In the American League, the wild card standings are still topped by the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles, but the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners and even New York Yankees still have a shot, one to 2.5 games behind. In the National League wild card standings, all top 3 teams lost: The St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants remained tied. Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox (in the AL East) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (in the NL West) are getting closer to clinching the division with big wins over division rivals.

St. Louis Cardinals 1  Colorado Rockies 11: Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam home run and Tom Murphy helped out with a 3-run homer as the Rockies prevented the Cardinals from separating in the wild card standings from the Mets & Giants.

Houston Astros 6  Oakland A’s 5: The Astros are putting pressure on the Blue Jays and Orioles with their sweep of the A’s, now one game back in the wild card standings. Evan Gattis hit a couple of home runs, making it to 30 this season, concluding a terrific series for him personally.

Toronto Blue Jays 1  Seattle Mariners 2: The Mariners keep themselves in the discussion thanks to a sacrifice fly by Robinson Cano in the 12th inning, while the Blue Jays remain on top of the wild card standings.

Boston Red Sox 5  Baltimore Orioles 1: The Red Sox beat the Orioles for the third straight time, once again scoring five runs. While they open a five-game lead in the AL East, the Orioles are just one ahead of the chasers for the wild card playoff spot. Clay Buchholz held the Orioles to just 3 hits.

Chicago White Sox 3  Philadelphia Phillies 8: Chris Sale looked bad in just 4 innings of work before being taken off, Tommy Joseph hit his 21st home run of the season, and Jerad Eickhoff earned the win on 7 innings of work, striking out 6.

Kansas City Royals 3  Cleveland Indians 4: Brilliant pitching from Corey Kluber, and both Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santa making it to 79 RBIs this season provided the win.

Atlanta Braves 4  New York Mets 3: Ender Inciarte proved to be the hero of the game, sending the Mets to a third straight loss, first with an RBI to put the Braves in the lead in the 9th, followed by an amazing defensive play to rob Yoenis Cespedes of a game-winning home run.

Washington Nationals 8  Miami Marlins 3: Max Scherzer struck out 8 in 6.2 innings while Ryan Zimmerman and Trea Turner gave the offense the boost it needed with a home run each.

New York Yankees 11  Tampa Bay Rays 5: The Yankees are still in it, 2.5 games behind the wild card spot, getting two home runs from Gary Sanchez who is already at 19, while the pitching of Masahiro Tanaka wasn’t brilliant, but enough to help the Yankees stay ahead.

Los Angeles Angels 5  Texas Rangers 4: Nomar Mazara had a couple of RBIs and so did Carlos Beltran, but a three-run homer by Mike Trout made the difference.

Cincinnati Reds 2  Chicago Cubs 9: The Cubs complete the sweep of the Reds with John Lackey striking out 4, and run support coming from Kris Bryant with his 38th home run of the season and Dexter Fowler hitting a long ball as well.

Pittsburgh Pirates 4  Milwaukee Brewers 1: Andrew McCutchen opened the game with a home run and Sean Rodriguez hit one later one as Pittsburgh won for the second time in a row.

Arizona Diamondbacks 3  San Diego Padres 2: Solid pitching from Zack Greinke provided the security blanket for the D-Backs offense, as two home runs from Paul Goldschmidt made all the difference.

San Francisco Giants 3  Los Angeles Dodgers 9: The free fall continues for the Giants, giving up a 3-run homer to Yasiel Puig and Howie Kendrick added a couple of RBIs. The Dodgers now lead in the NL West by six games.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	88	64	0.579	—	46–32	42–32
Toronto Blue Jays	83	69	0.546	5	42–32	41–37
Baltimore Orioles	82	70	0.539	6	47–30	35–40
New York Yankees	79	72	0.523	8½	44–31	35–41
Tampa Bay Rays	64	87	0.424	23½	35–42	29–45

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	88	63	0.583	—	51–26	37–37
Detroit Tigers	80	70	0.533	7½	42–32	38–38
Kansas City Royals	77	75	0.507	11½	45–30	32–45
Chicago White Sox	72	80	0.474	16½	41–33	31–47
Minnesota Twins	55	96	0.364	33	29–47	26–49

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	90	63	0.588	—	50–25	40–38
Houston Astros	81	71	0.533	8½	41–33	40–38
Seattle Mariners	80	72	0.526	9½	42–35	38–37
Oakland Athletics	66	86	0.434	23½	33–45	33–41
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	66	86	0.434	23½	35–40	31–46

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	89	63	0.586	—	46–28	43–35
New York Mets	80	72	0.526	9	41–36	39–36
Miami Marlins	76	76	0.500	13	38–36	38–40
Philadelphia Phillies	69	83	0.454	20	36–42	33–41
Atlanta Braves	61	91	0.401	28	26–49	35–42

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	97	55	0.638	—	55–23	42–32
St. Louis Cardinals	80	72	0.526	17	33–41	47–31
Pittsburgh Pirates	76	75	0.503	20½	36–38	40–37
Milwaukee Brewers	68	84	0.447	29	39–38	29–46
Cincinnati Reds	63	89	0.414	34	37–41	26–48

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	86	66	0.566	—	49–28	37–38
San Francisco Giants	80	72	0.526	6	40–35	40–37
Colorado Rockies	73	79	0.480	13	41–37	32–42
San Diego Padres	64	88	0.421	22	35–39	29–49
Arizona Diamondbacks	64	88	0.421	22	30–48	34–40

Wild Card Standings

American League

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff) W L Pct. GB Toronto Blue Jays 83 69 0.546 +1 Baltimore Orioles 82 70 0.539 — Detroit Tigers 80 70 0.533 1 Houston Astros 81 71 0.533 1 Seattle Mariners 80 72 0.526 2 New York Yankees 79 72 0.523 2½ Kansas City Royals 77 75 0.507 5 Chicago White Sox 72 80 0.474 10 Oakland Athletics 66 86 0.434 16 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 66 86 0.434 16 Tampa Bay Rays 64 87 0.424 17½ Minnesota Twins 55 96 0.364 26½

National League

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Mets	80	72	0.526	—
St. Louis Cardinals	80	72	0.526	—
San Francisco Giants	80	72	0.526	—
Pittsburgh Pirates	76	75	0.503	3½
Miami Marlins	76	76	0.500	4
Colorado Rockies	73	79	0.480	7
Philadelphia Phillies	69	83	0.454	11
Milwaukee Brewers	68	84	0.447	12
San Diego Padres	64	88	0.421	16
Arizona Diamondbacks	64	88	0.421	16
Cincinnati Reds	63	89	0.414	17
Atlanta Braves	61	91	0.401	19

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