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Associated Press Oct 3, 2024, 08:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers are flipping Jack Flaherty and rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto in their rotation for the National League Division Series against the rival San Diego Padres. Yamamoto will start Game 1 on Saturday and Flaherty will go in Game 2

ESPN News Services Oct 3, 2024, 07:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for. New York hasn’t even reached the World Series since the 27th championship in 2009, a drought that is the pinstripes’ longest since the gap between 1978

Associated Press Oct 3, 2024, 02:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Houston led the major leagues with 35 pitch clock violations and Washington’s Kyle Finnegan topped individuals with 11. Violations by pitchers, batters and catchers totaled 602, down from 1,048 in 2023, the first season of the timer. There were 465 by

Oct 3, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After the other three MLB wild-card series ended in sweeps, all eyes are on Milwaukee, where the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers will meet in a Game 3 showdown on Thursday night. The winner gets a National League Division Series date with the Philadelphia Phillies

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Associated Press Oct 2, 2024, 11:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Kyle Higashioka‘s solo homer started a five-run rally against Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 2 of their NL Wild

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 10:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Jackson Chourio tied the game in the eighth with his second homer of the night and pinch-hitter Garrett Mitchell delivered a two-run shot later in the inning to give the Milwaukee Brewers a 5-3 victory over the New York Mets on

Associated Press Oct 2, 2024, 10:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Atlanta Braves left-hander Max Fried and San Diego Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove both had early exits because of injuries Wednesday night in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card Series. Fried was done after two innings. He was hit on

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Jack Flaherty will start Game 1 of this weekend’s National League Division Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, with rookie Yoshinobu Yamamoto set for Game 2. Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes said Wednesday that the team hasn’t finalized plans for

Oct 2, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a day of MLB postseason openers dominated by the visitors — with three of the four away teams winning — the home teams will try to get even on Wednesday. The must-win action in the best-of-three wild-card round starts with the Houston Astros trying to

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — Baltimore rookie outfielder Colton Cowser suffered a fractured left hand after getting hit by a pitch during the Orioles’ season-ending loss to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. Cowser was hit on the hand as he struck out swinging on 97

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Jose Altuve hugged Alex Bregman in the aftermath of the Houston Astros’ sudden elimination on Wednesday

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into the American League Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a two-game sweep of

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Andy Ibanez hit a tiebreaking three-run double in Detroit’s four-run eighth inning, and the Tigers swept the Houston Astros with a 5-2 victory in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series on Wednesday. Parker Meadows homered as Detroit ended Houston’s

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 2, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. The Los Angeles Dodgers

Associated Press Oct 2, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — The Blue Jays are moving Don Mattingly back to the position of full-time bench coach after the former six-time All-Star also spent the 2024 season as the team’s offensive coordinator. “He’s excited about that opportunity to impact us and [manager John Schneider]

ESPN News Services Oct 2, 2024, 02:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins dismissed hitting coaches Rudy Hernandez and David Popkins, assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon, and assistant bench/infield coach Tony Diaz on Wednesday. The moves come on the heels of the Twins struggling to find their offense over the final six weeks