Texas and Houston are both 79-81 with two games left, and the Astros hold the tiebreaker. Only the division winner goes to the postseason.
In the suburbs just west of Sin City, the Rochester Red Wings, the Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, and the Oklahoma City Comets, the top affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will square off tonight at Las Vegas Ballpark.
MIAMI (AP) — Eury Pérez pitched a one-hitter for just the 11th complete-game shutout in the major leagues this season, and the Miami Marlins beat the playoff-bound Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Friday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has become the first player to lead Major League Baseball jersey sales at the end of four straight seasons since the sport started tracking figures in 2010, among four players in the top 20…
Five NBA players have hosted Saturday Night Live. Baseball has Derek Jeter, once, in 2001.
Boston won the opener 4-3. Game 2 is at 5:35 at Fenway, with both teams playing for postseason seeding.
Baseball Reference gives Chicago a 99.7% chance to reach October. What's left is seeding — and the Marlins keep getting in the way.
Both Triple-A championship series are even, with a deciding third game scheduled for Thursday night.
