National Sports

BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in the AL wild-card game.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have rescheduled an upcoming match against LAFC. Originally scheduled for Nov. 1 at Banc of California, the match will now take place on Nov. 2 at the same venue.

WINNIPEG — Blue Bombers receiver Kenny Lawler apologized Tuesday for the “selfish decision” he made that led to his arrest for impaired driving this week.

Caleb Evans won't have the element of surprise Wednesday night when the Ottawa Redblacks visit the Toronto Argonauts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady wins in the television ratings, too.

TORONTO — A mediocre start was followed by a strong second half as the Toronto Blue Jays made strides in an unusual regular season capped by a memorable final day that left the team achingly close to a post-season return.

MONTREAL — Two Victoriaville Tigres players have been formally charged with sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident that occurred after the team won the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League title.

TORONTO — A night of watching the Toronto Argonauts kick off to DeVonte Dedmon would suit Mark Nelson just fine. Dedmon will be a person of interest for Toronto (4-3) when it hosts Ottawa (2-5) on Wednesday night.

TORONTO — Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, Ottawa quarterback Caleb Evans and Redblacks receiver DeVonte Dedmon have been named the top performers for Week 9 of the CFL season.

Canada will be without forward Junior Hoilett and midfielder David Wotherspoon for Thursday's CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game in Mexico. The two British-based players — Hoilett is with England's Reading while Wotherspoon plays for Scotland's St.