5:46 PM ET Putting the ball in play can often lead to good things, regardless of the quality of contact. 1 Related The Philadelphia Phillies showed that in the second inning of Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday, when they scored four runs on balls that either weren’t hit hard or
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7th Machado homered to center (424 feet). 4 8 5th Bell singled to right, Cronenworth scored, Drury to third. 4 7 5th Drury singled to center, Profar scored and Soto scored, Cronenworth to third. 4 6 5th Soto doubled to deep right, Nola scored, Profar to third. 4 4 5th Nola singled to right, Kim
1:41 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. HOUSTON — The New York Yankees made several changes as they announced their 26-man roster for the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros. The No. 1-seeded Astros, on the other hand, made only one addition, with both
9:10 AM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate Aaron Nola and Austin Nola are about to make postseason history. The two brothers — Aaron, a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, and Austin, the primary catcher for the San Diego Padres — will face off against one
5:23 PM ET NEW YORK — One game after his animated rocking-the-baby home run celebration, Cleveland Guardians designated hitter Josh Naylor got an earful from the Yankee Stadium crowd early in Tuesday’s Game 5 of the American League Division Series. The fans borrowed a phrase that first rang out across the street at the old
7:00 AM ET Would you like a little chalk with your chaos? While the fifth-seeded San Diego Padres and sixth-seeded Philadelphia Phillies are playing in the NLCS, the American League gives us the two teams that carried the conversation all season in the junior circuit: The 106-56 Houston Astros, playing in their sixth straight ALCS,
1:28 AM ET SAN DIEGO — There are only so many ways human beings can describe an event that occupies fewer than three seconds of their lives, a fact that was put to the test repeatedly after Kyle Schwarber hit a 488-foot home run in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday
10:03 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber made sure that the National League Championship Series against the San Diego Padres started with a bang. Literally. The nine-year veteran launched a 488-foot home run on a pitch from Yu Darvish in the top of the sixth inning. 488 feet. Yes, you read that right.#RingTheBell
10:30 PM ET NEW YORK — While tapping second base to record the game-ending forceout that clinched the American League Division Series for the New York Yankees, Gleyber Torres added a motion that had just become all the rave at Yankee Stadium. Torres cradled his arms together in a mocking, rocking-the-baby motion, while glaring at
7:29 PM ET NEW YORK — Houston, here come the Yankees. Riding off a strong start from lefty Nestor Cortes, the New York Yankees booked a ticket to the American League Championship Series with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. The Game 5 victory capped a back-and-forth series in which the Yankees
5:29 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks said he will miss the remainder of the postseason after injuring his left knee in a third-inning collision with rookie shortstop Oswaldo Cabrera during Game 5 of American League Division
6:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will be a free agent after the season, but team president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the club wants the longtime star to return. “Nothing has changed,” Friedman said on Tuesday. “My strong hope is that Clayton Kershaw is pitching here next
3:22 PM ET Monday’s rainout shuffled the pitching strategy for both teams in Game 5 of their American League Division Series. While Jameson Taillon was supposed to start on Monday, the New York Yankees will send out Nestor Cortes on short rest to face Aaron Civale of the Cleveland Guardians. Cleveland has reinforcements, with Shane
4:33 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Reliever David Robertson has been added to the Philadelphia Phillies‘ 26-man roster ahead of Tuesday night’s NL Championship Series opener against San Diego after missing the NLDS against Atlanta with a strained right calf. Robertson, who went 4-3 with a 2.40 ERA in 58 games in the
3:44 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Yankees have set up their pitching for Game 1 of the the ALCS against the Houston Astros. First, however, they need to win Game 5 of the ALDS against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. Jameson Taillon, who had originally been scheduled to start Game 5 against
11:07 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ted Barrett will be the crew chief for the National League Championship Series between San Diego and Philadelphia, and Alfonso Márquez will head the umpires for the American League series between Houston and Cleveland or the New York Yankees. Brian Knight will work the plate for Tuesday’s
7:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES SLUGGER Bryce Harper didn’t quite get his birthday wish. All season long, Harper had said he wanted to still be playing on his 30th birthday, which was on Sunday. That day came and went without the Phillies on the field — but only on a technicality. 2 Related It’s mid-October,
10:29 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani arrived home Tuesday and was critical of his Los Angeles Angels team missing the Major League Baseball playoffs again. In an interview at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, he said it was “a good season for me personally.” Not so good for the Angels, though.