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Diamondbacks bite Dodgers' best again to take 2-0 series lead 'Job's not finished' Zac Gallen pumped both his fists and let out a guttural roar. A third straight curveball caught Freddie Freeman off guard as it looped down the middle for strike three, helping the Diamondbacks ace escape the fifth-inning threat, navigate through the two MVP candidates atop the Dodgers' vaunted lineup and move the quick-strike, upstart wild-card team one win away from the National League Championship Series. Again, the Dodgers' starting pitchers put them in an early hole. Again, a Dodgers offense expected to mask its rotation's deficiencies came up mostly empty, misfiring with multiple opportunities to tie or take the lead. Again, the second-place team in the NL West is on the brink of stunning the division champions in the NLDS. "We hear the talk," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "We hear that we're maybe like the little brother that everyb...

Palestinian militants launch surprise attacks inside Israel Palestinian militants launched a stunning assault inside Israel on Saturday, with fighters infiltrating into the country’s south and a massive barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Israel responded to the surprise attack by declaring a "state of war alert" and striking targets in Gaza, setting the stage for what was likely to be a new and intense round of fighting. It follows weeks of heightened tensions along Israel’s volatile border with Gaza, and heavy fighting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank — but also years of unresolved grievances over the treatment of Palestinians that have long threatened to erupt. Militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, announced Saturday that it was behind the operation it dubbed “Al-Aqsa Flood.” “Enough is enough,” the elusive leader of the group's military wing, Mohammed Deif, said in a recorded message that called on Palestinians to join the fight. “This is the day of the g...

MLB wild card Day 1 takeaways keys to Game 2 It. Is. On. Eight teams were in action as the first day of the 2023 MLB playoffs began with the best-of-three wild-card round. The Game 1 action in the American League ended with the visiting Texas Rangers defeating the Tampa Bay Rays and the Minnesota Twins ending their 18-game postseason losing streak at home with a win over the Toronto Blue Jays. The National League took center stage in the evening, with the Arizona Diamondbacks upsetting the Milwaukee Brewers and the Philadelphia Phillies beating the Miami Marlins. We've got you covered with takeaways, live updates and analysis from the Day 1 games, as well as one thing to know for each Game 2. Philadelphia Phillies 4, Miami Marlins 1: On paper, the Marlins-Phillies was the biggest mismatch of the four wild-card series and that's how Game 1 played out, with Zack Wheeler taking a shutout into the seventh and the Phillies knocking around Jesus Luzardo (five of their eight hits of...