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Padres secure home Wild Card Series with 5-3 win over Diamondbacks, who slide in NL playoff race
PHOENIX (AP) — Luis Arraez hit two doubles and a triple, Yu Darvish pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the San Diego Padres used a four-run first to beat the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Friday night. The Padres — who had already clinched a postseason berth earlier this week...
Mets' Stearns returns to Milwaukee with his new team's playoff hopes on the line
MILWAUKEE (AP) — New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns finds himself in an unusual situation this weekend as he returns to American Family Field for the first time since leaving the Milwaukee Brewers. His current team is trying to clinch a postseason berth by...
Hoskins' grand slam in 1st inning sparks Brewers to 8-4 victory over Mets
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rhys Hoskins hit a grand slam off Sean Manaea in the first inning and the New York Mets’ playoff hopes took a hit Friday night with an 8-4 loss to the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers. The Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves are chasing the final...
Braves win 3-0 behind Max Fried and Sean Murphy, but Royals still get to celebrate
ATLANTA (AP) — Max Fried pitched three-hit ball over 8 2/3 innings to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 victory over Kansas City on Friday night, but the Royals still got a chance to pop the corks on their first postseason berth since 2015. Kansas City locked up an American League...
MLB's postseason is rapidly approaching with NL playoff race shaping up for tight finish
The Major League Baseball playoffs are approaching and a Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge matchup in the World Series looms as an enticing October possibility. While the rooting interests of baseball fans vary widely, there's little doubt MLB and television executives are drooling over...
Gallen strikes out 11, Diamondbacks end 3-game slide with 8-2 win over Giants
PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen struck out 11 in six innings, pinch hitter Pavin Smith hit a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a three-game losing streak with an 8-2 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night. Arizona needed a rebound after a losing streak that...
Faster-paced MLB games being embraced by fans and players, no longer 'too much of a time commitment'
CHICAGO (AP) — On a cloudy, breezy day in September, Tate Conrad and his son, Miles, settled into their seats behind the home dugout at Wrigley Field. The New York Yankees — Tate Conrad's favorite team from when he was growing up in New York — were in town to play the Chicago Cubs. ...
Giants hit 5 homers, continue run against playoff contenders with 11-0 win over Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) — Michael Conforto and Brett Wisely each hit three-run homers in San Francisco’s six-run third inning, and the Giants won their fifth straight against playoff contenders by crushing the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-0 on Tuesday night. The Giants have nearly perfected the...
Chapman's inside-the-park HR lifts Giants to 6-3 win, Diamondbacks lose ground in NL playoff race
PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Chapman hit an inside-the-park homer, Casey Schmitt and Michael Conforto both added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants continued to be a problem for teams with postseason aspirations, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3 on Monday night. The Diamondbacks...
An improbable late-season surge from the Detroit Tigers has them fighting for a playoff spot
The Detroit Tigers were a seller at MLB's trade deadline on July 30, and at the time, the pessimism was entirely understandable. They had a 52-57 record, were dealing with various injuries and going nowhere fast. So general manager Jeff Greenberg shipped pitcher Jack Flaherty to the...
