Braves 2, Marlins 1

Miami: William Contreras hit the go-ahead run in the fifth, and Atlanta clinched its fifth consecutive NL East title.

The defending World Series champion, earned a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed in the NL, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Braves were 10 1/2 games behind the New York Mets at the start of June.

Mets 4, Nationals 2 (Gm1) Mets 8, Nationals 0 (Gm2)

New York: The Mets were eliminated from the NL East race even as Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor and Jeff Mcneill opened with three straight homers to spark a win over Washington and a sweep of a doubleheader.

The Mets won the first game, 4-2. Atlanta closed out its fifth straight division title with the 2-1 win over the Marlins as the Mets finished batting in the fourth, A few groans could be heard from the crowd.

Brewers 3, Diamondbacks 0

Milwaukee: Eric Lauer pitched six innings of no-hit ball before getting removed from the game in the Milwaukee Brewers’ victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Jake Cousins and Peter Strzelecki worked the final three innings of the one-hit shutout. Milwaukee’s no-hit bid provided at least some sense of drama to an otherwise meaningless game.

The Brewers were eliminated from playoff contention Monday night.

Red Sox 6, Rays 0

Boston: Xander Bogaerts hit a grand slam and Nathan Eovaldi pitched five scoreless innings to help the Boston Red Sox beat the playoff-bound Rays in a rain-shortened game.

Christian Arroyo added an RBI single for Boston (77-84), which won its fifth straight home game.

The Rays (86-75) lost their fourth straight game since clinching a playoff berth.

Astros 10, Phillies 0

Houston: Justin Verlander capped his magnificent comeback season by striking out 10 without allowing a hit in five innings, and Houston’s bullpen kept Philadelphia hitless until the ninth inning.

Verlander, who has pitched three no-hitters in his career, walked one before being pulled after 77 pitches. The AL West champion Astros led the NL wild-card Phillies 8-0 at that point.

Will Smith came on for the ninth and Garrett Stubbs singled to center field to break up the no-hitter bid.

White Sox 8, Twins 3

Chicago: Luis Arraez had one hit to move closer to his first AL batting championship, one of only two hits Minnesota managed off Lucas Giolito in seven innings as the Chicago beat the Twins.

Elvis Andrus hit his third homer in four games, a three-run shot, as the White Sox cruised to their second straight win.

The 25-year-old Arraez extended his hitting streak to eight games and held his average at .315 as he tries to become the fifth Twins player to win the league batting title. He missed the previous two games.

Reds 3, Cubs 2

Cincinnati: Spencer Steer doubled off Brandon Hughes in the ninth inning to score Stuart Fairchild and Cincinnati avoided their 100th loss.

The Reds (62-99) are trying to avoid the second 100-loss season in franchise history. They were 61-101 in 1982.

Chuckie Robinson tied it for Cincinnati in the seventh with a two-run homer.

Mariners 7, Tigers 6 (10 innings)

Seattle: Catcher Luis Torrens became the first position player in Seattle history to earn a pitching win by working the 10th inning, and the Mariners inched closer to locking up their postseason matchup.

With the Mariners focused on preserving arms with the playoffs on the horizon, Torrens got the unlikely victory when Abraham Toro drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.

Guardians 5, Royals 3

Cleveland: Cal Quantrill finished the regular season unbeaten at Progressive Field, improving to 14-0 in his career at the ballpark after Owen Miller hit a two-run homer to send Cleveland over Kansas City.

Quantrill’s 14-game winning streak is the longest in the ballpark’s history. The streak also matches the longest for a pitcher in any ballpark since 1901.

Cardinals 8, Pirates 7 (10 innings)

Pittsburgh: Albert Pujols drove in two more runs and St. Louis went on to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Pujols hit a two-run single in the third inning to push his career total to 2,218 RBIS. That came a night after he broke a tie with Babe Ruth for second place on the career list. Hank Aaron holds the record with 2,287.

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol then removed the 42-year-old Pujols at the end of the inning. St. Louis opens postseason play Friday when it hosts the wild-card series.