Last Night in Sports: September 17, 2026

Boston trailed Texas 3-0 through six innings before answering with a run in the seventh and three in the eighth to win 4-3. San Diego broke a scoreless tie with seven runs in the second on its way to a 9-2 rout of Colorado, and Buffalo opened Thursday Night Football with 14 unanswered points to beat Detroit 41-31 in the Week 2 opener.

MLB — September 17, 2026 (9 games)

• Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 1
• Houston Astros 6, Kansas City Royals 2
• Los Angeles Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 4 (10 innings)
• Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Cincinnati Reds 2
• Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 0
• Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Milwaukee Brewers 4
• San Diego Padres 9, Colorado Rockies 2
• Tampa Bay Rays 10, Athletics 1
• Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 3

Boston Red Sox 4, Texas Rangers 3. Texas led 3-0 after two innings and held that margin into the seventh, when Boston answered with a run to cut it to 3-1. The Red Sox broke it open with three more in the eighth to win it, 4-3.

San Diego Padres 9, Colorado Rockies 2. Colorado led 1-0 after the first, but San Diego erupted for seven runs in the second and cruised from there. The Padres improve to 84-69; the Rockies fall to 56-97.

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Milwaukee Brewers 4. Milwaukee out-hit Pittsburgh 9-7, but the Pirates' five-run second inning was too much to overcome. The loss drops the Brewers, owners of the best record in baseball, to 95-58; Pittsburgh improves to 76-77.

Quick Hits

• Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Cincinnati Reds 2. Los Angeles scored twice in the first and never trailed, out-hitting Cincinnati 12-7.
• Tampa Bay Rays 10, Athletics 1. Tampa Bay broke a scoreless tie with a six-run fourth inning.
• Houston Astros 6, Kansas City Royals 2. Houston out-hit Kansas City 11-3.
• Philadelphia Phillies 3, New York Mets 0. Philadelphia shut out New York, out-hitting the Mets 8-4.
• Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 1. Chicago scored all three of its runs in the first and held on despite getting out-hit 8-5.
• Los Angeles Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 4. The game needed 10 innings to decide.

NFL — September 17, 2026 (1 game)

Buffalo Bills 41, Detroit Lions 31. Buffalo scored 14 unanswered points in the first quarter and led the rest of the way in the Week 2 opener. The Bills outscored Detroit 20-17 across the middle two quarters before Detroit closed the gap with a 14-point fourth that came up short.

What to watch tonight

Fifteen MLB games fill tonight's slate. No NFL tonight; the Week 2 schedule resumes Sunday.

• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at Baltimore Orioles, 7:05 PM ET. Milwaukee (95-58) looks to bounce back from Wednesday's loss to Pittsburgh when it visits Baltimore (75-78).

Full details in the Tonight preview.