Red Sox beat the Mets 4-3 and cut magic number to 2  —  BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts doesn't seem to be badly hurt, so the Red Sox can focus on clinching the AL East at Yankee Stadium for the second time in three seasons.  —  Betts gave Boston a scare when he injured his left side making …

Wainwright blanks Dodgers over 6 innings, Cardinals win 5-0  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Adam Wainwright had something to prove.  —  Wainwright pitched two-hit ball over six innings for his first win in five months, Marcell Ozuna homered and the St. Louis Cardinals salvaged the finale of a four-game series …

Don Mattingly calls for changes to September roster rules  —  PHILADELPHIA — Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly said Sunday that Major League Baseball should consider limiting roster sizes in the final month of the season, because “the game you play for five months is not the game you play in September.”

Fun-loving Cubs visit fading Diamondbacks  —  PHOENIX — The Cubs have played some of their best baseball here in crunch time, a stretch that has taken a big bite out of the Diamondbacks' playoff chances.  —  The Cubs will enter Day 28 of a string of 30 straight days in which games were scheduled …

Calhoun, Upton homers lead Angels past Mariners  —  Calhoun was on a 0-for-25 skid  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Kole Calhoun hit a two-run homer and Justin Upton homered in his third straight game as the Los Angeles Angels avoided a four-game sweep with a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.

Last Slide  —  If the Pittsburgh Pirates' pitching is this stinking good, what are they doing in fourth place?  —  That had to be what the Brewers were thinking late Sunday afternoon after yet another frustrating day against Pittsburgh's pitching staff.  If the Brewers do fall short …

Series preview: Cardinals at Braves  —  • The Braves are the only team the Cardinals have played whom they haven't beaten this year.  Atlanta took all three games in an early summer series in St. Louis, outscoring them 22-10.  Atlanta is seeking its first division title since 2013 and second since 2005

Last Slide  —  CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians rested several of their regulars a day after clinching the AL Central and lost to the Detroit Tigers, 6-4, on Sunday as Jim Adduci homered and drove in a career-high four runs.  —  The Indians rolled to a 15- win Saturday and celebrated …

Rays give up four in 9th but hold off Athletics, 5-4  —  Khris Davis hit a grand slam in the ninth inning but the Oakland Athletics again came up short, beaten by the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 on Sunday.  —  The A's remained 1 ½ games behind the New York Yankees for the top AL wild-card spot.

Aroldis Chapman needed to restore order to sagging Yankees bullpen  —  NEW YORK — Once the stable backbone of what had looked like a World Series contender, the New York Yankees bullpen lately has shown a measure of the inconsistency and uncertainty that has defined the overall team's recent mediocrity.

Astros ace Justin Verlander showing no signs of slowing down  —  Justin Verlander probably won't win the Cy Young Award, although he helped his case with a crucial effort on Sunday, allowing one run with 11 strikeouts over seven innings in the Houston Astros' 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Last Slide  —  HOUSTON - The Diamondbacks' playoff dreams weren't exactly easily attainable when this trip began, but at least they were intact.  As they packed up their belongings in the visiting clubhouse on Sunday afternoon, the questions no longer were about where they were going but rather how they got here.