Braves cap key sweep of Mets, nab tiebreaker
Dansby Swanson and Matt Olson each homered for a third straight game, Travis d’arnaud hit a go-ahead two-run single in the third inning, Atlanta beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Sunday to win a critical tiebreaker in their season series.
The defending World Series champion Braves swept the three-game set and moved two games ahead of New York in the National League East. Any combination of one Atlanta win or one Mets loss would give the Braves their fifth straight division title.
New York plays its final regular-season games against Washington, which is last in the division. Atlanta goes to Miami. Should the season end Wednesday in a tie, the Braves would win the NL East because they won the season series 10-9.
Atlanta won five of the last six games in the series, outscoring the Mets 42-19 over that stretch. New York had a 10½-game lead on June 1 but now is the lower in the standings than at any point this season.
■ Phillies 8, Nationals 1: At Washington, Bryson Stott hit a two-run double and an RBI groundout to back Zack Wheeler (12-7), who pitched five shutout innings. Philadelphia leads Milwaukee by two games for the final NL wild card with three games left and holds the tiebreaker.
■ Athletics 10, Mariners 3: At Seattle, Shea Langeliers hit a three-run homer and a solo shot to back James Kaprielian (5-9), who took a nohitter into the sixth and ultimately allowed one hit in six shutout innings.
■ Rockies 4, Dodgers 1: At Los Angeles, German Marquez (9-14) allowed one run on one hit in six innings to beat Spring Valley product Tyler Anderson (15-5), who struck out 10 in five innings.
■ Cubs 8, Reds 1: At Chicago, Nelson Velazquez hit a two-run triple and a two-run double to back Marcus Stroman (6-7), who pitched six shutout innings in Chicago’s seventh straight win.
■ Pirates 7, Cardinals 5: At St. Louis, Ben Gamel hit a three-run homer, helping Pittsburgh overcome a 3-0 deficit. Albert Pujols hit a tworun double and his 702nd homer.
■ White Sox 2, Padres 1: At San Diego, Lance Lynn (8-7) held San Diego to one run in seven innings. The Padres clinched a playoff berth with Milwaukee’s loss to Miami.
■ Astros 3, Rays 1: At Houston, Jeremy Pena’s three hits included a two-run homer and an RBI single, backing Luis Garcia (15-8), who allowed one run in six innings.
■ Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 3: At Toronto, Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and a solo shot for Toronto, which went 16-3 against Boston in 2022.
■ Angels 8, Rangers 3: At Anaheim, Calif., Mike Trout had his 39th homer among his three hits for Los Angeles in its seventh straight win.
■ Tigers 5, Twins 2: At Detroit, Eric Haase and Victor Reyes homered for Detroit, which benefited from three errors in the first.
■ Guardians 7, Royals 5: At Cleveland, Josh Naylor and Will Brennan each hit a three-run homer in Cleveland’s six-run second.
■ Giants 4, Diamondbacks 3: At San Francisco, David Villar hit a walk-off two-run single with no outs in the 10th.
■ Orioles 3, Yankees 1: At New York, Adley Rutchman hit a double and a single, walked twice and scored twice.
■ Marlins 4, Brewers 3: At Milwaukee,
Miguel Rojas hit a go-ahead RBI single in the Miami 12th.