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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Civale pitched six scoreless innings in his last start before the postseason and Joey Ortiz was a home run short of the cycle as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Thursday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — J.J.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up.

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's rule-change bonanza of 2023 altered a myriad of the game's details, including cutting back extreme infield shifts, bigger bases and limits on how many times a pitcher can disengage from the rubber.

CHICAGO (AP) — On a cloudy, breezy day in September, Tate Conrad and his son, Miles, settled into their seats behind the home dugout at Wrigley Field.

Kansas City Royals (84-74, third in the AL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (69-89, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Thursday, 1:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (13-8, 3.28 ERA, 1.

St. Louis Cardinals (81-77, second in the NL Central) vs. Colorado Rockies (60-98, fifth in the NL West) Denver; Thursday, 3:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Kyle Gibson (8-8, 4.13 ERA, 1.

Texas Rangers (75-83, third in the AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (68-90, fourth in the AL West) Oakland, California; Thursday, 3:37 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Kumar Rocker (0-1, 2.57 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Athletics: J.T.

Milwaukee Brewers (90-68, first in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (74-84, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Thursday, 12:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Aaron Civale (7-9, 4.53 ERA, 1.