⚾ Headlines Around the League
Mariners 9, Rockies 2 — Seattle clinches first AL West crown since 2001
Guardians 5, Tigers 1 — Cleveland grabs 1-game AL Central lead
Pirates 4, Reds 3 (F/11) — Horwitz’s heroics deal blow to Cincy’s WC chase
Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 1 — Another Crochet gem puts Sox on cusp of postseason
Dodgers 5, D-backs 4 (F/11) — Sasaki, Kershaw shine in extras as LA edges Arizona
📊 Final Scores and Highlights
Mariners 9, Rockies 2
The Mariners blasted five homers, including two from Cal Raleigh, to rout Colorado 9–2 at T-Mobile Park and capture their first division title in 24 years.
🔑 Key Moments
Cal Raleigh set the tone in the 1st with a jaw-dropping 438-foot solo shot into the third deck, giving Seattle a 1–0 lead.
Just pitches later, Julio Rodríguez followed with a solo homer to left, then Jorge Polanco added another blast to right, making it 3–0 Mariners in a stunning power barrage.
Seattle padded its lead to 5–0 before Colorado got on the board in the 4th with a solo homer from Blaine Crim.
In the 7th, Eugenio Suárez continued the home run parade with a two-out solo shot to right, pushing the advantage to 8–1.
Raleigh capped the night — and his historic season — with his 60th homer in the 8th, a drive to right that sent the crowd into a frenzy as Seattle put the finishing touches on a 9–2 clincher.
📊 Notable Stats
Mariners
Cal Raleigh: 3-for-5, 2 HR (59, 60), 4 RBI, 2 R
Julio Rodríguez: 2-for-4, HR (32), RBI, BB
Jorge Polanco: 2-for-4, HR (25), RBI
Eugenio Suárez: 1-for-4, HR (48), RBI
Luis Castillo: 7.1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 10 K
Rockies
Blaine Crim: 1-for-4, solo HR (5)
Mickey Moniak: 1-for-4, 2B
Tanner Gordon: 3.1 IP, 8 H, 7 R (5 ER), 3 K
Guardians 5, Tigers 1
The Guardians rode Tanner Bibee’s six strong frames and a three-run midgame surge to a 5–1 win over Detroit, moving a game up in the Central and extending a dominant run of starting pitching.
🔑 Key Moments
In the 3rd, Parker Meadows lifted a sac fly to make it 1–0 Tigers.
George Valera answered in the bottom half with a two-run homer to center, flipping it to 2–1 Guardians.
In the 5th, Steven Kwan singled home a run to left, pushing the lead to 3–1.
Bibee ended his outing in the 6th with a strikeout of Wenceel Pérez, firing up the Cleveland crowd.
Cleveland added insurance in the late innings to close out a 5–1 victory.
📊 Notable Stats
Guardians
Tanner Bibee: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
George Valera: 1-for-4, HR (2), 2 RBI
José Ramírez: 2-for-4, 2 2B (32, 33), 2 RBI
Brayan Rocchio: 2-for-2, 2 R, 2B (18), BB, SB (8)
Tigers
Jack Flaherty: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Riley Greene: 1-for-3, BB
Dillon Dingler: 1-for-4, R
Pirates 4, Reds 3
The Reds rallied late with an inside-the-park homer and a ninth-inning blast, but extra-inning struggles continued in a crushing 4–3 loss to Pittsburgh that dented Cincinnati’s Wild Card hopes.
🔑 Key Moments
In the 4th, Spencer Horwitz doubled home Bryan Reynolds to put the Pirates ahead 1–0.
Horwitz struck again in the 6th with an RBI single, extending the lead to 2–0 Pirates.
With two outs in the 8th, Noelvi Marte circled the bases on an inside-the-park homer, cutting the deficit to 2–1.
In the 9th, Tyler Stephenson launched a game-tying solo shot to left-center, making it 2–2 and sending Great American Ball Park into a frenzy.
The Pirates regained the lead in the 10th on Jack Suwinski’s RBI ground-rule double, but Gavin Lux answered with a sac fly in the bottom half to tie it 3–3.
In the 11th, Horwitz delivered again with a go-ahead RBI double, his third run-scoring hit of the night, putting Pittsburgh up 4–3. Cincinnati loaded the bases in the bottom half but came up empty to end it.
