Blue Jays win season finale
Bautista likely plays final game for Toronto
NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Bautista singled off the wall and hit a sac fly in what was probably his final game with Toronto, and the Blue Jays edged the playoff-bound Yankees.
Matt Holliday homered for the Yankees in a tuneup for the AL wild-card game on Tuesday night at home against Minnesota. The winner faces AL Central champion Cleveland in a best-of-five Division Series beginning Thursday.
New York swept a three-game series at home against the Twins from Sept. 18-20 and won the season series 4-2.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi rested several regulars, including slugger Aaron Judge, and removed a handful of others early in the game. The Yankees finished 91-71, a seven-game improvement over last year and their best record since going 95-67 in 2012, the last time they won the AL East.
ANGELS 6, MARINERS 2
ANAHEIM — Parker Bridwell pitched seven scoreless innings in a duel with James Paxton, Eric Young Jr. hit a three-run homer and the Angels beat the Mariners
Paxton shut out Los Angeles for six innings, but Young homered off James Pazos during a six-run seventh inning.
Bridwell (10-3) allowed three hits and a walk while striking out three. Acquired in a trade with Baltimore in April, Bridwell finished the year with a 3.64 ERA.
Paxton allowed three hits and struck out nine in his best start since returning from the disabled list in mid-September.
Shae Simmons (0-2) was charged with four of Seattle’s runs in the breakout seventh. The Mariners missed the playoffs at 78-84.
BRAVES 8, MARLINS 5
MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton came up short in his quest for 60 home runs, and Adonis Garcia hit a pinch-hit three-run home run to lift the Atlanta Braves over the Miami Marlins in the season finale for both teams Sunday.
Stanton finished with ML-bests of 59 home runs and 132 RBIs. His final chance at No. 60 came in the ninth, and the crowd of 25,222 saluted him with a long ovation after he struck out swinging.
It was the final game of Jeffrey Loria’s 16-year tenure as Marlins owner, one where the team won the 2003 World Series and didn’t make the playoffs again.
Loria was in attendance, as was Derek Jeter — who will assume control of the franchise this week when the $1.2-billion sale to a group led by him and Bruce Sherman is closed. Jeter watched from a suite, casually eating popcorn.
PHILLIES 11, METS 0
PHILADELPHIA — Pete Mackanin ended his tenure as Phillies manager with a win, while Terry Collins left the Mets with a loss.
Maikel Franco hit a three-run homer in a six-run fourth inning in Philadelphia’s season-ending rout.
At 68 the oldest manager in the major leagues, Collins said after the game he is stepping down after seven seasons, the longest tenure in Mets history. Expected to contend for an NL East title, the Mets went 70-92 in their worst season since finishing with the same record in 2009.
INDIANS 3, WHITE SOX 1
CLEVELAND — Jay Bruce had a two-run single, Josh Tomlin pitched into the sixth inning and the Indians got their AL-best 102nd victory, beating the White Sox.
Cleveland will next play an AL Division Series against the winner of the wild-card game between the Yankees and Twins.