TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020

MLB PLAYOFF SCORES, SCHEDULE Best-of-5; x-if necessary; all games on TBS

Houston Astros 1, 0 at Los Angeles Game 1: Astros 10, Athletics 5 Tues.: Astros (Valdéz 5-3) vs. Athletics, (Manaea 4-3), 2:37 Wednesday: Oakland vs. Houston, 1:35 p.m. x-Thursday: Oakland vs. Houston, 1:35 p.m. x-Friday: Houston vs. Oakland, 1:35 p.m.

New York Yankees 1, 0 at San Diego Game 1: Yankees 9, Rays 3 Tues.: Yankees (Garcia 3-2) vs. Rays (Glasnow 5-1), 6:10 p.m. Wed.: Rays (Morton 2-2) vs. Yankees (Tanaka 3-3), 5:10 p.m. x-Thursday: Rays vs. Yankees (Happ 2-2), 5:10 p.m. x-Friday: Yankees vs. Rays, 5:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES Best-of-5; x-if necessary; FS1 and MLB Network ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Yankees’ , center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a ninth-inning grand slam against Tampa Bay in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Monday in San Diego. New York led 4-3 entering the ninth inning. vs. at Houston Tues.: Miami (Alcantara 3-2) vs. Atlanta (Fried 7-0), 12:08 p.m. Wed.: Miami (López 6-4) vs. Atlanta (Anderson 3-2), 12:08 p.m. Thurs.: Atlanta (Wright 2-4) vs. Miami (Sánchez 3-2), 12:08 p.m. Stanton, Yankees slam x-Friday: Atlanta vs. Miami, 12:08 p.m. x-Saturday: Miami vs. Atlanta, 2:08 p.m.

Rays in opening victory L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres at Arlington, Texas Tuesday: San Diego vs. Los Angeles (Buehler 1-0), 7:38 p.m. ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday: San Diego vs. Los Angeles (Kershaw 6-2), 7:08 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Giancarlo Thursday: Los Angeles vs. San Diego, 7:08 p.m. Stanton hit a grand slam in x-Friday: Los Angeles vs. San Diego, 7:08 p.m. the ninth inning for New x-Saturday: San Diego vs. Los Angeles, 6:08 p.m. York’s fourth of the game, and the Yankees LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-3 Monday night in the Best-of-7; games on TBS, FOX and FS1 opener of their American ALCS at San Diego; NLCS at Arlington, Texas League Division Series at Oct. 11-18 Petco Park. Stanton homered to straightaway center field Best-of-7; all games on FOX on a 2-2 pitch from John Oct. 20-28, at Arlington, Texas Curtiss with one out. The slugger took several steps with his bat still in his hands as he watched the ball sail through the warm San Di- AROUND THE MAJORS ego night before beginning his trot. Astros’ Carlos Correa, left, celebrates with George Springer after Houston defeated the who sued MLB on NL crew “This is what I signed up Athletics in Game 1 of their ALDS on Monday in Los Angeles. NEW YORK — Angel Hernández, who has sued Ma- for. This is the time where jor League Baseball alleging racial discrimination, will you’ve got to step up and do They are the most for any in the fourth into the Rays George Springer, MVP of umpire the NL Division Series between the Los Angeles your job,” Stanton said. team in the first three games bullpen beyond the fence in the , had Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. A few fans chanted “Let’s of a postseason. left-center to give Tampa four hits for Houston, which The Cuban-born Hernández sued in July 2017, claim- Go Yankees!” from a bal- Teams that have outhom- Bay a 3-2 lead. trailed 3-0 and 5-3. ing he hadn’t been assigned to the World Series since cony on an office building ered the opposition are 13-0 Cole got the win by go- “To get down early and 2005 and hadn’t been promoted to lead a crew. The case just beyond right field of this postseason. ing six innings, allowing not quit and fight hard and is undergoing pretrial motions in U.S. District Court in the mostly empty ballpark. Tampa Bay dominated the three runs and six hits while come out with a win in the Manhattan. Kyle Higashioka and Aaron contentious regular-season striking out eight and walk- first game is obviously huge,” He was made an interim crew chief this season after a Judge hit the tying and go- series, going 8-2 against the ing two Springer