Caleb Durbin ripped a game-tying RBI double within the Tenth inning, then scored the winner on Andruw Monasterio’s single because the host Milwaukee Brewers topped the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Saturday.
The Brewers celebrated their eleventh walk-off victory of the season hours after they formally clinched their seventh postseason berth in eight years with the New York Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers.
After Jordan Walker scored on a double-play groundout within the prime of the Tenth inning, Durbin solid an 8-8 tie with a double into the left-center subject hole. Monasterio then capped a 10-pitch at-bat towards Kyle Leahy (4-2) with a single to middle. Abner Uribe (3-2) acquired the win after permitting the Tenth-inning run on no hits and one stroll.
Milwaukee’s William Contreras had an RBI infield single to cap a three-run outburst within the ninth. He had three RBIs and Sal Frelick drove in two runs for the Brewers, who trailed by 5 coming into the underside of the sixth. St. Louis’ Ivan Herrera homered to spotlight a three-hit efficiency and Brendan Donovan additionally went deep. Thomas Saggese had an RBI single amongst his three hits for the Cardinals, who’ve misplaced 5 in a row.
Mariners 5, Angels 3
Bryan Woo posted his American League-leading twenty first high quality begin of the season and struck out a career-high 13 batters as surging Seattle defeated visiting Los Angeles.
J.P. Crawford homered because the Mariners received their eighth in a row to stay tied with Houston atop the AL West and two video games forward of Texas for the league’s third and closing wild-card berth. Jo Adell and Taylor Ward went deep for the Angels, who misplaced their third in a row.
Woo (14-7) pitched six innings and gave up two runs on three hits with one stroll. The suitable-hander retired the ultimate 13 batters he confronted.
Rays 5, Cubs 4
Nick Fortes hit a leadoff residence run within the prime of the ninth inning and Tampa Bay held on to beat host Chicago.
Bryan Baker (4-4) picked up the win in aid, and Pete Fairbanks collected his twenty sixth save with a scoreless ninth regardless of the tying run getting to 3rd with no outs. Junior Caminero had two hits for the Rays, together with his forty third homer. Fortes, Chandler Simpson and Yandy Diaz additionally had two hits. Starter Drew Rasmussen went 5 innings, giving up 4 hits and three runs, with 5 strikeouts.
Cubs rookie Moises Ballesteros hit his first main league residence run within the second inning. Chicago celebrated Anthony Rizzo with a retirement ceremony earlier than the sport, and the previous Cubs first baseman was visiting with followers within the left subject bleachers when Ballesteros’ residence run got here to him, bouncing off his hand to the fan behind him. Michael Busch additionally homered, his twenty seventh. Brad Keller (4-2) was tagged with the loss after giving up Fortes’ residence run.
Blue Jays 5, Orioles 4
Alejandro Kirk hit a sacrifice fly to cap a three-run ninth to assist Toronto defeat visiting Baltimore.
Kirk, who had an RBI single as a pinch hitter within the eighth, hit the decisive fly to middle towards Yennier Cano (3-7). Addison Barger hit a solo residence run for the Blue Jays (86-62). Toronto starter Max Scherzer was tagged for 2 runs within the first inning, however adopted that up with 4 scoreless innings of labor.
Coby Mayo homered and Gunnar Henderson and Samuel Basallo had RBI doubles to assist the Orioles, who additionally acquired six one-run innings of labor from starter Tomoyoki Sugano.
Yankees 5, Purple Sox 3
Jazz Chisholm Jr. went 3-for-5 with a house run and three RBIs to assist elevate visiting New York to a win over Boston.
The Yankees scored twice within the first inning and by no means relinquished a 4-0 lead it had constructed by the fifth inning. Cody Bellinger went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, together with a two-out double excessive off the Inexperienced Monster to drive residence an necessary insurance coverage run towards Purple Sox reliever Aroldis Chapman, who allowed a run for the second straight outing. Aaron Choose (2-for-3, two runs) singled and superior to second on a wild pitch to arrange the RBI alternative. Max Fried (17-5) allowed simply two runs regardless of permitting 9 hits throughout 5 1/3 innings.
