CHICAGO (AP) — Sean Burke pitched six effective innings, Miguel Vargas homered and the Chicago White Sox topped the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Saturday for a sorely needed victory.
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Sox → pitch → victory
Chicago dropped into second in the AL Central after it blew a six-run lead in an 11-8 loss to Detroit on Friday night.
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it → drop → night
Heading into Saturday’s action, the White Sox were one game behind Cleveland in the division and third in the wild-card standings, one game better than Texas.
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Sox → head → Texas
The White Sox (79-76) dropped at least 101 games in each of the last three years.
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Sox → drop → years
They could become the first big league team to make the playoffs after finishing with at least 100 losses in each of the previous two seasons.
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They → become → seasons
Burke (10-7) allowed one run and five hits in his second straight win.
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Burke → allow → win
Grant Taylor got four outs for his 10th save.
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Taylor → get → save
The Milwaukee Brewers tied a team record with their 97th win of the season, beating Baltimore with the help of a fly ball lost in the sun by Orioles right fielder Rece Hinds.
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Brewers → tie → Hinds
Already assured of their fourth straight NL Central title and eighth playoff berth in nine season, the big league-best Brewers (97-58) matched the wins total of last year’s team that finished 97-65.
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that → assure → team
Baltimore (75-80) fell four games behind the Chicago White Sox for the AL’s last wild card with seven to play.
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Baltimore → fall → seven
Robert Gasser (5-5) allowed three hits over seven innings, Abner Uribe worked around a leadoff single in the eighth, and Aaron Ashby pitched a perfect ninth for his third save, finishing the Brewers’ 11th shutout this season and first 1-0 win.
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Ashby → allow → shutout
PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Richie Palacios dropped a fly ball into shallow right in the ninth inning to score Junior Caminero and give Tampa Bay a victory over Boston.
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Palacios → drop → Boston
Tampa Bay, which has three walk-off wins on its current homestand, lowered its magic number to clinch the AL East to five games.
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which → have → games
Prior to Palacios’ single, the Rays were 0 for 17 with runners in scoring position over the first two games of the series.
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Rays → score → series
The postseason-bound Rays, who’ve won seven of their last eight, capitalized on two fortuitous bounces in the ninth.
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who → bind → ninth
First, Caminero’s foul popup bounced off the Tropicana Field catwalk and out of the reach of third baseman Caleb Durbin.
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popup → bounce → Durbin
Caminero then lined the next pitch from Garrett Whitlock (7-2) into left.
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Caminero → line → left
Three batters later, after Chandler Simpson singled, Connor Wong’s passed ball moved Caminero to third.
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ball → single → third
The Red Sox squandered a prime opportunity in the top of the ninth.
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Sox → squander → ninth
METS 10, PHILLIES 3
NEW YORK (AP) — Carson Benge had three hits to break Pete Alonso’s Mets season rookie record, homering along with Francisco Alvarez as New York again prevented Philadelphia from gaining ground in the NL wild card race with a win Saturday.
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York → have → win
Benge raised his hits total to 156, one more than Pete Alonso in 2019.
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Benge → raise → 2019
Alec Bohm had a pair of run-scoring singles and Bryce Harper delivered a sacrifice fly for the Phillies (85-70), who entered Saturday tied with the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres for the three NL wild cards, five games ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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who → have → Diamondbacks
Alvarez’s three-run homer off Andrew Painter (3-10) put the Mets ahead for good in the fifth.
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homer → put → fifth
Benge doffed his cap to an ovation from the crowd of 37,468 following the record-breaking hit, an RBI infield single in the eighth.
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Benge → doff → eighth
Painter and Mets starter Christian Scott both attended Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Painter → attend → Lauderdale
Painter allowed four runs and four hits with seven strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, leaving him with a 5.59 ERA.
GUARDIANS 12, ATHLETICS 6
CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martínez homered from both sides of the plate as part of his second career four-hit game, Chase DeLauter had a three-run homer, and Cleveland remained in first place in the AL Central with a victory over the Athletics.
It is the second time this month a Guardians’ hitter has homered from both sides of the plate.
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hitter → allow → plate
Brayan Rocchio did it on Sept. 4 against Detroit.
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Rocchio → do → Detroit
Martínez, who also drove in four runs, had a two-run homer during a five-run first inning and a solo shot in the fourth as the Guardians won their fourth straight.
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Guardians → drive → straight
Cleveland (80-75) has a one-game lead over the Chicago White Sox, who defeated Detroit 3-1.
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who → have → Detroit
The Guardians also scored five runs in the third on the strength of four doubles, including David Fry’s two-run line drive.
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Guardians → score → drive
Cleveland had five players with at least two hits.
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Cleveland → have → hits
Slade Cecconi (5-7) worked the last two innings to get the win.
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Cecconi → work → win
Matthew Boyd ended a six-start winless streak, Dansby Swanson hit his first home run since coming off the injured list and Chicago moved closer to their second straight playoff berth by beating Cincinnati.
Michael Busch hit a tiebreaking home run off Nick Lodolo (3-6) in the sixth inning for a 3-2 lead, reaching 20 homers for the third time in four seasons.
Swanson added a ninth-inning drive against Zach McCambley, Swanson’s home run and first since Aug. 12.
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Swanson → end → Aug.
Swanson returned Friday from a strained left oblique that had sidelined him since Aug. 16.
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that → return → Aug.
Chicago (86-69), which leads the major leagues with 214 home runs, began the day tied with Philadelphia and San Diego for the three NL wild cards.
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which → lead → cards
Boyd (9-5) had been been 0-4 since beating Kansas City on Aug. 9.
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Boyd → beat → Aug.
He allowed two runs — one earned — and two hits in five innings as part of a four-hitter.
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He → allow → hitter
Lodolo gave up three runs and six hits in seven innings for the Reds, who have lost nine of 12.
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who → give → 12
PIRATES 6, ROYALS 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth to lift Pittsburgh to a victory over Kansas City.
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Lowe → hit → City
Lowe jumped on a pitch from Steven Cruz (2-4) and sent it into the seats in right field for his 33rd homer of the season, the second-most by a player in their first year with the Pirates.
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Lowe → jump → Pirates
…and 15 more, not listed.
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