Shohei Ohtani turned the primary participant in MLB historical past to succeed in 50 residence runs and 50 steals in the identical season as his Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a playoff berth with a 20-4 beatdown of the host Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon.
Ohtani went 6-for-6 with 10 RBIs, three homers, two doubles, two steals and 4 runs. He received to 50-50 with an opposite-field homer within the seventh inning, incomes a standing ovation from the gang in Miami. He completed the evening with 51 homers — a brand new Dodgers season file, breaking Shawn Inexperienced’s mark of 49 in 2001 — and 51 steals.
The Dodgers, who’ve made the playoffs 12 straight years, received stable pitching from Jack Flaherty (13-7). He went six innings, permitting 5 hits, two walks and three runs. He’s 3-0 in three profession begins in Miami, and his 13 wins this season are a profession greatest.
Marlins starter Edward Cabrera (4-8) took the loss after wildness restricted him to simply 2 1/3 innings. He walked 5, hit a batter and gave up 4 hits in surrendering seven runs.
Astros 3, Angels 1
Jon Singleton slapped a two-run, two-out double into heart area within the backside of the eighth inning and host Houston beat Los Angeles, remaining unbeaten in 9 video games began by Yusei Kikuchi.
Singleton capped a rally towards Angels reliever Ryan Miller (0-1) by lining a 1-2 sweeper to heart area. Yordan Alvarez — who had labored a leadoff stroll — and Yainer Diaz scored to snap a 1-1 impasse.
Kikuchi pitched six innings, giving up 5 hits and one stroll and hanging out 9. Hector Neris, Bryan Abreu (3-3) and Josh Hader — who notched his thirty second save — labored a scoreless inning every because the Astros decreased their magic quantity to clinch the American League West to 5 video games.
Diamondbacks 5, Brewers 1
Brandon Pfaadt took a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning as visiting Arizona saved tempo within the Nationwide League wild-card chase by beating Milwaukee.
Pfaadt (10-9) allowed solely a single within the fourth inning earlier than Garrett Mitchell’s two-out solo homer within the seventh lower Arizona’s result in 3-1. Pfaadt struck out a career-high 12, together with seven in a row to tie a franchise file, and walked none in a 104-pitch outing. A.J. Puk and Justin Martinez every adopted with an ideal inning to finish the two-hitter as Arizona moved inside two video games of idle San Diego for the highest NL wild-card spot.
The Diamondbacks snapped a scoreless tie with three runs on one hit within the fifth. Gabriel Moreno and Geraldo Perdomo opened with consecutive walks. Corbin Carroll then reached on an error by third baseman Andruw Monasterio, with Moreno scoring.
Mets 10, Phillies 6
Brandon Nimmo hit the tie-breaking homer within the third inning and completed with three RBIs for red-hot New York, which beat visiting Philadelphia within the opener of a four-game sequence between the Nationwide League East rivals.
Mark Vientos and Pete Alonso hit back-to-back homers within the first inning and Francisco Alvarez hit a three-run shot within the fourth for the Mets, who scored a minimum of 10 runs for a 3rd straight recreation for the primary time in franchise historical past.
Trea Turner briefly tied the sport by hitting a two-run homer within the prime of the third whereas Bryce Harper had a two-run double for the NL East-leading Phillies, who missed an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth.
Pirates 3, Cardinals 2
Nick Gonzales went 2-for-4 with a triple, a run and the decisive RBI as visiting Pittsburgh edged St. Louis.
Yasmani Grandal hit a house run for the Pirates, who prevented a four-game sweep. Luis Ortiz allowed two runs on 5 hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two. Reliever Carmen Mlodzinski (4-5) recorded the victory and Aroldis Chapman earned his tenth save.
Brendan Donovan went 4-for-4 with two RBIs for the Cardinals. Erick Fedde allowed one run on 4 hits in six innings. He struck out three and walked one. Reliever JoJo Romero (7-3) took the loss.
Guardians 3, Twins 2 (10 innings)
Andres Gimenez had three hits, together with a game-ending RBI single within the tenth inning, as Cleveland clinched a playoff spot by rallying to defeat visiting Minnesota.
With Minnesota’s Caleb Thielbar (2-4) on the mound and Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez as the automated runner at second base within the tenth, Josh Naylor struck out earlier than Lane Thomas was deliberately walked. Gimenez then laced a success to proper area to finish it.
