National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-Atlanta 96 61 .611 —

z-Washington 88 69 .561 8

New York 81 75 .519 14½

Philadelphia 79 78 .503 17

Miami 55 101 .353 40½

Central Division

W L Pct GB

z-St. Louis 90 67 .573 —

Milwaukee 87 70 .554 3

Chicago 82 75 .522 8

Cincinnati 73 84 .465 17

Pittsburgh 66 91 .420 24

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Los Angeles 100 56 .641 —

Arizona 80 77 .510 20½

San Francisco 75 81 .481 25

San Diego 70 86 .449 30

Colorado 67 89 .429 33

x-clinched division

z-clinched playoff berth

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Monday's Games

Washington 7, Philadelphia 2

Miami 8, N.Y. Mets 4

St. Louis 9, Arizona 7

Tuesday's Games

Washington 4, Philadelphia 1, 1st game

Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 2

Washington 6, Philadelphia 5, 2nd game

Pittsburgh 9, Chicago Cubs 2

Miami at N.Y. Mets, night

Atlanta at Kansas City, night

St. Louis at Arizona, night

Colorado at San Francisco, night

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, night

Wednesday's Games

St. Louis (Wacha 6-7) at Arizona (Kelly 12-14), 3:40 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lyles 11-8) at Cincinnati (Mahle 2-11), 6:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 13-10) at Pittsburgh (Agrazal 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Smyly 4-7) at Washington (Sanchez 10-8), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Dugger 0-3) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 10-8), 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Soroka 13-4) at Kansas City (Montgomery 3-9), 8:15 p.m.

Colorado (TBD) at San Francisco (Samardzija 11-12), 9:45 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-4) at San Diego (Lamet 3-5), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 12:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 3:40 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

x-New York 102 55 .650 —

Tampa Bay 93 64 .592 9

Boston 81 75 .519 20½

Toronto 64 93 .408 38

Baltimore 51 106 .325 51

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Minnesota 97 60 .618 —

Cleveland 92 64 .590 4½

Chicago 68 87 .439 28

Kansas City 57 100 .363 40

Detroit 46 110 .295 50½

West Division

W L Pct GB

x-Houston 102 54 .654 —

Oakland 94 62 .603 8

Texas 75 81 .481 27

Los Angeles 70 86 .449 32

Seattle 66 90 .423 36

x-clinched division

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Monday's Games

Tampa Bay 7, Boston 4

Toronto 11, Baltimore 10, 15 innings

Tuesday's Games

Minnesota 4, Detroit 2

Baltimore at Toronto, night

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, night

Boston at Texas, night

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, night

Atlanta at Kansas City, night

Oakland at L.A. Angels, night

Houston at Seattle, night

Wednesday's Games

Minnesota (Gibson 13-7) at Detroit (Norris 3-13), 6:40 p.m.

Baltimore (Ynoa 1-9) at Toronto (Waguespack 4-5), 7:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Tampa Bay (Morton 15-6), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 13-12) at Texas (Allard 4-1), 8:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Bieber 15-7) at Chicago White Sox (Detwiler 2-5), 8:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Soroka 13-4) at Kansas City (Montgomery 3-9), 8:15 p.m.

Oakland (Anderson 12-9) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 4-6), 10:07 p.m.

Houston (Greinke 17-5) at Seattle (Kikuchi 6-10), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday's Games

Minnesota at Detroit, 1:10 p.m.

Boston at Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Angels, 10:07 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

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Sept. 251941 — Pete Reiser’s homer and Whitlow Wyatt’s five-hitter helped Brooklyn beat the Boston Braves 6-0 and clinch the Dodgers’ first pennant in 21 years.1955 — Detroit’s Al Kaline, at the age of 20, became the youngest player to win a batting title, finishing his second season with a .340 average. Ty Cobb was one day older when he won the crown, batting .350 in 1907, also playing for Detroit.1956 — Sal Maglie of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies.1960 — The New York Yankees clinched manager Casey Stengel’s 10th and last American League pennant with a 4-3 victory over Boston.1965 — Satchel Paige, at 60, became the oldest player in the majors, taking the mound for Kansas City and pitching three scoreless innings over the Boston Red Sox. He gave up one hit, to Carl Yastrzemski.1965 — Willie Mays, who hit 51 home runs in 1955, joined Ralph Kiner as only the National Leaguers to have more than one 50-home run season.1974 — Dr. Frank Jobe transplanted a tendon from Tommy John’s right wrist to the Dodger pitcher’s left elbow. The revolutionary ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction allowed John to win an additional 164 games, more than half of his career total of 288 victories.1980 — Oakland’s Brian Kingman lost his 20th game when the A’s were defeated by the Chicago White Sox 6-4. Kingman was the first pitcher to lose 20 games with a winning team since Dolf Luque went 13-23 for the 1922 Cincinnati Reds.1984 — Rusty Staub of the Mets became the second player to hit homers as a teenager and past his 40th birthday. Staub’s game-winning home run off Larry Anderson to give the Mets a 6-4 victory over Philadelphia at Shea Stadium. Ty Cobb was the other major leaguer to accomplish the feat.1987 — San Diego’s Benito Santiago set a modern major league record for rookies by hitting safely in his 27th consecutive game in a 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.1998 — The New York Yankees set the AL record for wins with their 112th, beating Tampa Bay 6-1 to break the victory mark held by the 1954 Cleveland Indians.2001 — Richie Sexson and Jeromy Burnitz became the first teammates to hit three home runs apiece in a game as Milwaukee defeated Arizona 9-4.2003 — Toronto’s Carlos Delgado became the sixth player to homer in four straight at-bats in one game as the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 10-8 at SkyDome. Delgado tied the game at 8-8 in the eighth with his fourth homer, a solo shot off Lance Carter.2007 — Prince Fielder, at 23 years, 139 days old, became the youngest major league player to hit 50 home runs in a season, connecting twice in Milwaukee’s 9-1 rout of St. Louis.2013 — The New York Yankees failed to make the playoffs for only the second time in 19 years, getting mathematically eliminated during their 8-3 loss to Tampa Bay.2016 — Jose Fernandez, 24, ace right-hander for the Miami Marlins, was killed in a boating accident.2017 — Aaron Judge broke Mark McGwire’s major league record for home runs by a rookie, hitting a pair for the second straight day to raise his total to 50 and lead the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 11-3.2018 — Max Scherzer became the 17th pitcher since 1900 to strike out 300 batters in a season, reaching that milestone by fanning 10 in seven innings during Washington’s 9-4 win over Miami.Today’s birthdays: Javy A. Guerra, 24; Kyle Ryan, 28.