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They finish at 88-74 this season.

Although it has finally ended, professional sports’ longest-running soap opera was “The Curse of the Bambino”, in which our hapless heroes, the Boston Red Sox, were continually denied World Series glory because of Boston’s sale of Babe “The...

First-year manager Jeff Banister stood in a corner of the Texas Rangers clubhouse watching players celebrate, with champagne spraying all over the place. If the Astros plan on making noise in the playoffs in tight, nerve-racking games, they will need the bullpen to perform like...

It has to be. But it is not all about me, and that’s the way I chose to look at these things. The Rangers should be able to stand their ground when they play the Angels to close out the year, holding on to win the division and leaving Houston with the second American League...

The Angels then strung together four consecutive two-out singles off Ross Ohlendorf (3-1). “Their bullpen is on fumes”.

The Yankees won their 10,000 game as a franchise in the regular season and they will be in the AL Wild Card game with the Houston Astros, Angels or Minnesota Twins as potential opponents.

They’re now a full game back of the Astros for the last available Wild Card spot, while tied with the Twins and, perhaps, in need of three straight wins to extend their season.

The Angels remain a half game behind the Astros in the wild card race, with six games to play.

Looking strictly at the other contenders for the second Wild Card spot, the Astros are at 53 percent, the Angels are at 22 percent, and the Twins are at 5 percent.

As the clock approaches midnight on the season, the Los Angeles Angels refuse to turn into pumpkins.

Astros: RHP Lance McCullers (5-7) starts the first game of the three-game series at Seattle on Monday. The Twins remain 1½ games behind the Astros and a game behind the Angels for the second wild card with six games remaining in the regular season. They’re a half-game ahead...

Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron hit home runs and Mike Trout had three hits as the Angels scored eight runs on 14 hits.

Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout, top, watches his double as Seattle… The Angels are 1 1/2 games behind the Houston Astros for the second wild card and also have to fight off the Minnesota Twins to claim that spot. Giavotella had been sidelined for five weeks because of...