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The Houston Astros and New York Yankees took the field on Saturday night with two different mindsets. The Astros were looking to make their 2nd World Series trip in the last 3 years, while the Yankees were trying to make their first appearance in a decade. With both teams leaning heavily on their bullpens for pitching, it was the Astros who struck first. Astros' first baseman Yuli Guriel opened the scoring with a 3 run home run to take a 3-0 lead. The Yankees would slowly cra

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The Washington Nationals remarkable postseason run continued this week. The Nationals completed a 4 game sweep of the NL Central Champion St. Louis Cardinals to advance to their first World Series in franchise history. In May no one could have guessed that this would be the National League's representative in the Fall Classic, as the Nationals sat 12 games under .500 at 19-31. They had just lost their star outfielder Bryce Harper to the rival Philadephia Phillies on a $300 mi

In the second to last game of the home stand the Nashville Predators were able to bounce back from their loss to the Detroit Red Wings with a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks last night. The captain Roman Josi netted two goals, and Filip Forsberg scored his third goal of the season. In their last game at home until October 19th, the Preds staged an incredible comeback against the Washington Capitals to win 6-5. Nashville scored four of their six goals in the third period w

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The Houston Astros and Tampa Bay Rays took the field last night looking for a berth in the American League Championship Series. The Rays were looking for just their 2nd trip to the ALCS ever, the other being in 2008. The Astros were looking for their 3rd straight trip, and a chance to return to the World Series. The Astros, dominant to the tune of an MLB leading 107 wins on the season, jumped on the Rays early and didn't look back. Houston's offense led by RBIs from 2nd basem

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The Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers both entered Game 5 of the National League Division Series searching for an end to postseason failure. The Dodgers' minds were on a World Series Championship, after two seasons of reaching the Fall Classic and coming up short. The Nationals were looking for just their second postseason series win as a franchise. The Dodgers, dominant all season long to the tune of a National League best 106 wins, looked the part early. Dodgers

The St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves entered Game 5 of the National League Division Series in Atlanta looking to etch new history. The Cardinals were looking to make their 5th trip to the National League Championship Series in the last 9 years. The Braves were looking to win their first postseason series since 2001. After Mike Foltynewicz shut down the Cardinals in a Game 2 Atlanta win, he found no such success in Game 5. The Cardinals offense exploded in historic fashi

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The UT Martin Football team entered Saturday's road contest against Eastern Kentucky looking to defeat the Colonels on the road for only the 3rd time ever. To do so they would have to slow down one of the nation's best rushing attacks. Things didn't look promising, as Colonel quarterback Parker McKinney connected with receiver Jaelin Carter from 27 yards out to give Eastern Kentucky a 7-0 lead just 3 plays into the game. The Skyhawks would respond with 17 straight points to t

The Nashville Predators opened the season at home with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild. Five different Nashville Predators scored goals as Filip Forsberg, Viktor Arvidsson, Mikael Granlund, Austin Watson, and Ryan Ellis found the back of the net. Matt Duchene made an impact from the jump by assisting on three of the Predators five goals. Ryan Ellis earned the first star of the night by adding onto his goal with an assist and a rating of +4. The second game was not as reward