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MLB playoff contenders have been narrowed down to eight teams following the opening Wild Card round of sixteen. Two #6 seeds remain, the Houston Astros and the Miami Marlins. Neither … Continue Reading Division Series Matchups Begin Today
The New York Yankees’ 4-1 victory in American League Championship Series Game 5 on Saturday returned the series to Houston for Game 6 on Saturday. Astros 6, Yankees 4 (box score) … Continue Reading Astros Walk Off with AL Pennant
The semifinal round of the MLB Playoffs, better known as the League Championship Series, opened on Friday with the National League matchup. Here is the breakdown of the results as … Continue Reading League Championship Series Weekend Roundup
After a weekend of Division Series action, Monday brought four Division Series elimination games, but only one team was eliminated as of the end of the night. Here are the … Continue Reading Monday Division Series Roundup
The Division Series got underway on Thursday with the first National League contests, followed by a full four-game slate on Friday with the beginning of American League action. Here are … Continue Reading Division Series Weekend Top Plays
Game 4 of the American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees took place on Tuesday night. Boston came into the game with a 2-1 … Continue Reading ALDS Recap: Boston Hangs On in 9th to Advance
Monday’s Division Series action featured the two ALDS matchups as well as Game 4 of the NLDS between Los Angeles and Atlanta. The Dodgers punched their ticket to the National … Continue Reading Monday Division Series Recap: Dodgers Advance; Astros and Red Sox Rout Opponents
Saturday’s Division Series action featured American League games between the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros, as well as the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. The Astros came out … Continue Reading Saturday ALDS Results: Astros Take 2-0 Lead; Yanks Tie Red Sox
Friday featured the first full day of Division Series matchups during the MLB postseason, starting with the Cleveland Indians at the Houston Astros in the early afternoon. After the action … Continue Reading Home Teams Emerge Victorious in Full Day of Division Series Action
Following the NL division tiebreaker games held on Monday which crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers as NL West and NL Central division champs, respectively, the losers of … Continue Reading Rockies, Yankees Advance in MLB Wild Card Round
It’s been over three weeks since resumption of play following the All-Star Game, so now is as good a time as any to check in on how the top playoff … Continue Reading Playoff Contender Check-In
On June 28, 2009, New York Yankees 13-time All Star RP Mariano ‘Mo” Rivera became the second major-league pitcher to convert 500 career saves behind longtime San Diego Padres RP … Continue Reading On This Day in 2009: Mariano Rivera Records 500th Save