Zack Greinke

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.

Kevin Kiermaier hit a go-ahead, three-run homer as Tampa Bay teed off on Zack Greinke, and the Rays' Morton had another clutch performance to beat Houston 10-3.

Zack Greinke was two outs away of pitching the third no-hitter by the Astros this year. Seattle's Austin Nola singled in the ninth inning of a 3-0 win over the Mariners.

The Houston Astros acquired ace Zack Greinke on Wednesday, adding another All-Star and Cy Young Award winner to a already formidable rotation featuring Justin Verlander.

Once again, a late inning rally for the Mariners had the DBacks biting their nails. But Arizona avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Mariners 5-2.

What a battle in the NL Wildcard game. But, it should not be a surprise, all season long the Rockies and Diamondbacks played in some very tight games.

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball's average salary rose 4.4 percent to $4.38 million on opening day, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Dodgers topped spending for the third straight season. The Chicago Cubs boosted payroll by $51 million, adding Jason Heyward, John Lackey and Ben Zobrist in an effort to win their first title since 1908...

Greinke has 1st rough inning of spring, Diamondbacks win SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Zack Greinke had his first rough inning of the spring Monday in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 8-3 victory over a Seattle Mariners split squad. Greinke gave up a home run to Kyle Seager and triples to Luis Sardinas and Seth Smith in a three-run third...

(AP) — The Cy Young Awards are up next in the parade of postseason baseball awards. The finalists in the National League are Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers along with Jake Arrieta of the Cubs. The American League finalists are Sonny Gray of the Athletics, David Price of the Blue Jays and Tigers and Dallas Keuchel of the Astros...

NEW YORK (AP) — Clayton Kershaw ended his five-game postseason skid with seven brilliant innings while pitching on three days' rest and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 3-1 Tuesday night to force a deciding Game 5 in the NL Division series...