BOSTON -- Having reached 100 victories for the first time in more than seven decades, the Boston Red Sox send Eduardo Rodriguez to the mound hoping to sweep their three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night at Fenway Park.

Opening Day in Cincinnati once was something truly special. It traditionally came a day before all other Major League Baseball openers, a nod to the city being the home of America's first professional baseball team in 1869.

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was named National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday.

The Washington Nationals agreed to a deal with Chicago Cubs bench coach Davey Martinez to become their next manager, according to multiple reports Sunday.

Dusty Baker will not return to manage the Washington Nationals in 2018, the team announced Friday.

The Nationals have yet to reach the National League Championship Series.

CHICAGO -- Stephen Strasburg threw seven scoreless innings and struck out 12 and Michael A. Taylor hit an eighth-inning grand slam to draw the Washington Nationals even at two games apiece in the National League Division Series with a 5-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday.

The Boston Red Sox fired manager John Farrell on Wednesday, two days after his team was eliminated from the playoffs.

The Washington Nationals may now start right-hander Stephen Strasburg in Wednesday afternoon's Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Chicago Cubs.

After being rained out, the Cubs and Nationals will resume their playoff series Wednesday in a potentially clinching game for Chicago.

CHICAGO -- If the Chicago Cubs hope to close out the Washington Nationals in the National League Division Series, they will have to wait a day.

CHICAGO -- Jake Arrieta has pitched in his share of big games for the Chicago Cubs, and Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday will be no different.

WASHINGTON -- After scoring one run and getting only four hits in the first 16 innings of the National League Division Series, the Washington offense picked the right time to awaken from its slumber.

WASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman each hit a homer in a five-run eighth inning as the Washington Nationals stormed back to defeat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Saturday and even the series.

Last year Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs hit a home run in Game 1 of the National League Division Series to beat the San Francisco Giants.