Indians Top Ortiz, Red Sox 4-3, Complete Sweep To Reach ALCS
Cleveland closer Cody Allen hung on in the last two innings, and the Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Monday to complete a three-game sweep of their AL Division Series.
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Cleveland closer Cody Allen hung on in the last two innings, and the Indians beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 Monday to complete a three-game sweep of their AL Division Series.
The tough-to-eliminate Giants forced Tuesday night's Game 4 back at their raucous, sold-out ballpark, postponing a potential Cubs clinch party. Chicago leads the best-of-five playoff 2-1 and will send John Lackey to the mound opposite lefty Matt Moore.
The project, which will eliminate the hill and bring in the center field fence from 436 to 409 feet, will be completed by opening day in 2017.
The Blue Jays are headed back to the ALCS. Can the Cubs and Indians close out their series' today?
The series moves to Toronto Sunday with the Rangers down 2-0.
Rangers fans are hoping that their team can bounce back Friday after falling to the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the ALDS. Those at the ballpark prior to the second game are remembering the team's slogan this season -- #NeverEverQuit.
Ken Pagan, the man suspected of throwing a beer at Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim during the seventh inning of Tuesday night's AL wild card game, has been charged with mischief.
Yu Darvish ended his first season with the Texas Rangers starting a postseason game. The right-hander from Japan hasn't pitched in October since that wild-card game in 2012.
How many World Series titles could this team win?
The Texas Rangers have a much-changed roster for their second consecutive AL Division Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
This is a rematch of the 2015 ALDS that the Blue Jays won in five games, including the wild clincher when Jose Bautista had the go-ahead homer and emphatic bat flip as part of a disastrous seventh inning for the Rangers.
The MLB has spoken with the Blue Jays about banning cans from Rogers Centre and wants officials in Canada to prosecute the fan who threw a beer at Baltimore outfielder Hyun Soo Kim during the AL wild card game.
The year's best-of-five ALDS starts Thursday in Texas, where on May 15 second baseman Odor punched Bautista.
The 30 teams combined to draw 73,159,044 fans to ballparks, the commissioner's office said Tuesday. That was down from last year's total, but still the 11th highest year ever.
Elvis Andrus refuses to be defined by what happened last October, and those two errors the Texas Rangers shortstop made on routine plays.
Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning off Ubaldo Jimenez, and Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 in Tuesday night's AL wild card game to advance to a Division Series matchup against Texas.
Chris Tillman is scheduled to start for the Baltimore Orioles against Marcus Stroman and the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League wild-card game Tuesday night.
As baseball enters its fifth season with a winner-take-all wild card game, victorious visitors have become an unlikely trend. The road team is 6-2 in wild card games, a good omen for the Orioles and Giants this year.
Mike Trout led the league in runs, on-base percentage and wins above replacement. But he did all that for the Angels, a fourth-place team that went 74-88 and was never in the playoff hunt.
Mark McGwire is getting another swing at the Hall of Fame. The former slugger who admitted to using steroids joins Bud Selig, George Steinbrenner and seven others on the ballot to be considered for election to Cooperstown.
The Rangers will be keeping a close eye on the Wild Card game tonight as Baltimore (Tillman 16-6) travels to Toronto (Stroman 9-10).
The Texas Rangers announced the start times for the first three games of American League Division Series against Tuesday night's Wild Card winner.
That's a rap on another MLB fantasy baseball season, and hopefully your team did pretty well. If not, there's always next year. Either way, it was a fun six months managing a daily lineup, and you know you will miss it over wintertime. When does Spring Training start again?
The Rangers are hoping that their playoff luck is a little bit stronger this time. The MLB regular season ended Sunday afternoon, and postseason action starts this week. Playoffs begin for the Rangers on Thursday.
Mark Teixeira hugged one teammate at a time as he walked off of the field. He tipped his cap to the crowd and patted his chest with his mitt. And with that, one of baseball's most prolific switch-hitters said goodbye.
