Yankees re-sign manager Aaron Boone to 3-year contract
NEW YORK — Manager Aaron Boone was re-signed by the New York Yankees to a three-year contract with a club option for 2025 after four winning but unsuccessful seasons. Boone, a third-generation major leaguer who hit a pennant-winning home run for the Yankees in 2003, led the team to a...
Kyle Schwarber, Red Sox slam Astros, lead ALCS 2-1Video
BOSTON — Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez walked off the mound with a six-run lead and a message for Carlos Correa and the rest of the Houston Astros: Now it’s Boston’s time. Tapping his wrist to mimic Correa’s Game 1 celebration, Rodriguez rode four more Boston homers — including Kyle...
Another walk-off: Braves beat Dodgers, lead NLCS 2-0
ATLANTA — The Braves won with a walk-off hit for the second night in a row when Eddie Rosario lined a two-out single off shortstop Corey Seager’s glove in the ninth inning, giving Atlanta a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night and a 2-0 NL Championship...
Justin Turner scratched with neck injury for Dodgers in NL Championship SeriesVideo
ATLANTA — Third baseman Justin Turner is not in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup for Game 2 of the NL Championship Series because of a stinger on the right side of his neck. Turner, a Dodger stalwart who played in 79 postseason games, aggravated his neck in batting practice before...
Austin Riley powers Braves past Dodgers in NLCS opener
ATLANTA — Austin Riley homered and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Saturday night. Blake Treinen struck out Freddie...
Grand time for Boston in ALCS win at HoustonVideo
HOUSTON — J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers helped the Boston Red Sox have a grand old time in Houston. Boston became the first team to slug two grand slams in a postseason game, with Martinez and Devers connecting in the first two innings of a 9-5 win over the Astros...
Correa’s time: Late HR helps Astros top Red Sox in ALCS opener
HOUSTON — Carlos Correa paused a few seconds at the plate and tapped the spot on his wrist where a watch would be. “It’s my time!” the Houston Astros star screamed. That it is. And if his time with the Astros runs out at the end of this season, the...
Dodgers’ Max Scherzer likely to start NLCS Game 1 against BravesVideo
ATLANTA — Max Scherzer is expected to throw the Los Angeles Dodgers’ first pitch in the NL Championship Series only two days after delivering the final pitch in their NL Division Series-clinching win. Unusual? Yes. And yet no one is surprised. “That is Scherzer being Scherzer,” teammate Cody Bellinger said....
Dodgers beat Giants in playoff thriller, advance to NLCSVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and prized midseason acquisition Max Scherzer came out of the bullpen for a save, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in a thrilling winner-take-all Game 5 on Thursday night and into the...
Braves plan to be without OF Jorge Soler in NL Championship Series
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are preparing to play without outfielder Jorge Soler in the NL Championship Series as they await his clearance as a result of his positive covid-19 test. The Braves worked out Thursday at Truist Park without Soler, who was pulled from the lineup for Game 4...
Cardinals fire Mike Shildt over ‘philosophical differences’
The Cardinals fired former National League manager of the year Mike Shildt over organizational differences Thursday, just one week after St. Louis lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a walk-off homer in the wild-card game. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said the firing was “something that popped up recently,” but...
Playoff series for the ages as Dodgers, Giants go to Game 5Video
SAN FRANCISCO — Everybody expected a playoff series for the ages between the century-old rival Dodgers and Giants, and now they’ve got it. Anything less than a winner-take-all Game 5 would have been a baseball travesty, leaving the sport short-changed on the October stage. It’s the 107-win, NL West champion...
Dodgers beat Giants to force winner-take-all Game 5
LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts homered and drove in three runs, Will Smith also went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Tuesday night to force a decisive Game 5 in their NL Division Series. The 107-win Giants host the 106-win Dodgers on Thursday...
Freeman home run sends Braves to NLCS with 5-4 win over BrewersVideo
ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking home run off Milwaukee closer Josh Hader with two outs in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves advanced to the NL Championship Series for the second year in a row, finishing off the Brewers 5-4 on Tuesday night. The Braves won the...
Altuve, Astros going back to ALCS after topping White SoxVideo
CHICAGO — It was Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman again. Led by their October-tested stars, the Houston Astros are going back to the AL Championship Series for the fifth straight year. Altuve hit a three-run homer, scored four times and stole a base, and Houston eliminated the Chicago...
Braves’ Jorge Soler sidelined after testing positive for covid-19
ATLANTA — Braves right fielder Jorge Soler was pulled from the lineup for Tuesday’s Game 4 of the NL Division Series against Milwaukee after testing positive for covid-19. Outfielder Cristian Pache took Soler’s spot on the roster, Major League Baseball announced. Soler was replaced at the top of the order...
Giants edge Dodgers on Evan Longoria homer, take series lead
LOS ANGELES — Evan Longoria homered off Max Scherzer in the fifth inning and the San Francisco Giants edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 on a blustery Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series. Los Angeles nearly tied it with two outs in the ninth...
Red Sox eliminate Rays with late sacrifice fly
BOSTON — Kike Hernandez delivered Boston’s second straight walk-off win, scoring pinch-runner Danny Santana with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to send the Red Sox to the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. After winning Game 3 of their...
Joc Pederson delivers in pinch again; Braves blank Brewers for 2-1 NLDS leadVideo
ATLANTA — Joc Pederson credits his postseason success to “not making any moment bigger than it needs to be.” With another jolt, Pederson put the Atlanta Braves on the verge of advancing in the playoffs. Pederson kept enhancing his “Joctober” nickname with a three-run, pinch-hit homer and the Braves shut...
Astros dismiss sign-stealing implications by White Sox pitcherVideo
CHICAGO — The Houston Astros found themselves in familiar territory Monday, brushing aside comments by Chicago White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera after he implied they stole signs while winning the first two games of the AL Division Series in their ballpark. “He can say what he wants to say,” Astros...
Game 4 of Astros-White Sox ALDS postponed because of forecast
CHICAGO — Game 4 of the AL Division Series between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox has been postponed because of rain in the forecast. The teams are now set to meet Tuesday afternoon. José Urquidy was scheduled to start Monday for Houston, with Carlos Rodón pitching for Chicago....
Leury García, Yasmani Grandal star as White Sox beat Astros in ALDS
CHICAGO — Two big swings by pint-sized Leury García. A rule-testing run by Yasmani Grandal. Solid relief work from Liam Hendriks and company. Right when the Chicago White Sox got in big trouble, they found a way. García and Grandal homered, and Grandal’s borderline baserunning helped the White Sox top...
Red Sox bounce Tampa Bay in 13 innings after odd wall callVideo
BOSTON — Saved a bizarre bounce and an obscure ruling, the Boston Red Sox beat Tampa Bay, 6-4, on Sunday night on a walk-off, two-run homer by Christian Vazquez in the 13th inning to move one victory from eliminating the 100-win Rays from the AL Division Series. The wild-card Red...
Julio Urias hits, pitches Dodgers past Giants to tie series
SAN FRANCISCO — With some mighty swings, solid pitching and defensive gems that have defined the Dodgers’ success the past decade, the defending World Series champions are headed home in prime playoff position having grabbed momentum away from the division-winning Giants. Fittingly, this NL Division Series between rivals has become...
Braves beat Brewers to even NL Division SeriesVideo
MILWAUKEE — Max Fried pitched six sharp innings and Atlanta’s bullpen held on after manager Brian Snitker’s quick hook, sending the Braves over the Milwaukee Brewers, 3-0, on Saturday to tie their NL Division Series at a game apiece. The Brewers brought the tying run to the plate in each...