Alex Bregman and Duran each homered for Boston, whereas Nate Eaton, Nick Sogard and Connor Wong every had two hits.
Phillies 8, Royals 6
Brandon Marsh drove in three runs and Kyle Schwarber belted his 51st homer to spotlight Philadelphia’s win over visiting Kansas Metropolis.
With their ninth win in 10 video games, the Phillies lowered their magic quantity to 1 to clinch the Nationwide League East. They’re two video games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the highest general seed within the NL postseason.
Salvador Perez hit two residence runs for the Royals, giving him 300 for his profession, and drove in three runs, pushing his profession whole to 1,000. Kansas Metropolis has misplaced six of its final seven video games and can attempt to keep away from a three-game sweep on Sunday.
Rangers 3, Mets 2
Wyatt Langford hit a tiebreaking RBI single off Edwin Diaz with two outs within the ninth inning as surging Texas rallied previous host New York, whose dropping streak reached a season-worst eight video games.
The Rangers tied a season excessive by successful six straight for the fourth time and improved to 7-48 when trailing by way of seven. Phil Maton (4-5) acquired the ultimate out of the eighth after Chris Martin suffered an obvious damage. Shawn Armstrong later allowed a single to pinch hitter Ronny Mauricio however fanned Brandon Nimmo to complete his ninth save and strand two.
Earlier than Texas rallied, Juan Soto grew to become the fifth participant in Mets historical past to hit not less than 40 homers in a season. Soto joined Pete Alonso (2019, 2022, 2023), Carlos Beltran (2006), Todd Hundley (1996) and Corridor of Famer Mike Piazza (1999) because the fifth participant in group historical past with a 40-homer season.
Diamondbacks 5, Twins 2 (10 innings)
Alek Thomas hit a two-run homer, Blaze Alexander doubled and drove in a pair and Arizona outlasted Minnesota in Minneapolis after the sport was tied at 2 by way of 9 innings.
Gabriel Moreno additionally drove in a run for the Diamondbacks, who evened the collection at one victory apiece with the rubber match set for Sunday. Geraldo Perdomo completed 2-for-4. Proper-hander John Curtiss (3-1) tossed two scoreless innings of aid to earn the victory. He allowed one hit, walked none and struck out two.
Kody Clemens went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to guide the Twins. Proper-hander Cole Sands (4-5) gave up three runs (two earned) on two hits in a single inning. He took the loss after choosing up the victory within the collection opener.
Guardians 3, White Sox 1
Parker Messick received his third straight resolution to start his profession and CJ Kayfus and Jhonkensy Noel every homered as Cleveland beat visiting Chicago.
The victory allowed the Guardians to drag inside 3 1/2 video games of the third and closing American League wild-card spot, at present shared by the West Division co-leading Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners.
Messick (3-0) struck out 4 over six innings, giving up one run on seven hits with a stroll. He’s 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in two residence begins. Kayfus belted a two-run homer in his second straight recreation, taking Davis Martin (6-10) deep within the second.
Padres 11, Rockies 3
Manny Machado homered for the second straight recreation, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jackson Merrill and Bryce Johnson additionally went deep, and San Diego topped visiting Colorado.
Machado, Tatis, Elias Diaz and Luis Arraez completed with two hits every for the Padres. Arraez left the sport after he was hit with a warmup throw as he jogged onto the sphere to subject his place firstly of the ninth inning.
Dylan Stop (8-11) gave up a run on 5 hits and one stroll and struck out six in six innings for San Diego. Tyler Freeman doubled twice and singled and Jordan Beck had two hits for Colorado, which has misplaced 18 of its final 22 video games. The Rockies want only one win of their final 13 video games to keep away from tying the 2024 Chicago White Sox for probably the most losses within the trendy period.
