Soto youngest NL batting champ
21-year-old finishes at .351 mark; Alonso homers twice for Mets
Juan Soto became the NL’S youngest batting champ, Trea Turner hit a grand slam and drove in seven, and the Washington Nationals closed out the season with a 15-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday.
Soto finished with a .351 average.
Red sox 9, Braves 1: Jackie Bradley Jr. homered and made a leaping catch as last-place Boston won its final game under manager Ron Roenicke. NL East champion Atlanta is the No. 2 seed and will face Cincinnati in a best-of-three series starting Wednesday. orioles 7, Blue Jays 5: Baltimore denied Toronto a chance to finish second in the AL East and instead relegated the Blue Jays to the eighth and final seed in the AL playoffs. Toronto will open in Tampa Bay Tuesday. Rangers 8, astros 4: Houston is going into the playoffs with a losing record (29-31) after Rougned Odor homered twice in Texas’ third straight win. athletics 6, Mariners 2: Mark Canha drove in four runs and Oakland earned the No. 2 seed in the AL playoffs, hosting a best-of-three series against the seventh-seeded White Sox beginning Tuesday. cardinals 5, Brewers 2: Harrison Bader tripled and homered to help St. Louis clinch a postseason berth. The Cardinals will be the fifth seed in the NL and will open a three-game wild-card series at San Diego on Wednesday. The Brewers will face the topseeded Dodgers in L.A. starting Wednesday.
Wil Myers homered in the second for San Diego, which eliminated San Francisco, and will be the NL’S No. 4 seed when it hosts a threegame series against St. Louis beginning Wednesday.
Padres 5, giants 4:
Rays 5, Phillies 0: Rookie Josh Fleming allowed four hits over six innings and AL East champion Tampa Bay eliminated Philadelphia from the playoff race. The Rays, who finished with the AL’S top record (40-20) will face No. 8 seed Toronto in the playoffs. indians 8, Pirates 6: Carlos Santana had four RBIS with a two-run homer and delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh as Cleveland rallied. The Indians will host the Yankees starting Tuesday. cubs 10, white sox 8: Kris Bryant, Billy Hamilton and David Bote homered for the Cubs, who will be at home for the wild-card round beginning on Wednesday against No. 6 seed Miami. The White Sox dropped to the No. 7 seed and will play the A’s.
Reds 5, Twins 3 (10): Tucker Barnhart and Eugenio Suarez had RBI singles in a three-run 10th, and No. 7 Cincinnati will play No. 2 Atlanta. Minnesota clinched its second straight AL Central title and will host No. 6 Houston starting Tuesday. dodgers 5, angels 0: AJ Pollock homered twice and the NL West champion Dodgers completed a three-game sweep. Afterward, the Angels fired general manager Billy Eppler after their fifth consecutive losing season under his watch.