Cardinals top Brewers, both reach postseason on final day
ST. LOUIS » Harrison Bader tripled and homered to help the St. Louis Cardinals clinch a postseason berth on the final day of the regular season with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee, and the Brewers also earned a playoff spot Sunday via help on the West Coast moments later.
St. Louis (30-28) will be the fifth seed in the NL and open a three- game wildcard series at San Diego on Wednesday. By winning, the Cardinals avoided having to travel to Detroit for two makeup games Monday.
he Brewers (29- 31) locked up the eighth seed and a third consecutive postseason berth after the Padres beat San Francisco 5- 4 in a game that ended about 15 minutes later. The Giants finished with an identical record as the Brewers but lost out on a tiebreaker due to an inferior intradivision record.
Milwaukee will face the top- seeded Dodgers in Los Angeles in a threegame series that also starts Wednesday.
RAYS 5, PHILLIES 0 » Rookie pitcher Josh Fleming allowed four hits over six innings and AL East champion Tampa Bay eliminated
Philadelphia from the playoff race.
Philadelphia ( 28- 32) needed a win over the Rays and losses by San Francisco and Milwaukee to earn its first playoff berth in nine years. The Brewers and Giants both lost, but the Phillies were unable to give themselves a chance. NATIONALS15, METS5 » Juan Soto became the National League’s youngest batting champion, Trea Turner hit a grand slam and drove in seven runs, and Washington beat New York.
REDS 5, TWINS 3 » Tucker Barnhart and Eugenio Suárez had RBI singles a three-run 10th inning, and Cincinnati beat Minnesota
in a regular- season finale that determined postseason matchups.
RANGERS 8, ASTROS 4 » Houston is going into the playoffs with a losing record after Rougned Odor homered twice for Texas in a win, the third in a row for theRangers over the defending American League champions.
BLUE JAYS 7, ORIOLES 5 » Toronto Blue is set to face the Tampa BayRays in the first round of the postseason after losing toBaltimore inits regular season finale. DODGERS 5, ANGELS 0 » AJ Pollock homered twice and NLWest champion Los Angeles completed a threegame sweep of the Angels.
MARLINS5, YANKEES0 » Miami ended a streak of 10 straight seasons without a winning record, beating New York behind a home run and three RBIs from rookie Jazz Chisholm. CUBS10, WHITESOX8 » Reynaldo López (1-3) struggled and theWhite Sox tumbled out of position for a home playoff series, losing to Kris Bryant and the crosstown Cubs.
REDSOX9, BRAVES1 » Jackie Bradley Jr. homered and made a leaping catch as last-place Boston won its final game under manager Ron Roenicke, beating playoff-bound Atlanta. INDIANS8, PIRATES6 » Carlos Santana had four RBIs and delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning as Cleveland rallied to clinch home-field advantage for its AL wildcard series.
DIAMONDBACKS 11, ROCKIES 3» Madison Bumgarner pitched five scoreless innings to win his first game for Arizona in his ninth and final start this season. ROYALS 3, TIGERS 1 » Brady Singer (4- 5) finished his rookie season with a stellar performance, Alex Gordon wrapped up his long Royals career with a fond farewell and Kansas City ended its season with a win over Detroit.