A playoff win 21 years in the making

Plus: Win-or-go-home for Phils, Braves!

Thursday, October 01 View In Browser  3 teams convincingly sweep their way into Division Series   The White Sox danced their way past Space City. The Yankees bulldozed the Red Sox, capped by a six-run inning. And the Padres took care of unfinished business in a rematch against the Cubs. TOP NEWS 'Never a doubt': Resilient Phils force Game 3 on three dramatic swings Top Phils-Braves storylines for win-or-go-home Game 3 Gray frustrated by hook, wanted Tracy to 'live or die with me' Cubs mull what could have been after abrupt Wild Card exit As Astros head to offseason in search of GM, where do things stand with Espada? With 28th postseason HR, Altuve now 1 shy of all-time record MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES STAFF PICKS White Sox dancing into October Chicago's pregame ritual involves players and coaches showing off their moves to keep everybody loose, and though it's nothing new to avid White Sox supporters, now baseball fans at large get to witness the performance in the playoffs. For the first time, a postseason game ends on a pitch challenge The final pitch of the Phillies' Game 2 win was initially called a ball, but catcher J.T. Realmuto -- who had a tremendous success rate on challenges during the regular season -- wisely tapped his helmet. Belli to Belli The night in the Bronx began with Clay Bellinger’s first pitch to his son. A few hours later, Cody put a bow on the Wild Card Series with his three-run blast. Acuña brothers are stealing the show during postseason Luisangel Acuña and Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first brothers with multiple steals each in the same postseason, and the first brothers to each steal two bases in an inning during their postseason careers -- and they did it on the same day! ADD MLB AS YOUR PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE Alec Bohm Fastest pitch (99.4 mph) he has homered off in his career Chase Meidroth 10th CWS postseason HR with multiple runners on base Ronald Acuña Jr. 3rd Brave w/2 SB in a postseason inning (Furcal, '05 NLDS; Gant, '91 NLCS) Ethan Salas 4th youngest with RBI in postseason game in 21st century Gavin Sheets Fastest pitch (100.8 mph) hit for HR by SD player under tracking (2008) PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY THE BRACKET MUST-SEE PLAY Think Gavin Sheets was excited to contribute to the Padres' victory?  CHECK OUT TOP PLAYS FROM THE WILD CARD SERIES MLB NETWORK Stream MLB Network with MLB+ Your MLB+ subscription includes access to MLB Network 24/7 with live coverage before and after every Postseason game. Plus, listen to every game live throughout October. Stream today. MLB Tonight before and after every Postseason game MLB Tonight is your home this Postseason! Catch live coverage with highlights, interviews, expert analysis and more before and after every Postseason game, starting today at 6 p.m. ET! MORE FROM MLB NETWORK SCOREBOARD PHI 4 ATL 3 CWS 7 HOU 3 BOS 2 NYY 9 CHC 1 SD 4 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.