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Braves clinch a playoff berth with a 6-2 win over Astros. This
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article is being read by an automated voice, generated by Everlet. Houston,
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the AP, Michael Harris II, Ronald Acuna Jr, and Matt Olson each
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hit a two run homer as the Atlanta Braves clinched a playoff
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berth with a six two victory over the Houston Astros on Friday
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night. The Braves secured at least a National League wild card and
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reduced their magic number to three for winning the N L East.
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Atlanta is heading to the postseason, for the eighth time in nine
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years. The loss dropped Houston's lead in the AL West over Texas
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to a half-game game, with the Rangers hosting Toronto on Friday night.
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Olsen hit his fortieth home run in the ninth inning to make
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him the fifth player in franchise history, with multiple forty homer seasons,
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after he set a Braves record with fifty four in twenty twenty
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three. Harris, who had three hits, gave the Braves a two zero
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lead with his homer off Peter Lambert, eight ten in the fourth.
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They were clinging to a one run lead with one on and
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one out in the seventh, when Acuña connected off Bennett Souza to
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make it four one. The Astros had runners on first and second
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with two outs in the eighth when an RBI single by Isaac
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Perides cut the lead to four two. Jose Altuve hit a fly
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ball to shallow right field, but Acunha made a diving catch to
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end the inning. Tyler Mall, seven ten, allowed three hits, and a
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run with six strikeouts in six innings to help the Braves to
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their second win in five games. Lambert yielded six hits and two
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runs in five and one third innings. He remained winless since july
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eleventh. Parates eight, Royals five. Pittsburgh, the AP, rookie shortstop Connor Griffin
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had four hits, Brandon Lowe hit his 32nd homer, and Pittsburgh surged
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past Kansas City. Pittsburgh churned out 15 hits against Kansas City to
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overcome an early four-run deficit to move back to.500777 in
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its bid for the franchise's first winning season since 2018. The twenty
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year old Griffin, who missed two months with a left hand injury
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that coincided with a summer swoon that saw the Pirates playoff hopes
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evaporate, posted the third four hit game of his young career. His
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RBI single in the seventh off reliever Nate Pearson, two two, capped
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a three run rally. Johan Ramirez, seven four, retired all four batters
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he faced in relief to pick up the win. Gregory Soto worked
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the ninth for his fifteenth save, but just his first since august
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first. Vinnie Pasquantino and Michael Massey homered for the Royals, but Kansas
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City couldn't take advantage of a Soso performance by Hapirate's ace Paul
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Skeens. Quartians five, Ecclesics three. Cleveland, the AP, Jose Ramirez and rookie
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Travis Bazzana
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Homered, and Joey Cantillo pitched six scoreless innings as Cleveland rallied to
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beat the athletics and stay atop the AL Central. Ramirez connected in
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the sixth inning to give the Guardians a two run cushion. His
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twelfth homer was also the seven time All Stars one thousandth RBI,
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making him just the second Cleveland player to reach the plateau. Earl
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Averill drove in one thousand and eighty four runs. Bazanna snapped a
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three three tie in the fifth, as the Guardians came Zack after
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falling behind three zero in the first. Cleveland 18-9 since August 20
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came in tied with Chicago for first in the division. The White
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Sox hold the head to head tiebreaker. Cantillo 109 allowed two hits
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in six inning after replacing opener Daniel Espino. Cantillo has not given
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up a run in ten innings over his past two outings. Hunter
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Gaddis and Cade Smith finished off the combined three hitter. Smith worked
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the ninth for his thirty eighth save. Zach Geloff hit a three
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run homer for the A's, who are zero four on their final
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road trip of twenty twenty six. Red six, Cubes four. Cincinnati the
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AP, Jose Trevino lined a two run single to right field with
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the bases loaded in the seventh inning, and Cincinnati rallied for a
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victory over Chicago. Michael Conforto had three hits for the Cubs, who
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have dropped two of three. Chicago, eighty five sixty nine, had the
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tying run at the plate with two outs in the ninth when
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Michael Bush was caught stealing at second base on a designed pitch
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out called by Trevino. Bush was credited with the stolen base when
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it was overturned by instant replay. Chicago's magic number to clinch a
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postseason spot remains at four. Clay Holmes, 6'8, went five and one-third
