Europe wins

Ryder Cup

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Europe has won the Ryder Cup, just like everyone expected.

It just didn’t happen without a few nervous moments. The Americans rallied from a seven-point deficit to have a flicker of hope. Europe needed only two points to retain the cup. Ludvig Ã…berg in the fifth match got the first one. Matt Fitzpatrick earned a halve that felt like a consolation because he had Bryson DeChambeau down by 5 holes at one point. Shane Lowry put his name in Irish lore with a halve to secure the cup.

And then Tyrrell Hatton got the winning half-point for Europe.

Guardians take

AL Central title

BOSTON (AP) — José De León pitched a career-high 6 2/3 innings in his first outing in two years, and Masataka Yoshida and David Hamilton homered on Sunday to give the Boston Red Sox a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers that clinched the AL Central title for the Cleveland Guardians.

After each team wrapped up a playoff berth during the series — the Red Sox on Friday and the Tigers on Saturday — they both sent out lineups for the regular-season finale that allowed some regulars to rest and others to get work if they needed it.

The Tigers scratched ace Tarik Skubal after clinching a postseason spot on Saturday.

Reds lose, but

reach playoffs

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds lost their regular-season finale 4-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday but still reached the playoffs because the New York Mets fell to the Miami Marlins.

Cincinnati entered Sunday knowing it could reach the playoffs if it beat Milwaukee or if the Mets lost to Miami. The Mets’ 4-0 loss to the Marlins enabled the Reds to get the National League’s third and final wild-card spot.

The Reds and Mets both finished the season at 83-79, but the Reds owned the head-to-head tiebreaker after going 4-2 against the Mets this season. The Reds head to Los Angeles to begin a Wild Card Series against the defending World Series champion Dodgers on Tuesday.

Danny Jansen put Milwaukee ahead 3-2 by hitting a two-run homer off Brady Singer in the fourth. Andrew Vaughn added a two-out RBI double off Nick Lodolo later in the inning to make it 4-2.

Fever-Aces

series knotted

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Star center Aliyah Boston finished with 24 points and 14 rebounds while Kelsey Mitchell scored 25 points to help the Indiana Fever avoid elimination in the WNBA semifinals with a 90-83 victory over the second-seeded Las Vegas Aces on Sunday.

The best-of-five series is now tied 2-2 with a winner-take-all Game 5 set for Tuesday in Las Vegas. The winner faces either top-seeded Minnesota or fourth-seeded Phoenix. A’ja Wilson scored 31 points to become the seventh player in league history with 1,000 points in her playoff career.

But the Fever led the entire second half and closed it out late when Las Vegas mistakenly called an extra timeout, resulting in a technical foul and possession going back to the Fever.

Ravens lose

Lamar Jackson

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns while outdueling Lamar Jackson, who left in the second half with a right hamstring injury, and the Kansas City Chiefs routed the beat-up Baltimore Ravens 37-20 on Sunday.

Xavier Worthy returned from a shoulder injury to catch five passes for 83 yards, igniting a Chiefs offense that had been struggling to find its footing without the speedster and his suspended teammate, Rashee Rice, early in the season.

Elliott steals

Kansas race

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Chase Elliott has pulled off an unexpected win at Kansas Speedway. He drove from eighth to first in a two-lap overtime sprint, securing a spot in the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs. Denny Hamlin dominated most of the race, leading 159 laps, but late issues cost him the victory. Bubba Wallace was in position to win after a red-flag stoppage, battling Christopher Bell. Hamlin caught up, but Elliott smashed past him for his second win of the season.

Elliott joins Ryan Blaney in the next playoff round. The field will be cut to eight drivers after next week’s race in Concord, North Carolina.