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In the "Original 16" era (1901–1960), there were 8 teams in each league and teams in each league played each other 22 times a season. [1] With the second American League incarnation of the Washington Senators (now the Texas Rangers) and the Los Angeles Angels entering play as expansion teams in 1961, MLB increased the total number of games American League teams played to 162, which meant ...
Brandon Nimmo followed by poking an RBI single the opposite way to put the Mets up 2-1 and then Pete Alonso's sac fly to center field brought Vientos around to score and give New York a 3-1 advantage.
The tone of baseball rivalries changed in the early 1990s; fraternization between players who had moved to different teams or knew each other from various ventures kept baseball rivalries to a "friendly" level. [62] However, Major League Baseball's 1994 divisional re-alignment solidified the rivalry between the Phillies and Mets.
MLB's 2024 playoffs began Tuesday with the opening games of the best-of-three wild card round. ... Right-handers Bryce Elder and AJ Smith-Shawver are candidates to start Game 1 vs. the Padres tonight.
However, some Yankees fans root for the Jets (both teams have intense rivalries with Boston, as the fierce Yankees–Red Sox rivalry has led to the rivalry between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots, The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers and the New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics), [82] while some Mets fans root for the Giants ...
The Lone Star Series (also known as the Silver Boot Series) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry featuring Texas' two major league franchises, the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers. It is an outgrowth of the "natural rivalry" established by MLB as part of interleague play as the Rangers are a member of the American League (AL) and the Astros ...
The Yankees lead the best-of-seven series 2-0 and can close out the Guardians with two wins in three games at Cleveland's Progressive Field. Game 3 is Thursday.
San Diego scored a run in the top of the 10th on Josh Bard's RBI single to take a 10-9 lead. However, after Kenny Lofton walked, Nomar Garciaparra hit the game-winning two-run walk off home run. The Dodgers' 11–10 victory gave them a half game lead over San Diego with just two weeks left in the season. [14]