WASHINGTON (AP) Rookie Trea Turner hit his 13th homer, Tanner Roark tuned up for the playoffs with 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 on Saturday while clinching home-field advantage for the NL Division Series.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) The New England Patriots have signed Glenn Gronkowski to the practice squad. He's a younger brother of Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) The New York Mets clinched a playoff spot Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 to secure the top National League wild card.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Vikings left guard Alex Boone is on track to play on Monday night against the New York Giants despite a hip injury that forced him from the previous game.
BOSTON (AP) Boston College receiver Chris Garrison was taken off the field on a stretcher in the first quarter of Saturday's game against Buffalo with a fractured left tibia.
BOSTON (AP) The Mariners traded him. The Twins released him. And even the Boston fans gave up on David Ortiz a couple of times after he struggled to start the spring or limped away before the year was over.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. attended a football game for the first time in 20 years at his high school alma mater, and ironically, his brother chose to do the same.