Kyle Manzardo had a house run amongst three hits for Cleveland, which received for the fifth time in six video games to earn a minimum of a wild-card spot within the upcoming playoffs.
Orioles 5, Giants 3
Anthony Santander hit a game-ending, two-run residence run with two outs within the backside of the ninth inning to propel Baltimore previous San Francisco.
Santander fouled off 4 consecutive two-strike pitches from Ryan Walker earlier than connecting for his forty second homer of the 12 months. Jackson Holliday hit a two-run single and Zach Eflin pitched six robust innings to assist the Orioles snap a three-game shedding streak.
Making an attempt to guard a 3-2 lead within the prime of the ninth, Baltimore nearer Seranthony Dominguez walked Patrick Bailey and Heliot Ramos to steer off the inning. Casey Schmitt hit a drive to right-center, with Baltimore outfielders Cedric Mullins and Austin Slater colliding on the play. Brett Correctly, who pinch-ran for Bailey, scored the tying run. Michael Conforto additionally homered for the second day in a row for the Giants.
Braves 15, Reds 3
Matt Olson and Michael Harris II every clubbed a pair of residence runs as Atlanta crushed host Cincinnati within the rubber match of a three-game sequence.
Harris completed 3-for-5 with 4 RBIs and 4 runs scored. Ramon Laureano and Jorge Soler additionally smacked three-run homers for the Braves. Starter Chris Sale (18-3) set a profession excessive by selecting up his 18th win. He gave up two runs on 5 hits in 5 innings, strolling two and hanging out six.
Rookie Blake Dunn hit his first main league residence run as a part of a 2-for-3 day for the Reds, who’ve dropped 5 of their final eight. Dunn scored thrice. Elly De La Cruz had three of Cincinnati’s 10 hits.
Mariners 3, Yankees 2
Logan Gilbert snapped a six-start winless streak as Seattle salvaged the finale of a three-game sequence with visiting New York.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered for the Yankees, who had clinched a playoff berth with a 2-1 victory in 10 innings on Wednesday evening and lead the AL East by 4 video games over Baltimore.
Gilbert (8-11), who hadn’t received since Aug. 10, allowed two runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings. The precise-hander walked two and struck out 9 for the Mariners.
Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0
Kevin Gausman threw 5 hitless innings and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a pair of solo homers to again up a pair of early runs as Toronto received in Arlington, Texas.
Guerrero went 3-for-4 with three runs and a stroll. Gausman (13-11) was excellent by way of 4 1/3 innings earlier than surrendering a stroll to Nathaniel Lowe. Gausman had six strikeouts on 58 pitches with out permitting a success earlier than being eliminated due to “decrease again tightness,” based on the workforce.
Texas, which had simply two hits, misplaced for the sixth time in its final 9 video games. In his second main league begin and residential debut, Rangers rookie right-hander Kumar Rocker (0-1) surrendered two runs (one earned), two hits and 4 walks, hanging out 5 in three innings.
Rays 2, Pink Sox 0
Zack Littell allowed only one hit over seven innings as Tampa Bay blanked Boston in a mixed one-hit shutout in St. Petersburg, Fla.
In a cost-effective 75-pitch outing, Littell (8-9) fanned seven and not using a stroll in his twenty eighth begin. He retired 21 of twenty-two batters he confronted, permitting only a single to heart by Nick Sogard within the third — the one Pink Sox baserunner on the evening. The Rays’ Brandon Lowe had an RBI, and Jose Caballero singled and produced his American League-leading forty fourth stolen base.
Pink Sox starter Brayan Bello yielded one run on 5 hits in 5 2/3 innings, recording seven strikeouts and two walks.
Cubs 7, Nationals 6
Dansby Swanson collected three hits and 4 runs and Cody Bellinger had three RBIs to carry host Chicago previous Washington.
Chicago’s Seiya Suzuki launched a two-run homer and Ian Happ had three hits and scored twice. Isaac Paredes drove in a pair of runs for the Cubs, who banged out 12 hits to snap a modest two-game skid.
Washington’s Joey Gallo belted a three-run homer and James Wooden, Andres Chaparro and Jose Tena every drove in a run. CJ Abrams recorded 4 hits and scored twice for the Nationals, who’ve yielded 29 runs throughout their four-game shedding skid.
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