American League
Athletics 7, Mariners 3 — At Seattle, Matt Chapman hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh, and Khris Davis and Jed Lowrie also went deep for Oakland, which clinched its first playoff berth in four years when Tampa Bay lost to New York. The A’s remain 1½ games behind the Yankees for the top AL wild card.
Yankees 4, Rays 1 — At St. Petersburg, Fla., Brett Gardner hit a go-ahead RBI single in a two-run fifth for New York, which eliminated Tampa
Bay from postseason contention but lost center fielder Aaron Hicks to a left hamstring injury.
Astros5,bluejays3— At Toronto, Brian Mccann and Josh Reddick hit consecutive home runs to back Dallas Keuchel (12-11), who allowed three runs over five innings in his first victory since Sept. 3.
Indians 4, White Sox 0 — At Chicago, Corey Kluber (20-7) struck out 11 over seven shutout innings to reach 20 victories for the first time, and Brandon Guyer hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh as Cleveland tied the Chicago Cubs for the major league lead with 17 shutouts.
Angels 5, Rangers 4 — At Anaheim, Calif., rookie Jose Briceno hit a walk-off home run leading off the Los Angeles
11th after Bishop Gorman product Taylor Cole (3-2) retired Texas in order, with two strikeouts, in the top of the inning, and the Angels halted a five-game skid.
Brewers 6, Cardinals 4 — At St. Louis, Eric Thames scored the go-ahead run on reliever Bud Norris’ throwing error in the eighth, and Christian Yelich drove in two runs for Milwaukee, which won for the fourth time in five games, opened a threegame lead over St. Louis for the top NL wild card and closed within 1½ games of the Chicago Cubs atop the NL Central.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 4 — At Phoenix, David Freese had a home run among his three hits and drove in two runs to back Clayton Kershaw (9-5), who allowed three runs over six innings, as
Los Angeles remained 1½ games ahead of Colorado atop the NL West.
Pirates 5, Cubs 1 — At Chicago, Francisco Cervelli hit a two-run homer to back Jameson Taillon (14-9), who allowed one run — on the second career home run by Cole Hamels (9-11) — on five hits over seven innings, improving to 5-0 in his past seven starts.
Padres 5, Giants 0 — At San Francisco, Jose Pirela had a home run among his three hits to back Bryan Mitchell (2-4), who struck out seven over 8 2/3 shutout innings. San Francisco lost its fifth straight, hours after announcing general manager Bobby Evans’ dismissal.
Rockies 10, Phillies 1 — At Denver, Jon Gray (12-8) allowed one run on four hits and struck out seven over seven innings and drew a bases-loaded walk in Colorado’s five-run third as the Rockies won their fourth straight.
Nationals 7, Marlins 3 — At Washington, Anthony Rendon homered and drove in four runs, Juan Soto and Matt Wieters also went deep for Washington, and Bryce Harper hit a sacrifice fly to reach 100 RBIS in a season for the first time.