The season's coming to an exciting close and Ken Rosenthal is here to tell you who deserves each of the big awards. 

Young arms, short rest and crucial games: It's October pitching for MLB's playoff contenders. 

Hey, a writer steps on a few toes during a long season, so . 

MEDICAL WATCH: LHP Cliff Lee (stiff neck) is questionable for his Sept. 

--RHP Fausto Carmona and C Victor Martinez had their suspensions reduced by one game each following their appeals. 

MEDICAL WATCH: LHP Cliff Lee (stiff neck) is questionable for his Sept. 

Jeremy Sowers made his last start of the season Thursday, and it looked a lot like most of Sowers' starts the last two years. 

All of a sudden, the Chicago White Sox are the ones who have to play catch-up. 

Jon Lester flirted with a no-hitter in his final tuneup before the playoffs, finishing with six innings of two-hit ball on Thursday night and leading the Boston Red Sox to a 6-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. 

If the Cleveland Indians hadn't broken up Jon Lester's bid for his second no-hitter this season, his own team would have. 

Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona and catcher Victor Martinez began serving suspensions Thursday night for a bench-clearing brawl against the Tigers after reaching an agreement with Major League Baseball that reduced their penalties by one game apiece. 

The playoff-bound Boston Red Sox will soon determine their postseason rotation, and Jon Lester will likely be a part of it. 

Last week we looked at potential 2009 closers in the National League. 

The playoff-bound Boston Red Sox will soon determine their postseason rotation, and Jon Lester will likely be a part of it. 

The Boston Red Sox barely had time to dry off from their champagne-spraying celebration before they started pounding Cleveland Indians pitchers anew.