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innings and allowed six runs. Eugenio Suarez tied it at four four
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with a base hit to left to drive in Ellie de la
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Cruz. Hector Rodriguez grounded into a fielder's choice as Tyler Stevenson was
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called out at home, before Trevino came through with the go ahead
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hit. DelaCruz also drove in two runs for the Reds, who had
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dropped 3-4 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the previous series. Ian
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Hap homered in the third to tie it at two two, and
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Seiya Suzuki had a two run single with the bases loaded in
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the fourth to put the Cubs up four three. Julian Awyar, 2
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1, got the win in relief, allowing two U runs in three
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innings. All-star Chase Burns, who is on an innings restriction, gave up
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two U runs in three inning, Red Sox four, Raz two. Saint
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Petersburg, Florida, the AP. Roman Anthony Hombert and drove in three runs,
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and Boston took a big step toward clinching an American League playoff
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spot with a victory over Tampa Bay. The Red Sox, who entered
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Friday with a magic number of three, could secure a wild card
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spot as early as Saturday. Junior Camanero and Jonathan Aranda drove in
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run for the postseason bound raise, they had won six in a
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row. Anthony hit the game's third pitch from Ian Seymour, nine seven,
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into the right field seats for his third career leadoff homer. The
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in the second inning, Anthony broke a one one tie and drove
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in two more runs with a two out single. Jamai Jones gave
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Boston a 4 1 advantage with his own solo homer to lead
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off the third. Caleb Durbin added two hits for the Red Sox,
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who owned the American League's third best record, 8470, behind the Rays
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and Yankees. Red Sox starter Ranger Suarez, 8 4, threw five and
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two thirds innings, allowing three hits and one run with five walks
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and five strikeouts. He also snared Taylor Wall's one hundred pH hit
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liner in the fourth, before completing an inning ending double play. Tampa
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Bay couldn't capitalize on multiple opportunities, including nine Red Sox walks. The
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Rays left the bases loaded in the sixth and ninth, when Eric
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Miller retired Chandler Simpson on a game ending grounder. Tampa Bay was
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zero for thirteen with runners in scoring position. Mets six, Phillies three.
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New York, the AP, Juan Soto hit a three run homer, and
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New York kept Philadelphia from gaining ground in the National League wildcard
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race with a victory. Edmundo Sosa went three for three with a
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home run and a double for the Phillies, eighty five sixty nine,
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who remained tied with the Cubs for the top two wild card
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spots after Chicago lost six four to Cincinnati. Both teams began the
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day one game ahead of the San Diego Padres, who were scheduled
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to host Miami later Friday. Derrick Hill also went deep and Bryson
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Stott had an RBI double for Philadelphia. Soto also doubled and finished
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with three hits. AJ Ewing's two-run single capped a three-run first inning
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for the last place Mets, who ended a five-game losing streak, their
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longest under interim manager Andy Green. Carson Beng had an RBI single
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in the first and reached base three times. Francisco Lindor remained at
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two hundred and ninety nine career homers after going two for five
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with a double. Rookie left hander Zack Thornton, five five, allowed two
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runs and five hits in six innings. He struck out four and
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walked one. Thornton has permitted two runs, or fewer eight times in
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fourteen big league starts. Deniel Nunez got four outs for hits second
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career save and first since july thirteenth, twenty twenty four. Brer's six,
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Oriel's five, ten innings. Baltimore the AP. Jackson Churio hit a three
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run homer, Sal Frelick singled in the go ahead run in the
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tenth inning, and Surging Milwaukee, beat Baltimore. Although the Brewers own the
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best record in the majors, 96-58, and have already clinched their fourth
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straight NL Central title, they aren't coasting to the finish. Milwaukee is
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still looking to wrap up a first round bye in the playoffs
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and earn home field advantage throughout the postseason. We're trying to win
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games and keep everybody healthy, manager Pat Murphy said before the game.
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The Brewers got their eighth victory in ten games, despite blowing a
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two run lead in the ninth. After William Contreras hit a tie
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breaking double, and Christian Yellich tacked on a run scoring single in
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the top half, Baltimore pulled even in the bottom half against Trevor
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Megill, three three, with two hits and a pair of sacrifice flies.
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In the tenth automatic runner, Joey Ortiz advanced on a bunt, and
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trotted home when Frelick bounced a single to right field off Grant
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Wolfram, six four. Chadpatrick got three outs for his sixth save. Like
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Milwaukee, the Orioles seventy five seventy nine are also in a playoff
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race, but Baltimore is running out of time in its bid to
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claim the final AL wildcard spot. Nationals nine, Cardanals one. Saint Louis,
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the AP. C. J. Abrams became the fifty second player to join
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the thirty thirty club, Cade Cavalli threw his two hundredth strikeout of
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the year, and Washington took down Saint Louis. Abrams joined the Cubs
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Pete Crow Armstrong as the only players to hit thirty homers and
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steal thirty bases this season. He is just the second national to
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do it, joining Alfonso Soriano in two thousand six. Cavalli, thirteen five,
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struck out the side in the first, and finished with six strikeouts
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and four hits in five innings of work. His two hundredth strikeout
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came on his final pitch of the night, and he became the
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fifth Nationals pitcher with a two hundred strikeout season, joining Patrick Corbin,
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Gio Gonzalez, Max Scherzer, and Steven Strasberg, just hours after inking a
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four year forty seven million dollars contract extension. The Nats scored three
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runs in the first, started by Abrams RBI single. Abrams the stole
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his thirtieth base, and an errant throw from Cardinals catcher Leo Bernal
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let Dylan Cruz come around to score. Brady House added an RBI
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grounder out before the end of the frame. Cruz started a four
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run third with his twelfth homer of the season, a two run
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shot to right, and Johanny Morales added a two run double. Dalen
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Lyle hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth, and James Wood had
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an RBI double in the sixth to round out the scoring Rangers
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seven, Blue Jays one. Arlington, Texas the AP. Corey Seeger had an
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RBI double in a four run second inning fueled by a throwing
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error, and Texas beat Toronto in the opener of a series matching
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AL playoff chasers. The Rangers, 7777, reached.500
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for a majors leading twenty third time, and pulled within one game
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of the White Sox for the third and final AL wildcard spot,
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although Chicago.
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Has the tiebreaker. The defending AL champion Blue Jays, 76 78, are
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2 0 games back in the wildcard race. Texas also closed the
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gap on Houston by pulling even with the Astros atop the AL
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West, but the Rangers would have to win the division outright to
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finish ahead of their in state rival. Houston lost to Atlanta six
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two. The Rangers took the lead in the second on Evan Carter's
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bases loaded grounder that scored Wyatt Langford, and Jake Berger also came
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home when shortstop Ernie Clements throw, trying to force him out at
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third, bounced wide of the bag into foul territory. Seeger made it
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four zero with his double. Dylan Sees, eleven six, walked a season
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high six among his first fifteen batters, and was replaced with two
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outs in the third after throwing thirty eight balls and thirty six
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strikes. Six of the Texas runs were unearned as the Blue Jays
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walked ten and had three throwing errors, two by third baseman Kazuma
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Okamoto. Trevor Williams, two zero, finished with four scoreless innings after starter
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Gumar Rocker took a four zero lead into the fifth but couldn't
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finish and was replaced by Tyler Alexander. Tigers eleven, White Sox eight.
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Chicago, the AP How Yu-Lee and Riley Green each hit a two-run
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homer in a 5-run eighth inning as Detroit rallied from 6-down to
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beat Chicago. Chicago, seventy eight seventy six, trails first place Cleveland, by
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one game in the AL Central with eight remaining. Although the White
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Sox own the head to head tiebreaker after winning the season series,
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Chicago has a one game lead for the final American League wild
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card. Detroit, seventy three eighty one, trailed eight two after Miguel Vargas
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hit his thirty second homer for the White Sox, a two run
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shot in the third inning. Chicago right fielder Tristan Peters left the
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game in the fifth after crashing into the wall in right center
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on Kevin McGonagall's bases, loaded triple that cut it to eight five,
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and chased rookie starter David Sandlin. Lee had a two out RBI
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double off Chris Murphy in the sixth to make it eight six.
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Lee tied it against Sean Newcombe, two five, with his tenth homer,
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and Green followed with his twenty first, off Brian Hudson. Later in
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the inning, Dylan Dingler had a go ahead single in between the
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homers. Lee finished with four of the Tiger sixteen hits. Mariners five,
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Rockies four. Denver the AP. Lazaro Montes led off the ninth inning
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with a 426-foot home run, and Seattle beat Colorado. The Mariners are
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six games back of the Chicago White Sox for the third AL
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wildcard with eight games remaining. JP Crawford hit his eighteenth career leadoff
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homer, Randy Arozarena had three hits, and Carlos Vargas 2 0 got
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one out for Seattle, 7282. Monte's blast into the second deck off
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Jordan Romano 04 gave Seattle its second straight win. Cole Kerrig led
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off the bottom of the ninth with a single stole second but
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was picked off by Andres Munoz, who struck out Mickey Monique to
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pick up his twenty-eighth save. Colorado's TJ Rumfield singled to extend his
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on base streak to twenty two games, the longest by a rookie
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in franchise history. The Rockies, 5698, are on the verge of being
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the first team since the 1965 New York Mets to lose one
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hundred or more games in four straight seasons. Rockies rookie starter Gabriel
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Hughes pitched four and two thirds innings, and remained winless in thirteen
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starts and fourteen games. He needed thirty four pitches to get through
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the first but retired eleven straight before a one out walk in
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the fifth.