said. dozen umps decided to sit out amid the coronavirus pan- ahead home runs off Blake rival Yankees and winning Snell, the 2018 AL Cy The Astros rallied with demic. During a Boston- AL Division Snell in the fifth inning. Clint the AL East by seven games Young Award winner, was two outs in the sixth against Series game in 2018, Hernández had three calls at first Frazier hit an impressive shot over second-place New the loser. He went five in- Oakland’s vaunted bullpen base reversed after replay reviews. into the second deck in left in York. nings and allowed four runs to take control of Major , , and the third. With the calendar flipped on six hits while striking out League Baseball’s first neu- will be crew chiefs for the Division Series, the commis- “That SoCal air, man. to October, it was a different four and walking two. tral-site postseason game sioner’s office said. That SoCal weather. That’s story in their first postsea- “He didn’t get away with resulting from the corona- what it is,” said Stanton, a son meeting. any mistakes tonight,” Cash virus pandemic. Houston Southern California native. “They can hit, there’s said. “Pitching against that pounded out 16 hits in all Freeman, Bieber receive honors The Bronx Bombers be- no secret in that,” Rays lineup, it’s tougher when as the A’s ran through eight NEW YORK — Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman came the first team in AL Kevin Cash said. you’re behind on them.” pitchers. was voted as the player of the year by Baseball Digest, and history to hit a grand slam “There’s nothing that was “They played the later Cleveland’s Shane Bieber was a unanimous pick as the top in back-to-back playoff unexpected with them. ASTROS 10, ATHLETICS innings better than we did,” pitcher. games. did it in They’ve just got some 5: Carlos Correa homered Oakland manager Bob Mel- Freeman hit .341 with 13 homers and 53 RBIs in the pan- Game 2 of the first-round guys back that are health- twice and drove in four, Jose vin said. “We just didn’t have demic-shortened season. Bieber was 8-1 with a 1.63 ERA sweep of Cleveland. Two ier. There were a handful Altuve hit a go-ahead, two- the at-bats that we typically 1 and 122 strikeouts in 77 /3 innings NL teams have done it, the of players who didn’t have run single during Houston’s do at the end of the game.” Milwaukee’s Devin Williams was relief pitcher of the 1977 Dodgers and 2011 Dia- consistent reps against us four-run sixth inning and The teams combined for year. He had a 0.33 ERA and struck out 53 in 27 innings. mondbacks. or throughout the 60-game the Astros rallied to beat six home runs in daytime Voters included writers and broadcasters. The Yankees set a fran- season due to injuries. They Oakland in the opener of conditions that were ripe chise record by hitting at looked healthy tonight.” their AL Division Series at for the ball to carry at the BRIEFLY least three home runs in The ball was flying for the Dodger Stadium in Los An- stadium where the Dodgers PHILLIES: Philadelphia first baseman Rhys Hoskins has three straight postseason Rays as well off Yankees ace geles. hit a major league-leading undergone Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar col- games. They are the second in downtown “I love October baseball,” 118 homers. lateral ligament in his left elbow, the team said Monday. team to do so in baseball San Diego. Randy Aroza- Correa said. “The energy is “I’ve never seen the ball The team said he will require four to six months of re- history after the Rays did it rena homered with two outs just different. I know there’s carry like that here,” said habilitation and it is hopeful he will be available for the in four straight in 2008. in the first and Ji-Man Choi no fans this year, but the en- Astros manager Dusty first game of next season on April 1. New York has hit 11 hom- muscled an opposite-field, ergy to know you win or go Baker, an All-Star player for — Associated Press ers in those three games. two-run shot with no outs home is what drives me.” the Dodgers in the 1980s.

