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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Thrive Late, Baltiomre Orioles Bullpen Fails
Game 1 of the 2014 ALCS was decided in extra innings, as home runs from Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas helped the Kansas City Royals come away from Camden Yards with the 8-6 win over the Baltimore Orioles, taking a 1-0 lead in the series.
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MLB Playoffs – San Francisco Giants Get Creative, Washington Nationals Pitch Badly
That time of the year again, as the San Francisco Giants keep finding ways to win playoff games without having anything special in the lineup, this time a wild pitch that cost the Washington Nationals the series despite another big hitting game for Bryce Harper, who alone wasn’t enough to save his team from heading home for the next six months.
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MLB Playoffs – St. Louis Cardinals Make NLCS, Los Angeles Dodgers Disappoint Again
All the money in the world doesn’t matter when players under-perform. The St. Louis Cardinals knock off the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League playoffs for a second straight year, overcoming Clayton Kershaw on the mound, getting a clutch three-run homer from Matt Adams in the 7th inning, while the incredibly expensive lineup coudln’t find a way to overcome just a one run deficit.
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MLB Playoffs – Washington Nationals Back In, San Francisco Giants Lament Error
One mistake and a great day on the mound gets tarnished, as a throwing error by Madison Bumgarner and excellent hitting and fielding from Bryce Harper helped the Washington Nationals win for the first time in their NLDS with the San Francisco Giants, coming away with the 4-1 win and making it a 2-1 series as well.
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MLB Playoffs – St. Louis Cardinals Flip Series, Los Angeles Dodgers Mostly Complaining
The home run hitting ability of Matt Carpenter has kicked into extra gear in the postseason, hitting his third consecutive homer to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 and take a 2-1 lead in the series after being the worst long-ball hitting team in baseball during the regular season.
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MLB Playoffs – Baltimore Orioles Hang On, Detroit Tigers Can’t Score
A close series for the most part that ends in a sweep, which seems to be the trend in the American League. The Baltimore Orioles move on to the ALCS after a 3-0 sweep and a 2-1 win in game 3 over the Detroit Tigers thanks to a Nelson Cruz home run, while their opponents, backed by the home crowd, got close in the ninth inning but couldn’t complete the turnaround.
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MLB Playoffs – Kansas City Royals Complete Sweep, Los Angeles Angels Going Home
Momentum is a special kind of thing which is impossible to quantify or measure. The Kansas City Royals have it on their side, taking advantage of it to complete a stunning three game sweep in the ALDS against the Los Angeles Angels, a team with the best record in baseball during the regular season. Game 3 ended in yet another blowout, with the underdogs advancing after winning 8-3.
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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.