Nats secure NL East title

New York’s 2-2 draw at Chicago on July 31.

New York extended its club-record unbeaten streak to 13 games. Montreal (9-1011, 38 points) remained fifth in the East. The Red Bulls took the season series from the Impact, winning two out of three.

Luis Robles made three saves to earn his 10th shutout of the season as the Red Bulls held on after relinquishing two-goal, second-half leads in each of the last two games, resulting in ties.

— Staff and wire report PITTSBURGH — The Washington Nationals clinched a postseason berth and their third National League East title in five years, beating Pittsburgh 6-1 behind 5.1 scoreless innings from rookie reliever Reynaldo Lopez. Stephen Drew’s two-run single capped a three-run first inning for the Nationals, who return to the postseason after a one-year absence.

GIANTS 9, SAN DIEGO 6: San Francisco blew a six-run lead before scoring three times in the 10th inning, including a two-run home run by Denard Span, to beat host San Diego and pull even with the Mets atop the National League wild-card standings.

CARDINALS 10, CUBS 4: Yadier Molina drove in four runs, Stephen Piscotty homered and visiting St. Louis boosted their playoff hopes by getting to Jason Hammel early in a rout of Chicago.

ROYALS 7, TIGERS 4: Paulo Orlando hit a tying, tworun double and Eric Hosmer followed with a three-run homer against Francisco Rodriguez (3-4), capping a Kansas City comeback from a 4-2 deficit in the ninth.

RED SOX 6, RAYS 4: Dustin Pedroia hit his fourth career grand slam to help Rick Porcello get his major league-leading 22nd win.

ORIOLES 6, DBACKS 1: Trey Mancini hit his third homer in nine major league at-bats, Mark Trumbo connected for his league-leading 45th homer.

The Orioles pulled a half-game ahead of the Tigers for the AL’s second wild card.

TWINS 3, MARINERS 2: Miguel Sano hit a tiebreaking homer in the fourth inning and Tyler Duffey pitched seven strong innings for his best start in more than a month as host Minnesota beat Seattle.

ANGELS 10, ASTROS 4: Kole Calhoun had three hits and two RBIs, and visiting Los Angeles scored nine runs in the final two innings. —AP