📊 Notable Stats
Pirates
Spencer Horwitz: 3-for-5, 2 2B (24, 25), 3 RBI
Bryan Reynolds: 1-for-3, 3 R, 2B (37), BB
Paul Skenes: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K (MLB-best 1.97 ERA)
Reds
Tyler Stephenson: 4-for-5, HR (13), 2B (18), RBI, R
Noelvi Marte: 2-for-6, HR (14), 2 R
Hunter Greene: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 1
The Red Sox rolled to a 7–1 win in Toronto behind Garrett Crochet’s dominant eight-inning shutout, moving Boston within one win (or an Astros loss) of clinching a Wild Card berth.
🔑 Key Moments
Masataka Yoshida opened the scoring in the 1st with an RBI double, giving Boston a 1–0 lead.
In the 5th, Yoshida went deep for a solo homer to extend the lead to 4–0.
Carlos Narváez put the game out of reach in the 8th with a three-run blast to center, making it 7–0 Red Sox.
The Blue Jays avoided the shutout in the 9th on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s solo homer.
📊 Notable Stats
Red Sox
Garrett Crochet: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K
Masataka Yoshida: 2-for-5, HR (3), 2B (11), 2 RBI, 2 R
Carlos Narváez: 1-for-4, HR (15), 3 RBI
Trevor Story: 3-for-5, R
Romy Gonzalez: 2-for-5, 2 RBI
Blue Jays
Isiah Kiner-Falefa: 1-for-3, HR (2)
Ernie Clement: 1-for-4, 2B (34)
Myles Straw & Daulton Varsho: 1 hit each
Max Scherzer: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 5 K
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 4
The Dodgers leaned on Roki Sasaki and Clayton Kershaw out of the bullpen, then pushed ahead in the 11th on Tommy Edman’s RBI single to outlast the D-backs in a 5–4 thriller at Chase Field.
🔑 Key Moments
Shohei Ohtani led off the 1st with a triple and scored on Mookie Betts’ sac fly for a 1–0 Dodgers lead.
Gabriel Moreno answered in the bottom half with a sac fly to tie it 1–1.
In the 4th, Andy Pages smashed a two-run homer to put LA up 3–1.
Teoscar Hernández added an RBI double in the 8th to extend the lead to 4–1, but the D-backs roared back with three runs, capped by Adrian Del Castillo’s sac fly to even it 4–4.
The Dodgers were denied in the 10th when Hyeseong Kim was thrown out at the plate on a Betts single.
In the 11th, Edman dropped a go-ahead RBI single into center to make it 5–4, and Justin Wrobleski struck out two to slam the door.
📊 Notable Stats
Dodgers
Blake Snell: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K
Roki Sasaki: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K
Clayton Kershaw: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R
Tommy Edman: 3-for-5, GW RBI, R
Andy Pages: HR (26), 2 RBI
D-backs
Corbin Carroll: 2-for-3, 2B (32), RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB (31, 32)
Ketel Marte: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2B (27)
Gabriel Moreno: 1-for-3, 2 RBI
Ryne Nelson: 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 9 K
Other scores around the league:
Nationals 4, Braves 3
M. Parker: 9-16 (W)
J. Ferrer: 1.0 IP (SV)
J. Wood: 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 2 RBI
Brewers 3, Padres 1
A. Ashby: 5-2 (W)
A. Uribe: 1.0 IP, 2 SO (SV)
D. Cease: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 8 SO, 2 BB
Rays 6, Orioles 2
E. Uceta: 1.0 IP, 2 SO (W)
S. Baz: 4.0 IP, 3 SO, 3 BB
Phillies 11, Marlins 1
J. Luzardo: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 10 SO (W)
E. Sosa: 3-4, 3 R, 3 HR, 5 RBI
Yankees 8, White Sox 1
M. Fried: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 7 SO, 2 BB (W)
A. Judge: 3-4, 2 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Rangers 4, Twins 2
R. Garcia: 1.0 IP (W)
P. Maton: 1.0 IP (SV)
T. Bradley: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 9 SO, 2 BB
Cubs 10, Mets 3
M. Boyd: 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 SO, 1 BB (W)
A. Civale: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 SO (SV)
Angels 3, Royals 2
Y. Kikuchi: 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 6 SO, 1 BB (W)
K. Jansen: 1.0 IP, 2 SO (SV)
Giants 4, Cardinals 3
J. Butto: 1.0 IP (W)
T. Beck: 1.0 IP (SV)
C. Seymour: 3.0 IP, 4 SO, 1 BB
Athletics 6, Astros 0
L. Severino: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 1 BB (W)
S. Langeliers: 4-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
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