YOKOHAMA — Matt Murton hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the fourth inning, lifting the Hanshin Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Yokohama BayStars on Sunday.Kentaro Sekimoto opened the scoring with an RBI double in the second before Shuichi Murata's leadoff homer tied it in the bottom half of the inning at Yokohama Stadium.Murton drove in a runner from third with two outs off Hiroshi Kobayashi (0-2), extending his hitting streak to 28 games. 

The Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers prepare to battle in the 2011 ALCS, and this is the best possible series that anyone could have hoped for. However, for Rangers fans, this is the scariest matchup they could have imagined.Texas will once again be relying on two of the newest players on the roster, free-agent prize Adrian Beltre and trade surprise Mike Napoli. Both men have to be ecstatic for their good luck because their former teams—the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels—are sitting at home watching the games now. Meanwhile, Beltre tied a postseason record with three home runs in the same game while Napoli finished the ALDS with a .357 average.
he Rangers came into the playoffs with a lot of great pitchers closing out the season. What is shocking is, of the four starters, the one who was the biggest question mark had the best game, and that is Colby Lewis. After a lackluster regular season, he made it through the most innings of any pitcher in his start, pitching five while giving up one run in Game 3. Ace C.J. Wilson took the Game 1 loss while Derek Holland and Matt Harrison fell a little from their final month's stats.

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 12BET:Chris Carpenter threw a complete game three hitter and out pitched his good friend Roy Halladay, as the Cardinals move onto Milwaukee for the NLCS with a 1-0 win over the Phillies. Both pitchers matched up
Before the game the Rally Squirrel made an appearance, and maybe that is all the Cardinals needed as Chris Carpenter throws a 3 hit complete game masterpiece and the Redbirds are moving on to the National League
If he is forced to miss the NLCS, Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suspects that Tyler Greene will replace him on the roster. Schumaker, who batted .283/.333/.351 with a .685 OPS during the regular season, went 6-for-10 during the NLDS.
 By Sean Gregory, Special to SI.com Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter and the Cardinals beat the Phillies 1-0 to advance to the NLCS. Rafael Furcal greeted Roy Halladay with a leadoff triple and scored on Skip Schumaker's double. And that was it.Chris Carpenter tossed a three-hitter to outpitch old pal Roy Halladay in a duel for the ages and the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 Friday night in the deciding Game 5 of their NL playoff series.- by http://today-hot-news.com