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IRISH IN THE PROS Bruton also recorded his first tackle of the year in a 37-6 win over Oakland Sept. 30. • Minnesota tight end John Carlson started the first three games of the year, but it was in the fourth outing, when he came off the bench in a 20-13 win at Detroit Sept. 30, that he caught his first pass of the season. Un- fortunately, it went for minus-one yard. It was his first reception since Jan. 2, 2011, when he was a member of the Seattle Seahawks. Carlson missed all of last season with a shoulder injury. • Fellow Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph, who studied under Carl- son at Notre Dame, caught two passes for eight yards in Detroit. The second-year player has 15 re- ceptions for 146 yards and three touchdowns in four starts. • Minnesota rookie starting safety Harrison Smith added a tackle against Detroit. He had 22 stops and six passes defended through four games. • Miami tight end Anthony Fa- a season-high four tackles in a 19-17 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants Sept. 30. • Six days after a controversial in August. • David Phelps (2006-08) RHP, touchdown pass as time expired in Seattle's win over Green Bay, a play that prompted the NFL to strike a deal with its regular of- ficials, Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate had just one catch for seven yards in a 19-13 loss to St. Louis Sept. 30. Tate had seven receptions for 113 yards and a pair of scores for Seattle through four weeks. • New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck made four tackles in the 19-17 loss to Philadelphia. He had 14 tackles through four games. • Indianapolis strong safety Tom Finished the regular season with a 4-4 record, 3.34 ERA in 33 ap- pearances (11 starts) … Struck out 96 in 992 ⁄3 strong innings … Zbikowksi finished with three tackles in the loss to Jacksonville Sept. 23, and he had nine stops in the Colts' first three contests. • Former Irish players Maurice sano collected five receptions for 30 yards in the Dolphins' 24-21 loss at Arizona Sept. 30. He had 15 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown in the Dolphins' first four contests. • Arizona rookie wide receiver Michael Floyd followed up his first NFL catch — an eight-yard touch- down in a win over Philadelphia Sept. 23 — with four catches for 35 yards in a 24-21 overtime vic- tory over Miami Sept. 30. • Philadelphia starting defen- sive tackle Derek Landri notched Stovall and Darrin Walls found new NFL homes in September. Stovall, a wide receiver, signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars Sept. 19. Walls, a cornerback, joined the practice squad of the New York Jets Sept. 28. MLB PLAYER UPDATES Regular Season Final Stats Dame from 2005-08) RHP, Min- nesota Twins: Made 12 relief ap- pearances with a 0-0 record and a 7.89 ERA … Notched 12 strike- outs in 212 • Jeff Manship (Played at Notre Optioned to Triple-A Rochester ⁄3 innings of work … zona Diamondbacks: Was called up to Arizona for three separate stints this season … Batted .250 (14 for 56) with one home run and five RBI in 22 games … Op- tioned to Triple-A Reno Aug. 25. • Jeff Samardzija (2004-06) • A.J. Pollock (2007-09) CF, Ari- ⁄3 innings of work. RP, Chicago Cubs: Started all 28 games he appeared in … Finished the regular season with a 9-13 re- cord, 3.81 ERA and 180 strikeouts in 1742 viously pitched over his first four seasons in Major League Base- ball and was clearly Chicago's top starter down the stretch. • John Axford (2002-05) RP, ⁄3 innings pre- Milwaukee Brewers: Registered 75 appearances out of the bull- pen … Had a 5-8 record, 35 saves, a 4.67 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 691 ⁄3 innings for the Brewers. ✦ on Sept. 8 against Pittsburgh, he went the distance for Chicago's first complete game of the season … Eclipsed the 1692 ⁄3 innings … In his final start New York Yankees: Made his way back into the starting rotation af- ter a pair of poor outings by Ivan Nova … Started the second-to- last regular-season game against Boston, a 4-3 win that helped the Yankees claim the American League East title … Didn't get a decision against Boston, but he provided 51