Things are heating up, as the Baltimore Orioles take the AL East lead back again without even playing, thanks to the New York Yankees beating the Toronto Blue Jays. The Kansas City Royals did the Cleveland Indians, who lost to the Boston Red Sox, a similar favor by beating the Detroit Tigers, while the Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins improved their positioning as they hunt for a wild card spot.

Boston Red Sox 3  Cleveland Indians 2: The Red Sox win their fourth in a row, but they’re still trailing both the Blue Jays and the Orioles in the AL East. David Ortiz hitting a two-run homer gave them the lead after an opening Indians homer, which they held on to.

Kansas City Royals 3  Detroit Tigers 1: The Royals denied the Tigers a chance to get closer to the Indians, as Ian Kennedy allowed only five hits and one run in 6.2 innings, striking out 5. Lorenzo Cain hit a 9th inning RBI single to solidify the win in a close game.

Toronto Blue Jays 0  New York Yankees 1: The Blue Jays lose to top spot in the division, managing only 3 hits against the Yankees, enjoying Chad Green tossing 11 strikeouts in six innings,while Aaron Judge hit the RBI double that decided the game.

Miami Marlins 6  Cincinnati Reds 3: The Marlins are now tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for the 2nd wild card spot, enjoying a strong day from Chris Johnson, hitting a solo homer and an RBI double, while Marcell Ozuna hit his 20th homer of the season.

San Diego Padres 2  Tampa Bay Rays 8: Drew Smyly had a good day of 7 innings and only 1 hit allowed (the Padres had 3 overall). Offense came from Logan Forsythe and Kevin Kiermaier, both with home runs and 3 RBIs.

Oakland Athletics 2  Texas Rangers 5: The Rangers stay ahead of the Seattle Mariners, winning in the 5th inning despite trailing thanks to Adrian Beltre hitting a grand slam home run, and the work of Matt Bush and Sam Dyson helped them keep the lead.

Washington Nationals 5  Colorado Rockies 4: With the game tied at 4-4 in the 7th, Bryce Harper hit the go-ahead double that drove Trea Turner home, and helped the Nats to a third consecutive win.

New York Mets 6  Arizona Diamondbacks 10: A loss that puts the Mets 3 games behind the wild card ticket, and Bartolo Colon drawing his first career walk at bat didn’t help, as his day on the mound wasn’t any good. Welington Castillo had four hits and was one of four Arizona players with two RBIs, including Yasmany Tomas with his 22nd home run of the season, a two-run homer.

Seattle Mariners 3  Los Angeles Angels 2: Win number 3 in a row and 9 out of the last 10 for Seattle, only two games behind in the wild card race. Felix Hernandez struck out 8 in 6.2 innings while Nelson Cruz hit his 30th home run of the season, helping the Angles to loss number 11 in a row.

Pittsburgh Pirates 8  San Francisco Giants 5: The Giants now have only 0.5 lead over the Dodgers in the NL West, while the Pirates are just one game out of the wild card ticket. Ryan Vogelsong wasn’t great but did enough to earn a win in his return to San Francisco, while Gregory Polanco stood out with a home run and four RBIs, singlehandedly taking the Pirates from behind to the lead and holding on to it.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	66	51	0.564	—	39–17	27–34
Toronto Blue Jays	67	52	0.563	—	36–26	31–26
Boston Red Sox	65	52	0.556	1	38–27	27–25
New York Yankees	61	57	0.517	5½	35–25	26–32
Tampa Bay Rays	48	69	0.410	18	26–34	22–35

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	67	49	0.578	—	35–21	32–28
Detroit Tigers	63	55	0.534	5	33–22	30–33
Kansas City Royals	58	60	0.492	10	36–21	22–39
Chicago White Sox	56	61	0.479	11½	29–26	27–35
Minnesota Twins	47	71	0.398	21	25–37	22–34

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Texas Rangers	70	50	0.583	—	37–20	33–30
Seattle Mariners	63	54	0.538	5½	33–25	30–29
Houston Astros	61	57	0.517	8	34–26	27–31
Oakland Athletics	52	67	0.437	17½	28–35	24–32
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	49	68	0.419	19½	26–30	23–38

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	70	47	0.598	—	36–23	34–24
Miami Marlins	62	56	0.525	8½	31–28	31–28
New York Mets	59	59	0.500	11½	31–30	28–29
Philadelphia Phillies	56	63	0.471	15	28–29	28–34
Atlanta Braves	44	74	0.373	26½	18–39	26–35

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago Cubs	73	43	0.629	—	41–19	32–24
St. Louis Cardinals	62	56	0.525	12	28–33	34–23
Pittsburgh Pirates	60	56	0.517	13	33–25	27–31
Milwaukee Brewers	52	64	0.448	21	33–29	19–35
Cincinnati Reds	48	69	0.410	25½	26–30	22–39

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	66	52	0.559	—	33–24	33–28
Los Angeles Dodgers	65	52	0.556	½	38–24	27–28
Colorado Rockies	56	63	0.471	10½	28–30	28–33
San Diego Padres	50	68	0.424	16	27–30	23–38
Arizona Diamondbacks	49	69	0.415	17	20–39	29–30

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