NY 3
CLE 2
SEA 3
MIN 2
CIN 0
SD 3
FLA 3
PIT 0
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SATURDAY, OCT. 3, 2026
NL DIVISIONAL SERIES
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PIRATES 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 11 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 6 13 0
MIAMI - MARLINS ROOKIE OUTFIELDER SAUL NEWSOME WAS A SURPRISE ADDITION TO THE TEAM'S POSTSEASON ROSTER.
NEWSOME, WITH ALL OF EIGHT MAJOR LEAGUE AT-BATS, SURPRISED AGAIN IN HIS FIRST POSTSEASON AT-BAT.
"SHOCKED IS MORE LIKE IT," SAID PIRATES MANAGER HAROLD BAINES OF NEWSOME'S WALK-OFF THREE-RUN BLAST THAT GIFTED FLORIDA A 6-5 WIN AND A 1-0 DIVISIONAL SERIES LEAD.
CLOSER DERRICK BYRNES, 37, BROUGHT A SPARKLING 1.44 SEASON ERA WITH 40 SAVES AGAINST THE 29-YEAR-OLD NEWSOME, WHO HAD ALL OF 28 DAYS OF MLB EXPERIENCE WHEN CALLED OFF THE BENCH TO PINCH-HIT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH AND THE MARLINS TRAILING 5-3.
"IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD FASTBALL," NEWSOME RECOUNTED OVER A LOUD LOCKER ROOM BUZZ. "IT SORT OF TAILED INTO ME AND I GOT SOME GOOD WOOD ON IT."
GOOD TO THE TUNE OF A 444-FOOT UPPER DECK DRIVE THAT TOUCHED OFF A RACOUS TWO-HOUR LONG CELEBRATION IN THE STANDS.
RICO CASTO WENT 3-3 WITH A HOMER, TWO RBIs AND A PAIR OF RUNS FOR PITTSBURGH.
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SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 2026
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
PIRATES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 11 0
MIAMI - PIRATES MANAGER HAROLD BAINES MADE TWO GAME-MANAGEMENT ERRORS SUNDAY - AND EACH LED TO A FLORIDA RUN IN A 2-0 MARLINS WIN THAT GAVE THEM 2-0 DIVISIONAL SERIES LEAD.
BAINES' FLORIDA COUNTERPART, CHAYSIN YABU, DEFTLY MANAGED HIS PITCHING STAFF, SURPRISINGLY REMOVING STARTER JONNY BLUM AFTER FIVE INNINGS IN A SCORELESS GAME.
YABU CONTINUED WITH ALL THE RIGHT MOVES WITH HIS NEXT SIX PITCHERS, AND ALVIN PARKER MADE BAINES PAY FOR LEAVING ONE PITCHER IN AND BRINGING IN THE WRONG PITCHER AS PARKER DROVE IN BOTH FLORIDA RUNS.
BAINES KEPT RELIEVER JIMMY ELMORE IN TO FACE PARKER IN A CRUCIAL SIXTH-INNING SITUATION. ELMORE HAD GOTTEN TWO OUTS, BUT HAD GIVEN UP FOUR HITS BEFORE PARKER'S FIELDER'S CHOICE DROVE IN A RUN.
PARKER ADDED A SOLO SHOT OFF GARY MALASKA IN THE EIGHTH, WITH PARKER BRINGING IN A .500 CAREER AVERAGE (10-FOR-20) WITH FIVE HOMERS AGAINST THE RELIEVER.
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TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 2026
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 9 16 0
PIRATES 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 8 11 0
PITTSBURGH - DAVIS KOZAR HAD ONE THOUGHT - AND THAT SINGLE MENTALIZATION SENT THE MARLINS INTO THE NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES.
WITH VETERAN LEFTY RELIEVER AROLDIS CHAPMAN ON THE MOUND FOR THE PIRATES, KOZAR SAID HE WAS PLANNING AHEAD TO HIS NINTH-INNING AT-BAT, HE WOULD COME UP SECOND, WHILE IN THE FIELD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE EIGHTH WITH THE SCORES LEVEL AT 8.
"REALLY, I WAS THINKING FASTBALL, LOW AND AWAY, ALL THE WAY," THE SWITCH-HITTING LEFTFIELDER SAID. "MAYBE EVEN GET IT INTO THE AIR A BIT AND LET THE DRIFT CARRY IT."
