Yamamoto outduels Darvish in historic matchup as Dodgers beat Padres 2-0 to reach NLCS

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers shelled out $1 billion for Japanese talent in the offseason and it's paying off in the playoffs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic postseason matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Dodgers got home runs from Kiké...

Padres muster no offense to support Yu Darvish's inspired pitching in NLDS loss to Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yu Darvish tapped the “PS” patch on his uniform and then went to work on the way to an inspired performance. Yet, try as he might, Darvish’s stellar outing in memory of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler was not enough to overcome the Los Angeles...

Rookie manager Carlos Mendoza's magic touch has helped resurgent Mets reach NLCS

NEW YORK (AP) — Like a lot of New York Mets this season, Carlos Mendoza got off to a terrible start. During his first eight days as a major league manager, the team was rained out three times and opened 0-5. All at home. Immediately, his decisions...

All aboard! Mets and Yankees only 2 stops away from first Subway Series in 24 years

NEW YORK (AP) — Two stops away from a Subway Series. When the New York Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series on Thursday night, that put both Big Apple teams in baseball's final four for the first time in 24 years. Francisco Lindor and the New York Mets had...

Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego Padres to advance to NL Championship Series, will face New York Mets

Tigers ace Skubal gets start as Detroit faces Cleveland in Game 5 winner-gets-Yankees ALDS matchup

CLEVELAND (AP) — Tarik Skubal's itching to have another emotional October outburst that makes Tigers fans roar — even if it embarrasses his mom. Baseball's premier pitcher all season, the heat-throwing Skubal — a lock to win the AL Cy Young Award — will start Game 5 for...

MLB spring training facilities spared extensive damage from Hurricane Milton

Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton. Unlike two years ago when Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage that shut down the Tampa Bay Rays’ spring home in Port Charlotte, no...

Luke Weaver let out `ferocious jungle cat' in new role as Yankees closer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Converted into the New York Yankees closer, Luke Weaver let out his animal instinct. “It’s just like the ferocious jungle cat just comes out me," he said during the clubhouse celebration after Thursday night's AL Division Series clincher in Kansas City,...

Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter's status for Game 5 of ALDS unclear due to hamstring injury

CLEVELAND (AP) — Detroit Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter was undergoing treatment Friday and resting a hamstring injury that could keep him out of Saturday's decisive Game 5 of the AL Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians. Carpenter, who hit a three-run homer to win Game...

Game 5 of ALDS between the Tigers and Guardians on Saturday moved to 1:08 p.m. because of expected bad weather