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Tuesday 17 OcTOber 2023
Eagles, 49ers beat themselves, leaving

NFL with no undefeated teams

turned it to the 8 to set up
Breece Hall's go-ahead TD
run.
Hurts and the Eagles had a
chance at redemption with
1:46 but Hurts threw three in-
complete passes, including
a deep ball on fourth-and-8
that was nearly picked.
Philadelphia's reliable kicker
Jake Elliott also missed a 37-
yard field goal earlier in the
fourth quarter after making
16 of 17 to start the season.
"You turn the ball over four
New York Jets' Breece Hall, center, reacts after scoring a times you shouldn't expect
touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game to win," Hurts said. "It's an op-
against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, in East portunity to look ourselves in
Rutherford, N.J. the mirror and respond and
Associated Press
I have confidence that this Texas Rangers starting pitcher Max Scherzer throws to first
By ROB MAADDI but there was a lot more to- team will do so." during fielding practice in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Oct. 13,
AP Pro Football Writer day than just that." Zach Wilson played error- 2023.
The NFL's last two undefeat- The game shouldn't have free ball to become the Associated Press
ed teams beat themselves. come down to a field goal first quarterback to lead
averaging 33.4 points and Philadelphia in 13 meetings Scherzer to start Game
The San Francisco 49ers and for the 49ers, who came in the Jets to a victory over
Philadelphia Eagles strug-
with San Francisco to just 215 The Giants (1-5) had a shot 3 of ALCS for Rangers
gled on the road against 402.6 yards. The Browns held between the two franchises.
inferior opponents
backup quarterbacks and yards and Purdy had a 55.3 to pull off the biggest upset
passer rating — less than half of the season but Tyrod Tay- against Astros
tough defenses.
That allowed Larry Csonka his career mark of 114.4. lor threw incomplete to Dar-
and his teammates from the The 49ers couldn't overcome ren Waller from the 1 on the By KRISTIE RIEKEN
1972 Miami Dolphins to pop losing all-purpose stars Chris- final play of the game. New AP Sports Writer
the champagne bottles in tian McCaffrey and Deebo York wouldn't have needed HOUSTON (AP) — Max Scherzer will start Game 3 of the
October. They'll remain the Samuel to injuries. Give a touchdown at that point AL Championship Series for the Texas Rangers against
only perfect team in league credit to the Browns and if Taylor managed the clock the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.
history for at least another their top-ranked defense. better at the end of the first Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Award winner, has
year. Myles Garrett and the rest half. been out since Sept. 12 because of a muscle strain in
The Buffalo Bills, the NFL's of defensive coordinator Jim Taylor appeared to audible his shoulder.
biggest favorite so far this Schwartz's crew have been to a run play at the Bills 1 "He's ready. That's why he's starting Game 3," manager
season, also had problems staunch most of the season. with 14 seconds left. Saquon Bruce Bochy said. "A few days ago back (at) home he
on Sunday facing a losing They helped Cleveland get Barkley was stopped for no threw 69 pitches to hitters and came -- he came out
team and a backup quar- the win despite two inter- gain and the Giants had no of that fine. And during that time, he maintained his
terback but they held on at ceptions by P.J. Walker, who timeouts remaining. Coach stamina stuff. So, he was available yesterday. In fact,
the 1-yard line for a 14-9 win started for Deshaun Watson. Brian Daboll was livid with he said he wanted to pitch yesterday if needed, if it
over the New York Giants. "You get opportunities and Taylor. Missing out on three went extra innings or something."
Brock Purdy looked ordinary you've got to take advan- points at that point ended Bochy said Scherzer, who was traded from the New
without his top two playmak- tage of them. There were up costing New York at the York Mets this summer, is excited for his return.
ers in San Francisco's 19-17 definitely some throws and end. "Believe me, he's been wearing me out a little bit, just
loss at Cleveland. Jalen opportunities there for me While the Eagles and 49ers assuring us that, hey, I'm healthy, I'm ready to go," Bo-
Hurts made a critical mis- that I missed," Purdy said. "It's suffered their first losses, the chy said.
take in Philadelphia's 20-14 something I've got to learn Dolphins and Detroit Lions Houston hasn't announced its starter for Game 3.
loss to the Jets. from. We've all got to look both improved to 5-1. The 39-year-old Scherzer went 13-6 with a 3.77 ERA in 27
But there was plenty of at ourselves in the mirror and The Dolphins fell behind win- starts this season. He went 4-2 with a 3.20 ERA in eight
blame to go around. see the flaws and get better less Carolina 14-0 before Tua starts after the trade.
Despite Purdy's poor perfor- from it. That starts with me." Tagovailoa, Tyreek Hill and a Scherzer is 7-7 with a 3.58 ERA in 27 postseason games
mance — his first in 14 ca- The Eagles (5-1) committed dynamic offense exploded that include 22 starts. When he appears for the Rang-
reer starts, including play- four turnovers and couldn't for a 42-21 win. ers, it will be the fifth team he has pitched for in the
offs — the 49ers (5-1) were take advantage of a de- Jared Goff was impressive in postseason after the Tigers, Nationals, Dodgers and
in position to win the game fense missing starting cor- Detroit's 20-6 win at Tampa Mets.
at the end. However, rookie nerbacks Sauce Gardner Bay. Goff threw for 353 yards While with Washington, he started Games 1 and 7 of
kicker Jake Moody missed and D.J. Reed. Hurts' third and two TDs against a dif- the 2019 World Series against Houston. He got the win
a 41-yard field goal with six interception came right af- ficult defense. in Game 1 and didn't factor in the decision in Game 7,
seconds remaining. ter the two-minute warning "We know who we are right won by the Nationals at Minute Maid Park. He had a
"It's always tough to miss that with Philadelphia clinging to now and we feel like we can 3.60 ERA over 10 innings in that series.
last kick but that happens a 14-12 lead. Hurts said he beat anyone," Goff said. He went 1-1 against Houston this season. He struck out
in football," 49ers coach made the wrong read on In the NFL, any team can eight and allowed one run in eight innings on June 19.
Kyle Shanahan said. "They the play when he threw into beat its opponent every But the Astros tagged him for seven runs, all of those
played better than us today double coverage to New week. Sunday was further coming on three homers, in three innings on Sept. 6.q
and that was the last play York's Tony Adams, who re- proof.q