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Chase Utley ducked near second base. The rest of the Philadelphia Phillies never flinched. Ryan Howard hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning and scored on Jayson Werth's single as Philadelphia rallied past the Colorado Rockies 5-4 in Game 4 on Monday night to reach the NL championship series.

Huston Street sat by himself in the dugout, staring stone-faced onto the field. There was nothing more he could do but watch the season end. The Colorado Rockies' closer squandered a two-run lead in the ninth inning and took his second consecutive loss when the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 5-4 victory Monday to advance [...]

Chase Utley ducked near second base. The rest of the Philadelphia Phillies never flinched. Ryan Howard hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning and scored on Jayson Werth's single as Philadelphia rallied past the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Monday night to reach the NL championship series. Brad Lidge earned his second consecutive [...]

The Astros will interview 10 candidates over the next week to become the team's next manager, including former skipper Phil Garner. Houston fired manager Cecil Cooper on Sept. 21. Third base coach Dave Clark was promoted to interim manager for the final two weeks and the team said Monday that Clark will be the first [...]

Shane Victorino joked about Chase Utley's single off his right knee that put the Philadelphia Phillies on the cusp of advancing to the NL championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the other clubhouse, it was no joking matter. Utley's check-swing, ninth-inning single that actually hit him in the batter's box and should have [...]

Baseball fans in Los Angeles and New York may be thrilled their teams swept into the league championship series — but for broadcaster TBS, the fun may be over all too soon. Three-nothing sweeps by the Dodgers, Angels and Yankees in best-of-five division series trimmed the number of playoff games that Time Warner Inc.'s TBS [...]

Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy is juggling his lineup again, flip-flopping Garrett Atkins and Yorvit Torrealba for Game 4 of the playoffs against the Philadelphia Phillies. The weather warmed considerably after a cold front moved out of Colorado, with temperatures in the mid-40s Monday after Game 3 was played in the mid-20s.

The Houston Astros have received permission from Boston to speak to coaches Tim Bogar and Brad Mills about their open managerial job. Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein also said Monday that the Cleveland Indians had asked for permission to speak to pitching coach John Farrell, but that he said he would like to stay [...]

CC Sabathia was superb, A.J. Burnett followed suit and Andy Pettitte added to his resume of postseason success. While everyone was talking about Alex Rodriguez's breakthrough playoff performance, the New York Yankees got three strong starts in a row during their first-round sweep of Minnesota. And that sort of pitching is probably the key to [...]

The Chicago Cubs baseball team filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday, a step that will allow its corporate parent to sell the team in an $845 million deal. The filing in Wilmington, Del., was anticipated and is expected to lead to a brief stay in Chapter 11 for the Cubs. It comes as part of [...]