Saturday
BASEBALL
American League
Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston, 12:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 3:05 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

National League
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 12:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 12:05 p.m.
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 6:05 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 7:10 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
San Diego at San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

TOP 25 FOOTBALL
No. 1 Alabama vs. Florida Atlantic, 4 p.m.
No. 2 LSU at Auburn, 6 p.m.
No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 22 Arizona, 9:30 p.m.
No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 10 Clemson, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, 6:45 p.m.
No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 Kansas State, 6:30 p.m.
No. 7 South Carolina vs. Missouri, 2:30 p.m.
No. 8 West Virginia vs. Maryland, 10 a.m.
No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 18 Michigan, 6:30 p.m.
No. 13 Southern Cal vs. California, 5 p.m.
No. 14 Florida vs. Kentucky, 11:21 a.m.
No. 16 Ohio State vs. UAB, 11 a.m.
No. 17 TCU vs. Virginia, 11 a.m.
No. 19 UCLA vs. Oregon State, 2:30 p.m.
No. 20 Louisville at FIU, 6 p.m.
No. 21 Michigan State vs. Eastern Michigan, 2:30 p.m.
No. 23 Mississippi State vs. South Alabama, 6 p.m.
No. 25 Nebraska vs. Idaho State, 2:30 p.m.

MOTORSPORTS
NASCAR Nationwide, Kentucky 300, Sparta, Ky., 3 p.m.

Sunday
BASEBALL
American League
Minnesota at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston, 12:35 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay, 12:40 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.
Texas at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

National League
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 12:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston, 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 7:05 p.m.

NFL
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 12 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 12 p.m.
San Francisco at Minnesota, 12 p.m.
Detroit at Tennessee, 12 p.m.
Kansas City at New Orleans, 12 p.m.
Cincinnati at Washington, 12 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 12 p.m.
Buffalo at Cleveland, 12 p.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 12 p.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.
Houston at Denver, 3:25 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
New England at Baltimore, 7:20 p.m.

MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, Singapore Grand Prix, 7 a.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup, Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H., 1 p.m.

Woods in the mix

ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods and Justin Rose will be playing in the final pairing of the day at the Tour Championship. At 4-under-par, they share a one-stroke lead over four golfers heading into round two of the final FedEx Cup playoff tournament. Five more players are just two off the pace with 54 holes to play at East Lake in Atlanta.

Top-ranked Rory McIlroy carded a 1-under 69 playing alongside Woods on Thursday. Phil Mickelson is also among the seven golfers three shots back after 18 holes.

Cards ace returns

UNDATED (AP) — There is just one afternoon start on a full major league schedule, with the Chicago Cubs hosting a playoff-hopeful St. Louis Cardinals team that rides a four-game winning streak into the Windy City.

Chris Carpenter is set to make his 2012 debut just in time for the Cards, who currently hold the National League’s second wild card. They are two and a-half games ahead of Milwaukee. The Brewers put a five-game winning streak on the line at Washington this evening.

Carpenter was 4-0 last postseason but hasn’t pitched since winning Game 7 of the World Series against Texas. He returns less than two months after undergoing surgery to relieve a nerve ailment that caused numbness up and down the right side of his body.

Also tonight in the NL, Philadelphia is at Atlanta, Houston is home to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati entertains the L.A. Dodgers, Miami is at New York, Arizona plays at Colorado and San Francisco hosts San Diego.

Under the lights in the AL, it’ll be Minnesota at Detroit, New York home to Oakland, Baltimore playing at Boston, Tampa Bay hosting Toronto, Cleveland at Kansas City, Chicago at the L.A. Angels and Seattle home to Texas.

Cooperstown has some special guests

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The real-life inspirations for the film “A League of Their Own” are taking a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of their reunion being held in central New York.

The former players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League will be in Cooperstown today to sign autographs. The women, now in their 70s and 80s, have scheduled an exhibition softball game at Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse on Saturday.

The league was formed during World War II when many major league and minor league players were entering the armed services. It was disbanded in the early 1950s.

