NEW YORK (AP) – Aaron Judge returned to the Yankees for the first time since his right wrist was broken seven weeks ago. He took the championship lead for the last two rounds of the New Yorkers against the Toronto Blue Jays. night.

The judge had not played since July 26, when he was hit by a throw from Jakob Junis of Kansas City. The Yankees say that for the moment, the judge will limit himself to defense and pinch, but they hope that he will become a regular in the last two weeks of the regular season.

Masahiro Tanaka (12-5), who was attempting to play a qualifying game against Oakland on Oct. 3, extended his 20-round streak and won his third straight start. Dominated by a big gap, Tanaka eliminated eight of the six innings and allowed four hits. Luis Cessa won his second win in the biggest margin of Whitening victory in New York since his 15-0 win over the Mets on June 14, 2009.

New York has improved to 13-4 against Toronto this season. Beginning their homestand final, the Yankees remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Athletics for the home game in the wild-card game.

Andrew McCutchen scored his third homerun since the Yankees acquired him from San Francisco on August 31. Didi Gregorius also escaped the Yankees.

Marco Estrada (7-12) was the loser.

GIANTS 2, ROCKIES 0

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Chris Stratton tossed a double for his first career shutout, Austin Slater backed him with a two-point single and San Francisco ended a run of 11 defeats by beating Colorado .

The Rockies, leaders of NL's West Division, saw their division lead reduced to half a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won in St. Louis. Colorado has had a seven-game winning streak against San Francisco.

Stratton (10-9) eliminated seven players and made two shots to complete the two-hour, 20-minute game. It allowed a single baserunner to reach second place with Trevor Story in the second.

Tyler Anderson (6-9) has not won in 12 starts since his victory against the Giants on July 4, in 0-6 during that period. He allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings, eliminated six points and failed to beat a batter.

METS 8, RED SOX 0

BOSTON (AP) – Noah Syndergaard threw seven innings of three-shots and New York hit four home runs to snap Boston's four-game winning streak.

The Red Sox, who lead the majors with 101 wins, beat the New York Yankees in East Asia 9 1/2 games. The only baseball team ever to have a playoff spot, Boston's magic number to claim its third consecutive divisional title remained at six.

Syndergaard (12-3) eliminated six players and made three to lead the Mets to their fourth straight win and sixth win in their last seven games. Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer in the third, Austin Jackson hit a two-point shot in the eighth, and Jeff McNeil and Amed Rosario shot solo for New York.

Bruce also scored twice in the first game against Red Sox emergency starter William Cuevas (0-1), who made his first major league start because Hector Velazquez fell ill.

TIGERS 5, INDIANS 4

CLEVELAND (AP) – Andrew Miller conceded two RBI doubles in the seventh inning while Cleveland's move to the AL Central title was slowed by Detroit.

Miller, making his third appearance from the casualty list, released Adam Cimber (0-2) in the seventh end, but could not stop the Tigers from taking 2-2 and ending a run of 10 defeated at Progressive Field. .

Jeimer Candelario, who captured the first, doubled at home and Victor Martinez also doubled Miller. Josh Donaldson drew 2 to 4 in his home debut for Cleveland and Edwin Encarnacion for his 31st circuit. Drew VerHagen (3-2) got two outs in the sixth and Greene finished ninth for his 29th save.

ATHLETE 2, RAYS 1, 10 INNINGS

St. Petersburg, Florida (AP) – Khris Davis started the 10th inning with his 42nd circuit at the main circuit and Oakland beat Tampa Bay.

Oakland has extended his lead for AL's second Wild card to nine games on the Rays. The A remained 1 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees for the first wild card.

Davis coach Jaime Schultz (2-1) was his 40th player this season. He joins David Ortiz to the only DH to have 40 circuits or more.

Blake Treinen (7-2) made two scoreless innings for the win. Sergio Romo pulled out the top three in the ninth place in his second Rays since August 25.

CUBS 3, REDS 2

CHICAGO (AP) – Ian Happ hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning, Jorge De La Rosa was ninth in his first career stop and Chicago pace.

De La Rosa gave Curt Casali a double and led Billy Hamilton with two drops before Scott Schebler came to center. It was the first chance to save Chicago as Pedro Strop put his thigh hand in trying to beat a double-handed fielder Thursday in a 4-3 win in Washington, thus testing the rest of the regular season.

Ben Zobrist scored three goals for Chicago, Chicago's central division leader, with a 1/2-match advantage over Milwaukee, second. After Cole Hamels allowed two runs in six and two-thirds, Dillon Maples (1-0) earned the seventh final for his first career win.

David Hernandez (5-1) was the loser.

DODGERS 3, CARDINALS 0

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Rookie Walker Buehler allowed two hits in eight innings, Yasiel Puig traded twice and Los Angeles tied with St. Louis in NL's wild card race.

Buehler (7-5) passed the seventh inning for the first time and won his first victory since August 17.

Puig picked up Jack Flaherty (8-7) in the second and joined Tyler Webb.

Kenley Jansen hit Yairo Munoz with a shot to open the ninth but withdrew the next three batters to finish the double, getting his 35th save on 39 chances.

DIAMONDBACKS 4, ASTROS 2

HOUSTON (AP) – The triple of the tiebreaker of Jon Jay, in the round of 16, allowed Arizona to beat Houston and complete two playoff races.

