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Giancarlo Stanton hits go-ahead homer in the eighth, Yankees beat Royals 3-2 in Game 3 of the ALDS

Oct. 09, 2024 23:10 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning amid a battle of bullpens, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 3 of their AL Division Series at Kauffman Stadium. Stanton finished with three hits,...

Perez's homer off Rodón sparks 4-run 4th inning and Royals beat Yankees 4-2 in Game 2 to tie ALDS

Oct. 08, 2024 08:02 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Four relievers held New York in check...

Judge and Rodón unable to deliver as Yankees drop Game 2 to Royals in ALDS

Oct. 08, 2024 00:54 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Two games into this postseason, those big-money deals for Aaron Judge and Carlos Rodón haven't paid any October dividends for the New York Yankees. Judge mustered little at the plate again Monday night and Rodón failed to last four innings in his first playoff...

Pete Alonso is first big star of the postseason; MLB's playoffs move to the Division Series

Oct. 04, 2024 22:05 PM EDT

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...

Witt prepares for Royals to take on New York at Yankee Stadium by watching Jeter videos

Oct. 04, 2024 21:05 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Happy to be on track for an AL Division Series matchup against the Yankees, Bobby Witt Jr. streamed YouTube on the train ride from Baltimore to New York to watch some Derek Jeter highlights of postseasons past. “Just being able to see it,” Witt recalled Friday,...

Aaron Judge edges Shohei Ohtani for Baseball Digest player of the year

Oct. 04, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award Friday, beating out Shohei Ohtani in a very close vote. Both superstars were tabbed first on 12 of 24 ballots. But the New York Yankees outfielder also received 12 second-place...

Yankees GM Brian Cashman: `We only have a great shot if we play our best baseball'

Oct. 03, 2024 19:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for. New York hasn't even reached the Fall Classic since winning its 27th championship in 2009, the franchise's longest drought since the gap between 1978 and 1996....

Barry Bonds is enjoying watching the new generation of baseball sluggers put up record-setting stats

Oct. 01, 2024 12:52 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It used to be that hardcore baseball fans counted the home runs Barry Bonds hit during batting practice for the Giants, even at spring training before he had begun to find his real groove that came in the regular season. That’s how much interest surrounded...

Will anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is 'a little untouchable'

Oct. 01, 2024 12:51 PM EDT

What used to be one of baseball's most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book. The number now at the top of that record book — 73 home runs — is steeped in a steroid-addled purgatory, but it remains there...

MLB's season turns to October competition, where legacies and fortunes can be made

Oct. 01, 2024 06:01 AM EDT

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. ...