THE 7 MPH WIND BLOWING STRAIGHT TO RIGHT OBLIGED, AND KOZAR'S SOLO SHOT GAVE FLORIDA THE RUN IT NEEDED ON A NIGHT WHEN THE MOMENTUM HAD CLEARLY SHIFTED TO PITSBURGH, AS THE PIRATES HAD RALLIED FROM 8-2 DOWN.
"THEY HAD US ON OUR BACK FEET," KOZAR ADMITTED.
FLORIDA MOVES ON TO PLAY THE REDS-PADRES NLDS WINNER.
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NLCS
SATURDAY, OCT. 10, 2026
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ALCS
SEA 4
NY 3
FLA 4
CIN 0
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 9 16 1
REDS 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 7 11 0
CINCINNATI - A BEAUTY THIS WASN'T.
UGLY ENOUGH THAT FLORIDA STARTING PITCHER KEVIN ALVAREZ HIT HOME RUNS IN FIRST TWO AT-BATS - BUT BARELY MADE IT THROUGH THE REQUISITE FIVE INNINGS NEEDED TO PICK UP THE WIN.
KYLE RAMIREZ RIPPED TWO HOMERS AS WELL, AS THE MARLINS HELD ON TIGHT TO GATHER UP A 9-7 WIN OVER THE REDS IN THE NLCS OPENER.
WHILE ALVAREZ DID HIS OFFENSIVE DAMAGE EARLY, HE ALMOST WRECKED HIS WORK WHILE ON THE MOUND IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH INNINGS, HELPING THE REDS CHOP AN 7-0 DEFICIT TO 8-4, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF FIVE BASES ON BALLS.
IT WAS THE MARLINS' FOURTH STRAIGHT POSTSEASON WIN AFTER SWEEPING PITTSBURGH IN THE NLDS, BUT FLORIDA MANAGER CHAYCIN YABU WASN'T THRILLED WITH ANOTHER CLOSE GAME.
"WINNING FOUR GAMES BY JUST FIVE TOTAL RUNS IS LIVING LIFE TOO MUCH ON THE EDGE," HE SAID.
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SUNDAY, OCT. 11, 2026
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 9 13 2
REDS 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 5 9 1
CINCINNATI - CHICKS DIG THE LONG BALL.
CARLOS SANTANA AND MANY OF HIS TEAMMATES ARE EASILY OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER ESPN'S ONE-TIME RATHER RAUNCHY SLOGAN FROM THE 2000s, BUT, ALAS, SWARMS OF SCANTILY-DRESSED WOMEN DID NOT MATERIALIZE, EVEN AFTER SANTANA HAMMERED THREE OF FLORIDA'S SEVEN ROUND-TRIPPERS SUNDAY NIGHT.
ALL THOSE BOMBS LED TO A 9-5 MARLINS WIN THAT PUT FLORIDA HALF-WAY TO ITS FIRST WORLD SERIES APPEARANCE SINCE THE BACK-TO-BACK TITLES IN 2020 AND 2021.
ALVIN PARKER, DAVIS KOZAR, NELSON CASE AND PITCHER BILL SALE ALL HIT HOMERS FOR FLORIDA.
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TUESDAY, OCT. 13, 2026
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
REDS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 9 1
MARLINS 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 X 7 12 0
MIAMI - THE FIRST THREE INNINGS CONTINUED TO BE KIND TO THE MARLINS.
FLORIDA HAS NOW OUTSCORED OPPONENTS 14-0 IN THE OPENING TRIO OF FRAMES OVER THE PAST FOUR GAMES AS FLORIDA BOLTED TO A 3-0 LEAD IN THOSE INNINGS TUESDAY IN A 7-4 WIN OVER THE REDS.
FLORIDA LEADS THE NLCS 3-0 AFTER BILLY BUTLER AND KYLE RAMIREZ EACH HOMERED AND COMBINED TO KNOCK IN FIVE RUNS.
SHINGO MATSUI PICKED UP THE WIN AFTER SHUTTING OUT THE REDS FOR SEVEN INNINGS ON ONLY THREE HITS.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14, 2026
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
REDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 1
MARLINS 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 X 8 18 0
FLORIDA - LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN.
