In a crisp, two-hour, 25-minute pitching duel where the smallest of details made the biggest of differences, catcher Pedro Pagés had arguably the play of the game in yet another narrow road victory ...

The call, by veteran umpire Sam Holbrook, put the damper on a would-be Atlanta rally in the eighth and triggered a 19-minute delay as irate Braves fans littered the field, throwing water bottles, ...

Baseball made a rule change to encourage base hits. But other factors have conspired to keep them out of the game. Norm Hall / Getty Images Three years ago, baseball needed fixing. The sport had grown ...