Yankees 9, Pirates 8

New York: Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run and Giancarlo Stanton followed minutes later with a game-ending grand slam, completing New York’s stunning five-run, ninth-inning rally to beat Pittsburgh.

Judge moved within one of Roger Maris’ American League record when he turned on a sinker from right-hander Wil Crowe (5-10) and drove it 430 feet into the left-field bleachers, pulling New York within 8-5.

Judge matched the 60 home runs Babe Ruth hit for the 1927 Yankees to set a big league record that stood for 37 years. It came off a pitcher whose great, great uncle, Hall of Famer Red Ruffing, was Ruth’s teammate on the Yankees in the 1930s.

Stanton, mired in a 9-for-72 slump, lined a slam off Crowe to make a winner of Aroldis Chapman (3-3) and set of a raucous celebration at Yankee Stadium.

Mets 7, Brewers 5

Milwaukee: Francisco Lindor hit a two-out grand slam in the seventh inning to put New York ahead for good as the Mets rallied from a fourrun deficit to beat Milwaukee.

Pete Alonso hit his second threerun homer in as many nights as the Mets maintained their one-game lead in the NL East over Atlanta and dealt a devastating blow to the Brewers’ wild-card hopes. The Mets won with just four hits, a night after they clinched their first playoff appearance since 2016 with a 7-2 triumph at Milwaukee.

The Brewers remained 2½ games behind the Philadelphia Phillies in the race for the NL’S last wild-card spot. Milwaukee’s loss clinched a playoff spot for Atlanta.

Willy Adames went 4 for 5 with two RBIS and a pair of doubles for the Brewers.

Braves 3, Nationals 2

Atlanta: Travis d’arnaud broke a scoreless tie with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, Dansby Swanson went deep in the eighth, and Atlanta moved closer to the postseason with a victory over Washington.

The defending World Series champion Braves need any combination of another win or a loss by Milwaukee to claim a fifth straight postseason berth. The Brewers were playing the New York Mets. Atlanta (93-55) is also vying for its fifth consecutive division title but began the day in second place and one game behind the Mets in the NL East.

Swanson added his 21st homer, an opposite-field solo shot to right off Kyle Finnegan that sailed 379 feet and padded the lead to 3-1. The Braves have won 10 straight games at home, outscoring opponents 47-15 over this stretch. Atlanta is 52-25 at Truist Park and has the NL’S second-best winning percentage in home games.

Royals 5, Twins 4

Kansas City, Mo.: MJ Melendez hit a two-run homer, Salvador Perez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the seventh inning, and Kansas City held off fading Minnesota to open their final homestand of the season.

Dylan Coleman (5-2) pitched a scoreless seventh for the Royals. Scott Barlow cleaned up Jose Cuas’ mess by striking out Mark Contreras to strand runners on second and third in the eighth, then handled the ninth for his 22nd save.

The Royals trailed 3-0 in the second, pulled ahead in the fifth and were still tied 4-all when Melendez doubled off Twins reliever Michael Fulmer (5-6) in the seventh.

Angels 5, Rangers 2

Arlington, Texas: Taylor Ward hit a tiebreaking RBI double during Los Angeles’ three-run sixth inning that ended with a triple play and Matt Duffy had a two-run home run among three hits as the Angels beat Texas.

Ward doubled into the left-field corner to score Shohei Ohtani from first base off Dennis Santana (3-8), the first of three Texas relievers. Mike Ford and Jo Adell added RBI singles off John King.

With the bases loaded and none out, Max Stassi hit a sharp grounder to third base. Josh Jung fielded the ball behind the bag, stepped on the base, threw to second, and Marcus Semien threw on to Nathaniel Lowe at first to complete the triple play. It was the Rangers’ second triple play this season and the eighth in the franchise’s 51 seasons in Texas.

Blue Jays 18, Phillies 11

Philadelphia: Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Jackie Bradley Jr. added a three-run shot in the ninth, and Toronto used 21 hits to rough up Philadelphia in a matchup of teams fighting for wildcard berths.

The Blue Jays are in better shape, not only as winners of five of seven games, but with a firm grip on the top wild-card spot in the American League. The Phillies, who suffered a three-game weekend sweep at Atlanta, lost their fifth straight game.

Philadelphia entered with only a 2½-game lead (plus the tiebreaker) over the Milwaukee Brewers for the final National League wild-card spot.

Tigers 3, Orioles 2

Baltimore: Joey Wentz took a shutout into the sixth inning and Akil Baddoo and Kerry Carpenter homered to lift Detroit to a victory over fading Baltimore.

Wentz (2-2) allowed two hits and two walks in 5⅔ innings. It was the third time in five big league starts that the rookie has held the opposition scoreless.

Baddoo’s 448-foot home run in the third opened the scoring, bringing home two runs. Carpenter added a solo shot in the seventh.

Rookie standout Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run homer in the seventh for Baltimore’s first runs of the series. The Tigers routed the Orioles 11-0 the previous night.

Cubs 2, Marlins 1

Miami: David Bote hit a tying home run in the seventh inning, then added a sacrifice fly in the eighth that lifted Chicago over Miami.

Esteban Quiroz got the first two hits of his major league career and P.J. Higgins also had two hits for the Cubs, who snapped a threegame losing skid. The 30-year-old Quiroz was promoted from Triple-a Saturday and made his first start Tuesday.

Chicago loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth against reliever Steven Okert (5-3).

Red Sox 5, Reds 3

Cincinnati: J.D. Martinez and Rob Refsnyder hit solo homers, and Rafael Devers had a two-run shot as Boston beat Cincinnati.

Red Sox rookie right-hander Brayan Bello (2-6) ended a streak of 44⅓ innings without allowing a homer as TJ Friedl had a solo shot in the third inning.

Bello gave up the run and eight hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked two.

Reds rookie left-hander Nick Lodolo (4-7), who had 22 strikeouts and no walks over his previous two starts, struggled with his control against Boston.

He walked three and hit three batters over his five innings, giving the Reds a major league-record 99 hit batters this season — eclipsing the Chicago Cubs’ total of 98 last year.

Dodgers 6, D-backs 5

Los Angeles: Rookie Miguel Vargas drove in the go-ahead run with an infield single in a five-run eighth inning and Los Angeles rallied past Arizona for their Mlb-leading 44th comeback win in the first game of a doubleheader.

The Dodgers, with the best record in the majors at 103-44, won their fifth in a row. Los Angeles shortstop Trea Turner exited in the fifth after being hit in the side by a ball that ricocheted off a runner’s helmet. Removed for precautionary reasons, Turner was expected to start the nightcap.

After stranding 12 runners though seven innings, managing just one run on seven hits, the Dodgers batted around in the eighth and rallied from a 5-1 deficit.

Astros 5, Rays 0

St. Petersburg, Fla.: Tampa Bay ace Shane Mcclanahan was pulled in the fifth inning with neck tightness during a loss to Houston.

The AL All-star Game starter and Cy Young Award contender allowed five runs for only the second time this season, pushing his ERA to 2.36. Mcclanahan (12-6) was making his second start after returning from the 15-day injured list due to a left shoulder impingement.

Mcclanahan walked Jose Altuve leading off the fifth, then threw three straight balls to Jeremy Peña. Manager Kevin Cash and a trainer then came out of the dugout and pulled Mcclanahan, even after the 25-year-old appeared to tell Cash, “I’m good.”