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Brewers welcome short-rested Mets for wild-card opener
MILWAUKEE -- It took an extra day to determine the opponent, but the National League Central champion Brewers will host the New York Mets on Tuesday in the opener of an NL wild-card series.,The Mets earned the No. 6 seed Monday by winning the first game of a make-up doubleheader at Atlanta. The Brav...
Braves blank Mets to secure final NL playoff spot
Rookie starter Grant Holmes and five relievers combined to pitch the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 win over the visiting New York Mets in the second game of a makeup doubleheader on Monday to secure the final National League playoff spot.,New York (89-73) won the first game of the doubleheader 8-7 to clin...
Francisco Lindor, Mets win wild game vs. Braves to make playoffs
Francisco Lindor slammed a two-run home run in the ninth inning to help the visiting New York Mets come from behind twice to beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7 on Monday in the first game of a doubleheader and clinch a spot in the National League wild-card round.,If New York (89-72) wins the nightcap, it w...
Orioles ace Corbin Burnes ready for October opener vs. Royals
BALTIMORE -- The Orioles had October in mind when they traded for right-hander Corbin Burnes back in February.,The former Cy Young Award winner played his role, remaining the steady force of an injury-riddled rotation to help Baltimore secure its second straight postseason berth.,After a strong firs...
Astros-Guardians finale rained out, won’t be rescheduled
The season finale between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Guardians was wiped out Sunday due to ongoing rain in the Cleveland area.,With the regular season about to end, the game will not be made up. Cleveland finishes the year with a 92-69 record and Houston wraps up at 88-73.,Neither team's p...
Semifinals pair Aces, Liberty in rematch of 2023 Finals
A rematch of the 2023 WNBA Finals will determine one of the participants in this year's championship round, as the No. 1-seeded New York Liberty host the fourth-seeded Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of their best-of-five semifinal series on Sunday in Brooklyn.,In the opening round of the playoffs, Las Veg...
Caitlin Clark, Fever facing must-win Game 2 against Sun
Caitlin Clark's WNBA career started with a lopsided loss against the Connecticut Sun. After taking her lumps early on, she helped rally the woebegone Indiana Fever to their first playoff berth since 2016, winning Rookie of the Year along the way.,On Sunday, Clark's WNBA postseason career started in ...
Stubbs: Cup Series' Round of 12 offers plenty of storylines
After Kyle Larson's dominant performance in Saturday's Bristol Night Race, the NASCAR Cup Series playoff field was whittled down from 16 drivers to 12. Ty Gibbs, Brad Keselowski, Harrison Burton and Martin Truex Jr. all saw their postseason hopes come to an end at Bristol, and four more drivers will...
After being 'punched,' Dream try to avoid KO by Liberty
Sunday's WNBA playoff opener between the top-seeded New York Liberty and the eighth-seeded Atlanta Dream went accordingly.,The Liberty started fast, never trailed and cruised to a convincing 83-69 home win. They will have a chance to sweep the best-of-three first-round series on Tuesday night with G...
Kyle Larson dominates, wins Bristol Night Race as Round of 12 lineup is set
Kyle Larson smoked the field and conquered the concrete, high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday night in dominant fashion, leading 462 of 500 laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series' Bass Pro Shops Night Race in Bristol, Tenn.,In the final of the three Round of 16 races, the No. 5 Hendrick Motor...
Sun ready for Fever, Caitlin Clark in Game 1
Behind rookie sensation Caitlin Clark's record-setting campaign, the Indiana Fever embark on their first WNBA playoffs appearance since 2016 when they begin a best-of-three series on Sunday against the host Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn.,Indiana earned the No. 6 seed, going 9-5 after returning...
WNBA playoffs begin with four games on Sunday
The Atlanta Dream claimed the WNBA's final playoff spot on Thursday night to complete the league's postseason field.,Eighth-seeded Atlanta will face the top-seeded New York Liberty in the best-of-three first-round series, which begins Sunday in New York.,The three other matchups also will begin Sund...
Stubbs: Five bold predictions for Bristol
Saturday's Bristol Night Race is more than another edition of a premier event in racing. It also serves as the cutoff race for the NASCAR playoffs Round of 16 for the fifth consecutive season. ,By virtue of his win at Atlanta (Sept. 8), Joey Logano is the only playoff driver safe from elimination.,C...
More thrills on tap as NASCAR playoff party pulls into Bristol
When the NASCAR Cup Series postseason began two weeks after the regular season closed at Darlington, the sanctioning body hoped for one achievement in the 10-team playoff run to Phoenix.,Keep everyone interested.,Through two events in the Round of 16, the obvious question is this: Are you not entert...
Weekend Preview: Bristol Motor Speedway
Denny Hamlin faces the equivalent of a last-chance qualifier in the Bass Pro Shops Night Race on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway., ,The first round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs certainly hasn't gone according to plan for the driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. A conservative strate...
Chris Buescher prevails in overtime at Watkins Glen
Chris Buescher made a dramatic last-lap pass of road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen at Watkins Glen International Sunday afternoon, winning the NASCAR Cup Series' Go Bowling at the Glen in overtime in Watkins Glen, N.Y.,In the second race of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs and one of two postseason r...
Stubbs: Playoff pressure ratchets up at Watkins Glen
The Finger Lakes region of New York is one of the most beautiful areas of the country. With the serenity of the scenery comes a calming presence that fills all who embark on a journey to western New York.,Thirty minutes south, however, lies a town that's been embedded in racing history since the 195...
Joey Logano kicks off NASCAR postseason with win at Atlanta
Joey Logano got help from teammate Ryan Blaney in NASCAR overtime and opened the Cup Series postseason Sunday by roaring to victory in the Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga.,In the green-white-checkered finish, Logano lined up ahead of Team Penske teammate Blaney and outduele...
Atlanta Motor Speedway ready for NASCAR playoffs opener
After two spectacular finishes to end the NASCAR Cup Series' regular season, the real fun is set to start at Atlanta Motor Speedway with Sunday's Quaker State 400 in Hampton, Ga.,But first, a larger look at the first three races that will eliminate four drivers and advance a dozen into the Round of ...
Weekend Preview: Atlanta Motor Speedway
After a dramatic regular-season finale that saw Chase Briscoe charge into the Playoffs with an 11th-hour victory at Darlington Raceway, the NASCAR Cup Series begins the 10-race process of identifying a champion.,Arguably, this is the most unpredictable Playoff since NASCAR implemented the eliminatio...