Charlie Morton, Rays finish off Astros to reach World Series
SAN DIEGO — Remarkable rookie Randy Arozarena homered again, 36-year-old Charlie Morton was brilliant against his former team and the Tampa Bay Rays reached the World Series for the second time, silencing the Houston Astros 4-2 Saturday night in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series. The Rays will face...
Corey Seager homers again, Dodgers force NLCS Game 7 vs. Braves
ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager homered again, Walker Buehler pitched six scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers pushed the NL Championship Series to Game 7 with a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. The Dodgers avoided elimination for the second time in less than 24 hours and...
Smith off Smith, Seager 2 HRs as Dodgers beat Braves in NLCS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Dodgers catcher Will Smith hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off the Atlanta reliever with the same name, Corey Seager homered twice and Los Angeles avoided elimination with a 7-3 win over the Braves in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series on Friday night. Smith connected in...
George Springer, Astros beat Rays to force Game 7 in ALCS
SAN DIEGO — George Springer and Jose Altuve keyed a four-run rally in the fifth inning, Framber Valdez pitched six brilliant innings and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays for the third straight game, 7-4, on Friday to force a deciding Game 7 of the AL Championship Series....
Ex-Angels employee indicted in Tyler Skaggs’ fatal overdose
FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal grand jury indicted a former Los Angeles Angels employee on drug charges for allegedly providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs with the drugs that caused his overdose death. Eric Prescott Kay was charged Thursday with drug distribution and drug conspiracy in Skaggs’ overdose death, according...
Braves 1 win from World Series after pounding Dodgers in NLCS Game 4Video
ARLINGTON, Texas — Marcell Ozuna homered twice, MVP candidate Freddie Freeman delivered the go-ahead hit off Clayton Kershaw and the Atlanta Braves moved within one win of ending a two-decade World Series drought by routing the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 on Thursday night. The Braves took a 3-1 lead in...
Carlos Correa hits walkoff homer to keep Astros alive in ALCSVideo
SAN DIEGO — Carlos Correa homered with one out in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3, on Thursday behind sensational pitching from five rookies to remain alive in the AL Championship Series. Correa drove a pitch from Nick Anderson to straightaway center field,...
George Springer, Jose Altuve homer as Astros avoid ALCS sweep
SAN DIEGO — José Altuve and the Houston Astros are eager to match the 2004 Boston Red Sox in the history books. Beating the Tampa Bay Rays three more times to reach the World Series won’t be easy, but the Astros believe they can do it. George Springer broke a...
Dodgers score record 11 runs in 1st inning to beat Braves in NLCS Game 3Video
ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Muncy hit a grand slam to cap an 11-run first inning for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, the highest-scoring inning ever in a postseason game. The Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 15-3, to trim Atlanta’s series lead to 2-1....
Rays beat Astros, move within 1 victory of World Series
SAN DIEGO — Kevin Kiermaier and the Tampa Bay Rays — with big assists from two former Padres who know Petco Park’s outfield well — are one win from the second World Series berth in franchise history. Joey Wendle hit a go-ahead, two-run single two batters after another critical error...
Freeman, Albies homer again as Braves take 2-0 NLCS lead over Los AngelesVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Freddie Freeman and Ozzie Albies homered again, rookie Ian Anderson extended his postseason scoreless streak in an abbreviated start and the Atlanta Braves just held on for an 8-7 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship...
Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw scratched from Game 2 start in NLCS
ARLINGTON, Texas — Clayton Kershaw has been scratched from his start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series due to back spasms. The Dodgers announced the decision on their longtime ace Tuesday, about seven hours before the first pitch in Arlington, Texas. Right-hander Tony...
Austin Riley homer sparks Braves past Dodgers in NLCS Game 1
ARLINGTON, Texas — Austin Riley led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer that sparked a four-run outburst, and the Atlanta Braves opened their first National League Championship Series since 2001 with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. Riley, the No. 9 batter in...
Austin Riley HR ignites big Braves 9th in NLCS win over DodgersVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Austin Riley led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer that sparked a four-run outburst, and the Atlanta Braves opened their first National League Championship Series since 2001 with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. Riley, the No. 9 batter in...
Manuel Margot’s homer, catch highlight Rays’ win over Astros
SAN DIEGO — Manuel Margot hit a three-run homer one batter after a crucial Houston error and made a spectacular catch in right field in his former home ballpark, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Astros, 4-2, on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series....
Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77Video
CINCINNATI — At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. And to his star-powered teammates, Joe Morgan was a driving force, too. Morgan, the Hall of Fame second baseman who became the sparkplug of dominant Cincinnati teams in the mid-1970s and the prototype for baseball’s artificial...
Arozarena homers again, Rays beat Astros 2-1 in ALCS openerVideo
SAN DIEGO — Randy Arozarena homered again at Petco Park and Mike Zunino drove in the go-ahead run for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the Houston Astros 2-1 on Sunday night in the opener of the AL Championship Series. Blake Snell allowed José Altuve’s homer as he labored through...
Braves all grown up for this NLCS matchup against DodgersVideo
ARLINGTON, Texas — Those Baby Braves that faced the Los Angeles Dodgers in the playoffs two years ago have grown up a little bit and have even won a couple of postseason series. The Dodgers have been here before, in the NL Championship Series for the fourth time in five...
Mike Brosseau homer off Chapman lifts Rays over Yankees, into ALCS
SAN DIEGO — Mike Brosseau homered off Aroldis Chapman with one out in the eighth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees, 2-1, on Friday night to reach the AL Championship Series for the first time in 12 seasons. The first career postseason homer for the...
Respected Dusty Baker leads reviled Houston Astros into ALCSVideo
LOS ANGELES — If there’s a universally recognized good guy among the generally reviled Houston Astros, it’s Dusty Baker. At 71, he’s the first manager to lead five franchises to the postseason, but still is chasing his first World Series title at the helm. The Astros have advanced to their...
Whitey Ford, 91, pitcher who epitomized mighty Yankees, dies
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Whitey Ford, the street-smart New Yorker who had the best winning percentage of any pitcher in the 20th century and helped the Yankees become baseball’s perennial champions in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. He was 91. A family member told The Associated Press on Friday...
MLB-best Dodgers to 14th NLCS after 12-3 win to sweep Padres
ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers have completed the first step of what they hope is a long stay in the Lone Star State. Turner put the Dodgers ahead with a record-breaking hit in a big inning fueled by a nice stop-gone-bad by Fernando Tatis Jr.,...
First Call: Tight ends will be big in Steelers vs. Eagles. Cole vs. Glasnow in Game 5.
Friday’s “First Call” looks at a key matchup in Sunday’s Steelers-Eagles game. The Steelers defensive front gets some high first-quarter grades. Robert Morris hockey has found a special story and a special skater. And the Duquesne Dukes may be part of an Atlantic 10 renaissance. Tale of the tight ends...
Yankees beat Rays, force Game 5 in ALDSVideo
SAN DIEGO — Luke Voit and Gleyber Torres hit impressive home runs, Jordan Montgomery and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and the New York Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-1, Thursday night to force a deciding fifth game in their AL Division Series. The Yankees bounced back from...
Carlos Correa powers Astros past A’s to clinch spot in ALCSVideo
LOS ANGELES — Carlos Correa hit a go-ahead, three-run homer after Michael Brantley’s two-run shot in the fourth inning, helping the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics, 11-6, on Thursday to clinch their home-run heavy AL Division Series in four games. Correa drove in five as the Astros — October...
