TORONTO – A most unlikely pitching performance helped put a most unexpected team into the World Series. Rookie Ryan Merritt coolly delivered a lead to the Andrew Miller-led bullpen and the ...

The Astros advanced to the World Series with a convincing 4-0 win before 43,201 delirious fans at Minute Maid Park, celebrating Houston’s second pennant – their first as an AL club.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Justin Verlander pitched another Game 5 gem in Oakland while carrying a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, and Miguel Cabrera homered to lead the Detroit Tigers past the At… ...