Angels delay Rangers’ bid to clinch
Mike Trout tripled to lead off the ninth and scored on Albert Pujols’ tiebreaking single as the Angels edged the Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.
Shin-Soo Choo homered for the Rangers, who were stopped from clinching the AL West.
The Angels were a half-game out of a wild card. Blue Jays 8, Rays 4: Edwin Encarnacion and Russell Martin homered for the AL East champion Jays, tied with the Royals in the race for AL home-field edge. Royals 3, Twins 1: Ben Zobrist’s RBI double in the eighth broke a tie. Chris Young gave up one run in 61⁄ IP. Aaron Hicks singled home a run for the Twins, who remained in the wild-card race. Cubs 6, Brewers 1: Jake Arrieta (22-6) allowed two singles and struck out seven in six innings. Anthony Rizzo delivered a solo home run and a two-run single. Braves 4, Cardinals 0: Daniel Castro went 3-for-5 with a homer and RBI double. Julio Teheran and four relievers combined to five-hit the NL Central champs. Indians 8, Red Sox 2: Carlos Santana belted a bases-clearing double. Josh Tomlin allowed two runs on five hits in 61⁄ innings. White Sox 2, Tigers 1: Chris Sale struck out seven in seven IP. Adam Eaton drove in both runs. Tigers DH Jefry Marte homered. Yankees at Orioles, ppd.: Friday night’s game was postponed by heavy rain. A split doubleheader was scheduled for Saturday. Nationals at Mets, ppd.: Rain forced postponement of Friday’s game. A day-night doubleheader was scheduled for Saturday. Marlins at Phillies, ppd.: Rain postponed Friday’s game, with doubleheader set for Saturday. Reds at Pirates: The Pirates’ magic number over the Cubs to host the NL wild-card game was 2. A loss would give the Reds their first 13-game skid since ’45. Astros at D’backs: Dallas Keuchel went after his 20th victory while trying to keep the Astros atop a tight race for the AL’s second wild card. Roy Oswalt was the last Astro to win 20 in ’05. A’s at Mariners: The Mariners had lost seven of eight but were 12-4 against the A’s. Hisashi Iwakuma took on Aaron Brooks. Padres at Dodgers: The Dodgers had to finish ahead of the Mets to host the NL division series because they lost the season series. Rockies at Giants: Nolan Arenado’s nine HRs against the Giants were the best since Evan Longoria’s nine vs. the Yankees in 2013.