There's nothing quite like postseason baseball. It's the stage where Reggie Jackson earned the nickname "Mr. October" after a historic three-home-run performance in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. It ...

One thing has appeared clear for a couple of weeks. The Chicago Cubs and the San Diego Padres are likely to play each other in the NL wild card playoffs. Now, the location of the series is up for ...

We've now got just a week and a half left in the 2025 regular season. Contenders are running out of runway to make their final playoff pushes, and the postseason picture is coming into focus with each ...

TAMPA — Sunday offered the Red Sox a rare gift in the push for the postseason: Losses by all three of their chief competitors in the American League wild-card race. By the time the team took to ...

The MLB playoffs feature six teams from each league: three division winners and three wild card teams. The top two division winners in each league receive a bye, while the remaining four teams play in ...

It’s the final week of September, and Boston Red Sox fans are officially on Standings Watch. That’s a welcome change from the past three seasons, when the Red Sox didn’t play any meaningful baseball ...

After getting swept by the Seattle Mariners over the weekend, the Houston Astros' hopes of a fifth straight American League West crown are basically done. The Mariners' Magic Number is down to three ...

The New York Mets on Sunday lost to the Washington Nationals (box score) while the Cincinnati Reds completed a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs (box score). That means the final wild card in the ...

PHOENIX -- Zac Gallen didn't think he had anything left. It was the seventh inning, the Diamondbacks were clinging to a one-run lead and the right-hander had just walked the Phillies’ Bryson Stott to ...

If every remaining game is a must-win for Chicago Fire FC, a big test was passed in style on Saturday night. “It's just all about this time of the season,” head coach Gregg Berhalter said postgame.

NEW YORK — The air was punctured out of Citi Field as the Nationals' Daylen Lile flew around the bases. The Nationals speedy designated hitter launched a fly ball over the head of Mets center fielder ...