LINCOLN, Neb. – New Mexico State fell to Nebraska 2-1 on Saturday at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. After going scoreless for eight innings, the Aggies put their lone run on the board in the ninth and got the tying run to third, before bowing out. The Aggies outhit the Cornhuskers, but left 12 runners […]
Flores' big swing came in the sixth inning and punctuated a 5-run frame that turned a 3-1 Toreros lead into a 6-3 Texas advantage. Flores pummeled a 1-2 pitch that had to cut through wins from an oncoming cold front, and it landed in the brand-new Yeti Yard seating area beyond left field, which led to various beverages being tossed in the air as a celebration.
Ketel Marte extended his postseason-record hitting streak to 19 games with a lined single in the sixth inning off Jon Gray in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night. The Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman walked in his first plate appearance and flied out to left in his second, but he followed with a line drive in the sixth that deflected off the glove of Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien and into right-center field. The Rangers won 3-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
The Tampa Bay Rays ended the second-longest postseason scoreless streak at 33 innings when Curtis Mead lined a seventh-inning, two-out RBI single off Texas Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series on Wednesday. Tampa Bay fell one inning shy of the record set by the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1966-74. Tampa Bay had not scored since Jose Siri's solo homer in the sixth inning of last year's AL Wild Card Series opener against Cleveland.
Brandon Drury, Reid Detmers and the Los Angeles Angels prevented the Texas Rangers from getting another step closer to wrapping up their first playoff appearance since 2016 Tuesday night. Texas' 9-3 loss though could have been worse. AL batting leader Corey Seager left in the sixth inning after being hit by a pitch in the right forearm an inning earlier.