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The Los Angeles starter has thrown dozens of pitches faster than 98 mph in six strong innings, and the Dodgers' left-handed outfielder took advantage of his first World Series start as L.A. leads 1-0.

Boston and Los Angeles traded runs back and forth through the first four innings, but the Dodgers couldn't get out of the Red Sox loading the bases in the fifth, and trail 5-3.

Los Angeles held off Milwaukee 5-1 in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers will go to the World Series for the second year in a row, this time facing the Boston Red Sox.

Boston's pitchers held the Astros to just five hits, and Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers continued his surprising postseason with a three-run home run as the Red Sox won the ALCS.

Beer vending at baseball games is a male-dominated industry. Christy Colt , a beer vendor at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., shares what it takes to be successful at her job.

A panel of experts studied the issue for months but couldn't come up with much more than ballpark determinations as to why home run rates are spiking.

It's still early, but the Japanese star is generating the kind of stats that people in America's big leagues last saw around 100 years ago.

Among the changes: Major League Baseball will impose stricter limits on mound visits, and commercial breaks will be shorter.

For decades, Native Americans and their supporters have protested the baseball team's logo, a bright red caricature of a Native person. It's coming off uniforms — but staying on fan merchandise.

Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman also were elected. Players suspected of using steroids, including ace pitcher Roger Clemens and home run kings Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa, were left out for another year.