Lewis shuts down SF, Texas trims WS deficit to 2-1  —  ARLINGTON, Texas—Back in Texas.  Back in the World Series.  —  The Rangers, behind emerging October ace Colby Lewis, came home and threw themselves the biggest tailgate party of them all, beating San Francisco 4-2 on Saturday night and cutting the Giants' Series edge to 2-1.

Valentine favored for Brewers opening … DALLAS — Bobby Valentine appears to be the leading candidate for the Brewers managerial job, sources close to the team say.  —  Valentine, the former Mets and Rangers manager, is said by two sources familiar with the Brewers' situation to be the likely …

Dave Eiland blasts ESPNNewYork.com report on his relationship with Yankees skipper Joe Girardi  —  ARLINGTON - Dave Eiland has been silent since Monday's announcement that he would not return to the Yankees, but the former pitching coach shot down a report that his relationship …

Mets' Wright likes GM  —  Mets on Twitter  —  Tweet  —  Sandy Alderson hasn't been on the job long, but he already has at least one fan on the Mets' roster.  —  “Everyone I've talked to has had great things to say about him,” David Wright said of the new general manager in an e-mail.

Saving Lee for Game 5 is the right move  —  Ken Rosenthal on why Cliff Lee won't start Game 4.  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  The Rangers are making …

Madden: Nunez to SS key to Yankee future  —  Now that Cliff Lee has proven to be postseason beatable after all - albeit one series too late for the Yankees - it is worth reviewing the behind-the-scenes circumstances that made him a Texas Ranger.  It wasn't just the Rangers giving …

Luckily for Rangers, Moreland launched their pitch to switch  —  toiled in the low minors, the Texas Rangers imagined him as something other than a slugger capable of hitting a huge home run in the World Series  —  Even after Moreland put up great numbers — .324/.400/.536 …

Timing was right for Bautista's breakthrough  —  Jose Bautista, what do you do for an encore after hitting 54 homers for the Blue Jays in one of the great breakthrough seasons in major league history?  —  “It's hard to predict,” said Bautista from his Florida home.  “I might hit 50 again.

Harper hits first pro homer in AFL game  —  First overall pick now batting .353 in four games in the desert  —  It took four games for Bryce Harper to make his mark in the desert.  —  Harper went deep for the first time in the AFL, pacing Scottsdale to a 13-9 victory over Peoria on Saturday.

Players name Tampa Bay Rays' David Price AL's outstanding pitcher  —  SAN FRANCISCO — David Price very much still wants to win the American League Cy Young Award, voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.  —  But he was thrilled Thursday to be selected …