Rizzo drives in 2 runs as Yankees earn playoff berth with 2-1 win over Mariners in 10 innings

SEATTLE (AP) — Anthony Rizzo hit a tiebreaking double in the 10th inning and drove in both runs for New York as the Yankees clinched a playoff spot with a 2-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night. Rizzo lined the first pitch of the inning from reliever Collin Snider...

A flying bat and a baserunning mistake cost Mariners chance to make up ground in playoff race

SEATTLE (AP) — With their playoff chances slipping away, the Seattle Mariners found a painful new way to lose. A flying bat. A momentary memory lapse. And a bizarre double play. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before in a game. Just a strange situation,”...

Yankees clinch playoff berth by beating Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings

SEATTLE (AP) — A year ago, the New York Yankees were knocked out of playoff contention with a week to go in the regular season, ending a string of six straight postseason appearances. Remembering what that was like made wrapping up a playoff berth with more than a week left this...

New York Yankees clinch playoff spot by beating Seattle Mariners 2-1 in 10 innings

Mariners' Victor Robles makes questionable dash trying to steal home against the Yankees

SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Victor Robles is well known for being aggressive on the bases. This time he got a little too aggressive at a questionable time. Robles was thrown out trying to steal home with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the first inning on Tuesday...

Juan Soto hits 40th homer, Aaron Judge drives in 4 runs as Yankees thump Mariners 11-2

SEATTLE (AP) — Aaron Judge drove in four runs in his first two at-bats, Juan Soto hit his 40th homer of the season and 200th of his career, and the New York Yankees moved to the cusp of clinching a playoff berth with an 11-2 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. The...

Judge is awesome. So is Ohtani. But it's the balanced Diamondbacks who have MLB's best offense

PHOENIX (AP) — Aaron Judge is mashing homers at an astounding pace for the New York Yankees. Shohei Ohtani provides the same type of thump for the Los Angeles Dodgers. But it’s the Arizona Diamondbacks who have the best offense in the big leagues — by quite a bit. ...

Blanco throws 6 shutout innings, Heyward goes deep as Astros beat Angels 6-4 to finish sweep

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ronel Blanco threw six scoreless innings, Jason Heyward had a home run among his three hits and the Houston Astros finished off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 6-4 victory on Sunday. Jeremy Peña had two hits and two runs scored as the...

Kirby pitches 7 strong innings and Garver homers to lift Mariners over Rangers 7-0

SEATTLE (AP) — George Kirby faced the minimum number of batters and gave up one hit in seven sparkling innings, and the Seattle Mariners shut out the Texas Rangers 7-0 to earn a series victory and keep pace in the AL West and wild-card races. Mitch Garver hit a three-run home run...

Randy Arozarena drives in winning run in 9th, Mariners beat Rangers 5-4

SEATTLE (AP) — Randy Arozarena had a one-out bases-loaded single in the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Victor Robles doubled and stole third, and Julio Rodríguez and Cal Raleigh walked before Arozarena hit a sharp...