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MLB Roundup: Yankees tie HR mark, beat Red Sox 11-6, home for wild card

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CUBS 8, CARDINALS 4: CHICAGO — Kyle Hendricks went eight innings in another strong start, Kris Bryant homered and the Chicago Cubs moved closer to the NL Central championship and dealt another hit to St. Louis’ playoff hopes, beating the Cardinals 8-4 on Friday.

St. Louis dropped its fourth in a row after being swept by Milwaukee.

Hendricks (14-11) gave up two runs and seven hits. He’s 5-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his past seven outings.

Bryant made it 3-0 with a long solo drive to center against Adam Wainwright (2-4) for just his second homer in 27 games. The 2016 NL MVP sat out the previous two because of a bruised left wrist and has two stints on the disabled list this season because of left shoulder inflammation.

Astros 2, Orioles 1: BALTIMORE — Gerrit Cole tuned up for the postseason by pitching six sharp innings for the Houston Astros, who got a home run from Josh Reddick in a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

The Astros close out the regular season at Camden Yards this weekend after clinching the AL West title on Tuesday night. Houston opens the playoffs at home against Cleveland on Oct. 5.

Cole gave up one run, five hits and a walk. His four strikeouts gave him 276 for the season, and he reached 200 innings for the third time in his career.

Although Cole wasn’t involved in the decision, the right-hander will enter the playoffs with a 15-5 record, a 2.88 ERA and a five-game winning streak.

Yankees 11, Red Sox 6: BOSTON — The New York Yankees clinched home-field advantage for the AL wild-card game on Friday night, hitting four homers to tie the major league single-season record and beat the Boston Red Sox 11-6.

Reigning Rookie of the Year Aaron Judge hit his first homer since coming off the disabled list Sept. 14, and Gary Sanchez, Aaron Hicks and Luke Voit also homered to match the mark of 264 set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners.

The win in the opener of the three-game series settled the AL’s last remaining postseason question with two games to go. The Yankees will host the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday for the right to play Boston in the divisional round.

TWINS 2, WHITE SOX 1: MINNEAPOLIS — Jose Berrios became the first Minnesota pitcher in eight years to reach 200 strikeouts, throwing seven smooth innings against Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader.

Berrios finished his All-Star season with a career-best 3.84 ERA and 202 strikeouts. The last time a Twins pitcher topped that milestone was Francisco Liriano (201) in 2010, with Johan Santana (235) in 2007 the most recent prior to that.

Berrios (12-11) struck out nine batters, allowing just three hits and one run on Leury Garcia’s RBI single in the third. Berrios walked four, including Avisail Garcia to lead off the sixth, but he followed that by fanning Daniel Palka, Matt Davidson and Omar Narvarez in a 10-pitch span.

BRAVES 10, PHILLIES 2: PHILADELPHIA — Freddie Freeman hit three doubles in a four-hit performance and drove in three runs, and Atlanta routed Philadelphis to keep up its push for home-field advantage in the playoffs.

The NL East champion Braves improved to 90-70, coming off three straight seasons of at least 90 losses. They will face the NL West champion in the best-of-five Division Series.

Johan Camargo, who homered, and Ronald Acuna Jr. each had three hits for Atlanta.

Pirates 8, Reds 4: CINCINNATI — Elias Diaz hit a tiebreaking homer, and Colin Moran also homered and drove in three runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates pulled away to their seventh straight win over the Cincinnati Reds.

The Pirates are 13-4 against their Ohio River rivals this season with their longest winning streak against Cincinnati since 1991, when they took nine in a row.

Marlins 8, Mets 1: NEW YORK — David Wright finally made it back into a major league game Friday night, grounding out in his first plate appearance for the Mets in nearly 2 1/2 years as New York lost 8-1 to the Miami Marlins.

Sidelined by neck, back and shoulder injuries since May 27, 2016, the 35-year-old Wright came up as a pinch-hitter leading off the fifth inning and received a warm ovation from the Citi Field crowd. With fans on their feet and his wife and two young daughters in the stands, Wright swung at the first pitch he saw — a 96 mph fastball from Jose Urena.

The seven-time All-Star hit a bouncer to the left of third baseman Brian Anderson, who made a nifty pickup of a short hop and threw across the diamond to retire Wright.

From Wire Reports


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