Orioles cut magic number to 3, match franchise record for road wins with 5-1 victory over Guardians  —  CLEVELAND — The Orioles will have the chance to clinch the American League East next week at Camden Yards.  That's in large part thanks to how well they have played away from it.

Jackson Holliday Wins 2023 Minor League Player of the Year Award  —  For a second consecutive season, a Baltimore Orioles player is Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year.  —  Shortstop Jackson Holliday, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, is the 2023 Minor League Player of the Year.

Have the Giants damaged their reputation with free agents?  Farhan Zaidi disagrees — Extra Baggs  —  LOS ANGELES — For all the challenges the San Francisco Giants have faced in recent years while attempting to sign a star position player, they've enjoyed and attempted to leverage one perceived advantage on the free-agent front.

Newly winning O's deserve a new 7th inning tune  —  With the recent resurgence of the Baltimore Orioles and more fans returning to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, maybe it's time to get rid of the old John Denver seventh inning stretch song, “Thank God I'm a Country Boy,” and try something new …

Nightengale's Notebook: 'It's scary' how much Astros see themselves in young Orioles  —  HOUSTON − It was as if Hollywood came up with yet another “Back to the Future” sequel, this time with the Baltimore Orioles pondering what the baseball gods have in mind for the next generation.

Castellanos homers, Sánchez Ks 10 as Phillies move to brink of playoff spot with 5-2 win over Mets  —  Bryce Harper, Nick Castellanos and the rest of the Phillies walked into the clubhouse with tarp rolled and pinned over their lockers and bottles of bubbly on standby waiting to get popped.

Yankees miss playoffs for first time since 2016  —  NEW YORK — The end has officially arrived for this year's New York Yankees.  —  While a bevy of key injuries and a season's worth of offensive struggles long made it seem that their run of six straight postseason appearances was likely going to be halted …

Chicago Cubs manager David Ross texts Pittsburgh Pirates counterpart Derek Shelton, trying to clarify postgame remarks about the team  —  Chicago Cubs manager David Ross tried to set the record straight Saturday.  —  Ross thought he had corrected himself during his postgame remarks Thursday …

The stunning collapse that might finally crush Cincinnati Reds' impossible playoff hopes  —  Tyler Stephenson lingered in the Cincinnati Reds dugout longer than most after the loss Saturday night that figures to be the death knell of the Reds' underdog playoff hopes, the catcher staring out across the field.

Science |  How NASA Ames brought asteroid samples to Earth, safe and sound  —  OSIRIS-REx space capsule, shielded by Silicon Valley-designed heat shields, landed early Sunday with precious cargo  —  As a primordial space rock hurtled toward Earth on Sunday morning, it was protected by a heat shield invented in Silicon Valley.

Reds' defense makes key mistakes in another big loss in the playoff race  —  For the second straight time, the Cincinnati Reds lost a crucial game in the playoff race because of self-inflicted mistakes.  —  On Wednesday, the Reds wasted a terrific start by Hunter Greene because of a walk …