José Abreu hit a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Houston Astros pulled even in the AL Championship Series with a 10-3 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 4
October 20, 2023
The streaky Texas Rangers are suddenly headed the wrong way again
October 20, 2023
Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu and manager Dusty Baker were ejected from Game 5 of the AL Championship series after the reliever hit the Texas Rangers’ Adolis García with a pitch in the eighth inning, triggering benches to clear two innings after the slugger’s go-ahead home run
October 20, 2023
Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros, after getting into another bench-clearing scuffle with the Texas Rangers, rallied for a 5-4 victory in a wild and testy Game 5 of the AL Championship Series
October 20, 2023
Alek Thomas hit a tying, two-run homer in a three-run eighth inning, Gabriel Moreno followed with a go-ahead single and the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned the Philadelphia Phillies with a 6-5 victory that tied the NL Championship Series at two games apiece
October 21, 2023
Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu was suspended for two games and fined by Major League Baseball, which said he intentionally threw at Adolis García of the Texas Rangers during Game 5 of the AL Championship Series
October 21, 2023
Zack Wheeler delivered another postseason gem with seven shutdown innings, Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber and J
October 22, 2023
The Houston Astros return home a win away from their third straight trip to the World Series
October 21, 2023
Nathan Eovaldi remained perfect this postseason, and Mitch Garver and Jonah Heim homered early before a ninth-inning grand slam by Adolis García helped the Texas Rangers avoid elimination with a 9-2 win over the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the AL Championship Series
October 23, 2023
Max Scherzer is set to pitch another Game 7 in Houston with visiting teams undefeated in the series
October 23, 2023
Bryan Abreu gave up Nathaniel Lowe’s two-run homer in the Houston Astros’ 11-4 loss to the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series after his two-game suspension for intentionally throwing at Adolis García delayed until the start of next season
October 23, 2023
Tommy Pham and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit back-to-back homers and Merrill Kelly struck out eight to help the Arizona Diamondbacks force Game 7 of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies
October 23, 2023
Cristian Javier flopped and the Houston Astros never recovered, losing 11-4 to the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series
October 24, 2023
The Philadelphia Phillies are set to play their first Game 7 in franchise history
October 24, 2023
Texas Rangers slugger Adolis García is the AL Championship MVP after setting a record for RBIs in a postseason series with 15 and extending his home run streak to four games
October 24, 2023
Three people with direct knowledge of the situation say the San Francisco Giants have hired manager Bob Melvin away from the division rival San Diego Padres
October 24, 2023
Coming a win shy of reaching the World Series would be considered a successful season for most teams
October 24, 2023
The Texas Rangers are back in the World Series for the first time since twice being within one strike of winning the 2011 title
October 24, 2023
The San Francisco Giants are counting on Bob Melvin turning them back into a contender, hiring the veteran manager away from the division rival San Diego Padres
October 25, 2023
Bryce Harper said all the right things about how he could have done more to lead the Phillies back to the World Series
October 25, 2023
Some say the Arizona Diamondbacks are ahead of schedule, advancing all the way to the World Series with a young roster that was supposed to need a few more years of seasoning before hitting the sport’s biggest stage
October 25, 2023
Dusty Baker has retired as manager of the Houston Astros, ending an illustrious 26-year career as a big league skipper highlighted by a World Series win last season
October 25, 2023
Nathan Eovaldi will start Game 1 of the World Series for the Rangers against the Arizona Diamondbacks
October 25, 2023
The Texas Rangers have played only four home games over the past month, and lost all three in the AL Championship Series
October 25, 2023
Stolen bases and batting averages are up and game times are down in the first postseason with the pitch clock and larger bases
October 26, 2023
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