October 9, 2020 Tampa Bay Rays advance to ALCS after eliminating New York Yankees Mike Brosseau homered off Aroldis Chapman with one out in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 2-1 Friday night to reach the AL Championship Series for the first time in 12 seasons.
October 9, 2020 Voit, Torres homer as Yankees beat Rays 5-1 to force Game 5 The New York Yankees didn't flinch under the pressure of an elimination game and got the AL Division Series against Tampa Bay into the hands of ace Gerrit Cole for the decisive Game 5.
October 9, 2020 MLB-best Dodgers to 14th NLCS after 12-3 win to sweep Padres Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers have completed the first step of what they hope is a long stay in the Lone Star State.
October 8, 2020 Astros back in the ALCS months removed from cheating-scandal fallout Cheating scandal be damned, the Houston Astros are back in the American League Championship Series.
October 8, 2020 Wright, d'Arnaud lead Braves to sweep Marlins, reach NLCS Not since the days of John Smoltz, Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine had the Atlanta Braves pitched like this in the playoffs.
October 8, 2020 Astros' Greinke holds up 2 fingers, then allows HR on slider Houston pitcher Zack Greinke held up two fingers toward Oakland's Ramón Laureano and Astros catcher Martín Maldonado in the second inning of their AL Division Series Game 4 on Thursday, and Laureano hit a hanging slider 440 feet to left for a tiebreaking three-run homer.
October 8, 2020 Bellinger robs Padres as Dodgers hold on for 2-0 NLDS lead Cody Bellinger would take the homer-robbing catch over the home run he hit if he had to pick from the two. The Los Angeles Dodgers needed both from their MVP center fielder.
October 8, 2020 Arozarena powers Rays past Yanks 8-4 for 2-1 lead in ALDS The Tampa Bay Rays are unanimous in their praise of Randy Arozarena, who is living up to his nickname, “The Cuban Rocket."
October 7, 2020 Pinder's HR helps rally A's past Astros 9-7, trail ALDS 2-1 Chad Pinder tied the score with a three-run homer in the seventh inning, Sean Murphy hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth and the Oakland Athletics rallied past the Houston Astros 9-7 on Wednesday to avoid elimination in their AL Division Series.
October 7, 2020 Clevinger replaced on Padres playoff roster with elbow issue Mike Clevinger was replaced on San Diego's playoff roster Wednesday because of his elbow injury, a move that would keep him from pitching again this postseason unless the Padres make it to the World Series.
