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The offense was frustrating all year from start to finish.

Instead of playing for next year, St. Louis decided to add at the trade deadline. Its reward? A 17-game win streak and a wild-card date with the Dodgers.

The pitcher who the Yankees brought in specifically to win these types of games fell flat on his face, putting the hitters behind the eight ball, and they couldn't muster enough offense to get out from their unfortunate ...

Eddie Robinson, the last surviving player from the 1948 World Series champion Cleveland Indians who also went on to be GM of the Texas Rangers and Atlanta Braves, has died at age 100.

The Brewers announced on Tuesday that right-hander Corbin Burnes (11-5, 2.43 ERA) will start the opening game of the NLDS Friday against the Braves, and that fellow right-hander Brandon Woodruff (9-10, 2.56) will start G...

Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100.

Andrew Velazquez laughed and shook his head. He began the season on a minor league contract with the Yankees, and Tuesday night he was starting at shortstop in the must-win American League Wild Card Game at Fenway.

The Houston Astros have named left-hander Framber Valdez to be their starting pitcher in Game 2 of the ALDS against the Chicago White Sox.

When the lineups were released for the 2021 American League Wild Card game, it took all of one spot for the surprises to jump out. In the leadoff spot for the Yankees: Anthony Rizzo. In the leadoff spot for the Red Sox: ...

Twelve years ago, a wide-eyed Brett Gardner soaked in a Yankee World Series celebration at the end of his age-25 season.

Epstein was the white whale in the Mets' search for a president.

Boone said Tuesday that whatever his future holds, he's at peace with it.

Chaos surrounded the Mets, among the postseason favorites once upon a spring, and as a devoted chronicler reported out the team's final month, he found that all the chemistry in the world couldn't stop the inevitable.

Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in the AL wild-card game.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says Tommy John surgery is "not on the table" for ace Clayton Kershaw and that he is hoping first baseman Max Muncy can rejoin the team later this month.

The Red Sox faithful are no strangers to curses and the like. They're also aware of what occurred when Boston faced the New York Yankees in a win-or-go-home game in 1978. Which is why Monday's Massachusetts State Lottery...

You don't pay a pitcher $324 million for two innings in a playoff game.

Teams hate the single-elimination wild-card game because the stakes are so high. But whatever you think of the format, the pull for fans is irresistible.

Shortstop Alcides Escobar agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract on Tuesday to stay with the Washington Nationals next season.

Left-hander Shane McClanahan and rookie Shane Baz will start the first two games of the ALDS for the Rays, who then will "highly likely" turn to Drew Rasmussen for Game 3.

He was a power-hitting All-Star in a career of more than 60 seasons as a player, executive, coach and scout. He had been the oldest living former major leaguer.