The Astros, leader of AL West, have been reduced to 2 1/2 by Oakland. Arizona has moved into all three games of St. Louis and Los Angeles for second place in NL's Wild Card.

Nick Ahmed doubled Hector Rondon (2-4) with a brace in Arizona. Jay hit twice in the right turn and scored during a flyball by A.J. Pollock dropped into the shallow center field for just one.

Brad Ziegler (2-6) threw 1 1/3 inning scoreless and Yoshihisa Hirano allowed a shot in a scoreless ninth for his second save.

BRAVES 10, NATIONAL 5

ATLANTA (AP) – Ronald Acuna Jr. has scored four goals in five games, scored two points and scored the fourth decisive round to help Atlanta, the East leader, beat Washington for his sixth consecutive victory.

The Braves stayed 7 1/2 games in front of Philadelphia. A combination of nine wins in Atlanta or Phillies defeats will give the Braves their first league title since 2013.

The national championships, Max Scherzer (17-7), had its shortest outing of the year, four innings, while tuning six points – one season high – and seven hits in 102 shots .

Kevin Gausman (10-10) allowed seven hits, two walks and four points – three earned – in five innings and two-thirds.

MARINERS 5, ANGELS 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Ryon Healy and Dee Gordon each had two six-shot pitchers.

Roenis Elias has only granted one go on three innings and two thirds in replacement of James Paxton, a victim of pneumonia. Adam Warren (3-2) got four outs and Shawn Armstrong, Nick Vincent, Zach Duke and Ryan Cook each started one inning.

The Mariners went on to stay against Matt Shoemaker (2-1) in the fourth inning. Robinson Cano has selected Mitch Haniger for his 13th RBI in 27 games since he was reinstated from an 80-game drug suspension.

With two outings and two runners in second and third place, Healy made 3-0 with a ball on the ground in the left field.

The Angels nearly joined Elias in fourth on Mike Trout's deep fly ball, but Gordon drifted to the quilted wall and reached out before falling on the alert trail.

SOX WHITE 8, ORIOLES 6

BALTIMORE (AP) – James Shields won his first road victory since day one and Chicago beat Baltimore on a wet night.

Ryan Cordell had his first career success with a circuit in eighth that provided key insurance. Omar Narvaez and Avisail Garcia also captured the White Sox.

Shields (7-16) leads the majors in the losses. He allowed two runs and four hits with five strikeouts and a six-run run. He had won in his previous 12 appearances on the road.

Jace Fry contained the Orioles with a scoreless eighth, setting Nate Jones to recover his fifth save.

Luis Ortiz (0-1), obtained during Jonathan Schoop's trade with Milwaukee on July 31, made his first major league start for Baltimore and made 1 2/3 innings before leaving with a leg injury. Trey Mancini hit two homers for the Orioles.

ROYALS 8, TWINS 4

KANSAS CITY, USA (AP) – Salvador Perez finished the ninth round of Kansas City with a grand slam at the end of the game, lifting the Royals after Minnesota.

Rosell Herrera kicked off the winning rally with a 1-2 finish outside of Trevor Hildenberger (4-4), who regained control of Minnesota after Fernando Rodney was traded to Oakland last month. Whit Merrifield then hit a mere RBI and placed third on the base shot of Adalberto Mondesi.

Manager Paul Molitor then put Logan Forsythe, giving five twins to the Twins, and Alex Gordon was intentionally walked around to charge the bases. But Perez foiled the strategy with an effort to focus on his 26th circuit. The defeat of the Twins reduced Cleveland's magic number to win the AL Central title at one.

Jason Hammel (3-13) was the winner.

BREWERS 7 PIRATES 4

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Christian Yelich, Travis Shaw and Mike Moustakas have taken the lead to lead Milwaukee beyond Pittsburgh.

Orlando Arcia drove in two sets with a double for the Brewers, who stayed 1-1 / 2 behind Chicago's first place in NL Central.

Yelich crowned a two-point homer to beat Chris Archer in the first to give the Brewers a quick lead. Shaw followed two batters later with a solo shot to qualify 3-0.

Corbin Burns (5-0) won the relief victory. Jeremy Jeffress worked a scoreless ninth for his 12th loss. Orlando Arcia (4-8) was the loser.

Pablo Reyes of Pittsburgh hit his first career circuit.

PHILLIES 14, MARLINS 2

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Aaron Altherr made two shots and five points in Philadelphia's Miami win.

Roman Quinn, Rhys Hoskins and Mitch Walding also helped the Phillies win a five-game losing streak. Zach Eflin (10-7) threw 6 1/3 innings of one lap ball.

J.T. Realmuto slammed for Miami. Wei-Yin Chen (6-11) was the loser.

RANGERS 4, PADRES 0

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Jurickson Profar had two home wins in three of his three wins and Yohander Mendez followed Connor Sadzeck with three hits in five sets to lead Texas to San Diego.

After hitting singles during his first two bats, Profar piloted the first pitch that he saw from Phil Maton in the right seats, with a seventh-place finish, his 17th. He flew in two sets and scored twice in the last place team match.

Mendez (2-1) eliminated five players, made three and was supported by two doubles games. Four Rangers pitchers joined San Diego with five shots.

Padres starter, Robbie Erlin (3-7), allowed two runs and six hits in six innings and one-third, eliminating six points and not walking any.

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