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The Milwaukee Brewers flexed their power-hitting muscles to claim a 9-6 comeback victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday in the opener of the National League Championship Series.

The Arizona Diamondbacks charged ahead with another grand slam home run to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-6 Wednesday and take their divisional playoff series into a deciding Game Five.

The Philadelphia Phillies, fueled by Ben Francisco's pinch-hit home run, pushed the St. Louis Cardinals to the brink with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday that gave them a 2-1 lead in their National League division series.

Adrian Beltre powered the Texas Rangers back into the American League Championship Series (ALCS) by pounding three home runs in a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays Tuesday.

Rodriguez has not homered in 63 postseason at-bats.

Detroit closer Jose Valverde survived another ninth-inning scare but held his nerve to preserve the Tigers' 5-4 win over the New York Yankees on Monday, giving them the upper hand in their American League divisional series.

Another gritty St. Louis comeback lifted the Cardinals to a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday to tie their best-of-five divisional playoff series 1-1.

Move over Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira, there is a new best bat in the New York Yankees lineup in Robinson Cano, who left no doubt he had come of age in New York's opening game of the 2011 postseason.

India reached 66 percent of its full-year fiscal deficit target just five months into the financial year, reinforcing worries about its ability to stick to the budgeted target for the year that ends in March.

Global energy prices that have remained steadily high restrict the elbow room for monetary policy response, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India said, highlighting the uphill task the bank faces in its fight against stubbornly high inflation.

A look at the one-day culmination of the Cardinals' surge and Braves' collapse.

Matt Kemp has a legitimate chance at the National League Triple Crown.

The Tampa Bay Rays caught up with the Boston Red Sox in the race for the American League wild card berth on Monday after beating the New York Yankees 5-2.

The New York Yankees clinched the American League East to enter Major League Baseball's postseason for the 16th time in the last 17 years with a doubleheader sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.

The New York Yankees clinched a berth in the Major League Baseball postseason for the 16th time in the last 17 years with a 4-2 comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera equaled the Major League Baseball (MLB) saves record on Saturday when he clinched a 7-6 win for the Bronx Bombers over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Oakland Athletics snapped Detroit's 12-game winning streak with a 6-1 win on Thursday, halting the Tigers' march toward their first division title since 1987.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised interest rates on Friday for the 12th time in 18 months and said it will persist with its anti-inflationary policy stance, even as growth slows in Asia's third-largest economy.

State-run oil firms will raise petrol prices by nearly 5 percent from Friday, a move that eases their subsidy burden but adds near-term pressure to stubbornly high inflation in Asia's third-largest economy.

India's food price index rose 9.47 percent and the fuel price index climbed 13.01 percent in the year to Sept. 3, government data on Thursday showed.

The Philadelphia Phillies broke open a pitching duel with six runs in the sixth inning and went on to win 7-2 over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park on Thursday.