Rangers host O's team they're familiar with
The Rangers, who have lost nine of their past 13 games including three straight to the Athletics, will open the 2012 playoffs by hosting the Baltimore Orioles at 7:30 p..m CT on Friday on TBS at the Ballpark in Arlington. More >
Texas benefits from Nathan's return to form
Two years after undergoing Tommy John surgery, Joe Nathan converted 37 of 40 save opportunities this season, his first with the Rangers. He had a career-high 31 consecutive saves from April 15-Sept. 12 and made his fifth All-Star team. More >
Five keys for Rangers in postseason
The Rangers have a chance to go to a World Series for a third straight year. They would also like to take it one step further and win it all, something that has eluded them the past two years. More >
Wild Card status does not change Rangers' goal
The Rangers are back in the playoffs for the third straight year. They just didn't get there the way they expected. Instead the Rangers are going in as a Wild Card team. More >
AL Wild Card position by position: O's-Rangers
A look at how the American League Wild Card game breaks down, position by position. More >
Set to face O's, Darvish no stranger to postseason
Friday's American League Wild Card game will be the biggest game Yu Darvish has pitched for the Rangers. But he is hardly a stranger to postseason. More >
Confident Medlen right man for Wild Card game
Now that the Braves have reached the postseason for the second time in the past three years, it is not surprising that they have tabbed Kris Medlen to start Friday's National League Wild Card game against the Cardinals. More >
NL Wild Card position-by-position: Cards-Braves
The Cardinals and Braves will meet in the first ever NL Wild Card Game, and here's a look at the position-by-position breakdown. More >
Lohse entrusted by Cards with Wild Card start
Kyle Lohse has never won a postseason game. But he earned the chance to be the go-to guy on Friday -- when St. Louis faces the Braves at Turner Field in a one-game National League Wild Card playoff -- because of the six-month resume he's pieced together this year. More >
Five keys for Braves in the postseason
A late-season surge allowed the Braves to claim the National League's top Wild Card spot. On Friday at 5:07 p.m. ET, Atlanta will host the Cardinals to determine who will advance to the NL Division Series. More >
Five keys for Cardinals in postseason
In the closing days of the regular season, manager Mike Matheny's message to the Cardinals was a simple one: "We just fight for that spot to where we can have a fresh start." That fresh start is now theirs. More >
Ten reasons Cardinals reached postseason
The Cardinals are no stranger to postseason baseball, having advanced to the playoffs now for the ninth time since the turn of the century. But each of those winning clubs had its own distinct persona, a makeup different from the others. The same, of course, goes for the 2012 bunch. More >
Needing win, O's tab Saunders in Texas
Buck Showalter tabbed Joe Saunders to start Friday's American League Wild Card matchup against Texas, starting at 8:30 p.m. ET on TBS. More >
Berth well earned by NL Wild Card reps
The Braves and Cardinals don't enter the National League's first Wild Card game merely happy to have extended their season for another day. One team is going to walk off that field with the potential to be a truly difficult draw for the Nationals, and the other is going to walk off knowing the outcome of this coin-flip contest cost it a realistic shot at a ring. More >
Cards can once again leapfrog Braves to NLDS
In the byproduct of baseball's successful push for a second Wild Card team in each league, the Braves and Cardinals will jockey for that chance to the advance to the National League Division Series. More >
Darvish to start Wild Card game vs. Orioles
Manager Ron Washington said Yu Darvish will be the Rangers' starter for the American League Wild Card game on Friday vs. the Orioles. More >
Braves to face Cards in one-game Wild Card playoff
One year after being the first of the victims the Cardinals claimed on the way to a World Series title, the Braves are going to have a chance to repay the favor. The Braves will send Kris Medlen to the mound to oppose Kyle Lohse in this win-one-or-be-done matchup. More >
Cards move past departures in return to postseason
No Albert Pujols. No Tony La Russa. No Dave Duncan. No Chris Carpenter until very recently. Very little Lance Berkman. But for the St. Louis Cardinals, no catastrophe. More >
Ten reasons Orioles rose to postseason
While Baltimore is still focusing on what it will take to win the American League East, here is a look back at 10 reasons why, as manager Buck Showalter said, the O's have a chance to better that opportunity. More >
Last to clinch, Cards have chance to defend title
A year that began as one of transition in St. Louis turns to October with all feeling familiar. More >
