Brewers clinch NL Central
The Milwaukee Brewers clinched their second NL Central title in four years, beating the sloppy New York Mets 8-4 Sunday behind Willy Adames’s two-run homer and three RBI.
The Mets lost for the 10th time in 11 games and were assured of a losing season for the fourth time in five years.
Cardinals 4, Cubs 2 — Andrew Knizner scored the go-ahead run on a ninth-inning wild pitch by Codi Heuer, and St. Louis won its 16th straight for the longest in the majors since Cleveland took 22 in a row in 2017. It the best in the National League since the 1951 New York Giants won 16 straight.
Braves 4, Padres 3 — Will Smith struck out the side around three walks in the ninth for his 35th save, and Atlanta opened a 2 1/2-game lead over Philadelphia heading into their NL East showdown.
Pirates 6, Phillies 0 — Starter Hans Crouse gave up a home run to Cole Tucker on his first major league pitch and Pittsburgh stopped Philadelphia’s fivegame winning streak.
Giants 6, Rockies 2 — Brandon Crawford homered off Tyler Kinney to cap a fourrun ninth and NL Westleading inning San Francisco won for the 15th time in 19 games. The Giants’ 102 wins are the most since 103 in 1993.
Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 0 — Corey Seager hit two solo homers, Julio Urías scattered five hits over five innings and World Series champion Los Angeles reached 100 wins for the third time in the last four full seasons.
Reds 9, Nationals 2 — Tyler Stephenson and Nick Castellanos hit consecutive home runs, and Kyle Farmer broke open the game with a grand slam as Cincinnati won its third straight.
American League
Blue Jays 5, Twins 2 — Danny Jansen hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Griffin Jax and George Springer also went deep.
Athletics 4, Astros 3 — Mark Canha hit an RBI single off Ryan Pressly with one out in the ninth as Oakland completed a threegame sweep and closed within three games for the second AL wild card.
Mariners 5, Angels 1 — Shohei Ohtani allowed Jarred Kelenic’s tying home run in the seventh, and Mitch Haniger hit a goahead single in a four-run eighth against the bullpen.
White Sox 5, Indians 2 — Lucas Giolito allowed five hits in six scoreless innings, and Eloy Jiménez had a two-run single in the third off Triston McKenzie as Chicago topped Cleveland.
Rangers 7, Orioles 4 — Andy Ibáñez hit a two-run homer off John Means. and the Texas avoided its 100th loss.
Royals 2, Tigers 1 — Kris Bubic gave up two hits in seven shutout innings as Kansas City edged Detroit.
Interleague
Rays 3, Marlins 2 — Rookie Shane Baz allowed three hits and struck out nine in 5 2/3 scoreless innings to win his second straight start and help Tampa Bay to its team-record 14th series sweep.