Red Sox increase wild-card lead

BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in four runs, carrying the AL wild card-leading Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 9-3 Saturday for their fourth straight win.

The Red Sox moved to 1 ½ games ahead of the rival Yankees, who lost to Cleveland 11-3. Boston entered the day one game in front of Toronto, which played later Saturday.

“It’s fun being able to go out there to help your team,” Bogaerts said. “We know every game is huge now.”

Bobby Dalbec added a two-run double, and Hunter Renfroe and Rafael Devers each drove in a run for Boston. Bogaerts and Devers both had three hits.

Ryan Mountcastle hit his 30th homer for the Orioles. INDIANS 11, YANKEES 3: Gary Sanchez failed to catch a foul popup that led to a seven-run fifth inning capped by Andres Gimenez’s three-run homer, and Cleveland routed the Yankees at New York. Franmil Reyes hit an RBI double off Albert Abreu in the big fifth inning and a two-run homer in the sixth against Andrew Heaney. Jose Ramirez hit his 34th homer in the eighth against Heaney.

DODGERS 5, REDS 1: Max Scherzer pitched seven shutout innings in another dominant performance for Los Angeles, which kept up their push in the NL West with a victory at Cincinnati. It was another tough loss for the Reds, who came in one game behind St. Louis for the second NL wild-card spot. Scherzer (15-4) improved to

7-0 in nine starts since being traded from Washington to the Dodgers on July 30.

BLUE JAYS 6, TWINS 2: Marcus Semien became the fifth second baseman to hit 40 home runs in a season, and host Toronto moved back into a playoff position by beating Minnesota. Teoscar Hernandez hit a three-run homer, and Bo Bichette had three hits and two RBIs as the Blue Jays improved to a big league-best 14-3 in September. Toronto moved a half-game ahead of the New York Yankees for the second AL wild-card berth, one game behind Boston.

TIGERS 4, RAYS 3: Jeimer Candelario and Dustin Garneau homered to lead Detroit over AL East-leading Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla. With the Tigers ahead by a run, Mike Zunino opened the Rays’ ninth by drawing a walk and went to second when Joey Wendle was hit by a pitch. Fulmer got his 10th save in 15 chances by striking out Brett Phillips and getting Yandy Diaz to ground into a game-ending double play.