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Lucas Giolito brilliant, as Jose Abreu slugs White Sox past A’s

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Lucas Giolito dazzled in his postseason debut, stymieing the Oakland Athletics through six perfect innings and sending the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory in the op...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Astros top Twins in Game 1 to extend Minnesota’s record losing skid

MINNEAPOLIS – Jose Altuve drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning for Houston after a two-out error by shortstop Jorge Polanco, and the Astros beat Minnesot...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nolan Arenado, Rockies miss playoffs for 2nd year in a row

DENVER — Hampered by a sore left shoulder, Nolan Arenado couldn’t carry the Colorado Rockies to the postseason. Don’t be surprised to hear his name surface in offseason trade rumo...

DATE: Sep 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lots of unfamiliar territory in 2020 MLB postseason

CHICAGO — Mookie Betts, meet Devin Williams and his devastating changeup. Aaron Judge, take a closer look at a much improved Shane Bieber. Fernando Tatis Jr., say hello to Jack Flaherty. ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

DJ LeMahieu, Juan Soto batting champs in shortest season in century

NEW YORK — DJ LeMahieu became the first player to win undisputed batting titles in both leagues and Juan Soto the youngest NL champion as Major League Baseball’s shortest regular season sinc...

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Madison Bumgarner gets 1st win in final start for D-backs against Rockies

Colorado’s season comes to close after exciting start

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pandemic MLB postseason: Brewers, Astros in despite losing records

Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers got off to a ragged start this year. They never got above .500. And they dropped their last game to finish with a losing record. Guess w...

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rare four errors don’t cost Rockies in Arizona

PHOENIX — Elias Diaz and Ryan McMahon each hit two-run homers, German Márquez threw seven impressive innings and the Colorado Rockies overcame some sloppy fielding to beat the Arizona Diamon...

DATE: Sep 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Diamondbacks sweep doubleheader to eliminate Rockies

PHOENIX – Josh VanMeter hit a three-run homer, David Peralta and Tim Locastro both had three hits and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 11-5 Friday night to sweep a doublehe...

DATE: Sep 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Rockies deny Giants Wild Card chance in extra innings

NL playoff race coming down to final weekend

DATE: Sep 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Giants beat Rockies, take lead in NL wild-card race

SAN FRANCISCO – Mauricio Dubón hit a three-run homer off reliever Yency Almonte in the fifth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Wednesday night to move bare...

DATE: Sep 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bellinger, Dodgers set season high for runs, rout Rockies

DENVER (AP) — Cody Bellinger, Mookie Betts and Gavin Lux homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers set a season high for runs, romping past the Colorado Rockies 15-6 Friday night to move closer to...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports