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Houston has now turned a 3-0 ALCS deficit into a chance to tie the series Friday.

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The Tampa Bay Rays will use John Curtiss as their Game 5 opener Thursday, while the Astros will start rookie Luis Garcia.

The longtime Dodgers ace has another chance to alter the narrative of his postseason career in a critical Game 4 against the Braves.

Houston and L.A. got off the mat on Wednesday. Now both will try to land another blow vs. Rays and Braves.

For two games, L.A. looked like a team that wasn't long for the playoffs. In one stunning half-hour, the Dodgers unleashed all they can be.

With the Rays threatening in the sixth inning of Wednesday's ALCS Game 4, Astros manager Dusty Baker stuck with his gut and left Zack Greinke in to work his way out of a jam -- a decision that paid off and earned praise from the Houston starter.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was able to shake himself free of the fielding nightmare that gripped him the previous two days, making two accurate throws and delivering a first-inning home run that set the tone for Houston in Wednesday's ALCS Game 4.

L.A. scored a postseason-record 11 first-inning runs to crush Atlanta, while Houston averted a Tampa Bay sweep.

The Dodgers scored 11 runs, the most in any inning in MLB postseason history, in the first inning of Wednesday's NLCS Game 3 against the Braves.

Clayton Kershaw will indeed start for the Dodgers in Thursday's Game 4, manager Dave Roberts said.

The Dodgers scored 11 runs in the first inning of Wednesday's NLCS Game 3 against the Braves, the most in any inning in postseason history.

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The Dodgers will wait to see how Clayton Kershaw's back responds Thursday morning before deciding whether he'll start Game 4 of the NLCS against the Braves that night.

Among the topics Yankees GM Brian Cashman addressed Wednesday was the status of the struggling Gary Sanchez. "We have to determine whether this was a byproduct of unique circumstances or more reflection of what is to be expected as we move forward."

The White Sox have been given permission by the Angels to interview Tony La Russa for their managerial vacancy, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Steve Sax, who famously had a case of the "yips" in the 1980s, told ESPN he feels for the Astros' Jose Altuve, who is experiencing the problem in the ALCS.

Unable to go dollar for dollar with perennial contenders, Tampa Bay succeeds by finding who fits in as well as who it can afford.