Brewers win keeps playoff hopes alive
St. Louis
Brandon Woodruff allowed two hits in eight innings and the Milwaukee Brewers kept their playoff hopes alive by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 on Saturday night.
Ryan Braun and Daniel Vogelbach hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth, the third time the Brewers have hit consecutive homers this season.
Woodruff (3-5) retired 19 straight after pitching around leadoff hits in the first and second innings as Milwaukee (29-30) moved within a game of St. Louis (29-28). Both teams are among four NL clubs vying for two open postseason spots.
Blue Jays 5, Orioles 2: Cavan Biggio broke up a no-hit bid with a solo home run in the sixth inning, Randal Grichuk added a three-run shot and Toronto beat Baltimore. The Blue Jays need another victory in Sunday's regular-season finale, and a Miami win over the Yankees, to move up to second place in the AL East and the fifth seed in the league. If not, Toronto will drop to eighth.
Rays 4, Phillies 3: Mike Zunino, Brandon Lowe and Willy Adames had two-out, run-scoring singles in the fifth inning as AL East champion Tampa Bay beat Philadelphia. Andrew McCutchen had four hits for Philadelphia, which has lost six of seven.
Twins 7, Reds 3: Luis Arraez matched career highs with four hits and three RBIs in his return to the lineup, and Minnesota beat Cincinnati to clinch home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Minnesota maintained its one-game lead in the AL Central over the Chicago White Sox.
White Sox 9, Cubs 5: Yoan Moncada homered, Jose Abreu hit a three-run double and the playoff-bound White Sox beat the crosstown NL Central champion Cubs to snap a season-high six-game skid.
Pirates 8, Indians 0: Cleveland suffered a setback in its bid to host a first-round...