Playing in a torrential downpour much of the game, Mother Nature got in her jab to the Seattle Mariners nose after the Colorado Rockies had already bloodied it by completing a three-game sweep with a 4-3 victory at Coors Field today.
You could describe this as "one game for the ages" with both teams throwing knockout punches and both rising up to answer that challenge. Astros' George Springer hit the 2 run homer that was just enough to give Houston their first World Series win.
NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Giancarlo Stanton will be the top seed in the Home Run Derby on Monday night at his home ballpark in Miami.
Stanton received the No. 1 seed after winning the event during All-Star week last year in San Diego...
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge says he has been invited to participate in next month's Home Run Derby.
The 25-year-old Judge, who leads the major leagues with 23 home runs, said he received the invitation last week through his agent.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The concessionaire at Petco Park expects to sell 24,000 hot dogs, 16,000 orders of chicken fingers, 18,000 pounds of French fries, 98,000 peanuts and 45,000 bottles of water at the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Hometown All-Star Todd Frazier has won the Home Run Derby at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park, outslugging Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson 15-14 in the final round Monday night in the first year of a bracket format.
The Reds' Frazier defeated Texas' Prince Fielder 14-13 in the first round and dispatched Toronto's Josh Donaldson 10-9 in the second round...