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Eric Hosmer's first-inning ground ball produced two runs, and the Royals completed a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 2-1 victory in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series in Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon.

The Kansas City Royals continue to be the best story in sports. Not only are they winning and ending decades of futility, but they're also making sure their fans are enjoying every minute of the ride.

The Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles each swept their respective American League Division Series on Sunday to advance to the American League Championship Series.

Major League Baseball's 2014 season is down to just eight teams, all of whom will begin Division Series play on Thursday or Friday. Here's a preview of the four, best-of-five series:

If the San Francisco Giants should go on to win the World Series, we can only wonder how Madison Bumgarner will celebrate.

Brandon Crawford's grand slam backed the four-hit pitching of Madison Bumgarner, and the San Francisco Giants shut out the Pirates, 8-0, in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night in the National League wild-card game.

If this commercial is any indication, the Major League Baseball playoffs will be very memorable.

Major league pitchers fire 90-mile-per-hour fastballs to home plate from 60 feet, six inches with routine precision, so you'd think they could handle a simple toss to first base. You'd think wrong.

Angels outfielder Mike Trout drove in two runs with two extra-base hits, and the American League beat the National League, 5-3, in the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The baseball All-Star Game is tomorrow night at Target Field in Minneapolis. This evening, many of the game's top sluggers will take part in the annual Home Run Derby.