2:50 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — They played this year, amid the fear and the death and the anguish and discomfort, so they could have a night like this. The baseball game staged here Wednesday

1:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Zack Greinke‘s ailing right arm is structurally sound and the team is still hopeful that he can contribute again at some point this postseason, Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday morning, hours before Game 3 of the American League Division Series. Greinke, who hasn’t pitched since Game 1

The A’s have hit four home runs, but are losing 7-4. In postseason history, teams that have hit four-plus home runs in a game are 65-8. Teams that have hit five home runs are 7-0. The only team to hit six home runs (2015 Cubs in the NLDS) won its game. David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior

7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff It’s only Wednesday in MLB’s League Division Series Week and we already have our first potential elimination game as the Astros close in on returning to the American League Championship Series to defend last year’s pennant. With the Yankees and Rays splitting their first two games and questions growing out

9:53 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. SAN DIEGO — Veteran lefty J.A. Happ admitted he was surprised with the strategy the New York Yankees employed in announcing that Deivi Garcia would be their American League Division Series Game 2 starter, and then allowing the rookie

5:30 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It’s another busy day in the MLB playoffs, with all four division series in action — two series openers in the National League and two Game 2s in the American League. Here are the stars, turning points and takeaways from each of Tuesday’s games as they conclude. Key links: Ranking

11:57 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The second round of the 2020 MLB playoffs are underway, with the two American League Division Series beginning play Monday at neutral sites. The Houston Astros pounced on the Oakland Athletics in a scorching afternoon matchup at Dodger Stadium before the New York Yankees got the jump on the Tampa

10:40 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The Los Angeles Dodgers are the National League’s No. 1 seed in the MLB playoffs after posting baseball’s best record during the regular season. The San Diego Padres won more games than any NL team not named the Dodgers to finish second in the West and secure the No. 4

2:11 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Angel Hernandez, who has sued Major League Baseball alleging racial discrimination, will umpire the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. The Cuba-born Hernandez sued in July 2017, claiming he hadn’t been assigned to the World Series since 2005 and

Oct 2, 2020 ESPN News Services Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson died Friday at age 84, the St. Louis Cardinals confirmed to ESPN. Gibson, who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, played all of his 17 MLB seasons with the Cardinals from 1959 through 1975. He announced in July 2019 that he had pancreatic cancer.