WASHINGTON---- Ketel Marte hit a three-run homer over Washington's bullpen in appropriate field, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 win Thursday after Nationals manager Dave Martinez was expelled for whining about umpire Doug Eddings' strike area. Martinez was annoyed when shortstop CJ Abrams struck out aiming to end the fourth on a pitch that repeats revealed was low, only for a...

I understand there's a segment of baseball fandom that checks out last period's NLCS as well as gets developed. It may be temper, it may be aggravation, it may be indifference, yet the reaction from that crowd is anything however favorable. You see, the Phillies were 87-75 and ended up in third place in their department while the Padres were 89-73 and also finished a massive 22 games out...