October 14, 2021 Astros' Lance McCullers Jr. will likely miss entire ALCS Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. will likely miss the entire ALCS with a strained forearm, according to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale. Bob normally makes laughably inaccurate reports, but considering this one is injury-related, we can assume it’s true.
October 14, 2021 Gabe Kapler, nerves and all, has been right fit for Giants Gabe Kapler repeatedly blew bubbles with his gum and popped them during his postseason managerial debut against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and oh does Dave Roberts remember his division counterpart doing that during their playing days in Double-A.
October 13, 2021 Red Sox ride home run laundry cart to ALCS against Astros It was the middle of the pandemic, the Boston Red Sox stunk, and with major league ballparks empty in 2020, they couldn’t even count on the crowd to get them going. During one especially humdrum road game at the Rays' Tropicana Field, coach Jason Varitek suggested they needed to put some fun back into the game.
October 13, 2021 Playoff series for the ages as Dodgers, Giants go to Game 5 Everybody expected a playoff series for the ages between the century-old rival Dodgers and Giants, and now they've got it.
October 13, 2021 Going the distance: Giants-Dodgers headed to Game 5 Thursday It is only fitting that 70 years after Bobby Thomson's “Shot Heard 'Round the World” that the Giants and Dodgers will play in another all-or-nothing game.
October 13, 2021 Dodgers beat Giants 7-2, force decisive Game 5 in NLDS Facing a second elimination game in less than a week, the Los Angeles Dodgers kept the same calm and cool approach.
October 12, 2021 Freeman HR sends Braves to NLCS with 5-4 win over Brewers Freddie Freeman homered off Milwaukee closer Josh Hader with two outs in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves advanced to the NL Championship Series for the second year in a row, finishing off the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Tuesday night.
October 12, 2021 Altuve, Astros going back to ALCS after topping White Sox It was Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman once again.
October 12, 2021 Braves' Soler sidelined after testing positive for COVID-19 Braves right fielder Jorge Soler was pulled from the lineup for Tuesday's Game 4 of the NL Division Series against Milwaukee after testing positive for COVID-19.
October 12, 2021 Morton vs. Lauer in Game 4 of NLDS between Braves, Brewers Charlie Morton will start Tuesday on three days' rest for the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of their NL Division Series against the Milwaukee Brewers.