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NEW YORK — Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a two-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds held off the New York Mets 3-2 Saturday night to earn another important victory in the race for the last National League wild card.

CLEVELAND — Steven Kwan drove in Bo Naylor following Tyler Freeman’s tying single with two outs in the eighth inning, rallying the Cleveland Guardians to a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

ADA — Ohio Northern dropped a 35-14 football encounter Saturday to Heidelberg.

COLUMBUS – Ryan Day was ready for this. So were Ohio State’s players. So was anyone who pays attention to Ohio State football.

BEREA — Cleveland Browns No. 1 wide receiver Amari Cooper injured his groin late in Saturday’s practice and is questionable for Monday night’s game at Pittsburgh.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Penn State coach James Franklin was fine without scoring a bunch of style points on its first road trip of the season.

SPLIT, Croatia — Defending champion Canada advanced to the Final 8 of the Davis Cup on Saturday but the United States was eliminated by Finland, which reached the quarterfinals for the first time with a 3-0 win.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Sam Hartman threw three touchdown passes to move into seventh place on major college football’s career list and No. 9 Notre Dame pulled away from Central Michigan in the second half for a 41-17 victory Saturday.

ATHENS — Ohio defensive lineman Rodney Mathews picked off a deflected pass late in the fourth quarter to preserve a 10-7 win by the Bobcats over Iowa State on Saturday afternoon.

CINCINNATI — After signing a contract extension that made him the NFL’s highest-paid player, Joe Burrow went into rainy Cleveland and played a forgettable game.