Blue Jays Gain Ground On Yankees Mariners Lose To Ohtani S Angels

George Springer had two hits and two RBIs, and Matt Chapman drove in a run and scored a run as Toronto improved to 13-4 in September. The Blue Jays have won six of their last seven against Baltimore. The Blue Jays lead the wild-card race ahead of Seattle and Tampa Bay. Baltimore is five games back of the Rays for the final wild card. In the division race, the Blue Jays now trail the Yankees by just 4.5 games with a three-game series between the two clubs remaining on the schedule later this month. Berríos (11-5) allowed two runs and seven hits to earn his third straight decision. He is 8-0 with a 3.04 ERA in 11 starts against the Orioles. Jordan Romano finished for his 34th save in 38 chances. Orioles right-hander Kyle Bradish (3-7) allowed five runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings, his second straight loss. BREWERS 4, YANKEES 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Willie Adams hit a three-run shot for his 30th homer this season to back Brandon Woodruff as Milwaukee topped New York. New York’s Aaron Judge went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk to stay at 57 homers. Judge remained four home runs from tying Roger Maris’ American League record of 61. The game included a strange moment in the third inning. Catcher Victor Caratini had just received a pitch and was trying to return the ball to Woodruff (11-4), but his throw instead hit left-handed Marwin Gonzalez on the left side of his head. Gonzalez was examined by a Yankees athletic trainer for a few minutes before being removed from the game. Adames opened the scoring in the third inning when he sent a leadoff pitch from Jameson Taillon (13-5) over the left field wall. Devin Williams picked up his 13th save in 14 chances. ANGELS 2, SAILORS 1 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani pitched seven scoreless innings, drove in a run and scored another to help Los Angeles beat Seattle. The Mariners entered the four-game series tied for first place in the AL wild-card chase, but now find themselves two games behind the Toronto Blue Jays and a half-game back of Tampa Bay. Seattle holds the final wild card spot, five games ahead of Baltimore. Ohtani (13-8) reached base twice in three at-bats, drove in his 89th run and lowered his ERA to 2.43 in 148 total innings. He gave up three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts, and now has 196 strikeouts on the season. Mariners starter George Kirby (7-4) gave up two runs and four hits in six innings with one walk and eight strikeouts. RAYS 5, RANGERS 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Walsh homered and six Tampa Bay pitchers combined for a six-hitter to beat Texas. Tampa Bay is 1 1/2 games behind Toronto for the top AL wild card. The Rays have a 5 1/2-game lead over Baltimore, which is fourth in the race for the three wild cards. Jonah Heim homered and Jon Gray (7-7) allowed two runs and two hits over 4 1/3 innings in his second start for Texas since returning from a left oblique strain. Heim made it 2-1 with a leadoff single in the fourth against Ryan Yarbrough (2-8). Guardians 5, TWINS 1, GAME 1 Guardians 7, TWINS 6, 15 INNINGS, GAME 2 CLEVELAND (AP) — Austin Hedges scored on an error by Jermaine Palacios in the 15th inning and AL Central-leading Cleveland beat Minnesota for the eighth straight time in the second game of a doubleheader. Amed Rosario, who went 8 for 13 with six RBIs in the twinbill, hit a grounder that Palacios mishandled with two outs. The ball slid into the outfield, allowing Hedges to score from third to end the 5-hour, 24-minute marathon. Cleveland, which has won nine of its last 10, has opened a 4 1/2-game lead over the Chicago White Sox and is seven games ahead of the third-place Twins. Guardians ninth pitcher Kirk McCarty (5-2) worked three innings for the win. Dereck Rodríguez (0-1) threw 3 2/3 innings after being recalled from Triple-A St. Paul between games. CARDINALS 5, REDS 1, GAME 1 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yadier Molina hit a two-run double, Albert Pujols went fruitless in his quest for 700 homers, and the Cardinals beat the Reds 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader. Pujols, 42, hit career homer No. 698 in Friday night’s 6-5 win over Cincinnati. Tommy Edman had three hits for the NL Central-leading Cardinals. Paul Goldschmidt and Brendan Donovan each drove in a run. TJ Friedl hit an RBI double in the seventh to account for Cincinnati’s only run. Mike Minor (4-12) walked five in three innings and was charged with five runs and five hits. St. Louis right-hander Dakota Hudson (8-7) pitched a game-high eight innings of six-hit ball in his first major league