CHICAGO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw defused the Cubs’ bats, pitching the Dodgers to a 1-0 win in Game 2 of the NLCS. The Dodgers left-hander retired the first 14 hitters he faced and only gave up two hits in seven innings while striking out six and walking one. Adrian Gonzalez homered in the second inning off of Chicago starter Kyle Hendricks to help tie the series at a game each.

GREEN BAY, Wisc. (AP) — Dak Prescott continued his impressive rookie season by throwing for 247 yards and three touchdowns in the Cowboys’ 30-16 win over Green Bay. Prescott set an NFL record for most consecutive passes without an interception to open a career with 176. Safety Morgan Burnett ended the streak with a diving interception late in the third quarter.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady made a successful return to Gillette Stadium by throwing for 376 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-17 win over Cincinnati. Brady played his first game at home since last season’s playoff after serving a four-game suspension for his part in “Deflategate.”

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Will Lutz booted a 52-yard field goal with 11 seconds left while Drew Brees threw for 465 yards and four touchdowns to give New Orleans a 41-38 win over Carolina. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton return after missing a game with a concussion. He threw for 322 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score as the defending NFC champs fell to 1-5.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kevin Harvick roared to the front on the final restart to win the Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. Harvick held off Carl Edwards over the final 30 laps to advance to the round of eight in the Chase playoffs.

Smith completed 19 of 22 passes for 224 yards, Jamaal Charles and big defensive lineman Dontari Poe each ran for scores and the Chiefs forced two turnovers by Derek Carr to dampen a fast start to the season by the Raiders (4-2), who are trying to end a 13-year playoff drought. Marcus Peters set up Ware’s TD run with an early interception of Carr and Dee Ford forced a fumble from Carr in the fourth quarter to end any hopes of a late comeback.

After allowing a touchdown on the opening drive, the Chiefs held the Raiders to one field goal the rest of the way in a thorough victory that improved coach Andy Reid to 16-2 following a bye.

Trailing 10-7 in the fourth quarter, Youngstown State (5-1, 3-0 Missouri Valley) forced a three-and-out late and took possession at its 47-yard line with 3:37 left to play. The Penguins ran the ball on 10 consecutive plays to pay dirt — the last four by Ruiz, including the game-winner.

A 22-play, 86-yard drive that consumed 11:40 off the clock and featured 20 runs put Youngstown State on the scoreboard earlier in the quarter. It was capped by Tevin McCaster’s 1-yard plunge.

Northern Iowa (2-4, 1-2) was held to 173 total yards. The Panthers took a 3-0 lead on Austin Errthum’s 27-yard field goal midway through the second quarter. Three plays later, Duncan Ferch intercepted and returned Ricky Davis’ pass 34 yards, pushing the lead to 10.

Iowa, 3-0 this season in Big Ten road games, completely dominated the first two quarters, running 41 plays for 397 yards, successfully converting 7 of 8 third-down opportunities.

Iowa hosts Wisconsin next Saturday.

CHICAGO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda will start Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night. Jon Lester gets the ball for the Cubs, who eliminated the Giants with a 6-5 win in Game 4 of their NL Division Series on Tuesday night.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Matt Kenseth joined Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in a Joe Gibbs Racing sweep of the top three spots in qualifying Friday for the Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway. Kenseth turned a lap of 192.089 miles per hour to start on the pole Sunday at a track where he has won twice before, beating his teammate by a thousandth of a second. Busch will start alongside him with Edwards, the final driver to make a run in the last round of qualifying, starting third.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — NASCAR is unveiling its rules package for next season, changes designed to reduce downforce and give drivers more control of the race. Vice president of competition Scott Miller said the package is similar to one Sprint Cup drivers ran at Michigan, just with a rear spoiler that will be reduced in height.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Coach Mike Riley always believed he could turn Nebraska into a top 10 team. Yet each successive victory has fans in Lincoln envisioning bigger and better feats while Riley and the 10th-ranked Cornhuskers remain focused on one goal: Staying undefeated at Indiana on Saturday.