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Orioles beat Yankees 3-2 to even ALDS at 1-all
Sometimes, postseason experience isn't all that important. How else to explain Baltimore rookie Wei-Yin Chen outpitching playoff-tested Andy Pettitte ...
Orioles lead Yankees 3-1 after 6 innings in ALDS
Chris Davis hit a two-run single to back a solid start by rookie Wei-Yin Chen and help the Baltimore Orioles take a 3-1 lead over Andy Pettitte and ...
Arroyo gem puts Reds up 2-0 on Giants in NLDS
Dusty Baker walked down the hallway in his former ballpark to cheers from Giants fans. He smiled, waved hello, offered handshakes, high-fives and hugs ...
Tigers score in 9th, beat A's 5-4 for 2-0 lead
Don Kelly is on Detroit's postseason roster because he can play any position in the field, so it was with some irony that he stood at the plate — as ...
Nationals rally past Cardinals in Game 1
Given zero wriggle room, Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus had realistic expectations. Entering with the bases loaded, nobody out and the cleanup man ...
Yankees get the jump on Orioles with 7-2 win
The New York Yankees earned the AL East title by pulling away from the Baltimore Orioles in the final week of the regular season. That scenario ...
Yankees win ALDS playoff opener over Orioles 7-2
For eight innings, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles staged a magnificent duel worthy of two division foes that split 18 games during the ...
Rockies manager Jim Tracy resigns after 98 losses
Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy resigned Sunday, stepping down after the team set a franchise record for losses. The Rockies said a search for ...
Reds lose ace, win first playoff game in 17 years
Brandon Phillips still sees the highlights of his weak grounder for the final out in Roy Halladay's no-hitter of the Cincinnati Reds in an ...
Verlander overpowers A's in Detroit's 3-1 win
Justin Verlander threw a fastball that caught a bit too much of the plate, allowing Oakland's Coco Crisp to lead off the game with a stunning home run
Terry Francona hired as Cleveland manager
Terry Francona is getting back with one of his baseball families. Francona, who guided the Boston Red Sox to two World Series titles, has been hired ...
Disputed call leads to renewed cries for replay
The NFL replacement refs are not there to kick around anymore. Not to worry. A familiar target has emerged. Instead of guys wearing stripes, it's the ...
Column: Bad call, bad idea for one-game playoff
There was something a bit artificial about it to begin with, and not just because the worst team in the National League playoffs became the first ...
Nats hope to repeat feat of '24 DC baseball champs
They stormed to the top of the league the year after a losing season, had a star pitcher who was the subject of intense national discussion and won ...
Disputed call nearly causes riot at wild-card game
Andrelton Simmons lifted a pop fly into shallow left field. Not a hard-hit ball, by any means, but at least 50 feet beyond the infield. St.
Disputed call takes spotlight in Cardinals' win
Worried that more debris could fly out of the stands, St. Louis players scrambled off the field and launched a wild-card celebration in the safety of ...
Orioles knock out 2-time AL champion Rangers 5-1
Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles will get another chance to overtake the New York Yankees. The surprising O's have already beaten some big ...
Cardinals beat Braves 6-3 in disputed playoff
David Freese and the St. Louis Cardinals rediscovered their postseason touch. Chipper Jones and the Braves kept throwing the ball away. And the ...
Giants, 49ers, yachts, fests: SF braces for crowds
An unusual convergence of sporting and entertainment events in San Francisco this weekend promises to bring up to a million extra people into the ...
A's rookie Parker to face star-laden Tigers
A rookie vs. the reigning MVP. That's a fitting way for the Oakland Athletics to start the postseason. The A's will send Jarrod Parker (13-8) to the ...
Scherzer, Davis turned seasons around
Back on June 1, the AP unveiled a list of 10 players who were off to slow starts but were likely to bounce back quickly — some thinly veiled advice ...
Red Sox fire Valentine after 1 tumultuous season
The Boston Red Sox found out too late that Bobby Valentine wasn't the manager to straighten out a clubhouse of coddled veterans. They didn't take long ...
One-game wild-card playoffs: Dramatic, but fair?
By sometime Friday night, either Chipper Jones will be out of baseball or the defending World Series champion Cardinals will be out of the playoffs.
Curt Schilling might have to sell bloody sock
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling might have to sell or give up the famed blood-stained sock he wore on the team's way to the 2004 World ...