Minutes into the playoff debut for these young New York Yankees, they trailed Minnesota by three runs. ''We've had a quite a few games where we've gotten down early,'' Aaron Judge said. Judge, Didi Gregorius and a brilliant bullpen rescued New…
RONALD BLUM (AP Baseball Writer)NEW YORK (AP) -- Brian Dozier rounded third and yelled ''Let's go!'' at his teammates, and it seemed these Twins might finally be the ones to foil the New York Yankees in the playoffs.
JAKE SEINER (AP Sports Writer)Corey Kluber has been relieved already. The Indians will open the playoffs with their ace on hold. Instead of starting their Cy Young Award favorite in Game 1 of the AL Division Series, the defending league champions will pitch Trevor Bauer on…
TOM WITHERS (AP Sports Writer)The Houston Astros will start Justin Verlander in Game 1 of the AL Division Series against Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. Manager A.J. Hinch announced the decision Tuesday, adding that left-hander Dallas Keuchel, who won the AL Cy…
KRISTIE RIEKEN (AP Sports Writer)PHOENIX (AP) -- The Diamondbacks and Rockies share a spring training facility and played each other 19 times this season.
BOB BAUM (AP Sports Writer)