Dylan Hernandez: Ethier doesn't waste chance  —  CHICAGO - Andre Ethier waited six months for this, seven months, really, if you count the end of spring training.  —  The monotonous therapy sessions, the periods of despondence and frustration, Ethier endured in the unlikely chance he could live …

Dallas Keuchel embraces the ‘calmness’ of being Yankees killer … The Astros will have the right starter on the mound to kill the Yankees' momentum.  —  Three years after knocking them from the playoffs — and less than a week removed from dominating them again — Astros ace Dallas Keuchel …

Dodgers one win away from first World Series since 1988  —  CHICAGO - Yu Darvish stepped outside the batter's box as his eyes registered the location of the last pitch.  It was a fastball from Cubs reliever Carl Edwards Jr., like the three pitches before it, and it was not a strike, like the three before it.

ALCS Game 5 preview: Dallas Keuchel tries to get Astros back on track  —  NEW YORK — After a pair of crushing losses, the Houston Astros will lean on the left arm of Dallas Keuchel to get them back on track in the American League Championship Series.  —  With Keuchel and Justin Verlander dominating …

NLCS: Yu Darvish's RBI walk was first by a pitcher in postseason since 1977  —  Dodgers starter Yu Darvish's walk in the sixth inning of Tuesday's NLCS Game 3 marked the first time a pitcher walked with the bases loaded in the postseason since in 40 years.  —  The last time it happened …

Judge HR sparks NY, Yanks beat Astros 6-4 to even ALCS at 2  —  NEW YORK (AP) — With a soaring shot headed for Monument Park, Aaron Judge got New York back on course for another memorable October.  —  Yankee Stadium sounds like it's ready, too.  —  “That ballpark is alive,” Judge said after this latest rousing rally.