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AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Dodgers-Nats shows baseball at its best - and worstBy PAUL NEWBERRYIt was one of the most compelling postseason games in baseball history.Too bad much of the nation had surely dozed off by the time it ended.Simply put, the Los Angeles Dodgers beating the Washington Nationals in...

AP Sports WriterFor 3rd time in 5 years, Nats must move on from NLDS exitBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Jayson Werth knew this season's NL Division Series defeat following a division title felt different from the same scenarios that played out for the Washington Nationals a couple of other...

Nationals C Ramos has knee surgery; rehab to take 6-8 monthsWASHINGTON (AP) Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos had surgery on his right knee and his rehabilitation is expected to take six-to- eight months.Washington says Ramos had the operation on Friday, hours after the team's season ended with a 4-3...

AP Sports WriterOdd (base)ball: Indians' Bauer cuts pinkie fixing droneBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) A drone dropped into the AL Championship Series before the first pitch was even thrown.No, this isn't a pre-Halloween hoax.Indians starter Trevor Bauer cut open his right pinkie while fixing one of the hovering objects...

Boosted by Dodgers, Cubs, NLDS outdraws ALDS on TVNEW YORK (AP) Boosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, the NL Division Series outdrew its AL counterpart on television.The Dodgers' 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals in Game 5 Thursday night was seen by an average of...

Boston surge continues against OriolesBy The Associated PressBALTIMORE (AP) Rick Porcello and the Boston Red Sox appear poised to extend their late-season charge deep into October.Porcello pitched a four-hitter for his major league-high 21st victory, David Ortiz and Mookie Betts hit two-run homers and Boston beat the Baltimore...

Slumping Jay Bruce out of Mets lineup for 2nd straight gameNEW YORK (AP) Slumping outfielder Jay Bruce was out of the New York Mets' starting lineup for the second straight game.Acquired by the Mets from Cincinnati at the Aug. 1 trade deadline, Bruce pinch hit and flied out...

AP Sports WriterStunt? Even with jerseys and books to sell, Tebow says noBy TIM REYNOLDSPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Mets fans can buy a few jerseys featuring names of players in the team's instructional league.Cespedes jerseys, they're big sellers.Cone jerseys, available as throwbacks.Of course, those are for Yoenis...

AP Baseball WriterBig daddy: Freeman takes newborn home, homers, gets 4 hitsBy RONALD BLUMNEW YORK (AP) Freddie Freeman took his newborn son and wife home from a hospital, stayed up through most of the night and headed from Atlanta to New York.This is what adrenaline can do: He...

AP Sports WriterStunt? Even with jerseys and books to sell, Tebow says noBy TIM REYNOLDSPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Mets fans can buy a few jerseys featuring names of players in the team's instructional league.Cespedes jerseys, they're big sellers.Cone jerseys, available as throwbacks.Of course, those are for Yoenis...

AP Sports WriterMatz heading to New York, could return to rotation FridayBy TIM REYNOLDSPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Steven Matz is heading back to New York, with plans of getting into the Mets' postseason chase by the weekend.The left-hander, who hasn't pitched for the Mets since Aug. 14...

AP Sports WriterMatz heading to New York, could return to rotation FridayBy TIM REYNOLDSPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Mets left-hander Steven Matz says he will throw a bullpen session in New York on Wednesday, potentially putting him on track to return to the rotation Friday against Philadelphia.Matz hasn't...