Sports today, Oct. 20: Rays reach the World Series

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series and will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the MLB World Series. Tuesday, Oct. 20, also brings the NBA's regular-season opener, and the Atlanta Dream evened the WNBA Finals at 1-1. Results and schedules below come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife. All times are Brasília time.

MLB: Rays close out the ALCS, will face the Brewers in the World Series

At Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, the Rays beat the Guardians 7-3 on Monday night (Oct. 19) to win the American League Championship Series four games to two. The World Series opens Friday (Oct. 23) at 9 p.m. Brasília time at American Family Field in Milwaukee, with Game 2 on Saturday (Oct. 24) at the same time. The Brewers reached the Series after sweeping the Dodgers 4-0 in the National League. RaisLife's MLB page tracks the matchups.

NBA: regular season tips off Tuesday

After the preseason, the NBA opens its regular season Tuesday with three games: Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics at 4 p.m. Brasília time at Little Caesars Arena; New York Knicks vs. Philadelphia 76ers at 8 p.m. at Madison Square Garden; and San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder at 10:30 p.m. at Frost Bank Center. Wednesday (Oct. 21) brings 11 games, including Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors at 11 p.m. The NBA page has the full schedule.

WNBA: Dream even the Finals

The Atlanta Dream beat the Golden State Valkyries 79-65 in San Francisco on Monday night, tying the WNBA Finals at 1-1. The Valkyries had taken Game 1, 68-64, on Saturday (Oct. 17). Game 3 is Wednesday (Oct. 21) at 9 p.m. Brasília time at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, and Game 4 follows Saturday (Oct. 24) at 2 p.m. in the same arena. The WNBA page follows the series.

NFL and NHL

In the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Washington Commanders 23-17 on Monday night, closing out Week 6. In the NHL, the New York Rangers topped the Anaheim Ducks 5-2, the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1. In the 10 p.m. Brasília time game, the Utah Mammoth edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4. The NHL has 11 games Tuesday, five of them at 8 p.m., including Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Toronto Maple Leafs and Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles Kings. Matchups are on the NFL and NHL pages.

Tennis: opening rounds in Ningbo, Almaty and Lyon

On the women's tour in Ningbo, China, Alexandra Eala of the Philippines beat France's Diane Parry in straight sets, 2-0. Belarus's Aliaksandra Sasnovich knocked out Australia's Daria Kasatkina, also 2-0, and Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic got past Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova by the same score. On the men's side in Almaty, Kazakhstan, France's Adrian Mannarino defeated Australia's Aleksandar Vukic 2-1, and Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili beat Croatia's Marin Cilic 2-0.

On Tuesday in Lyon, France, Britain's Cameron Norrie plays France's Benjamin Bonzi at 10:30 a.m. Brasília time, Italy's Matteo Berrettini faces France's Kyrian Jacquet at 2 p.m., and Serbia's Hamad Medjedovic meets American Brandon Nakashima at 3:30 p.m. On Wednesday at 2 a.m., Bouzkova plays Russia's Anastasia Zakharova, also in Ningbo. Scores are on the ATP and WTA pages.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, MLB: results and schedule (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, NBA (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, WNBA (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, NFL: schedule and results (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, NHL (in Portuguese)
• ESPN Brasil, tennis scores and draws (in Portuguese)
• RaisLife Sports, scores and schedules

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/esportes.