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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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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.
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MLB Playoffs – Athletics vs Royals Wild Card Game Predictions
The Oakland Athletics have barely made it, but they’re in the postseason, hoping to shake off whatever’s been holding them back for two months. The Kansas City Royals are carrying positive momentum in their first playoff appearance after almost 30 years, with the crowd on their side for this win-or-go-home AL Wild Card game.