Aaron Judge singled with one out in the ninth inning to drive in the winning run, and the New York Yankees clinched a playoff spot with a dramatic 1-0 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.
The Yankees will face the Boston Red Sox on the road at Fenway Park Tuesday in a one-game wild-card matchup after Boston's 7-5 comeback victory against the Washington Nationals. Boston will host after winning the regular-season series with the Yankees, 10-9.
Ryan Zimmerman, who hasn't said if he will return next season, was 0-for-3 with an RBI walk for Washington before being removed to an ovation in the eighth inning, and catcher Alex Avila had a two-run double in his final major league game.Atlanta's Jorge Soler led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run and six pitchers combined to limit visiting New York to three hits in the win to conclude the regular season.
Oakland's Seth Brown keyed a three-run rally in the ninth when he drilled his second home run of the game and 20th of the season off Astros right-hander Zack Greinke, making his first relief appearance since Aug. 20, 2007.San Francisco put on a performance worth celebrating, riding the arm and bat of right-hander Logan Webb to a shellacking of visiting San Diego to wrap up the National League West crown.
The Cardinals lost three of their last five games after clinching a National League wild-card playoff berth with their 17-game winning streak. Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Woodford allowed three runs on six hits in five innings.George Springer hit a grand slam and a solo home run and Toronto completed a three-game sweep of visiting Baltimore but fell one game shy in its American League wild-card pursuit.
Joey Votto hit a three-run homer and Aristides Aquino also homered and drove in two runs as Cincinnati defeated host Pittsburgh. Civale yielded just three singles, walked one and struck out four to help Cleveland finish its first losing season since 2012 by taking two of three at Texas.Josh VanMeter hit a walk-off home run and Arizona came back to beat visiting Colorado in the rubber match of a three-game, season-ending series in Phoenix.
Michael Fulmer pitched around a hit in a driving rain in the ninth for his 14th save. Joe Jimenez was the winner, striking out two and walking one in a scoreless eighth.Jorge Polanco hit a three-run home run to highlight a five-run first inning and Minnesota went on to defeat host Kansas City.
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