Dortmund slumps to another loss at Augsburg as Leipzig tops the Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund's awful away form continued in a 2-1 loss to Augsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday that increases the pressure on coach Nuri Sahin.

Dortmund's fourth loss in a row in away games in all competitions — including 5-2 at Real Madrid on Tuesday — left the team seven points off new Bundesliga leader Leipzig.

Alexis Claude-Maurice made his first start since joining Augsburg in August and rewarded his new team with two goals from distance to turn the game around. Dortmund led with an early Donyell Malen goal.

The game ended with 18-year-old Dortmund defender Almugera Kabar sent off for two yellow cards on his Bundesliga debut.

Sahin, who took over after Edin Terzic left following Dortmund's Champions League final loss last season, has seven wins, one draw and four losses in 12 games.

Leipzig looks like two different teams, depending on which competition its playing in.

In the Champions League, it has lost all three of its games. In the Bundesliga, Marco Rose's team leads the standings — at least until Bayern Munich plays Sunday — and is unbeaten in its eight games.

Leipzig briefly looked like bringing its Champions League form to the Bundesliga before a second-half comeback to beat Freiburg 3-1.

Poor marking allowed Ritsu Doan to head Freiburg in front in the 15th — the first goal Leipzig conceded in the Bundesliga since Aug. 31. Goals from defenders Willi Orban and Lutsharel Geertruida got Leipzig back into the game before Loïs Openda scored from a tight angle to secure the win.

With attacking midfielder Xavi Simons set to be out for weeks with an ankle ligament injury sustained in Leipzig’s 1-0 loss to Liverpool on Wednesday, teammates Castello Lukeba and Amadou Haidara raised his shirt in tribute.

El Bilal Touré scored a vital goal in Stuttgart's 1-0 win over Juventus on Tuesday in the Champions League, and the Mali forward did it again on Saturday with a goal and assist to beat Holstein Kiel 2-1.

Touré surged for most of the length of the field on a counterattack to set up Deniz Undav for Stuttgart's first goal and scored the second with an audacious long-range shot.

That gave Stuttgart a much-needed first Bundesliga win in over a month, but only after surviving the last half-hour with 10 men after Jeff Chabot earned two yellow cards in the space of three minutes.

Also, Wolfsburg drew at St. Pauli 0-0.

Champion Bayer Leverkusen played Werder Bremen later Saturday.

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From left, VfL Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg's Ridle Baku and St. Pauli's Karol Mets and Philipp Treu fight for the bal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC St. Pauli in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Stuttgart's Deniz Undav scores his side's opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and Holstein Kiel at the MHPArena in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)

Stuttgart's El Bilal Toure celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and Holstein Kiel at the MHPArena in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)

Leipzig's Castello Lukeba, left, and Amadou Haidara hold up a jersey of the injured Xavi Simons during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

From left, Leipzig's Lutsharel Geertruida celebrates with Lois Openda and Christoph Baumgartner after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

Leipzig's Lutsharel Geertruida celebrates after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

Augsburg's Alexis Claude-Maurice, centre, celebrates with Augsburg's Kristijan Jakic, left, after scoring his side's opening goal during the Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund at WWK-Arena, Augsburg, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Dortmund's Nico Schlotterbeck reacts disappointed after the Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund at WWK-Arena, Augsburg, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Borussia Dortmund players stand on the pitch in dejection at the end of the Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund at WWK-Arena, Augsburg, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Richard “Dick” Codey, a former acting governor of New Jersey and the longest serving legislator in the state's history, died Sunday. He was 79.

Codey’s wife, Mary Jo Codey, confirmed her husband’s death to The Associated Press.

“Gov. Richard J. Codey passed away peacefully this morning at home, surrounded by family, after a brief illness,” Codey's family wrote in a Facebook post on Codey's official page.

"Our family has lost a beloved husband, father and grandfather -- and New Jersey lost a remarkable public servant who touched the lives of all who knew him," the family said.

Known for his feisty, regular-guy persona, Codey was a staunch advocate of mental health awareness and care issues. The Democrat also championed legislation to ban smoking from indoor areas and sought more money for stem cell research.

Codey, the son of a northern New Jersey funeral home owner, entered the state Assembly in 1974 and served there until he was elected to the state Senate in 1982. He served as Senate president from 2002 to 2010.

Codey first served as acting governor for a brief time in 2002, after Christine Todd Whitman’s resignation to join President George W. Bush’s administration. He held the post again for 14 months after Gov. Jim McGreevey resigned in 2004.

At that time, New Jersey law mandated that the Senate president assume the governor’s role if a vacancy occurred, and that person would serve until the next election.

Codey routinely drew strong praise from residents in polls, and he gave serious consideration to seeking the Democratic nomination for governor in 2005. But he ultimately chose not to run when party leaders opted to back wealthy Wall Street executive Jon Corzine, who went on to win the office.

Codey would again become acting governor after Corzine was incapacitated in April 2007 due to serious injuries he suffered in a car accident. He held the post for nearly a month before Corzine resumed his duties.

After leaving the governor’s office, Codey returned to the Senate and also published a memoir that detailed his decades of public service, along with stories about his personal and family life.

“He lived his life with humility, compassion and a deep sense of responsibility to others,” his family wrote. “He made friends as easily with Presidents as he did with strangers in all-night diners.”

Codey and his wife often spoke candidly about her past struggles with postpartum depression, and that led to controversy in early 2005, when a talk radio host jokingly criticized Mary Jo and her mental health on the air.

Codey, who was at the radio station for something else, confronted the host and said he told him that he wished he could “take him outside.” But the host claimed Codey actually threatened to “take him out,” which Codey denied.

His wife told The Associated Press that Codey was willing to support her speaking out about postpartum depression, even if it cost him elected office.

“He was a really, really good guy,” Mary Jo Codey said. “He said, ‘If you want to do it, I don’t care if I get elected again.’”

Jack Brook contributed reporting from New Orleans.

FILE - New Jersey State Sen. and former Democratic Gov. Richard Codey is seen before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Legislature at the statehouse, in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)