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Rays' Margot sets tone with HR, stuns with catch

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:45pm
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.

Baker says Altuve must 'flush' throwing errors

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:45pm
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.

MLB Monday Takeaways: Margot, Rays put Astros in 2-0 ALCS hole

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:45pm
Manuel Margot provided the flash, but Tampa Bay's steady approach again wore down Houston in Game 2.

Manny being Manny: Margot makes early impact with amazing catch, homer

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 3:46pm
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.

Baseball keeps losing legends in 2020, and Joe Morgan might have been the smallest and mightiest of them all

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 3:46pm
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."

Dodgers add LHP Wood to roster ahead of NLCS

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 12:45pm
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.

Reds great, Hall of Fame 2B Morgan dies at 77

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 9:44am
Hall of Fame second baseman and former Cincinnati Reds great Joe Morgan has died at 77.

White Sox part ways with manager Renteria

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 9:44am
The White Sox have parted ways with manager Rick Renteria, who led the team to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

Passan: Inside MLB's plan to have fans in the stands starting with NLCS opener

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:43am
So far in 2020, baseball has been played to audiences of cardboard cutouts. That will change Monday night with Braves-Dodgers Game 1.

MLB Playoffs Daily: NLCS gets underway, Rays seek to expand ALCS lead

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:43am
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.

How the Braves built arguably baseball's best offense around Freddie Freeman

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:43am
There's more to Atlanta's balanced and steady attack than Freddie Freeman, but everything centers on the franchise cornerstone.

Expect NLCS fireworks as MLB's top two offenses meet

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 6:43am
The hard-hitting Braves facing the powerful Dodgers? Get your popcorn ready, because offense is coming.

Where did Rays rookie Randy Arozarena, 'best player on earth,' come from?

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 12:57am
With four postseason homers, Arozarena makes hitting look easy, but his road from Cuba was anything but.

Rays rely on bullpen depth in another 1-run win

TEst 4 October 12, 2020 - 12:57am
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.

Rays eke out their kind of win to beat Astros in Game 1

TEst 4 October 11, 2020 - 9:53pm
A workmanlike Blake Snell start, lockdown bullpen work and a Randy Arozarena homer gave the Rays the edge.

Yanks broadcaster Curry says he had COVID-19

TEst 4 October 11, 2020 - 9:53pm
YES Network broadcaster Jack Curry missed the Yankees' postseason after contracting COVID-19, he said in a video tweeted Sunday.

Rays add lefty reliever Alvarado to ALCS roster

TEst 4 October 11, 2020 - 12:52pm
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.

MLB Playoffs Power Rankings: Previewing the final four teams in the championship series

TEst 4 October 11, 2020 - 6:47am
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.

MLB Playoffs Daily: Rays, Astros start up ALCS duel for a pennant

TEst 4 October 11, 2020 - 6:47am
The AL's top-seeded team will face last year's AL champs in a showdown that shouldn't be short of drama.

Astros to start Valdez, McCullers vs. Rays in ALCS

TEst 4 October 11, 2020 - 6:47am
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.

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