Atlanta Braves' left fielder Matt Kemp (27) celebrates with Braves' center fielder Ender Inciarte, who leaps in joy after making a leaping catch to rob New York Mets' left fielder Yoenis Cespedes of a three-run home run in the ninth inning of the Braves 4-3 victory over the Mets in a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, in New York. Atlanta Braves second baseman Jace Peterson (8) is at left.

Circus catch costlyNEW YORK — Center fielder Ender Inciarte robbed Yoenis Cespedes of a winning homer for the final out, and the New York Mets were handed another costly loss by last-place Atlanta when the Braves rallied for a 4-3 victory Wednesday night.With two runners on in the ninth, Cespedes launched a drive to deep right-center. Inciarte raced to the wall and timed his jump perfectly, catching the ball just above the orange line atop the fence.He held up his glove in excitement as Cespedes turned and walked slowly off the field. Some fans in the stunned crowd still had their hands on their heads as they filed up the aisles toward the exits.New York remained tied with St. Louis and San Francisco in the NL wild-card race after all three teams lost Wednesday.

Dodgers 9, Giants 3LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig’s three-run homer highlighted a five-run first inning and the Dodgers routed the Giants, extending their NL West lead to six games with 10 remaining.The Dodgers pounded out 12 hits in taking two of three from the rival Giants, who remained tied in the NL wild-card race after both the Mets and Cardinals lost earlier..

Cubs 9, Reds 2CHICAGO — John Lackey pitched seven solid innings for his first win in six weeks, Miguel Montero drove in three runs, and Chicago swept Cincinnati.Kris Bryant hit his 38th homer and Dexter Fowler also connected to help major league-leading Chicago move a season-high 42 games over .500. The Cubs (97-55) also matched their win total from a year ago and lowered their magic number for clinching home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs to two over Washington.

Red Sox 5, Orioles 1BALTIMORE — Boston scored five unearned runs in the sixth inning after first baseman Chris Davis’ throwing error and beat Baltimore to pad its AL East lead.Andrew Benintendi hit a three-run homer for the Red Sox, who will try to complete a four-game sweep tonight.

Yankees 11, Rays 5ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Gary Sanchez hit two more homers and drove in five runs, Masahiro Tanaka won despite allowing four home runs in the third inning and New York beat Tampa Bay.The Yankees moved within 2 1/2 games of Baltimore for the second AL wild-card spot.

Mariners 2, Blue Jays 1SEATTLE — Robinson Cano drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning and the Seattle beat Toronto to avoid a series sweep.Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (10-15), who pitched five scoreless innings in his last start Friday, came on in the 12th for his first relief appearance after 29 starts.

Nats 8, Marlins 3MIAMI — Max Scherzer pitched 6 2-3 innings to tie for the National League victory lead with 18, helping Washington beat Miami.

Indians 4, Royals 3CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber allowed two runs and struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings, and the Cleveland beat Kansas City to eliminate the reigning World Series champions from the AL Central race.

Rockies 11, Cards 1DENVER — Nolan Arenado hit a grand slam, German Marquez pitched five solid innings for his first major league win and Colorado slowed St. Louis’ playoff chase.Arenado made it 6-1 in the second with his NL-leading 39th homer.

Astros 6, A’s 5OAKLAND, Calif. — Evan Gattis homered twice, catcher Jason Castro threw out a runner to end the game and Houston beat Oakland to complete a series sweep.