The New York Mets lost, but the Chicago Cubs and an almost no hitter from Kyle Hendricks made sure the St. Louis Cardinals remain outside the two playoff spots in the NL Wild Card Standings. The Los Angeles Dodgers widened the gap between them and the San Francisco Giants in the NL West while beating the New York Yankees, falling further behind in the playoff race. The Boston Red Sox continue to lead the AL East, beating the Baltimore Orioles, who hang on to their playoff spot behind the Toronto Blue Jays.

Los Angeles Dodgers 8  New York Yankees 2: The Dodgers open up some distance from the Giants while sending the Yankees further away from the wild card ticket, getting going early with 4 runs, and finishing the game with home runs from Yasiel Puig and Justin Turner.

New York Mets 1  Washington Nationals 8: 4th straight win for the Nats, overcoming Mat Latos leaving early with an injury. They scored twice in the first inning on bases-loaded walks, while Latos and Anthony Rendon helped out later with home runs.

Pittsburgh Pirates 2  Philadelphia Phillies 6: The Pirates are now 6 games behind the wild card spot, almost gone. Jeremy Hellickson struck out 6 in 6.1 innings for the win, Freddy Galvis hit his 18th home run of the season, and rookie Roman Quinn had two hits and two RBIs.

Tampa Bay Rays 2  Toronto Blue Jays 3: The Blue Jays are still on top of the wild card standings and 2 behind the Red Sox in the AL East, winning the game on a Ezequiel Carrera home run, followed by the benches cleared for a nice little fight.

Baltimore Orioles 2  Boston Red Sox 12: Looking great for the Red Sox, opening a 2-game lead in the AL East, while the Orioles fall to 3 behind them. David Price was terrific with 9 k’s in 8 innings, David Ortiz hit home run number 536, Chris Young and Hanley Ramirez helped out with big hits of their own.

Minnesota Twins 2  Detroit Tigers 4: The Tigers won’t catch the Indians in the AL Central, but they’re one game behind the Orioles for the wild card ticket, blowing by the Twins with Ian Kinsler adding a sacrifice fly to his home run from the beginning, followed by Miguel Cabrera hitting his 32nd of the season in the 8th.

Miami Marlins 7  Atlanta Braves 12: The Braves led 7-0, the Marlins tied it, and then the Braves scored 5 straight to win the game, getting a home run from Nick Markakis and 4 RBIs from Tyler Flowers.

Milwaukee Brewers 0  Cincinnati Reds 3: The Reds scored all their runs in the 1st inning, kicking things off with Scott Schebler hitting a two-RBI single.

Oakland Athletics 16  Kansas City Royals 3: The A’s get 17 hits and 10 walks in their impressive win, which included home runs for Khris Davis and Marcus Semien, both finishing with 3 RBIs.

Texas Rangers 4  Houston Astros 3: Second straight loss for the Astros, falling to 3.5 games behind the wild card ticket. Rougned Odor hit a 12th inning home run to win the game. Evan Gattis hit a 9th inning home run to help Houston drag the game on a little bit longer.

Chicago Cubs 4  St. Louis Cardinals 1: Kyle Hendricks took a no-hitter bid into the 9th inning and Aroldis Chapman came on for the save. Ben Zobrist hit a home run, and so did Dexter Fowler, as the Cubs keep their rivals out of the playoff picture with this win, for now.

Colorado Rockies 9  Arizona Diamondbacks 12: After scoring six runs in the 5th and 6th to take a 9-6 lead, the Rockies got blown away by a grand slam home run from Yasmany Tomas, putting Arizona in the lead, for good this time. It was his 29th home run of the season.

Seattle Mariners 8  Los Angeles Angels 1: The Mariners win their 6th in a row, which puts them 2.5 games behind the wild card ticket. Robinson Cano hit his 33rd home run this season, Ben Gamel hit the first of his career.

San Diego Padres 4  San Francisco Giants 0: Yangervis Solarte keeps up his hot hitting with a couple of RBIs on only 6 pitches thrown to him, while the Giants fall to 4 games behind the Dodgers again.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	81	62	0.566	—	42–30	39–32
Toronto Blue Jays	79	64	0.552	2	42–30	37–34
Baltimore Orioles	78	65	0.545	3	45–25	33–40
New York Yankees	76	67	0.531	5	43–30	33–37
Tampa Bay Rays	60	83	0.420	21	35–40	25–43

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	83	60	0.580	—	47–25	36–35
Detroit Tigers	77	66	0.538	6	41–30	36–36
Kansas City Royals	74	69	0.517	9	42–26	32–43
Chicago White Sox	69	74	0.483	14	39–32	30–42
Minnesota Twins	53	91	0.368	30½	29–46	24–45

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	86	59	0.593	—	47–22	39–37
Seattle Mariners	76	68	0.528	9½	40–31	36–37
Houston Astros	75	69	0.521	10½	40–32	35–37
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	63	80	0.441	22	33–36	30–44
Oakland Athletics	61	82	0.427	24	33–42	28–40

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	86	58	0.597	—	45–27	41–31
New York Mets	76	68	0.528	10	38–33	38–35
Miami Marlins	71	73	0.493	15	36–35	35–38
Philadelphia Phillies	64	80	0.444	22	31–39	33–41
Atlanta Braves	56	88	0.389	30	24–46	32–42

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	92	51	0.643	—	51–20	41–31
St. Louis Cardinals	75	68	0.524	17	32–40	43–28
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	73	0.486	22½	36–38	33–35
Milwaukee Brewers	64	80	0.444	28½	39–36	25–44
Cincinnati Reds	61	82	0.427	31	35–37	26–45

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	81	62	0.566	—	47–27	34–35
San Francisco Giants	77	66	0.538	4	38–31	39–35
Colorado Rockies	69	75	0.479	12½	37–35	32–40
San Diego Padres	60	84	0.417	21½	33–38	27–46
Arizona Diamondbacks	59	84	0.413	22	26–46	33–38

Wild Card Standings

American League

National League

Division Leaders W L Pct. Texas Rangers 86 59 0.593 Cleveland Indians 83 60 0.580 Boston Red Sox 81 62 0.566 Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff) W L Pct. GB Toronto Blue Jays 79 64 0.552 +1 Baltimore Orioles 78 65 0.545 — Detroit Tigers 77 66 0.538 1 New York Yankees 76 67 0.531 2 Seattle Mariners 76 68 0.528 2½ Houston Astros 75 69 0.521 3½ Kansas City Royals 74 69 0.517 4 Chicago White Sox 69 74 0.483 9 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 63 80 0.441 15 Oakland Athletics 61 82 0.427 17 Tampa Bay Rays 60 83 0.420 18 Minnesota Twins 53 91 0.368 25½

Division Leaders W L Pct. Chicago Cubs 92 51 0.643 Washington Nationals 86 58 0.597 Los Angeles Dodgers 81 62 0.566 Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff) W L Pct. GB San Francisco Giants 77 66 0.538 +1½ New York Mets 76 68 0.528 — St. Louis Cardinals 75 68 0.524 ½ Miami Marlins 71 73 0.493 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 69 73 0.486 6 Colorado Rockies 69 75 0.479 7 Milwaukee Brewers 64 80 0.444 12 Philadelphia Phillies 64 80 0.444 12 Cincinnati Reds 61 82 0.427 14½ San Diego Padres 60 84 0.417 16 Arizona Diamondbacks 59 84 0.413 16½ Atlanta Braves

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