Nationals first. Trea Turner strikes out swinging. Adam Eaton homers to right field. Anthony Rendon grounds out to shortstop, Scott Kingery to Rhys Hoskins. Juan Soto walks. Howie Kendrick singles to right center field. Juan Soto out at home.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Nationals 1, Phillies 0.Nationals second. Asdrubal Cabrera flies out to deep right field to Bryce Harper. Victor Robles grounds out to shallow infield, Zach Eflin to Rhys Hoskins. Yan Gomes homers to center field. Patrick Corbin grounds out to shortstop, Jean Segura to Rhys Hoskins.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Nationals 2, Phillies 0.Nationals third. Trea Turner homers to center field. Adam Eaton singles to right field. Anthony Rendon walks. Adam Eaton to second. Juan Soto walks. Anthony Rendon to second. Adam Eaton to third. Howie Kendrick grounds out to shallow infield. Juan Soto to second. Anthony Rendon to third. Adam Eaton out at home. Asdrubal Cabrera grounds out to first base, Rhys Hoskins to Zach Eflin.1... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of former Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, homered in his first game in Fenway Park, and Alex Dickerson had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 15th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over Boston on Tuesday night.The game featured a major league record-tying 24 pitchers — including a team-record 13 by the Giants — and had 50 players overall, lasting 5 hours, 54 minutes. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was played in the middle of the 14th inning.San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy, who is retiring at the end of the season, moved one win away from becoming the 11th big-league manager to reach 2,000 victories.Donovan Solano opened the 15th with a ground-rule double against Trevor Kelley (0-2) and advanced on a wild pitch before the Dickerson's sac fly.Dereck Rodriguez (6-9) worked two innings for the victory.BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 5BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, leading Toronto to the victory.Biggio... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of former Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, homered in his first game in Fenway Park, and Alex Dickerson had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 15th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over Boston on Tuesday night.The game featured a major league record-tying 24 pitchers — including a team-record 13 by the Giants — and had 50 players overall, lasting 5 hours, 54 minutes. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was played in the middle of the 14th inning.San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy, who is retiring at the end of the season, moved one win away from becoming the 11th big-league manager to reach 2,000 victories.Donovan Solano opened the 15th with a ground-rule double against Trevor Kelley (0-2) and advanced on a wild pitch before the Dickerson's sac fly.Dereck Rodriguez (6-9) worked two innings for the victory.BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 5BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, leading Toronto to the victory.Biggio... [More]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Tuesday night.Biggio homered in the third inning, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and tripled in the ninth. He drove in four runs and scored three times.Biggio and his father, Craig, a Hall of Famer with the Houston Astros, are the second father-son duo in major league history to hit for the cycle, joining Daryle and Gary Ward.It was also the first time an opponent hit for the cycle in the 27-year history of Camden Yards.Trey Mancini and Jonathan Villar homered for last-place Baltimore, which lost for the third time in four games. Mychal Givens (2-6) got the loss.Derek Law (1-2) earned the win by throwing a scoreless eighth inning.YANKEES 8, ANGELS 0NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino pitched four dominant innings in his injury-delayed season debut for the Yankees.A two-time All-Star and the ace of the Yankees staff, Severino got hurt while warming up before his first... [More]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Tuesday night.Biggio homered in the third inning, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and tripled in the ninth. He drove in four runs and scored three times.Biggio and his father, Craig, a Hall of Famer with the Houston Astros, are the second father-son duo in major league history to hit for the cycle, joining Daryle and Gary Ward.It was also the first time an opponent hit for the cycle in the 27-year history of Camden Yards.Trey Mancini and Jonathan Villar homered for last-place Baltimore, which lost for the third time in four games. Mychal Givens (2-6) got the loss.Derek Law (1-2) earned the win by throwing a scoreless eighth inning.YANKEES 8, ANGELS 0NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino pitched four dominant innings in his injury-delayed season debut for the Yankees.A two-time All-Star and the ace of the Yankees staff, Severino got hurt while warming up before his first... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. called out on strikes. Ozzie Albies triples to deep right field. Freddie Freeman walks. Josh Donaldson out on a sacrifice fly to deep left field to Jose Pirela. Ozzie Albies scores. Nick Markakis singles to left field. Freddie Freeman to third. Matt Joyce singles to left field. Nick Markakis to second. Freddie Freeman scores. Tyler Flowers strikes out swinging.2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 0.Phillies fourth. J.T. Realmuto grounds out to third base, Josh Donaldson to Freddie Freeman. Bryce Harper singles to shortstop. Rhys Hoskins homers to right field. Bryce Harper scores. Scott Kingery singles to shortstop. Sean Rodriguez singles to right field. Scott Kingery to third. Cesar Hernandez grounds out to shortstop, Dansby Swanson to Freddie Freeman. Sean Rodriguez to second. Scott Kingery scores. Jose Pirela homers to left field. Sean Rodriguez scores. Vince Velasquez grounds out to second base, Ozzie Albies to Freddie Freeman.5 runs,... [More]

