All four National League teams will be in action on Sunday in the Road to the World Series. The first game of the day (on TBS at 4:30 p.m. ET) will pit Cardinals right-hander Joe Kelly against Pirates ace Francisco Liriano, with the Braves and Dodgers turning to accomplished rookies Julio Teheran and Hyun-Jin Ryu (8 ET/5 PT on TBS) in the nightcap.

Stephen Vogt, who guided Sonny Gray’s eight-inning gem and delivered the game-winning single in Game 2 of ALDS, has come a long way from the DFA’d rookie catcher the A’s purchased for $125,000 on April 6.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland tried to avoid a double-play ground ball with a runner on third, his leadoff hitter at the plate and his speedy ninth hitter on base in the fifth inning, and ended up with a double play that might have turned Saturday night’s game in the A’s 1-0 series-tying Game 2 victory.

Sonny Gray took over The Justin Verlander Show, and the A’s took the momentum from the Tigers in evening up this best-of-five American League Division Series at one game apiece when fellow rookie Stephen Vogt delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning.

It sounds almost silly, suggesting that decorated Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander had something to prove going into Game 2 of the American League Division Series. After all, he’s widely recognized as one of the best starting pitchers in baseball.

What Justin Verlander of the Tigers and Sonny Gray of the A’s delivered on Saturday night in Game 2 of the ALDS at the O.co Coliseum was vintage October hardball, more than a century old. This is what Cy Young and Christy Mathewson were doing in 1903 and 1905, when the World Series was an infant.

Game 2 postgame interview with A’s manager Bob Melvin.

Game 2 postgame interview with Tigers manager Jim Leyland.

Joe Maddon thought that David Price had good stuff on Saturday. Boston’s hitters said he didn’t have his best fastball, and wondered if his complete-game win on Monday had taken something out of him. Price’s thoughts settled somewhere in between after he allowed seven runs on nine hits, a rare off night for him against Boston.

Set aside the unusually poor defense and the uncharacteristically shaky starting pitching these last two games, and the story of the Rays’ American League Division Series thus far is a familiar one: They haven’t taken advantage of their scoring opportunities. The Red Sox have.

It might have been the most important at-bat in the Red Sox’s 7-4 win over the Rays in Game 2 of the American League Division Series Saturday night, and it ended in a walk. Evan Longoria wouldn’t bite on a 3-2 changeup from Craig Breslow.

Jacoby Ellsbury was at the forefront of the Red Sox offense again in Saturday night’s 7-4 victory over the Rays. Boston’s leadoff hitter had three hits and scored three runs to help the Red Sox take control of the ALDS.

Freddie Freeman is grateful for the time spent with his father this postseason in a year for the Braves’ first baseman that could end with both a World Series title and a top-five finish in balloting for the National League MVP Award.

A dominating performance by the Red Sox bullpen — 3 2/3 innings of one-hit ball from Koji Uehara, Craig Breslow and Junichi Tazawa — closed out a 7-4 victory over the Rays on Saturday night.

Coming through with a collection of timely hits against David Price, Boston notched a 7-4 victory that has put Tampa Bay in an 0-2 stranglehold in this best-of-five American League Division Series.

David Ortiz, the Red Sox’s all-time leader in postseason homers came up big again in Saturday’s 7-4 win over the Rays in Game 2 of the American League Division Series, as he turned in the first multihomer playoff game of his 17-year career.

The Braves’ National League Division Series against the Dodgers shifts to the beautiful backdrop of Dodger Stadium on Sunday and the even more beautiful thought of a clash of titans that is just getting off the ground. In the Dodgers’ Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Braves’ Julio Teheran, we’ll be witnessing two of the game’s more promising — and somewhat unheralded — rookies from the 2013 season.