American League
Standings and roundups
West x-oakland Houston Los Angeles Seattle Texas
Central z-chicago z-minnesota z-cleveland Detroit Kansas City
East
W33 28 25 24 19
W34 34 31 22 22
WL20 27 31 31 36
L21 22 24 31 33
LPct .623 .509 .446 .436 .345
Pct .618 .607 .564 .415 .400
Pct
GB
— 6 9½ 10 15
GB
— ½ 3 11 12
GB 5-5 6-4 7-3 4-6 3-7
L10 5-5 6-4 5-5 2-8 5-5
L10 z-tampa Bay 36 20 .643 — 6-4 z-new York 32 23 .582 3½ 8-2 Toronto 28 27 .509 7½ 3-7 Baltimore 23 32 .418 12½ 3-7 Boston 21 34 .382 14½ 5-5 x-clinched division; z-clinched playoff berth
L-1 W-1 W-2 L-1 L-2
Str
L-3 W-3 W-3 L-2 L-1
Str
L-1 W-1 L-1 L-1 W-2 20-8 20-8 16-15 13-10 13-13
Home 17-10 22-5 14-11 12-15 11-14
Home 17-9 21-7 13-8 13-20 10-19 13-12 8-19 9-16 11-21 6-23
Away 17-11 12-17 17-13 10-16 11-19
Away 19-11 11-16 15-19 10-12 11-15
Max Kepler hit the tying home run in the eighth inning and the game-winning single with two outs in the 10th, giving Minnesota a victory over visiting Detroit.
Indians 5, White Sox 3 (10): Jose Ramirez hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning, giving Cleveland a win over visiting Chicago that clinched a postseason berth.
Red Sox 8, Orioles 3: Nick Pivetta (1-0) struck out eight in five innings of one-run ball in his Boston debut and Christian Vazquez hit a three-run homer in a win over visiting Baltimore.
Yankees 12, Blue Jays 1: Gerrit Cole (7-3) limited Toronto to five hits over seven innings in his final preparation for the playoffs, and Aaron Hicks drove in three runs in a rout at Buffalo. New York lowered its magic number to one for clinching second place in the AL East.
Astros 6, Mariners 1: Martin Maldonado hit a three-run home run, Framber Valdez (5-3) struck out eight to set career highs for wins and strikeouts, and Houston won at Seattle to close in on its fourth straight playoff berth.
(IL) Cardinals 5, Royals 0: Austin Gomber (1-1) tossed six innings of four-hit ball in a crucial spot start and St. Louis capitalized on some erratic pitching from Brady Singer (3-5) to win at Kansas City. Singer wound up walking five in three-plus innings, throwing just 44 of 81 pitches for strikes.
Twins 5, Tigers 4 (10):