB-DT Tacoma, WA
Lincoln High School 6’0” 205 81

261 ILB Fort Worth, TX
North Crowley High School 6’1” 215 81

262 OLB Cleveland, OH
Glenville High School 6’3” 215 81

263 RB Canutillo, TX
Canutillo High School 6’1” 205 81

264 DE Cypress, TX
Cypress Ranch High School 6’3” 260 81

265 OT Arlington, TX
Lamar High School 6’7” 285 81

266 WR Owasso, OK
Owasso High School 5’10” 180 81

267 ATH Clearwater, FL
Clearwater Central Catholic H. S. 5’10” 170 81

268 QB-PP Dripping Springs, TX
Dripping Springs High School 6’2” 180 81

269 RB Miami, FL
Miami Norland High School 5’9” 180 81

270 S Lake Charles, LA
Lake Charles College Prep 6’1” 180 81

271 DE Miami, FL
Gulliver Prep High School 6’4” 220 81

272 CB Rome, GA
Rome High School 6’0” 170 81

273 OG Elk Grove, CA
Elk Grove High School 6’3” 310 81

274 ILB Altamonte Springs, FL
Lake Brantley High School 6’1” 190 81

275 ATH Granada Hills, CA
Granada Hills High School 6’0” 175 81

276 WR Mesquite, TX
North Mesquite High School 6’2” 190 81

277 RB Montgomery, AL
Montgomery Catholic High School 5’11” 185 81

278 OG Gilbert, AZ
Highland High School 6’5” 265 81

279 TE-H Havelock, NC
Havelock High School 6’4” 210 81

280 ILB Smyrna, TN
Smyrna High School 6’1” 215 81

281 RB New Caney, TX
New Caney High 5’11” 190 81

282 WR Houston, TX
Andy Dekaney High School 6’2” 195 81

283 DT North Kansas City, MO
North Kansas City High School 6’3” 285 81

284 CB Bellflower, CA
St. John Bosco High School 6’0” 170 81

285 ATH Los Alamitos, CA
Los Alamitos High School 6’3” 185 81

286 S Fairburn, GA
Langston Hughes High School 6’2” 195 81

287 WR Roanoke, VA
Patrick Henry High School 6’0” 170 81

288 OLB Friendswood, TX
Friendswood High School 6’5” 230 81

289 OG Hyattsville, MD
DeMatha Catholic High School 6’5” 305 81

290 RB San Diego, CA
Abraham Lincoln High School 6’1” 240 81

291 ATH Arthur, IL
Arthur High School 6’2” 220 81

292 RB Naples, FL
Naples High School 6’1” 195 81

293 TE-Y Concord, CA
De La Salle High School 6’6” 255 81

294 OG Honolulu, HI
Farrington High School 6’2” 315 81

295 OLB Post, TX
Post High School 6’4” 210 81

296 OT Chattanooga, TN
Baylor School 6’6” 280 81

297 S South Bend, IN
Saint Joseph High School 6’2” 200 81

298 ATH Maiden, NC
Maiden High School 6’3” 190 81

299 DT Cypress, TX
Cypress Woods High School 6’5” 265 81

300 RB Baltimore, MD
St. Frances Academy 6’0” 200 81

Related Topics:
Continue Reading

Sports

Cubs quash Padres’ threat in 9th to make NLDS

Published

5 hours ago

on

October 3, 2025

By

Cubs quash Padres' threat in 9th to make NLDS

  • Associated Press

Oct 2, 2025, 08:21 PM ET

CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday.

Backed by a raucous crowd of 40,895 at Wrigley Field, Chicago used its stellar defense to advance in the postseason for the first time since 2017. Michael Busch hit a solo homer, and Jameson Taillon pitched four shutout innings before manager Craig Counsell used five relievers to close it out.

“This group’s battle-tested,” Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson said. “This group can grind it out. This group never backs down from and shies away from anything. This is such an amazing thing to be a part of.”

After Brad Keller faltered in the ninth — allowing Jackson Merrill‘s leadoff homer and hitting two batters with pitches — Andrew Kittredge earned the save by retiring Jake Cronenworth on a bouncer to third and Freddy Fermin on a fly ball to center field.

