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MLB ROUNDUP Red Sox 6, Rays 3

Arraez, Mcneil win batting titles, no triple for Judge

New York: Minnesota’s Luis Arraez finished with the lowest average for an American League batting champion since 1968, and the New York Mets’ Jeff Mcneil won the National League title.

The New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge missed out on a Triple Crown, edged by Arraez .316 to .311 for the AL title Wednesday after sitting out the final day of the regular season. Mcneil made it first-time batting champions in both leagues, his .326 average one point ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman.

Giants 8, Padres 1

San Diego: Wil Myers’ exit to cheers was the highlight for the Padres in a loss to the San Francisco Giants in the regular-season finale. Manager Bob Melvin had Myers, the longest-tenured Padres player, move from first base to third base before the top of the eighth inning, and then subbed him out.

David Villar hit two homers, Austin Slater also connected for the Giants, who finished .500 (81-81) for the first time in the franchise’s 140 seasons.

Diamondbacks 4, Brewers 2

Milwaukee: Josh Rojas and Corbin Carroll hit back-to-back home runs in the ninth and Arizona beat the Milwaukee Brewers.

Milwaukee starter Corbin Burnes crossed the 200-inning threshold for the first time. The reigning

NL Cy Young winner fanned five to finish with a career-high 243 strikeouts. Burnes became the first Brewers pitcher to lead the league in strikeouts.

Mets 9, Nationals 2

New York: Francisco Lindor and New York geared up for the playoffs with a rout of the Washington Nationals, ending with the second-most wins in franchise history.

Jeff Mcneil won the major league batting crown without taking a plate appearance, and New York (101-61) finished with the same record as Atlanta atop the NL East.

The only Mets team to win more regular-season games was the 1986 World Series champions at 108-54.

Astros 3, Phillies 2

Houston: Another strong start by Framber Valdez allowed the Houston Astros to end the regular season with the two winningest pitchers in the American League.

Houston: Framber Valdez struck out 10 in five shutout innings to lead the Astros over Philadelphia Phillies giving Houston the two winningest pitchers in the American League.

It was the career-best 17th win for Valdez (17-6), which ranks second in the American League behind teammate Justin Verlander’s 18.

Twins 10, White Sox 1

Chicago: Luis Arraez won the AL batting title, hitting a third-inning double after walking twice to finish the season at .316, and the Minnesota Twins rolled over the Chicago White Sox.

Arraez walked in his first two plate appearances and then hit a drive that barely cleared the glove of right fielder Gavin Sheets before he was lifted for a pinch-runner.

Gary Sanchez and Jermaine Palacios homered for Minnesota, which snapped a four-game skid.

Rangers 4, Yankees 2

Arlington, Texas: New York settled for 99 wins in the regular season, and the American League record 62 home runs for slugger Aaron Judge.

Their focus has already shifted to trying to win their 28th World Series title, and first since 2009.

Judge was out of the lineup a day after hitting his American League record 62nd homer, and the Yankees lost their regular-season finale. At the beginning of July, New York was on pace for 118 wins, four more than the franchise record set in 1998.

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 4 (Gm1) Blue Jays 5, Orioles 1 (Gm2)

Baltimore: The Orioles lost to Toronto in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader, but they did win the opener in come-from-behind fashion. They ended the season with an 83-79 record, a 31-game improvement over 2021.

Toronto had a more modest onegame improvement to 92-70, but the Blue Jays can now focus on the postseason. They are the AL’S top wild card and will host Seattle in a best-of-three series.

Pirates 5, Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh: The chants for Albert Pujols began in earnest in the eighth inning, with most of the redclad fans inside PNC Park yearning for one last regular season at bat for the St. Louis Cardinals slugger.

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol heard them. And ignored them.

St. Louis won the NL Central Division title. The Cardinals — who went 43-24 in the second half — open the playoffs on Friday when they host Philadelphia in a best-of-three.

Guardians 9, Royals 2

Cleveland: José Ramirez drove in two runs and had four hits, Aaron Civale pitched six solid innings and Cleveland defeated Kansas City in their final tune-up for the playoffs.

Cleveland opens the wild-card round against Tampa Bay on Friday.

The AL Central champions are 24-6 since Sept. 5 and finished the regular season 92-70. The youngest team in baseball had 17 players make their major league debuts this season. Cleveland finished 80-82 last season.

Boston: The Tampa Bay Rays finished the regular season with a five-game losing streak, giving up a pair of home runs to J.D. Martinez in a loss to last-place Boston. Although they entered the final week of the season with a chance to improve their playoff seeding, The team is focusing on resting players.

Xander Bogaerts also had a pair of hits in what could be his final game for the Red Sox.

Athletics 3, Angels 2

Oakland, Calif.: Catcher Stephen Vogt homered in his final game before retirement and scored the first run on a sacrifice fly after Shohei Ohtani pitched no-hit ball into the fifth, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels.

Ohtani (15-9) finished with a 2.33 ERA and 219 strikeouts in 166 innings, and he hit .273 with 34 homers and 95 RBIS.

He became the first player to qualify for the leaderboards as a batter and a pitcher since rules for qualification were adopted in 1950.

Marlins 12, Braves 9

Miami: Don Mattingly went out as a winner in his final game as Miami’s manager when rookie Peyton Burdick homered and drove in four runs to lead the Marlins.

Matt Olson hit his 34th homer and Marcell Ozuna hit his 23rd for the Braves, who finished 101-61 and have a bye into the Division Series next week. The defending World Series champions won the season series against Miami 13-6.

The 61-year-old Mattingly announced Sept. 25 he would not seek a new contract.

Cubs 15, Reds 2

Cincinnati: The Reds lost 100 games for the first time in four decades, falling to the Cubs in their season finale as David Bote drove in a season-high five runs.

Cincinnati lost seven of its last nine games to finish 62-100, one shy of the franchise record for losses set by the 1982 team that went 61101. The Reds became the record-tying fourth team to lose 100 games this season.

Mariners 5, Tigers 4

Seattle: Julio Rodríguez put a final exclamation point on his Rookie of the Year candidacy with his 28th home run and Seattle capped the regular season with a win.

Rodríguez set a franchise record with his sixth leadoff homer this season and finished off his rookie campaign hitting .284 with 25 doubles, 75 RBIS and 25 stolen bases.

His home run also topped Alvin Davis — the 1984 AL Rookie of the Year — for most homers by a rookie in Mariners history.

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