Cubs Beat Pirates 4-0 In NL Wild Card Game
The Chicago Cubs put the finishing touches on a victory in the National League wild card game beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 Wednesday.
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The Chicago Cubs put the finishing touches on a victory in the National League wild card game beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 Wednesday.
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The Tigers were unable to overcome injuries to their core of Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Victor Martinez, and after four straight AL Central titles.
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia is checking into an alcohol rehabilitation center and will miss the postseason.
Cabrera's 18th home run deflected off the top of the center field wall just past center fielder Adam Eaton's reach for a one-run Detroit lead in the sixth.
Scherzer became the first pitcher since Nolan Ryan to pitch multiple no-hitters in the same season.
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Chris Sale began the game with 267 strikeouts and broke the mark set by Hall of Famer Ed Walsh in 1908 when he struck out 269 batters.
Yoenis Cespedes and the New York Mets felt they'd caught a lucky break — no broken bones for the slugger.
Champagne and beer was spraying everywhere. Cigars were lit, and laughter filled the clubhouse.
Rob Manfred envisions more experiments with speed-up rules, such as limiting pitching changes and trips to the mound, or requiring each pitcher to face multiple batters.
It's been 44 years and more than 7,000 games since the Cincinnati Reds were no-hit in the regular season, the longest active streak in the majors.
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NL MVP front-runner Bryce Harper and teammate Jonathan Papelbon got into a fight during a game Sunday, when a Washington Nationals season that long ago spiraled out of control on the field did so in the dugout.
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Alfredo Simon allowed four runs on eight hits and a walk in eight innings.
"This team -- as you've noticed -- has not given up, they've played hard, they're continuing to try to win every game that they can."
The former New York Yankees great, who attended the University of Michigan briefly, was in the house when the Wolverines hosted No. 22 BYU on Saturday.
General Manager Al Avila told reporters before Saturday's game that Ausmus will return to manage the team in 2016.
Rajai Davis hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Detroit Tigers rallied for a 6-4 victory over the playoff-chasing Minnesota Twins.
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No unexpected wild-card ride into October this year. The Kansas City Royals are division champs for the first time in three decades — and they want a whole lot more.
Giants ace Madison Bumgarner pitched well against the Padres again.
A Detroit man was confronted by police in Dundee after authorities were alerted to a possible identity theft situation in progress.
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Regulators said the parking module in certain Ford vehicles may fail, potentially allowing cars to roll away.
A Warren man faces 10 felony charges in the aftermath of a shooting and high-speed pursuit Sunday in Macomb County.
Cooper Flagg, who will turn 19 on Sunday, is averaging 25.4 points over his last eight games.
A bell ringer for the Salvation Army was killed in a shooting on Thursday evening at a Kroger in Westland.
A proposed data center in Saline Township, Michigan, is moving forward after DTE Energy received approval to supply power.
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A police officer happened to be in the area when his mother called 911, saying the child was not breathing.
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Ford Motor Co. is pivoting away from its once-ambitious electric vehicle plans amid financial losses and waning consumer demand for the vehicles.
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The management company of the LaFontaine Automotive Group in Metro Detroit has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle an alleged Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.
Slower adoption of electric vehicles was cited as the reason for pending layoffs at GM's Factory Zero.
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The Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube starting in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday.
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Regulators said the parking module in certain Ford vehicles may fail, potentially allowing cars to roll away.
The Brown University shooting suspect was found dead in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire. Authorities believe he is also responsible for killing an MIT professor.
Two days after the shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was shot to death at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Economists had expected CPI to rise at an annual rate of 3% last month.
A Michigan hospital is asking members of the public to raise their flashlights as well as the spirits of children during the holiday season.
Oakland County health officials are reporting a confirmed case of measles in a pediatric patient at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital.
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For nurse practitioners like Natasha Weems, their concerns lie in how these decisions could impact some of our most vulnerable families.
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
Cooper Flagg, who will turn 19 on Sunday, is averaging 25.4 points over his last eight games.
When a Dan Campbell press conference is a reading lesson, it's hard not to pay attention.
Detroit is 0-5-1 against the Steelers in the 21st century, and Pittsburgh even won a Super Bowl at Ford Field against the Seattle Seahawks in 2006.
Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist as the Utah Mammoth pulled away from the Atlantic Division-leading Detroit Red Wings 4-1.
University of Michigan interim President Domenico Grasso says they will be launching an independent evaluation into the athletic department's culture and procedures after the firing of football head coach Sherrone Moore.
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The Detroit show will attract hundreds of thousands to the area as automakers, tech companies and more gravitate to downtown Detroit.
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