Red sox first. Andrew Benintendi singles to center field. Xander Bogaerts reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow infield, advances to 2nd. Andrew Benintendi to third. Throwing error by Jason Vargas. Rafael Devers hit by pitch. J.D. Martinez out on a sacrifice fly to right center field to Bryce Harper. Andrew Benintendi scores. Mitch Moreland strikes out swinging. Christian Vazquez flies out to deep right field to Bryce Harper.1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 left on. Red sox 1, Phillies 0.Phillies second. Rhys Hoskins homers to left field. Brad Miller grounds out to shallow infield, Rick Porcello to Mitch Moreland. Jean Segura lines out to shortstop to Xander Bogaerts. Scott Kingery strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Red sox 1, Phillies 1.Red sox third. Andrew Benintendi hit by pitch. Xander Bogaerts singles to left field. Andrew Benintendi to second. Rafael Devers called out on strikes. J.D. Martinez walks. Xander Bogaerts to second. Andrew Benintendi to third. Mitch Moreland... [More]

Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. reaches on error. Fielding error by Rhys Hoskins. Ozzie Albies homers to center field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Freddie Freeman strikes out swinging. Josh Donaldson singles to right center field. Adam Duvall strikes out swinging. Austin Riley strikes out swinging.2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 0.Phillies first. Cesar Hernandez homers to center field. J.T. Realmuto grounds out to third base, Josh Donaldson to Freddie Freeman. Bryce Harper flies out to left field to Adam Duvall. Rhys Hoskins flies out to deep center field to Ronald Acuna Jr..1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Phillies 1.Phillies second. Jean Segura pops out to shallow center field to Ozzie Albies. Scott Kingery singles to left field. Adam Haseley homers to center field. Scott Kingery scores. Maikel Franco singles to center field. Drew Smyly reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Maikel Franco out at second. Cesar Hernandez walks. Drew Smyly to second.... [More]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — All rise — again. Aaron Judge is back.Judge hit his first two homers of spring training, helping the New York Yankees to a 7-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a split-squad game on Sunday.Brett Gardner also connected twice and Gary Sanchez had a solo drive as New York went deep six times. The Yankees set a major league record with 267 homers last season.Gardner and Judge hit consecutive homers off Daniel Norris in the first. Judge went deep again in the fifth, belting a two-run drive to right that went off the glove of a leaping Victor Reyes and just over the wall.Norris allowed three runs and four hits in 1 2/3 innings. The 25-year-old left-hander is trying to win a spot in Detroit's rotation."Just trying to throw strikes and stay out of the middle of the zone, which I didn't do very good today," Norris said.Masahiro Tanaka tossed three scoreless innings for the Yankees in his first spring start. Traditionally one of baseball's most deliberate workers, the right-hander... [More]

DENVER (AP) — The NL West-leading Colorado Rockies locked up a playoff berth for the second straight season, beating the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Friday night for their eighth win in a row behind a resilient start from Kyle Freeland.David Dahl homered for the fifth consecutive game and Ian Desmond hit a two-run homer against his former team to help Colorado clinch at least a wild card with two games remaining. The Rockies remained one game ahead of Los Angeles as they try to wrap up the franchise's first division crown. The Dodgers won 3-1 in San Francisco.Wade Davis struck out Bryce Harper looking to end the game and earn his 43rd save. The sellout crowd at Coors Field roared and fireworks went off.The Rockies are headed to the postseason in back-to-back years for the first time in team history. This is their fifth playoff trip since the franchise began in 1993 — last year, they lost to Arizona in the NL wild-card game.Freeland (17-7) wiggled out of jam after jam on a cool night to... [More]

DENVER (AP) — The NL West-leading Colorado Rockies locked up a playoff berth for the second straight season, beating the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Friday night for their eighth win in a row behind a resilient start from Kyle Freeland.David Dahl homered for the fifth consecutive game and Ian Desmond hit a two-run homer against his former team to help Colorado clinch at least a wild card with two games remaining. The Rockies remained one game ahead of Los Angeles as they try to wrap up the franchise's first division crown. The Dodgers won 3-1 in San Francisco.Wade Davis struck out Bryce Harper looking to end the game and earn his 43rd save. The sellout crowd at Coors Field roared and fireworks went off.The Rockies are headed to the postseason in back-to-back years for the first time in team history. This is their fifth playoff trip since the franchise began in 1993 — last year, they lost to Arizona in the NL wild-card game.Freeland (17-7) wiggled out of jam after jam on a cool night to... [More]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Oakland Athletics clinched their first playoff berth in four years, then beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 Monday night behind Khris Davis' major league-leading 46th home run.Jonathan Lucroy, Jed Lowrie and Matt Chapman also homered for the A's, assured no worse than an AL wild card.Oakland was one out into the game when Tampa Bay was eliminated with a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. The A's went on to win after Chapman broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run drive in the seventh off Shawn Armstrong (0-1).Coming off three straight last-place finishes in the AL West, the A's (95-62) are 4½ games behind AL West-leading Houston. They trail the Yankees by 1½ games for home-field advantage should they meet in a wild-card matchup.Robinson Cano and Dee Gordon homered for the Mariners.The Athletics will be making their fourth playoff appearance in the last seven seasons, all under manager Bob Melvin, and their 27th overall. The A's lost at Kansas City 9-8 in 12 innings in the 2014 wild-card... [More]

