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Shohei Ohtani’s historic performance sends Dodgers to World Series

LOS ANGELES — It was a night that will live forever in Los Angeles Dodgers history. There was the Sandy Koufax perfect game. There was the Kirk Gibson home run. And Thursday night, it was The Shohei Ohtani Game, one of the greatest postseason performances in baseball history. Ohtani hit...
Suarez’s grand slam lifts Mariners past Blue Jays for 3-2 ALCS lead

SEATTLE — Eugenio Suarez’s second home run of the game, an eighth-inning grand slam, broke a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-2, on Friday to regain control of the American League Championship Series. Cal Raleigh sparked the rally with a leadoff homer in the eighth...
First Call: Ja’Marr Chase says Steelers ‘did exactly what we were expecting’; Tyler Glasnow delivers in NLCS start

In Friday’s “First Call,” Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase explains the predictability of the Steelers’ defense. An ex-Pirate shines on the mound during the NLCS. The Penguins prepare to close out their early West Coast road trip. And Robert Morris opened its men’s hockey season with a tough challenge against a...
Max Scherzer turns back the clock as Blue Jays beat Mariners to even ALCS

SEATTLE — Mad Max had nearly a month to fume, seethe and boil as he waited for his October opportunity. Finally given the ball in the playoffs, he shut down the Seattle Mariners — and his own manager, too. A fiery Scherzer turned back the clock with a vintage pitching...
Dodgers take Game 3 of NLCS, send Brewers to brink

LOS ANGELES — Tyler Glasnow struck out eight batters, Tommy Edman hit a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers took a commanding lead in the National League Championship Series with a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. Mookie Betts had an RBI...
Mark Madden: Tip your cap to Dodgers for not babying pitchers

Something refreshing happened within the context of MLB’s current zeitgeist Monday night: A starting pitcher threw eight innings. No, it’s not a complete game. And the length of Blake Snell’s stay on the mound for Los Angeles was made more palatable because he only threw 103 pitches, less than usual...
Homers abound as Blue Jays rout Mariners in ALCS Game 3

From utter futility to a startling fusillade: That’s the story of the Toronto Blue Jays in this American League Championship Series. And after two games of punchless offense was followed by a lineup uprising in Game 3, they are still very much in it. The Blue Jays annihilated Seattle Mariners...
Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow eager to keep Brewers’ bats quiet in NLCS Game 3

LOS ANGELES — After charging through America’s Dairyland with a pair of beefed-up pitching performances, the Dodgers play host to the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. Six victories away from becoming the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles in 25...
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws 3-hitter as Dodgers take 2-0 lead on Brewers in NLCS

MILWAUKEE — Relying on an old-school pitching strategy has the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers two wins from returning to the Fall Classic. As long as their star-studded rotation can continue working deep into games, they don’t need to worry about their inconsistent bullpen. Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a...
Brice Turang provides Game 1 scapegoat for Brewers

MILWAUKEE — Brice Turang not letting himself be hit by a pitch in the ninth inning was the subject of debate, if not outright criticism, as soon as Game 1 of the National League Championship Series ended in a Milwaukee Brewers loss. But stand in that batter’s box, and see...
Ghosts keep Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez away from Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel

MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts has refused to stay at the team hotel in downtown Milwaukee for years, convinced the famous Pfister Hotel is haunted. So when the Dodgers come to town, he always checks into an Airbnb away from the team, not ready to encounter any...
Behind Blake Snell spectacular, Dodgers get past Brewers in NLCS opener

MILWAUKEE — Blake Snell allowed one baserunner in eight shutout innings before Los Angeles’ bullpen barely held on as the Dodgers opened the National League Championship Series with a 2-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. Blake Treinen struck out Brice Turang with the bases loaded to end...
Padres manager Mike Shildt retires after 2 seasons

San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt announced Monday that he will retire immediately after guiding the club to the playoffs in his two seasons at the helm. Shildt, 57, compiled a 183-141 record in two years as the Padres manager, with the club advancing to the National League Division Series...
Mariners stomp Blue Jays for 2-0 ALCS lead

The Seattle Mariners are going home with a commanding advantage in the American League Championship Series. The pitching-centric team is crushing the Toronto Blue Jays in all facets of the game, slugging three home runs in Game 2 to cruise to a 10-3 victory Monday at Rogers Centre. And now,...
Cal Raleigh homers, Jorge Polanco drives in 2 runs as Mariners beat Blue Jays in ALCS opener

TORONTO — Cal Raleigh homered, Jorge Polanco drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning single and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-1, on Sunday night as they returned to the AL Championship Series for the first time in 24 years. George Springer homered on the first...
Pat Murphy embracing Brewers’ underdog status before NLCS matchup with Dodgers

MILWAUKEE — Pat Murphy and his Milwaukee Brewers adopted an underdog mentality even as they produced the best regular-season record in the major leagues this year. Their NL Championship Series matchup with the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers enables them to embrace that approach even more. The series...

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