Ivan Herrera hit a three-run homer and scored twice because the St. Louis Cardinals held off the visiting Cleveland Guardians for a 6-5 win on Saturday night time.
Nonetheless, the Guardians nonetheless clinched the American League Central. Their magic quantity was one coming into Saturday’s motion, and the second-place Kansas Metropolis Royals’ loss to the San Francisco Giants earlier within the day was sufficient to get the job accomplished.
Jordan Walker hit a two-run shot for the Cardinals, who received for the fourth time of their previous six video games.
Jose Ramirez hit a three-run homer and Bo Naylor smacked a solo shot for the Guardians.
Reds 7, Pirates 1
Elly De La Cruz had three hits, 4 RBIs and two runs to assist Cincinnati beat visiting Pittsburgh.
The Reds, who received the opener of the three-game set on Friday, have received 5 of their previous eight video games. Cincinnati beginning pitcher Rhett Lowder (2-2) held the Pirates scoreless on 5 hits via 5 innings, and De La Cruz’s three-run shot to proper subject within the fourth inning supplied the run assist.
Billy Cook dinner had a house run amongst his two hits for the Pirates, who’ve misplaced seven of 9.
Nationals 5, Cubs 1
MacKenzie Gore got here inside eight outs of the eighth no-hitter in franchise historical past, lifting visiting Washington previous Chicago.
The Cubs did not get to Gore (10-12) till Patrick Knowledge clubbed a solo shot with one out within the seventh. That was the one hit and run the lefty allowed in his seven innings. In the meantime, Joey Gallo broke the sport open with a three-run homer within the sixth for the Nationals, who had dropped 5 straight. Jose Tena went 3-for-4 with a run.
Chicago is on the verge of being formally eradicated from postseason competition. Kyle Hendricks (4-12) bought the beginning for the Cubs and yielded 4 runs on 9 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Tigers 6, Orioles 4 (10 innings)
Riley Greene singled in a run within the high of the tenth inning and Zach McKinstry added a sacrifice fly as Detroit pulled out the victory towards host Baltimore.
The Tigers have received 5 of their previous six video games of their quest to rise within the American League wild-card combine. They rebounded after squandering a two-run lead within the ninth and needed to hold on to increase the sport. Orioles All-Star Gunnar Henderson’s two-run double with the bases loaded and no outs tied the rating within the ninth. With runners on second and third after Henderson’s double, Cedric Mullins grounded out, Anthony Santander popped out and Colton Cowser flied out towards Beau Brieske (3-4), who was summoned from the bullpen after Jason Foley did not document an out whereas dealing with 4 batters.
The Orioles had a two-game successful streak snapped as they attempt to catch the New York Yankees atop the AL East. Starter Cade Povich was charged with two runs on two hits in 5 innings, hanging out seven. The Orioles, who homered 5 occasions in Friday night time’s 7-1 series-opening victory, did not have an extra-base hit Saturday till Henderson got here via within the ninth.
Mets 6, Phillies 3
Francisco Alvarez homered within the second inning and laced a key two-run double within the seventh for host New York, which beat Philadelphia within the third sport of a four-game collection.
The win by the Mets prevented the playoff-bound Phillies from clinching their first Nationwide League East title since 2011. Philadelphia’s magic quantity stayed at one heading into the collection finale Sunday.
New York remained a sport behind the Arizona Diamondbacks and two video games forward of the Atlanta Braves for the third NL wild-card spot.
Braves 6, Marlins 2
Matt Olson slugged a tiebreaking, two-run homer within the seventh inning as Atlanta defeated host Miami.
Gio Urshela adopted Olson with one other two-run homer within the seventh. Former Marlins star Jorge Soler had a solo blast within the second inning.
Marlins starter Adam Oller allowed two runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings, strolling two and hanging out seven. He stored Miami within the sport and left with a no-decision.
Rays 3, Blue Jays 2
Jonathan Aranda homered for the second straight sport and starter Taj Bradley broke a seven-game skid as Tampa Bay secured a successful document at dwelling this season by edging Toronto.
Aranda was the Rays’ offensive star Friday after homering off Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios for the sport’s solely run. On Saturday, he went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs and a stroll. He continued his energy surge within the third inning with a two-run shot, swatting a Yariel Rodriguez 95 mph fastball 414 ft to straightaway middle. Tampa Bay improved to 41-39 at dwelling this season and are 4-1 on their homestand.
Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went 3-for-5, whereas Spencer Horwitz had two hits, a run, an RBI and a stroll. Alejandro Kirk drove in a run along with his first profession triple because the Blue Jays fell to 1-4 on their six-game highway journey. Rodriguez (1-7) allowed three runs and 4 hits in 4 innings.
Giants 9, Royals 0
LaMonte Wade Jr. and Matt Chapman every belted a pair of solo homers and Mike Yastrzemski additionally went deep, lifting visiting San Francisco over Kansas Metropolis.
Landen Roupp (1-1) picked up his first profession main league win after scattering three hits over 5 innings. He walked three and struck out three. The 26-year-old was making his twenty second look (third begin) of the season for the Giants.
The reeling Royals had 5 hits and went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring place en path to shedding their sixth sport in a row. Kansas Metropolis has additionally dropped 15 of its previous 22.
Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 0
Joc Pederson and Ketel Marte every had a two-run homer and Merrill Kelly tossed 5 innings of two-hit ball as visiting Arizona notched its third consecutive victory over Milwaukee.
The Diamondbacks remained two video games behind the San Diego Padres for the highest spot within the NL wild-card race.
The Brewers have misplaced three straight since clinching the NL Central on Wednesday. The Brewers remained 4 video games behind the Phillies and Dodgers for the perfect document within the Nationwide League. The highest two groups get a first-round bye within the playoffs.
Mariners 8, Rangers 4
Julio Rodriguez went 4-for-6 with a house run, 4 RBIs and two runs scored and Jorge Polanco doubled and had three hits as Seattle stored its playoff hopes alive with a victory over Texas in Arlington, Texas.
J.P. Crawford tripled and had two hits and Cal Raleigh and Justin Turner additionally had two hits for Seattle, which moved to inside 1 1/2 video games of idle Minnesota for the ultimate wild-card spot within the American League. The Twins maintain the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Josh Smith went 2-for-5 with a house run and two RBIs, Travis Jankowski had two doubles with an RBI and a run scored and Ezequiel Duran additionally had two hits and an RBI and run scored for Texas, which misplaced its third straight sport.
Astros 10, Angels 4
Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker every had 4 hits and a homer to assist Ronel Blanco, who recorded his 14th high quality begin, as Houston rolled to a victory over visiting Los Angeles.
Tucker completed 4-for-4 with a stroll and two RBIs for his second consecutive four-hit sport, and Alvarez went 4-for-5 and scored twice. The Astros decreased their magic quantity to clinch the American League West to 3 video games. Blanco (12-6) received his third straight determination.
Logan O’Hoppe went 4-for-4 with a solo homer for the Angels, who’ve misplaced three in a row. Angels starter Reid Detmers (4-8) allowed seven runs on 9 hits and three walks with three strikeouts in two-plus innings.
Yankees 10, Athletics 0
Aaron Decide belted his major-league-leading 54th dwelling run, Carlos Rodon threw six shutout innings and visiting New York bombarded Oakland, giving supervisor Aaron Boone the 600th profession win.
The Yankees decreased their magic quantity to 3 to clinch the American League East after the Detroit Tigers beat the Baltimore Orioles earlier within the day. Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-run shot and Anthony Volpe added a solo blast.
Decide hit a leadoff homer within the seventh to provide the Yankees a 7-0 lead. New York roughed up Oakland ace JP Sears (11-12) for six runs and 9 hits in 5 innings. Rodon (16-9) allowed 5 hits and one stroll with 4 strikeouts so as to add to his profession excessive in wins.
Padres 6, White Sox 2
Xander Bogaerts, David Peralta and Elias Diaz all homered as San Diego despatched visiting Chicago to the brink of recent main league historical past.
The Padres are three video games behind the first-place Dodgers within the NL West after Los Angeles misplaced to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
Chicago starter Chris Flexen (2-15) yielded eight hits and 4 runs in 5 innings, strolling two and hanging out three. The end result dropped the White Sox to 36-119 in 2024, placing them one setback away from matching the 1962 New York Mets for essentially the most losses in a single season in fashionable big-league historical past.
Rockies 6, Dodgers 3
Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead dwelling run within the fifth inning, Charlie Blackmon went deep within the ninth and visiting Colorado beat Los Angeles.
McMahon reached 20 dwelling runs for the fourth consecutive season and fifth straight not counting the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
Mookie Betts hit a two-run dwelling run for the Dodgers, whose magic quantity for clinching their eleventh division title in 12 seasons remained at 5.
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