Astros, Red Sox, Yankees Win In Baseball Playoffs
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Clemens, who couldn&#39;t pitch the season finale for Houston because of a stomach virus, pitched seven strong innings to help the Houston Astros to a 9-3 win over Atlanta in the first game of their National League Division Series.
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Boston Red Sox win the World Series, beating Colorado Rockies 4-3 to sweep the best-of-seven final.
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Roger Clemens and the powerful Houston lineup made sure the Astros got off to a good start, a 9-3 victory, in their quest to finally win a playoff series.
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NEW YORK -- Another August sweep of the Boston Red Sox put the New York Yankees in prime position for a September playoff run. Chien-Ming Wang took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Robinson Cano homered twice off Curt Schilling and the Yankees beat Boston 5-0 Thursday for their third straight...
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Derek Jeter hit a leadoff home run, Jon Lieber pitched into the eighth inning and the Yankees clinched a postseason spot with a victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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Boston has come from behind to beat New York 5-4 and cut the Yankees&#39;s lead to one game in the American League Championship Baseball Series.
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Jeff Kent's three-run homer in the  ninth inning gave Houston a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals  Monday to move the Astros within one game of reaching the World  Series for the first time in team history.
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The Boston Red Sox hammered the Cleveland Indians 12-2 on Saturday to force a seventh and deciding game in the American League Championship Series.
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David Ortiz belted a two-run homer in  the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a  6-4 victory over the New York Yankees in Game Four of the  American League Championship Series on Sunday.
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ATLANTA The Houston Astros battered their postseason nemesis, the Atlanta Braves, to win the opening game of their National League division series.
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Curt Schilling won his major league leading 18th game and David Ortiz hit his 35th home run as the Boston Red Sox edged the Texas Rangers 6-5 in American League at Fenway Park Sunday.
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With tensions running high at Wrigley Field, the Houston Astros kept their cool and climbed back into playoff contention. Lance Berkman homered and Carlos Hernandez earned his first major league
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The Boston Red Sox blast past Cleveland with eight runs in the seventh and eigth innings to win their third straight ALCS game, 11-2, and advance to the World Series.
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Jeff Kent's three-run homer in the ninth inning gave Houston a 3-0 win over the St Louis Cardinals Monday to move the Astros within one game of reaching the World Series for the first time in their 43-year history.
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The red-hot Houston Astros slugged six  home runs on Saturday to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3 and  clinch at least a tie for the National League wild card playoff  berth.
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David Ortiz drove in three runs, including the game winner in the bottom of the 14th inning, to lead Boston to a rallying 5-4 victory over the New York Yankees which kept the Red Sox&#39;s postseason hopes alive Monday.
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ATLANTA - The Houston Astros zeroed in on their first playoff series victory Monday night, surging to a 9-3 lead over the Atlanta Braves after seven innings of their NL Division Series and moving to the brink of the NLCS.    Jeff Kent's two-out RBI single, which followed Jeff Bagwell's high, arcing two-run home run to left, capped a five-run seventh for the Astros, who have lost all seven postseason series they've played...