SEATTLE — Cal Raleigh tied Mickey Mantle’s season file for many house runs by a swap hitter along with his 54th, and the Seattle Mariners prolonged their successful streak to 9 by routing the Los Angeles Angels 11-2 Sunday to take sole possession of the AL West lead for the primary time since June.
George Kirby matched his profession excessive with 14 strikeouts because the Mariners accomplished a four-game sweep and gained for the twentieth time of their final 23 house video games.
Jorge Polanco had three doubles and has doubles in seven straight video games, tying the Mariners file.
Seattle (82-68) moved one sport forward of Houston (81-69) on the high of the division, successful 9 in a row for the primary time since a 14-game streak from July 2-17, 2022, in line with the Elias Sports activities Bureau. The Mariners had not been alone in first place since earlier than play on June 3.
BOSTON — Carlos Narváez’s solo homer capped a six-run first inning in opposition to Will Warren, Garrett Crochet matched his season excessive with 12 strikeouts and the Boston Crimson Sox held off the New York Yankees for a 6-4 victory on Sunday night time to keep away from a three-game sweep.
Boston stopped a three-game shedding streak and moved inside 1 1/2 video games behind New York for the AL’s high wild card. The second-place Yankees dropped 4 video games behind AL East-leading Toronto.
Romy Gonzalez hit an RBI double, and Alex Bregman and Nathaniel Lowe every had a run-scoring single within the large inning when the preliminary 5 Boston batters had hits.
Aaron Choose hit his forty eighth homer for the Yankees, who had gained 14 of their earlier 19 video games. Amed Rosario had a two-run homer and José Caballero added a solo shot.
NEW YORK — Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer off Luis Curvelo, and the New York Mets stopped an eight-game shedding streak with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
New York, which reopened a 1 1/2-game lead over San Francisco for the final NL wild card, backed rookie Nolan McLean with a 2-0 lead just for Joc Pederson to tie the rating with a two-run single within the seventh off Reed Garrett.
Alonso hit an opposite-field homer to proper off Curvelo (1-1), then saluted the Mets’ dugout and tossed his helmet earlier than reaching first base. As he rounded third, Alonso started untucking his shirt earlier than he sprinted throughout the plate and was doused with popcorn by jubilant teammates. He ended the Mets’ longest shedding streak since 2018, elevating his season totals to 34 homers and 117 RBIs.
TORONTO — George Springer homered and drove in two runs, Shane Bieber pitched six innings for his third win in 5 begins and the American League-leading Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-2 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.
Springer went 3 for 4 with three additional base hits and Alejandro Kirk had three hits and an RBI in Toronto’s tenth collection sweep. The Blue Jays are an AL-best 50-25 at house. They began the day with a three-game AL East lead.
Bieber (3-1) allowed one run and 4 hits. He walked one and struck out 5.
ATLANTA — Ozzie Albies drove in three runs with two hits, together with a go-ahead, two-run single within the fifth, Sandy León homered in his first begin in additional than two years and the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 8-3 on Sunday.
Matt Olson had two hits, together with a homer, because the Braves prevented a three-game sweep and ended Houston’s streak of six consecutive wins at Truist Park. León added a two-run shot off former Braves nearer Craig Kimbrel within the seventh after driving in a run with a fielder’s selection grounder within the second.
Cam Smith homered for Houston, which started the day tied with Seattle for first place within the AL West. The Mariners overtook the Astros with a win afterward Sunday.
SAN FRANCISCO — Teoscar Hernández had his second four-hit sport this season, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Francisco 10-2 Sunday to drop the Giants 1 1/2 video games behind the New York Mets for the final NL wild card.
Tyler Glasnow (3-3) allowed one run, three hits and 4 walks over 6 2/3 innings because the NL West-leading Dodgers maintained a 2 1/2-game lead over second place San Diego. He has allowed 9 hits in his final 4 begins.
Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Michael Conforto had three hits every for the Dodgers, who completed with 18, and Conforto had three RBIs. The Dodgers are 6-3 in opposition to the Giants this 12 months.
MIAMI — José Urquidy received 4 outs in his return from Tommy John surgical procedure, combining with three different pitchers to guide Detroit over the Miami Marlins 2-0 Sunday because the Tigers tied Pittsburgh for the most important league lead with their seventeenth shutout this season.
Detroit took benefit of three errors by Miami on a single ball within the second inning, scoring each runs and happening to cease a three-game shedding streak.
Urquidy, a 30-year-old right-hander, had Tommy John surgical procedure for the second time in June 2024 and signed a $1 million, one-year contract with the Tigers in March following 5 seasons with Houston.
He relieved Keider Montero (5-3) began the sixth and labored round Agustín Ramírez’s two-out single. Eric Wagaman singled main off the seventh and Tommy Kahnle adopted with one out. Urquidy threw 25 pitches, averaging 93 mph along with his fastball.
