J.P. Crawford hit a grand slam and Ty France and Josh Rojas added solo homers as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 8-0 Friday night to tighten the American League West race.
The Mariners pulled within two games of the division-leading Rangers and remained a game behind the Houston Astros in the chase for the AL's third and final wild-card berth.
Yandy Diaz hit a two-run homer for the Rays, who have clinched the first AL wild-card berth. Aaron Civale gave up one run in 1 2/3 innings.Jose Abreu smacked a two-run double and fill-in starter Jose Urquidy pitched six scoreless innings to lead Houston to a victory over Arizona in the opener of a three-game series at Phoenix.
Caleb Boushley , making his major league debut, blew a save in the ninth but came away with the victory in his major league debut. Jose Cuas took the loss.Nick Pivetta threw seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts and Boston defeated host Baltimore to snap a five-game losing streak. Miguel Cabrera, who is retiring at the end of the season, had three hits and reached base four times for Detroit. Zach McKinstry blasted a two-run homer, Spencer Torkelson hit a solo homer and Parker Meadows contributed a two-run triple.Ryan Jeffers homered and finished with three hits, Max Kepler broke a ninth-inning tie with a sacrifice fly and Minnesota beat Colorado in Denver.
Endy Rodriguez had an RBI single for the Pirates, who have lost four of five. Reliever Colin Selby gave up all four runs and four hits in the eighth without getting an out.Washington tied its season high with five homers and snapped a three-game losing streak by ending host Atlanta's four-game winning streak.
Wilmer Flores had a solo homer and an RBI single for the Giants. Keaton Winn went 5 1/3 innings and yielded six runs.Nick Martinez struck out eight batters in five scoreless innings, and San Diego held on to edge host Chicago.
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