BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third time in two games, Domingo Germán had another stellar outing at Camden Yards and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Saturday night. After hitting two home runs Friday, Judge provided New York a 5-0 lead with a two-run shot in the second. Six of Judge’s 11 homers this season have come against Baltimore. Germán (3-2) allowed one run and four hits with six strikeouts and two walks over six innings. He has won all four of his career starts in Baltimore. Tyler Wade had three hits while batting ninth for New York, which improved to 4-1 on its 10-game road trip and has won 11 of its last 14 games overall. The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the first on a passed ball by catcher Chance Sisco and a two-run single by Gary Sánchez off Jorge López (1-4). Judge increased the margin with the two-run homer in the second. He has hit 23 home runs in 59 career games against Baltimore. BLUE JAYS 4, PHILLIES 0 DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero... [More]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third time in two games, Domingo Germán had another stellar outing at Camden Yards and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Saturday night. After hitting two home runs Friday, Judge provided New York a 5-0 lead with a two-run shot in the second. Six of Judge’s 11 homers this season have come against Baltimore. Germán (3-2) allowed one run and four hits with six strikeouts and two walks over six innings. He has won all four of his career starts in Baltimore. Tyler Wade had three hits while batting ninth for New York, which improved to 4-1 on its 10-game road trip and has won 11 of its last 14 games overall. The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the first on a passed ball by catcher Chance Sisco and a two-run single by Gary Sánchez off Jorge López (1-4). Judge increased the margin with the two-run homer in the second. He has hit 23 home runs in 59 career games against Baltimore. BLUE JAYS 4, PHILLIES 0 DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero... [More]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered for the third time in two games, Domingo Germán had another stellar outing at Camden Yards and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Saturday night. After hitting two home runs Friday, Judge provided New York a 5-0 lead with a two-run shot in the second. Six of Judge’s 11 homers this season have come against Baltimore. Germán (3-2) allowed one run and four hits with six strikeouts and two walks over six innings. He has won all four of his career starts in Baltimore. Tyler Wade had three hits while batting ninth for New York, which improved to 4-1 on its 10-game road trip and has won 11 of its last 14 games overall. The Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the first on a passed ball by catcher Chance Sisco and a two-run single by Gary Sánchez off Jorge López (1-4). Judge increased the margin with the two-run homer in the second. He has hit 23 home runs in 59 career games against Baltimore. BLUE JAYS 4, PHILLIES 0 DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero... [More]

DENVER (AP) — Trevor Bauer took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning of his Los Angeles debut before allowing a pair of two-run homers, and the Dodgers held on after building a big lead to beat the Colorado Rockies 11-6 on Friday night. The game had a little bit of everything, including a gray cat making a surprise appearance in center field before being ushered out by stadium personnel. Bauer (1-0), the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, purred along through six innings until Trevor Story broke up the no-hit bid with a single and Charlie Blackmon ended the shutout with a two-run homer. Ryan McMahon later followed with another two-run homer. David Price eventually replaced Bauer and gave up back-to-back homers to Dom Nuñez and Sam Hilliard, suddenly turning a 10-0 rout into a 10-6 game. It was the second time in Rockies history they homered four times in an inning. Bauer went 6 1/3 innings and allowed four runs while striking out 10. The right-hander signed a $102 million, three-year deal... [More]

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Utilityman Chad Pinder reached a $2,275,000, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics a day before Wednesday's deadline for teams to offer deals to unsigned players on their rosters. In addition, right-hander Burch Smith agreed to a $705,000, one-year deal. Pinder returned from a hamstring injury to help Oakland in the playoffs. The 28-year-old infielder and outfielder was part of Oakland’s wild-card game losses in 2018 and ’19. A strained right hamstring kept him on the injured list for two weeks before he came back Sept. 27 to play the final day of the regular season. He batted .232 with two homers and eight RBIs. Smith went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA and a save in six outings spanning 12 innings for Oakland but was lost for the season in mid-August because of a strained forearm on his pitching side. The A's missed his presence in the bullpen as they won the AL West and the wild-card round against the Chicago White Sox before losing to the rival Astros in the AL Division Series. Also Tuesday, catcher Francisco Peña received a minor league contract. He would earn $600,000 while in the majors if added to the 40-man roster. ___ More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics took the next step in the playoffs at last but still fell short of their ultimate goal. They won the AL West to reach a postseason series following two straight years of losing in the one-game wild card round. Oakland lost the opener of its best-of-three wild-card round this year to the White Sox before rallying to win the next two against Chicago. The A’s season then ended Thursday with a four-game Division Series loss to the rival Houston Astros at Dodger Stadium. “Our goal was to win the World Series. You lose in the ALDS, it’s not exactly where you want to be,” shortstop Marcus Semien said. “We knew that we had the pieces to go further and our goal was always the World Series.” Oakland got outslugged. Outpitched, too. In 11 postseason trips since 2000, Oakland has advanced to the AL Championship Series just once — in 2006 before being swept by the Tigers. “Our reflection is our goals were lofty and we felt short of them," manager Bob Melvin... [More]

A look at what's happening around the majors today: OCTOBER OCTANE Maybe it’s the Southern California air or the atmosphere indoors in Texas, but the ball is really flying this postseason. With Randy Arozarena, Chad Pinder, Travis d’Arnaud and others powering up, there have been 82 home runs in 28 playoff games this year through Wednesday. That average of 2.93 homers per postseason game tops the regular-season mark of 2.57. Teams outhomering their opponents are 19-1 in the postseason. The Athletics and Astros combined to connect seven times as the A’s avoided a sweep with a 9-7 win. Houston will make another attempt to advance to its fourth consecutive ALCS in Game 4 on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. ATLANTA ARMS The Atlanta Braves try to reach the NL Championship Series for the first time since the days of Chipper Jones, the Big Three and Bobby Cox when they face the Marlins in Game 3. Kyle Wright will make his postseason debut when he starts against Miami rookie Sixto Sanchez as Atlanta... [More]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Randy Arozarena homered for the third straight game and Kevin Kiermaier and Michael Perez also went deep for the Tampa Bay Rays, who beat the New York Yankees 8-4 Wednesday night to move within one victory of reaching the AL Championship Series for the first time in 12 years. New York slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run shot in the eighth inning to become the first player with a homer in each of his team’s first five games of a single postseason. Stanton has six homers and 13 RBIs in those five games. The Rays took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five Division Series. Game 4 is Thursday night at Petco Park, which has yielded 16 home runs in three games — nine by Tampa Bay. The Rays are looking to advance out of the ALDS for just the second time. They reached the 2008 World Series before losing to the Philadelphia Phillies. Arozarena, a 25-year-old rookie from Havana who’s nicknamed “The Cuban Rocket,” is having a breakout postseason. He homered leading off the fifth to chase... [More]

ATLANTA (AP) — Ian Anderson dazzled in another shutout performance for Atlanta, and the Braves won a playoff series for the first time in almost two decades by sweeping the light-hitting Cincinnati Reds with a 5-0 victory Thursday. Ronald Acuña Jr. had three hits for the NL East champions, including a run-scoring double in the fifth. After winning Wednesday’s series opener 1-0 in 13 innings, Atlanta broke open Game 2 on two-run homers by Marcell Ozuna and Adam Duvall off Raisel Iglesias in the eighth. Anderson struck out nine in six innings as the Braves snapped their record-tying string of losses in 10 consecutive postseason rounds since their last playoff series win in 2001. Atlanta will face Miami or the Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series in Houston. The 22-year-old Anderson allowed two hits and walked two in his playoff debut after six regular-season starts. Will Smith, Chris Martin and Mark Melancon each threw one perfect inning. Cincinnati wasted a solid performance by Luis Castillo,... [More]

A look at what's happening around the majors today:___STILL ONThe Giants and Padres are scheduled to play the finale of a three-game series even after the first two games were postponed when a member of San Francisco's organization tested positive for the coronavirus. Games set for Friday and Saturday night were called off to allow time for more testing and contact tracing. Major League Baseball has made no announcement about Sunday's game, although so far this season, no team has resumed its season so swiftly following a positive test.BYE BYE BIRDIES?The Yankees can stretch their lead over the Orioles to 5 1/2 games for the AL's eighth and final postseason spot by completing a four-game sweep of Baltimore in the Bronx. New York swept a doubleheader Friday and beat the Orioles in extra innings Saturday, ending a slump when the Yankees lost 15 of 21 games to fall behind Tampa Bay and Toronto in the AL East. Yankees left-hander J.A. Happ (1-2, 4.31) faces 2019 All-Star John Means (1-3, 6.58).NOT... [More]

A look at what's happening around the majors Sunday:___STILL ONThe Giants and Padres are scheduled to play the finale of a three-game series even after the first two games were postponed when a member of San Francisco's organization tested positive for the coronavirus. Games set for Friday and Saturday night were called off to allow time for more testing and contact tracing. Major League Baseball has made no announcement about Sunday's game, although so far this season, no team has resumed its season so swiftly following a positive test.BYE BYE BIRDIES?The Yankees can stretch their lead over the Orioles to 5 1/2 games for the AL's eighth and final postseason spot by completing a four-game sweep of Baltimore in the Bronx. New York swept a doubleheader Friday and beat the Orioles in extra innings Saturday, ending a slump when the Yankees lost 15 of 21 games to fall behind Tampa Bay and Toronto in the AL East. Yankees left-hander J.A. Happ (1-2, 4.31) faces 2019 All-Star John Means (1-3, 6.58).NOT... [More]

