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Even though the Milwaukee Brewers are up 2-0 in their NLDS series against the Colorado Rockies, they’ve done it without any real contribution from outfielder Lorenzo Cain. Cain is yet to get a hit in the series, starting 0-for-8 with a walk. …
Few hitters in baseball history have owned a pitcher more than Gary Sanchez does with David Price. For that matter, the New York Yankees seem to own Price as a whole this season. Sanchez smacked a solo home run off Price in the top of the second …
Aaron Judge did not need long to give the New York Yankees a lead in Game 2 of the ALDS on Saturday in Boston. Judge took a 1-2 pitch from Boston Red Sox starter David Price to deep center field for a solo home run to give the Yanks an early 1-0 …
Marwin Gonzalez delivered a huge hit for the Houston Astros against the Cleveland Indians in Game 2 of the ALDS on Saturday, and he celebrated with a big bat flip. Gonzalez took a pitch from Indians reliever Andrew Miller out to right field for a …
The Atlanta Braves made a change to their plans on Saturday and have decided to start Sean Newcomb in Sunday’s elimination game. Atlanta lost the first two games in the NLDS to the Los Angeles Dodgers, getting shut out in both. Midseason …
Francisco Lindor went deep at Minute Maid Park on Saturday to give the Cleveland Indians their first lead of the ALDS against the Houston Astros. Lindor was batting in the top of the third inning and took a hanging breaking ball from Gerrit Cole deep …
The only time any negative sentiment crept into Dodger Stadium on Friday night was when manager Dave Roberts removed Clayton Kershaw from the game. Kershaw delivered one of the best postseason performances of his career, going eight innings of …
It’s playoff baseball and hugs are in the air. Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was thrown out trying to steal in the bottom of the sixth inning against the Atlanta Braves on Friday night. He was such dead meat at second base that he …
JA Happ’s start against the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of the ALDS on Friday night at Fenway Park did not go at all the way the New York Yankees had hoped it would. Happ lasted just two-plus innings in the game before Aaron Boone decided to give …
JD Martinez continues to make Boston fans fall in love with him. Martinez smacked a 3-run home run in the bottom of the first inning of Game 1 of the ALDS on Friday night against the New York Yankees. Mookie Betts struck out as the leadoff batter, …
Chris Sale dismissed concerns about his velocity with the first pitch he threw in the ALDS on Friday. Sale’s first pitch of Game 1 of the ALDS against the New York Yankees was clocked at 95.4 mph by MLB.com (many reporters said it was at 96). …
One Houston Astros fan made quite the promise to his entire section during Friday’s ALDS opener, and ended up paying for it. One Twitter user noted that a fan in section 104 at Minute Maid Park said Astros outfielder George Springer would lead …
Chris Iannetta went full Bo Jackson after a strikeout during Game 2 of the NLDS Friday between the Colorado Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers. Iannetta had an RBI opportunity with a runner on third and nobody out in the top of the seventh of a 1-0 game. …
Friday’s Game 1 of the ALDS between the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros began as a pitcher’s duel, but that quickly changed. Houston put up two in the fourth, beginning with Alex Bregman’s solo home run to lead off the inning. …
Corey Kluber and Justin Verlander opened up the ALDS between the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros with a pitcher’s duel, but Alex Bregman broke the scoreless game with a major home run. The Astros third baseman crushed a home run to left …
MLB released the scheduled game times for the remainder of the division series round of the playoffs, and the schedule did not go over well with Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians fans. The Indians and Astros are scheduled to play on Friday, …
