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BOSTON – The Boston Red Sox have won 100 wins for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II in 1946, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Wednesday night.
David Price (15-6) won his sixth consecutive decision, allowing three hits and eliminating seven points. Undefeated in 11 starts since July 1, Price left after 92 shots, with a lead won by Rafael Devers in the fifth inning.
Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his 39th stop on 44 occasions.
One night, after becoming the first major league team this year to secure a playoff spot, Boston won for the 10th time in 14 games and scored a high of 54 games over .500.
Jonathan Davis had his first major league success for Toronto.
TWINS 3, YANKEES 1
Boston Red Sox goaltender Andrew Benintendi throws the ball after landing a steal by Toronto Blue Jays Teoscar Hernandez in the fifth round of a baseball game at Boston's Fenway Park on Wednesday. September 12, 2018. (Charles Krupa / Associated Press)
MINNEAPOLIS – Jake Odorizzi's attack was interrupted when Greg Bird hit a double with a loss in the eighth inning, and Minnesota beat the Yankees to take two of three in New York.
The back of the Yankees compared to Oakland for the best wildcard of the AL has been reduced to a match.
Odorizzi walked like See's before Bird lined up the next step deep into the emptiness of the left center. Odorizzi was immediately removed from the match by manager Paul Molitor and tipped his cap to the crowd as he left the pitch for a standing ovation. Odorizzi (6-10) has eliminated five players and made three, which corresponds to his highest league summit of 120 thrown in the throw for Tampa Bay against the Twins on June 3, 2016.
Taylor Rogers eliminated Gleyber Torres and Trevor Hildenberger drew Andrew McCutchen. Hildenberger finished his sixth victory. Luis Severino (17-8) allowed one inning and four hits in 5 2/3 innings, rising to 3-6 in his last 11 starts.
ROCKIES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4
DENVER – DJ LeMahieu hit a two-point homer out of Yoshihisa Hirano in the ninth inning, and Colorado, leader of NL West, defeated Arizona.
LeMahieu helped the Rockies maintain their 1/2-match advantage over Los Angeles intact. The Diamondbacks lost 3 1/2 games in the division race.
One night after his first career stop, Hirano (4-3) allowed a single Gerardo Parra to leave the first player Paul Goldschmidt to start the ninth. Charlie Blackmon pushed Parra to second place and LeMahieu followed with his first career visit.
Wade Davis (3-6) took the win with a perfect ninth, including two strikeouts.
Nolan Arenado had a good night out with the Rockies with two doubles and a solo circuit.
DODGERS 8, REDS 1
CINCINNATI – Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner each scored three points each, and Los Angeles beat Cincinnati to avoid a sweep of the season by the Reds.
Joc Pederson slammed for the Dodgers and Grandal had three hits. Los Angeles had been 0-6 against the Reds and was about to be swept by Cincinnati in a season for the first time.
Gennett's Cincinnati scooter was 1 for 4, keeping his batting average at .321.
Left-handed Caleb Ferguson (6-2), the third of seven Dodgers, has eliminated three players in the fifth.
Anthony DeSclafani (7-5) allowed six points – five won – five hits and three walks in four innings and two-thirds. Jose Peraza gave Cincinnati the lead in his first run, but Pederson tied 1-1 with a start to the fourth, his last two games and the 21st this season.
Grandal scored twice later in the inning, a ball caught by a young fan with a glove over the wall while the ball was still in play. Max Muncy scored at first shot and Reds manager Jim Riggleman , argued unsuccessfully that he should have been stopped in third place, but the referees' decision was confirmed in a video review. Turner hit a two-point single in a fifth time.
BREWERS 5, CUBS 1
CHICAGO – Curtis Granderson traded three times and scored three points, Lorenzo Cain added three hits and Milwaukee beat Chicago to lead the game.
Granderson also had three hits and Mike Moustakas took a two-point single for Milwaukee, who took two of the top three Cubs. Josh Hader (6-1) was eliminated three times in a scoreless eighth to win. The Six Brewers pitchers combined to hold Chicago six strokes.
Kris Bryant had two hits and participated in the only Cubs race.
Granderson appeared to start the game with his 48th career leading match, but he was judged triple after a referee overhaul. Two batters later, Cain chose to drive to Granderson for the first leg of the match. Travis Shaw's third-third sacrifice gave the Brewers a 2-0 lead.
Kyle Hendricks (11-11) was the loser.
NATIONALES 5, PHILLIES 1
PHILADELPHIA – Stephen Strasburg launched seven impressive runs, Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman and Juan Soto traded and Washington beat Philadelphia for a three-game sweep.
Even Aaron Nola (16-5), a contender for the Cy Young Award, could not put an end to Philadelphia's skid. The Phillies lost five games in a row and lost seven and a half games behind first place Atlanta in Eastern Newfoundland with 17 goals to play. They are 11-23 since August 5, when they had the second best NL record.
Strasburg (8-7) allowed one point and eliminated nine points in its best start since April.
Harper crashed his 33rd circuit, a two-point shot in central Philadelphia in the first game to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead. Zimmerman connected in the fourth, sending a drive into the bushes at the center directly. Odubel Herrera jumped on the fence and almost caught up with it.
Soto drove one into the second bridge in the right field in the sixth off Austin Davis to make it 5-1. The 19-year-old rookie has 19 home runs. Harper hit 22 home runs as a teenager for the national championships in 2012.
J.P. Crawford hit a solo shot in the fifth inning for Philadelphia's only race.
RAYS 3, INDIANS 1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Blake Snell clinched a decisive victory in the seventh inning and earned his 19th major league win, beating Cleveland of Tampa Bay.
