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NEW YORK (AP) — The 2015 American League Rookie of the Year is Houston shortstop Carlos Correa. The youngest position player in the majors made his debut June 8 and hit .279 with 22 homers, 68 RBIs and 14 steals to help the Astros make their first postseason appearance in a decade...

CHICAGO (AP) — Daniel Murphy homered in his record sixth straight postseason game and the New York Mets reached the World Series for the first time in 15 years, beating the Chicago Cubs 8-3 Wednesday night for a playoff sweep. Manager Terry Collins' team never trailed for a single inning in taking all four games in the NL Championship Series...

CHICAGO (AP) — Daniel Murphy homered for a record-tying fifth straight game in the postseason, sending Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday night for a 3-0 lead in the National League Championship Series...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Cubs and Mets square off tonight in Chicago in the third game of the National League Championship Series with the New Yorkers leading 2-0. Jacob deGrom is getting the ball for the Mets after beating Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke (GREHN'-kee) of the Dodgers in their divisional series, while the Cubs counter with 25-year old right-hander Kyle Hendricks...

NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Murphy hit his fifth playoff homer and rookie Noah Syndergaard outpitched Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arrieta, sending the New York Mets to a 4-1 victory Sunday night and a 2-0 lead in the NL Championship Series. Mets outfielder Curtis Granderson robbed Chris Coghlan of a homer, stole two bases and scored twice...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs clinched a postseason series at Wrigley Field for the first time ever, getting home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez in beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday to win the NL Division Series in four games...

CHICAGO (AP) — Kris Bryant and Jorge Soler each hit two-run drives and the Chicago Cubs connected for a postseason franchise-record six homers in an 8-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the NL Division Series on Monday...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Arrieta allowed four hits in nine dominant innings and the Chicago Cubs rolled to a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NL wild-card game on Wednesday night. Arrieta struck out 11 without a walk. He also dusted off getting plunked by Pittsburgh reliever Tony Watson to send the Cubs to the NL Division Series in St...

Playoff-hopeful Cubs get OF Austin Jackson from Seattle HOUSTON (AP) — The playoff-hopeful Chicago Cubs have acquired outfielder Austin Jackson from the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named and an international draft slot Mariners interim general manager Jeff Kingston announced the deal Monday night...

CHICAGO (AP) — Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager is not in the lineup for their game last night against the Chicago White Sox. Manager Lloyd McClendon said Seager was getting a day off and would be back in the Mariners' lineup today against the White Sox...