The wild card standings remain the same: The St. Louis Cardinals hold a small lead over the New York Mets in the National League, while the Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers are tied for the second ticket behind the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs beating the San Francisco Giants on a big day from Jason Heyward helped the Los Angeles Dodgers, beating the San Diego Padres, open up a 3 game lead at the top of the NL West.

St. Louis Cardinals 5  Cincinnati Reds 2: The Cardinals stop the losing and hold off from threats below. Carlos Martinez picked up a win with a strong start through six innings, helped by home runs from Kolten Wong and Randal Grichuk.

Toronto Blue Jays 5  Tampa Bay Rays 3: The Blue Jays open a one-game lead in the AL East again, thanks to Russell Martin with a two-run homer in the 8th (17 this season) to break the tie and win the game, closed by Roberto Osuna.

New York Yankees 5  Baltimore Orioles 2: The Yankees bring themselves closer to the Red Sox and Orioles with their bullpen doing a great job following Michael Pineda, enjoying early run support from Chase Headley and Austin Romine.

Atlanta Braves 2  Philadelphia Phillies 0: Julio Teheran anchored the shutout win with 7 k’s in 6 innings, and home runs by Freddie Freeman and Matt Kemp took care of the rest.

Milwaukee Brewers 10  Pittsburgh Pirates 0: The Pirates spiral out of control with a shutout loss, their sixth in a row overall. Domingo Santana hit a couple of home runs, Jonathan Villar and Chris Carter added one each.

Chicago White Sox 13  Minnesota Twins 11: Wild win for the White Sox, dropping an early lead, regained it and then saw the game thrust into extra innings. In the 12th, Tim Anderson hit a two-RBI double that set up the save for Tommy Kahnle.

Detroit Tigers 6  Kansas City Royals 5: A huge win for the Tigers, making them level with the Orioles for the 2nd wild card ticket. A strong 7th from the Royals put them 5-4 up, but Justin Upton hit his 20th home run of the season to produce the go ahead sequence, which the Tigers held on to.

San Francisco Giants 2  Chicago Cubs 3: A huge day for Jason Heyward, driving in all 3 of the Cubs runs on singles. He did it in the 9th inning to send the game into extra innings, and again in the 13th inning with a walk-off RBI single.

Houston Astros 7  Texas Rangers 6: The Astros creep closer as well to the Wild Card spot, scoring five runs by the 4th inning and holding on to that lead. Ken Giles produced a shaky save (gave up one run), while George Springer and Evan Gattis each hit home runs.

Boston Red Sox 0  Oakland Athletics 1: After two games of giving up 30 runs, the A’s finally settled, shutting down the Red Sox while winning on just two hits in the game, one of them in the 9th inning by Khris Davis, helped by an error that enabled the win.

Miami Marlins 5  Cleveland Indians 6: The Marlins twice blow a two-run lead and allowed the Indians to escape, as Jose Ramirez and Lonnie Chisenhall both hit for runs in the 9th inning, including the walk off single by Chisenhall.

Los Angeles Angels 4  Seattle Mariners 2: The Mariners have lost 8 of their last 10, giving up home runs in the 1st inning to Albert Pujols and C.J. Cron. Matt Shoemaker got hit with a 105-mph line drive to the head, and left the game in the second inning.

San Diego Padres 4  Los Angeles Dodgers 7: The Dodgers open a 3 game lead over the Giants, enjoying a 9-strikeout start from Jose De Leon, backed by a home run from Yasiel Puig and a less surprising one from Yasmani Grandal.

Arizona Diamondbacks 8  Colorado Rockies 5: The Diamondbacks were behind in the 7th inning, but a 3-run homer from Socrates Brito helped them take a 3-run lead, and ride to the surprising, victorious end.

Washington Nationals 1  New York Mets 5: The Mets remain one game behind the Cards thanks to another dominant performance against the Nationals, riding a strong start from Seth Lugo, supported by home runs from Curtis Granderson and Jay Bruce.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	77	59	0.566	—	40–28	37–31
Boston Red Sox	76	60	0.559	1	41–30	35–30
Baltimore Orioles	74	62	0.544	3	45–25	29–37
New York Yankees	70	65	0.519	6½	37–28	33–37
Tampa Bay Rays	58	77	0.430	18½	34–38	24–39

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	79	56	0.585	—	45–23	34–33
Detroit Tigers	74	62	0.544	5½	39–28	35–34
Kansas City Royals	70	66	0.515	9½	42–25	28–41
Chicago White Sox	65	71	0.478	14½	35–29	30–42
Minnesota Twins	51	86	0.372	29	27–42	24–44

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	82	55	0.599	—	47–22	35–33
Houston Astros	72	64	0.529	9½	39–29	33–35
Seattle Mariners	69	67	0.507	12½	37–30	32–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	61	75	0.449	20½	32–33	29–42
Oakland Athletics	58	78	0.426	23½	31–38	27–40

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	79	57	0.581	—	38–26	41–31
New York Mets	71	66	0.518	8½	38–33	33–33
Miami Marlins	68	69	0.496	11½	33–32	35–37
Philadelphia Phillies	60	76	0.441	19	30–39	30–37
Atlanta Braves	54	83	0.394	25½	22–44	32–39

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	88	48	0.647	—	51–20	37–28
St. Louis Cardinals	71	64	0.526	16½	30–37	41–27
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	67	0.500	20	34–33	33–34
Milwaukee Brewers	60	76	0.441	28	37–35	23–41
Cincinnati Reds	57	78	0.422	30½	34–34	23–44

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	76	60	0.559	—	44–27	32–33
San Francisco Giants	73	63	0.537	3	38–30	35–33
Colorado Rockies	65	71	0.478	11	35–34	30–37
Arizona Diamondbacks	58	78	0.426	18	25–43	33–35
San Diego Padres	56	80	0.412	20	30–34	26–46

Wild Card Standings

American League

National League

Division Leaders W L Pct. Texas Rangers 82 55 0.599 Cleveland Indians 79 56 0.585 Toronto Blue Jays 77 59 0.566 Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff) W L Pct. GB Boston Red Sox 76 60 0.559 +2 Baltimore Orioles 74 62 0.544 — Detroit Tigers 74 62 0.544 — Houston Astros 72 64 0.529 2 New York Yankees 70 65 0.519 3½ Kansas City Royals 70 66 0.515 4 Seattle Mariners 69 67 0.507 5 Chicago White Sox 65 71 0.478 9 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 61 75 0.449 13 Tampa Bay Rays 58 77 0.430 15½ Oakland Athletics 58 78 0.426 16 Minnesota Twins 51 86 0.372 23½

Division Leaders W L Pct. Chicago Cubs 88 48 0.647 Washington Nationals 79 57 0.581 Los Angeles Dodgers 76 60 0.559 Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff) W L Pct. GB San Francisco Giants 73 63 0.537 +1½ St. Louis Cardinals 71 64 0.526 — New York Mets 71 66 0.518 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 67 67 0.500 3½ Miami Marlins 68 69 0.496 4 Colorado Rockies 65 71 0.478 6½ Philadelphia Phillies 60 76 0.441 11½ Milwaukee Brewers 60 76 0.441 11½ Arizona Diamondbacks 58 78 0.426 13½ Cincinnati Reds 57 78 0.422 14 San Diego Padres 56 80 0.412 15½ Atlanta Braves 54 83 0.394 18

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