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Dylan Hernández: Roki Sasaki's playoff dominance shows why he's the Dodgers' future staff ace
LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki was literally the toast of the Dodgers.
"Shot for Roki!" infielder Miguel Rojas screamed.
Hooting and hollering, the players raised the little paper cups in their hands and emptied the contents into their mouths to celebrate the three perfect innings delivered by Sasaki in an 11-inning, 2-1 victory over the ...Read more
Bill Shaikin: Are these the real Dodgers? Why a 'whole other level' could emerge in the NLCS.
LOS ANGELES — In those buoyant days of spring, Dodgers fans blithely predicted their star-studded and well-financed team would win, say, 125 games. No major league team had won more than 116 but, if the Dodgers were going to ruin baseball, they would have a damn good time doing it.
Then the season started, and with it the ups and downs, and ...Read more
Paul Sullivan: Cubs flip the script on the Brewers -- and now it's back to Milwaukee for a spot in the NLCS
CHICAGO — When the National League Division Series moved to Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs facing a 2-0 deficit against the Milwaukee Brewers, manager Craig Counsell acknowledged the hole they had dug for themselves.
“No question about it,” Counsell said Tuesday. “And we get to decide how this story ends.”
Sweetheart, get him ...Read more
Chicago Cubs force a deciding Game 5 of the NLDS with a 6-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have quickly become battle tested in elimination games.
For the third time this postseason, the Cubs staved off their season ending. Thanks to another first-inning home run — a rocket off Ian Happ’s bat that landed in the right-field bleachers for a three-run lead — and a masterful performance by left-hander ...Read more
John Niyo: Tigers eager to play their ace in winner-take-all game of high stakes
DETROIT — Tarik Skubal felt a lot like most of the fans did in the stands during Wednesday’s potential playoff elimination game at Comerica Park.
He saw his teammates struggling at the plate, trudging back to the dugout one after another in Game 4 of the American League Division Series, and he felt the silence growing louder in the ballpark...Read more
'Tricky' shadows, 'cruelest way' for a game to end, and more from the Phillies-Dodgers Game 4 broadcast
The Phillies suffered an 11-inning 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, putting an early end to the Phillies’ postseason run.
From tricky shadows to a fielding error to end the game, here are some of the best and worst moments from the Game 4 broadcast …
‘Tricky’ shadows
TBS broadcaster...Read more
Dodgers defeat Phillies in a wild, instant-classic walk-off to reach the NLCS
LOS ANGELES — Andy Pages hit a dribbler to the mound.
Orion Kerkering fielded it — then threw away the Philadelphia Phillies’ season.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th in Game 4 of the National League Division Series, that’s how the Dodgers secured a 2-1 walk-off win. On a throwing error from Kerkering. On a ball that ...Read more
Marcus Hayes: Same old story: Big hitters fizzle, Rob Thomson gets bitten as the Phillies' season dies
LOS ANGELES — Chavez Ravine has been a politician’s vanity purchase, a nest of disease, a sleepy, multicultural neighborhood, the site of municipal bullying, and, since 1962, the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The trees and scrub on the surrounding hills and the orange-and-blue “76″ sign, a vestige of bygone gasoline wars, sit in the ...Read more
Bill Plaschke: A wild finish propels the Dodgers into NLCS and past their toughest playoff test
LOS ANGELES — No, he didn’t.
Yes, they did!
No, it’s inconceivable that Philadelphia Phillies’ reliever Orion Kerkering would botch a grounder and throw it away with the season on the line.
Yes, it happened with the bases loaded and the Dodgers scored to steal a National League Division Series clinching 2-1 victory in 11 taut innings ...Read more
Yankees' Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe unsure if they'll need offseason surgery
NEW YORK — Once the season ends, the truth usually comes out. However, there are still no answers for the offseason ahead of ailing Yankees‘Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe.
Judge and Volpe were both playing through injury for a good portion of this season. The Yankees captain injured his right elbow after making a throw against the Blue Jays ...Read more
Dylan Hernández: Why has Shohei Ohtani gone missing at the plate for the Dodgers?
LOS ANGELES — The familiar sound reverberated throughout Dodger Stadium.
Crack!
The baseball soared into the October sky, Shohei Ohtani gliding down the first base line as he watched it travel back, back, back …
… only to be caught a few inches in front of the left-field wall by Max Kepler.
