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The Yankees and Orioles have now played 20 times in 2012 between the regular season and playoffs, and the series is deadlocked at 10 wins apiece.
Neither team seems to be able to gain much of an upper hand. Yankees manager Joe Girardi has seen that continue in the American League Division Series, which now heads to New York with the teams knotted at 1-1 after Baltimore earned a 3-2 win in Monday's Game 2.
"We get to go home and we've played very well at home, and we're going to have to...
Facing an 0-2 deficit in the American League Division Series with a loss tonight, the Orioles recieved a gutty effort from Wei-Yin Chen and a save from Jim Johnson as they beat the Yankees 3-2 in front of 48,187 to even the ALDS at 1-1.
Pitching a night after giving up five runs in the ninth in Game 1, Johnson got Derek Jeter to ground out on the first pitch of the ninth. He then got Ichiro Suzuki on a ground out and Alex Rodriguez on a swinging strikeout to end it to send the towel-waving...
Orioles manager Buck Showalter brought in left-hander Brian Matusz to face left-handed hitting Robinson Cano with one out, a runner at first base and the Orioles clinging to a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning.
Or so it seemed.
Cano was 9-for-28 lifetime against Matusz, with a double, two home runs and six strikeouts. Matusz retired him last night on a ground ball.
On deck stood switch-hitting Nick Swisher.
Showalter ordered the intentional walk to Cano after Ichiro Suzuki stole second base....
ST. LOUIS - Bryce Harper, who is 1-for-10 with six strikeouts over his first two career postseason games, was asked after today's game whether he feels like he's overanxious at the plate or trying to do a bit too much.
"You think I'm overanxious? You think so?" Harper asked the reporter, who responded in the affirmative. "Well, you should be our hitting coach."
Harper delivered a big double in the seventh inning to give the Nationals a chance to get back into the ballgame, but he was...
The Nationals and Cardinals will leave St. Louis with the best-of-five National League Division Series tied at one game apiece.
By now you've read the wall-to-wall coverage of the NLDS on MASNsports.com from Dan Kolko and Byron Kerr. Here's a round-up of what other media outlets are saying about Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the Nationals and Cardinals.
* In case you forgot, Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia only lasted two innings, despite the Cards taking the lead in...
ST. LOUIS - It didn't really matter who was on the mound for the Nationals today.
Four of the seven Nats pitchers gave up at least a run. All but Ryan Mattheus allowed at least a baserunner.
The Cardinals teed off this afternoon, jumping out big and not easing up.
"They have a great lineup. It's tough," said Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann. "You get a few guys out, then you look up and you've got (Carlos) Beltran coming up, (David) Freese. It just never stops. Their lineup, you...
ST. LOUIS - As I try and move past the fact that someone asked Davey Johnson postgame whether Stephen Strasburg, who is not on the Nationals' roster for this series, can "offer something" in Games 3 or 4 ...
The Nationals got hit around pretty hard today in St. Louis. They were touched up for 12 runs on 13 hits, seven of which went for extra-bases. Every starting Cardinals position player reached base, and all eight of them scored a run.
Yesterday, in a Game 1 win, the Nats saw a patient...
The start of tonight's Game 2 of the American League Division Series was delayed 40 minutes by a light rain.
If the top of the first inning is any indication, the wait will be worth it.
The Yankees took a 1-0 lead on Robinson Cano's two-out double off Wei-Yin Chen, who surrendered 21 runs in the first inning during the regular season. He remains something of a slow starter.
Derek Jeter fell behind 0-2 and singled to right-center field. Ichiro Suzuki fell behind 0-2 and reached on an error...
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny took a huge gamble early in Game 2 of the series.
Already down a game in the best-of-five National League Division Series and watching his game two starter Jaime Garcia struggle through the top of the second, Matheny opted to go to pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker and sit his starter down after just two innings.
St. Louis scored four runs in that second frame and never looked back.
Garcia's replacement, Lance Lynn, came on to go three innings and allowed two late...
ST. LOUIS - The Nationals will head back to D.C. needing to win two out of three games at home.
And they'll do all they can to put the memory of this shellacking behind them.
The Cardinals took Game 2 of the National League Division Series by a score of 12-4 today, evening the best-of-five series in what was close to a must-win game for them.
After going down in order in the first inning, the Cards jumped all over Nationals pitching. They knocked Jordan Zimmermann from the game after just...