Standings

All Times PDT

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 86 64 .573 —

New York 83 67 .553 3

Tampa Bay 73 77 .487 13

Baltimore 73 78 .483 13½

Toronto 70 80 .467 16

Central Division

W L Pct GB

x-Cleveland 93 57 .620 —

Minnesota 78 72 .520 15

Kansas City 73 76 .490 19½

Detroit 62 88 .413 31

Chicago 60 89 .403 32½

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Houston 91 58 .611 —

Los Angeles 76 73 .510 15

Seattle 74 76 .493 17½

Texas 73 76 .490 18

Oakland 67 83 .447 24½

x-clinched division

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Wild Card

W L Pct GB

New York 83 67 .553 +5

Minnesota 78 72 .520 —

Los Angeles 76 73 .510 1½

Seattle 74 76 .493 4

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Monday’s Games

Boston 10, Baltimore 8, 11 innings

N.Y. Yankees 2, Minnesota 1

Oakland 8, Detroit 3

Tuesday’s Games

Boston (Pomeranz 16-5) at Baltimore (Gausman 11-10), 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Berrios 12-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 11-5), 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Kennedy 4-11) at Toronto (Stroman 11-8), 4:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 6-8) at Tampa Bay (Snell 3-6), 4:10 p.m.

Oakland (Gossett 4-9) at Detroit (Bell 0-3), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Giolito 2-2) at Houston (McCullers 7-3), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Clevinger 10-5) at L.A. Angels (Skaggs 2-5), 7:07 p.m.

Texas (Perez 12-11) at Seattle (Leake 10-12), 7:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 10:10 a.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 4:07 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Houston, 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 7:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-Washington 90 59 .604 —

Miami 70 80 .467 20½

Atlanta 67 81 .453 22½

New York 65 85 .433 25½

Philadelphia 59 91 .393 31½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 83 66 .557 —

Milwaukee 80 70 .533 3½

St. Louis 77 72 .517 6

Pittsburgh 68 83 .450 16

Cincinnati 66 84 .440 17½

West Division

W L Pct GB

z-Los Angeles 96 54 .640 —

Arizona 87 64 .576 9½

Colorado 82 68 .547 14

San Diego 67 83 .447 29

San Francisco 58 93 .384 38½

z-clinched playoff berth

x-clinched division

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Wild Card

W L Pct GB

Arizona 87 64 .576 +4½

Colorado 82 68 .547 —

Milwaukee 80 70 .533 2

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Monday’s Games

Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 0

Philadelphia 4, L.A. Dodgers 3

Miami 13, N.Y. Mets 1

San Diego 4, Arizona 2

Tuesday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers (Darvish 9-12) at Philadelphia (Nola 11-10), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Anderson 10-3) at Pittsburgh (Williams 6-8), 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 6-8) at Tampa Bay (Snell 3-6), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Lugo 6-5) at Miami (Despaigne 0-3), 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wainwright 12-5) at Cincinnati (Stephens 2-0), 4:10 p.m.

Washington (Gonzalez 14-7) at Atlanta (Gohara 1-1), 4:35 p.m.

Arizona (Godley 8-7) at San Diego (Lamet 7-7), 7:10 p.m.

Colorado (Marquez 10-7) at San Francisco (Cueto 7-8), 7:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 10:10 a.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 12:45 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Tampa Bay, 4:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Cincinnati, 4:10 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m.

Arizona at San Diego, 6:10 p.m.

History

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

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Sept. 19

1968 — Denny McLain won his 31st game, the most in the AL since Lefty Grove’s 31 in 1931. The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 6-2 while Mickey Mantle hit his 535th and next-to-last career homer.

1998 — Seattle’s Alex Rodriguez hit his 40th homer, the third player with 40 home runs and 40 steals in the same season.

American League

Red Sox 10, Orioles 8 (11 inn.)

BALTIMORE — Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run single in the 11th inning as Boston reduced its magic number for clinching a playoff berth to four.

