MLB Roundup: Indians beat Chicago White Sox for 4-game sweep, playoff seeds at stake,
José Ramírez delivered a go-ahead, tworun double in the seventh inning and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 5- 4 Thursday night for a four-game sweep in a matchup of playoffbound teams.
The victory pulled the Indians within one game of Chicago for the fourth seed and home-field advantage in the first round of the postseason. IdleMinnesota
leads theWhite Sox by one game in theAL Central with three to play.
The Indians have won five straight and the White Sox have lost five in a row.
Chicago scored three times in the top of the seventh to take a 4-1 lead, but Cleveland answered with four in the bottom half. BLUE JAYS 4, YANKEES 1» HyunJinRyupitched seven shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays clinched their first postseason spot since 2016, beating the Yankees
and further damaging NewYork’s chances of hosting a first-round playoff series.
ASTROS12, RANGERS4 » Alex Bregman’s three extra-base hits included one of Houston’s four home runs, and the Astros trimmed their magic number to one for clinching the American League’s last playoff spot with over Texas.
METS3, NATIONALS2 » Robinson Chirinos homered and drove in three runs, and the New York Mets beat Washington to keep their flickering postseason hopes alive.
PIRATES 7, CUBS 0 » Chad Kuhl pitched seven sharp innings and Colin Moran and Bryan Reynolds had home runs among their three hits each in Pittsburgh’s victory over slumping Chicago.
ORIOLES 13, RED SOX 1 » José Iglesias, Pat Valaika and Austin Hays homered to lead Baltimore past Boston in a struggle for last place in the AL East.