7:20 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora says Chris Sale is set to make his next start, lining up the lefty ace for a potential AL Championship Series clincher or World Series opener. When umpire Joe West called Astros DH Jose Altuve out in Game 4 of the ALCS,
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7:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Adam Wainwright‘s contract with the St. Louis Cardinals has been put on hold because it violates the maximum-cut rule, and the pitcher will have to become a free agent before the agreement can be finalized, sources told the Associated Press on Thursday. The Cardinals announced the agreement with the
11:30 AM ET HOUSTON — The thought has crossed the mind of just about anyone who’s ever attended a baseball game: See the ball, try to catch the ball. For two men, that might be worth rethinking now. When Houston Astros designated hitter Jose Altuve connected on a 90.8 mph fastball up and away in
8:45 AM ET HOUSTON — Wednesday was National Mulligan Day. And boy could the Houston Astros use a few do-overs. First and foremost, the Astros probably would have liked a mulligan on Joe West’s controversial fan interference call. The one that conjured up images of Jeffrey Maier circa 1996. The one that was upheld after
Houston is giving new meaning to the term “grudge match.” As the umpires strode out on the field to meet the managers at home plate before Game 5, the crowd at Minute Maid Park unleashed a resounding chorus of boos. Apparently, they haven’t gotten over Joe West’s fan interference call. For the record, West is
7:55 AM ET After a positively heart-stopping Game 4, the Red Sox have a chance to close out the American League Championship Series and send the defending World Series champs home for the winter. From the first pitch of every series to the last out of Game 7, you can catch the entire MLB postseason
4:19 AM ET HOUSTON — After Andrew Benintendi had made his remarkable, game-saving, game-ending catch that left a skid mark of churned-up grass in the Minute Maid Park outfield, and after Mookie Betts had made the throw of his career, and after Jackie Bradley Jr. had homered again, and after Ryan Brasier had retired Alex
11:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES – Everyone around Chris Taylor was seemingly being ushered to one media obligation or another after the Dodgers defeated the Brewers, 5-2, to take a 3-2 lead in the National League Championship Series and put themselves one win away from the World Series. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, third baseman Justin
12:29 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Erik Kratz swung through a Clayton Kershaw curveball as if he had never seen a baseball move before. It was a 1-1 count in the top of the fourth inning Wednesday. The Milwaukee Brewers were leading by a run in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series, and
9:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Controversy came early in Wednesday night’s Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. In the bottom of the first, Houston Astros designated hitter Jose Altuve launched a fly ball to the right-field wall that caused Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts to go into a full jump. As