Brett Gardner embraces leadership role as Yankees hope to make another World Series run  —  Brett Gardner leads the Yankees beyond hitting first in the batting order.  —  The speedy outfielder is the lone position player remaining from the Yankees' last World Series championship in 2009 …

Lowrie's slam helps A's rally from 4 down, beat Tigers 9-8  —  DETROIT (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit a go-ahead grand slam against Alex Wilson, and the Oakland Athletics overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Detroit Tigers 9-8 Tuesday night.  —  Detroit trailed 3-0 in the third inning …

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.

Sabathia, Gardner help Yankees top Twins 5-2 (Sep 19, 2017)  —  NEW YORK (AP) CC Sabathia recovered from a shaky start to pitch six innings, Brett Gardner had a pair of tying hits and the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Tuesday night to ensure their sixth straight series win.

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 …

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.

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.

Cubs hoping Jake Arrieta makes three more starts before playoffs  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chicago Cubs righty Jake Arrieta is slated to start Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers, barring a setback from a hamstring injury that has limited him to one start in September.

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 …

Inside the secret to the Brewers' surprising success  —  Variability is a rebuilding team's best friend and a baseball forecaster's worst enemy.  —  Anyway, that seems to be the case for the 2017 Milwaukee Brewers and all those who consigned them to the lower tiers of the big leagues before the season.

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 …

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.