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White Sox lose Jiménez, Crochet to injury in Game 3 vs A'sOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The White Sox lost slugging outfielder Eloy Jimenez and hard-throwing left-hander Garrett Crochet to injury during a deciding Game 3 of a wild-card series against the Athletics on Thursday.Jimenez returned to Chicago's lineup for...

AP Baseball WriterYankees vs. Rays: the Savages vs. the StableBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) The Stable vs. The Savages.Just another way to say top-seeded Tampa Bay and the No. 5 Yankees meet in the best-of-five AL Division Series starting Monday at neutral site San Diego.Tampa Bay players wear...

AP Sports WriterIndians' early October exit could be followed by Lindor'sBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) As Francisco Lindor played in the longest nine-inning game in history, a nearly five-hour endurance test that ended in an empty stadium on October's first morning, he considered it may have been his last...

Ex-Tigers hurler Denny McLain selling off sports memorabiliaWIXOM, Mich. (AP) Former Detroit Tigers pitching ace and two-time Cy Young award winner Denny McLain wants to part with baseball bats, pennants, trading cards and a few thousand other pieces of sports memorabilia.They will be sold during an estate sale...

AP Sports WriterGame 2 of Marlins-Cubs wild-card series postponedBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Game 2 of the National League wild-card series between the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins was postponed because of a forecast for rain on Thursday.Miami leads 1-0 after winning the opener 5-1, and the teams will...

AP Baseball WriterGifting big league foul balls sweet way to connect with fansBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) It began when lifelong baseball fan Kimberlee MacVicar intimated that in her 52 years, she had never corralled a foul ball.''I've waited half a century, so I'm not in a rush,''...

AP Baseball WriterMLB's first retail store opens Friday in New York CityBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Inside a former Manhattan television studio, the scaffolding has come down and Major League Baseball's first retail store opens Friday across from Radio City Music Hall in a part of Midtown Manhattan...

Former World Series MVP Sandoval on Braves' roster vs. RedsATLANTA (AP) Pablo Sandoval is on the Atlanta Braves' roster for the NL wild-card series against the Cincinnati Reds.The 2012 World Series MVP joined the Braves after being released by the San Francisco Giants a couple of weeks ago.He...

AP Sports WriterCurses! Postseason losses continue for long-suffering teamsBy DAVID BRANDTIt was not a good start to the Major League Baseball postseason for those who don't believe in curses.The Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics extended their string of postseason futility on Tuesday with losses in the openers of their...

LEADING OFF: Wild, 8-game day opens with Bauer vs FriedBy The Associated PressA look at what's happening around the majors today:---CRAZY EIGHTHow's this for wild: MLB is set to stage eight postseason games on the same day for the first time. National League clubs will open their best-of-three wild-card...

Reds, Braves set postseason record for scoring futilityATLANTA (AP) The Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves are playing the longest scoreless game in postseason history.Wednesday's opening game of the NL wild-card series was the first in postseason history to be scoreless through 11 innings. The scoreless streak was extended...

Dodgers add Gore for NL wild card; Anderson out for BrewersLOS ANGELES (AP) Terrance Gore is on the Los Angeles Dodgers' roster for the NL wild-card series against the Milwaukee Brewers.The speedy outfielder played in two of the Dodgers' first six games this season and was designated for...