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The St.Louis Cardinals take Game 1 of the World Series in St.Louis on Wednesday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-2. It was a tightly contested game with lots of moves made by both managers. The best was by Cardinal skipper Tony LaRussa, who sent pinch hitter Allen Craig to hit …

The 2011 World Series begins tonight in St.Louis as the Cardinals host the Texas Rangers. The Cardinals get home field advantage because the National League won this year’s All Star Game. CJ. Wilson will pitch for Texas while the Cardinals counter with righty Chris Carpenter. Despite getting to the World …

The Detroit Tigers got a gutsy pitching performance from ace Justin Verlander and used some timely hitting to beat the Texas Rangers 7-5 Thursday to stay alive in the American League Championship Series. Texas still leads 3-2 with Game 6 in Texas Saturday. Verlander threw over 130 pitches and pitched …

The St.Louis Cardinals made a four run first inning stand up in the National League Championship Series Wednesday night as they hold on for a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. St.Louis is now up two games to one with Game 4 tonight in St.Louis as Kyle Loehse pitches for …

The Detroit Tigers climbed back into the American League Championship Series hunt with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night in Detroit. Miguel Cabrera doubled and homered and youngster Doug Fister again pitched well at home as the Tigers now trail the series two games to one. …

Nelson Cruz hit the first ever walk off grand slam home run in American League Championship Series history to give the Texas Rangers a 7-3 win over the Detroit Tigers in Arlington on Monday. Texas now leads the series 2-0 with Game 3 today in Detroit. Cruz hit his shot …

Justin Verlander wasn’t his best but it was good enough. The dominant Detroit Tiger righthander gave up four runs but his teammates made it stand up as Detroit beat the New York Yankees 5-4 Monday to go up 2-1 in their American League Divisional Series. Verlander pitched eight innings and …

The St.Louis Cardinals spotted Cliff Lee an early 4-0 lead but chased him later on their way to 5-4 win over Philadelphia to even their divisional series at a game apiece. The Cardinal bullpen also held the Phillies scoreless for six innings after starter Chris Carpenter was ineffective early. Game …

Down 7-0 in the seventh inning, it looked like the best hope for the Tampa Bay Rays was for a Boston Red Sox loss that would force a one game playoff for the American League wild card spot. It got even better than that. Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon could not …

The race for the wild card in both leagues in Major League Baseball could not be tighter with only one game left in the regular season. In the American League, Boston and Tampa Bay are tied for the top spot after both teams won Tuesday; the Rays beat New York …