BONFIRES OUTSIDE JACK McKEON FIELD MERGED WITH A LOW-RISING ORANGE-FIREBALL OF A SUN THIS MORNING AS SIZZLING AS THE MARLINS (7-0 IN POSTSEASON PLAY) THEMSELVES.
KEVIN ALVAREZ HELPED PUT FLORIDA BACK INTO THEWORLD SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021 WITH SIX-INNINGS OF ONE-RUN BALL AND MARLIN BATTERS ERUPTED FOR 18 HITS IN AN 8-2 GAME FOUR WIN OVER THE REDS.
THE MARLINS' FIRST THREE BATTERS (JIMMY KENNEDY, KYLE RAMIREZ AND ALVIN PARKER) COMBINED FOR EIGHT HITS IN 13 AT-BATS, FIVE RUNS AND FIVE RBIs. LIKELY NL MVP AARON CONNER, HITTING CLEANUP, KNOCKED IN A PAIR OF RUNS ON TWO HITS AND SUPERSUB CARLOS SANTANA HIT HIS FIFTH HOMER IN HIS LAST SIX AT-BATS.
FLORIDA HIT .376 IN THE SWEEP WITH AN EVEN 4.00 ERA.
THE MARLINS WILL TAKE ON THE MARINERS, WHO CAPTURED GAME 7 OF THE ALCS AT NEW YORK WITH A ?-? WIN OVER THE YANKEES.
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WORLD SERIES
TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 2026
GAME ONE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARINERS 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 11 1
MARLINS 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 X 6 11 0
MIAMI - DAVIS KOZAR AND CARLOS SANTANA EACH DROVE IN A PAIR OF RUNS TO POWER THE MARLINS IN GAME ONE.
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 2026
GAME TWO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARINERS 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 7 10 2
MARLINS 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 1
MIAMI - MARLINS LEADOFF JIM KENNEDY HITTER KNOWS WHAT HE DID TO BEGIN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST - HE'S LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AS TO WHY IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE SEVENTH INNING.
KENNEDY SMOKED A BALL TO SEATTLE LEFT FIELDER BARACK NOBLES WITH TWO ON AND TWO OUT AND FLORIDA TRAILING BY A RUN.
"I KNOCKED THE (CRAP) OUT OF THAT BALL," KENNEDY SAID. "HIT IT MUCH BATTER THAN THE KNOCK (HOME RUN) IN THE FIRST (INNING)."
KENNEDY SAID WITH A 14 MPH WIND SAILING TO DEAD LEFT FIELD, HE THOUGHT THE SEVENTH-INNING DRIVE WAS LONG GONE.
"IT WAS LIKE, 'OK, GONE, WE'RE LEADING,' WHEN I HIT IT," KENNEDY SAID.
"THE BALL BASICALLY WENT RIGHT TO THE GUY (NOBLES)," SAID MARLINS MANAGER CHAYSON YABU. "A LITTLE LIFT, AND I BELIEVE WE LEAVE (FOR SEATTLE) WITH A (2-0) SERIES LEAD."
INSTEAD, FLORIDA AND THE MARINERS HAVE EACH POSTED A WORLD SERIES WIN, AS THE ACTION SHIFTS WEST.
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FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 2026
GAME THREE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 10 1
MARINERS 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 X 8 13 1
SEATTLE - GARRET COX HOMERED AND DROVE IN THREE RUNS TO GIVE THE MARINERS A 2-1 SERIES LEAD.
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SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 2026
GAME FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 14 3
MARINERS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 8 0
SEATTLE - ALVIN PARKER CLUBBED TWO OF FLORIDA'S FOUR HOME RUNS AS THE MARLINS EVENED THE SERIES AT 2-2.
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SUNDAY, OCT. 25, 2026
GAME FIVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARLINS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 11 1
MARINERS 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 7 13 0
SEATTLE - AARON CONNER HOMERED TWICE TO SEND THE MARLINS BACK TO FLORIDA WITHA 3-2 SERIES EDGE.
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TUESDAY, OCT. 27, 2026
GAME SIX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
MARINERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 8 0
MARLINS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
SEA-RBI: TEJADA, VALDEZ, MAY
FLA-RBI: CONNER
J SANCHEZ W, 3-2 7 1 1 1 0 5
H VILLAR H, 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
T LANDERS S, 6 1 1 0 0 0 2
S MATSUI 6 1 0 0 2 2
H VILLASMIL L 0-2 2 6 3 2 0 2
D MASSET 1 1 0 0 0 0
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28, 2026
GAME SEVEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 R H E
MARINERS 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12 1
MARLINS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 2
MIAMI - DOH.
