Yanks top Marlins; Mets eliminated from playoffs

NEW YORK — DJ LeMahieu is on the verge of a first in more than a century of Major League Baseball: the first player to win undisputed batting titles in both the American and National Leagues.

Luke Voit is about to become a more common name atop the leaderboards but part of an illustrious list, joining Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Alex Rodriguez as New York Yankees to top the majors in home runs.

Voit hit his major leagueleading 22nd homer. Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox is second with 19.

LeMahieu had his fourth four-hit game and three RBIs while raising his average to .359. He passed Washington’s Juan Soto (.351) for the big-league lead and opened a large margin over defending AL batting champion Tim Anderson of the White Sox, second in the AL at .337.

LeMahieu won the 2016 NL batting title with a .348 average for Colorado. Ed Delahanty hit .410 for the Philadelphia Phillies to win the NL championship in 1899; he is credited by some researchers with the 1902 AL championship at .376, while others accept Nap Lajoie as winning that title at .378 despite lacking the plate appearances required in more modern times.

Voit hit a three-run drive against Nick Vincent in a seven-run sixth for a 10-3 lead. He has made 38 consecutive starts, including 19 straight at first base, despite an injured foot.

Nationals 4, Mets 3: WASHINGTON — The New York Mets were eliminated from the playoffs in a mistake-filled loss to the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday.

The Mets (26-32) needed to win their three remaining games and receive help from multiple teams to sneak into the final wildcard spot in the expanded playoffs. But New York couldn’t hold a 3-1 lead in the fourth inning of a seveninning game and missed the postseason for the fourth straight year.

Andrew Stevenson hit two homers — including one inside the park — for the last-place Nationals, and Max Scherzer (5-4) worked six solid innings.