The excitement of October baseball is already underway with the 2025 MLB Playoffs, where every game counts and there is less room for error to define the fate of an entire season.

The Guardians spent most of September chasing down the Tigers and beat them on the final day of the regular season for the biggest comeback in the standings in MLB history. Fate conspired to pit the two teams against each other in the wild-card series, which naturally went to a winner-take-all Game 3.

Ernie Clement can't stop hitting. The Toronto Blue Jays ' infielder continued his scorching stretch of play in Game 1 of the World Series as the Blue Jays erupted to take a 1-0 series lead on the Los Angeles Dodgers. Clement was his steady self, knocking two singles.

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CLEVELAND — The Guardians will be in the MLB playoffs for the second consecutive season after clinching at least an American League wild-card berth Sept. 27 with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers at Progressive Field. And the AL Central Division ...