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Lions' Branch punches Chiefs' Smith-Schuster, setting off scrum - ESPN

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A long, frustrating night for the Detroit Lions inside Arrowhead Stadium ended with safety Brian Branch delivering a punch to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, setting off a brief fistfight among players from both teams.

Mariners shut down Blue Jays' bats to steal Game 1 of ALCS - ESPN

TORONTO — Cal Raleigh homered, Jorge Polanco drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 Sunday night as they returned to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 24 years.

Jays' Springer hits 21st postseason home run, passes Jeter - ESPN

TORONTO — The Blue Jays' George Springer homered on the first pitch from Seattle's Bryce Miller in the American League Championship Series opener Sunday, moving past the New York Yankees' Derek Jeter into sole possession of fifth place on the career list with his 21st postseason home run.

Dodgers to start Snell in Game 1, Ohtani later in NLCS - ESPN

MILWAUKEE — The Los Angeles Dodgers will start lefty Blake Snell in Game 1 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night while righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto will get the ball in Game 2. It means Shohei Ohtani will get just one start in the series, during the middle leg back in Los Angeles.