Ben Zobrist’s clutch hit helped the Royals rally from a three-run deficit, and it proved to be the game-winner in Friday’s 5-4 win, which evened the ALDS at 1-1.

It turns out that the Royals have not run out of postseason mojo, after all. Postseason play has a way of turning around within minutes, if not seconds. Welcome to Game 2 of the American League Division Series between the Royals and the Astros.

A.J. Hinch has a good problem on his hands. The Astros manager has a surplus of center fielders, chief among them Carlos Gomez and Jake Marisnick.

The starting lineups for tonight’s Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the Cubs and Cardinals have been posted. St. Louis’ lineup includes seven-time All-Star catcher Yadier Molina, who hasn’t played since Sept. 20 because of a strained ligament in his left thumb.

After being shipped to the Blue Jays in an offseason deal with the Brewers, Marco Estrada began the season pitching in long relief. On Sunday, he’ll take the mound for his first career postseason start in Game 3 of the best-of-five American League Division Season against the Rangers at Globe Life Park (8 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, Sportsnet).

The Rangers raced out to an early lead in Game 2 of their American League Division Series on Friday with help from Blue Jays miscues. But a heads-up play from Chris Colabello, and aggressive baserunning from Texas, kept Toronto from a massive hole in the game and the best-of-five set.

Troy Tulowitzki demonstrated why he was among the Blue Jays’ prized acquisitions at the Trade Deadline during Friday’s game at Rogers Centre.

Citing a desire for a new energy and vision, Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto dismissed manager Lloyd McClendon and much of his coaching staff on Friday as the GM continued changing the club’s power structure in the opening weeks of his tenure.

The Yankees made a conscious decision at the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline to look toward the future and let the present play out the best way it could.

Mets rookie left-hander Steven Matz, who missed the final week of the regular season because of upper back soreness, is on New York’s roster for the National League Division Series that begins tonight.

Andy MacPhail has said it would be ambitious to hire a new general manager before the end of the month, but it remains his goal.

Commissioner Rob Manfred surveyed the electric scene in and around the Rogers Centre on Friday afternoon and smiled. “I think it’s great for baseball,” he said.

Josh Donaldson returned to the Blue Jays lineup with a bang in Game 2 of the American League Division Series as he homered in his first at-bat against Rangers left-hander Cole Hamels.

hree days after leaving Jacoby Ellsbury’s name out of the Yankees’ final lineup of the season, manager Joe Girardi said that he is not sure if his offseason will feature a tough conversation with his $153 million center fielder.

Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor put together two excellent baserunning plays to manufacture a run in the second inning off Blue Jays starter Marcus Stroman in Game 2 of the best-of-five American League Division Series on Friday.

The Blue Jays tapped into a familiar vein of honoring their past during the on-field ceremonies prior to Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

It was not until late in the summer of 2012 that Jacob deGrom made what baseball development professionals consider one of a prospect’s most significant leaps, the move from Class A to Class A Advanced. The last of a sizeable group of future Mets to reach that level, deGrom was a ninth-round pick with an improving fastball and a telltale scar on his right elbow, resting perpetually near the fringes of prospect radar screens.