Jays stay in the race, Tiafoe rallies into US Open semifinals, Mayfield lands $165M extension
Jays stay in the race!
This is The Sports Reset for Wednesday September 9th
In MLB, the Jays beat the Athletics 4 to 2 as José Soriano delivered seven innings of two-run ball. Kazuma Okamoto hit his 30th homer, Josh Smith also went deep, and Toronto stayed one game behind the Cleveland Guardians for the final American League wild-card spot. The Los Angeles Dodgers edged the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 2 for their sixth straight win, with Tarik Skubal pitching into the eighth and Teoscar Hernández driving home the go-ahead run. In the US Open quarterfinals, Frances Tiafoe erased a two-set deficit and survived Alex Michelsen in five sets after Michelsen failed to serve out the match in the third. Tiafoe advanced to his third semifinal in New York. Aryna Sabalenka also moved on, beating Linda Noskova in three sets.
Looking ahead, the NFL season opens with the New England Patriots visiting the Seattle Seahawks in a Super Bowl rematch. Seattle will raise its second championship banner, while New England enters without running back TreVeyon Henderson, who produced 911 rushing yards and nine touchdowns as a rookie. In MLB, the Jays finish their series against the Athletics with Braydon Fisher opening a bullpen game; that relief group is rested after Soriano and Spencer Miles covered all nine innings Tuesday. At the US Open, Ben Shelton has already eliminated defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in five sets, winning the latest-finishing match in tournament history to book an all-American semifinal against Tiafoe. Jessica Pegula also advanced past Emma Navarro in three sets. Thursday brings the San Francisco 49ers against the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Australia. Beyond the scoreboard, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers secured Baker Mayfield on a three-year, 165 million dollar extension, the largest contract in franchise history.
