All of the amazing numbers Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta has compiled this season, and especially in the past two months, mean nothing now. This is a do-or-die game.
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Even as questions persisted about postseason inexperience and ace left-hander Dallas Keuchel pitching on three days’ rest, the Houston Astros had every intention of celebrating at Yankee Stadium.
Unbeatable on his home turf, Houston Astros left-hander Dallas Keuchel will need to buck a couple of ugly trends to win his team’s biggest game of the season tonight in the Bronx.
Rookie slugger Kris Bryant, who led the Chicago Cubs into the playoffs for the first time since 2008, had Major League Baseball’s best-selling jersey in 2015, according to sales posted on the league’s website on Monday.
New York Yankees veteran starting pitcher CC Sabathia is checking himself into alcohol rehabilitation and will miss the upcoming Major League Baseball postseason, the left-hander said on Monday.
The Washington Nationals fired manager Matt Williams on Monday after a season in which the team badly underachieved and missing the playoffs.
Hurricane Joaquin, once forecast to be a major threat to the East Coast, may still cause some havoc on the sports world this weekend.
The St. Louis Cardinals clinched their third National League Central title in a row Wednesday with an 11-1 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates as Jason Heyward had a grand slam among his three hits and spot starter Tyler Lyons pitched seven scoreless innings in the second game of a day-night doubleheader.
Marcus Stroman allowed one run in eight strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays clinched their first American League East title in 22 years with a 15-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday.
Most Major League Baseball fans will never get the chance to catch a foul ball at a game. But one Yankees fan got multiple chances in one game Tuesday night … and missed all of them.
The A’s became the first major league team to employ a female coach Tuesday when they announced they have hired Justine Siegal to serve as a guest instructor for the team’s Instructional League in Arizona Oct. 4-17.
The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the National League West title Tuesday night, riding the one-hit shutout pitching of left-hander Clayton Kershaw to an 8-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty was released from a Pittsburgh hospital on Tuesday afternoon after suffering a head injury during a collision the night before in a game against the Pirates.
St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Stephen Piscotty had to be carted off following a collision in the outfield with team mate Peter Bourjos on Monday in the team’s 3-0 win over Pittsburgh.
Bryce Harper not hustling to first base probably would have gone unnoticed had Jonathan Papelbon not gone Boston Strangler on him in the dugout, Boston being the place whence Papelbon came, via stopover in Philadelphia.
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