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Cleveland is punching its ticket for the third straight October. The Guardians shut out the Red Sox one to nothing on Thursday, clinching a playoff berth and sending a clear message to the American League — this group is not finished. Three consecutive postseason appearances, and the hunger is still there.
Staying in baseball, and one of the most remarkable debut performances you will ever see. Houston's Lucas Spence became just the third player in major league history to hit each of his first three career home runs in the same game. Three home runs, all in a single afternoon against the Athletics, helping the Astros stay tied atop the AL West. The kid walked into the big leagues and immediately wrote himself into the record books.
Shifting to the gridiron, Michael Penix Junior made one of the most anticipated returns of the NFL season. Back for the first time since tearing his ACL last November, Penix torched the Packers at Lambeau Field for two hundred fifty six yards and a touchdown in a dominant thirty five to fourteen Atlanta victory. The Falcons' offense looked completely revitalized, and Penix looked like he never missed a snap.
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