Cease slips in Texas, McKenna makes Maple Leafs preseason debut, Judge returns to injured list
Cease slips in Texas!
This is The Sports Reset for Saturday September 19th
In MLB, the Texas Rangers beat the Jays 7 to 1 after Dylan Cease allowed four runs, walked six and lasted only two and two-thirds innings, his shortest start this season. Toronto fell two games behind the final American League wild-card place with eight games left, and the Chicago White Sox hold the tiebreaker. The Cleveland Guardians rallied past the Athletics 5 to 3, with José Ramírez launching his 1,000th career RBI and Travis Bazzana breaking a tie with a fifth-inning homer. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 8 to 2 as Mookie Betts homered twice and Los Angeles went deep four times in the eighth. In the CFL, Davis Alexander threw two touchdown passes as the Montreal Alouettes built a 34 to 3 lead, then held off the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 37 to 25 to improve to 7 and 0 against East Division opponents.
Up next, the NHL preseason opens Saturday with split-squad games between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens in both cities. Number-one draft pick Gavin McKenna makes his preseason debut for the Maple Leafs in Toronto, likely skating beside John Tavares and William Nylander. In MLB, the Jays try to answer the Rangers in the second game of a pivotal series. In the CFL, the Toronto Argonauts host the Edmonton Elks, while the Calgary Stampeders welcome the Ottawa Redblacks. On the PGA Tour, Neal Shipley carries a one-shot lead over Ben Kohles into the third round of the Biltmore Championship Asheville after a bogey-free 62 moved him to 15 under. In WTA tennis, Peyton Stearns faces Iva Jovic in the Guadalajara final. Beyond the scoreboard, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge is returning to the injured list with a right calf strain, and manager Aaron Boone cannot guarantee the three-time MVP will be ready for the playoffs.
