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MLB roundup: Thursday

Behind the most recent lengthy ball from main league house run chief Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees wrapped up the American League East championship by blowing out the visiting Baltimore Orioles 10-1 on Thursday.

Judge socked his 58th homer of the 12 months, extending his streak by homering in a fifth consecutive recreation.

New York (93-66) additionally clinched a first-round playoff bye and can open a best-of-five division sequence on Oct. 5. The Yankees moved a recreation forward of the Cleveland Guardians (92-67) for the very best report within the AL.

New York ace Gerrit Cole (8-5) allowed two hits, each singles, in 6 2/3 scoreless innings. He struck out 5 and walked one earlier than exiting to a standing ovation.

Dodgers 7, Padres 2

Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead single in a five-run seventh inning as Los Angeles clinched its eleventh National League West title in 12 seasons with a victory over visiting San Diego.

Will Smith had a game-tying two-run homer and Mookie Betts added a two-run single within the seventh for the Dodgers (95-64), who additionally clinched a bye within the wild-card spherical. Ohtani went 3-for-5. Los Angeles held off a second-half surge by the Padres (91-68), who clinched a playoff spot with a victory at Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Dodgers starter Walker Buehler gave up one run on 5 hits over 5 innings in his ultimate tune-up earlier than the playoffs. He fanned one and walked one. Anthony Banda (3-2) got here off the injured listing to pitch 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

Athletics 3, Rangers 2

J.T. Ginn recorded his first main league win, Mason Miller threw the Oakland franchise’s ultimate pitch in its Oakland Coliseum historical past, and the A’s accomplished their house schedule with a win over Texas.

On a celebrity-filled day wherein Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart threw out ceremonial first pitches and Barry Zito sang the National Anthem, A’s followers marked the historic occasion by recording the biggest attendance — 46,889 — in main league historical past for a staff taking part in its ultimate recreation in its house metropolis. The Montreal Expos held the earlier mark of 31,395 in 2004.

The baseball gods shined on the hometown heroes, with Oakland’s three runs approaching an infield out, a sacrifice fly and a flyball misplaced within the solar. JJ Bleday was credited with two RBIs for the Athletics (69-90). Adolis Garcia and Nathaniel Lowe had RBIs for the Rangers (75-84), who have been out-hit 9-5.

Tigers 4, Rays 3

Colt Keith drove in two runs, Justyn-Henry Malloy knocked within the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly and streaking Detroit rallied previous visiting Tampa Bay.

Matt Vierling reached base thrice and scored twice for the Tigers, who overcame a three-run deficit. The Tigers (85-74) moved nearer to an American League wild-card playoff berth with their fifth straight win.

Brandon Lowe drove in two runs for the Rays (78-81). Starter Tyler Alexander held the Tigers scoreless over the primary 5 innings, putting out six and not using a stroll.

Marlins 8, Twins 6 (13 innings)

Griffin Conine hit a two-run single within the high of the thirteenth inning and Miami outlasted Minnesota in Minneapolis, placing the Twins on the point of playoff elimination.

Minnesota is three video games again within the American League wild-card playoff race with solely three video games left within the common season. That means Minnesota (82-77) should sweep the Baltimore Orioles this weekend and both the Kansas City Royals (85-74) or the Detroit Tigers (85-74) must be swept for the Twins to sneak into the postseason.

Marlins right-hander Anthony Maldonado (1-1) earned his first profession victory by pitching two innings of scoreless reduction. Right-hander Darren McCaughan picked up his first profession save after permitting one unearned run within the backside of the thirteenth for Miami (59-100).

Brewers 5, Pirates 2

Aaron Civale logged six scoreless innings as Milwaukee downed host Pittsburgh within the rubber match of a three-game sequence.

Civale (8-9) yielded three hits whereas strolling one and putting out 5. Joey Ortiz went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run and Brice Turang completed with two RBIs for the Brewers (91-68), who’re one victory away from matching its win complete from a season in the past.

Bryan De La Cruz clubbed a two-run homer because the Pirates (74-85) fell for the ninth time of their previous 13 video games. Mitch Keller (11-12) received the beginning for the Pirates and lasted 5 innings. He gave up three runs on six hits, strolling two and fanning six.

Royals 7, Nationals 4

Pinch hitter Adam Frazier delivered a tiebreaking two-run single within the high of the ninth as visiting Kansas City inched nearer to a wild-card berth by finishing a three-game sweep of Washington.

Hunter Renfroe hit a house run and Salvador Perez had two hits and an RBI for the Royals (85-74), whose magic quantity to clinch a playoff spot is 2. Kris Bubic (1-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Lucas Erceg tossed an ideal ninth to notch his 14th save.

Luis Garcia Jr. homered for Washington (69-90), which has misplaced 4 straight video games and 9 of its final 10. Kyle Finnegan (3-8) entered within the ninth and was tagged for 3 runs on two hits and three walks earlier than being pulled with two outs.

White Sox 7, Angels 0

Andrew Vaughn and Lenyn Sosa each delivered two RBIs throughout a seven-run fifth inning and Chris Flexen pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings as host Chicago topped Los Angeles to earn a sequence sweep.

Chicago (39-120) once more averted surpassing the growth 1962 New York Mets for essentially the most single-season losses in Major League Baseball since 1901. A mark for futility fell upon the Angels, nonetheless, as Los Angeles (63-96) set a membership report for losses in a season, breaking a tie with the 1968 and 1980 groups.

Chicago rolled behind its largest rally of the 12 months. The White Sox despatched 12 batters to the plate within the fifth, which featured a pair of hits from Dominic Fletcher.

Rockies 10, Cardinals 8

Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking double in a five-run eighth inning, and Colorado used a two-out rally to beat St. Louis in Denver.

Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in three runs for the Rockies. Angel Chivilli (2-3) received the win, and Seth Halvorsen picked up his second save.

Lars Nootbaar and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back house runs and Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages additionally went deep for the Cardinals. Ryan Fernandez (1-6) took the loss.

–Field Level Media