Dodgers win NL West in Scully’s home finale
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fourth consecutive NL West title, winning the crown in Vin Scully’s final home game when Charlie Culberson hit a home run with two outs in the 10th inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Sunday.
Culberson’s first home run of the season and just sixth of his career landed in the lower left-field seats, touching off wild cheers and a raucous celebration at home plate. The Dodgers charged out of their dugout and surrounded Culberson, jumping up and down. They donned championship T-shirts and hats from carts wheeled on the field.
The Dodgers took off their caps, turned toward Scully’s broadcasting booth and held them in a salute to the 88-year-old Hall of Famer, who has just three games at San Francisco next weekend before ending his 67year career.
Scully began with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 and is the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in professional sports. He was nattily attired in his usual longsleeved shirt and tie despite the 95-degree heat.
Corey Seager homered with two outs in the ninth off Adam Ottavino, tying the game 3-all. It was the rookie’s 190th hit of the season to go with a single in the first and triple in the seventh. NATIONALS 10, PIRATES 7 Washington star Bryce Harper injured his left thumb making an awkward slide to avoid a pretend tag by Pittsburgh third baseman Jung Ho Kang, and the teams later cleared the benches in visiting Washington’s victory. Harper’s thumb was sore and the reigning NL MVP will have X-rays today.
METS 17, PHILLIES 0 Asdrubal Cabrera
hit a grand slam, Jose Reyes drove in four runs and the Mets got the largest shutout victory in team history to maintain the NL wild-card lead.
REDS 4, BREWERS 2 Brandon Finnegan pitched five scoreless innings in his final start of the season, lifting visiting Cincinnati past Milwaukee.
PADRES 4, GIANTS 3 Rookie Manuel Margot tripled in the seventh inning and scored the go-ahead run on Wil Myers’ single as host San Diego dropped San Francisco a game behind the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race.
CUBS 3, CARDINALS 1 David Ross hit a home run as host Chicago hurt St. Louis’ wildcard chances. The Cardinals lost for the third time in four games, wasting a chance to improve their playoff positioning.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
WHITE SOX 3, INDIANS 0 Carlos Rodon struck out a career-high 11 over eight dominant innings and the visiting Chicago White Sox denied Cleveland any chance of winning the AL Central title by beating the Indians.
BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 3 Ezequiel Carrera drove in the tying run with a squeeze bunt in the ninth inning, Edwin Encarnacion hit a winning single and host Toronto held its AL wild-card lead.
ROYALS 12, TIGERS 9 Salvador Perez homered to cap a cycle by Kansas City’s first four batters of the game, and the Royals went deep three more times to beat host Detroit and drop the Tigers in the AL wild-card race.
RED SOX 3, RAYS 2 (10) Dustin Pedroia used nifty baserunning to score from first base on David Ortiz’s double in the 10th inning and visiting Boston won its 11th consecutive.
ASTROS 4, ANGELS 1 Joe Musgrove pitched seven strong innings, Evan Gattis, Tony Kemp and Tyler White hit home runs, and host Houston snapped a three-game slide to preserve its playoff hopes. MARINERS 4, TWINS 3 Nelson Cruz hit two home runs before leaving with left wrist soreness, Jesus Sucre homered for the first time in 14 months and visiting Seattle beat Minnesota.
ATHLETICS 7, RANGERS 1 Jharel Cotton pitched seven crisp innings and host Oakland avoided a series sweep. Adrian Beltre hit his 32nd home run for Texas.
INTERLEAGUE ORIOLES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 Hyun Soo Kim hit his fifth home run, a two-run shot in the second inning, and host Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of Arizona.