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Pete Alonso is first big star of the postseason; MLB's playoffs move to the Division Series
Pete Alonso was one of the stars of Major League Baseball's Wild Card Series round, hitting a three-run homer in the ninth inning on Thursday night to lift his New York Mets over the Milwaukee Brewers for the series win. It was a legacy-defining moment for a slugger scheduled to...
Mets, Phillies set for 1,082nd head-to-head game and 1st in a playoff series
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Take a look at the great moments in the Mets-Phillies rivalry — from Jim Bunning's Father's Day perfect game to New York's epic collapse in the 2007 NL East race, to each team scoring 20-plus runs against the other and all the way to a London series this season — and one...
Ninth-inning collapse makes Brewers' latest playoff exit particularly painful
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willy Adames had just finished playing perhaps his final game with the Milwaukee Brewers when he described the most devastating of this franchise’s growing collection of playoff defeats. “Losing that way, when you’re so close, it’s like when you’re a kid...
Alonso's night turns around with season-saving homer for Mets in 9th inning
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pete Alonso was having a rather disappointing evening in what could have been his final game for the New York Mets. Then everything changed with one swing of the bat. The slugger broke out of a prolonged slump by smashing a three-run homer off closer...
Pete Alonso's playoff pumpkin spices up string of good-luck charms for Mets ahead of NLDS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pete Alonso and the Mets are taking a playoff pumpkin with them on their playoff run back to the Big Apple. These Cinderella Mets -- who appropriately use orange in their color scheme -- hope their carriage ride through the postseason won’t turn into a pumpkin...
Mets advance in playoffs with 4-2 win over Brewers as Alonso homers to spark 9th-inning rally
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pete Alonso hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off All-Star closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning and the New York Mets beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night to win their NL Wild Card Series. With their latest thrilling comeback in the decisive Game 3...
Brewers closer Devin Williams makes no excuses after Mets' stunning 9th-inning comeback
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers couldn’t have set things up any better for themselves as they headed into the ninth inning of the deciding game in their NL Wild Card Series. They owned a 2-0 lead over the New York Mets. They had retired 12 consecutive Mets batters. And...
MLB's season turns to October competition, where legacies and fortunes can be made
Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months. Bobby Witt Jr. is a precocious 24-year-old who just won the American League batting title. They've both proven they are excellent at baseball. ...
Mets reach playoffs, beat Braves to cap comeback from 22-33 start
ATLANTA (AP) — These New York Mets know a thing or two about comebacks. They saved their best one for the final day of the regular season. Overcoming deficits of 3-0 in the eighth inning and 7-6 in the ninth, they clinched a playoff berth when Francisco Lindor's...
Brewers and Mets both proved skeptics wrong to set up unlikely NL Wild Card Series matchup
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The New York Mets weren’t supposed to get this far. Neither were the Milwaukee Brewers. Yet here they are squaring off in a best-of-three NL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday in Milwaukee. These two teams should know each other well. The Mets...
