Tribe take down Red Sox in 11th
Boston loses shortstop Bogaerts with shoulder injury in seventh inning
Greg Allen singled with one out and the bases loaded in the 11th inning and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday night to deny Boston’s bid for a club-record 106th victory for the second straight game.
Allen singled through the left side on a 3-2 pitch from Robby Scott to give Cleveland an 11thinning win for the second night in a row.
William Cuevas (0-2) walked leadoff man Jose Ramirez, who moved to second on Rajai Davis’ sacrifice. Shortstop Tzu-wei Lin, who replaced the injured Xander Bogaerts in the seventh, booted Erik Gonzalez’s ground ball, sending Ramirez to third.
Yandy Diaz, batting for Yonder Alonso, was intentionally walked to load the bases and set the stage for Allen’s winning hit. Michael Brantley’s bases-loaded single gave the AL Central champions a 5-4 win in the 11th on Saturday night.
Josh Tomlin (2-5) pitched two scoreless innings.
Mookie Betts hit his 31st homer and had four hits, but the Red Sox will also have to wait at least one more day before wrapping the home-field advantage throughout the postseason.
Edwin Encarnacion got his 100th RBI of the season with a fourth-inning single, reaching the century mark for the fourth straight year.
Bogaerts was removed during his at-bat in the seventh inning because of a sore left shoulder. He fouled off a pitch and was visited by manager Alex Cora and a team trainer. Bogaerts walked to the dugout after a lengthy conversation and is listed as day to day.
Mets 8, Nationals 6: michael Conforto hit a go-ahead, bases-loaded triple, rookie Jeff mcneil matched a career high with four hits and new York beat Washington. the mets finished their road slate at 40-41, better than their 33-42 mark at home, where they have six games left.
Rays 5, blue Jays 2: Blake Snell won his ninth straight start to increase his major league-leading victories total to 21, and tampa Bay remained 71⁄2 games behind oakland for the AL’S second wild card. the rays would be eliminated with one more loss or win by the Athletics.
Royals 3, Tigers 2: Cam Gallagher broke a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single.
Marlins 6, Reds 0: the marlins became the first major league team to draw fewer than 1 million fans at home since the 2004 montreal expos, beating Cincinnati before 13,595. miami drew 811,104 for an average of 10,014. braves 2, Phillies 1: Lane Adams homered and drove in two runs. brewers 13, Pirates 6: Christian Yelich hit his 32nd home run and travis Shaw added his 31st for milwaukee. Cubs 6, White Sox 1: Kyle Schwarber homered and drove in two runs, Ben Zobrist had three hits and the Cubs lowered their magic number for clinching the nl Central title to five.
Astros 6, Angels 2: Charlie morton left Houston’s win after one inning because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder.
Cardinals 9, Giants 2: miles mikolas won his fourth straight start, matt Carpenter hit his nl-leading 36th homer and St. Louis completed a threegame sweep to remain on track for the nl’s second wild card.
Rangers 6, Mariners 1: Adrian Beltre was given a standing ovation when he was removed from what could be his last home game for texas.
Twins 5, Athletics 1: minnesota prevented oakland from clinching an AL wild-card berth.
Dodgers 14, Padres 0: Hyun-jin ryu pitched six scoreless innings and tied a career high with three of the dodgers’ 16 hits.
Rockies 2, Diamondbacks 0: Kyle freeland extended his unbeaten streak to 10 starts, and Colorado beat Arizona for a three-game sweep.