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Follow live: Mets hitting delivers late to snatch lead over Phillies in NLDS Game 1
TOP HEADLINES
Guardians jump out to early lead behind 5-run 1st inning
Guardians take Game 1 in big win over the Tigers
David Fry's 2-run double extends the Guardians' lead
Lane Thomas' 3-run shot caps off Guardians' 5-run 1st
MLB PLAYOFFS
SATURDAY'S GAMES
ON TO THE NEXT ROUND
MLB division series preview: Strengths and fatal flaws for all 8 remaining teams
Does your team have what it takes to make a deep postseason run? Let's go area-by-area to find out.
MLB upset watch: Are the Dodgers in danger? Will the Yankees go home early?
We rank the four division series favorites by how worried each should be about their underdog opponents.
BRING ON THE ALDS
Return of the Empire? Inside the Yankees' quest for a 28th World Series
From 106 losses to the ALDS!? How the Royals have renewed a once-heated rivalry
Kansas City heads to New York with a chance to make its mark on the baseball world -- and a once "abhorred" rival.
HARPER CHASING GREATNESS
11 wins away from forever: Bryce Harper, built for October, begins another chase for his first title
As the Phillies try to bring a title to one of baseball's most passionate cities, they are fueled by a star who has been in the headlines since he was 15.
AND THEN THERE WERE 8
The division series matchups are set! World Series odds, playoff keys and predicted date of doom for all 8 teams
Have World Series-or-bust hopes for the 2024 postseason? Here's why your squad could be playing into November -- or headed home soon.
THE OFFSEASON HAS ARRIVED
Offseason questions for eliminated teams: What's next for Brewers after Game 3 stunner
Here's how the winter looks in Milwaukee, Houston, Baltimore and Atlanta following their wild-card series defeats.
Your team isn't going to the playoffs? What went wrong -- and how to fix it
October isn't in the cards for these teams. Here's what each eliminated franchise needs to ask itself first.
MLB POSTSEASON
Playoff pressure rankings: Which World Series contenders must win now -- or else?
For some teams this MLB postseason, a victory would be sweeter -- and a defeat more painful.
Day 2 takeaways: Tigers, Royals and Padres sweep; Mets-Brewers headed to Game 3
Here's how it all went down on a day that saw three teams exit and one matchup move on.
Top Headlines
- Dodgers 'closing the door' on Kershaw's return
- Fresh off bye, Guardians pounce in Game 1 rout
- Phillies' Sánchez becomes dad ahead of G2 start
- Ohtani excited, not nervous, for first postseason
- Musgrove needs TJ surgery, won't pitch for Padres
- Yankees' Rizzo (fractured fingers) to miss ALDS
- The top 40 players in the postseason
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