Joe Girardi wants to catch Red Sox, but having Luis Severino for wild-card game should be priority  —  Joe Girardi has made a point of insisting the Yankees only have eyes for catching the Red Sox, even as time is running out on them, and as if to prove it he has put Luis Severino back in play …

MLB: Royals' Alex Gordon hits MLB's record-setting 5,694th home run of season  —  Kansas City's Alex Gordon broke Major League Baseball's season home run record with 12 days to spare, hitting the 5,694th long ball of 2017 on Tuesday night.  —  Gordon's home run off Toronto's Ryan Tepera broke …

Fowler comes up big as Cardinals top Reds 8-7 in 10 innings  —  CINCINNATI (AP) — Dexter Fowler is doing everything he can to get the St. Louis Cardinals into the playoffs  —  Fowler hit a tying homer in the eighth inning and a go-ahead double in the 10th, helping the Cardinals knock off the Cincinnati Reds 8-7 on Tuesday night.

Why MLB players are hitting home runs on a record pace  —  For devoted fans of the long ball, Tuesday was a bit like the day of the eclipse was for astronomers.  Calculations were figured and projections made as to when the blessed event would take place.  —  In this case, the source …

Wood helps lift Padres over D'backs 6-2  —  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Travis Wood came up with an outing nothing like his recent ones and he led the San Diego Padres to a 6-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.  —  “Better location and keeping the ball down,” Wood said.

Red-hot Indians prove too hot to handle for Angels  —  Angels' Juan Graterol (13) and Brandon Phillips (4) look on from the bench during the ninth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Angel Stadium on Tuesday.  (Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images)  —  This is what awaits them.

Rangers top M's, 3-1  —  SEATTLE-On a night when a win seemed more important than vital, a baserunning mistake killed their chances to take a lead and their best reliever gave up two runs in the eighth inning to send them to defeat.  —  In the effort to subdue off the slow crawl toward …

Rangers Reaction: Maybe it's bad juju to look ahead to 2018, but ...  SEATTLE  —  The Texas Rangers are down to only 12 games remaining in their 2017 season after playing the Seattle Mariners in a late game Tuesday night, and it doesn't appear as though there will be a 13th.

Pence leads Giants over Rockies, 4-3  —  SAN FRANCISCO - On the night major league baseball broke its all-time record for home runs in a season, the San Francisco Giants did something out of character.  —  They contributed to the total.  —  But it wasn't Hunter Pence's go-ahead …

Mets bullpen blows late lead, surrenders walk-off home run to J.T. Realmuto in loss to Marlins  —  MIAMI — It isn't so easy to go home again, particularly when you have been traded away.  AJ Ramos, who admitted he was excited making his first appearance at Marlins Park since the Mets acquired …

Yoenis Cespedes willing to make changes, and he hopes Mets are too  —  MIAMI — Yoenis Cespedes knows things have to change.  The Mets slugger said Tuesday that not only does he have to change his routine and himself this winter, but so does the team if they are going to be a playoff team again in 2018.

Another strong Lucas Giolito performance, but White Sox offense comes up short  —  Photos from the White Sox-Astros game at Minute Maid Park in Houston on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.  —  White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito gave up only a pair of fourth-inning runs, but the Sox offense came …

‘Sore’ Dustin Pedroia out of lineup for Red Sox  —  BALTIMORE - A day after suffering a nasal contusion, Dustin Pedroia is not in the lineup for the Boston Red Sox.  —  “He's sore,” manager John Farrell said before Tuesday's game against the Orioles.  “I would think in an emergency only would we even consider putting him in the game.

Stroman, Jays get it done against Royals  —  The 26-year-old right-hander is now little less than nine innings away from reaching 200-innings for a second straight season.  —  As the clock ticks down to October baseball, the Blue Jays are well aware their playoff dreams are long dead.

Pedro Baez fails latest test in Dodgers' 6-2 loss to the Phillies  —  Dave Roberts could not have engineered a softer landing.  In the seventh inning of the Dodgers' 6-2 loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday, Roberts sent Pedro Baez to protect a one-run lead against the No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9 hitters of a last-place team.