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Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 11:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0

Oct 1, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s MLB playoff time! After a bonus Monday of action to decide the final two National League postseason spots, eight teams were in action Tuesday as the 2024 MLB playoffs began with the best-of-three wild-card round. The Game 1 action started with the Detroit Tigers defeating

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday. The Tigers, swept in

ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Yordan Alvarez is on the Houston Astros‘ roster for their wild-card series against the Detroit Tigers and batting second in Game 1 on Tuesday. Alvarez is in the lineup as the designated hitter. Three-time Cy Young Award winner and 2011 American League MVP

Sep 30, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 MLB playoffs are here! Starting with this week’s wild-card series (beginning Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC), it’s sure to be another thrilling October of postseason baseball. We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know, from the first pitch of the

Sep 30, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader who was banned from baseball for betting on the sport, has died at age 83, the medical examiner in Clark County, Nevada, confirmed to ABC News on Monday. “Charlie Hustle,” as he was known for his relentless playing style, will fall short in

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Yes, we have one more day of regular-season baseball to be played. Sunday’s results failed to settle the National League wild-card race, so the New York

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 29, 2024, 09:03 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

ESPN News Services Sep 29, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani came up short in his bid to become the first National League player to win the Triple Crown since 1937. Ohtani, who led the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs this season, was trying to chase

Sep 29, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Twins players backed manager Rocco Baldelli on Saturday after weeks of fans chanting for his firing amid the team’s late-season collapse. The Twins, who had a five-game cushion in the American League wild-card race in mid-August, were eliminated from postseason contention with Friday’s loss to

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 01:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Shohei Ohtani had two hits and raised his average to .310 in his bid to overtake batting leader Luis Arráez and become the National League’s first Triple Crown winner since 1937, helping the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 13-2

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 03:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo left Saturday’s 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates after being hit on the right hand in the seventh inning. Rizzo was hit on the bottom of his hand by Ryan Borucki‘s 1-2 slider leading

Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 28, 2024, 01:13 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will not return to the team in 2025, sources told ESPN, ending his tenure after two seasons and making him among

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — The Chicago White Sox lost their major league-record 121st game Friday night, falling 4-1 to the Detroit Tigers. The White Sox broke the post-1900 record of 120 set by the New York Mets in 1962 in their first season. The overall record

Associated Press Sep 26, 2024, 10:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 58th home run, going deep for the fifth straight game to help the New York Yankees wrap up their second American League East title in three years with a 10-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterSep 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions We head into the final weekend of the 2024 MLB regular season — which might actually leak into Monday now — with playoff spots to be

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 12:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West on Thursday night by rallying to beat the second-place San Diego Padres 7-2 with a five-run outburst in the seventh inning. The Dodgers had not clinched at home since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season,

Sep 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re down to the final days of the 2024 regular season — and there are still quite a few teams that have something to play for. Which clubs will get to keep playing into October, and which will watch their playoff aspirations come to an end?