3:17 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Washington Nationals right-hander Anibal Sanchez will start Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Friday night, facing righty Miles Mikolas of the St. Louis Cardinals, the teams announced Thursday. Nationals starters Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin both pitched in Wednesday’s Game 5
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1:43 PM ET The Washington Nationals overcame a slow start and long odds to reach the National League Championship Series and are now the favorites to reach the franchise’s first World Series. The Nationals stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a late-inning rally in Wednesday’s decisive Game 5 victory to advance to the NLCS against
10:33 AM ET When he was introduced as Philadelphia Phillies manager in 2017, Gabe Kapler said his goal was to bring a World Series title to team owner John Middleton. After two seasons of postseason-free baseball in Philadelphia, Kapler is now out of the job, according to multiple reports. The Phillies on Thursday fired Kapler,
7:46 AM ET With the Nationals’ stunning comeback and the Cardinals’ rout on Wednesday, the National League Championship Series is set. Now it’s time to see who’ll meet the Yankees in the ALCS as the MLB playoffs continue on Thursday with a third winner-take-all Game 5. Will the Rays’ momentum carry over from their two
7:40 AM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Ursula is happy about the Rays. She is Australian and drives for Uber. Her Wednesday morning was a busy one, as visiting baseball fans headed for the airport in Tampa to catch flights back to Houston. Many of them wore orange Astros T-shirts and were unhappy, but they
6:04 AM ET Two other names have surfaced in the Los Angeles Angels‘ managerial search. John Farrell and Buck Showalter joined Joe Maddon as candidates for a job left vacant after the firing of Brad Ausmus, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The LA Times first reported the news. Buck Showalter and John Farrell
5:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Rich Hill scoffed at the notion that Clayton Kershaw carried the blame for the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ stunning elimination. “No,” Hill said forcefully, “we wouldn’t be here without him.” And then, for nearly 15 seconds, Hill paused, gathering himself, trying desperately to avoid breaking down with the cameras recording
4:49 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” LOS ANGELES — The slow-moving disaster that ruined the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ season began at 8:31 p.m. local time Wednesday and concluded 52 minutes later. A future Hall of Fame pitcher whose
12:15 AM ET ATLANTA — Shocked. That was the feeling in both dugouts during the moments that produced one of October’s biggest surprises ever, especially in an elimination game. The St. Louis Cardinals scored 10 runs in the first inning against pitchers Mike Foltynewicz, Max Fried and a stunned Atlanta Braves team to essentially win
12:49 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Howie Kendrick hit a tiebreaking grand slam off Joe Kelly in the 10th inning, and the Washington Nationals overcame a three-run deficit with a late rally to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Wednesday night and advance to the NL Championship Series against St. Louis. Three-time Cy