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Fernando Tatis Jr. sent the Petco Park crowd into a frenzy with a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years as the Padres blanked the Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their wild-card series.
Nevada coroner finds Rose died of natural causesPete Rose died of natural causes, the Clark County (Nev.) coroner's office announced Tuesday, a day after baseball's all-time hit king died at age 83 at his home in Las Vegas.
Resilient Mets rally again, top Brewers in Game 1A day after they clinched a postseason berth in a thrilling win in Atlanta, the Mets showed their resilience again by rallying past the Brewers in Game 1 of their wild-card series.
Relentless Skubal, Tigers strike first vs. AstrosTarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Astros, their first in the playoffs since 2013.
Ragans, Witt star in Royals' winning playoff returnRoyals ace Cole Ragans overwhelmed the Orioles with six shutout innings Tuesday before leaving with a calf cramp after only 80 pitches. And while he could have returned for the seventh, Ragans was quick to note: "I plan on having quite a few more starts."
New Giants prez Posey: 'All about the players'Buster Posey wants the Giants to be the "ultimate prepared team," with team chairman Greg Johnson saying his new president wants to be "accountable 100 percent."
Braves leave Sale off wild-card roster vs. PadresNL Cy Young Award contender Chris Sale, who is dealing with back spasms, will not be on the Braves' roster for the wild-card series against the Padres, it was announced.
Sterling, Cohen among finalists for Frick awardJohn Sterling, Gary Cohen, Skip Caray, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Duane Kuiper and Ernie Johnson Sr. are finalists for baseball broadcasting's Frick award.
Eliminated teams: What went wrong?October isn't in the cards, but there's still plenty of work to do. Here's what each eliminated franchise needs to ask itself first.