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Mets, Braves square off in make-up DH as both vie for playoffs
The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets each need one victory to qualify for the postseason when they meet in a make-up doubleheader on Monday in Atlanta.,Both teams are 88-72 and are in a virtual tie with Arizona (89-73) for the National League's two final wild-card spots. If Atlanta and New York spli...
MLB roundup: Dodgers beat Rockies, spoil Blackmon’s farewell
Shohei Ohtani fell short in his bid to become the first National League Triple Crown winner since 1937, but Chris Taylor's home run helped power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday in Denver to spoil Charlie Blackmon's final game.,Ohtani, who led the NL in home r...
Marlins, manager Skip Schumaker mutually part ways
The Miami Marlins and manager Skip Schumaker mutually agreed to part ways after two seasons, the team announced Sunday.,The Marlins finished the season 62-100 one year after Schumaker guided the Marlins to an 84-78 record and a playoff appearance as a wild card. Schumaker earned National League Mana...
Alex Verdugo's late hit delivers Yankees past Pirates
Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking two-run single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning and the New York Yankees held on for a 6-4 win against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates in their regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon.,Trent Grisham had a two-run home run and an RBI sacrifice fly and ...
Elly De La Cruz, Reds top Cubs in 10 innings to wrap season
Elly De La Cruz drove in a pair on a go-ahead double while Jake Fraley finished 3-for-4 as the visiting Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 in 10 innings in the regular-season finale on Sunday.,After nine scoreless innings, De La Cruz slashed a two-run double off Ethan Roberts (1-1). Tyler Ste...
No Triple Crown for Shohei Ohtani as Luis Arraez holds him off
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani came up short in his bid to become the first National League player to win the Triple Crown since 1937.,Ohtani, who led the NL with 54 homers and 130 RBIs this season, was trying to chase down Luis Arraez of the San Diego Padres for the batting title on Sunday ...
Astros-Guardians finale rained out, won’t be rescheduled
The season finale between the Houston Astros and the Cleveland Guardians was wiped out Sunday due to ongoing rain in the Cleveland area.,With the regular season about to end, the game will not be made up. Cleveland finishes the year with a 92-69 record and Houston wraps up at 88-73.,Neither team's p...
D-backs pound Padres to keep playoff hopes alive
Ketel Marte's two-run home run highlighted a six-run fourth inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks kept their wild-card playoff hopes alive with an 11-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Eugenio Suarez and Randal Grichuk also homered for Arizona (89-73), which ends its re...
Royals block Braves from clinching wild card in 4-2 win
The visiting Kansas City Royals got home runs from Michael Massey and Hunter Renfroe to beat Atlanta 4-2 on Sunday, salvaging a game from their three-game series and preventing the Braves from clinching a spot in the postseason.,Atlanta (88-72) now needs one win over the New York Mets to secure a wi...
Tigers fall to White Sox, face Astros in AL wild-card series
Lenyn Sosa hit a three-run homer and the visiting Chicago White Sox closed out their season with a 9-5 win over the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers on Sunday.,Sosa had three hits and scored three runs and Bryan Ramos supplied two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs for the White Sox (41-121), who won fi...
Phillies beat Nationals in finale, head to playoffs for third season in row
Kyle Schwarber and Weston Wilson each drove in two runs as the Philadelphia Phillies wrapped up their regular season with a 6-3 road victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.,Kody Clemens made a game-saving catch in left field to seal the victory for Philadelphia (95-67), which finished with ...
Mets beat Brewers, now play for wild-card berth Monday
David Peterson tossed seven innings of one-hit ball and earned the win Sunday afternoon for the visiting New York Mets, who ensured themselves an opportunity to play for a postseason berth Monday by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-0.,The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Mets (88-72), w...
No Triple Crown for Shohei Ohtani, but Dodgers nip Rockies
Shohei Ohtani fell short in his bid to be the first National League Triple Crown winner since 1937, but Chris Taylor's home run powered the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver on Sunday to spoil Charlie Blackmon's final game.,Ohtani, who led the NL in home runs (54) ...
Marlins cap rough season with sweep of Blue Jays
Jonah Bride had two hits, a walk and two RBIs as the visiting Miami Marlins defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Sunday afternoon to complete a three-game, season-ending sweep.,Bride extended his hit streak to eight games.,Otto Lopez, a former Blue Jay, and Xavier Edwards added two hits each for Mi...
Mariners end season with 3-game sweep vs. A's
Logan Gilbert took a perfect game into the sixth inning and Cal Raleigh homered for a third consecutive game as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Oakland Athletics 6-4 Sunday afternoon to sweep the season-ending, three-game series.,Justin Turner added a two-run double for Seattle (85-77), w...
Cards cruise past Giants 6-1 to cap strong finish
Brendan Donovan homered, Alec Burleson drove in three runs and the visiting St. Louis Cardinals denied the San Francisco Giants a .500 season with a 6-1, season-ending victory Sunday afternoon.,Rookie Michael McGreevy (3-0) completed an unbeaten season with eight strong innings, helping the Cardinal...
O's sweep Twins, shift attention to AL wild-card series
James McCann hit a three-run home run, Jordan Westburg drove in a pair and and the Baltimore Orioles pulled away for a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis., ,Heston Kjerstad hit a solo home run for Baltimore (91-71), which completed a three-game sweep to finish the re...
Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers shut down Angels to end season
Nathan Eovaldi worked seven scoreless innings and rookie Dustin Harris went 2-for-4 with three RBIs to help the visiting Texas Rangers sweep their final series of the season with an 8-0 win against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., on Sunday.,Eovaldi (12-8) struck out five while yielding fo...
Red Sox edge Rays to finish .500, take third place in AL East
Quinn Priester limited the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to one run on four hits in five innings Sunday to help the Boston Red Sox avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-1 victory in the final game of the season for each team.,Priester, who was called up from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday, was making his debut ...
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli to return in 2025
The Minnesota Twins will bring back Rocco Baldelli as their manager next year after collapsed down the stretch and missed the 2024 postseason.,"Rocco is my manager," Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey told reporters before Sunday's season finale against the visiting Baltimore Oriole...