Tag: playoffs
Prep football playoffs underway for area teams
The CIF Southern Section playoff season has arrived, with football, boys’ water polo and girls’ tennis postseason play all underway. The work put in...
Brave new world: Atlanta beats LA 4-2, heads to World Series
By PAUL NEWBERRY
ATLANTA (AP) — Led by an unlikely hero, the Atlanta Braves are heading back to a place that used to be so...
Astros’ Valdez goes 8, beats Red Sox 9-1 for 3-2 ALCS lead
By JIMMY GOLEN
-- BOSTON (AP) — Framber Valdez lost his perfect game in the fifth inning and then bounced the next pitch off the...
Braves blast 4 HRs, beat Dodgers 9-2 for 3-1 lead in NLCS
By BETH HARRIS
-- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Behind the red-hot bat of Eddie Rosario, the Atlanta Braves are one win away from their first...
Late-night magic: Braves beat Dodgers 5-4, lead NLCS 2-0
By PAUL NEWBERRY
ATLANTA (AP) — More late-night magic has the Atlanta Braves just two wins away from the World Series.
Eddie Rosario delivered Atlanta’s second...
Dodgers beat Giants 2-1 in playoff thriller, advance to NLCS
By JANIE McCAULEY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and prized midseason acquisition Max Scherzer came out...
Dodgers beat Giants 7-2, force decisive Game 5 in NLDS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Facing a second elimination game in less than a week, the Los Angeles Dodgers kept the same calm and cool...
Blowin’ in the wind: Giants edge Dodgers 1-0 on Longoria HR
By BETH HARRIS
-- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Evan Longoria powered a home run off Max Scherzer through fierce wind. Chris Taylor and pinch-hitter Gavin...
UrÃas hits, pitches Dodgers past Giants to even NLDS series
By JANIE McCAULEY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Julio UrÃas shut down San Francisco and contributed an RBI single for his cause, Cody Bellinger and AJ...
Taylor home run helps Dodgers advance in playoffs
Chris Taylor hit a tie-breaking two-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers...