The Blue Jays' playoff dreams hang by a thread after Dylan Cease was chased early in a big loss in Texas on Friday. MLB.com's Keegan Matheson joins SportsCentre to discuss Cease being out of gas, how much of Toronto's struggles should be blamed on the offence, and their chances of making the playoffs this season.
Hao-Yu Lee and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer in a five-run eighth inning as the Tigers rallied from six down to stun the White Sox on Friday night. Chicago (78-76) trails first-place Cleveland by one game in the AL Central with eight remaining, and has a one-game lead for the final American League wild card.
Corey Seager had an RBI double in a four-run second inning fueled by a throwing error, and the Rangers beat the Blue Jays on Friday in a matchup of AL playoff chasers. Dylan Cease walked a season-high six of his first 15 batters and was replaced with two outs in the third, as Toronto fell two games back in the wild-card race.
José Ramírez and rookie Travis Bazzana homered and Joey Cantillo pitched six scoreless innings as the Guardians rallied to beat the Athletics on Friday night and stay atop the AL Central. Cleveland, 18-9 since Aug. 20, came in tied with Chicago for first in the division.
Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off All-Star closer Jacob Latz in the eighth inning, capping a comeback from a three-run deficit as the Red Sox beat Texas and dropped the Rangers out of the AL West lead. Texas had won four straight games to gain a share of the lead but dropped one game behind Houston, which holds the tiebreaker. The Rangers trail by two games for the last AL wild card.
Munetaka Murakami hit his team-leading 32nd home run and the White Sox moved into a tie with the idle Guardians for first place in the AL Central with a win over the Tigers.
Yordan Alvarez crushes his 40th home run of the season.
Dodgers pop champagne in clubhouse after clinching the NL West.
Drew Rasmussen pitched five scoreless innings and the Rays opened a five-game AL East lead with a win over the Athletics on Thursday that extended their winning streak to six.
The Dodgers clinched their fifth consecutive NL West division title and 13th in 14 seasons, sparked by four hits from Kyle Tucker that included a first-inning home run in a win over the Reds.
Brandon Nimmo hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning before Ezequiel Duran added a two-run single, and the surging Rangers beat the Red Sox on Wednesday night to pull even with Houston atop the AL West.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 43rd and 44th homers and broke the Cubs' record for left-handers, and Shota Imanaga allowed a run in six innings in a victory over the Braves on Wednesday night.
Pete Alonso homered against the Mets again, a solo shot in the first inning that sent the Orioles to a victory Wednesday night and a three-game sweep at Citi Field.
Luke Keaschall went 3-for-5 and scored from second base on Victor Caratini's game-ending single in the 13th inning, sending the Twins past the Yankees.
MLB.com Blue Jays reporter Keegan Matheson joins SportsCentre to explain how the AL wild card race has changed with the White Sox now in the final playoff spot, assess Max Scherzer's performance in Toronto's series-ending win over Detroit, and share what needs to happen over the remaining nine games for the Jays to clinch a postseason berth.
Myles Straw had two hits and an RBI, Max Scherzer allowed one run in five innings for his second win in four starts, and the Blue Jays beat the Tigers, ending Detroit’s winning streak at six. Toronto moved 1.5 games back of Chicago for the final wild card spot.
Petey Halpin hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning, Parker Messick struck out eight and the Guardians moved into first place in the AL Central with a victory over the White Sox.
Mad Dog fumes at the Yankees celebrating reaching playoffs.
Stephen A. Smith sounds off on the Mets' organization.
Brayan Rocchio came through again, hitting a two-run double with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Cleveland Guardians a comeback 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox that tightened the AL Central race on Tuesday night.
Jacob deGrom struck out eight in five innings, Corey Seager had a two-run single and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night in a series opener between playoff contenders.
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