Astros sixth. Josh Reddick doubles to shallow right field. Aledmys Diaz singles to center field. Josh Reddick to third. Martin Maldonado grounds out to second base. Aledmys Diaz out at second. Josh Reddick scores. George Springer strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Astros 1, Athletics 0.Athletics sixth. Tommy La Stella lines out to deep right field to Josh Reddick. Marcus Semien grounds out to shallow infield, Carlos Correa to Yuli Gurriel. Ramon Laureano walks. Matt Olson homers to right field. Ramon Laureano scores. Robbie Grossman flies out to left center field to Michael Brantley.2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 2, Astros 1.Athletics seventh. Mark Canha walks. Vimael Machin grounds out to shallow infield, Alex Bregman to Yuli Gurriel. Chad Pinder singles to center field. Mark Canha scores. Jonah Heim lines out to right field to Josh Reddick. Tommy La Stella walks. Chad Pinder to second. Marcus Semien walks. Tommy La Stella to second. Chad Pinder to third. Ramon Laureano pops out to shallow center field to Aledmys Diaz.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on. Athletics 3, Astros 1.

Athletics third. Khris Davis homers to right field. Chad Pinder singles to shortstop. Sean Murphy strikes out swinging. Tommy La Stella walks. Chad Pinder to second. Marcus Semien reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Tommy La Stella out at second. Chad Pinder to third. Ramon Laureano singles to left field. Marcus Semien to second. Chad Pinder scores. Matt Olson grounds out to second base, Jack Mayfield to Yuli Gurriel.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Athletics 2, Astros 0.Astros fifth. Jack Mayfield called out on strikes. George Springer singles to left field. Alex Bregman pops out to shallow infield to Chad Pinder. Michael Brantley homers to right field. George Springer scores. Yuli Gurriel flies out to deep right field to Mark Canha.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 2, Astros 2.Athletics sixth. Ramon Laureano doubles. Matt Olson grounds out to second base, Jack Mayfield to Yuli Gurriel. Ramon Laureano to third. Robbie Grossman singles to center field. Ramon Laureano scores. Mark Canha flies out to left field to Michael Brantley. Khris Davis doubles to deep right center field. Robbie Grossman scores. Chad Pinder strikes out swinging.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 4, Astros 2.

Athletics second. Robbie Grossman singles to left field. Stephen Piscotty strikes out swinging. Tony Kemp doubles to deep right field. Robbie Grossman scores. Sean Murphy homers to center field. Vimael Machin walks. Tommy La Stella flies out to Kyle Tucker.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 2, Astros 0.Athletics seventh. Sean Murphy walks. Vimael Machin strikes out swinging. Tommy La Stella singles to right center field. Sean Murphy to third. Ramon Laureano out on a sacrifice fly to Kyle Tucker. Sean Murphy scores. Mark Canha grounds out to third base, Abraham Toro to Yuli Gurriel.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 3, Astros 0.Athletics eighth. Matt Olson walks. Robbie Grossman grounds out to shallow right field, Aledmys Diaz to Yuli Gurriel. Matt Olson to second. Stephen Piscotty singles to shallow center field. Matt Olson scores. Chad Pinder doubles to left field. Stephen Piscotty to third. Sean Murphy singles to second base. Chad Pinder scores. Stephen Piscotty scores. Vimael Machin walks. Sean Murphy to second. Tommy La Stella lines out to deep center field to George Springer. Ramon Laureano flies out to deep right field to Kyle Tucker.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Athletics 6, Astros 0.

