Rockies win 8th straight to clinch postseason spot

The NL West-leading Colorado Rockies locked up a playoff berth for the second straight season, beating the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Friday night in Denver for their eighth win in a row behind a resilient start from Kyle Freeland (17-7).

David Dahl homered for the fifth consecutive game and Ian Desmond hit a two-run homer against his former team to help Colorado clinch at least a wild card with two games left.

Wade Davis struck out Bryce Harper looking to end the game and earn his 43rd save. YANKEES 11, RED SOX 6 >> The Yankees clinched home-field advantage for the AL wild-card game, hitting four homers to tie the major league single-season record and beat the Red Sox in Boston. Aaron Judge hit his first homer since coming off the disabled list Sept. 14, and Gary Sanchez, Aaron Hicks and Luke Voit also homered to match the mark of 264 set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners. The Yankees will host Oakland on Wednesday in the wild-card game. CUBS 8, CARDINALS 4 >> Kyle Hendricks (14-11) went eight innings in another strong start, Kris Bryant homered, and host Chicago moved closer to the NL Central championship and dealt another hit to St. Louis’ playoff hopes. St. Louis dropped its fourth in a row.

MARLINS 8, METS 1 >> David Wright finally made it back into a major league game, grounding out in his first plate appearance for New York in nearly 21/2 years in a loss to Miami in New York. Sidelined by neck, back and shoulder injuries since May 27, 2016, the 35-year-old Wright came up as a pinch-hitter leading off the fifth inning. Wright is scheduled to start at third base tonight in his goodbye game. NOTES >> MLB said Yankees slugger Aaron Judge’s No. 99 was the top-selling jersey for the second straight season. Judge beat out 2017 AL MVP Jose Altuve of Houston.