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Justin Verlander was incredible in leading Houston to victory in Game 1.

Sunday

Well, nothing happened last night. The Yankees and Guardians were supposed to play Game 5 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium. The gates opened at 5 p.m. ET for a 7:07 start time. At 6:20, the Yankees announced that the game would be delayed, and that they would “provide updates…

Which team will advance from the National League to compete in the World Series? Our MLB writers make their picks.

The two superstars have been on parallel tracks for years. Now, they face off with a World Series appearance on the line

Rob Thomson, champagne bottle in his right hand, stood Saturday night in the center of the Phillies clubhouse as his players circled around him. The team was seven games below .500 when Thomson stepped in as manager, yet here it was in October standing just four wins from the World…

There’s a scene in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) in which Captain George Ellerby (Alec Baldwin) is asking Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) about Jimmy Pappas (Paris Karounos), who was arrested for the murder of two gangsters from Providence. Both of them know Pappas, a local Greek restaurateur, ...

The first rounds of the postseason saw three 100-win teams lose to opponents with worse records. Is this a sign of a flawed system or just how baseball works?

SEATTLE — With each failed plate appearance and squandered scoring opportunity, particularly when only one run would’ve stopped the eventual marathon of pitches, outs and scoreless innings, the Mariners were allowing the potent bats of the Astros top hitters, held silent for longer than reasonably expected, opportunity after opportunity to…