Their story was told in the 1992 film starring Tom Hanks and Geena Davis, among others.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Minnesota at Detroit 6:05 p.m.
Oakland at N-Y Yankees 6:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Boston 6:10 p.m.
Toronto at Tampa Bay 6:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Kansas City 7:10 p.m.
Chi White Sox at L.A. Angels 9:05 p.m.
Texas at Seattle 9:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Chi Cubs 1:20 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington 6:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati 6:10 p.m.
Miami at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Houston 7:05 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado 7:10 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco 9:15 p.m.

Nats and Reds clinch…Giants’ magic number shrinks

UNDATED (AP) — Washington will get its first taste of postseason baseball in 79 years come October.

The NL-leading Nationals clinched a playoff berth with last night’s 4-1 victory over the visiting L.A. Dodgers. Ross Detwiler and three relievers combined on a four-hitter.

The Nationals are the first baseball team in our nation’s capital to reach the postseason since the Senators’ appearance in the 1933 World Serries.

The Nats’ magic number for clinching the NL East is eight.

In the rest of the NL:

— The Cincinnati Reds became the first team in the majors to clinch a playoff spot this season, beating the Chicago Cubs 5-3 while manager Dusty Baker remained in a Chicago hospital after being diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, though he’s expected to return to Cincinnati on Friday. Johnny Cueto improved to 18-9. The Reds’ magic number for clinching the NL Central is two.

__ The Milwaukee Brewers just keep winning to stay two and a-half games back in the wild card hunt. The Brewers rallied with four in the eighth and another run in the ninth to beat fading Pittsburgh 9-7. Aramis Ramirez homered and drove in three.

__ Pinch hitter Carlos Beltran snapped a sixth-inning tie with a two-run double and Allen Craig hit a three-run home run, powering the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 victory that completed a season sweep at home over the Houston Astros. The Cards are 2½ games up for the second NL wild card with 12 games remaining. That’s Houston’s 102nd loss.

— Jesus Guzman homered and Clayton Richard won his 14th game as the San Diego Padres held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5.

__ Philadelphia scored eight runs in the first inning and coasted to a 16-1 laugher over the New York Mets behind a 21-hit attack. Ryan Howard hit his 12th homer, a grand slam in the ninth, and drove in five. The Mets used 10 pitchers to no avail.

Over in the AL:

— Streaking Ichiro Suzuki hit a go-ahead, two-run double in a seven-run fourth inning capped by Nick Swisher’s grand slam, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-7. That gives the Yanks a one-game AL East lead over idle Baltimore. Suzuki was 9 for 12 with three doubles, a homer, four RBIs and four steals in the three-game sweep.

— B.J. Upton hit a game-ending, three-run homer off Vicente Padilla, capping Tampa Bay’s six-run ninth inning and lifting the Rays to a sorely needed 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. The Rays remain five and a-half back of Oakland for the second wild card slot.

— The AL West-leading Texas Rangers increased their lead to four games by beating the L.A. Angels 3-1. The game was tied 1-1 until Adrian Beltre belted his 34th homer, a two-run shot in the ninth.

— The AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox again failed to come up with a clutch hit in a 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Eric Hosmer singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning. The White Sox stayed two games ahead of Detroit.

__ Seth Smith homered, doubled and drove in four runs, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Detroit Tigers 12-4 in a matchup of AL playoff contenders. That ends the A’s three-game losing streak.

— Casey Kotchman singled with the bases-loaded in the 10th inning, giving the Cleveland Indians a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Twins.

Giants pass road test

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The banged-up New York Giants went to Carolina and battered the Panthers 36-7 in the NFL’s Week 3 opener.

Eli Manning completed 27 of 35 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown while Andre Brown ran for a career-high 113 yards and two TDs while subbing for injured starter Ahmad Bradshaw.

And Ramses Barden made up for ther absence of injured wide receiver Domenik Hixon by catching nine passes for a career-high 138 yards in his first NFL start.