TURNS OUT HAVING YOUR CLOSER AVAILABLE IN THE 18TH INNING IS A VALUABLE WEAPON.
WHILE HOMER SIMPSON, PATRIARCH OF "THE SIMPSONS," THE LONGEST RUNNING TELEVISION SHOW IN ITS 48TH SEASON, MIGHT UTTER THAT WORD IF HE WAS A MANAGER, IT WAS THE MARLINS' HOMER VILLASMIL MUTTERING "DOH" AFTER TAKING HIS SECOND STRAIGHT WORLD SERIES LOSS.
THAT LED TO THE MARINERS NO DOUBT THINKING "DOUGH."
MEMBERS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONS FROM SEATTLE WILL EARN $162,000 APIECE AFTER WINNING WHAT WILL LIKELY HOLD THROUGH HISTORY AS THE BEST FINAL GAME EVER, A TITANIC 4-3 WIN IN 18 MAMMOTH INNINGS AGAINST FLORIDA.
"I WON'T SLEEP FOR A WEEK, I'M SO WOUND UP," SAID RUBEN TEJADA, OWNER OF THE GAME-WINNING RBI. "I AM DRAINED AND SHAKING WITH JOY."
INDEED, PLAYERS ON BOTH CLUBS WERE SO GLAZED, SOME WERE READY FOR THE GAME TO CONTINUE. AFTER TEJADA THREW OUT A FLORIDA HITTER TO END THE GAME, MARINERS FIRST BASEMAN ORLANDO VALDEZ SIMPLY NODDED AT TEJADA AND JOGGED BACK INTO THE DUGOUT AMIDST HEARTACHE AND CELEBRATION.
"NO DOUBT, I WAS READY FOR MORE," VALDEZ SAID. "WHAT AN EPIC GAME TO BE PART OF."
THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST STARTED SAME WAY AS GAME SIX DID, WITH A SOLO HOME RUN FROM AARON CONNER.
THE MARLINS GOT ANOTHER RUN IN THE NEXT FRAME, THEN NEEDED A RUN IN THE EIGHTH TO MAKE IT 3-3.
IT WOULD BE A FULL NINE INNINGS OF HUGE PITCHES AND DEFENSIVE PLAYS BEFORE THE SCOREBOARD WOULD BRIGHTEN AGAIN. JHAN MARINEZ WOULD PITCH FIVE-INNINGS OF ONE-HIT BALL FROM THE 12TH THROUGH 16TH INNINGS. JAMIE SUGGS SHUT DOWN FLORIDA IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 17TH BEFORE TEJADA STOLE THE SHOW.
TOM MAY DOUBLED WITH ONE DOWN, AND AN OUT LATER, TEJADA'S SINGLE DOWN THE THIRD-BASELINE GAVE THE MARINERS THEIR 4-3 LEAD. CLOSER TIM LANDERS PITCHED A SCARY 18TH INNING AND SEATTLE BECAME WORLD CHAMPS, WITH WINS IN THE FINAL TWO GAMES, BOTH BY SINGLE RUNS.
TEJADA'S ONE-RUN TRIPLE IN THE FIFTH ALLOWED THE MARINERS TO DRAW EVEN AT 2-2, THEN VETERAN TIM GRISSOM KNOCKED IN A SIXTH-INNING RUN TO GIVE SEATTLE ITS FIRST LEAD.
FLORIDA ROOKIE SAUL NEWSOME CAME UP AS AN EIGHTH-INNING PINCH-HITTER AS LANDERS, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH NED FLANDERS, LIMBERED UP IN THE BULLPEN. NEWSOME DOUBLED AND LATER SCORED ON JIM KENNEDY'S BASE KNOCK TO SET UP HISTORY'S MOST-THRILLING GAME SEVEN.
VILLASMIL, ALSO TAGGED WITH A GAME THREE LOSS, WAS THE NINTH FLORIDA PITCHER WHILE SIX MARINER HURLERS COMBINED FOR 22 STRIKEOUTS.
SEATTLE CF EARL DECLAN WAS NAMED WORLD SERIES MVP AFTER HITTING .524 (11-FOR-21) WITH FOUR RBIs.
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