BOSTON – The Detroit Tigers are going back to the playoffs for the second year in a row, despite their recent struggles. Detroit defeated Boston at Fenway Park on Saturday evening to lock up a spot in the postseason. The Tigers lost 11 of 12 games to cough up their 14-game lead in the AL Central earlier this week. But …
Read More »For the first time in nine years, the MLB postseason will not include the Houston Astros. The Astros were eliminated from postseason contention Saturday, the penultimate day of the regular season, when the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians both won. Their elimination officially sets the AL playoff field, with the AL Central duo each securing a playoff spot. Advertisement The …
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BOSTON — Friday afternoon inside the cramped visitor’s clubhouse at Fenway Park, Kerry Carpenter sat on a brown leather couch and flipped through Unique Homes Magazine. Dillon Dingler emerged from the batting cages and sang along to Bob Seger’s “Night Moves.” Will Vest stood at his locker, talking about his best performance in nearly a month — a save that …
Read More »The WNBA suspended Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve for one game for her behavior and comments during and following the Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night. “Her conduct and comments included aggressively pursuing and verbally abusing a game official on the court, failure to leave the court in a timely manner upon her ejection with 21.8 seconds …
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The Cubs will be without one of their top starters for at least the first round of the playoffs, as Cade Horton has been placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to September 25) due to a non-displaced right rib fracture. Left-hander Jordan Wicks was called up to take Horton’s roster spot for the final two games of Chicago’s regular …
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The Mets are on the brink of disaster. Sporting the second-largest payroll in baseball at $314 million, New York lost 6-2 to the eliminated Marlins on Friday night to drop to 82-78 on the year. That loss—combined with the Reds’ 3-1 win over the Brewers—means the Mets no longer control their own destiny. That’s right. Elly De La Cruz and …
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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Despite suffering a 7-3 setback in their series opener against Texas, the Guardians have a chance Saturday to clinch their 15th postseason appearance since 1995. Houston’s 4-3 loss to the Angels late Friday dropped Cleveland’s magic number to clinch at least a wild card spot to 1. If the Guardians beat the Rangers on Saturday night or …
Read More »PHOENIX (AP) — A furious Cheryl Reeve lost her cool and maybe her best player in the span of a few seconds during the Minnesota Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Game 3 of the WNBA playoff semifinals. The top-seeded Lynx are in a 2-1 hole in the best-of-five series with Game 4 looming Sunday …
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CLEVELAND — The inning spoke volumes for both teams. It came in the bottom of the sixth in the opening game of a crucial series between the Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. The two rivals had been going in opposite directions for the better part of a month — the Guardians surging from a seemingly insurmountable deficit while …
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Twenty-four hours after pulling off one of the most shocking trades in Red Sox history, Craig Breslow made a claim that was quite hard to believe. As he explained why the club traded superstar Rafael Devers to the Giants, he stuck his neck out with a prediction on what was to come. “At the end of the season,” Breslow said, …
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