Boston Baltimore

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Bgaerts ss 3 3 1 1 T.Bckhm ss 5 2 2 1

Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 M.Mchdo 3b 4 0 1 1

Holt ph-2b 2 2 2 2 Schoop 2b 6 0 0 1

Travis ph 1 0 0 0 A.Jones cf 5 1 1 1

Marrero 2b 0 0 0 0 Mancini lf 5 0 1 0

H.Rmirz ph 1 0 0 0 C.Davis 1b 4 1 1 0

Lin 2b 0 0 0 0 W.Cstll c 3 1 0 1

Bnntndi lf 6 1 2 2 P.Alvrz dh 3 2 3 1

Betts rf 6 0 2 4 Gentry pr-dh 0 0 0 0

Mreland 1b 5 0 0 0 Hays rf 5 1 2 2

Vazquez dh 4 1 2 0

Ra.Dvis pr-dh 1 0 0 0

Devers 3b 5 1 2 0

Leon c 4 0 0 0

Swihart pr-c 0 1 0 0

Brdly J cf 5 1 1 1

Totals 44 10 12 10 Totals 40 8 11 8

Boston 000 160 100 02 — 10

Baltimore 131 120 000 00 — 8

E—Bogaerts (17), Devers (12). DP—Boston 1, Baltimore 1. LOB—Boston 6, Baltimore 8. 2B—Holt (5), Betts (44), Vazquez (17), T.Beckham 2 (18), C.Davis (15), Hays (1). HR—Bogaerts (9), P.Alvarez (1). CS—Gentry (4). SF—M.Machado (9), W.Castillo (2).

IP H R ER BB SO

Boston

Fister 2 4 5 5 5 0

Hembree 2 2 1 1 1 2

Abad 2-3 1 1 1 0 1

Workman 1 1-3 1 1 0 0 1

Scott 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Kelly 2-3 1 0 0 0 1

Reed 1 1 0 0 1 1

Kimbrel 1 0 0 0 0 1

Barnes W,7-3 1 1 0 0 0 1

Smith S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Baltimore

Bundy 4 1-3 7 6 6 1 2

Bleier 0 1 1 1 0 0

Givens 2-3 1 0 0 0 0

Hart BS,2 1 1 1 1 0 0

O’Day 1 0 0 0 0 2

Brach 1 1 0 0 0 2

Britton 1 0 0 0 1 2

Castro L,3-2 1 2-3 1 2 2 3 2

Yacabonis 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Fister pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd

Bleier pitched to 1 batter in the 5th

Hart pitched to 1 batter in the 7th

T—4:24. A—16,716 (45,971).

Athletics 8, Tigers 3

DETROIT — Matt Olson became the first Oakland player to homer in four straight games since Coco Crisp in 2013. He has 14 home runs in his past 20 games.

Oakland Detroit

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Semien ss 5 3 2 0 Kinsler 2b 4 1 2 2

Joyce rf-lf 6 1 3 0 Cndlrio 3b 4 0 0 0

Lowrie 2b 3 0 1 3 Mi.Cbrr dh 5 0 0 0

K.Davis lf 5 0 2 0 Cstllns rf 4 0 3 0

Smlnski cf 0 0 0 0 Navarro 1b 3 0 1 0

M.Olson 1b 3 2 1 2 J.McCnn c 4 0 0 0

Healy dh 5 1 1 0 Mahtook lf 3 1 2 0

Pinder cf-rf 4 0 2 2 J.Jones cf 4 1 1 1

M.Chpmn 3b 4 0 0 0 J.Iglss ss 4 0 0 0

Maxwell c 4 1 2 0

Totals 39 8 14 7 Totals 35 3 9 3

Oakland 104 200 010 — 8

Detroit 000 020 100 — 3

E—Candelario (3). DP—Oakland 1, Detroit 2. LOB—Oakland 13, Detroit 9. 2B—Lowrie (46), Pinder 2 (15), Kinsler (24), Castellanos (33), J.Jones (3). HR—M.Olson (22), Kinsler (19). SB—Castellanos (4), Mahtook (6), J.Jones (4). SF—Lowrie (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Oakland

Alcantara 3 2-3 2 0 0 1 2

Castro 2-3 3 2 2 0 0

Hendriks W,4-2 1 2-3 2 0 0 0 1

Casilla 1 1 1 1 0 2

Hatcher 1 1 0 0 1 1

Treinen 1 0 0 0 2 0

Detroit

Farmer L,4-4 2 2-3 6 5 4 0 3

Lewicki 2 1-3 3 2 2 3 1

Alcantara 2 3 0 0 1 1

Ferrell 2-3 1 1 1 1 0

Jimenez 1-3 1 0 0 0 0

Labourt 1 0 0 0 1 0

HBP—by Farmer (Semien), by Alcantara (Pinder). WP—Farmer, Alcantara, Labourt.

