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Starting Five: Wild West Weekend on Tap

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... That the NL West race will come down to the final weekend of the regular season. The Rockies held on for a 4-3 win over the Dodgers Friday night, cutting Los Angeles' lead in the division to one game...

Starting Five: Carpenter Builds Cardinals Win All on His Own

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... Chris Carpenter may win one of the closest NL Cy Young races in years, but his final start of the regular season will be better remembered for what he did with that bat. The right-hander threw five...

Starting Five: No Match for Nolasco

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... That the Braves are all but done in the NL wild-card race, not that there was anything they could do about it. Atlanta, which had surged into contention over the last few weeks, ran into the Marlins'...

Starting Five: Rockies Overcome Big Blow, Widen Lead

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... That a couple of game tying three-run homers threatened to make the NL wild-card chase really wild, but the teams that hit them both lost, leaving the Rockies three games up on the Braves with five...

Starting Five: Jurrjens, Braves Roll On

Starting Five is our wrapup of the previous day's baseball action, with a quick nod to what is ahead. You Oughta Know ... This Jurrjens kid is pretty good. Jair Jurrjens threw seven scoreless innings on Monday as the Braves downed the Marlins 4-0 and climbed within two games of the Rockies for the wild-card lead....