MLB News
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MLB: Ninth-inning error hands Tigers a 6-5 win in Toronto
Toronto led after one inning and led again after seven. They still lost. Louie Varland’s fielding error in the ninth sent Detroit home with a 6-5 win at the Rogers Centre.
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MLB: Dodgers clinch a 14th straight October, tying Atlanta
Three hits, three runs scored, and a franchise record that has stood since 2005. Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 4-1 on Monday night to lock up a fourteenth consecutive playoff berth.
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MLB: Rafael Devers done for the season with a core muscle injury
Devers will not play again this season The mystery lasted years. It finally has a name, and it has cost Rafael Devers the rest of his season. San Francisco moved the slugger to the 60-day injured list with a core muscle injury. Manager Tony Vitello said surgery could come as soon as Tuesday, a procedure…
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MLB: Cubs host Atlanta with the first wild card now shared
Philadelphia’s win over Atlanta on Sunday left Chicago sharing the first National League wild card. Craig Counsell says this is the fun part. His rotation may disagree.
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MLB: Pete Alonso back at Citi Field, one homer from 300
A Citi Field homecoming, but in visitor colors Pete Alonso is back at Citi Field on Monday. Not as the local hero. As the opposition. The first baseman signed a five-year deal with Baltimore last December, worth an estimated $155 million, after seven seasons with the Mets. The Orioles open a three-game series in New…
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MLB: half a game splits the White Sox and Guardians in Cleveland
Half a game. That’s it. Half a game is all that’s between the White Sox and the Guardians as they open a three-game set in Cleveland on Monday night. Chicago leads the American League Central at 76-73. Cleveland is right on its tail at 76-74. Nobody has any breathing room. Nobody can afford a slip.…
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MLB: Schlittler one-hits the Mets, Yankees a win from October
One clean hit all afternoon A Brett Baty double with two outs in the fifth. That was the whole of the Mets’ day against Cam Schlittler on Sunday. Six innings. One hit. Eight strikeouts. Two walks. The Yankees won 2-0 in New York and closed out the Subway Series the way they wanted to. Schlittler…
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MLB: Machado and the Padres finish off a sweep in San Francisco
Five runs up before the second inning was over San Francisco never had a grip on this one. Five down before the second was finished, and that was the ballgame. The Padres won 6-4 in the Bay and completed a three-game sweep. It started fast. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Dustin Harris opened with back-to-back hits…
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MLB: Guardians host White Sox with AL Central lead at stake
Half a game separates them, and the schedule has just put them in the same ballpark for three days. Cleveland hosts Chicago with the AL Central on the line.