T—3:39. A—23,895 (41,681).

Yankees 2, Twins 1

NEW YORK — Aaron Judge hit his 44th home run, and New York built a five-game lead over Minnesota for the AL’s top wild card spot.

Minnesota New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi

B.Dzier 2b 3 0 0 0 Gardner lf 4 0 3 0

Mauer 1b 4 0 1 0 Judge rf 4 1 1 1

Buxton cf 4 0 0 0 G.Sanch c 4 0 0 0

J.Plnco ss 4 0 1 0 Grgrius ss 4 0 0 0

E.Rsrio rf-lf 4 1 1 0 Headley dh 4 1 1 0

E.Escbr 3b 4 0 1 0 St.Cstr 2b 4 0 1 0

Grssman dh 2 0 0 1 Ellsbry cf 2 0 1 0

J.Cstro c 2 0 0 0 T.Frzer 3b 3 0 1 1

Granite ph 0 0 0 0 Bird 1b 3 0 0 0

Gimenez c 0 0 0 0

Adranza lf 2 0 0 0

Kepler ph-rf 0 0 0 0

Totals 29 1 4 1 Totals 32 2 8 2

Minnesota 000 010 000 — 1

New York 100 001 00x — 2

E—Judge (5), Duffey (1), J.Castro (2). DP—New York 1. LOB—Minnesota 5, New York 9. 2B—J.Polanco (29). HR—Judge (44). SB—Gardner 2 (22), Ellsbury 2 (21). SF—T.Frazier (5). S—Granite (1).

IP H R ER BB SO

Minnesota

Santana L,15-8 5 2-3 7 2 2 1 3

Hildenberger 1 1 0 0 0 0

Rogers 2-3 0 0 0 0 1

Duffey 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

New York

Garcia 5 2-3 4 1 0 0 9

Robertson W,9-2 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2

Betances H,19 1-3 0 0 0 2 0

Chapman S,19-23 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2

HBP—by Betances (Grossman). WP—Santana 2, Betances.

T—3:16. A—30,425 (49,642).

National League

Marlins 13, Mets 1

MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton hit his 55th homer while driving in four runs to lead Miami. Stanton’s total is the highest since Ryan Howard hit 58 in 2006.

New York Miami

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Aoki rf 5 0 3 0 D.Grdon 2b 6 2 4 2

Reyes ss 3 0 0 0 Telis c 4 3 1 0

Mat. Ryn ss 1 0 1 0 Stanton rf 5 3 2 4

A.Cbrra 3b 3 0 0 0 Ozuna lf 5 1 4 2

Rhame p 0 0 0 0 Bour 1b 4 1 2 1

Cllahan p 0 0 0 0 D.McGwn p 0 0 0 0

Tijeron ph 1 0 0 0 Worley p 1 0 0 0

D.Smith 1b 4 0 0 0 Bri. And 3b 4 1 1 2

d’Arnud c 2 0 0 0 I.Szuki cf 4 1 2 1

Nido c 1 0 1 0 Aviles ss 5 1 2 0

Nimmo lf 3 0 1 0 Straily p 2 0 1 0

Lagares cf 3 1 0 0 Yelich ph 1 0 0 0

Ccchini 2b 4 0 1 1 Detrich 1b 2 0 0 0

Harvey p 1 0 0 0

Milone p 0 0 0 0

H.Rbles p 0 0 0 0

Goeddel p 0 0 0 0

Flexen p 0 0 0 0

Evans ph-3b 2 0 1 0

Totals 33 1 8 1 Totals 43 13 19 12

New York 000 100 000 — 1

Miami 101 370 10x — 13

E—Bri. Anderson (1), Mat. Reynolds (1). DP—New York 1, Miami 2. LOB—New York 11, Miami 11. 2B—Bour (18). 3B—D.Gordon (8), Bri. Anderson (1). HR—Stanton (55), Ozuna (34). SB—Aoki (8), Reyes (22), Lagares (6), D.Gordon (55).

