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Khris Davis' powerful bat provided so many much-needed highlights for the Athletics in another last-place season — and there were many others by young prospects whom manager Bob Melvin and the front office are counting on to carry the club into 2018.

Cueto struggled in the season finale, but Pablo Sandoval hit a game-ending solo homer with one out in the ninth inning, lifting the Giants over the San Diego Padres 5-4.

They limited Lynch to 12 yards on nine carries and sent Carr to the locker room with a back injury in their grind-it-out 16-10 win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.

Unable to close out a game for the third straight week, the 49ers remained winless after allowing Palmer to pick his way down the field and find Larry Fitzgerald on an 19-yard touchdown that gave the Cardinals an ugly, 18-15 victory on Sunday.

Coach Jack Del Rio said Monday that a CT scan showed that Carr has a transverse process fracture in his back after being injured in the third quarter of a 16-10 loss Sunday. Del Rio said these injuries typically sideline players for two to six weeks.

Mengden, the young right-hander plagued by injuries this season, struck out eight over seven scoreless innings and the A's ended the season with their 17th win in 24 games, a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

Quarterback Justin Herbert, running back Royce Freeman and receiver Dillon Mitchell were all injured in the first half of Oregon's 45-24 victory over California on Saturday night. Backup QB Taylor Alie was knocked out of the game in the final quarter.

Cain's decorated 13-year career came to an end with him pitching five shutout innings in the San Francisco Giants 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres.