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The Memphis Redbirds were eliminated from the postseason last night after a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to the Rochester Red Wings in the winner-take-all Game 3 of the International League Championship Series
Memphis rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to take a 2-1 lead, but Rochester scored twice in the eighth to regain the lead.
Memphis managed just three hits as Rochester closed out the series 2-1 and advanced to the Triple-A National Championship Game. The Redbirds finish 2026 with an 83-68 record.

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The Kansas City Royals fell to the Chicago White Sox 9-1 last night, The blowout victory allowed the White Sox to officially clinch an American League postseason berth.
after Chicago jumped out to a 6-0 lead through two innings. Kansas City’s only run came on Salvador Perez’s 20th homer of the season, marking the 10th time in his career he has reached 20 home runs.
Chicago’s pitching held the Royals to just five hits while the White Sox added three more runs to cruise to the win.

The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1
after Pittsburgh scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. Alec Burleson homered early, but the Cardinals couldn’t hold the lead late.
Paul Skenes delivered 6.1 strong innings with six strikeouts, reaching 200 strikeouts for the season.
The loss dropped St. Louis to 77-82 and officially gave the franchise consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 1994-95.