ORIOLES RALLY FOR KEY WIN IN WILD-CARD RACE

toronto» Hyun Soo Kim hit a pinchhit, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Roberto Osuna, and the Orioles beat Toronto 3-2 on Wednesday night to move within one game of the AL wild cardleading Blue Jays.

With Toronto ahead 2-1, Jonathan Schoop singled with one out, pinch-runner Michael Bourn stole second and Kim homered on a 3-2 pitch into the visiting bullpen in right, causing the Orioles relievers to jump in celebration.

Osuna (3-3) has five blown save chances, including two of his last three.

Mark Trumbo hit his major leagueleading 46th home run, a solo drive off Jason Grilli in the eighth. Sacrifice flies by Edgar Encarnacion in the first and Kevin Pillar in the second had built a 2-0 lead.

Brian Duensing (1-0) got one out, and Zach Britton finished for his 47th save in as many tries.

WEDNESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Mark Teixeira hit a game-winning grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Yankees staved off playoff elimination at the last possible moment with a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox. Boston clinched the AL East title nearly 30 minutes before Teixeira connected, thanks to Toronto’s 3-2 loss against Baltimore. But a five-run comeback by New York in the ninth prevented its longtime rival from celebrating on the Yankee Stadium field. … Carlos Gomez hit a towering three-run homer in the eighth inning and the ALleading Rangers beat the Brewers 8-5 for their MLB-best 49th come-from-behind victory. … Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer, his career-best 36th of the season, in the first inning, and the Mariners beat the Astros 12-4 to keep pressure on the other AL wild-card contenders. Kyle Seager added another three-run drive in the eighth, his 30th home run this season. … Jay Bruce hit his 32nd home run, James Loney also homered and the Mets helped their NL wild-card chances by beating the Marlins 5-2. … Miguel Cabrera hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning. moments before the game was halted for good, and the Tigers came away with a rain-shortened 6-3 victory over the Indians, keeping pace with Baltimore in the AL wild-card race. … Adam Duvall’s two-run single lifted the Reds past the Cardinals 2-1. … Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon keyed an eighthinning rally and the Royals beat the Twins 5-2, but Kansas City was still knocked out of playoff contention. … John Jaso hit for the cycle and drove in five runs to lead the Pirates to an 8-4 victory over the Cubs. Jaso tripled off Chicago reliever Pedro Strop in the seventh inning to clinch the first cycle in the history of PNC Park and the first for the Pirates since 2004. … Matt Kemp hit a two-run homer, Daniel Castro had three RBIs and Dansby Swanson also drove in two runs, as the Braves won for the ninth time in 10 games with a 12-2 rout of the Phillies .… Shelby Miller threw five shutout innings and Jean Segura had three hits to reach 200 for the season as the Diamondbacks beat the Nationals 3-0 in a rain-shortened game. … Miguel Gonzalez pitched 8L scoreless innings and Todd Frazier hit his 40th home run of the season as the White Sox beat the Rays 1-0.

FOOTNOTE

Cubs give Epstein big extension. Chicago announced a five-year contract extension with president of baseball operations Theo Epstein. The Associated Press