Left-hander David Price (16-8, 3.91 ERA) will pitch for Boston in the series finale, coming in with his own seven-game winning streak, the third longest of his career. Mookie Betts walked and scored in the first inning on a single by Hanley Ramirez.
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The Colorado Rockies thrashed the St Louis Cardinals 11-1 and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 9-3.
Santana’s shot in the sixth inning snapped a 2-2 tie as the Indians lowered their magic number – the combined total of their wins and/or losses by their nearest rival – to three to clinch the division.
The Yankees may want to think about reworking their upcoming tribute to retiring rival David Ortiz. Jimenez allowed two unearned runs and four hits in his 5 1/3 innings.
The Orioles honored Ortiz with a video featuring his famous home runs against the New York Yankees – something both Boston and Baltimore fans could cheer for.
Famously, Ortiz destroyed a telephone in the visiting dugout at Oriole Park at Camden Yards with a bat after being struck out by reliever Jairo Asencio in a 2013 encounter, which the Red Sox won, 7-3. On what should have been an inning-ending double play, Chris Davis throw to Brad Brach sailed into the camera well, allowing two to score.
Detroit moved into the second AL wild-card spot by sweeping the day-night doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins.
Braves outfielder Ender Inciarte made a game-saving catch to rob the Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes of a walk-off home run.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Blake Snell and the Tampa Bay Rays’ bullpen combined to strand 11 NY runners in a win that prevented a much-needed three-game sweep by the Yankees. Baltimore responded with a three run homer to level before Andrew Beninteni singled to take the lead in the fifth.
Kris Bryant crushed his 38th homer of the season and Dexter Fowler hit a solo shot in the Cubs’ 9-2 drubbing of the Reds. The game will be played at the neutral site of FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins, in Landover, Maryland.
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NEW YORK – The already short-handed New York Mets saw their playoff chances dealt another significant blow when left-hander Steven Matz was scratched from his scheduled start Friday because of shoulder soreness.
