Gerrit Cole, who dominated baseball most of this season, bouncing back from a Game 1 clunker to pitch the Astros to a 7-1 win Sunday night and a 3-2 lead.
Justin Verlander will follow Gerrit Cole and start Game 2 of the World Series for Astros against Nats on Wednesday and Zack Greinke will start for the Astros on Friday.
Will new surroundings do the job? The Seattle Mariners are expected to sign Jayson Werth to a minor league contract, a deal contingent on a successful physical.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Mariners have activated second baseman Robinson Cano from the 10-day disabled list before the opener of a three-game set against the Nationals Tuesday.
Cano has been sidelined since May 11 with a strained right quadriceps...
(AP) — The Chicago Cubs took advantage of a bad throw to win their third in a row.
Albert Almora Jr. led off the bottom of the 13th with a double and scored the winning run on an error by shortstop Freddy Galvis to complete the Cubs' 5-4 victory over the visiting Phillies...
(AP) — The Nationals have confirmed that center fielder Adam Eaton suffered a torn ACL in his left knee on Friday, likely ending his season.
Eaton stepped awkwardly on the first base bag when he beat out a throw in the ninth inning...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nationals have unconditionally released catcher Derek Norris, who at one point appeared to be penciled in as Washington's starting catcher but became expendable after the club signed free agent Matt Wieters.
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