Milwaukee Brewers gets past St Louis Cardinals with a 2-1 win on Wednesday

Milwaukee MVP candidate Christian Yelich walked five times and scored twice, and Jhoulys Chacin allowed one run in five innings as the Brewers clinched a postseason berth with a 2-1 win over the host St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.

The Brewers swept the three-game series. They remain a half-game behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central and hold a 3 1/2-game edge for the first NL wild card over the runner-up from the NL West. Milwaukee's win also assured the Cubs of a playoff spot.

The Cardinals were 1 1/2 games back of the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the wild-card hunt, pending the result of the Dodgers' late game at Arizona.

Chacin (15-8) allowed one hit and two walks while striking out three. Jeremy Jeffress got the last four outs for his 13th save.

Cubs 7, Pirates 6 (10 innings)

Albert Almora Jr.'s two-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning plated the winning run as Chicago blew a big lead but came back to beat visiting Pittsburgh, shortly after the Cubs clinched a playoff berth.

Almora's single followed a four-pitch walk to Ian Happ to lead off the inning against Richard Rodriguez (4-3), a sacrifice bunt by Mike Freeman and a groundout by Victor Caratini that sent pinch runner Terrance Gore to third base.

Brandon Kintzler (3-3), the seventh Chicago pitcher, induced a double-play grounder from the one batter he faced to earn the win.

Mets 3, Braves 0

Jacob deGrom finished making his case for the National League Cy Young Award in impressive fashion, earning the win while striking out 10 in eight scoreless innings as New York blanked visiting Atlanta.

The Braves, who locked up the NL East on Saturday, entered the game 1 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers in the race for the second seed in the NL and home-field advantage in the NL Division Series.

DeGrom (10-9) allowed just two hits and walked none in lowering his major-league-best ERA to 1.70. He retired the final 20 batters he faced and whiffed Ozzie Albies in the eighth inning for his 1,000th career strikeout.

Red Sox 19, Orioles 3 (Game 1)

Rafael Devers had a pair of home runs and six RBIs, and Xander Bogaerts drove in four runs to reach the 100-RBI mark as Boston routed visiting Baltimore in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.

Mookie Betts joined Jacoby Ellsbury (2011) as the only players in Red Sox history with a 30-homer, 30-steal season when he swiped second base in the second inning.

The Red Sox became just the 15th team to win at least 107 games, and the first since the 2001 Seattle Mariners won 116.

Orioles 10, Red Sox 3 (Game 2)

Trey Mancini drove in three runs, two of which came on a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and Baltimore defeated Boston for a doubleheader split.

Red Sox starter Chris Sale went 4 2/3 innings and gave up three runs on four hits and a walk while striking out eight. He is trying to get ready for the playoffs after being placed on the disabled list twice due to shoulder inflammation issues.

Tanner Scott (3-2) earned the victory with 2 2/3 innings of relief, giving up one run and striking out three. Paul Fry got his second save after going the final three innings and retiring all nine batters he faced.

Rays 8, Yankees 7

Tommy Pham broke a third-inning tie with a home run, and Tampa Bay held on through a wild ninth inning to defeat New York at St. Petersburg, Fla.

The loss temporarily reduced the Yankees' lead to two games over Oakland in the duel to see who will host the American League wild-card game next week.

After the Rays added four runs against the New York bullpen in the eighth to go up 8-3, the Yankees roared back against Sergio Romo in the ninth, getting within 8-7 with two on and just one out. But Romo got Tyler Wade to fly out, advancing the potential tying run to third base, before Miguel Andujar fouled out to end the game.

Nationals 9, Marlins 3 (8 innings)

Rookie Victor Robles homered and drove in five runs to lead host Washington to a rain-shortened win over Miami.

The game was called in the top of the eighth inning after a 51-minute rain delay.

In perhaps his final home game for the Nationals, former National League MVP Bryce Harper went 0-for-4. He is batting .244 this season with 34 home runs and 100 RBIs.

Blue Jays 3, Astros 1

Randal Grichuk hit a two-run home run, Reese McGuire added a solo shot for his first career major league homer, and Toronto defeated visiting Houston.

The Blue Jays salvaged the finale of the three-game series in their final home game of the season. It was also the final home game for manager John Gibbons, who will not return next season.

Joe Biagini (4-7) picked up the win, allowing one hit and one walk in 1 1/3 innings. Former Astros closer Ken Giles earned his 25th save of the season and 13th with Toronto with a perfect ninth.

Royals 6, Reds 1

Rookie Heath Fillmyer pitched into the eighth inning and recorded his first major league hit and RBI as Kansas City claimed victory at Cincinnati.

Fillmyer (4-2) allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out nine over 7 1/3 innings as the Royals completed a two-game sweep of the Reds. The 24-year-old right-hander added an RBI double in just his fourth career at-bat.

Fillmyer retired 11 Reds in a row between the second and fifth innings.