The Blue Jays sit 1.5 games back of the Guardians for the final wildcard spot in the American League, Keegan Matheson and Liz Benn dive into how Toronto has been able to stay in the playoff race, and if they believe the Jays can go on a run to make the postseason.
Rookie Sal Stewart homered for the third straight game to help offset two more home runs by Pete Crow-Armstrong, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-5 on Sunday night after rain delayed the start 25 minutes.
Juriensly de WIndt hit a bases clearing double in the fifth inning to seal it for Curaçao, who join Japan as the only teams in the LLWS history to win a title with the country's name on their uniform.
Tyler Glasnow gave up two hits and one run in seven innings and Freddie Freeman scored three runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Detroit Tigers 6-1 on Sunday.
Jonny DeLuca hit a two-out, two-run homer off Mason Miller to tie it in the ninth inning and Jorge Mateo singled in the winning run in the 11th as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.
Austin Wells homered twice in a nine-run eighth inning, Heliot Ramos hit a three-run homer in the fifth and the New York Yankees widened their lead in the AL wild-card race and clinched the season series against the Boston Red Sox with a 16-1 victory on Sunday.
Gunnar Henderson went off for the Orioles in this one, going four-for-four with two home runs, a triple, and five RBI as the Orioles took down the Athletics.
Jose Ramírez homered, hit his 1,000th career single and drove in four while Parker Messick struck out five and gave up one run in six innings to lead the Cleveland Guardians past the Kansas City Royals 11-1 on Sunday.
Max Scherzer pitched seven spectacular innings, allowing only one hit and fanning 10 batters to pass Gaylord Perry for ninth on the all-time strikeout list, Alejandro Kirk had two hits, including a home run and 2 RBI, and the Blue Jays picked up their first sweep since June, besting the Seattle Mariners.
Jorge Mateo walks it off for Rays in the 11th inning.
Gunnar Henderson crushes two home runs in Orioles' win.
Pete Crow-Armstrong records his first career 3-homer game in the Cubs' win over the Reds.
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Padres manager Craig Stammen get ejected in 7th inning.
Matt Olson walks it off to give Braves their seventh straight win.
Padres drop potential final out over wall to gift Rays tying two-run home run.
Did the umps get it wrong? Rafaela's apparent catch ruled a single.
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered three times and drove in six runs, helping the Cubs beat Sal Stewart and the Cincinnati Reds 17-5 on Saturday. Alex Bregman, Carson Kelly and Seiya Suzuki also went deep for Chicago.
Jackson Chourio and William Contreras homered in the first inning and the Milwaukee Brewers stayed ahead the rest of the way to defeat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Saturday night. The Rangers remained two games behind AL West leader Houston, which lost 6-2 to the New York Mets earlier Saturday. Brandon Nimmo hit a two-run homer and Cody Freeman added a solo shot for Texas.
Ceddanne Rafaela recovered from misjudging a fly ball to center field in the fourth inning to get a runner at the plate a day after making two outs on the bases, and he hit an RBI single in a four-run ninth as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-0 in the opener of a doubleheader on Saturday.
After dropping the first game of the double header, the Yankees downed the Red Sox 9-2 on Saturday night. Ben Rice drove in three on a pair of hits and Luis Garcia Jr. had three hits and an RBI. Seven Yankee pitchers held the Sox to only a pair of runs on six hits to take Game 3 of their homestand.
Josh Rojas had his second career game with four RBI, Salvador Perez hit two doubles and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Guardians 8-3 on Saturday for their 12th win in 13 games.
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