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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Before Ohio State could move on to next weekends showdown with Michigan, the Buckeyes had to deal with a different nemesis.As usual, Michigan State gave Urban Meyers team all it could handle.Mike Weber ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and No. 2 Ohio State held off Michigan State 17-16 on Saturday after the upset-minded Spartans missed a 2-point conversion with 4:41 remaining.Tough day at the office right there, Meyer said. Well take the win against a team that we know very well and on the road in November. Were 10-1 and getting ready for rivalry week.Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 2 AP) can now focus on Michigan, but only after withstanding a spirited challenge from a Michigan State team that derailed the Buckeyes national title bids in two of the previous three seasons. The Spartans (3-8, 1-7) were down 17-10 when LJ Scott scored on a 1-yard run with 4:41 to play. Michigan State went for the lead, but Tyler OConnors pass on the 2-point conversion attempt was intercepted in the end zone.All week long Id said that, hey, if we get close at the end of the game, were going for 2, and were going to take an aggressive approach and play to win the football game rather than to tie, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. They had us covered up on that particular play, so good job by them.The Spartans got the ball back one more time, at their own 20 with 2:04 remaining. Tyquan Lewis sacked OConnor on the first play, and then Gareon Conley intercepted him on the second.Scott ran for 160 yards and also scored on a 64-yard catch-and-run in the first minute of the game, but the Ohio State defense didnt allow much more after that. J.T. Barrett threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Curtis Samuel in the first quarter, and the game was tied at 10 at halftime.Webers 4-yard TD run in the third gave the Buckeyes the lead for good.THE TAKEAWAYOhio State: The Buckeyes had to claw their way to this win, but it was still a sweet one against the team that has given them more trouble than any in recent seasons. Michigan State beat Ohio State in the 2013 Big Ten title game and again late in the regular season last year. Ohio States stellar pass defense was the difference. OConnor and Damion Terry were a combined 8 of 21 with two interceptions for the Spartans.Michigan State: Dantonios team threw everything it had at Ohio State, executing a successful fake punt in the fourth quarter and later going for 2 when an extra point would have tied it. The Spartans fell just short in the end, unable to establish any consistent offensive threats aside from Scott.The 2-point conversion may be second-guessed in the days to come, but OConnor said the team was on board with it.We dont play for second place, obviously, OConnor said. Everybody was all in on going for it.POLL IMPLICATIONSOhio State: The Buckeyes trailed only top-ranked Alabama coming into this weekend, but the bigger concern for them is their playoff position. Even if Ohio State beats Michigan, it could lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Penn State for the division title.TOUGH SLEDDINGMichigan State managed only 127 yards passing, over half of it on one play. Ohio State wasnt very productive through the air either. Barrett went 10 of 22 for 86 yards on a windy day that included sporadic snow flurries. The Spartans, who had only seven sacks coming into the game, had three against Ohio State.MILESTONEWeber became the third Ohio State freshman to reach 1,000 yards rushing. Robert Smith (1990) and Maurice Clarett (2002) were the other two.It means a lot, he said. It was a goal that I had set at the beginning of the year. My offensive line executed and made it happen.GREAT SCOTTScott had 236 total yards, including a highlight-reel play in the third quarter when he hurdled an Ohio State defender near the sideline.UP NEXTOhio State: The Buckeyes have lost only once in their last 12 meetings with Michigan. Ohio State will be at home next weekend, where it has not lost to Michigan since 2000.Michigan State: The Spartans play at Penn State next weekend, meaning they could have another chance to play spoiler in the Big Ten title race.Nike Vapormax Off White Kaufen . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. 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According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time.SEATTLE -- The Toronto Blue Jays got another huge crowd cheering for them at Safeco Field on Monday night, and they rewarded the Canadian fans with a 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners.Toronto already turned the Mariners home field into Canada South, and now the Blue Jays want to inflict further damage by knocking Seattle further back in the American League wild-card hunt.The Blue Jays (82-68) are currently tied with Baltimore atop the wild-card standings, with Seattle trailing by three games. A win Tuesday could really put the Mariners (79-71) in a bad spot with just 11 games left on the schedule.Weve got to keep playing; thats what our schedule says, Seattle manager Scott Servais said after Mondays loss. And we play the same team (Tuesday), and theyre the team ahead of us.The Blue Jays were celebrating after winning the first game of the series, and they gave the fans who traveled south a lot of the credit.Its incredible, center fielder Kevin Pillar said of the pro-Blue Jays atmosphere that comes from thousands of Canadians from British Columbia heading south for the annual series. The best way to describe it is overwhelming. Its emotional. ... Not to knock our fans at home, but when its the only three games our Canadian fans are going to see all year, its just a different energy.Starter Marco Estrada, who flirted with a no-hitter before giving up a leadoff single in the seventh inning, echoed those sentiments.We feltt like we were the home team, he said after a one-hit performance over seven innings.dddddddddddd. And its something we can build off of.One-time Mariner (and three-time Blue Jay) J.A. Happ is scheduled to be on the mound for Toronto. Happ began last season with Seattle but was traded to Pittsburgh midway through the year. He re-signed with the Blue Jays in the offseason and is having a career year at the age of 33. Happ (19-4) goes into Tuesday seeking the first 20-win season of his career.Seattle will counter with dependable veteran Hisashi Iwakuma, who leads the team with 16 wins -- also a career high. Iwakuma was the Mariners best starter for the first four months of the season but stumbled down the stretch in August. The 35-year-old right-hander has rebounded to win each of his past two starts.Iwakuma might be pitching at home, but hell be in a somewhat unfamiliar environment. The thousands of Canadian fans have made sure the Blue Jays feel right at home in Seattles stadium.The hometown feel gave the Blue Jays a lift Monday night, and now the AL wild-card leaders are hoping to build off that win and keep rewarding the visiting fans.We really needed this, Estrada said after the Blue Jays snapped their two-game losing streak Monday night. We just have to build off this and keep it going. ' ' '