Mitch Haniger had four hits, including a home run, and five RBIs as the Seattle Mariners kept their postseason hopes alive with a 6-4 victory against the visiting Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
The Mariners , who have won 11 of their past 13 games, are tied with Toronto, one game behind the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox for the American League's two wild-card playoff berths.
Justin Turner and AJ Pollock each slugged home runs, matching their career highs. The victory moved the Dodgers one game behind the San Francisco Giants in their bid to win a ninth consecutive division title. Urias gave up one run on one hit over 6 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts to become the National League's first 20-game winner since teammate Max Scherzer with the Washington Nationals in 2016.
Boston is tied with the New York Yankees, who lost for the second straight day to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday to remain one game behind Boston and now New York. Eugenio Suarez and Nick Castellanos homered, Tyler Stephenson added an RBI double and Max Schrock registered an RBI single for the Reds.Oct 2, 2021; Seattle, Washington, USA; Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jhonathan Diaz throws a pitch against the Seattle Mariners during the second inning at T-Mobile Park.
Brantley lined his third triple of the season to the right-center field gap in the bottom of the sixth inning, driving home Jake Meyers and Jose Altuve and extending the Houston lead to 8-3. The Astros maintained a tenuous grasp on their three-run advantage over the two previous innings before Brantley provided added cushion with his hit off Oakland right-hander James Kaprielian.
Cronenworth's hit came after Kervin Castro had struck out Fernando Tatis Jr. with one out and a runner at third in the 10th. But Giants manager Gabe Kapler then elected to have Castro walk Manny Machado, who had two earlier RBIs, in favor of bringing in left-hander Jarlin Garcia to face Cronenworth, whose grounder down the right-field line foiled the strategy.Griffin Jax had the first scoreless outing of his career as visiting Minnesota defeated Kansas City.