In the National League championship, Kike Hernandez homered three times and drove in seven runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat up on the Chicago Cubs 11-1 behind their ace Clayton Kershaw to reach the World Series for the first time since 1988……Tonight, the New York Yankees are in Houston against the Astros in game six of the American League championship. The Yankees lead 3 games to 2. The Yankees will start Luis Severino against Justin Verlander for the Astros.
In the NHL, in his first game of the season, Patrice Bergeron scored a goal and added three assists in Boston’s 6-3 win over Vancouver…….In other play, it was the Islanders over the Rangers 4-3 in a shootout…..Tampa Bay 2 Columbus 0…….Nashville 1 Philadelphia 0…..New Jersey 5 Ottawa 4 in overtime…..Edmonton 2 Chicago 1 in overtime…..St. Louis 4 Colorado 3…..Carolina 2 Calgary 1 and Dallas 5 Arizona 4.
In the NFL, Derek Carr threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree on the final play after the game was extended by two straight penalties and the Oakland Raiders broke a four game losing streak with a 31-30 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
In the NBA, the Toronto Raptors won their home opener over Chicago 117-100. In other play, it was Oklahoma City 105 New York 84 and the Los Angeles Clippers over the L-A Lakers 108-92.
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