Boston Red Sox trading Mookie Betts seems like realistic possibility; Ownership has ‘right to decide what they want to do,’ Alex Cora says  —  BOSTON — The Red Sox trading Mookie Betts this offseason seems like a realistic possibility if he won't sign a contract extension.

Mets' Pete Alonso breaks Aaron Judge's rookie HR record  —  NEW YORK — Mets slugger Pete Alonso hit his 53rd home run of the season Saturday night, breaking the MLB rookie record that Yankees star Aaron Judge set in 2017.  —  Alonso launched a 93 mph fastball on a 1-2 count …

Houston Astros' Justin Verlander reaches 3,000 career strikeouts, 300 in '19  —  Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander reached a pair of milestones Saturday night, becoming the 18th major league pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts and the 19th in the modern era (since 1900) to record 300 strikeouts in a season.

Hyun-Jin Ryu clinches ERA title in Dodgers' record-tying 105th win  —  The Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants on Saturday 2-0 for their 105th victory behind a superb performance from Hyun-Jin Ryu.  In Sunday's regular-season finale, they have the opportunity to surpass the franchise record set by the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers.

Diamondbacks' Nick Ahmed still improving as free agency looms  —  Nick Ahmed is nearing the end of his fifth full season in the majors.  It has been better than the one before it, just as that one had been better than the one it preceded.  This has been something of a career-long trend for him.

Rays clinch wild card spot by beating Blue Jays yet again  —  New location.  Same result.  —  The Tampa Bay Rays swept away the Jays earlier this month and beat the birds again on Friday night at the Rogers Centre in the opener of Toronto's final series of the season.

Tigers rally past White Sox 4-3 for doubleheader split  —  John Hicks connected for a three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the  —  Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Saturday night for a doubleheader split.  —  Detroit was down 2-1 when Ronny Rodriguez reached on an error on shortstop Tim Anderson leading off the ninth.

Despite injuries, Braves still confident in postseason bench  —  The Braves' bench was one of its greatest strengths throughout the season.  That depth has dwindled with recent injuries, but the team remains confident that its bench is much more formidable entering October than it was a year ago.

Severino erratic for Yankees in 9-4 loss to Rangers  —  Luis Severino was a bit erratic but got through some adversity in his third start of the season for the  —  New York Yankees.  The next time he is on the mound for the AL East champions will be in the playoffs.

Video: Jorge Soler takes AL lead with home run no. 47  —  Mike Trout ruled out for the season, the only American League player left to challenge his spot on the AL home run leaderboard was Royals designated hitter  —  Jorge Soler.  Entering Saturday's game, Soler was tied with Trout at 45 homers apiece …