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Astros bench coach Joe Espada is expected to interview with the Cubs Monday, and Gabe Kapler will also talk to the team about the manager's job.

Daniel Hudson's decision to skip NLCS Game 1 to be with his wife as she gave birth to their daughter made headlines. But for him, it was never really a choice.

The St. Louis offense has been a no-show so far in the NLCS, and things won't get any easier against Stephen Strasburg in Game 3.

Verlander, Strasburg, Scherzer, Tanaka, Flaherty and, yes, Gerrit Cole. These playoffs have had some great starting pitching. We rank the best of the best.

Boone has no choice but to be aggressive, a balancing act that might burn him but is his team's best shot to win.

Carlos Correa homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the 11th to give the Astros a win over the Yankees.

A man in the Astros dugout was hit by a foul ball during Game 2 of the American League Championship Series and exited with a towel over his head.

Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton was left out of the Yankees' starting lineup for Game 2 of the American League Champion Series against the Astros after suffering a right quad strain in his team's Game 1 win.

A man in the Astros dugout was hit by a foul ball during Game 2 of the American League Championship Series and exited with a towel over his head.

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The Los Angeles Angels employee who told federal investigators that he provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs and abused it with him for years told Outside the Lines he hopes the pitcher's family can find "some peace."

Giancarlo Stanton is not in the Yankees' starting lineup for Game 2 of the ALCS on Sunday after suffering a right quad strain in his team's Game 1 win.

Justin Verlander (and Gerrit Cole in Game 3) gives the Astros an advantage. But Houston's sleeping offense needs to wake up -- early.

Nats outfielder Adam Eaton delivered a crucial two-run double in the eighth inning. His key to that at-bat? Heeding the advice given to "Seinfeld" character George Costanza.

After the Nationals moved up to 2-0 in their LCS, the Bombers' challenge is whether they can match that in Houston.

Gleyber Torres, 22, was the dominant force in New York's Game 1 ALCS win Saturday, finishing with a home run and five RBIs. As teammate DJ LeMahieu put it: "It just doesn't seem like any moment is too big for him."

It was a case of history repeating itself Saturday as Nationals starter Max Scherzer carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning a day after Anibal Sanchez did the same. The two had no-hitters through five innings a day apart in the 2013 ALCS.

The Cardinals' offense is coming up almost all zeroes, but some of the manager's choices aren't helping.

Jose Altuve and Aaron Judge will lead the Astros and Yankees as the teams duke it out at Minute Maid Park.

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