Brewers keep close to Cubs with sweep

Travis Shaw hit a tworun homer, Zach Davies earned his major-league best 17th win and the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, Sunday to close within two games of the NL Central leaders.

Chicago entered the series with a five-game division lead, a season high, but the defending World Series champions totaled three runs in the series. Milwaukee is tied for second in the NL Central with St. Louis.

Davies (17-8) allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings, Anthony Swarzak pitched a hitless eighth and Corey Knebel finished the game for his 34th save in 39 chances.

NATIONALS CLINCH NL EAST >> Stephen Strasburg extended his scoreless streak to a franchise-record 34 innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2. About 90 minutes later, Washington clinched its fourth NL East title in six seasons when the Braves beat the Marlins on an 11th-inning homer.

JUDGE MAKES HISTORY >> Aaron Judge became the second major league rookie with a 40-homer season, going deep twice as the AL wild card-leading New York Yankees got a series clinching 16-7 win over the Texas Rangers.

Gary Sanchez also hit two solo homers for the Yankees, giving him 30 this season and 50 in his 161 games since his 2015 debut.

With Judge’s AL-best 40th homer in the fourth, the 25-year-old joined Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees to hit 40 homers at age 25 or younger. Judge added No. 41 two innings later.