Next up for Chicago is a matchup with the NL Central champion Brewers in a compelling division series, beginning with Game 1 on Saturday in Milwaukee.

Counsell managed the Brewers for nine years before he was hired by the Cubs in November 2023, and he has been lustily booed in Milwaukee ever since he departed.

“It’s going to be a great atmosphere,” Counsell said. “It’s Cubs-Brewers. That’s going to be as good as it gets. It’s always a great atmosphere when the two teams play each other.”

It was another painful ending for San Diego after it made the postseason for the fourth time in six years but fell short of a pennant again. The Padres forced a decisive Game 3 with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday, but their biggest stars flopped in the series finale.

“There’s a lot of hurt guys in that clubhouse, but we left it all out on the field, and there’s no regrets on anybody’s part,” manager Mike Shildt said. “Just disappointed.”

Tatis went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, including a fly ball to right that stranded runners on second and third in the fifth. Machado, who hit a two-run homer in Game 2, bounced to shortstop Swanson for the final out of the eighth, leaving a runner at third.

“It’s not fun at all. We definitely missed an opportunity,” Tatis said.

Darvish also struggled against his former team. The Japanese right-hander was pulled after the first four Cubs batters reached in the second inning, capped by the first of Crow-Armstrong’s three hits.

Jeremiah Estrada came in and issued a bases-loaded walk to Swanson, handing the Cubs a 2-0 lead. Estrada limited the damage by striking out Matt Shaw before Busch bounced into an inning-ending double play.

Taillon allowed two hits and struck out four. Caleb Thielbar got two outs before Daniel Palencia wiggled out of a fifth-inning jam while earning his second win of the series. Drew Pomeranz managed the seventh before Keller worked the eighth.

The Cubs supported their bullpen with another solid day in the field. Swanson made a slick play on Luis Arraez‘s leadoff grounder in the sixth, and then turned an inning-ending double play following a walk to Machado.

Crow-Armstrong, who went 0-for-6 with five strikeouts in the first two games, robbed Machado of a hit with a sliding catch in center in the first.

“It’s just the next step for us,” Busch said. “You set out a goal before each and every year to do stuff like this, and you celebrate it, and it’s been fun to celebrate and continue to celebrate it tonight, but there’s a lot of work ahead.”

Continue Reading

Sports

‘Special’ Schlittler stars as Yankees oust Red Sox

Published

5 hours ago

on

October 3, 2025

By

'Special' Schlittler stars as Yankees oust Red Sox

  • Associated Press

Oct 2, 2025, 10:55 PM ET

NEW YORK — Rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler struck out 12 in eight dominant innings and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Thursday night to win their AL Wild Card Series in a deciding third game.

Taking his place in Yankees-Red Sox rivalry lore, the 24-year-old Schlittler overpowered Boston with 100 mph heat in his 15th major league start and pitched New York into a best-of-five division series against American League East champion Toronto beginning Saturday.

“A star is born tonight. He’s a special kid, man,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “He is not afraid. He expects this.”

Amed Rosario and Anthony Volpe each had an RBI single in a four-run fourth as New York became the first team to lose the opener of a best-of-three wild-card series and come back to advance since Major League Baseball expanded the first round in 2022.

“It felt like the most pressure-packed game I’ve ever experienced — World Series, clinching games, whatever,” Boone said.

Schlittler, who debuted in the majors July 9, grew up a Red Sox fan in Walpole, Massachusetts — but has said several times he wanted to play for the Yankees. He had faced Boston only once before, as a freshman at Northeastern in a 2020 spring training exhibition.

Ex-Yankees great Andy Pettitte gave Schlittler one piece of advice Wednesday: Get a good night’s sleep.

“I woke up and I was locked in, so I knew exactly what I needed to do to go out there, especially against my hometown team,” Schlittler said.

He outpitched Connelly Early, a 23-year-old left-hander who debuted Sept. 9 and became Boston’s youngest postseason starting pitcher since 21-year-old Babe Ruth in 1916.

Schlittler struck out two more than any other Yankees pitcher had in his postseason debut, allowing just five singles and walking none. He threw 11 pitches 100 mph or faster — including six in the first inning, one more than all Yankees pitchers had combined for previously since pitch tracking started in 2008.

