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Dodgers vs. Braves score: Live MLB postseason updates as NLCS kicks off in Texas The best-of-seven NLCS starts at Globe Life Field in Arlington -- and fans will be in attendance Monday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves opened their best-of-seven National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The No. 1 seed Dodgers knocked off the Padres in three games in the NLDS while the No. 2 seed Braves swept the Marlins in three games. Both the Braves and Dodgers are 5-0 in this postseason.  Here's how you can watch Game 1 on Monday . The Dodgers sent out their ace Walker Buehler to start the NLCS opener. Buehler, 26, has made starts in each of the Dodgers' first two rounds of the postseason, but he's been dealt with blister issues on his right index finger over the last several weeks, which have kept him from pitching beyond the fourth inning. The Braves have Max Fried on the mound for Game 1. In his last start, Fried allowed four runs ove...

Morgan died Sunday at his home in Danville, a suburb of San Francisco, according to the family spokesman.

Joe Morgan, Cincinnati Reds second baseman and heart of 1970s 'Big Red Machine,' dies at 77 Joe Morgan,  the diminutive powerhouse  second baseman who led  Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine"  run of the mid-1970s, has died, a family spokesman and  the team said Monday . He was 77. Morgan died Sunday at his home  in Danville, a suburb of San Francisco, according to the family spokesman. The family said Monday that Morgan died from nonspecified  polyneuropathy , or nerve damage. In 2015, Morgan was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of bone cancer, which would lead him to have a  bone marrow transplant a year later  from his daughter Angela. "The Reds family is heartbroken," Red CEO Bob Castellini said in a statement. "Joe was a giant in the game and was adored by the fans in this city." Morgan, a native of Oakland, California, was named National League MVP in 1975 and 1976, leading Cincinnati to World Series titles both years. Ohio Go...

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