Dodgers 13, Giants 7
Shohei Ohtani launched his forty ninth residence run, Teoscar Hernandez and Ben Rortvedt contributed two-run doubles in a six-run fifth inning and a basic pitching matchup of Clayton Kershaw towards Logan Webb changed into a slugfest as visiting Los Angeles pounded San Francisco.
Kershaw was touched for 4 runs in three innings and Webb for six runs in four-plus frames in a recreation that noticed the Dodgers retain their 2 1/2-game lead over the San Diego Padres atop the Nationwide League West, whereas the Giants missed out on a chance to maneuver previous the New York Mets within the NL wild-card race.
After San Francisco countered a Los Angeles tally within the prime of the inning with 4 runs within the final of the primary, a majority of the night time’s fireworks had been shot off by the guests, who totaled 17 hits. Ohtani’s homer to middle subject main off the third was the loudest blow of the night, a 454-foot bomb that not solely was the longest by a Dodger this season but additionally the longest at Oracle Park in 2025.
Pirates 5, Nationals 1
Andrew McCutchen and Nick Yorke every hit two-out, two-run singles with two outs within the eighth inning to elevate visiting Pittsburgh to a win towards Washington, snapping a seven-game dropping streak.
Jared Triolo added a solo homer within the ninth. Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler, in his second MLB begin, was good 5 innings earlier than permitting a single to Dylan Crews main off the sixth. Chandler gave up a run on two hits.
Nationals starter Andrew Alvarez allowed three hits and a stroll whereas putting out 5. Cole Henry (1-2) took the loss.
Marlins 6, Tigers 4 (11 innings)
Troy Johnston hit a walk-off two-run residence run within the eleventh inning — his second homer of the sport — to provide host Miami a come-from-behind win over Detroit.
The Marlins received their fourth straight and guaranteed themselves of successful the three-game weekend collection. Josh Simpson (4-2) acquired the win after stepping in to get the final two outs within the prime of the eleventh. Miami starter Hanson Junk gave up three runs on seven hits and a stroll in six innings, with 4 strikeouts.
The AL Central-leading Tigers misplaced their third straight to maintain their magic quantity at eight. Detroit took a 4-3 lead within the prime of the eleventh on Wenceel Perez’s RBI double however couldn’t rating once more regardless of having the bases loaded with no one out. Tigers starter Charlie Morton went 4 innings, permitting two runs on three hits.
Athletics 11, Reds 5
Jacob Wilson broke a seventh-inning tie with a double, Carlos Cortes hit his third residence run in two days and the Athletics dealt Cincinnati’s postseason hopes one other blow with win in West Sacramento, Calif.
Nick Kurtz chipped in with a late grand slam and Brent Rooker additionally homered for the A’s, who acquired 4 innings of shutout ball from 4 relievers after starter Luis Severino left a 5-5 recreation after the fifth.
Will Benson and Tyler Stephenson had residence runs for the Reds, who gained no floor within the Nationwide League wild-card race regardless of losses by the 2 groups instantly forward of them — the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants. Nick Martinez (10-13) took the loss after permitting a leadoff double within the seventh to Shea Langeliers, who scored on Wilson’s double off Graham Ashcraft later within the inning. Brady Basso (1-0), who threw a scoreless seventh, was credited with the win.
Astros 6, Braves 2
Hunter Brown threw 6 2/3 high quality innings, Jeremy Pena and Christian Walker every drove in two runs, and Houston downed host Atlanta to win consecutive video games for the primary time since a three-game successful streak from Aug. 27-29.
Brown (12-7) allowed two runs on 4 hits whereas putting out two and strolling one. Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 for the Astros, who wanted to win to remain tied with Seattle, which additionally received on Saturday, atop the American League West. Houston and Seattle additionally maintain a two-game lead over the third-place Texas Rangers, who received their sixth straight earlier Saturday.
Braves starter Bryce Elder (7-10) allowed six runs on 10 hits throughout 4 1/3 innings, putting out seven and strolling three. Matt Olson had two hits, together with a solo homer, for Atlanta, which misplaced its fourth straight and is 4-11 over its final 15.
–Area Stage Media
