Sports / Baseball

Giants blank Cardinals in play-off series opener 13 Oct 2014 - 06:48 am

San Francisco Giants’ starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner delivers a pitch during the first inning of game 1 of the National League Championship Series...

Royals outslug Orioles to win ALCS play-off opener 11 Oct 2014 - 11:30 pm

Kansas City Royals player Alex Gordon hits a three-run double in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles in game one of the...

Giants, Cards, Royals and Orioles chase title 10 Oct 2014 - 12:30 am

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Ryan Volgelsong throws in the second inning against the Washington Nationals in game 4 of the National League...

Cardinals, Giants advance with play-off victories 08 Oct 2014 - 08:45 pm

St Louis Cardinals’ first baseman Matt Adams celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 7th inning...

Dodgers’ Beckett retires due to injury 08 Oct 2014 - 08:42 pm

NEW YORK: Injury-ravaged Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting pitcher and former World Series MVP Josh Beckett announced his retirement yesterday, confirming the decision in...

Nationals stay alive; Cardinals seize lead 08 Oct 2014 - 03:51 am

SAN FRANCISCO: The Washington Nationals stayed alive in the Major League Baseball play-offs on Monday with a 4-1 victory over the San Francisco...

Sweeping Royals, Orioles eye World Series spot 06 Oct 2014 - 09:11 pm

Baltimore Orioles’ Zach Britton and Steve Pearce celebrate after the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday....

Giants edge Nationals in 18-inning marathon 06 Oct 2014 - 06:32 am

WASHINGTON: The San Francisco Giants left the Washington Nationals frustrated, exhausted and on the brink of elimination after they claimed an 18-inning marathon...

Mistakes were mine: US captain Watson 06 Oct 2014 - 06:29 am

New York: Tom Watson, heavily criticised for his allegedly detached approach in captaining the United States in its Ryder Cup defeat last month,...

Cardinals rally to stun Dodgers 04 Oct 2014 - 11:10 pm

LOS ANGELES: St Louis hammered Los Angeles star pitcher Clayton Kershaw yesterday, rallying for a 10-9 triumph over the Dodgers in the first...

Giants blank Pirates to advance in play-offs 02 Oct 2014 - 09:55 pm

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) celebrates with catcher Buster Posey (28) after defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2014 National...

Baseball: Royals stun A’s to win AL wild card 02 Oct 2014 - 01:05 am

KANSAS CITY: Kansas City advanced to the AL Division Series with a 9-8 12th inning win over Oakland as the Royals punctuated their...

Jeter farewell turns rivalry into love-in 29 Sep 2014 - 11:40 pm

BOSTON: The final word on the stellar career of Derek Jeter came at Fenway Park on Sunday where baseball’s fiercest rivalry turned into...

Trumbo helps Diamondbacks to defeat Cardinals 29 Sep 2014 - 08:59 am

NEW YORK: Arizona first baseman Mark Trumbo hit two home runs, including a three-run shot in the seventh inning that lifted the Diamondbacks...

Royals overcome White Sox to break 29-year play-off drought 28 Sep 2014 - 06:39 am

Kansas City Royals’ players celebrate on the field after defeating the Chicago White Sox to clinch an American League wild card play-off berth...

Pirates beat Braves 3-2 to clinch MLB play-off berth 25 Sep 2014 - 08:32 am

LOS ANGELES: The Pittsburgh Pirates are headed back to the Major League Baseball play-offs for the second consecutive year after beating the Atlanta...

Jeter drives in three runs as Yankees win 24 Sep 2014 - 08:32 am

NEW YORK: New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter is doing everything he can to extend his last Major League Baseball campaign. Jeter drove...

Martin stars as Pirates beat Brewers, Dodgers down Cubs 23 Sep 2014 - 01:39 pm

NEW YORK: Russell Martin’s seventh-inning single drove in centre fielder Andrew McCutchen from third to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a victory against...