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The St.Louis Cardinals made a four run first inning stand up in the National League Championship Series Wednesday night as they hold on for a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. St.Louis is now up two games to one with Game 4 tonight in St.Louis as Kyle Loehse pitches for …

The Detroit Tigers climbed back into the American League Championship Series hunt with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night in Detroit. Miguel Cabrera doubled and homered and youngster Doug Fister again pitched well at home as the Tigers now trail the series two games to one. …

Nelson Cruz hit the first ever walk off grand slam home run in American League Championship Series history to give the Texas Rangers a 7-3 win over the Detroit Tigers in Arlington on Monday. Texas now leads the series 2-0 with Game 3 today in Detroit. Cruz hit his shot …

Justin Verlander wasn’t his best but it was good enough. The dominant Detroit Tiger righthander gave up four runs but his teammates made it stand up as Detroit beat the New York Yankees 5-4 Monday to go up 2-1 in their American League Divisional Series. Verlander pitched eight innings and …

The St.Louis Cardinals spotted Cliff Lee an early 4-0 lead but chased him later on their way to 5-4 win over Philadelphia to even their divisional series at a game apiece. The Cardinal bullpen also held the Phillies scoreless for six innings after starter Chris Carpenter was ineffective early. Game …

Down 7-0 in the seventh inning, it looked like the best hope for the Tampa Bay Rays was for a Boston Red Sox loss that would force a one game playoff for the American League wild card spot. It got even better than that. Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon could not …

The race for the wild card in both leagues in Major League Baseball could not be tighter with only one game left in the regular season. In the American League, Boston and Tampa Bay are tied for the top spot after both teams won Tuesday; the Rays beat New York …

The Tampa Bay Rays have come all the way back from a nine game September deficit in the American League wild card race. The Rays beat New York 5-2 Monday while Boston lost to Baltimore 6-3 and now the Rays and Red Sox are tied for the wild card lead …

The big league baseball season enters its final week this week with the wild card spots in both leagues still undecided. In the American League, Boston holds a one game lead over Tampa Bay after splitting a doubleheader with New York on Sunday while the Rays beat Toronto 5-2. Boston …

The Tampa Bay Rays moved to within two games of idle Boston for the American League wild card lead after beating the New York Yankees 15-8 Thursday in New York. There are six games left in the regular season; Tampa Bay now plays Toronto while the Red Sox face New …