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WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Bob Sutton is still riveted by Americas Game, even if hes far from the service academy world that once consumed him when he coached at Army.And despite recent lopsided results in the fierce Army-Navy rivalry -- the Middies have won 14 straight -- Sutton says nothing is ever a given when these two teams play.I love the Army-Navy game, best game going, said Sutton, now defensive coordinator for the NFLs Kansas City Chiefs. I think (Army) has things turned around a bit. They were close last year. Navy, Ken (coach Niumatalolo) has done an unbelievable job there. Hes won some huge games this year.But Ill say this about Army-Navy, none of that matters one bit, he said. None of it has anything to do with that game.That game will be played Saturday in Baltimore, not far from the Navy campus. The Middies (9-3) are coming off a 34-10 loss to Temple in the American Athletic Conference title game, a setback that relegated star quarterback Will Worth to the bench for the rest of the year with a foot injury and sent them plummeting from the AP Top 25 . They will face an Army team that hasnt played in three weeks.One thing is certain, though. No matter the final score, coach Jeff Monkens third year at West Point will end like only one other football season at the academy in the past two decades. The Black Knights (6-5) will be playing in the postseason -- theyve accepted a berth in the Heart of Dallas Bowl against North Texas in late December -for just the second time since Suttons 1996 team won a school-record 10 games.Thats a big deal around here.Im very proud of this team, senior linebacker and co-captain Jeremy Timpf said. I know Army has been struggling the past few years, and its good to go out as a senior and know that youve produced a bowl game. Its nice to leave that with the program.Sutton spent eight years as an assistant at Army under Jim Young before taking over as head coach in 1991. His nine-year tenure is second in length at the academy only to the famed Earl Red Blaik, architect of two national champions in the mid-1940s, and Sutton knew how to beat Navy. His teams went 6-3 against the Middies, five of the victories in succession.Sutton was fired after a 10-point loss to Navy in 1999 left Army at 3-8 for the second straight year, and the Black Knights have struggled mightily since. Rich Ellersons 2010 team, which finished 7-6 and beat SMU in the Armed Forces Bowl, has been the lone exception in this long stretch of futility.Meanwhile, service academy rivals Navy and Air Force have thrived.The Falcons won their 20th Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy a month ago at Michie Stadium, snatching the coveted hardware, emblematic of supremacy among the three schools, back from Navy (Army has won it only six times). Since 2007, Air Force has only failed to make the postseason once; Navy has missed playing in a bowl game just once since 2003.Army, the lone independent among the three schools, hopes to join that perennial party. It wont be easy.One year at a time, mate.At the academy, youre only going to go so high, Sutton said. It doesnt mean you cant be successful, but youre framed by all these different aspects. Football is very important, but its not the most important thing. Thats never going to change.On Saturday, it will be very important -- to both teams -- and Army comes in with more emotion than usual. Its gold helmets carry a sticker with the No. 28 framed by the words Brother, Teammate, Friend in honor of sophomore defensive back Brandon Jackson, a rising star who was killed in a one-car crash the morning after Army had beaten Rice in early September.I never thought I would lose one of my brothers while we were still at school together -- while we were still teammates, senior linebacker Andrew Knight wrote in a personal letter posted Wednesday in the Players Tribune . West Point prepares you for many things, but not for something like that.---AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Missouri, contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25Wholesale Fake Vans . The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday. 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Jay Feely kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime, and the Cardinals edged the Tennessee Titans 37-34 in overtime after blowing a 17-point lead late in the fourth quarter.BOSTON -- Two pitchers enjoying second-half surges hook up for the second time in less than a week when the Boston Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays in the second game of a three-game series on Tuesday night.Drew Pomeranz, the left-hander the Red Sox acquired from the San Diego Padres in exchange for a top pitching prospect, has turned around a slow start and lost only once in his last five starts.That loss came last Thursday, when Pomeranz struck out a career-high 11 in six innings and fell to the Rays and Odorizzi in St. Petersburg.A lot of strikeouts. Sometimes I like that, sometimes I dont, Pomeranz said after that game dropped his combined NL/AL record to 10-10. I could have took a few quick outs in places to get a couple more innings out there.Pomeranz allowed one run through six but failed to retire either of the first two batters in the seventh and the result was a second straight Red Sox loss to send the team home 7-4 on the long road trip.He has allowed two or fewer runs over his last five starts with a 2.40 ERA over that 30-inning stretch, striking out 31 over that span.It is disappointing, Pomeranz said of the loss. Its always disappointing when you lose. We would have liked to have those last two to complete the road trip. But it happens.His run is lukewarm compared to Odorizzi, 6-0 since the All-Star break with what has to this point been the lowest Tampa Bay ERA (1.59) of any pitcher in club history. He has thhe second-lowest second-half ERA in the major leagues this season and has not lost since July 10.dddddddddddd.Odorizzi pitched out of two bases loaded spots in the sixth inning of last Thursdays game.Have to credit (pitching coach Jim Hickey), he said. Great mound visit. He came out and said first-pitch changeup, get a double-play. So thats exactly what we did.Mookie Betts is 5-for-17, Dustin Pedroia 8-for-22, Xander Bogaerts 7-for-20 and Travis Shaw 4-for-10 for the Red Sox against Odorizzi, while David Ortiz is 4-for-22, but with three homers and Jackie Bradley Jr. 2-for-13.On the other side, Matt Duffy, who was with the Giants when Pomeranz was with the Padres, is 4-for-12 against him and Brad Miller 3-for-8 with a homer. Logan Forsythe, also a former Padre (but not an ex-teammate), is 2-for-11 against Pomeranz.Odorizzi will be trying to even the series for his team when he puts his winning streak on the line.The Red Sox rode Rick Porcellos MLB-high 18th win and Betts 30th homer, RBI double, two RBI and two runs scored to a 9-4 win on Monday night.We just got beat tonight, said Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash, whose team is 55-75, 6-8 against the Red Sox. They found a way to get on base, get big key hits with guys on base and it just added up, piled up and was very difficult for us to overcome. ' ' '