Dodgers beat Rockies to clinch fourth-straight NL West title

LOS ANGELES >> The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fourth straight NL West title, winning the crown in Vin Scully’s final home game when Charlie Culberson homered with two outs in the 10th inning to beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 Sunday.

Culberson hit his first homer of the season and just sixth of his career off Boone Logan (2-5) and the ball landed in the lower leftfield 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. PADRES 4, GIANTS 3 >> Rookie Manuel Margot tripled in the seventh inning and scored the go-ahead run on Wil Myers’ single as San Diego dropped San Francisco a game behind the New York Mets in the NL wild-card race.

A few minutes before this game ended, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Colorado in 10 innings to win the NL West title. The Dodgers came into Sunday seven games ahead of the Giants. WHITE SOX 3, INDIANS 0 >> Carlos Rodon struck out a career-high 11 over eight dominant innings and the Chicago White Sox denied Cleveland any chance of winning the AL Central title by beating the Indians 3-0 on Sunday.

Rodon (8-10) blanked the Indians on just two singles and easily handled the division leaders who still haven’t wrapped up a playoff spot and have gone flat at the worst time possible. Cleveland needed to win its regular-season finale at home and Detroit to lose to Kansas City for the Indians to clinch their first division championship since 2007. 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 Toront hled its AL wild-card lead.

Toronto leads Baltimore by 1 ½ games for the top AL wild-card spot. The Blue Jays have won a team-record eight straight at home against the Yankees.

New York ended its 33-inning scoreless streak, but lost for the 11th time in 14 games. ORIOLES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 >> Hyun Soo Kim hit his fifth home run, a two-run shot in the second inning, and Baltimore completed a threegame sweep of Arizona.

The Orioles entered the day a half-game ahead of Detroit for the second AL wild card and trailed Toronto by 1 ½ games for the top spot. The Orioles begin a crucial three-game series at the Blue Jays on Tuesday. ORIOLES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 >> 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 Detroit and drop the Tigers in the AL wild-card race.

The defending World Series champions avoided elimination from this year’s postseason race by chasing Detroit starter Matt Boyd (6-5) before he retired a hitter. RED SOX 3, RAYS 2, 10 INNINGS >> Dustin Pedroia used nifty baserunning to score from first base on David Ortiz’s double in the 10th inning and AL East-leading Boston won its 11th straight.

Pedroia singled off Eddie Gamboa (0-1) to start the inning. The relay throw on Ortiz’s hit to right center beat Pedroia to plate but he avoided Luke Maile’s first tag. Pedroia’s momentum carried him past the plate and when he went back to touch it Maile was charged with an error when the ball dropped out his glove on another tag try. REDS 4, BREWERS 2 >> Brandon Finnegan pitched five scoreless innings in his final start of the season, lifting the Cincinnati past Milwaukee. ASTROS 4, ANGELS 1 >> Joe Musgrove pitched seven strong innings, Evan Gattis, Tony Kemp and Tyler White homered, and Houston snapped a three-game slide to preserve its playoff hopes.

Houston began the day three games behind Baltimore for the second AL wildcard spot. MARINERS 4, TWINS 3 >> Nelson Cruz homered twice before leaving with left wrist soreness, Jesus Sucre homered for the first time in 14 months and Seattle beat Minnesota.

Taijuan Walker (7-11) danced around danger for most of his 5 2/3 innings, allowing nine hits and three earned runs. Nick Vincent, Steve Cishek and Edwin Diaz then combined for 3 2/3 innings of no-hit relief, including Diaz’s 17th save in 19 chances. ATHLETICS 7, RANGERS 1 >> Jharel Cotton pitched seven crisp innings and Oakland avoided a series sweep.

Ryon Healy had three hits, including a two-run homer, and Stephen Vogt drove in three runs to help the A’s win after being shut out in backto-back games.

Adrian Beltre hit his 32nd home run for Texas. NATIONALS 10, PIRATES 7>> Nationals 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 Washington’s win.

Harper’s thumb was sore and the reigning NL MVP will have X-rays Monday.