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Seventeen days ago, the Phillies got swept out of Chicago a few hours before the San Diego Padres lost for the fourth time in seven games. And in that moment, it was difficult to tell which team looked less like it actually wanted to make the playoffs.

The first baseman’s fourth inning home run cut the Yankees’ lead to 3–2, and the celebration went viral.

CLEVELAND -- There were questions about whether the Yankees should start Gerrit Cole in Game 1 of their best-of-five games American League Division Series, but Aaron Boone went with the man to whom they gave a historic contract to pitch big games. It’s paid off twice. Cole fended off the…

The Padres' bullpen blinked for the first time Saturday night.

After a decade of unprecedented regular-season dominance, but all too familiar playoff disappointment that continued Saturday night with their elimination in the National League Division Series, the Dodgers find themselves in a familiar place entering this offseason.

This was ice cold from Josh Naylor.

ATHENS, Ga. — Not that the Georgia Bulldogs required any real shock therapy before entering a more interesting phase of their championship defense. Nonetheless, the Braves just maybe attached electrodes to some sensitive areas and sent a jolt of perspective this way Saturday while making their own ugly, inglorious exit.

SAN DIEGO — The second postseason start of Tyler Anderson’s career couldn’t have gone much better. The Dodgers left-hander blanked the San Diego Padres on two hits through five innings, striking out six and walking two. He retired nine straight batters from the second through fifth innings.