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Brewers edge Dodgers in NLCS opener as Turang homers and bullpen holds

Turang homers off Skubal as Brewers take Game 1Lara’s fifth-inning single breaks 1-1 deadlockMilwaukee end seven-game playoff skid against LABrice Turang homered off Tarik Skubal and Milwaukee’s bullpen shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jacob Misiorowski’s taxing outing, sending the Brewers t…

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Williams strikes out 12 as Guardians blank White Sox to complete ALDS comeback

Williams fans 12 as Cleveland win decisive Game 5Ramírez’s two-run homer provides only scoringGuardians to face Rays for place in World SeriesGavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramírez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Saturday ni…

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Rays sweep Yankees out of playoffs after ‘crazy’ fan interference downgrades New York home run

Rays sweep Yankees 3-0 after fan interference callDodgers eliminate Braves to keep three-peat bid aliveRamírez leads Guardians past Sox to avoid sweepAnthony Volpe rounded the bases, touched home plate and then waited out the uncertainty like everyone else.“Just hoping for the best,” the New York Y…

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Will Venable: the White Sox manager who used basketball tactics to transform a baseball loser

The White Sox were one of the worst teams in MLB history. Now they are just five wins from a place in the World SeriesThe postgame celebration songs pounded through the Bluetooth speakers in the Chicago White Sox clubhouse on Monday night, minutes after the team’s playoff victory over the Cleveland…

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Cable robs Padres of potential home run in bizarre playoff loss to Brewers

Ty France’s ninth-inning drive hits roof cable Brewers go on to win NLDS opener 3-2Brewers manager Pat Murphy credited the team’s legendary late broadcaster Bob Uecker for an unlikely boost in the ninth inning to help preserve a 3-2 victory over visiting San Diego in ⁠the opener of their playoff se…

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Braves power past Phillies in Game 3 to book NLDS showdown with Dodgers

Harris hits three-run homer in decisive Game 3Kerr throws 3 1/3 scoreless innings for AtlantaBraves advance to face two-time champion DodgersMichael Harris II hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Ray Kerr threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 …

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Swing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlash

Officials in Wyoming had called notion to host game in Grand Teton national park ‘deeply unwelcome’Major League Baseball (MLB) leadership is no longer considering holding a game inside a national park, according to a letter the commissioner, Robert Manfred, sent to officials in Teton county, Wyomin…

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White Sox end 21-year playoff drought as Yankees and Padres complete sweeps

Meidroth’s three-run homer seals Chicago’s sweepYankees rout Red Sox 9-2 and will face RaysPadres eliminate Cubs to set up Brewers showdownThe Chicago White Sox used a big first inning and a three-run homer from Chase Meidroth to propel them to a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday and swe…

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‘We don’t need boos’: Astros players frustrated as own fans turn on them in playoffs

Houston announce crowd of 34,011 for playoff openerPlayers criticize boos during 6-3 defeat by White SoxAstros are first division winner with .500 or worse markThe crowd at Daikin Park was surprisingly sparse as the Houston Astros – baseball’s first division winner with a .500 or worse record – ope…

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MLB playoff predictions: are the Dodgers heading for an inevitable fall?

As the postseason starts with the wildcard round, our writers pick the dark horses, likely winners and the high seeds at risk of going out earlyThe Mariners. The only active MLB team to have never appeared in a World Series came within a single win of ending that hoodoo last Octobe…

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Phillies scrape into MLB playoffs after week of ‘living hell in slow motion’

Phillies were at risk of blowing comfortable wildcard leadVictory over Rays deprives Diamondbacks of comebackBryce Harper and Edmundo Sosa homered, and Zack Wheeler delivered like a Game 7 ace to bring the Philadelphia Phillies back from the brink of collapse and send them into the playoffs. Their …

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Justin Verlander leaves field in tears with daughter after final start of 21-year career

Daughter Genevieve surprises 43-year-old on moundThree-time Cy Young winner ends 21-season careerVerlander finishes with 3,560 career strikeoutsJustin Verlander got an unexpected hook in his major league finale when his seven-year-old daughter came to the mound with Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch …

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Cubs’ Bregman suffers reported facial fractures after being hit by foul ball in ‘terrible accident’

Third baseman was standing near on-deck circle32-year-old hopes to return for postseasonChicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman suffered facial fractures when he was hit in the head by a foul ball on Sunday, according to ESPN.Bregman was standing in the on-deck circle preparing for his at-bat when …

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‘A terrible, terrible accident’: Cubs’ Bregman undergoes CT scans after taking foul ball to face

Third baseman was standing near on-deck circlePlayer taken to hospital for X-rays and CT scanChicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman was taken to the hospital for tests after being struck in the face by a foul ball while standing in front of the on-deck circle during Sunday’s game against the Cinci…

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From ‘nappies at the ballpark’ to MLB: how Australia’s Travis Bazzana made baseball’s big leagues

The 24-year-old has taken his attention to detail from lining up bats and helmets as a toddler to helping the Cleveland Guardians towards the playoffsWhen Sydney’s Travis Bazzana made his debut in Major League Baseball on 28 April, it was the culmination of a journey that began when he was a toddle…

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Mets’ Jared Young knocked out after taking knee to head in ‘terrifying’ collision

First baseman ran into teammate McLean in sixth inningYoung has concussion symptoms, negative CT scanManager says ‘scariest outcomes’ were avoidedNew York Mets first baseman Jared Young was carted off the field in the sixth inning of Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to Philadelphia after he was knocked ou…

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Mets fans celebrate home run against own team as returning hero Alonso goes yard

Slugger ties game in ninth with 414ft shotReaction irks Mets pitcher Sean ManaeaAlonso’s departure annoyed many Mets fansPete Alonso launched his 300th career home run Tuesday night, a tying shot in the ninth inning against his former team, and Coby Mayo’s inside-the-park homer in the 11th sent the…

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For baseball’s Black and Latino players, it’s always 1926 somewhere

From home-run celebrations to tilted caps, players embracing joy continue to collide with an old guard devoted to Dust Bowl grimnessOver the last several years, simultaneously lauded and paralyzed by its ironclad traditions, baseball has undergone various forays into reinvention, trying to free its…

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Stan Kroenke, owner of Arsenal and LA Rams, to buy MLB’s Angels for reported $4bn

Arte Moreno sells after owning team since 2003Deal gives KSE teams in NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLSKroenke Sports + Entertainment announced Tuesday that it will buy a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Angels from Arte Moreno in a deal that is expected to close in the first quarter ⁠of 2027.The s…

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MLB suspends Dominican prospect after age-fraud plot involving fake grave

Report: player posed as nearly two years youngerScheme allegedly included fake grave and records$2.8m agreement with Guardians was canceledA once-prized prospect from the Dominican Republic has been suspended by Major League Baseball after a league investigation revealed the player was part of an e…