Overview

• Milwaukee’s 14-game winning streak ended with a 3-2 walk-off loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Austin Hays’s single, halting their dominant run.
• The Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers occupy the first two American League seeds and will earn first-round byes under the current postseason format.
• A three-game surge by the New York Yankees has secured the final AL wild-card spot, while the Cleveland Guardians have slipped with three straight losses.
• The Milwaukee Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies hold the top two National League seeds and byes, but third through sixth spots are separated by no more than two losses.
• Cincinnati’s Reds have closed in on the New York Mets for the last NL wild-card berth, setting up a critical stretch run over the season’s final weeks.