Overview

• Mookie Betts went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three doubles, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine over 6 2/3 innings to cap the Dodgers’ 8-4 Game 2 win and two-game sweep of Cincinnati.
• The Dodgers will face the Phillies next, and manager Dave Roberts had kept Clayton Kershaw off the Wild-Card roster with activation only if the team advanced to the Division Series.
• The Yankees forced a decider with a 4-3 win over the Red Sox, highlighted by Jazz Chisholm Jr. scoring from first on Austin Wells’ eighth-inning single; rookie starters Cam Schlittler and Connelly Early are slated for Game 3 in New York.
• Cleveland extended its series by beating Detroit 6-1 behind an eighth-inning surge that included homers from Brayan Rocchio and Bo Naylor, setting up a decisive Game 3 in Cleveland.
• San Diego evened its matchup with a 3-0 victory at Chicago as Manny Machado homered and the bullpen, including Mason Miller, shut down the Cubs to force a winner-take-all Game 3 at Wrigley Field.