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NL Championship Series | Game 3: Nationals 8, Cardinals 1

Stephen Strasburg dominates Cardinals in Game 3 as Nationals take a 3-0 series lead

Righthander threw seven domininant innings and allowed one run on seven hits with no walks and 12 strikeouts in Game 3.

Drafted by the Yankees in 2008, Gerrit Cole has always wondered about the career path he didn’t take

A Yankees fan growing up in Southern California, Cole now stands in their way as the Houston Astros’ starter in Game 3 of the ALCS.

Andrew Friedman expects to finalize deal to stay with Dodgers

Los Angeles’s baseball operations leader was among those speculated as possibilities for the Red Sox in their search to replace Dave Dombrowski.

Carlos Correa’s walk-off home run ties up, heats up a fun ALCS

Houston and New York, tied 1-1, have as many as five games remaining in a compelling series. Game 3 is at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

ALCS Game 2: Astros 3, Yankees 2
Carlos Correa’s walk-off homer in Game 2 lifts Astros. ties ALCS at 1-1
Facing J.A. Happ, Correra delivered Houston a 3-2 victory in the bottom of the 11th with his solo homer.

NL Championship Series | Game 3 (Monday 7:38 p.m., TBS)
With 2-0 series lead, Nationals dealing from a position of strength
After getting near no-hitters in Games 1 and 2, Washington will turn to Stephen Strasburg to continue its dominance of the Cardinals in Game 3 of NLCS.

After the Red Sox traded him in 2011, Josh Reddick had ‘a better career than I could have imagined’

The 32-year-old outfielder emerged as a reliable player, winning a World Series ring in Houston in 2017.

Masahiro Tanaka? Dominant? He might not have thought so, but his Game 1 performance proved otherwise

The Yankees righthander threw six assertive innings, faced the minimum of 18 hitters, allowed one hit, walked one and struck out four.

The next Red Sox pitching coach will have a full plate of responsibilities

Dana LeVangie’s successor will have to figure out how to structure the flow of information and relay it to the pitching staff.

Gleyber Torres sparks Yankees in convincing shutout of Astros in Game 1

Gleyber Torres (3 for 5, 5 RBIs) led New York’s 13-hit barrage with an RBI double, a solo homer, and two-run single.

Max Scherzer sensational for Nationals in Game 2 win over Cardinals

Nationals ace delivered with seven no-hit innings in 3-1 victory.

The language of baseball: Often crude, sometimes comical

Mike Shildt’s profanity-laced postgame speech following the Cardinals’ NLDS victory was not supposed to be for public consumption.

Now is not the time for Red Sox to trade Mookie Betts

This season will be the fifth in a row Betts receives MVP votes and should be his fourth consecutive with a Gold Glove.

Anibal Sanchez takes no-hitter into eighth as Nationals win NLCS opener

Cardinals pinch hitter Jose Martinez blooped a single to center with two outs in the eighth to end the bid by veteran righthander.

Astros find themselves in league of their own

Even powers like the Yankees and Red Sox are forced to look up at talented, well-run Houston.

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