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461 feet, and nobody at Busch has hit one farther this year Andre Pallante threw it in the first inning. Bryce Eldridge hit it over the right-field bullpen and kept it in the air long enough that the whole park knew. Statcast put it at 461 feet, the longest ball hit at Busch Stadium all…

Two outs, and everything flips Top of the 11th. Two outs. Phoenix holds its breath. Esteury Ruiz drives the ball to the wall in left-center. Three runs score. The Miami Marlins have just put this one to bed. Arizona clawed back to 4-2 moments later on a Ketel Marte double that brought in Ildemaro Vargas.…

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…