Bichette has five RBIs in Blue Jays’ victory
Bo Bichette homered and drove in five runs, Robbie Ray fanned 13 over seven innings to claim the major league strikeout lead and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-3 Wednesday.
Vladimr Guerrero Jr. doubled twice and scored twice, and Teoscar Hernández added an RBI single. The Blue Jays improved to 13-2 in September and kept pace with Boston and the New York Yankees for the top AL wild-card spot as all three teams won on Wednesday.
Tampa Bay lost for the fifth time in seven games. The AL East leaders are 6-8 in September after going 21-6 in August. Mike Zunino hit his 30th homer and Brett Phillips also connected.
YANKEES 4, ORIOLES 3 >> Brett Gardner blooped a two-run single in the ninth inning that was set up by a double steal as New York got its third straight win and kept pace with Toronto and Boston atop the AL wild-card standings.
RED SOX 9, MARINERS 4 (10 INNINGS) >> Kyle Schwarber and Christian Vazquez drove in two runs apiece in the 10th inning as Boston won to keep pace in the AL wild-card race.
A’S 12, ROYALS 10 >> Matt Olson hit a two-run homer, Josh Harrison drove in three runs and Elvis Andrus had four hits as Oakland held on through a nervy ninth inning to beat Kansas City to end a threegame skid and remain 3 1/2 games back of Toronto, Boston and New York in the AL wild-card chase.
TIGERS 4, BREWERS 1 >> Dustin Garneau homered and drove in two runs, rookie Matt Manning combined with the bullpen on a three-hitter and Detroit beat Milwaukee to complete a two-game sweep. Milwaukee’s magic number to clinch the NL Central remained at five.
CARDINALS 11, METS 4 >> Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado each hit one of St. Louis’ four homers, and the Cardinals flashed some fantastic outfield defense in beating New York for their fifth straight victory.
ASTROS 7, RANGERS 2 >> Jake Meyers and Marwin Gonzalez hit consecutive homers in a three-run second inning, Kyle Tucker homered among his three hits, and Jose Urquidy allowed one run and two hits in six innings as Houston beat Texas.
PHILLIES 6, CUBS 5 >> Andrew Knapp scored on a passed ball in the ninth inning to bolster Philadelphia’s tenuous playoff push with a win over Chicago.
INDIANS 12, TWINS 3 >> Cal Quantrill turned in a strong start, and Oscar Mercado, Bobby Bradley and Franmil Reyes homered to help Cleveland rout Minnesota.
MARLINS 8, NATIONALS 6 >> Jesus Sanchez’s second two-run homer of the day capped a four-run ninth inning as Miami rallied past Washington.
PIRATES 5, REDS 4 >> Wilmer Difo scored on a groundout from Colin Moran with one out in the ninth inning as Pittsburgh handed Cincinnati its seventh loss in nine games.