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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Bellinger Completes the Inning That Ends Boston’s Season

Boston Red Sox · New York Yankees

Cody Bellinger's three-run homer completed the inning that ended Boston's remaining room to recover. The Red Sox had cut New York's lead to 2–1 in the top of the sixth. The Yankees answered with six runs in the bottom half, turning a close elimination game into a 9–2 victory on September 30.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 2, 2026

Ben Rice batting for the New York Yankees.

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Rice’s Six RBIs and Schlittler’s Shutout Start Overwhelm Boston

Boston Red Sox · New York Yankees

Ben Rice finished a game New York had already placed under control with a grand slam that removed any remaining doubt. His eighth-inning homer was his second of the afternoon and completed a six-RBI performance in the Yankees' 9–0 Wild Card opener against Boston on September 29.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 1, 2026

Chicago White Sox players gather on the field in white pinstriped uniforms.

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Chicago Is Out. Cleveland Is Still Playing. The ALCS Begins With a Familiar Lesson for the White Sox.

Chicago White Sox · Cleveland Guardians · Tampa Bay Rays

CHICAGO — The American League Championship Series begins Monday without the Chicago White Sox.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 12, 2026

Munetaka Murakami, infielder of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, at Meiji Jingu Stadium.

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Three Runs Were Enough. Chicago Opens the ALDS With a Shutout in Cleveland.

Chicago White Sox · Cleveland Guardians

Munetaka Murakami's fourth-inning home run gave Chicago two runs, and Cleveland never produced one. The White Sox won the ALDS opener 3–0 on October 3, combining the two-run shot with five-pitcher run prevention and a later RBI double from Colson Montgomery.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 5, 2026

Rays RHP Drew Rasmussen in a game in June 2026

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Rasmussen Makes Aranda’s One Swing Enough Against New York

New York Yankees · Tampa Bay Rays

Jonathan Aranda's third-inning home run supplied the only run. Drew Rasmussen made it enough for eight innings, and Bryan Baker completed the ninth. Tampa Bay won the ALDS opener 1–0 over New York on October 3, taking the first game of a best-of-five series through a one-hit shutout.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 5, 2026

Michael Harris II takes batting practice, Aug 05 2022.jpg

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Harris Starts Atlanta’s Three-Homer Path Past Philadelphia

Philadelphia Phillies · Atlanta Braves

Michael Harris II removed Atlanta's first uncertainty before the opening inning was over. With Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson aboard in the deciding Wild Card game, Harris homered to right-center. The Braves led Philadelphia 3–0, creating an advantage they never surrendered in a 6–2 victory on October 1.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 3, 2026

Munetaka Murakami (村上宗隆) is a Japanese baseball player who plays for the Japan national team

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Houston Had the October Experience. Chicago Had the Better Two Games.

Chicago White Sox · Houston Astros

Chase Meidroth's sixth-inning home run finished the argument Houston had been making one solo shot at a time. The Astros had reduced Chicago's four-run lead to 4–3 through homers by Jeremy Peña, Cam Smith and Jose Altuve. Meidroth answered with a three-run drive to left, giving the White Sox a 7–3 advantage they preserved to complete the Wild Card sweep on September 30.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 2, 2026

Gavin Sheets during a game against the Diamondbacks, 7/9/26

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Sheets’ Answer Ends the Cubs’ Brief Wild Card Recovery

Chicago Cubs · San Diego Padres

Gavin Sheets' fourth-inning home run restored the distance the Cubs had just begun to close. Nico Hoerner had singled in Seiya Suzuki in the top half, reducing San Diego's lead to 2–1. Sheets answered with a two-run homer in the bottom half, making it 4–1. Neither team scored again.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 2, 2026

Alec Bohm in 2023 during a meet and greet

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Three Late Homers Keep Philadelphia’s Postseason Alive

Philadelphia Phillies · Atlanta Braves

Philadelphia needed two eighth-inning home runs to keep its season from ending in regulation. Alec Bohm then supplied another in the tenth to keep it from ending at all. His solo shot gave the Phillies a 4–3 victory over Atlanta on September 30, leveling the Wild Card Series and forcing a deciding third game.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 2, 2026

Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres hits a grounder in a game against the Cincinnati Reds on June 19th, 2021

Professional / Baseball / STORY

King and Three Padres Homers Leave the Cubs Facing Elimination

Chicago Cubs · San Diego Padres

The Padres scored twice before Matthew Boyd finished the first inning, and Michael King made sure the Cubs never supplied an answer. San Diego won the Wild Card opener 8–0 on September 29, placing Chicago one loss from elimination after a game defined by early power and seven innings of one-hit pitching.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 1, 2026

Austin Riley watches a pitch

Professional / Baseball / STORY

Riley’s Eighth-Inning Homer Reverses the Wild Card Opener

Philadelphia Phillies · Atlanta Braves

Austin Riley turned Philadelphia's late lead into Atlanta's opening postseason win with one swing. His three-run homer in the eighth inning erased a 3–2 deficit, giving the Braves a 5–3 victory on September 29 and the first win of their best-of-three Wild Card Series.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 1, 2026

Munetaka Murakami (村上宗隆) is a Japanese baseball player who plays for the Japan national team

Professional / Baseball / STORY

The White Sox Didn't Go to Houston to Participate. They Went to Win.

Chicago White Sox · Houston Astros

Sam Antonacci's second-inning single gave the White Sox a lead Houston would spend the rest of the game pursuing. Braden Montgomery and Chase Meidroth scored on the hit, extending Chicago's early advantage to 3–0. The Sox kept adding runs and finished a 6–3 Wild Card opening win on September 29.

DOPE Sports Network Staff · Oct 1, 2026

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