5:31 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Astros pitcher Zack Greinke once again didn’t have much to say at the podium on Friday, so AJ Hinch is hoping his actions are little more compelling on the mound. Hinch named the pensive Greinke as his Game 1 starter against the New York Yankees for the ALCS, which
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4:31 PM ET ST. LOUIS — The Washington Nationals will begin the National League Championship Series without the services of their closer, Daniel Hudson, who was placed on the paternity list prior to Friday’s Game 1 against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Hudson’s wife gave birth to the couple’s third daughter on Friday
8:34 AM ET We’re down to the MLB playoffs‘ final four teams. Most of the national attention will focus on the colossal showdown in the American League between the 107-win Houston Astros and 103-win New York Yankees, a rematch of the 2017 American League Championship Series that went seven games, with the home team winning
8:10 AM ET There was plenty of drama and thrills in both National League Division Series. Now we see what the Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals have left in the tank as they meet with a trip to the World Series on the line. What’s on tap Friday’s schedule 8:08 p.m. ET: Nationals at
12:36 AM ET HOUSTON — The Astros jumped on Tampa Bay starter Tyler Glasnow from the outset in their clinching Game 5 win Thursday. It was almost as if they knew what was coming. They might have; at the outset at least, Glasnow appeared to be tipping his pitches. “I went back and looked, and
12:10 AM ET HOUSTON — This was exactly the way Astros manager A.J. Hinch scripted it. Houston ace Gerrit Cole dominated the upstart Tampa Bay Rays for the second time during the ALDS as the Astros beat the Rays 6-1 at Minute Maid Park on Friday, winning the best-of-five series 3-2. It was not easy.
3:56 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It was the mother of all hump days. For the first time since their move to D.C. in 2005, the Washington Nationals have won a playoff series. Even better, they did it on a Wednesday. “I don’t even know what day it is right now,” said Davey Martinez, the
6:39 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Police arrested San Diego Padres minor league pitcher Jacob Nix after he was accused of breaking into a suburban Phoenix home through a doggie door and was shot with a Taser by the homeowner. Nix, who is facing two counts of criminal trespassing, was released this week from
Every pitch is huge from here on out for Gerrit Cole and the Astros. He’s at 95 as he takes the mound for the eighth. If he’s efficient, he could finish it. But Will Harris is up in the bullpen if Cole tires. Cole will be working to a new catcher, Robinson Chirinos, after starter
4:34 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Eric Sogard homered in the first at-bat of his first start this postseason for Tampa Bay, going deep in the decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series at Houston on Thursday night. Sogard hadn’t started in nearly a month while dealing with lingering right foot discomfort.