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MLB Playoffs – Los Angeles Dodgers Shine Late, St. Louis Cardinals Can’t Hit
After an explosive first game in the series, the Los Angeles Dodgers bounce back with a 3-2 win thanks to a game-winning home run from Matt Kemp in the 8th inning, while the St. Louis Cardinals, losing their lead in the NLDS, found it very difficult to get anything going offensively.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Make History, Washington Nationals Couldn’t Last
The longest game in postseason history ended after 18 innings of baseball, as Brandon Belt hit a home run that eventually gave the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals and put them 2-0 up in the NLDS, heading back home to host the next two games, if necessary a fourth.
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Shine Late, Los Angeles Angels Can’t Hit
The postseason in baseball is often about momentum, and the Kansas City Royals carried it into game 1 of their ALDS against the Los Angeles Angels, beating the team with the best record in the majors 3-2 thanks to an 11th inning home run from Mike Moustakas, some excellent glove handling from Norichika Aoki and an excellent performance from Jason Vargas and the bullpen, taking a 1-0 lead.
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MLB Playoffs – Baltimore Orioles Bats Explode, Detroit Tigers Slightly Stunned
The Baltimore Orioles take a 1-0 lead in the ALDS against the Detroit Tigers with 12-3 win, as Chris Tillman pulled himself out of a big jam to inspire a huge, 8-run eighth inning after the game kicked off with three home runs in the first couple of innings. Max Scherzer, unlike the pitcher he was dueling with, eventually lost control.
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MLB Playoffs – Royals vs Angels Game 1 Predictions
The opening game of the ALDS between the Los Angeles Angels and the Kansas City Royals is something of an end to a playoff drought, one short, the other one extremely long, for both teams, but also a head to head between teams that represent a very different approach to building a contender in Baseball today.
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MLB Playoffs – Tigers vs Orioles Game 1 Predictions
The real playoffs of the 2014 MLB season begins with the ALDS and game 1 between the Detroit Tigers, the more experienced and favorites in this match-up, and the Baltimore Orioles, who actually have the better record despite not possessing the same kind of star power on their team.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Pitch Perfect, Pittsburgh Pirates Going Home
Going home or staying home? It doesn’t matter. The San Francisco Giants win the NL Wild Card game with a dominant, complete game performance from Madison Bumgarner, starring in a 8-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, looking completely out of their league in their short postseason experience for the 2014 season.
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Adam Dunn Retiring Should Have Been a Bigger Deal
With the Oakland Athletics going silently into the night as their season is over, the same goes for Adam Dunn, retiring from Baseball without even having a chance to take the field.
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MLB Playoffs – Giants vs Pirates Predictions
For the San Francisco Giants, a bad year seems to be followed by winning the world series, so expectations are high towards their NL Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that’s not used to consistency when it comes to making the postseason.
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Go Through, Oakland Athletics Just Tragic
The AL Wild Card game should have been a pitcher’s duel, but turned out to be a slug fest which eventually ended as the Kansas City Royals got a 12th inning, walk-off single from Salvador Perez, advancing them to the ADLS on a 9-8 win over the Oakland Athletics, completing their collapse which began almost two months ago.