11:58 PM ET MILWAUKEE — It was admittedly the worst game of his career and one of the worst games in baseball history. Justin Turner — among the sport’s hottest hitters since the start of August, including in a first-round playoff series at the start of October — went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts and one
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2:13 PM ET MILWAUKEE — The ritual that defines Yasiel Puig and Turner Ward began on a routine afternoon in 2017, when Puig walked into the clubhouse in a noticeably foul mood. “Come here,” Ward said. “I want to tell you something.” Justin Turner’s two-run homer fueled a series-tying win in a Dodgers-Brewers series fulfilling
Corbin Burnes is warming up in the Milwaukee bullpen, though Wade Miley is back out to start the sixth. With all the talk about the Brewers’ bullpenning, it was easy to forget about this possibility: Miley has gotten deeper into the game than Hyun-Jin Ryu. Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff Writer12m ago
3:46 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Yasmani Grandal, coming off a historically bad night behind the plate, wasn’t in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting lineup for Game 2 of the National League Championship Series, paving the way for Austin Barnes to catch Hyun-Jin Ryu on Saturday. Grandal is 2-for-17 with seven strikeouts in the postseason thus
8:40 AM ET BOSTON — As the Boston Red Sox took the field for their workout Friday, the day before the opening game of their American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros, the sun suddenly broke through a dreary gray sky and shined a dazzling light on the perfect checkerboard cut of the outfield
8:00 AM ET After seemingly wearing out his welcome in L.A., Yasiel Puig has bounced back to be a solid contributor. Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports Here’s a stupid and obvious thing to say at the start of an article: Two teams are more interesting than one. We could test the Dodgers against an anthropomorphized algorithm, and
8:25 AM ET MILWAUKEE — In spite of all that went wrong — the errors, the passed balls, that home run by Brandon Woodruff, of all people — the Los Angeles Dodgers wound up with the tying run only 90 feet away on Friday night. Two years ago, the Brewers and Dodgers almost swapped Ryan
8:57 AM ET With one World Series ring in his possession and a second in his sights, Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander said he hasn’t given any thought to walking away from baseball after 14 seasons. “Just keep swimming,” Verlander, 35, told reporters on Thursday. “That’s me. Just keep pitching. Just head down, prepare myself
7:45 AM ET The league championship series started with a bang as the Milwaukee Brewers ran their winning streak to 12 games and handed Clayton Kershaw the shortest postseason start of his career to seize a quick lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Can Milwaukee expand on it in Game 2? And now the Boston
2:57 AM ET MILWAUKEE — The inning, which defined Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Dodgers, was about as unlikely as one you’ll see in baseball. But if Milwaukee wins the best-of-seven series, it might look back at Friday night’s third inning and know it was