9:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Just too much traffic for Minnesota Twins rookie Randy Dobnak. The feel-good story of the Uber driver-turned-big league pitcher came to a screeching halt Saturday when the New York Yankees tagged him from the get-go in an 8-2 rout, putting Minnesota in a serious jam in the
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8:00 AM ET WASHINGTON — The Los Angeles Dodgers weren’t necessarily expecting Max Scherzer to jog out of the bullpen and pitch in relief Friday night in their most recent game in the MLB playoffs — but they weren’t necessarily surprised by it, either. “Boston showed us last year,” Max Muncy, among the Dodgers’ most
8:51 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The Atlanta Braves are promising to continue their dialogue with the Native American community in the wake of St. Louis Cardinals reliever Ryan Helsley‘s criticism of the tomahawk chop chant. Helsley told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he thinks the chant is insulting, and the 25-year-old rookie was
7:48 AM ET After the American League Division Series owned Saturday — and saw both series move a step closer to sweeps with the Astros and Yankees each leading 2-0 — Sunday belongs to the National League. Both series are tied at a game apiece, and both the Dodgers-Nationals and Braves-Cardinals matchups have featured plenty
7:50 AM ET HOUSTON — Imagine it from Kevin Cash’s perspective. You spend the entirety of the Tampa Bay Rays‘ quick turnaround from Wednesday’s wild-card win at the Oakland Athletics preparing for a 36-year-old ace who somehow seems to keep getting better. The Rays have beaten Justin Verlander before, but not on this stage —
4:44 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Washington Nationals bullpen spent the regular season defying belief. During the MLB postseason, they’re defying convention. In Tuesday’s wild-card win over the Brewers, Stephen Strasburg pitched three dominant innings in relief of ace Max Scherzer to pick up the win. On Friday, in Washington’s 4-2 victory over the
2:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — The Yankees out-punched the Minnesota Twins in Round 1 of the American League Division Series. The Bomba Squad might have edged the Bronx Bombers in their battle to become the all-time regular-season home run champions this
LOS ANGELES — The bullpen gate swung open and out trotted … Max Scherzer? Yep, Washington’s ace surprised the Los Angeles Dodgers and even a few teammates in the eighth inning Friday night. “All the chips are on the table right now,” Scherzer explained. “We weren’t expecting that,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Stephen Strasburg
11:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New postseason, same old story for the New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins. DJ LeMahieu homered and drove in four runs, Gleyber Torres broke a tie with a two-run double and the Yankees extended their October mastery of Minnesota with a 10-4 victory Friday night in the
12:53 AM ET NEW YORK — Minnesota Twins rookie right-hander Randy Dobnak will start Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Saturday, the team announced after its 10-4 loss to the New York Yankees in Game 1. The postseason is the latest high point in Dobnak’s meteoric rise to the majors. The 24-year