Baseball

PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker got a late break as he waited to see if Tommy Pham's liner would drop in right field.

PHOENIX (AP) — Max Scherzer shook off catcher Jonah Heim twice and threw a 1-2 slider that struck out Evan Longoria in the third inning of World Series Game 3. “Something was there,” the three-time Cy Young Award winner said.

PHOENIX (AP) — Texas Rangers slugger Adolis García left Game 3 of the World Series against Arizona in the eighth inning Monday night after hurting his left side on a swing. He went to a hospital for an MRI.

PHOENIX (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Mookie Betts hopes major league teams consider signing his former teammate, pitcher Trevor Bauer, this winter.

Frank Howard, a four-time All-Star who slugged 382 home runs during a lengthy major league career that included a World Series title with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963, has died. He was 87.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Craig Counsell's place in Cleveland baseball history is as World Series villain. He could become something more appealing.

PHOENIX (AP) — The roof was open for World Series Game 3 at Chase Field, where Arizona rookie Brandon Pfaadt threw the first pitch under a cloudless sky with a temperature of 78 degrees for the early evening start Monday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Aaron Judge was working out at home in California along with wife, Samantha, on Oct. 20 when he received a call from Jason Zillo, the vice president of communications and media relations for the New York Yankees.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Texas' extra-inning comeback victory over Arizona on Friday night was the least-watched Game 1 recorded in World Series TV history. The Rangers' 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks in 11 innings averaged 9.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright's official reason for retirement: “Because I got a puppy!” The St. Louis Cardinals pitcher went on the voluntarily retired list on Oct.