The Pirates get their best chance to catch up to the NL Central-leading Cardinals this week as they play a three-game set in Pittsburgh. Trevor Rosenthal blew a save against the Brewers on Sunday, and the banged-up Cardinals have lost two of three.

With starting center Jake Brendel down, the next man up for the 49ers is expected to be Hennessy, a 27-year old who played at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J., and was a 2020 third-round pick of the Falcons. Hennessy has 23 starts in four NFL seasons.

The Giants lost RB Cam Skattebo in a 38-20 loss against the Eagles. Can they rebound at home vs the 49ers in Week 9? Here are our staff predictions.

What to know about Will Klein, the Dodgers reliever who saved Game 3 of the World Series in a marathon showing.

The World Series has long been a 2-3-2 format, and when a team loses its first two games on the road, a home clincher is impossible. That’s how it happened for the Dodgers in 1955, 1965 and 1981. In all three of those championship runs, they recovered to sweep their home games, then wrapped things up on the road in Game 6 or 7.