Rockies move into wild card

DENVER David Dahl homered for a second straight night, a threerun shot in the third, and the Colorado Rockies vaulted into the final NL wild-card spot by beating the Philadelphia Phillies 10-3 on Tuesday night.

The Rockies’ fifth straight win moved them a half-game in front of St. Louis for the second wild-card after the Cardinals lost 12-4 to Milwaukee. Colorado trailed the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers by 1 1/2 games entering the night and still has a chance to win its first division title. The Rockies have five games remaining.

The game-changing hit was delivered by Dahl, who lined a fastball from Vince Velasquez (9-12) to left for his 12th homer — nearly to the same spot where Dahl hit a two-run homer the previous night. Dahl also added a run-scoring single as part of a 3-for-5, 4-RBI evening.

4 BREWERS 12, CARDINALS

pitcher since 1900 to strike out 300 batters in a season, reaching that milestone by fanning 10 in seven innings during Washington’s otherwise meaningless win over Miami.

ASTROS 4, BLUE JAYS 1

TORONTO — Houston reached 100 wins for the second straight season and closed in on the AL West title, beating Toronto behind Alex Bregman’s two-run homer.

YANKEES 9, RAYS 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Struggling Gary Sanchez drove in four runs for the first time since early April, Luis Severino won his 19th game and New York beat Tampa Bay to keep up its push for home-field advantage in the AL wild-card game.

INDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 4

CHICAGO — Trevor Bauer took a step toward returning to Cleveland’s rotation for the post-season by tossing four effective innings, but Chicago overcame a two-run, ninthinning deficit and beat Cleveland.

BRAVES 7, METS 3

NEW YORK — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, Ozzie Albies homered in the eighth and NL East champion Atlanta rallied past New York for its sixth straight victory.

TIGERS 4, TWINS 2

MINNEAPOLIS — Harold Castro’s first career hit started an eighth-inning rally that led Detroit past Minnesota.

ROYALS 4, REDS 3

CINCINNATI — Hunter Dozier led off the ninth inning with a tie-breaking home run, lifting Kansas City over Cincinnati.