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ESPN:
Your Saturday ALDS guide: Can the Astros and Red Sox take 2-0 leads? — One game is just that, one game. But in a five-game series, it means a lot for the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox, because notching Game 1 wins mean that last year's defending champs and this year's MLB wins leaders …
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New Jersey Online
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Michael C. Wright / ESPN:
Astros rake against Kluber as the champs pick up where they left off — HOUSTON — Astros orange packed the hot, sticky city streets, eventually filling the seats at Minute Maid Park with 43,514 fans hoping for another dose of H-town magic. — EDITOR'S PICKS
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Welcome to the postseason, Giancarlo Stanton, now comes the hard part — BOSTON — This was what Giancarlo Stanton wanted all along — a chance. Before he even slid his bulky arms into his pinstriped No. 27 New York Yankees jersey for the first time at an introductory media conference in December …
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Pinstripe Alley
Associated Press:
ALDS: Springer, Astros hit four home runs, down Indians 7-2 in series opener — George Springer and the Houston Astros picked up right where they left off last postseason, hitting four home runs to power past the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Friday in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Chris Sale helps deliver crucial Game 1 win for Red Sox; now it's David Price's turn
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MLB Baseball News …
Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
RECAP: Cleveland Indians fall to Houston Astros 7-2 in Game 1 of American League Division Series
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CBSSports.com
Ben Axelrod / WKYC-TV:
LIVE UPDATES: Cleveland Indians face Houston Astros in Game 1 of American League Division Series
Tim Kurkjian / ESPN:
Three reasons the Astros and Red Sox will win in ALDS
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Pinstripe Alley, MLB Baseball News …, Over the Monster and Bleed Cubbie Blue
Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:
Cleveland Indians look for strong start to ALDS behind ace pitcher Corey Kluber
ESPN:
Young Dodgers fan celebrates birthday by catching Manny Machado homer — Donovan Farrell got an unexpected birthday present Friday night — a Manny Machado home run ball and a meeting with the man who hit it. — Donovan, who turned 12 on Friday, caught Machado's two-run home run …
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Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Dodgers showing Braves what postseason dominance looks like — LOS ANGELES — This is baseball, right? It's not an early September non-conference football game featuring Alabama and Nowhere Tech. It's the big leagues and one thing we know about this sport is that from the perspective …
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MLB Baseball News …, baseballmusings.com and Associated Press
Bradford Doolittle / ESPN:
Braves plan to start Kevin Gausman in Game 3; Dodgers call on Walker Buehler
Associated Press:
Yasiel Puig up to fifth spot as Dodgers tweak lineup against Braves
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ESPN
Gabriel Burns / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Foltynewicz wants another chance at Dodgers
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Talking Chop
Associated Press:
Boston union calls Yankees ‘scabs’ for crossing hotel picket line — The New York Yankees are drawing boos in some corners of Boston, but not for their bitter rivalry with the Red Sox. — Yankees players were seen crossing a labor union picket line in front of the downtown Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Thursday.
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NBCSports.com and NESN.com
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Evan Drellich / NBCSports.com:
Sources: Steven Wright likely to be replaced on playoff roster — BOSTON — The Red Sox are likely to replace Steven Wright on the roster for Game 2 of the American League Division Series, sources told NBC Sports Boston on Friday night after a nail-biter, 5-4, win that saw scheduled Game 3 starter Rick Porcello pitch in the eighth.
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Over the Monster, MLB Baseball News … and NESN.com
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Johnny Damon is rooting for the Yankees to beat the Red Sox in the ALDS
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CBSSports.com and TMZ.com
Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Masahiro Tanaka has splitter working and is ready for his first taste of the Yankees/Red Sox playoff atmosphere
Jay Cohen / Associated Press:
Brewers keep rolling with 10th straight win to take 2-0 NLDS lead against Rockies — It turns out there is way more to the Brewers than just Christian Yelich. — The rest of this Brew Crew can play, too. Especially those guys in that loaded bullpen. — Jhoulys Chacin pitched five …
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Cincinnati.com:
Last Slide — As the Reds continue to interview candidates outside of the organization, their next set of interviews will include a pair of bench coaches. — The Reds will interview San Francisco Giants bench coach Hensley Meulens and Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Charlie Montoyo within the next week, club sources confirmed.
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Paul Daugherty / Cincinnati.com:
Big things happening for the Cincinnati Reds? Bob Castellini isn't saying.
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MLB Trade Rumors
Marly Rivera / ESPN:
Donaldson, Encarnacion look to take care of unfinished October business — Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion might seem like an unlikely duo to have become friends. — One of them is flamboyant and boisterous, the other one is discreet and introverted.
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Bill Madden / New York Daily News:
HELP WANTED! From the Mets to the Orioles, but who would want these jobs? — One of baseball's busiest off-seasons, with five managerial and two GM jobs up for hire, is fully underway and begging the question: Who would want any of these jobs? — Okay, maybe that was a bit extreme.
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Column: David Stearns, the Brewers' 33-year-old GM and once an aspiring sportswriter, could have written this Cinderella story himself — Chicago Tribune — Confronting Brewers general manager David Stearns on the field at Miller Park recently, I asked if the stories about a misspent youth were true.
