Rays beat Jays, becoming 1st AL team to win 90
TORONTO » Drew Rasmussen combined with four relievers on a three-hitter, Brandon Lowe and JiMan Choi homered and the Tampa Bay Rays became the first AL team to reach 90 wins by beating the Toronto Blue Jays 2-0 Tuesday night.
After losing four of their previous five, the East-leading Rays hit the 90-win mark for the eighth time — all in the past 14 seasons. Tampa Bay (90-55) stopped a two-game losing streak.
CARDINALS 7, METS 6 » Edmundo Sosa hit the goahead single in a three-run 11th inning and the hardcharging St. Louis Cardinals climbed all the way back into playoff position with a wild victory over New York.
TIGERS 1, BREWERS 0 » Derek Hill hit a leadoff RBI double in the 11th inning, giving Detroit a win over Milwaukee and snapping the Brewers’ five-game win streak.
WHITE SOX 9, ANGELS 3 » Rookie Gavin Sheets hit a long three-run homer and had four RBIs in his first three-hit game, and the White Sox beat Los Angeles in Joe Maddon’s first game back in Chicago.
YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 2 » Aaron Judge started a fivehomer barrage that backed Gerrit Cole, and New York beat Baltimore, winning consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 1 and 3.
ROCKIES 5, BRAVES 4 » Brendan Rodgers hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the fifth inning, Trevor Story went deep in the second and Colorado held on to beat Atlanta.
PIRATES 6, REDS 5 » Wade Miley surrendered six runs on 10 hits and Cincinnati lost for the sixth time in eight games.
INDIANS 3, TWINS 1 (1ST GAME); TWINS 6, INDIANS 3 (2ND GAME) » Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie cruised through six innings of the first game of a doubleheader to beat Minnesota when a comebacker off the wrist of Twins rookie Joe Ryan shortened the pitching duel.
CUBS 6, PHILLIES 3 » Patrick Wisdom and Alfonso Rivas hit back-to-back homers for Chicago in a win over a Philadelphia team running out of time to make a serious run in the NL playoff race.
The Phillies remained 4½ games behind firstplace Atlanta in the NL East and 2½ games behind Cincinnati in the wildcard race. San Diego and St. Louis are ahead of the Phillies for the second wild card.
NATIONALS 8, MARLINS 2 » Ryan Zimmerman homered, Erick Fedde pitched five solid innings and Washington pounded out 14 hits in winning for the second time in three games.
RANGERS 8, ASTROS 1 » AllStar slugger Adolis García tied the Rangers’ single-season rookie record with his 30th homer, one of three long balls allowed by Zack Greinke in his return after testing positive for COVID-19 as last-place Texas beat AL West-leading Houston.