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MLB Coverage: Detroit Starters & Clutch Ortiz Set Up Great ALCS Ahead

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The American League Championship Series is tied up at a game apiece as the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers take a day off and head to the Motor City where the series will resume on Tuesday afternoon. We’ve seen two no-hit bids and an epic grand slam. You get the feeling that the fun is just getting cranked up in this fight between the AL’s top seed (Boston ) and the AL’s preseason betting line favorite (Detroit)

MLB Coverage: St. Louis In Command As NLCS Heads To Los Angeles

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The National League Championship Series resumes Monday night in Los Angeles, with the St. Louis Cardinals holding a 2-0 series advantage over the Dodgers. The Cards are assured two things–of at least bringing the series back to their home on the banks of Mississippi River. And that their rotation ace, Adam Wainwright, can now pitch them into the World Series with his starts in Game 3 and a possible Game 7.

MLB Coverage: 2013 National League Championship Series Preview

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TheSportsNotebook.com’s MLB coverage breaks this series as we’ve done all others in this postseason, and that’s by comparing each team in the four key component parts–the ability to get on base hit for power, starting pitching and the bullpen.

MLB Coverage: Verlander & Cabrera Deliver Detroit

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Anyone who grew up watching John Madden broadcast NFL playoff games can remember saying the words “In big games, stars have to play like stars.” In the world of MLB there aren’t many stars brighter than those of Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera, the last two American League MVPs. It was those two that carried Detroit to a 3-0 win over Oakland in Game 5 of their Division Series and put the Tigers into the American League Championship Series for the third straight year.

MLB Coverage: St. Louis Locks Up 3rd Straight NLCS Trip

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It wasn’t a surprise ending, but an otherwise great St. Louis-Pittsburgh series had an anti-climactic ending last night. No one in Busch Stadium had any complaints as some familiar heroes–Adam Wainwright and David Freese–led the way for the Cardinals to win Game 5 by a 6-1 count and move on to the National League Championship Series for the third consecutive year.

MLB Coverage: Boston Moves Forward; Two Game 5s Loom

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Tuesday in the American League playoffs was filled with more tension and drama, not to mention. The Boston Red Sox punched their ticket to the League Championship Series, joining the Los Angeles Dodgers in advancing past the first round. The Oakland A’s came up short in their attempt to do the same, losing to the Detroit Tigers and setting up a Game 5 back on the West Coast.

MLB Coverage: Los Angeles Advances, St. Louis Survives & Two AL Game 4s On Tuesday

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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the first team into the League Championship Series round, the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays staved off elimination in thrillers, and the Oakland A’s put themselves in control. TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage takes a quick tour of the four games that went down on Monday…

MLB Coverage: Dodgers & Pirates Can Clinch Monday

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The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Los Angeles Dodgers each moved to the brink of the National League Championship Series yesterday by winning the pivotal third games of their respective Division Series with the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves. Here’s a look back on the key points from each game…

MLB Coverage: NL Division Series Both Split Opening Sets

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The MLB playoffs are two days in and the National League has completed the first two games of each series. In both cases, the road teams–the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates–found ways to get one win and take homefield advantage as the teams now shift venues for the middle games on Sunday and Monday.

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