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Oakland's Conner Capel singled to center on a 1-2 cutter with
two outs in the eighth inning on Ohtani's 95th pitch of the
night to break up the no-hitter. Dermis Garcia followed with a
single, but Ohtani got out of the inning when he retired Shea
Langeliers on a grounder to third.
Ohtani (15-8) walked the first batter of the night, then retired
22 in a row. He struck out 10 and walked one on the mound, and
he went 2-for-4 with an RBI single at the plate.
Luis Rengifo, Taylor Ward and Max Stassi homered for Los
Angeles. Oakland scored twice in the ninth inning against Aaron
Loup and Ryan Tepera, who recorded the final out and earned his
fifth save.
Mariners 10, Rangers 9 (11 innings)
J.P. Crawford singled home the winning run in the bottom of the
11th inning as Seattle outlasted visiting Texas and reduced its
magic number to one for clinching an American League wild-card
berth.
Mitch Haniger and Jarred Kelenic each hit two home runs for the
Mariners, who need one more win or a loss by the Baltimore
Orioles to snap their 20-season playoff drought, the longest
current skid in the four major North American professional
sports.
Marcus Semien homered twice and Sam Huff, Adolis Garcia and
Nathaniel Lowe also went deep for the Rangers), who lost their
second in a row and fifth in six games.
Dodgers 5, Padres 2
Miguel Vargas capped a three-run sixth inning with a two-run,
tiebreaking single and Will Smith hit a solo homer in the eighth
as visiting Los Angeles defeated San Diego in the rubber match
of a three-game series.
The Dodgers finished the season series against the Padres with a
14-5 record. Los Angeles has won nine straight series against
San Diego dating back to June 2021.
The Padres still saw their magic number for clinching a National
League wild card reduced to three as both Philadelphia and
Milwaukee lost on Thursday. San Diego maintains a 2 1/2-game
lead over the Phillies in the race for the second of three wild
cards, and the Padres have a three-game edge on the Brewers.
Giants 6, Rockies 4
Ford Proctor smacked a grand slam for his first major league
home run and San Francisco beat visiting Colorado for the eighth
straight time.
Carlos Rodon struck out 10 in six shutout innings for the
Giants, who earned their ninth win in 10 games. By completing a
three-game sweep, San Francisco (78-78) climbed back to .500 for
the first time since Aug. 23.
Rodon (14-8) and Giants reliever Jharel Cotton combined to take
a two-hit shutout in the ninth inning before the Rockies used a
sacrifice fly from C.J. Cron, a two-run homer from Sean Bouchard
and an RBI triple from Elehuris Montero to make things
interesting.
Red Sox 5, Orioles 3
J.D. Martinez blasted a two-run homer in the eighth inning to
lift Boston over visiting Baltimore.
Martinez added a double while Alex Verdugo and rookie Triston
Casas also had multiple hits for the Red Sox, whose win over the
Orioles allowed the Toronto Blue Jays to secure a postseason
berth. In his first start since Aug. 12 due to right shoulder
inflammation, Boston's Nathan Eovaldi allowed two runs (one
earned) on five hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Gunnar Henderson, Kyle Stowers and Cedric Mullins had two hits
apiece for the Orioles. Stowers belted a solo homer in the
seventh inning and had two runs.
Guardians 2, Rays 1
Oscar Gonzalez's two-out, tiebreaking infield single in the
eighth inning rallied host Cleveland past Tampa Bay and
prevented the Rays from clinching a postseason berth.
Steven Kwan's RBI double in the eighth tied the score 1-1. Three
batters later, Gonzalez fought off a slider from Shawn Armstrong
(2-3) and hit a slow roller to the right of diving first baseman
Ji-Man Choi to plate the go-ahead run.
The Rays threatened in the ninth when Cleveland's Trevor Stephan
walked the bases loaded, but he struck out Choi and got Isaac
Paredes on a flyout to shallow right to earn his third save.
Marlins 4, Brewers 2
Avisail Garcia hit an eighth-inning grand slam against his
former team to give Miami a comeback victory over host
Milwaukee, denying the Brewers an opportunity to move into the
final National League wild-card spot.
The Marlins loaded the bases in the eighth against Freddy
Peralta (4-4) on singles by Jordan Groshans and Jon Berti and a
two-out walk to Brian Anderson. Garcia, who had 29 homers last
season with Milwaukee, then sent a 1-2 pitch 411 feet to center
for his eighth homer.
Milwaukee remained a half-game behind the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Brewers play their final six games at home, while the
Phillies finish with seven on the road. Philadelphia holds the
tiebreaker over Milwaukee.
Cubs 2, Phillies 0
Patrick Wisdom had two doubles and an RBI as Chicago topped
Philadelphia to complete a six-game, season-series sweep.
Cubs starter Javier Assad allowed five hits and two walks while
pitching into the sixth inning. Chicago scored its first run in
the opening inning, and its second came in the fifth as a result
of Brandon Marsh dropping a fly ball in the sun.
Bryce Harper had three hits for Philadelphia, which took its
fifth consecutive defeat.
White Sox 4, Twins 3
Jose Abreu hit an RBI double off the right field wall to drive
in Mark Payton with the winning run as Chicago snapped an
eight-game losing streak with a win in Minneapolis.
The game was tied 3-3 when Payton led off the eighth with a
popup to shallow right that bounced out of second baseman Nick
Gordon's glove for a two-base error. Abreu then drove in Payton
with a double off hard-luck loser Caleb Thielbar (4-3).
Reynaldo Lopez (6-4) picked up the win with a scoreless inning
of relief. Liam Hendriks earned his 34th save of the season.
Minnesota's Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 to increase his batting
average to .315, moving ahead of Aaron Judge (.313) in the race
for the American League batting title.
Tigers 10, Royals 3
Javier Baez belted a two-run homer and Eduardo Rodriguez tossed
6 2/3 scoreless innings to lift Detroit over visiting Kansas
City.
Baez had two hits and two runs while Tucker Barnhart supplied
three hits, a run and two RBIs for the Tigers. Willi Castro
blasted a homer before departing early due to a hamstring
strain, which the team later said ended his season.
Rodriguez (5-5) allowed five hits, walked four and struck out
three while collecting his second straight victory. The Tigers
led 10-0 before Ryan O'Hearn hit a two-run double during a
three-run eighth for the Royals.
--Field Level Media
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