Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer, Drew Anderson pitched five shutout innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game by thumping the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays have lost six of nine. Toronto fell two games behind Cleveland in the race for the final American League wild card after the Guardians rallied in the ninth to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-6.
MLB.com's Keegan Matheson joins SportsCentre to share his reaction to the Blue Jays' blowout loss against the Tigers on Tuesday night, which along with a Guardians win now has Toronto two games back of the final AL Wild Card spot.
Max Fried earned his first victory since April 27, backed by home runs from Cody Bellinger and Spencer Jones that helped the New York Yankees keep pace in the AL East race with an 8-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.
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.
The Blue Jays are back in action against the Tigers on Tuesday and will lean on their bullpen a day after Detroit came back to snap Toronto's two-game win streak. The Jays enter the matchup one game back of the Guardians for the final AL wild-card spot with 11 games to go. SportsCentre has more on the storylines for tonight.
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Aaron Judge hit a three-run home run that capped a six-run eighth inning, and the Yankees beat the Twins 8-3 Monday on a night they clinched their 61st postseason berth and ninth in 10 seasons.
Pete Alonso went hitless in his return to Citi Field but Gunnar Henderson launched a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning Monday night that lifted the Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Mets.
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Tristan Peters fouled off 12 pitches in an 18-pitch plate appearance that keyed Chicago's six-run outburst in the sixth inning and the White Sox beat the Guardians 7-3 on Monday night to stay atop the AL Central.
Zach McKinstry scored the winning run on a missed-catch error in the ninth inning after Brett Callahan hit a tying RBI single in the eighth, and the Tigers outlasted the Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday night.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went four-for-four, including his first home run at Rogers Centre all season long, while George Springer and Kazuma Okamoto also went deep as the Blue Jays beat the Orioles. Cleveland also won on Sunday, which had Toronto keep pace in the wild card race.
Cam Schlittler took over the major league ERA lead, combining on a three-hitter that helped the New York Yankees close in on a record 61st postseason berth with a 2-0 win over the Mets on Sunday,
Pinch-hitter Agustín Ramírez hit a game-ending, two-run homer as the Marlins rallied with four runs in the ninth inning to beat the Dodgers.
Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff homer and added a grand slam in the eighth inning as the Mets chased Gerrit Cole early and pounded the crosstown Yankees on Saturday. Juan Soto homered in the seventh as the Mets totaled 13 hits and won for 22nd time in 35 games.
Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run home run, Brett Bateman added a solo shot, and the Blue Jays beat the Orioles on Saturday afternoon. Kirk had two hits and drove in three as Toronto won for the second time in six games and ensured it would not lose ground in the AL wild card race.
Emmanuel Rodriguez homered in his first career at-bat to spark a four-run inning, and the Twins held off the Guardians on Saturday.
Junior Caminero hit a game-ending, two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays clinched a playoff berth with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Friday night.
Carlos Rodon pitched into the seventh inning, allowing only three hits and fanning eight batters, Cody Bellinger hit a three-run home run in the second, and Ben Rice collected three hits, including a solo home run that would stand as the winning run as the Yankees bested the Mets.
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