Overview

• Philadelphia crushed Miami 11-1 on a franchise-record eight home runs, including three by Edmundo Sosa and two by Kyle Schwarber, to secure a first-round bye less than 24 hours after an extra-inning loss.
• St. Louis rallied past San Francisco 9-8 on Alec Burleson’s ninth-inning RBI and Brendan Donovan’s four doubles, a defeat that officially eliminated the Giants from playoff contention.
• The AL East is tied after New York beat the White Sox behind Aaron Judge’s 50th and 51st homers and Boston topped Toronto again, with the Blue Jays holding the season tiebreaker over the Yankees.
• Toronto’s slide continued in a 7-1 loss to Boston as Garrett Crochet dominated and Max Scherzer struggled, one night after a non-reviewable foul-ball ruling factored in a 4-1 defeat.
• Cleveland moved a game ahead of Detroit in the AL Central with four to play as the Tigers dropped their eighth straight, while Cincinnati’s wild-card hold wobbled with a second consecutive loss to Pittsburgh.