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Manny Margot was the latest Rays player to step up during this postseason with his first-inning three-run homer and tumbling-over-the-wall catch in Monday's ALCS Game 2 win.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve committed one of two gaffes in the first inning when he short-hopped an otherwise easy throw to first base. "You just hope he isn't getting the yips, because invariably they come in bunches," manager Dusty Baker said.

Manuel Margot provided the flash, but Tampa Bay's steady approach again wore down Houston in Game 2.

Manuel Margot got the Rays going with a first-inning three-run homer, then made a circus catch, flipping over a railing, in the second.

Six Hall of Famers have died in 2020. Joe Morgan, though only 5-foot-7, stood tall during his career. As Jim Palmer said about the legendary Cincinnati Reds teams: "They weren't the Big Red Machine until they got Joe Morgan."

The Dodgers are going with 15 pitchers in the NLCS by adding lefty Alex Wood to their roster ahead of Game 1 against the Braves.

Hall of Fame second baseman and former Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan has died at 77.

The White Sox have parted ways with manager Rick Renteria, who led the team to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

So far in 2020, baseball has been played to audiences of cardboard cutouts. That will change Monday night with Braves-Dodgers Game 1.

Walker Buehler takes the hill as the Dodgers aim to regain the pennant, and the Rays go for a 2-0 lead on the Astros.

There's more to Atlanta's balanced and steady attack than Freddie Freeman, but everything centers on the franchise cornerstone.

The hard-hitting Braves facing the powerful Dodgers? Get your popcorn ready, because offense is coming.

With four postseason homers, Arozarena makes hitting look easy, but his road from Cuba was anything but.

After his team locked up yet another one-run win by beating the Astros 2-1 in Game 1 of the ALCS on Sunday, Rays manager Kevin Cash wouldn't attribute that success to anything but bullpen depth.

A workmanlike Blake Snell start, lockdown bullpen work and a Randy Arozarena homer gave the Rays the edge.

YES Network broadcaster Jack Curry missed the Yankees' postseason after contracting COVID-19, he said in a video tweeted Sunday.

The Tampa Bay Rays will welcome back Jose Alvarado, a key member of the bullpen, for their ALCS matchup with the Houston Astros, which begins Sunday.

They've survived the first two rounds. Now we re-rank and reevaluate what the four surviving teams have going for them playing for a pennant.

The AL's top-seeded team will face last year's AL champs in a showdown that shouldn't be short of drama.

The Houston Astros have set their rotation for the first two games of the ALCS vs. the Rays, starting Framber Valdez in Game 1 and Lance McCullers in Game 2.