8:15 AM ET “Seinfeld” character George Costanza might have once worked for the New York Yankees, but on Saturday he was helping out Washington Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton. Eaton plated two crucial insurance runs in the eighth inning thanks to the help of the fictional character who once described himself as “lord of the idiots.”
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2:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. HOUSTON — When the New York Yankees went back to the visiting clubhouse at Minute Maid Park after their 7-0 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Saturday night, only one
10:10 PM ET ST. LOUIS — It was five years and 364 days ago that Anibal Sanchez sat in a dugout on a crisp October night, one day after dominating his opponent, and watched Max Scherzer do the very same thing. The two were teammates in a devastating Detroit Tigers starting rotation back in 2013,
9:50 PM ET ST. LOUIS — First off, let’s get this out of the way. Mike Shildt didn’t bat when the Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first inning of their division-clinching victory over the Braves. He didn’t have any at-bats in the first two games of the NLCS as the Cardinals totaled just four
5:40 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez suggested a name for Daniel Hudson’s new daughter — “Anibala Sean Hudson,” a nod to how Anibal Sanchez and Sean Doolittle combined to shut out the St. Louis Cardinals while Hudson was away for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series. Hudson and
1:43 PM ET A public relations employee for the Los Angeles Angels told federal investigators that he provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs and abused it with him for years, and that two team officials were told about Skaggs’ drug use long before his death, according to two sources familiar with the investigation. Eric Kay, the
2:37 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Are the baseballs traveling less distance in the postseason? Cardinals manager Mike Shildt says they are, at least according to data from the team’s analytics department. Before Saturday’s Game 2 of the NLCS, Shildt said the front office reported that balls are traveling 4.5 fewer feet on average than
8:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. HOUSTON — This is the third time in five years that the New York Yankees and Houston Astros have faced each other in the postseason, but Astros manager AJ Hinch knows you can’t think of the past as prelude.
1:31 PM ET David Freese, the 2011 World Series MVP with the St. Louis Cardinals, has retired after 11 major league seasons. Freese, 36, announced his retirement in a tweet Saturday, saying he will “never stop thinking about the days I got to be around such wonderful people playing the game.” pic.twitter.com/czVJztm9iY — David Freese
1:03 PM ET HOUSTON — Left-hander Wade Miley was left off the 25-man ALCS roster by the Houston Astros for their showdown with the New York Yankees, which begins Saturday night at Minute Maid Park. Miley, 32, went 14-6 with a 3.98 ERA for Houston during the regular season but tailed off badly down the