So close.
So close to a seventh-inning home ...Read more
Schwarbombs to the rescue: Kyle Schwarber breaks through with two homers to help Phillies force Game 4
LOS ANGELES — Seventeen years ago, in this very ballpark, when the Phillies needed it most, a muscle-bound slugger with a short left-handed stroke ripped one into the night and changed a playoff series.
Did Kyle Schwarber do an uncanny Matt Stairs impression, or what?
It depends, of course, on whether the Phillies can come all the way back ...Read more
Bob Wojnowski: Tigers' offense finally erupts, opening a path to swipe the series
DETROIT — They said they were one swing away, one inning away. They insisted they were close to busting out, any moment now.
You can doubt the Tigers at times, but good luck trying to bury them. Once they started swinging Wednesday, they couldn’t stop, one after another, like a baseball conga line. Finally ignited, there’s no telling ...Read more
For Mariners, ALDS Game 5 stakes are clear: Beat Tarik Skubal and Tigers to survive
DETROIT — The stakes are simple for the Seattle Mariners:
Win on Friday in front of a sellout crowd at T-Mobile Park and their magical 2025 season continues into the American League Championship Series and a celebration at home.
Lose at home and the offseason begins prematurely, giving everyone associated with the team days and weeks of ...Read more
Tormented by Blue Jays all season, Yankees' run comes to fitting and disappointing end
NEW YORK — As the Yankees found themselves stuck in the midst of their annual summer swoon, manager Aaron Boone insisted he wasn’t worried.
Maybe it was the fact that his team had overcome these slumps in past years, reaching the World Series as recently as last October despite a similar midseason freefall. Maybe it was the parity that ...Read more
Yankees doomed by missed opportunities as season ends with ALDS Game 4 loss to Blue Jays
NEW YORK — was on the Yankees’ side, and so was the matchup.
A night after they staved off elimination with a dramatic come-from-behind victory, the Yankees turned to rookie phenom Cam Schlittler for Game 4 of the ALDS, relying on the right-hander to conjure more October magic.
The Toronto Blue Jays, meanwhile, resorted to a bullpen game �...Read more
Paul Sullivan: Cubs win a wild one, staving off elimination in Game 3 at a raucous Wrigley Field
CHICAGO — The baseball gods blessed the Chicago Cubs with perfect fall weather Wednesday for Game 3 of the National League Division Series at Wrigley Field.
DJ John Summit energized the pregame crowd with a pop-up concert at Gallagher Way, turning the area that once housed Yum-Yum Donuts into Wrigleypalooza. Carlos Zambrano, the former Cubs ...Read more
What will Padres focus on after being exposed in playoff series loss to Cubs?
SAN DIEGO — John Seidler’s first effort at communicating to Padres fans following a season was somewhat different than the standard public relations-crafted missive.
In an email sent to every account in the team’s database, there were the usual platitudes of gratitude for fans’ support. But the Padres chairman’s four-paragraph letter ...Read more
Cubs force NLDS Game 4 with 4-3 win over Brewers at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO — The first inning has not been kind to Chicago Cubs starting pitchers in the National League Division Series.
The Milwaukee Brewers delivered a gut punch in the opening frame during the first two games of the series. A strong shutdown first inning in Game 3 on Wednesday at Wrigley Field felt like a must for starter Jameson Taillon. ...Read more
Rays' Wander Franco has appeal hearing scheduled for Tuesday
TAMPA, Fla. — Rays shortstop Wander Franco’s appeal of his conviction on a charge of sexual abuse of a minor is scheduled to be heard Tuesday in the Dominican Republic.
But there is some question about whether it will take place or be postponed.
Franco is required to be present for the hearing in Puerto Plata, but there have been no public...Read more
Popular Stories
- 'Tricky' shadows, 'cruelest way' for a game to end, and more from the Phillies-Dodgers Game 4 broadcast
- Marcus Hayes: Same old story: Big hitters fizzle, Rob Thomson gets bitten as the Phillies' season dies
- Yankees' Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe unsure if they'll need offseason surgery
- Dodgers defeat Phillies in a wild, instant-classic walk-off to reach the NLCS
- Bill Plaschke: A wild finish propels the Dodgers into NLCS and past their toughest playoff test
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