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Eight straight losses, then a rookie with four hits. Cole Carrigg homered twice as the Rockies beat the Padres 9-3 and snapped San Diego’s winning run in Denver.

They won, then they waited The clincher didn’t happen on the field. Not right away. Milwaukee handled Pittsburgh 5-1 on the road Tuesday night, a sixth win in seven games, and then the players parked themselves in front of a TV because the rest of it belonged to Chicago. The Cubs lost 6-3 to Atlanta.…

Esteury Ruiz cleared the bases with two outs in the 11th and Arizona’s wild-card margin refused to move. Ten games left, 15 runners stranded.

Four runs in one inning, then eight strikeouts from a pitcher who was nursing a groin last week. Texas stay a game back in the American League West.

Max Fried had not won a game since April 27. Seven innings and 88 pitches later in Minneapolis, the Yankees have their October starter back.

An opt-out that has New York talking Bo Bichette can walk away from his deal at the end of the season. The chatter around the New York Mets infielder has been building for days, with a thin winter market looming and very few proven bats expected to hit free agency. Bichette is in year one…

Atlanta is still searching for answers on the mound Four. That is all the Braves need now, in any mix of wins and Phillies losses, to punch their postseason ticket. Martin Perez takes the ball Tuesday night in Chicago with that number hanging over him. The left-hander draws the Cubs a day after Atlanta dropped…

Five innings, no hits, and a career high for Mathews Five innings without a hit. That was where Quinn Mathews stood on Monday night, and the Giants had no answer for him. The rookie left-hander finally came out after six and two-thirds, charged with one run on four hits, two walks and eight strikeouts. A…

Ninety feet, one dropped throw, and a season inching sideways Toronto led at Rogers Centre on Tuesday. Toronto lost 6-5. In between sat one throw that nobody could quite get their hands on. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dove to his right, fielded a ball that might have belonged to second baseman Ernie Clement, and fired long…