Strasburg, Nationals Force World Series Game 7 After Beating Astros 7-2
Now, it's onto a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday night to decide the only Series in which the visiting team won the first six.
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Now, it's onto a winner-take-all Game 7 on Wednesday night to decide the only Series in which the visiting team won the first six.
The Houston Astros are just one win from another crown after beating the Nationals 7-1 Sunday night and taking a 3-2 lead in the World Series.
President Donald Trump's plan for a low-profile appearance at Game 5 of the World Series comes at a high-profile moment of his presidency. It will be his first appearance as president at a major league game.
Alex Bregman busted out of his slump with a go-ahead single in the first inning and a grand slam in the seventh, and the resurgent Houston Astros routed the Nationals 8-1 Saturday night to pull even at two games apiece in an unpredictable World Series that's been one big road show.
The 37-year-old Choo is going into the final season of a $130 million, seven-year contract.
The team released a statement Thursday that said Taubman's conduct did not reflect the organization's values "and we believe this is the most appropriate course of action."
By definition an astro is a combining form, but there was nothing celestial about the Houston team as they went to the plate in Game 2 of the World Series.
A 20-year-old prodigy lifted the Washington Nationals over the Houston Astros 5-4 Tuesday night in game one of the World Series.
Altuve homered off Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning and Houston outlasted the New York Yankees 6-4 Saturday night to advance to the World Series for the second time in three years.
The Yankees and Astros scored all of the runs in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series in the first inning.
George Springer and Carlos Correa each hit three-run homers and the Astros got another wild ace off the hook to beat the disheveled New York Yankees 8-3 Thursday night.
Game 4 of the AL Championship Series scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed because of heavy rain in the forecast.
Gerrit Cole held the New York Yankees scoreless without his sharpest stuff, Jose Altuve sparked Houston at the plate and the Astros locked down a 4-1 victory Tuesday.
Carlos Correa hit a leadoff home run in the 11th inning that lifted the Houston Astros over the New York Yankees 3-2 Sunday night, tying the AL Championship Series at one game apiece.
The Los Angeles Angels say they don't know whether a longtime public relations official had been providing drugs to late pitcher Tyler Skaggs, as detailed in a report on ESPN's "Outside the Lines."
Gerrit Cole and the Astros defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 Thursday night at Minute Maid Park to win their American League Divisional Series three games to two.
While the Rangers finished with their third consecutive losing season at 78-84, that was an 11-win improvement over 2018.
October baseball is here with the Wild Card games getting started on Tuesday.
Lance Lynn struck out 10, getting his career-high 16th win as the Texas Rangers closed out the 26th and final season at Globe Life Park with a 6-1 win over the AL East champion New York Yankees on Sunday.
First baseman Ronald Guzmán was coming in to make the catch but then heard Minor and catcher Jose Trevino shouting at him to let the ball drop to the ground.
The Rangers had a three-run first inning but were unable to score anymore as they fall to the Red Sox 10-3.
The Rangers (75-82), who opened their final homestand before moving into a new stadium next year, will have their third straight losing season after losing for the eighth time in nine games.
Willie Calhoun hit two of Texas' five homers and the Rangers slowed the Oakland Athletics' wild-card push with an 8-3 victory Sunday.
Fiers struck out five and didn't walk a batter over eight dominant innings to win for the first time in four starts. The Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 8-0 on Friday night to maintain a two-game lead for the top AL wild card.
The death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs in North Texas on July 1, has led to the U.S. Drug and Enforcement Administration getting involved.
