PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Freddy Peralta pitched into the sixth inning to help Tampa Bay deny Philadelphia a third straight shot at clinching a wild-card spot, as the AL East champion Rays beat the Phillies 2-0 on Friday night.
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Rays → pitch → night
The Phillies entered leading Arizona by two games for an NL wild card with three to play.
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Phillies → enter → three
The Phillies would have clinched their fifth straight playoff berth with a win against the Rays and an Arizona loss to San Diego.
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Phillies → clinch → Diego
The Phillies instead lost their third straight and delayed a potential clincher at least until Saturday when they will throw a bullpen game against the Rays.
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they → lose → Rays
Jonny DeLuca had an RBI single in the first inning and Nick Fortes hit a homer in the second to back Peralta (10-11) as the Rays tune up for the playoffs.
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Rays → have → playoffs
The Rays have home-field advantage in the AL Division Series and would have it if they reach the AL Championship Series.
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they → have → Series
Tampa Bay received a scare when .300-hitting left fielder Chandler Simpson fouled a ball off his right foot.
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Simpson → receive → foot
He was in pain but finished the at-bat and struck out.
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He → finish → bat
Peralta struck out four and allowed four hits over 5 1/3 innings.
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Peralta → strike → innings
Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth for his 41st save.
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Baker → toss → save
For the moment, Tampa Bay has surrendered its home field.
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Bay → surrender → field
Major League Baseball moved a regular-season series finale between the Red Sox and Chicago Cubs from Fenway Park to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, because of a weekend storm threat in the Boston area.
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Baseball → move → area
Cristopher Sánchez (18-7) struck out 10 and walked one in seven innings.
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Sánchez → strike → innings
RED SOX 4, CUBS 3, 1ST GAME
RED SOX 2, CUBS 0, 2ND GAME
BOSTON (AP) — Wilyer Abreu hit a two-run double in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Friday night to sweep a doubleheader.
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Sox → hit → doubleheader
Brayan Bello allowed four hits over four innings and rookie Jedixson Páez (1-1) gave up three hits in five innings with four strikeouts in his first big league win.
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Páez → allow → win
Chicago dropped two games back of San Diego for the top NL wild card.
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Chicago → drop → card
The Padres hosted Arizona later Friday.
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Padres → host → Arizona
Chicago starter David Petersen allowed three hits over five innings and struck out six.
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Petersen → allow → six
In the first game, Connor Wong hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, to help the Red Sox rally from a three-run deficit in a 4-3 win that clinched the No. 5 seed in the AL playoffs.
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that → hit → playoffs
Boston will play its Wild Card Series for the second year in a row at the New York Yankees, who won last season’s best-of-three matchup 2-1.
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who → play → matchup
Friday’s opener was originally scheduled for Sunday afternoon but was moved up because a significant storm was forecast.
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storm → schedule → afternoon
The series finale, which had been slated for Saturday night, will now be played on Sunday afternoon in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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which → slat → Petersburg
Anthony Volpe hit a two-run double in his first appearance at shortstop since Aug. 1 and New York beat Baltimore for a doubleheader split.
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York → hit → split
Ryan McMahon hit a run-scoring single in the fifth and rookie Spencer Jones had an RBI single in New York’s three-run sixth.
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Jones → hit → sixth
Volpe gave the Yankees (93-68) a 4-0 lead with a fly ball in a three-run sixth that carried over right fielder Rece Hinds and bounced into the stands.
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that → give → stands
He hit hitting .265 (11 for 49) with nine RBIs in 14 games since he was recalled from the minors on Sept. 10, raising his season average to .245.
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he → hit → .245
Volpe made his big league debut at third base during New York’s 10-2 loss in the opener.
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Volpe → make → opener
The only ball hit toward Volpe was a drive off the third-base bag by Christian Encarnacion-Strand.
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ball → hit → Strand
In the nightcap, Volpe caught a popup by Dylan Beavers in the fourth and dropped a throw from catcher Austin Wells on a stolen base by Christian Franklin in the sixth.
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Volpe → catch → sixth
Heliot Ramos and Luis García Jr. added RBI singles in the seventh.
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Ramos → add → seventh
Garcia was in a 3-for-38 slide before his hit gave the Yankees a 6-1 lead.
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hit → give → lead
Will Warren (11-6) struck out seven and allowed three hits in 3 2/3 innings after Ryan Yarbrough pitched 2 1/3 innings.
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Yarbrough → strike → innings
MARLINS 3, BRAVES 0
MIAMI (AP) — Eury Pérez pitched a one-hitter for just the 11th complete-game shutout in the major leagues this season, and Miami beat playoff-bound Atlanta.
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Miami → pitch → Atlanta
A 23-year-old right-hander, Pérez (8-11) allowed his only hit when Sean Murphy linked a single to left on a first-pitch sinker starting the sixth.
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Murphy → allow → sixth
Pérez struck out eight and walked one, throwing 105 pitches for his first complete game in 68 big league starts.
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Pérez → strike → starts
Pérez entered 0-3 with a 9.76 ERA in six career starts against the Braves.
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Pérez → enter → Braves
Pérez threw the 21st complete game.
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Pérez → throw → game
Joe Mack and Griffin Conine homered for the Marlins, who snapped a six-game losing skid against the NL East champion Braves.
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who → homer → Braves
Miami (79-81) equaled last season’s wins total and is trying to avoid a third straight losing season.
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Miami → equal → season
Mack homered in the seventh off Grant Holmes (10-6), his 14th this season.
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Mack → homer → Holmes
…and 63 more, not listed.
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