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8 updates01BaseballWorld Series will have first-time champion as Rays set up showdown with BrewersTampa Bay beat Guardians to seal ALCS in six games7-3 Game 6 win set up by strong Freddy Peralta startFreddy Peralta threw 5.1 gritty innings, Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz each hit a two-run homer and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night to advance to the World Series for the third time in the franchise’s 29 seasons.The Rays will face the Milwaukee Brewers who, like Tampa Bay, are seeking to win their first-ever World Series. A sellout crowd of 40,230 fans waved yellow-and-blue rally towels, rang cowbells and chanted “Let’s go Rays!” throughout the night at Tropicana Field, which needed major renovations after Hurricane Milton shredded the roof two years ago and caused extensive damage throughout the stadium. Continue reading...02BaseballBrilliant Brewers reach first World Series since 1982 as Dodgers blow 4-0 leadNLCS Game 4: Brewers 6-4 DodgersDefending champions swept out of playoffsMilwaukee roar back from four runs downBrewers will face Rays or Guardians in World SeriesJake Bauers started the Brewers’ comeback with a two-run double and Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead home run to deliver a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday and send Milwaukee to their first World Series appearance in 44 years.Bauers added a bases-loaded walk to tie the game in the fifth inning as the Brewers rallied from an early four-run deficit to sweep the National League Championship Series in four games. The dominating performance came after Milwaukee were swept out of the NLCS by Los Angeles last season. Continue reading...03BaseballBrewers two wins from first World Series since 1982 as Contreras skewers DodgersNLCS Game 2: LA Dodgers 4-7 Milwaukee BrewersReigning champions 2-0 down in best-of-seven seriesGuardians take Game 1 of ALCS against RaysWilliam Contreras hit a tying homer in the fifth and singled home the go-ahead run an inning later as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-4 on Monday in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.Four relievers combined to retire the last 15 Dodgers batters in order as the Brewers took a 2-0 lead over the two-time defending World Series champions in this best-of-seven series, which heads to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Wednesday. Continue reading...04BaseballPost-its, homework breaks and karaoke: inside the Women’s Pro Baseball League’s debut seasonThe first league of its kind in 70 years brought players from all around the world to Illinois for eight weeks, writing a new chapter in the history of women’s sportsOn the morning of 14 September, Rocky Henley sat at her rental home’s dining room table amid scattered rulebooks, colorful markers and graph paper. The New York Heights manager drew a chart on a large poster – her method of sketching plays for the evening’s playoff game. Her assistant manager, Jackson, trudged in from the kitchen in flannel pajama pants and a Heights hoodie and watched her work. He also happens to be her son. Continue reading...05BaseballRays sweep Yankees out of playoffs after ‘crazy’ fan interference downgrades New York home runRays sweep Yankees 3-0 after fan interference callDodgers eliminate Braves to keep three-peat bid aliveRamírez leads Guardians past Sox to avoid sweepAnthony Volpe rounded the bases, touched home plate and then waited out the uncertainty like everyone else.“Just hoping for the best,” the New York Yankees infielder said. “Crazy.” Continue reading...06BaseballCable robs Padres of potential home run in bizarre playoff loss to BrewersTy France’s ninth-inning drive hits roof cable Brewers go on to win NLDS opener 3-2Brewers manager Pat Murphy credited the team’s legendary late broadcaster Bob Uecker for an unlikely boost in the ninth inning to help preserve a 3-2 victory over visiting San Diego in the opener of their playoff series on Saturday.With one out in the ninth and the Brewers clinging to a one-run lead, San Diego had a runner on first when Ty France hit a drive to left field off closer Trevor Megill. But the ball struck a roof cable, stayed in play and was caught by Jackson Chourio for the second out. Megill then retired Jackson Merrill on a fly ball to right field to give Milwaukee the victory. Continue reading...07BaseballDodgers continue quest for World Series three-peatThe Los Angeles Dodgers will begin their MLB play-off campaign on Saturday, with the defending champions playing in a double-header live on the BBC.08BaseballSwing-and-a-miss: MLB rescinds idea to host baseball game in national park after backlashOfficials in Wyoming had called notion to host game in Grand Teton national park ‘deeply unwelcome’Major League Baseball (MLB) leadership is no longer considering holding a game inside a national park, according to a letter the commissioner, Robert Manfred, sent to officials in Teton county, Wyoming, on Thursday in what could be the league’s biggest swing-and-a-miss off the diamond.On 26 September, the Washington Post reported that MLB had reached out to the White House about staging a one-day game at Grand Teton national park in Wyoming. Teton county describes itself as a “a year-round resort community” and sits within the Jackson Hole valley. It’s also a habitat for grizzly bears, osprey, bison and more. Continue reading...