Gregorius hurt as Yankees fall
The Yankees’ Didi Gregorius tore cartilage in his right wrist while scoring the run that clinched a wild card berth for his team, manager Aaron Boone said after his team wasted a three-run lead in a 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles yesterday in New York.
Boone said Gregorius was hurt when he slid into home plate head-first to score from first on Aaron Hicks’ 11th-inning double on Saturday. The shortstop sat out yesterday. Boone said he was unsure if Gregorius, who has 27 homers and 86 RBI, would be able to return in time for the postseason.
J.A. Happ needed 107 pitches to get through five innings in a possible tuneup for the AL wild card game. Happ allowed only one run, but A.J. Cole (3-1) quickly coughed up a tworun lead as the Yankees rested their best relievers.
Baltimore (45-110) remained one loss shy of matching the franchise record for defeats set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns, who went 43-111.
Rays 5, Blue Jays 2 — Blake Snell won his ninth straight start to increasing his major league-leading victories total to 21, and Tampa Bay beat host Toronto.
Twins 5, Athletics 1 — Kyle Gibson allowed one run over 71⁄3 innings, Jake Cave hit a two-run homer and visiting Minnesota beat Oakland to prevent it from clinching an AL wild card berth in its last regular-season home game.
Royals 3, Tigers 2 — Rookie Brad Keller pitched seven strong innings, Cam Gallagher broke a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single and visiting Kansas City held on to beat Detroit.
Astros 6, Angels 2 — Charlie Morton left host Houston’s 6-2 win over Los Angeles after one inning because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder, a potential problem for the World Series champions as they close in on consecutive AL West titles.
Rangers 6, Mariners 1 — In Arlington, Texas, 39-yearold Adrian Beltre was given a standing ovation when he was removed from what could be his last home game for Texas, just before it rallied for four runs in the sixth to beat Seattle.
Interleague
Cubs 6, White Sox 1 — Kyle Schwarber homered and drove in two runs, and the visiting Cubs beat the crosstown White Sox to lower their magic number for clinching the NL Central title to five.
National League
Marlins 6, Reds 0 — Host Miami 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.
Braves 2, Phillies 1 — Lane Adams homered and drove in two runs as host Atlanta used a lineup of reserves to beat Philadelphia.
Cardinals 9, Giants 2 — Miles Mikolas won his fourth straight start, Matt Carpenter hit his NLleading 36th homer and St. Louis beat visiting San Francisco.
Brewers 13, Pirates 6 — Christian Yelich hit his 32nd home run, Travis Shaw added his 31st and visiting Milwaukee blew past mistake-prone Pittsburgh.
Mets 8, Nationals 6 — Rookie Jeff McNeil matched a career high with four hits and New York beat host Washington.
Dodgers 14, Padres 0 — Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched six scoreless innings and tied a career high with three hits as NL West-leading Los Angeles beat visiting San Diego.
Rockies 2, Diamondbacks 0 — Kyle Freeland extended his unbeaten streak to 10 starts as Colorado beat Arizona in Phoenix.