MLB BOXSCORES STAT OF THE DAY Yankees 9, Rays 3 Astros 10, Athletics 5 New York AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Houston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. LeMahieu 2b-1b 5 2 2 0 1 0 .400 Springer cf 5 1 4 1 0 1 .800 Padres at home in Texas Judge rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .200 Altuve 2b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .500 Hicks cf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .750 Brantley lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .200 WIRE REPORTS Voit 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Bregman 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .500 Marlins ‘as good as anybody’ Wade 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 —- Tucker rf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .400 Correa ss 5 2 3 4 0 2 .600 ARLINGTON, Texas — The San Diego HOUSTON — The Miami Marlins have Stanton dh 4 1 1 4 1 1 .250 Gurriel 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Urshela 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .400 Padres have already had a grand time in the been the biggest surprise of the postseason. Reddick dh 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Torres ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .250 Díaz ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 new Texas ballpark. They are back there They say they aren’t done, either. Frazier lf 2 1 1 1 0 1 .500 Maldonado c 5 1 1 0 0 3 .200 Gardner ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .500 Totals 41 10 16 10 1 9 after a lot of postseason relief with another In the playoffs for the first time since Higashioka c 4 2 2 1 1 0 .500 Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg. chance to overtake the 2003, the Marlins swept the Totals 39 9 15 9 5 6 La Stella 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Semien ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500 West rival . in the wild-card round and open their Díaz dh 4 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Lamb 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 San Diego, in mid-August, became the best-of-5 series against NL East rival At- Lowe 2b 3 0 0 0 2 3 .000 Pinder ph-3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Arozarena lf 4 2 3 1 0 0 .750 Canha rf 3 0 0 1 0 2 .000 first MLB team to hit grand slams in four lanta on Tuesday. Choi 1b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .333 Olson 1b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .333 consecutive games — all against the Rang- “We fully understand how good they are, Margot rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Davis dh 4 1 2 2 0 2 .500 Grossman lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 ers, two at new Globe Life Field before the and we have respect for them,” Miami man- Wendle 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Laureano cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Brosseau ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 series switched to the West Coast. That also ager said. “But we think we Murphy c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Adames ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 .250 Totals 33 5 8 5 2 10 started a seven-game winning streak. can beat anybody, quite honestly. ... We’re Kiermaier cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Houston 000 304 102 — 10 16 1 Zunino c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 “We just started clicking from that mo- as good as anybody.” Oakland 021 110 000 — 5 8 1 Meadows ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 E — LOB — ment on,” said Fernando Tatis Jr., the bud- The Marlins, losers of 105 games in 2019, Perez c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bregman (1), Semien (1). Houston 2B — Totals 33 3 6 3 5 11 8, Oakland 4. Springer (1), Grossman (1). ding 21-year-old superstar whose second have brought a youthful exuberance to the HR — Bregman (1), off Bassitt; Correa (1), off New York 101 020 005 — 9 15 0 Bassitt; Correa (2), off Trivino; Davis (1), off homer in that series opener was the first playoffs that has both surprised and de- When right-hander Tampa Bay 100 200 000 — 3 6 0 McCullers Jr.; Murphy (1), off McCullers Jr.; slam — on a 3-0 pitch and already with a lighted people around the league. 6 Deivi Garcia, 21, RBIs — LOB — New York 10, Tampa Bay 8. 2B — Voit Olson (1), off McCullers Jr.. Bregman (1), seven-run lead in the eighth inning. Even Braves star first baseman Freddie takes the mound Tues- (1). HR — Frazier (1), off Snell; Higashioka (1), Correa 4 (4), Springer (1), Altuve 2 (2), Brantley off Snell; Judge (1), off Snell; Stanton (1), off (1), Gurriel (1), Davis 2 (2), Murphy (1), Olson With American League playoff games at Freeman has enjoyed watching the Marlins day in Game 2 of New CS — SF — Curtiss; Arozarena (1), off Cole; Choi (1), off (1), Canha (1). Altuve (1). Gurriel, Canha. DP — Houston 1; Oakland 1. the home parks of the Padres and Dodgers rise from one of the league’s worst teams York’s AL Division Se- Cole. RBIs — Hicks 2 (2), Frazier (1), Higashioka Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA about 1,400 miles away, San Diego and Los over the past few years to one of the last ries matchup against (1), Judge (1), Stanton 4 (4), Arozarena (1), Choi McCullers Jr. 4 8 5 4 1 5 9.00 SB — SF — DP — 2 (2). Torres (1). Hicks. Tampa Taylor, W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Angeles open their best-of-5 NL Division eight standing this season. Tampa Bay, he will be the Bay 2. Paredes, H, 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 Series on Tuesday night. “I just see a passion and them having New York IP H R ER BB SO ERA Javier, H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 youngest Yankees pitcher Cole, W, 1-0 6 6 3 3 2 8 4.50 Pressly 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 More than the slams, that August winning a joy for the game and things get crazy,” to start a postseason game Green, H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO ERA Britton, H, 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Bassitt 4 9 3 3 0 4 6.75 streak pushed the Padres into second place Freeman said. “People are hitting homers. in the storied franchise’s Cessa 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 Petit 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 in the NL West. That’s where they stayed, People are throwing 100. You never know history. The rookie has 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO ERA Wendelken, L, 0-1 /3 3 4 0 0 1 0.00 2 with the Dodgers winning their eighth con- what’s going to happen. No one’s surprised made just six appearances Snell, L, 0-1 5 6 4 4 2 4 7.20 Diekman /3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 Thompson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 Trivino /3 1 1 1 0 1 13.50 secutive NL West title, including the last to see those Marlins on the other side.” in the majors. He went 3-2 Minor 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Drake 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 two head-to-head meetings three weeks ago The Marlins are a perfect 7-0 in post- 1/3 2 Weems 0 2 2 2 1 0 Inf with a 4.98 ERA in 34 Curtiss /3 4 5 5 2 1 67.50 McFarland 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 1 when a sweep by the Padres would have put season series and won the World Series in innings following his pro- McClanahan /3 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 Weems pitched to 3 batters in the 9th Inherited runners-scored — McClanahan Inherited runners-scored — Taylor 1-1, Petit them in the division lead. 1997 and 2003. Atlanta ended a streak of 10 motion in late August. He 1-0. IBB — off Cole (Choi). HBP — Thompson 2-0, Diekman 1-1, McFarland 2-1. HBP — The Dodgers won six of the 10 games in consecutive losses in postseason rounds by (Gardner). WP — Snell. Trivino (Gurriel), Minor (Altuve). struck out 33 batters. T — 3:38. T — 3:30. the regular season series against the Padres. sweeping Cincinnati. — MLB.com