1:16 AM ET San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and sudden death — it’s only right. The Giants and Dodgers, two of the oldest rivals in sports, were separated by one game over the course of a 162-game season and by two runs throughout a 19-game season series. Now, after a Walker Buehler-fueled Dodgers victory
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6:47 PM ET CHICAGO — The Houston Astros advanced to their fifth consecutive American League Championship Series on Tuesday by beating the Chicago White Sox 10-1 in Game 4 of their best-of-five division series matchup. The Astros are the third team ever to appear in five straight league championship series, and first to do so
3:51 PM ET Atlanta Braves right fielder Jorge Soler has tested positive for COVID-19 prior to Tuesday’s Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, MLB announced. Soler, who had a .246 batting average with 14 home runs and 33 RBIs during the regular season, was scheduled to bat leadoff as
3:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Off the bat, nine innings into a game surprisingly devoid of action, it seemed as if an entire ballpark believed Gavin Lux had tied the score with his Los Angeles Dodgers down to their final out. “My stomach pretty much sank when he hit it,” San Francisco Giants third
10:59 PM ET BOSTON — Early on Monday night, it looked like the Boston Red Sox might cruise to the ALCS after scoring five runs in the third inning. While the Rays slowly chipped away at the lead throughout the night, eventually tying the game in the eighth inning, Boston displayed the resilience that made
1:58 PM ET CHICAGO — Astros manager Dusty Baker pushed back on Chicago White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera‘s comments regarding potential sign stealing by Houston, calling them “heavy accusations.” “They’re about the same runs, OPS and everything as we are — well, actually, better on the road than we are at home,” Baker said Monday
9:57 PM ET Game 3 of the American League Division Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox might have had one of the wildest endings in postseason history. The two teams had battled back and forth for more than five hours, with the Rays’ Wander Franco and Randy Arozarena leading a comeback
11:06 PM ET BOSTON — Kevin Kiermaier felt sure that Yandy Diaz was going to score and give the Tampa Bay Rays a 5-4 lead in the 13th inning of Sunday night’s pivotal ALDS Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox. The Rays outfielder hit one off the Fenway Park right-field fence, the ball bouncing
12:28 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The sure sign for Red Sox manager Alex Cora that things are getting serious in the baseball playoffs: He got a text from Patriots coach Bill Belichick wishing him luck. “That’s like the highlight of the year,” Cora gushed before Game 3 of the AL Division Series against
2:07 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — For a brief, fleeting moment — the amount of time it took San Francisco Giants reliever Dominic Leone‘s sixth-inning fastball to travel from his hand to the plate — Cody Bellinger looked like the guy who was the 2019 National League MVP. Bellinger was balanced and quick, two elements
8th Seager singled to center, Pollock scored, Beaty to third. 9 2 8th Beaty singled to left, Taylor scored, Pollock to second. 8 2 8th Smith homered to left (388 feet). 7 2 6th Crawford singled to right, Wade Jr. scored, Flores thrown out at third. 6 2 6th Pollock doubled to left, Bellinger and
1:45 AM ET The Red Sox offense knew they needed to pick up Chris Sale after the first inning on Saturday. Their lefty ace — coming off of Tommy John surgery — did not have his best stuff on Friday night allowing four hits and allowing five earned runs in an inning pitched. After scoring
2:23 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb pitched one of baseball’s most epic postseason games in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, and he did it by forcing the Dodgers to turn into their own worst enemies. Webb was masterful in his first career postseason start, mixing a diving changeup and a
10:15 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Rowdy Tellez said he blacked out at the instant of the biggest moment of his career, but not so long that he couldn’t appreciate what he had done. Tellez, the first baseman the Milwaukee Brewers acquired during the season, unloaded on a seventh-inning fastball from Charlie Morton for a two-run
12:50 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The finalists for the Hank Aaron Award — the first since the legend’s death — include Shohei Ohtani, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper, Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. The winners of
12:48 AM ET Randy Arozarena‘s supply of October magic never seems to end. Arozarena — the leading candidate for American League Rookie of the Year — made history Thursday by becoming the first player in playoff history to steal home and hit a home run in the same game during Tampa Bay’s 5-0 victory over
9:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A 1911 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson autographed photograph by Frank W. Smith sold for $1.47 million, the most ever paid for a signed sports photograph. The photo was offered by Christie’s and Hunt Auctions in New York in the auction Extra Innings: A Private Collection of Important Baseball
11:49 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. — Boston slugger J.D. Martinez is on the Red Sox roster for their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays after missing Tuesday night’s win over the New York Yankees in the AL Wild Card Game because of a sprained left ankle. The best-of-five ALDS is