The Blue Jays and the Nationals take the field tonight in Washington looking to keep a potential wild card spot within their respective sights. Washington sits just one game out of the final NL wild card spot, while Toronto is five back of that final wild card spot in the AL. SportsCentre checks out the key storylines.
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Max Scherzer receives a standing ovation from Nationals fans.
Brandon Lowe rips a walk-off single for the Pirates.
Griffin Conine hits a game-winning, walk-off RBI single to give the Marlins an 8-7 victory over the Phillies, snapping a franchise-record 12-game losing streak.
Francisco Lindor homered twice and tripled off the top of the fence, driving in six runs as the New York Mets pulled away for a 14-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night. Marcus Semien hit a two-run homer that snapped a 3-all tie in the sixth inning and Tyrone Taylor extended his tear at the plate with a three-run drive in the seventh.
Griffin Conine hit a walkoff run-scoring single to lift the Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Monday and end Miami's franchise record 12-game losing streak. Phillies closer Jhoan Duran loaded the bases with no outs and allowed a tying two-run single by Heriberto Hernandez, who also scored the winning run.
Alex Bregman had a homer, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. Nico Hoerner also had four hits, including a two-run homer in the ninth as the Cubs banged out 14 hits in the win.
Ceddanne Rafaela hit his first career grand slam in the sixth inning to propel the Red Sox past the Athletics on Monday night. That was all the offence Boston would need as solo homeruns by Tyler Soderstrom and Jonah Heim would not be enough for the A's to complete the comeback.
Jackson Holliday had four hits and the Baltimore Orioles hit three home runs in an 8-5 win against the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. The Orioles had gone nine straight games without a multi-homer game but went deep twice in the fifth and once in the sixth and scored in five of the first six innings.
Luis Urías homered, Myles Straw had a double and a run-scoring single, and the Toronto Blue Jays celebrated Max Scherzer's return to Washington with a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday night. After Scherzer was pulled in the third inning, six relievers hit the bump for the Jays to hold the Nationals to a single run.
Ali Sanchez hit a three-run shot for his first career homer and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders. Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and New York put away the game with four more runs in the eighth.
Joc Pederson homered twice to drive in four runs and Ezequiel Duran and Jake Burger also went deep for the Texas Rangers in a 7-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday.
The Blue Jays are ten games below .500 on the season and have dropped four straight series. Max Scherzer will take the bump for the first time since coming off the injured list and will have a tough task ahead against the Nationals who lead the majors in home runs and OPS this year.
Mike Trout had his first four-hit game in more than five years as the Los Angeles Angels beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Sunday.
Jacob Misiorowski struck out 12 of the first 13 batters he faced, including each of the first seven, and allowed only one hit over five innings.
Bryson Stott homered, doubled and drove in five runs, NL All-Star starter Cristopher Sánchez pitched six solid innings and the Phillies avoided a three-game sweep with an 11-4 victory over the Yankees on Sunday night.
Michael Massey hit a go-ahead, two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Sunday.
Munetaka Murakami homered twice and drove in a season-high six runs; Miguel Vargas, Chase Meidroth and Junior Perez also went deep as the Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 12-3 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame welcomed its 2026 class on Sunday, as Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones, and Jeff Kent were all enshrined in Cooperstown.
Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill homered in the eighth inning and the San Diego Padres overcame an early three-run deficit to beat Miami 5-3 on Sunday, extending the Marlins’ losing streak to a franchise-record 12.
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