Despite rumor that Las Vegas could add another professional sports franchise in the Oakland A’s, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is saying not so fast.
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Didi Gregorius hit two RBI singles for the Yankees, who stretched their postseason winning streak over the Twins to 13 straight games.
WASHINGTON — For a guy whose teams kept losing in the postseason, Max Scherzer sure is delivering now. Every time he’s pitched this October, the Washington Nationals have won.
The NL East champions went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position, a continuing problem in the postseason over the past two years.
The Rays beat the Houston Astros 10-3 Monday and cut their AL Division Series deficit to 2-1.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred last week told Oakland officials that the Athletics could be moving to Las Vegas if the city doesn’t drop a lawsuit.
Atlanta needs one more win to advance to the NL Championship Series for the first time since 2001.
Jose Canseco’s Showtime Car Wash, the slugger’s first car wash, opens Oct. 26 in Las Vegas.
Atlanta has not won a postseason series since 2001, and hasn’t even led a series since going up 2-1 on San Francisco in the 2002 NLDS.
The Knights closed as high as minus 200 favorites over the Sharks, and bettors also cashed in on Vegas on the puck line (-1½, +125) as Las Vegas sportsbooks took a hit.
Mickey Callaway went 11-1 in his first 12 games as manager of the New York Mets. After that, nothing ever seemed to go smoothly for him again.
Former Durango standout Tommy Pham homered in the fifth for the 96-win Rays.
Acuña has not played since Sept. 24 due to tightness in his left hip.
Stephen Strasburg threw three scoreless innings to earn the win in the first relief appearance of his major league career.
The Houston furniture store owner is hedging a promotion offering a refund of any purchase of at least $3,000 on a mattress set if the Astros win the World Series.
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