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The Washington Nationals suffered a major blow hours before Game 5 of the World Series. Scheduled starter Max Scherzer has been scratched with back issues and will be replaced by Joe Ross. Stephen Strasburg will still start Game 6. It is unclear if …
Alex Bregman broke out of a postseason slump in about the biggest way possible. Bregman blew open Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night with a grand slam to put Houston up 8-1 in the 7th inning against the Washington Nationals. He pimped his …
Fernando Rodney had been reliable for the Washington Nationals this postseason, but that all came to an end during Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night. A day after getting Alex Bregman to ground out with the bases loaded to end an inning, …
Robinson Chirinos had another big game at the plate for the Houston Astros in the World Series and has come up huge as they looked to turn things around. Chirinos homered in the Astros’ 4-1 Game 3 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday …
This week’s controversy involving Houston Astros assistant GM Brandon Taubman has reignited awareness surrounding Roberto Osuna. As a result, the relief pitcher was heavily booed by Washington Nationals fans upon entering Game 3 of the World …
Not all of the news surrounding the Houston Astros is negative at the moment. Astros owner Jim Crane apparently flew the team’s front office to Washington D.C. to attend Game 3 of the World Series at Nationals Park on Friday night. Amid all the …
The Washington Nationals return home with a 2-0 lead in the World Series, and they may be trying to do all they can to slam the door on the opposition. Speaking to the media before Game 3 against the Houston Astros on Friday, Nats manager Davey …
Justin Verlander lightened the mood on Wednesday night with a funny defensive play in Game 2 of the World Series against the Washington Nationals. The Houston Astros starter had a 1-2 count on Ryan Zimmerman in the top of the fourth inning of a 2-2 …
Alex Bregman had a great reaction to his big home run to tie Game 2 of the World Series on Wednesday night at two in the first inning. Bregman smacked a 2-run home run off Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg and looked straight into his …
Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch says he spoke with George Springer about the slugger’s lack of hustle on a double in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday night. Springer hit a deep ball to right-center that brought in Kyle …
George Springer defended himself after Tuesday’s 5-4 Game 1 World Series loss to the Washington Nationals for not running hard on a big double in the eighth inning. Springer hit a ball deep to right-center in the bottom of the eighth that …
George Springer gets credit for being such a clutch postseason hitter, but he cost his Houston Astros with a poor decision on Tuesday night. Springer was batting with Kyle Tucker on second and one out with his Astros down 5-3 to the Washington …
Yordan Alvarez has looked very much like a rookie during his first MLB playoff run, but the Houston Astros still have faith in him to get right. Astros manager AJ Hinch said on Monday that the 22-year-old will start and hit seventh in Game 1 of the …
Carlos Correa was flexing a bit after clinching a World Series berth on Friday. After Correa’s Houston Astros closed out the New York Yankees in their ALCS series with a 6-4 victory in Game 6, the All-Star shortstop took a clever jab at the …
The Houston Astros won a dramatic ALCS Game 6 in the bottom of the 9th off Aroldis Chapman, but the New York Yankees made a strategic blunder that contributed to the 6-4 Astros win. The Yankees had tied the game in the top of the 9th inning on a …
Houston Astros outfielder Michael Brantley may have made the play of the ALCS to end the top of the seventh inning of Game 6 on Saturday night. The New York Yankees had a man on and one out in the inning, trailing by two runs and trying to rally to …
