9:32 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. has become the youngest player to hit a grand slam in the postseason. The 20-year-old Acuna made history with his second-inning homer off the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Walker Buehler in the National League Division Series on Sunday night. The previous youngest hitter
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8:25 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Wade Miley pitched masterfully into the fifth inning before turning it over to a lights-out Milwaukee bullpen, 38-year-old catcher Erik Kratz kept up his torrid hitting and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 on a cool, misty Sunday to sweep their NL Division Series.
8:23 PM ET Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano was arrested early Sunday morning in the Dominican Republic after an incident that left a police officer with a broken leg. Sano ran over the police officer’s foot during an incident outside a club in San Pedro de Macoris, according to the police report. Sano was
6:11 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Los Angeles Dodgers put left fielder Chris Taylor in the leadoff position and sat Yasiel Puig as manager Dave Roberts adjusted his lineup to face Atlanta Braves left-hander Sean Newcomb in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Sunday night. The right-handed-hitting Taylor is taking
2:05 PM ET Nathan Eovaldi will get the start in Game 3 for the Boston Red Sox as their American League Division Series shifts to New York on Monday. Manager Alex Cora chose Eovaldi for the start over Rick Porcello. The right-handed Porcello had been slated to start Game 3 before he threw two-thirds of
According to ESPN Stats & Info, Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr. became the youngest player in postseason history to hit a grand slam with that second-inning blast, at 20 years, 293 days old. The previous record was by Mickey Mantle, who was 21 when he hit one in the 1953 World Series. I’m not sure if
8:00 AM ET With both the Dodgers and Brewers bidding to close out their opponents with three-game sweeps, we could see the National League postseason field whittled down to just two teams before Monday. Six or seven months ago, few would have been surprised about the Dodgers being one of the two teams likely to
3:34 AM ET BOSTON — Forty years to the day after New York Yankees catching legend Thurman Munson launched a pivotal, go-ahead home run in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS, the Bronx Bombers’ current catcher, Gary Sanchez, had a similarly special postseason day at the plate. Thanks to a pair of towering Sanchez homers
1:29 AM ET BOSTON — After the game, David Price sat in front of his locker in a thin white hoodie, waiting for his turn in the interview room, slumped back in his chair as he scrolled through his phone. I envisioned him reading all the mean tweets about his Game 2 performance, bathing in
10:06 PM ET BOSTON — David Price‘s tortured postseason history continued Saturday night as the New York Yankees belted two home runs off him in the first two innings of Game 2 of the American League Division Series. Price exited after recording just five outs and the Red Sox trailing 3-0. Price entered the game