Mike Cozzi at Large with Sports - Friday October 9, 2020

Yanks' swagger is back: 'We're gonna win' G5

The Yankees’ swagger returned with one swing early on Thursday evening, Luke Voit dropping his bat and eyeing a monstrous second-inning drive. The frustration of the previous two nights evaporated into the Southern California haze, sparking optimism that this clash of division titans will be remembered as a comeback story.

Voit launched a 453-foot blast for his first postseason homer and Gleyber Torres added a two-run shot as the Yankees came out swinging, celebrating a 5-1 victory over the Rays in Game 4 of the American League Division Series. New York will hand ace Gerrit Cole the ball for a winner-take-all contest on Friday at Petco Park.

Chicago Bears 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19

When it comes to his consistency as a quarterback, Nick Foles is box-of-chocolates-like in that you just never know what you're gonna get. He's hot and cold within the span of individual quarters, a microcosm of his career in every 60-minute interval. Any grand designs of Foles transforming the Bears offense into a high-flying bunch might well have disappeared into the October sky. Foles has never been consistent, his streaks reaching phenomenal highs and his lows resulting in him having started for five franchises. But Foles is a winner and a leader of winning teams. That's what he did on Thursday, once more defeating Tom Brady and the Buccaneers all the same. The Bears are 4-1 and that's what matters most on this evening. Foles looked great and dismal as he often does, throwing for 243 yards, a touchdown, a pick and an 83.1 rating. This was Foles' first win as a Bears starter and the franchise is no doubt counting on more. They're not going to always been pretty, and they're seldom going to be consistent, but, "Big Nick did his thing," Khalil Mack bellowed in a FOX postgame interview and right now, Foles' thing is translating into the Bears being NFC North contenders.

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