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Skubal shuts the door in Cincinnati Fourteen years running. That is where the Dodgers stand after Monday night at Great American Ball Park, a 4-1 win over the Reds that locked up another postseason berth. Tarik Skubal gave them seven scoreless innings. Teoscar Hernandez and Kyle Tucker each put one over the wall. Los Angeles…

Seven straight quality starts Ninety-five pitches, 66 of them strikes. Reid Detmers is in the best stretch of his career, and Tuesday night in Anaheim did nothing to slow it down. The Angels left-hander went six innings against Seattle, gave up three runs on seven hits, walked one and struck out eight. Los Angeles won…

A 449-foot swing that nearly wasn’t enough Fernando Tatis Jr. put one into straight center at Coors Field on Monday night, 449 feet, his 22nd of the year. It made the score 5-1 in the second inning. San Diego still needed a closer in the ninth to get out of Denver with it. The Padres…

A scoreboard in Detroit did the job before the Yankees did The Yankees learned they were in the playoffs without having to do a thing. Toronto’s loss to Detroit, which came through while they were playing in Minneapolis, was enough. New York still made sure to put its stamp on the night: 8-3 against the…

San Diego built a five-run cushion in Denver overnight, then spent three innings watching Colorado chip away at it. Mason Miller closed the door on an 8-7 win and a streak that now reads eight.

Two three-run holes wiped out Corbin Carroll flipped it all on its head. His two-run blast with one out in the ninth gave the Arizona Diamondbacks an 8-7 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday in Phoenix. Arizona spent the night chasing the game. They trailed 3-0 after two innings, then 7-4 after seven. Two…

A homer in the eighth, and a season comes to a halt Last night at Citi Field, Gunnar Henderson launched a long ball in the eighth inning off Dedniel Nunez. It came right after Pete Alonso struck out, one of those back-to-back moments baseball seems to specialise in. The Orioles won 2-1 and sent the…

Reid Detmers delivered a seventh straight quality start and the Angels ended a three-game slide with a 6-4 win over Seattle in Anaheim.

Toronto led after one inning and led again after seven. They still lost. Louie Varland’s fielding error in the ninth sent Detroit home with a 6-5 win at the Rogers Centre.