Jack Flaherty pitched seven strong innings as the host St. Louis Cardinals captu...
Jack Flaherty pitched seven strong innings as the host St. Louis Cardinals captured the National League Central title with a 9-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday.
The Cubs announced his departure before the game. Maddon led the team to postseason play in his first four seasons and won one World Series title, the franchise’s first since 1908.Kurt Suzuki hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Washington added four more runs in the sixth against visiting Cleveland for its season-high eighth straight win.
Lance Lynn allowed one run on two hits over 7 1/3 innings to pick up his 16th win of the season as Texas played its final game at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. Despite the win, Boston was unable to hold onto a 4-3 lead taken in the seventh inning that would have made a 20-game winner out of Eduardo Rodriguez. Matt Barnes served up a game-tying single to Jonathan Villar in the eighth inning.Teoscar Hernandez hit a three-run homer, Breyvic Valera added a solo shot, Justin Smoak drove in three runs with two doubles and Toronto downed visiting Tampa Bay.
The 107 victories are the most in franchise history and mark the club’s third consecutive 100-win season. From the franchise’s inception in 1962 through 2016, the team had only one 100-win season .Dominic Smith, making his first plate appearance in more than two months, hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 11th inning as New York completed a season-ending, three-game sweep of division champion Atlanta.
The A’s edged out Tampa Bay by one game in the chase for the American League’s top wild card. Oakland will play host to the Rays on Wednesday in a one-game playoff.Tim Locastro beat out an infield single into the hole at shortstop to drive in the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning as Arizona beat San Diego in Phoenix to end the season on a five-game winning streak.
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