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12:55 PM ET, October 22, 2023

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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
DBacks hit wall in NLCS Game 5 as Phillies hit 3 homers to take 3-2 series lead  —  Both pitches were blasted to right field, and both times Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen gave them a quick glance knowing full well where they would land.  Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber's drive in the sixth cleared the pool at Chase Field.
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Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber launch Phillies to 3-2 NLCS lead  —  PHOENIX — Slugging and running their way to within one victory of a return trip to the World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Saturday night in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series to take a 3-2 series lead.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
DBacks even NLCS with 3-run rally in 8th fueled by Alek Thomas, Gabriel Moreno  —  Alek Thomas launched a pinch-hit game-tying homer and Gabriel Moreno lined a go-ahead single in a three-run eighth inning, and the Diamondbacks held on for a dramatic, come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies …
Kevin TresoliniDelaware / delawareonline:
NLCS live update: Kyle Schwarber homers, hustles home to give Phillies lead in 6th  —  Three sixth-inning walks led to two Phillies running home with the go-ahead runs in the National League Championship Series at Chase Field tonight.  —  With the bases loaded and no outs …
Jason Wolf / Arizona Republic:
Phillies NLCS Game 5 starter Zack Wheeler: Managers ‘holding back’ on pitchers
MLB.com:
Houston pitcher Abreu disciplined  —  Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu has received a two-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing at Adolis García of the Texas Rangers during the bottom of the eighth inning of Friday's Game Five of the American League Championship Series …
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Stephen Hawkins / Associated Press:
ALCS: Jose Altuve's 3-run homer in 9th gives Astros 3-2 series lead after benches clear  —  After getting into another scuffle with the Rangers, the Astros rally for a 5-4 victory in a wild and testy Game 5 and head home to Houston needing one win to reach a third consecutive World Series
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Astros' Bryan Abreu facing 2-game suspension for plunking Adolis Garcia  —  HOUSTON — Astros relief pitcher Bryan Abreu has been handed a two-game suspension in the wake of his controversial hit by pitch of Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia, which sparked a benches-clearing incident …
Violet Ikonomova / Detroit Free Press:
Synagogue president fatally stabbed in Detroit; police investigating motive  —  A politically connected Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death Saturday morning outside her home in the city's Lafayette Park neighborhood, east of downtown.  —  Samantha Woll, 40 …
masslive.com:
Kim Ng declines Red Sox interview, becoming latest to pull out of GM search  —  Cross another big name off the list of potential candidates in the mix to run the Red Sox' baseball operations department.  —  Former Marlins GM Kim Ng, who parted ways with Miami earlier this week …
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John Shea / San Francisco Chronicle:
Giants prep their pitches to Shohei Ohtani, Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto  —  As the San Francisco Giants' season faded away in the final weeks, their place in the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes might have evaporated, too.  —  The Giants went 9-19 from Sept. 1 and not only lost all hope for a playoff berth …
Antonio Planas / NBC News:
Former major-league pitcher arrested in alleged murder and attempted murder of his in-laws  —  Danny Serafini, 49, is a suspect in the 2021 slaying of his father-in-law and the attempted murder of his mother-in-law in Lake Tahoe, California.  —  A former Major League Baseball pitcher …
Paul Hoynes / Plain Dealer:
Cleveland Guardians interview Dodgers first base coach to replace manager Terry Francona  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians' search for manager Terry Francona's replacement continues.  —  They recently interviewed Dodger first base coach Clayton McCullough.  The Guardians, according to a source, came away impressed.
 
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