SEATTLE (AP) — The Oakland Athletics clinched their first playoff berth since 2014, then beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 Monday night behind Khris Davis' major league-leading 46th home run.Jonathan Lucroy, Jed Lowrie and Matt Chapman also homered for the A's, assured no worse than a wild-card berth.Oakland was one out into the game when Tampa Bay was eliminated with a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. The A's went on to win after Chapman broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run drive in the seventh off Shawn Armstrong (0-1).Coming off three straight last-place finishes in the AL West, the A's (95-62) are 4½ games behind AL West-leading Houston. They trail the Yankees by 1½ games for home-field advantage should they meet in a wild-card matchup.Robinson Cano and Dee Gordon homered for the Mariners.The Athletics will be making their fourth playoff appearance in the last seven seasons, all under manager Bob Melvin, and their 27th overall. The A's lost at Kansas City 9-8 in 12 innings in the 2014 wild-card... [More]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Hicks injured his left hamstring running up the first-base line in the Yankees' 4-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night, another concern for New York heading into next week's AL wild-card game.Hicks' 11th-inning double on Saturday drove Didi Gregorius with the run that clinched a postseason berth, and on Sunday the Yankees learned Sunday that Gregorius had torn cartilage in his right wrist during his headfirst slide across the plate.Hicks, who had fouled a pitch off his left ankle just before the double, left Monday's game with left hamstring tightness.New York's win eliminated the Rays and ensured a postseason berth for Oakland, which is likely to be the wild-card opponent but also is still alive in the AL West race. At 96-60, New York is assured of its best record since going 97-65 in 2011.Gardner had a go-ahead single off Ryan Yarbrough (15-6) in a two-run fifth inning.New York used eight pitchers and gave its starters extra rest ahead of the... [More]

DENVER (AP) — San Diego infielder Wil Myers has a cut on his nose after taking a groundball to the face while practicing at his new position.Myers was fielding grounders at third base during batting practice Wednesday prior to a game against the Colorado Rockies when a ball went over his glove and struck him. Myers fell to the dirt as teammates rushed in to check on him. Myers left the field holding a towel over his face with a trainer near his side.Myers was scheduled to make his eighth start at third base as the Padres' experimented with sliding the veteran first baseman across the infield. Myers was later scratched from the starting lineup, and Cory Spangenberg will slide over from second and play third base, while Jose Pirela takes over at second.Myers is a career .348 hitter at Coors Field with eight doubles and two homers.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/tag/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

LF Jose Pirela (thumb), who was going to try to take batting practice this week, has been officially shut down by the team. Pirela was among the team's biggest surprises this year, hitting .288 and showing vast improvement in left field.

OF Jose Pirela (finger) was hoping to take batting practice this week, but those plans have been scratched and there's talk of shutting him down for the rest of the year. Pirela has been among the Padres most consistent players.

LF Jose Pirela might be shut down for the rest of the season if the jammed pinky finger on his left hand doesn't show improvement soon. Pirela also had stitches in the webbing between his little finger and second finger after injuring the hand sliding into third Aug. 10 in Arizona. He missed a seventh straight start Tuesday (his only appearances has been twice as a pinch-runner) and manager Andy Green said Pirela could be shut down for the rest of the season if the situation doesn't soon improve. Pirela hit in the indoor cages Tuesday.

INF/OF Jose Pirela remains day-to-day with a sprained left pinkie, an injury he sustained sliding into third base on Sept. 10. He has been limited to hitting in the indoor batting cage and unable to take batting practice, something the Padres didn't do before Sunday's game. Manager Andy Green said before the game, "At this point in time, he hadn't taken swings yet. He had a bat in his hands, and he was going to take swings in the cage. Hopefully he's getting closer. Hands are tough to gauge. Whenever he's good to go, he's good to go. That doesn't mean it's a day or two; it's whatever time it takes."

INF/OF Jose Pirela remains day-to-day with a sprained left pinkie, an injury he suffered sliding into third base Sunday at Arizona. Pirela has not progressed to the point where he can take batting practice and has been limited to taking swings in the indoor batting cage. Manager Andy Green said Pirela's condition was about the same Saturday as it was a day earlier. "Whenever he can tolerate the swing and it doesn't bother him, he'll be out her playing again," Green said. "He's going through progressions in the cage, kind of seeing what he can handle. He doesn't feel quite right yet, and with the pinkie that he hurt, it's the left pinkie which takes all the pressure from the hands on the bat. It's been tough."