Snell (19-5) lost his bid when Jose Ramirez led the seventh with his 38th circuit. Snell won his seventh straight start with a team record.
Chaz Roe and Jose Alvarado each had three outs, completing a hitter. Alvarado made his eighth stop on 11 occasions.
Cleveland's magic number to clinch a third consecutive title in the AL center remains at three.
Ji-Man Choi hit a two-run homer in Carlos Carrasco's first offensive (16-9), then took a Carrasco throw in the sixth and briefly watched the mound. Choi struck a winning shot over Brad Hand in the ninth inning Monday night.
ATHLETICS 10, ORIOLES 0
BALTIMORE – Matt Olson conceded the win in a third 10-point run, in which the first 11 batters hit the base, and Oakland beat Baltimore for his sixth consecutive victory.
Oakland had 10 hits and two walks in most of the year. Olson gave it a hard blow – a three-point shot by Andrew Cashner (4-15) – and three players had two hits.
It was more than enough to allow the A's to face their longest winning streak of the season. Oakland leads first place in Houston by three games in the AL West and has a comfortable lead for the AL's second Wild card.
Daniel Mengden (7-6) launched five clear rounds of safety after going into second base for starter Liam Hendriks, who took part in one run by design. The only shot from Baltimore was a single field on the left in the first by Trey Mancini.
Baltimore lost six straight games to 41-104, the worst record of the majors. This is the eighth time this season that the Orioles have been entangled in a skid of at least six games.
ASTROS 5, TIGERS 4
DETROIT – George Springer took a dive in the eighth inning to help retain Houston's lead. The Astros swept a series at Comerica Park for the first time.
Detroit had a man in the lead with two outs in the eighth when Dawel Lugo hit a line in the right field. Springer took a dive.
It was the 13th series of the season for the Astros, who have won 10 of their last 11 games.
Gerrit Cole (14-5) allowed two runs and three hits in five innings. Ryan Pressly has launched a perfect ninth for his first save. Daniel Norris (0-4) was the loser.
Nicholas Castellanos and James McCann headed to Detroit.
BRAVES 2, GIANTS 1
SAN FRANCISCO – Tyler Flowers hit during the race of the ninth inning and Atlanta sits closer to the NL East.
San Francisco lost its 11th consecutive game, the worst since the team moved to San Francisco and the longest since 1951.
Dan Winkler (3-0) shot a scoreless eighth and Jonny Venters finished ninth without fail for his second stop. Will Smith (2-3) was the loser.
PIRATES 4, CARDINALS 3
ST. LOUIS – Jameson Taillon took his fourth straight start, Jacob Stallings led in three sets and Pittsburgh went three times.
Taillon (13-9) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings, leaving a 4-1 lead after the first two pirates hit eighth.
Jose Martinez scored a goal in eight during the match against Felipe Vazquez, which allowed Patrick Wisdom to clinch his single in ninth place. Vazquez rebounded to beat Paul DeJong and Matt Carpenter with two goals to finish the game for his 22nd consecutive save and 32nd in 36 chances.
Daniel Poncedeleon (0-2) took the defeat.
PADRES 5, MARINERS 4
SEATTLE – Austin Hedges and Hunter Renfroe had long home runs and San Diego beat Seattle for a two-game sweep.
Trey Wingenter, Robert Stock, Jose Castillo and Craig Stammen eliminated the nine batters they faced in relief for Joey Lucchesi, setting a franchise record for consecutive withdrawals and maintaining a two-point lead.
The Mariners have lost 10 points out of 15 since August 26, which prevents them from fighting over the wild card AL.
Hedges helped the Padres jump on Wade LeBlanc (8-4) earlier with a two-run homer in the left-hand championship in the second run, putting an end to the left-scoring 19-handed series.
Nelson Cruz played the 35th of the season for the Mariners and played his 1000th career. Wil Myers edged the Padres 3-0 with a RBI double in the center right in the third.
Lucchesi (8-8) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings.
ANGELS 8, RANGERS 1
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Rookie Francisco Arcia has conceded two races and four races, rookie Jose Fernandez hit his second career career and Los Angeles beat Texas.
Arcia scored twice in the second set of Yovani Gallardo and conceded the win in the sixth and eighth. Fernandez, the 30-year-old Cuban rookie, has regained the lead after hitting her first major league round on Tuesday.
Felix Pena (3-4) made six scoreless innings by scoring three goals and scoring a goal. The Angels won for the sixth time in seven games.
Joey Gallo hit his 36th circuit of the season for the Rangers, who lost five of six.
Gallardo (8-5) allowed six runs on six hits in three sets.
METS 13, MARLINS 0
NEW YORK – Zack Wheeler and Jay Bruce helped New York jump to Miami after a rainy 5 hours and 35 minutes, marking a long day off.
The teams had to play Wednesday a simple double-entry pass to catch Monday's rain, but the nightcap was pushed back to Thursday. They will now play two games starting at 3:10 pm.
Wheeler (11-7) pitched a shot in the seventh and gave four hits in eight innings. Paul Sewald finished the final at 12:15. Bruce hit a grand slam, Jeff McNeil scored three times and Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith each conceded a goal for the Mets.
Trevor Richards (3-9) was the loser.
SOX WHITE 4, ROYALS 2, 12 INNINGS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tim Anderson hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning to relaunch Chicago after Kansas City.
Anderson's attack on Burch Smith (1-5), the Royals' sixth thrower, landed just beyond the center-left fence. Juan Minaya (2-2) launched two scoreless innings for the win. Hector Santiago, the eighth pitcher from Chicago, recorded his second save on two occasions.
Jose Rondon also helped the White Sox win a seven-game skid.
Adalberto Mondesi tied a career high with four hits and competed in both rounds of Kansas City.
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