The defending champion Giants improve to 2-1 while the Panthers fall to 1-2.

Revis green lighted…Rams deny dirty hits on RGIII

UNDATED (AP) — New York Jets defensive back Darrelle Revis has been cleared for contact for the first time since suffering a concussion in the team’s season opener.

Coach Rex Ryan is optimistic about the All-Pro cornerback’s chances of playing Sunday against the Dolphins.

In other football news:

— The St. Louis Rams are brushing aside comments questioning their style of play by Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III. Griffin told reporters Wednesday the Rams were “dirty” and “unprofessional” during their 31-28 victory on Sunday. He claimed he was hit after plays and in other unnecessary ways during the game. The Rams denied breaking any rules.

— Minnesota Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson has missed his second straight day of practice because of a concussion. Coach Leslie Frazier said the team had “no indications” he had a head injury last Sunday. Henderson didn’t complain about symptoms until Wednesday, when he told Frazier he “did not feel right.”

Co-leaders at Fed Ex Cup finale

ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods and Justin Rose share a one-stroke lead heading into today’s second round of the Tour Championship.

Woods shrugged off recent talk that he’s intimidated by Rory McIlroy and carded a 4-under-par 66 in yesterday’s opening round. Playing partner McIlroy saved par on the final hole for a 69.

Scott Piercy, Bo Van Pelt, Steve Stricker and Matt Kuchar carded 67s their first trip around the East Lake course in Atlanta.

Red Raiders’ Gillispie resigns

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Billy Gillispie’s reign as Texas Tech men’s basketball coach is over after one disappointing season. The 52-year-old Gillispie has resigned due to health reasons.

Gillispie’s departure comes less than a month after Texas Tech said it was looking into allegations of player mistreatment by the veteran coach and that it had reported practice-time violations to the NCAA. Chris Walker is in charge until the Red Raiders name an interim coach.

Gillispie recently spent six days in a Lubbock hospital, and doctors later ordered him to avoid stress for 30 days.

He coached one year at Texas Tech, finishing the 2011-12 season with an 8-23 record and one Big 12 victory.

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 4 Minnesota 3, 10 Innings
Oakland 12 Detroit 4
N-Y Yankees 10 Toronto 7
Tampa Bay 7 Boston 4
Kansas City 4 Chi White Sox 3
Texas 3 L.A. Angels 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 5 Houston 4
Cincinnati 5 Chi Cubs 3
San Diego 6 Arizona 5
San Francisco 9 Colorado 2
Milwaukee 9 Pittsburgh 7
Washington 4 L.A. Dodgers 1
Philadelphia 16 N-Y Mets 1

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
N-Y Giants 36 Carolina 7

TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
(24) Boise State 7 Brigham Young 6

Sophomore defensive tackle Chase Rome is back with the Nebraska football program. Rome left the team last week with what were called ‘personal issues’ at the time. Head coach Bo Pelini says Rome has sorted those issues out and has been welcomed back to the squad. Rome has practiced all week with the team. He will be available to play this Saturday as the Huskers host Idaho State. Offensive tackle Tyler Moore will not be returning to the Husker program. Moore, who started four games and played in nine as a true freshman last year, left fall camp and returned home to Florida, where he enrolled in a junior college. He announced yesterday that he’d be continuing his college football career at the University of Florida.

The Colorado Rockies bungled their way to a sixth straight defeat, falling 9-2 to the San Francisco Giants yesterday afternoon. In his first big league start since May 20 of last year, Rockies southpaw Jorge de la Rosa couldn’t make it out of the fourth inning, allowing seven runs. But two of those runs were unearned as the Rockies defense made a pair of errors behind him. Pablo Sandoval hit two home runs for the Giants, both off de la Rosa, and drove in four runs. The Rockies made a mess of their offense as well, recording 13 hits but stranding 10 runners on base. Jonathan Herrera and de la Rosa drove in runs in the losing effort. The Rockies return home for their final homestand of the season, opening a four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. First pitch is set for 7:10.