IP H R ER BB SO

New York

Harvey L,5-6 4 12 7 7 2 2

Milone 1-3 1 2 2 1 0

Robles 1-3 4 3 3 0 0

Goeddel 1-3 0 0 0 0 0

Flexen 1 1 0 0 0 2

Rhame 1 1 1 1 1 1

Callahan 1 0 0 0 0 0

Miami

Straily W,10-9 5 3 1 1 4 8

McGowan 1 1 0 0 1 1

Worley S,1-1 3 4 0 0 1 4

Harvey pitched to 2 batters in the 5th

HBP—by Harvey (Telis). WP—Harvey.

T—3:22. A—16,385 (36,742).

Padres 4, Diamondbacks 2

SAN DIEGO — Hunter Renfroe hit a three-run home run in his first game back from the minors to lead San Diego. He was demoted to Triple-A El Paso on Aug. 18 to work on his hitting.

Arizona San Diego

ab r h bi ab r h bi

D.Prlta lf 2 0 1 1 Margot cf 4 0 1 0

Hoover p 0 0 0 0 Aybar ss 3 0 0 0

G.Blnco ph 0 0 0 0 Myers 1b 3 1 1 0

Rosales ph 1 0 0 0 Solarte 2b 3 1 0 0

Sherfy p 0 0 0 0 Renfroe rf 3 1 1 3

D.Hrnnd p 0 0 0 0 Vllneva 3b 3 0 0 0

C.Wlker ph 0 0 0 0 Szczur lf 1 0 0 0

Hzlbker pr 0 0 0 0 Hedges c 3 1 1 1

K.Marte ss 5 1 1 0 Perdomo p 2 0 0 0

Gldschm 1b 4 0 0 0 Stammen p 0 0 0 0

J.Mrtin rf 3 0 1 1 Baumann p 0 0 0 0

Dscalso 2b 3 0 0 0 Asuaje ph 1 0 0 0

Lamb 3b 4 0 1 0 Yates p 0 0 0 0

Pollock cf 2 0 0 0 Hand p 0 0 0 0

Hrrmann c 2 1 0 0

Drury ph 1 0 1 0

Corbin p 1 0 0 0

Fuentes ph-lf 1 0 0 0

Innetta ph 1 0 0 0

Totals 30 2 5 2 Totals 26 4 4 4

Arizona 002 000 000 — 2

San Diego 310 000 00x — 4

E—Hoover (1). DP—Arizona 1, San Diego 1. LOB—Arizona 9, San Diego 4. 2B—Margot (17), Myers (26). HR—Renfroe (21), Hedges (18). CS—Aybar (4), Szczur (2). S—Corbin (8).

IP H R ER BB SO

Arizona

Corbin L,14-13 5 4 4 4 3 3

Hoover 1 0 0 0 1 1

Sherfy 1 0 0 0 1 1

Hernandez 1 0 0 0 0 1

San Diego

Perdomo W,8-10 5 1-3 4 2 2 6 2

Stammen H,10 2-3 0 0 0 0 0

Baumann H,3 1 0 0 0 0 2

Yates H,18 1 0 0 0 0 3

Hand S,19-24 1 1 0 0 0 1

HBP—by Corbin (Renfroe), by Hand (Walker).

T—3:02. A—20,199 (42,302).

Phillies 4, Dodgers 3

PHILADELPHIA — Aaron Altherr hit a grand slam, the first ever given up by Clayton Kershaw, to lead Philadelphia.