Schlittler threw 75 of 107 pitches for strikes, starting 22 of 29 batters with strikes and topping out at 100.8 mph. David Bednar worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth as the Red Sox failed to advance a runner past second base.

Bucky Dent threw out the ceremonial first pitch on the 47th anniversary of his go-ahead, three-run homer for New York at Fenway Park in an AL East tiebreaker game, and the Yankees went on to vanquish their longtime rivals the way they often used to.

New York, which arrived packed for a late-night flight to Toronto, won its second straight after losing eight of nine postseason meetings with Boston dating to 2004 and edged ahead 14-13 in postseason games between the teams. The Red Sox cost themselves in the fourth with a defense that committed a big league-high 116 errors during the regular season.

New York’s rally began when Cody Bellinger hit a soft fly into the triangle between center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela, right fielder Wilyer Abreu and second baseman Romy González. The ball fell just in front of Rafaela, 234 feet from home plate, as Bellinger hustled into second with a double.

Giancarlo Stanton walked on a full count and with one out Rosario grounded a single into left, just past diving shortstop Trevor Story, to drive in Bellinger with the first run.

Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s single loaded the bases, and Volpe hit a grounder just past González, who had been shifted toward second, and into right for an RBI single and a 2-0 lead.

After a catcher’s interference call on Omar Narváez was overturned on a video review, Austin Wells hit a potential double-play grounder that first baseman Nathaniel Lowe tried to backhand on an in-between hop. The ball glanced off his glove and into shallow right field as two runs scored.

“We didn’t play defense,” Boston manager Alex Cora said. “They didn’t hit the ball hard, but they found holes and it happened fast.”

Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon made the defensive play of the game when he caught Jarren Duran‘s eighth-inning foul pop and somersaulted into Boston’s dugout, then emerged smiling and apparently unhurt.

Continue Reading

Sports

Bogaerts laments ‘terrible’ call, pines for ABS

Published

5 hours ago

on

October 3, 2025

By

Bogaerts laments 'terrible' call, pines for ABS

Oct 3, 2025, 01:11 AM ET

Count Xander Bogaerts among those looking forward to Major League Baseball’s new challenge system for balls and strikes next season.

The San Diego Padres shortstop just wishes it were in place a little earlier.

Bogaerts struck out looking on a pitch that appeared out of the strike zone during the ninth inning of the team’s 3-1 loss to the Cubs in Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series on Thursday in Chicago.

The call came at a critical time.

The Cubs carried a 3-0 lead into the ninth inning, but Jackson Merrill led off with a home run off Brad Keller to cut San Diego’s deficit to 3-1 and bring Bogaerts to the plate. On a 3-2 count, Keller’s 97 mph fastball appeared to miss the zone low, causing Bogaerts to crouch down in disbelief at the call and Padres manager Mike Shildt to race out of the dugout.

Keller then hit Ryan O’Hearn and Bryce Johnson with pitches. Had Bogaerts walked, the Padres could have had the bases loaded with no outs. Instead, Andrew Kittredge came on with two runners on and one out and retired the next two batters, allowing the Cubs to advance to play the Milwaukee Brewers in the next round.

Bogaerts didn’t mince words after the game when asked about the apparent missed call by plate umpire D.J. Reyburn.

“Talk about it now: What do you want me to do?” Bogaerts said, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. “It’s a ball. Messed up the whole game, you know? I mean, can’t go back in time, and talking about it now won’t change anything. So it was bad, and thank God for ABS next year because this is terrible.”

The automated ball-strike system will be implemented in the majors next season after years of testing in the minors as well as during spring training and at this year’s All-Star Game. The MLB competition committee voted last month to give teams two challenges per game using ABS if they believe a call by the plate umpire is wrong.

Thursday’s ending soured a 90-win season for San Diego, which made the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons. It has not made it past the NL Championship Series during this recent run.

“We had a lot of fun,” Bogaerts said. “We competed with each other. We had guys that got injuries, a lot of guys stepped up. We traded for some really great people at the deadline. … It was fun until today.”

Continue Reading

Trending