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MLB playoffs guide: All 12 berths clinched, just matchups left to be decided for postseason's start
Major League Baseball's 12 playoff teams have been decided, with just the first-round matchups left to be determined. Arizona, Houston, Miami, Texas and Toronto all clinched playoff berths on the next-to-last day of the season. Best-of-three Wild Card Series start...
Verlander leads Astros over D-backs 1-0, and both teams clinch postseason spots
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks celebrated their return to the postseason with the typical party, a champagne-soaked fun fest in the clubhouse that eventually included a dip in the Chase Field swimming pool behind the right-center field wall. The Houston Astros celebrated...
Urquidy brilliant in emergency start, pitches Astros to crucial 2-1 win over Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) — José Urquidy had already delivered five brilliant innings in an emergency start when Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker ambled to the mound in the sixth, ready to take the right-hander out of the game after Arizona's Ketel Marte reached on a leadoff single. Urquidy...
France can't start for Astros because of family emergency, Urquidy on mound vs. D-backs
PHOENIX (AP) — The Houston Astros had to shuffle their pitching staff during some of the most important games of the season. Right-hander J.P. France was scratched from Friday's start against the Arizona Diamondbacks because of a family emergency. Manager Dusty Baker didn't...
Astros, Rockets acquire AT&T SportsNet Southwest, form new network
HOUSTON (AP) — Major League Baseball's Houston Astros and the NBA's Houston Rockets announced on Friday that they acquired AT&T SportsNet Southwest from Warner Bros. Discovery and will form their own network. Space City Home Network launches on Tuesday and will be a joint...
Neris denies using homophobic slur, does not expect discipline for incident against Mariners
PHOENIX (AP) — Houston Astros pitcher Hector Neris once again denied using a homophobic slur and said Friday he does not expect to be disciplined by Major League Baseball for his part in a benches-clearing incident against the Seattle Mariners this week. The confrontation took...
MLB has its most productive class of rookie hitters ever. Managers and players believe they know why
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis has played in 70 games for the Minnesota Twins. He has five grand slams. The AL Central champion Twins haven't had a rookie so ready for major league stardom since Joe Mauer nearly two decades ago. Despite a decided lack of live games over the last...
Analysis: It looks like it'll take all 162 games to decide MLB's postseason races
PHOENIX (AP) — It might take all 162 games to decide the playoff races in both the National League and American League. The epicenter of the wild-card chase this weekend is in Arizona at Chase Field. Thanks to some fortuitous interleague scheduling, the AL's Houston Astros face the...
Seattle's Julio Rodriguez says Houston's Hector Neris crossed line with his antics
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez says he believes the antics of Houston pitcher Hector Neris crossed a line during a contentious confrontation between the two that led to both benches emptying and has Major League Baseball looking into the incident. The confrontation...
Astros' Neris shouts at Mariners' Rodríguez after strikeout, causing benches to empty
SEATTLE (AP) — Houston reliever Hector Neris shouted at Julio Rodríguez after striking out the Seattle star during the sixth inning of the Astros’ 8-3 win on Wednesday night, causing both benches to empty. Neris started yelling at Rodríguez, who was visibility angered by the...
