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The National League Championship Series began last night, with the No. 6 Phillies beating the fifth-seeded Padres in San Diego. The American League Division Series starts tonight in Houston, with the top-seeded Astros hosting the No. 2 Yankees. The contrast between the two championship series ...

The Philadelphia Phillies will meet the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of the NLCS on Wednesday afternoon from Petco Park.

The movement on this pitch was just silly.

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels returned to Japan on Tuesday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The next Kansas City Royals manager will inherit Mike Matheny’s job title, his office and even a large chunk of his coaching staff. Yet the situation the next skipper steps into will be vastly different, almost as if the same job appeared in an alternate reality.

Philadelphia is turning back the clock with its old-school approach to pitching in the postseason. Can the Padres catch up before it’s too late?

SAN DIEGO — In the past three years, John Middleton committed more than half a billion dollars to three players. He got his money’s worth Tuesday night.

SAN DIEGO — It was history simply by taking place.

Oh, he got all of that one.