MLB

Extra innings is winning time for the Kansas City Royals.

For the second night in a row, Royals pitching silenced the high-powered Los Angeles Angels' offense en route to victory. The Wild Card winners jumped out to a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League Division Series following a 4-1 win in 11 innings on Friday night in Anaheim.

Eric Hosmer has been coming up big all postseason.

He might have done it again in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

In the 11th inning of the Kansas City Royals-Los Angeles Angels game, Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer crushed the first pitch he saw from Angels pitcher Kevin Jepsen.

LOS ANGELES — To think you know baseball is to be a stupid, stupid fool. 

No one understands this game, or why things happen how they happen, particularly when everyone expects exactly the opposite. That is why you watch in October. That is why jaws can routinely be picked up off the floor with a snow shovel in the autumn.

It is why the sport is beautiful, because the seemingly impossible can always trump perfectly sound reason.

The American League Division Series between the Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City Royals has been full of amazing clutch plays.

It doesn't get more clutch than Kansas City outfielder Jarrod Dyson's throw in the eighth inning.

In a 1-1 game, Dyson nailed Angels baserunner Collin Cowgill at third base in his attempt to tag up.

Afterward, a Royals fan decided to rub it in an Angels fan's face.

Just when you think you have all of the answers, the 2014 MLB postseason changes the questions.

In a battle between two of the game's best aces, offense was the story as the St. Louis Cardinals jumped out to a 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Division Series following a 10-9 win in Dodger Stadium on Friday night.

Things got heated early between the Cardinals and Dodgers.

In the third inning of Game 1 of the National League Division Series, St. Louis ace Adam Wainwright plunked Los Angeles outfielder Yasiel Puig.

Puig calmly walked to first, but Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez started jawing with Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina.

From there, both benches cleared in this highly contested matchup.

The San Francisco Giants did it again on Friday, winning another October game they weren't supposed to. In a tightly contested Game 1 of the National League Division Series, the Giants beat the top-seeded Washington Nationals on the road, 3-2, and earned their ninth straight postseason victory overall, dating back to 2012.

There's no doubting Bryce Harper's home run prowess.

In the seventh inning of Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday, the Washington Nationals outfielder absolutely crushed a ball off San Francisco Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland.

ESPN Stats & Info tracked the blast at 445', the longest of Harper's career:

Unfortunately, it was a solo shot.

Despite falling just short of making the postseason, the Seattle Mariners had an exciting 2014 season.

The Mariners were in contention for the AL Wild Card until Game 162 of the year and were relevant well into September for the first time in several seasons. The wild-card race provided several thrilling moments for a fanbase that hasn't had much to cheer for in quite some time.

If San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy is out to redeem his less-than-stellar playoff career this postseason, Friday was a convincing start. 

The Giants ace allowed just two hits through five and two-thirds innings, silencing the Washington Nationals' loud bats in their home ballpark and emerging with a 3-2 Game 1 victory to take a 1-0 series lead.