1:15 AM ET The Boston Red Sox can “Name That Tune” in one note, or so it seems, as they had the last word in musical taunting after knocking the New York Yankees out of the postseason in front of the home crowd at Yankee Stadium. As the champagne bottles were popping in the Red
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1:13 AM ET Angel Hernandez’s umpiring didn’t get any better Tuesday night — at least not as far as one New York Yankees player was concerned. Starter CC Sabathia blasted Hernandez following New York’s 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox in Game 4 of the AL Division Series, saying the veteran umpire was “terrible”
12:28 AM ET NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox fans don’t have any fingernails left after a stomach-churning bottom of the ninth, but their team is moving on the American League Championship Series. The winningest team in Red Sox franchise history held on to beat the New York Yankees 4-3 to clinch the division series.
8:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Alex Bregman is getting his wish — the Houston Astros are headed for prime time. Alex Bregman didn’t like that the Astros had to play three day games in the ALDS, saying, “Does Floyd Mayweather fight the first fight … does Tiger Woods tee off at 8
6:02 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Brian Snitker endured a restless night after the final game of the season. He was poring over what went wrong for the Atlanta Braves in the playoffs. He might’ve been thinking about his own future, as well. “I laid awake all night staring at the ceiling,” the Braves
4:16 PM ET NEW YORK — One day after hitting for the first postseason cycle in MLB history, Brock Holt wasn’t in the starting lineup for the Boston Red Sox Tuesday, while the New York Yankees welcomed back Aaron Hicks. Hicks missed the past two American League Division Series games because of a hamstring injury
4:04 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres have fired hitting coach Matt Stairs after one year on the job as the team continued to rank at the bottom of the majors in key offensive stats. General manager A.J. Preller confirmed the move Tuesday, saying in a text to The Associated
7:00 AM ET MILWAUKEE — It was right around the time current Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell was in a record 0-for-45 streak at the plate that he was approached by general manager Doug Melvin about his post-playing career plans. Counsell, who was 40 at the time, had seen his numbers plummet, and he realized
1:40 PM ET Third baseman Alex Bregman made it pretty clear after the Houston Astros swept the Cleveland Indians during the ALDS: This is not how you should treat the defending world champions. “I want to end with saying one thing,” Bregman told ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt in an interview during the team’s locker-room celebration
4:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Manager Kevin Cash, who guided the Tampa Bay Rays to their best season since 2013, has been rewarded with a multiyear extension, the team announced Tuesday. Cash, who led the Rays to a double-digit improvement in wins for the second straight season as they finished third in the AL