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Houston Astros to start Framber Valdez in Game 1 of ALCS — Houston Astros lefty Framber Valdez will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, while Lance McCullers will start Game 2. — “I feel really proud and really thankful …
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MLB playoffs 2020: For some Astros, this is their last dance with Houston — Maybe this is how it's supposed to end, in a foreign ballpark in front of cardboard fans, with their roster nowhere near whole. Strange, but perhaps, for a team smeared by one of baseball's biggest cheating scandals, fitting.
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays have decisions to make before facing Astros — SAN DIEGO — The Rays will start left-hander Blake Snell in Sunday night's opening game of the American League Championship Series against the Astros.And that's about all they were sure of Saturday, as the Rays took time to recover …
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Nick Selbe / Sports Illustrated:
Rays Rally to Beat Yankees, Advance to ALCS — The season-long, heated rivalry between the Rays and Yankees reached its fitting conclusion in Friday night's Game 5 of the ALDS. In the end, it was Tampa Bay who was left standing. — First baseman Michael Brosseau, who came on as a pinch-hitter …
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Tampa Bay Rays will start Tyler Glasnow vs. New York Yankees' Gerrit Cole in ALDS Game 5 — SAN DIEGO — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has never made a major league start on fewer than the traditional four days of rest. Neither has Tampa Bay Rays flamethrower Tyler Glasnow.
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Mark Polishuk / MLB Trade Rumors:
Yankees, Rays Set Game 5 Starters — It will be Gerrit Cole against Tyler Glasnow in tomorrow's deciding Game 5 of the ALDS matchup between the Yankees and Rays. New York recorded a 5-1 win in Game 4 tonight to force the winner-take-all contest on Friday at Petco Park (the Rays will be the designated home team).
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Yankees Takeaways from Thursday's 5-1 Game 4 ALDS win over Rays, including Gleyber Torres' key performance — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Facing elimination, the Yankees responded with their backs up against the wall Thursday when they recorded a 5-1 Game 4 ALDS win over the
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Rays Remove Oliver Drake From ALDS Roster — The Rays removed reliever Oliver Drake from their American League Division Series roster with the Yankees due to a right flexor tendon strain, per a team announcement. Trevor Richards has been activated in a corresponding move.
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Nick Selbe / Sports Illustrated:
Hard to Believe Anyone Will Stop the Dodgers This Year — L.A. looks as dominant as it ever has in October. Is this year-gulp-finally the year? — The Dodgers have been here before—several times in fact. They've made the postseason in eight consecutive years and have now advanced …
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MLB playoffs 2020: Takeaways from all four of Thursday's division series games — On a Thursday that could see as many as four teams sent home from the 2020 MLB playoffs, the Atlanta Braves got things started with an NLDS sweep of the Miami Marlins in Houston.
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Jorge Castillo / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Dustin May gets the start for the Dodgers in NLDS Game 3 against the San Diego Padres — By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Dustin May will start Game 3 of the National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers announced Thursday morning.
Don Burke / New York Post:
Whitey Ford, Yankees Hall of Famer, dead at 91 — Whitey Ford, who pitched the Yankees to 11 American League pennants and six World Series championships in the 1950s and 60s and who still holds the highest winning percentage (.690) among all modern-day major league pitchers with at least 150 wins …
Tracy Ringolsby / Sports Illustrated:
Wednesday in Review: Rays Shining Bright, NL's Padres, Marlins Void of Victories — Tampa Bay is on a power trip. Rays lead Yankees 2-games-to-1 — No. 8 hitter Kevin Kiermaier delivered a three-run home run of Yankee Mashario Tanaka that gave the Rays a 4-1 lead en route to an 8-4 victory …