start since Aug. 30. CARDINALS 1, REDS 0, GAME 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andrew Knizner scored on a throwing error by Reds center fielder Nick Senzel, who was playing third base in a five-man infield in the 11th inning, to give St. Louis the doubleheader sweep. Senzel’s throw hit Knijner in the back as he raced home. Reds manager David Bell argued with home plate umpire Chad Fairchild that Knijner was stepping off the baseline into fair territory, to no avail. José Quintana allowed two hits, struck out one batter and struck out six in eight innings. St. Louis has gone 8-1 in his nine starts since acquiring him from Pittsburgh on Aug. 1. METS 5, PIRATES 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Eduardo Escobar hit an early three-run hit and Chris Bassitt pitched six innings for his 14th win as New York topped Pittsburgh. New York maintained a one-game lead in the NL East over the Atlanta Braves. Pete Alonso drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth for his NL-high 114th RBI. Mets batters were hit by pitches four times, including Jeff McNeil twice. Basit (14-8) allowed three hits and struck out eight. Rodolfo Castro’s 10th homer of the season in the ninth kept the Pirates from being shut out for the 15th time. Bryse Wilson (3-9) was charged with the loss. He allowed four earned runs in 5 1/3 innings and struck out five. ATHLETIKOS 8, ASTROS 5 HOUSTON (AP) — Seth Brown drove in four runs and Cole Irvin overcame a rough start to help Oakland beat Houston. Tony Kemp had three hits and scored three runs as Oakland won for the fourth time in 15 games this month and snapped Houston’s six-game hitting streak a day after the Astros clinched a postseason berth. Brown crushed an 80 mph slider off Astros starter José Urquidy in the fifth inning 432 feet into the upper deck of right field for a three-run homer to give the A’s a 6-4 lead. In his next at-bat, he doubled off Will Smith in the seventh to extend the lead to 7-4. Urquidy (13-7) allowed six runs and seven hits in six innings while striking out six. Houston’s magic number to clinch the AL West remained at four. DODGERS 7, GIANTS 2 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trace Thompson hit a two-run double to support Julio Urias’ 17th win and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Saturday night to record their 10th 100-win season in history of the franchise and fourth in six years. Justin Turner had a pair of RBI singles among his three hits on the day after hitting a career-best 35 doubles for the season. Urias (17-7) struck out eight with one walk in six innings and improved to 4-1 against San Francisco this season. He allowed two runs on five hits. Los Angeles had 13 more hits after hitting nine in the series opener and needed the fewest games to reach 100 wins since the Seattle Mariners in 2001. Thompson connected for his 11th homer against Sean Hjelle, and then the Dodgers hit five straight singles off Hjelle (0-2) to start the third inning before Thompson walked. ROYALS 9, RED SOX 0 BOSTON (AP) — Brady Singer got out of a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in the third and finished with six shutout innings to lead Kansas City over Boston. Singer (9-4) won his fifth straight decision, allowing five singles and one walk while striking out five. MJ Melendez and Vinnie Pasquantino each had three hits for the Royals. Melendez scored four runs and Pasquantino drove in three. The first four batters in Kansas City’s lineup went 10-for-20 with eight RBIs. Rich Hill (7-7) gave up four runs on eight hits and a balk, striking out four. WHITE SOX 4, TIGERS 3 DETROIT (AP) — Yoan Moncada hit a tiebreaking two-run 11th inning to give Chicago a win over Detroit. With the score 2-2, Elvis Andrus hit a leadoff single in the 11th. Gregory Soto (2-9) failed to get the bunt to the left side of the mound as pinch runner Selby Zavala advanced to third. Moncada hit an RBI single, José Abreu struck out and, after a double steal, Eloy Jiménez’s sacrifice fly gave Chicago a 4-2 lead. Pinch hitter Javier Báez had a one-out, run-scoring single in the bottom against Aaron Bummer, who retired Spencer Torkelson on a flyout for his second second save. Liam Hendriks (4-4) retired the side in order in the 10th, a day after giving up Victor Reyes’ game-ending sacrifice bunt in the 10th. NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 3 WASHINGTON (AP) – Lane Thomas started things off with a leadoff hit for Washington, which ended with four solo shots in a win over Miami. The Nationals have the worst record in the majors and entered with an NL-low 122 homers – the AL Detroit Tigers had 91. After Thomas hit his 16th of the season off Marlins shortstop Trevor Rogers, Luke…