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their fourth straight postseason berth regardless of losing a two-run lead Sunday in a 10-3 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Royals, who received a three-run homer and 5 RBIs from Salvador Perez.
Philadelphia grew to become the second crew assured of a playoffs spot when San Francisco misplaced later Sunday to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Phillies would have clinched their second consecutive NL East title with a victory however needed to wait at the very least yet one more day for the division crown.
Philadelphia, which entered with a six-game successful streak, leads the NL East by 12 video games over the second-place New York Mets.
Milwaukee clinched a playoff berth on Saturday.
Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-high 52nd homer for Philadelphia, which can within the postseason in 4 straight years for simply the second time. The Phillies gained 5 straight NL East titles from 2007-11.
MILWAUKEE — José Fermín and Nathan Church hit RBI singles because the St. Louis Cardinals scored all their runs within the second inning of a 3-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
The victory stored the Cardinals from going winless throughout a six-game street journey.
Milwaukee misplaced a day after turning into the primary main league crew to clinch a playoff berth.
Riley O’Brien allowed a two-out stroll to Andruw Monasterio within the ninth earlier than placing out Sal Frelick to earn his fourth save in seven alternatives. It was a measure of redemption for O’Brien, who allowed three runs with out retiring a batter in a 9-8, 10-inning loss to Milwaukee on Saturday.
SAN DIEGO — Jackson Merrill hit a three-run house run and the San Diego Padres withstood a career-high, five-RBIs efficiency by Mickey Moniak to beat the lowly Colorado Rockies 9-6 on Sunday and take three of 4.
San Diego got here in trailing the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers by 2 1/2 video games within the NL West. The Padres maintain the second of three Nationwide League wild playing cards. The Rockies have the worst file within the majors at 41-109.
Moniak went 4 for 4 with two homers and an RBI single, and stole two bases. He starred at La Costa Canyon Excessive in Carlsbad earlier than being taken by Philadelphia with the No. 1 choose general within the 2016 newbie draft.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rookie Nick Kurtz hit one of many Athletics’ 4 house runs, a go-ahead, two-run drive within the fifth inning that led the Athletics over Cincinnati 7-4 on Sunday for a three-game sweep that dropped the Reds 2 1/2 video games again for the final NL wild card.
Jacob Wilson, Colby Thomas and Brent Rooker additionally homered for the Athletics (70-80), who overcame a 3-0, fourth-inning deficit and surpassed their 2024 wins complete with 12 video games remaining.
Noelvi Marte homered within the first off rookie Luis Morales and Will Benson added a two-run drive within the second.
CHICAGO — Nico Hoerner had three RBIs, together with a go-ahead, two-run double within the seventh inning that sparked the Chicago Cubs over the fading Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Sunday.
Ian Happ homered and Michael Busch doubled for the Cubs, who’ve gained 4 of 5 and lead for the highest NL wild card.
Tampa Bay has misplaced seven of 9, dropping to 73-76.
Junior Caminero, the Rays’ 22-year-old rising star, hit his forty fourth homer.
Javier Assad (3-1) scattered two hits in 2 1/3 scoreless innings for Chicago and Andrew Kittredge struck out Junior Caminero with a runner on first for his fifth save in six possibilities.
Ian Happ lower Chicago’s deficit to 3-2 within the sixth along with his twenty second homer.
CLEVELAND — Bo Naylor drove in all three Guardians runs, together with a go-ahead house run within the seventh inning, and Cleveland beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Sunday for a collection sweep.
The Guardians have gained 4 straight and 9 of 10. They’re 2 1/2 video games behind Houston for the AL’s last wild card spot.
WIth the sport tied at 2-2, Naylor drove an elevated sinker from Brandon Eisert (3-6) over the wall in right-center for his twelfth homer this season.
Naylor additionally had two-run double in heart within the fourth inning to place the Guardians up 2-1.
MINNEAPOLIS — James McCann homered and drove in 4 runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Sunday to stay two video games again within the chase for the NL’s third wild-card spot.
The New York Mets maintain the ultimate wild-card spot, with San Francisco 1 1/2 video games again.
Alek Thomas had two hits, stole a base and scored two runs for the Diamondbacks.
WASHINGTON — James Wooden scored the go-ahead run from first base when heart fielder Oneil Cruz misplayed Dayton Lile’s eighth-inning double, and the Washington Nationals overcame a three-run, first-inning deficit to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Sunday.
Pittsburgh (65-85) completed a 1-5 journey that assured the Pirates their seventh straight shedding season and twenty ninth in 33 years. The Pirates had runners on the corners within the ninth earlier than rookie Clayton Beeter, pitching on a 3rd straight day for the primary time in his main league profession, struck out Bryan Reynolds for his first large league save.
Washington (62-87) took two of three from the Pirates and has gained 9 of its final 13 video games.
