Cape Fear Christian Academy was topped, 2-1, at Freedom Christian on Monday in the first round of the Sandhills Athletic Conference varsity boys soccer tournament. The Eagles goal came on a penalty kick by Jackson Breslin. CFCA had a score wiped off on a questionable offside call. … Campbell defensive end Brevin Allen has been named Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week. … Winthrop visits Campbell in women’s volleyball tonight at 6 p.m. Both teams are 5-1 in the Big South Conference and are tied for second behind High Point (6-0). … A sacrifice fly by Kike Hernandez in the bottom of the ninth lifted Boston to a series-clinching 6-5 win over visiting Tampa Bay on Monday night. … Joc Pederson’s 3-run homer in the fifth sent host Atlanta to a 3-0 win over Milwaukee and a 2-1 series lead. … Evan Longoria’s fifth-inning homer accounted for the only run as San Francisco won 1-0 over the host Los Angeles Dodgers for a 2-1 series advantage. … MLB playoff games today include Houston at the Chicago White Sox (Fox Sports 1, 2:07 p.m.), Milwaukee at Atlanta (TBS, 5:15 p.m.) and San Francisco at Los Angeles (TBS, 9:07 p.m.). The Astros lead their series, 2-1. … Jon Gruden has resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders. … Host Baltimore rallied from a 25-9 fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Indianapolis, 31-25, in overtime on Monday night as Lamar Jackson threw for 442 yards and four touchdowns, including the game winner to Marquise Brown on a 5-yarder. … Appalachian State plays at Louisiana Lafayette tonight in a Sun Belt matchup of 4-1 teams (ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.).