11:18 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Astros issued a statement late Monday denying a Sports Illustrated report regarding the behavior of a team executive in the aftermath of the club’s pennant-clinching win in the ALCS on Saturday. According to the report, during the postgame celebration in the Houston clubhouse after the Astros’ 6-4 win
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6:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Max Scherzer will start the World Series opener for the Washington Nationals against the Astros‘ Gerrit Cole in Houston on Tuesday night. Scherzer is undefeated in three starts (2-0) and has a 1.80 ERA with 27 strikeouts in this postseason. Over 15 innings in his last two starts, Scherzer
6:08 PM ET HOUSTON — To nobody’s surprise, three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer is officially the Game 1 starter for the Washington Nationals. He’ll face off against Houston Astros starter Gerrit Cole, who is riding a streak of 19 consecutive winning decisions, in the first showdown between two powerhouse starting rotations. Both pitchers have
4:43 PM ET For the Houston Astros, it’s a shot at winning their second World Series in three years. For the Washington Nationals — both the franchise itself, but also many of their players — it’s their first taste of the Fall Classic. 2 Related It’s a matchup featuring a full-season favorite expected to launch
3:28 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Justin Verlander will follow Gerrit Cole and start Game 2 of the World Series for Houston against Washington on Wednesday. Zack Greinke will start for the Astros on Friday when the Series resumes at Nationals Park. “Greinke gets to hit. That’s going to be fun for him,” Astros
7:55 AM ET It is a sporting event so wonderful it requires two names: The World Series. The Fall Classic. The Houston Astros got here in dramatic fashion on Jose Altuve‘s walk-off home run to knock out the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. The Washington Nationals have had some high drama of their
4:11 PM ET Major League umpire Eric Cooper has died at the age of 52, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced in a statement on Sunday. “This is a very sad day across Major League Baseball,” Manfred said in the statement. “Eric Cooper was a highly respected umpire, a hard worker on the field and a
9:06 AM ET The Houston Astros have been installed as the favorites over the Washington Nationals in the World Series. Caesars Sportsbook on Sunday opened the Astros as -235 favorites to beat the Nationals in the best-of-seven series. The Nationals are listed as +195 underdogs. Game 1 is Tuesday in Houston. At -235, the Astros
5:21 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Adjacent to the smoky, boozy hazmat area that was the Houston Astros‘ clubhouse is a dining room of a culinarian’s dreams. Walls of food, drink, anything to sate a player’s
3:27 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. HOUSTON — One man’s heaven can be another man’s hell, as the New York Yankees might have learned in falling short once again in the American League Championship Series by losing to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.