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Associated Press:
Price, Red Sox bounce back, beat Astros 7-5, tie ALCS 1-1 … David Price was good enough, the Red Sox bullpen was even better, and Jackie Bradley Jr. delivered a go-ahead, three-run double off the Green Monster on Sunday night to lead Boston to a 7-5 victory over the Houston Astros and tie the AL Championship Series at one game apiece.
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Associated Press:
Red Sox shuffle lineup heading into Game 2 of ALCS vs. Astros — BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora has shuffled his lineup for Game 2 against the Houston Astros, putting infielders Ian Kinsler and Rafael Devers and catcher Christian Vazquez in the starting lineup for the first time in the AL Championship Series.
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The Crawfish Boxes
Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
NLCS: Why the Dodgers have the edge over the Brewers as the series shifts to Los Angeles — LOS ANGELES — Bereft of traditional starting pitching and battling a club accustomed to deep playoff runs, the Milwaukee Brewers face an uphill climb in the National League Championship Series …
Tom Haudricourt / USA Today:
Brewers' Jhoulys Chacin, unexpected ace, faces biggest game of career in NLCS — LOS ANGELES - This was not the way it was supposed to be. Jhoulys Chacín was not expected to be the Milwaukee Brewers' ace. — When general manager David Stearns signed the veteran right-hander to a two-year …
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Halos Heaven
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
Red Sox LHP Chris Sale hospitalized for stomach illness — BOSTON — Red Sox starter Chris Sale was admitted to a local hospital Sunday afternoon because of a stomach illness, the team said. — The left-handed pitcher went to Massachusetts General Hospital for observation.
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New Jersey Online and baseballmusings.com
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Boston's Jackie Bradley Jr., unlikely hero, gets ‘biggest hit of the year’ in ALCS Game 2 — BOSTON — He's the other guy. — The guy with the cool name, after legendary soul singer Jackie Wilson. — The guy who's the best defensive center fielder in the game who has never won a Gold Glove.
Brandon Scott / KHOU-TV:
FINAL: Red Sox take Game 2 of ALCS against Astros — Game 3 at Minute Maid Park is scheduled for Tuesday at 4:09 p.m. — The Astros dropped Game 2 of the ALCS in Boston 7-5. — Mookie Betts hit a double in the eighth inning to score Rafael Devers, the final run of the game for the Red Sox.
Coley Harvey / ESPN:
David Price turns around postseason narrative in Red Sox's Game 2 win — BOSTON — As David Price walked off Fenway Park's pitcher's mound on Sunday, the sold-out crowd gave him something he has seldom heard in the postseason in his career: applause. — It was while departing in the fifth inning …
Ted Berg / USA Today:
Red Sox MVP Mookie Betts comes to life in Game 2 of ALCS — BOSTON — “When Mookie's smiling, good things are happening,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora after his club's 7-5 win over the Astros in Game 2 of the ALCS on Sunday. — Right fielder Mookie Betts was decidedly not smiling …
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WAAF, NESN.com and Boston Globe
ESPN:
Brewers-Dodgers series tied heading to Los Angeles — LOS ANGELES — While the upstart Milwaukee Brewers continue to make noise in a championship-caliber season, it is the old-guard Los Angeles Dodgers who have been forced into an identity change as the National League Championship Series shifts to the West Coast.
Kyle Hightower / Toronto Sun:
Sale, Cora make early exits as Red Sox lose ALCS opener
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Justin Verlander delivered the one thing worth remembering about Game 1 — victory
Ted Berg / Courier-Journal:
Red Sox biggest postseason concern exposed: Can pitching compete with Astros?
Red Sox biggest postseason concern exposed: Can pitching compete with Astros?
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MLB Baseball News … and USA Today
Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Justin Turner bounces back and becomes Dodgers' Game 2 hero in 4-3 victory over Brewers
Justin Turner bounces back and becomes Dodgers' Game 2 hero in 4-3 victory over Brewers
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Cubs Insider and DodgerBlue.com
ESPN:
Red Sox's Chris Sale makes early exit from ALCS Game 1
Red Sox's Chris Sale makes early exit from ALCS Game 1
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Pinstripe Alley and baseballmusings.com
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Flawless Astros will be very hard to beat if they play like this
Flawless Astros will be very hard to beat if they play like this
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The Crawfish Boxes, Over the Monster, MLB Baseball News … and baseballmusings.com
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
As Yasiel Puig struggles in NLCS, how can Dodgers keep him engaged? — MILWAUKEE — The ritual that defines Yasiel Puig and Turner Ward began on a routine afternoon in 2017, when Puig walked into the clubhouse in a noticeably foul mood. — “Come here,” Ward said. “I want to tell you something.”
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Arash Markazi / ESPN:
Yasmani Grandal will catch for Dodgers in Game 3
Buster Olney / ESPN:
Pine tar in the postseason could put MLB in a sticky situation — BOSTON — At the outset of every series, major league officials and umpires usually meet with the managers and general managers of each team to review ground rules and other special circumstances, and to open communication before some of the biggest games of the year.
Frank Pastor / Tampa Bay Times:
Sports Illustrated: Rays were baseball's ‘most consequential’ team in 2018 — They won't win the World Series. And they didn't even make the playoffs. — Yet, the Rays were baseball's “most consequential baseball team” this season, according to Sports Illustrated.
Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers history loves October 14; relive these great moments — We unearthed thousands of Free Press photo negatives and one sports writer's score book to tell the tale of baseball's greats. “Bless you, boys.” Brian Kaufman, Detroit Free Press — CONNECT
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David Schoenfield / ESPN:
Red Sox's David Price still seeking elusive win in postseason start — BOSTON — If a pitcher with 143 career wins in the majors, including 16 in 2018, needs a boost of confidence, maybe Alex Cora gave just that to David Price immediately following Game 4 of the American League Division Series …