Cards DH Anderson Gets Postseason Start
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Marlon Anderson got his first start of the postseason for the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night, serving as the designated hitter in the second game of the World Series.
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They&#39;re not strangers anymore. Not strangers to each other. Not strangers in the strange land that is the postseason. When last the Anaheim Angels entered the playoffs â-here
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David Ortiz, still champagne-scented, was watching Saturday's decisive playoff game between the Yankees and Twins with a friend. Up stepped Ruben Sierra, who'd been 1 for 20 in the series, to clock a three-run homer and tie the game in the eighth. &quot;Here they come,&quot; the Red Sox slugger said. Did anyone from Eastport to Block Island expect anything else?
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Garret Anderson extended his streak to a club-record 11 games with at least one RBI, driving in three runs and leading the Los Angeles Angels past the Cleveland Indians 10-3 on Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series between AL division leaders.
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Kevin Brown had a chance to claim a place in Yankees postseason history with his start in Game 7 of the AL championship series.
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The Major League Baseball playoffs continued Wednesday, with the series opener between the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves and the second games of the best-of-five series between the New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox and
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Minus two top starters, the New York Mets got dynamic postseason debuts from Carlos Delgado and David Wright to jump ahead of the Dodgers. Back in the playoffs for the first time since losing the 2000 Subway Series, the Mets capitalized on a wild baserunning blunder by Los Angeles and a perfectly respectable performance from emergency starter John Maine in a 6-5 victory Wednesday.
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Getting to the playoffs has become pretty much of a given for the Atlanta Braves. So had postseason wins over the Houston Astros &#151; until now.
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The lineup was loaded with guys who won&#39;t be playing in next week&#39;s playoff games. Not one of the relievers who came out of the bullpen has a shot to make the postseason roster.
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LOS ANGELES - As far as road starts go, Saturday&#39;s Game 3 in the first round of the National League playoffs was one of the best of the season for Cardinals righthander Matt Morris.
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Garret Anderson delivered an RBI single for the lead during a three-run eighth inning, and Anaheim clinched its first division title in 18 years with a 5-4 victory over Oakland at the Coliseum.
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Larry Walker and the St. Louis Cardinals turned Game 1 into a slugfest, and that was big trouble for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Walker homered twice and the Cardinals tied a postseason record by hitting five home runs, overwhelming Odalis Perez and the Dodgers in an 8-3 blowout Tuesday in the opener of their NL playoff series.
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The guys at the top of a Major League rotation are competitors, none more so than Josh Beckett whose Game 1 performance is just the latest in a dominant postseason career.
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The Red Sox will make one roster change for the start of the American League Championship Series, adding a veteran reliever in Ramiro Mendoza who is no stranger to postseason
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Woody Williams has the fewest victories of any Cardinals starter. But he, and not Matt Morris, will get the honor of starting their playoff opener.
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Reggie Sanders was the St. Louis Cardinals' designated hitter Saturday night in Game 1 of the World Series against the Red Sox. He was replaced in left field by So Taguchi.
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Dontrelle Willis is one of the few Florida Marlins players to have felt the pressure of playing in the postseason.