Athletics first. Marcus Semien lines out to deep left field to David Peralta. Ramon Laureano strikes out swinging. Matt Chapman homers. Mark Canha strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 1, Diamondbacks 0.Athletics fourth. Matt Chapman grounds out to third base, Eduardo Escobar to Christian Walker. Mark Canha walks. Matt Olson homers to right field. Mark Canha scores. Stephen Piscotty grounds out to shallow left field, Eduardo Escobar to Christian Walker. Khris Davis doubles to deep center field. Chad Pinder flies out to deep center field to Starling Marte.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Athletics 3, Diamondbacks 0.Diamondbacks fifth. Eduardo Escobar homers. Nick Ahmed grounds out to second base, Chad Pinder to Matt Olson. Kevin Cron strikes out swinging. Carson Kelly called out on strikes.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 3, Diamondbacks 1.Athletics eighth. Ramon Laureano singles to left field. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Ramon Laureano scores. Mark Canha walks. Matt Olson pops out to Stephen Vogt. Stephen Piscotty singles to shallow infield. Mark Canha to second. Khris Davis strikes out swinging. Franklin Barreto pinch-hitting for Tony Kemp. Franklin Barreto strikes out swinging.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Athletics 5, Diamondbacks 1.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs, all against Roel Ramirez in his major league debut, and went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. Ramirez is the first pitcher to allow four straight homers in his debut. Yoán Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez connected during a six-run fifth inning.It was the 10th time in major league history a team hit four straight homers. The only other time the White Sox did it was on Aug. 14, 2008, against Kansas City, when Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe connected.The White Sox got another solid start from Dallas Keuchel (3-2) and won for just the third time in 11 home games.St. Louis right-hander Dakota Hudson (0-2) allowed one run in four innings in his first start since July 26.INDIANS 8, TIGERS 5DETROIT (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered twice, and the Indians beat the Tigers for the 20th straight time, nearing the major league record for most consecutive... [More]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied a major league record with four consecutive home runs, all against Roel Ramirez in his major league debut, and went on to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. Ramirez is the first pitcher to allow four straight homers in his debut. Yoán Moncada, Yasmani Grandal, José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez connected during a six-run fifth inning.It was the 10th time in major league history a team hit four straight homers. The only other time the White Sox did it was on Aug. 14, 2008, against Kansas City, when Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe connected.The White Sox got another solid start from Dallas Keuchel (3-2) and won for just the third time in 11 home games.St. Louis right-hander Dakota Hudson (0-2) allowed one run in four innings in his first start since July 26.INDIANS 8, TIGERS 5DETROIT (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered twice, and the Indians beat the Tigers for the 20th straight time, nearing the major league record for most consecutive... [More]

Giants first. Mike Yastrzemski grounds out to first base, Matt Olson to Jesus Luzardo. Donovan Solano flies out to shallow right field to Stephen Piscotty. Evan Longoria homers to center field. Wilmer Flores singles to left field. Hunter Pence strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Giants 1, Athletics 0.Giants third. Donovan Solano singles to center field. Evan Longoria lines out to deep right field to Stephen Piscotty. Wilmer Flores singles to shallow left field. Donovan Solano to second. Hunter Pence homers to center field. Wilmer Flores scores. Donovan Solano scores. Darin Ruf grounds out to shallow infield, Jesus Luzardo to Matt Olson. Pablo Sandoval pops out to shallow infield to Matt Chapman.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Giants 4, Athletics 0.Giants fourth. Chadwick Tromp singles to deep center field. Mauricio Dubon singles to shallow center field. Chadwick Tromp to second. Mike Yastrzemski flies out to left field to Robbie Grossman. Donovan Solano walks.... [More]

Angels first. David Fletcher singles. Tommy La Stella singles to right field, tagged out at second, Stephen Piscotty to Marcus Semien. David Fletcher to third. Mike Trout singles to right center field. Anthony Rendon homers to left field. Mike Trout scores. Shohei Ohtani walks. Albert Pujols grounds out to shallow left field. Shohei Ohtani out at second.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Angels 3, Athletics 0.Athletics second. Matt Chapman homers to left field. Mark Canha hit by pitch. Robbie Grossman singles to shallow center field. Mark Canha to second. Stephen Piscotty singles to right field. Robbie Grossman to third. Mark Canha scores. Chad Pinder reaches on a fielder's choice to third base, advances to 2nd. Stephen Piscotty to third. Robbie Grossman out at home. Sean Murphy pops out to second base to Tommy La Stella. Marcus Semien walks. Ramon Laureano reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Marcus Semien out at second.3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Athletics 3, Angels... [More]

Athletics second. Matt Chapman called out on strikes. Mark Canha strikes out swinging. Robbie Grossman homers. Stephen Piscotty grounds out to shallow infield, Cristian Javier to Yuli Gurriel.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 1, Astros 0.Athletics third. Tony Kemp walks. Austin Allen strikes out swinging. Marcus Semien walks. Tony Kemp to second. Ramon Laureano strikes out swinging. Matt Olson homers to center field. Marcus Semien scores. Tony Kemp scores. Matt Chapman homers to center field. Mark Canha strikes out swinging.4 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 5, Astros 0.Astros fourth. Josh Reddick singles to left center field. Alex Bregman grounds out to shallow left field. Josh Reddick out at second. Michael Brantley doubles to deep left center field. Yuli Gurriel homers to left field. Michael Brantley scores. Carlos Correa strikes out swinging.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Athletics 5, Astros 2.Athletics fifth. Marcus Semien singles to deep left field. Ramon... [More]