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HOUSTON — Los Angeles Angels supervisor Phil Nevin was ejected within the sixth inning towards the Houston Astros on Thursday night time after screaming at residence plate umpire Stu Scheurwater after Taylor Ward struck out wanting with the bases loaded. ...

The Yankees and Dodgers will play a three-game sequence in opposition to one another this weekend, despite the fact that it’s not the World Series. Maybe that may occur later this season. If it does, it might be the twelfth time they face one another within the Fall Classic, relationship all the way in which again to 1941, when the Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in 5 video games. This is a rivalry -- as sometimes because it has occurred over time -- that's as deep and necessary as any there's in baseball. And one as full of romance, despite the fact that there's a nation between them now, as a substitute of only a metropolis. And the easiest information of all, due to the brand new schedule? Now they’re going to play one another yearly. It would be the Yankees vs. the Dodgers once more ...

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports NEW YORK — It could be an understatement to say that the Mets have had catching points in recent times as they’ve cycled via growing older free brokers, however they lastly have a homegrown resolution at hand in Francisco Álvarez. The 21-year-old Venezuela native entered the season as the sport’s high catching prospect, and whereas he lacked a transparent path to taking part in time, a double whammy of accidents cleared the way in which. So far Álvarez has impressed whereas gaining the belief of the pitching workers’s veterans, together with Max Scherzer. On Thursday afternoon, the three-time Cy Young winner and the rookie clicked for the previous’s greatest begin of the season.  Scherzer accomplished seven innings for the second begin in a row, and struck ...