Los Angeles Philadelphia

ab r h bi ab r h bi

C.Tylor cf 3 1 2 1 O.Hrrra cf 4 0 0 0

J.Trner 3b 4 1 1 1 Galvis ss 4 1 2 0

Bllnger 1b 4 0 1 0 N.Wllms rf 4 0 0 0

Puig rf 4 0 0 0 Hoskins 1b 2 1 1 0

A.Brnes c 3 0 0 0 Altherr lf 3 1 1 4

Grndrsn lf 3 1 1 1 Franco 3b 3 0 0 0

Utley 2b 2 0 0 0 Arano p 0 0 0 0

Frsythe ph-2b 1 0 0 0 L.Grcia p 0 0 0 0

C.Sager ph 1 0 0 0 Neris p 0 0 0 0

K.Hrnan ss 2 0 0 0 J.Crwfr 2b-3b 3 0 0 0

Ethier ph 0 0 0 0 Alfaro c 3 0 0 0

Clbrson ss 0 0 0 0 Pivetta p 1 0 0 0

Grandal ph 1 0 0 0 T.Kelly ph 0 1 0 0

Kershaw p 2 0 0 0 Segrist p 0 0 0 0

A.Gnzal ph 1 0 0 0 C.Hrnan 2b 1 0 0 0

Avilan p 0 0 0 0

Cngrani p 0 0 0 0

Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 28 4 4 4

Los Angeles 200 000 001 — 3

Philadelphia 000 004 00x — 4

DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Los Angeles 5, Philadelphia 2. HR—C.Taylor (20), J.Turner (21), Granderson (24), Altherr (17).

IP H R ER BB SO

Los Angeles

Kershaw L,17-4 6 4 4 4 2 6

Avilan 1 0 0 0 0 2

Cingrani 1 0 0 0 0 2

Philadelphia

Pivetta W,6-10 6 4 2 2 2 8

Siegrist H,7 1-3 0 0 0 0 1

Arano H,1 2-3 0 0 0 1 0

Garcia H,11 1 0 0 0 1 0

Neris S,22-25 1 1 1 1 0 3

T—2:40. A—16,690 (43,651).

Brewers 3, Pirates 0

PITTSBURGH — Brent Suter needed just 64 pitches to get through five innings, and four relievers finished Milwaukee’s 11 shutout this season.

Milwaukee Pittsburgh

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Sogard ss-2b 5 0 1 0 Mercer ss 4 0 1 0

N.Wlker 2b-1b 4 1 2 1 Luplow lf 4 0 0 0

Braun lf 3 1 2 1 McCtchn cf 4 0 3 0

T.Shaw 3b 4 0 2 1 Freese 3b 4 0 1 0

Thames 1b 3 0 1 0 J.Osuna 1b 2 0 0 0

Hader p 0 0 0 0 J.Bell ph-1b 2 0 0 0

Aguilar ph 1 0 0 0 G.Plnco rf 4 0 1 0

Swarzak p 0 0 0 0 S.Rdrig 2b 3 0 0 0

Knebel p 0 0 0 0 E.Diaz c 3 0 1 0

H.Perez rf 4 0 0 0 Taillon p 2 0 1 0

Vogt c 3 0 0 0 Schugel p 0 0 0 0

Pina c 1 0 0 0 Ed.Sntn p 0 0 0 0

Bre. Phl cf 3 0 1 0 Bostick ph 1 0 0 0

Suter p 1 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0

Villar ph 1 1 1 0 Barbato p 0 0 0 0

Jffress p 0 0 0 0

Arcia ss 2 0 0 0

Totals 35 3 10 3 Totals 33 0 8 0

Milwaukee 000 101 010 — 3

Pittsburgh 000 000 000 — 0

DP—Pittsburgh 2. LOB—Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 6. 2B—T.Shaw (32), Bre. Phillips (2), Villar (18), E.Diaz (12). HR—Braun (17). SB—Braun (12), Bre. Phillips (3).

IP H R ER BB SO

Milwaukee

Suter W,3-2 5 5 0 0 0 4

Jeffress H,7 1-3 1 0 0 0 1

Hader H,10 1 2-3 1 0 0 0 3

Swarzak H,23 1 0 0 0 0 1

Knebel S,36-41 1 1 0 0 0 2

Pittsburgh

Taillon L,7-7 5 6 2 2 1 4

Schugel 1 0 0 0 0 1

Santana 1 0 0 0 1 2

Kontos 1 3 1 1 0 1

Barbato 1 1 0 0 0 0

Taillon pitched to 3 batters in the 6th

WP—Taillon, Barbato.

T—2:52. A—16,283 (38,362).