It also was the 40th home run of the season for Cruz, marking the fourth time in his career he has reached that milestone. Nelson Cruz hit the 400th home run of his career and Miguel Sano hit two home runs to lead host Minnesota past Kansas City, handing the Royals their 100th loss.Ĭruz, who hit his first major league homer against the Twins at the Metrodome while he was with the Texas Rangers on July 31, 2006, became the 57th member of the 400-homer club in the fourth inning when he hammered a Gabe Speier fastball 412 feet into the second deck in right-center to give the Twins an 8-6 lead. Scott Kingery had two hits and a run for Philadelphia. Carlos Carrasco (6-7) followed with 2 2/3 innings of shutout relief. ![]() Indians starter Adam Plutko went 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run and four hits. Carlos Santana finished with three hits and two runs for Cleveland, which ends the regular season this week with three games in Chicago against the White Sox and then three in Washington. Yasiel Puig had a three-run double and Franmil Reyes added a two-run homer as the Indians added six runs in the seventh inning. Oscar Mercado hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the fifth inning to help lift Cleveland to a win in the rubber game of a three-game series against visiting Philadelphia. The loss, in their final home game of the season, leaves the Athletics atop the AL wild-card standings with six games to play.Īfter having been held to a total of three runs and 10 hits in the first two games of the series, the Rangers bombed Roark for four runs in the first inning, getting an immediate spark when Choo belted the first pitch of the contest for his 23rd home run. Shin-Soo Choo, Willie Calhoun and Elvis Andrus all homered within Tanner Roark’s first 20 pitches and right-hander Lance Lynn equaled his career-best with 12 strikeouts, allowing visiting Texas to salvage one win in their three-game series against Oakland. The Rays and Indians are tied for the second wild-card spot, two games behind the A’s. Joey Wendle and Brendan McKay homered for the Rays, who enter the final week of the regular season in a three-way battle with Oakland and Cleveland for the AL’s two wild-card playoff berths. He walked two, struck out six and didn’t allow a hit after a leadoff single in the fourth. Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (2-0) pitched six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits. Petersburg, Fla., trying to play spoilers as Tampa Bay battles for a wild-card spot. His five strikeouts leave him six shy of 3,000 in his career with just one start left this season.Ĭhristian Vazquez hit a three-run homer in the first inning to lead Boston to a win at St. Justin Verlander (20-6) notched his second career 20-win season despite laboring over five innings, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks. He lined the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning into the Crawford Boxes in left field for his 12th leadoff home run this season and 36th overall. Springer slugged two home runs off Angels right-hander Jose Rodriguez (0-1) and a third off left-handed reliever Jose Suarez. ![]() Houston completed its home schedule with a club-record 60 victories and finished 32-6 at home against AL West foes, with perfect marks against Seattle and Texas. ![]() The Astros clinched the American League West with their 102nd win, their ninth full-season division title and third in a row. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Houston, TX, USA Houston Astros center fielder George Springer (4) hits a home run during the second inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Minute Maid Park.
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