Bryce Harper homered again, but San Francisco’s Joe Panik scored on a wild pitch to break a seventh-inning tie, and the San Francisco Giants edged the Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday to grab a spot in the National League Championship Series.
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St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams hit the ball and threw up his arms as soon as he left the batter’s box. Meanwhile, Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw crouched in despair as the ball, and his team’s postseason hopes, sailed into the St. Louis bullpen behind the right-center field wall.
First baseman Eric Hosmer made good on a Twitter invitation to Kansas City Royals fans to meet players at McFadden’s bar following a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in the American League Division Series on Sunday.
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was kept out of the starting lineup for Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Kolten Wong hit a two-run homer to snap a seventh-inning tie, Matt Carpenter went deep for the third straight game and John Lackey lived up to his big-game reputation as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five NL Division Series.
The Washington Nationals took advantage of a two-run throwing error by Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner to break a scoreless tie in the seventh inning en route to a series-extending, 4-1 victory Monday afternoon.
The Kansas City Royals thrashed the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 Sunday night to complete a sweep of the best-of-three American League Division Series.
Police were looking for three men suspected of brutally beating a man in the Angels Stadium parking lot in what appears to be an unprovoked attack.
Nelson Cruz squeezed a two-run home run just inside the base of the right field foul pole in the sixth inning, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday and a three-game sweep of the American League Division Series.
LOS ANGELES — Matt Kemp yanked the Dodgers from the depths of despair with one swing.
Brandon Belt and the rest of the San Francisco Giants did what they do so well in October: They never give in, they never give up, and they win. Simple as that. No matter what it takes — or how long. Even 18 innings.
With three extra-inning wins in four remarkable days, the long-downtrodden Kansas City Royals have climbed from the depths of a 29-year playoff absence to the brink of the AL Championship Series.
Matt Holliday’s three-homer capped an eight-run rally in the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals stunned Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-9 in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday night before a sellout crowd of 54,265 at Dodger Stadium.
The San Francisco Giants got a stellar outing from veteran starter Jake Peavy and beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 in Game One of their best-of-five National League Divisional Series on Friday.
Delmon Young knocked in three runs with a pinch-double in the eighth inning and the Baltimore Orioles took a commanding two-game lead in the American League Division Series with a 7-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday.