Topic: Ryan Braun (Baseball)

Rivals Brewers, Cardinals battle for NL title

(Reuters) - Familiar foes who have had some testy moments this season will take their rivalry to a new level starting on Sunday when the Milwaukee Brewers and visiting St. Louis Cardinals open the National League Championship Series.The Brewers (96-66) cruised to ...

Brewers win to push Diamondbacks to brink

The Milwaukee Brewers scored five runs in the sixth inning to beat Arizona 9-4 and take a two-games-to-none grip on their Major League Baseball playoff series.Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run and slugger Prince Fielder singled in a run for the ...

Brewers win playoff opener against Arizona

(Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers launched the National League baseball playoffs with a 4-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Saturday's opening game of their best-of-five division series.Prince Fielder, the burly, bearded slugger who led Milwaukee with 38 home runs this season, ...

Powerhouse Phils and Yankees top playoff seeds

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two powerhouse top seeds in the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, and a pair of wild card Cinderellas make for intriguing match-ups in the first round of Major League Baseball playoffs starting Friday.The thrilling regular season finish ...

Milwaukee, Arizona clinch division titles

Ryan Braun belted a three-run, go-ahead homer in the eighth inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Florida Marlins 4-1 to clinch their first division title in 29 years.Meanwhile the Arizona Diamondbacks beat defending World Series champion San Francisco 3-1 Friday ...

Playoff lines drawn as divisions tied up

(Reuters) - The Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers and Arizona Diamondbacks advanced to the playoffs on Friday by securing the final three divisional titles.They join the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies in the post season.Rookie Paul Goldschmidt drove in two ...

Bautista leads new era as All Stars named

PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - Toronto slugger Jose Bautista drew a record 7.45 million votes to lead the list of Major League Baseball All Stars announced on Sunday and will help usher in a new era of elite players at the 'Summer Classic'.Bautista, ...

Jay's Bautista earns most all-star votes

Toronto's Jose Bautista garnered the most votes in fan balloting for a starting spot as Major League Baseball announced its rosters for the 82nd all-star game.The Blue Jays outfielder received 7.45 million votes to break Ken Griffey's record of 6.06 million votes ...

Brewers go deep three times to sink Red Sox

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers hit three solo home runs, including back-to-back blasts to lead off the game, en route to a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in interleague play at Fenway Park on Saturday.Red Sox first baseman Adrian ...

Hosmer reigns supreme among rising young Royals

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bloop and a blast made Eric Hosmer a Yankee killer in his first trip to the Bronx and underlined the promise of the 21-year-old first baseman and prospects of a rosy future for a beleaguered franchise.Hosmer is ...