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Reds clinch 2025 playoff berth

\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:” as the Mets were losing their grip with a surprising swoon of their own, the Reds won six of their next seven games and pulled into a tie with New York on Sept. 21. Then Cincinnati dropped two of three home games to the last-place Pirates to lose control of its own destiny.\n\nThen with Friday’s win over the Brewers, coupled with a Mets loss at Miami, the Reds got it back. But this time, they didn’t let it go.\n\n“It just speaks volumes to the team, just staying together, staying true,\” said pitcher Andrew Abbott, who started Saturday. \”We knew it wasnâ€t going to be easy. We knew we were going to have a long fight ahead of us. Itâ€s still not going to be easy moving forward. We know what we have to do. 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Major League Baseball today announced the complete broadcast schedule for the 2025 Wild Card Series. The 2025 postseason will have four Wild Card Series games scheduled each day from Tuesday through Thursday under a best-of-three format, all available on ESPNâ€s family of networks.

The MLB Wild Card Series will be available in Spanish on ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App. ESPN Radio will also provide live national coverage of all 2025 MLB Postseason games, beginning with the Wild Card Series. In addition, MLB Network will have extensive studio coverage of the Wild Card Series.

The 2025 postseason schedule, subject to change, can be viewed in its entirety at MLB.com/postseason and below.

Tuesday, Sept. 30
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 1: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 1: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 1: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 1: 9 p.m. on ESPN

Wednesday, Oct. 1
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 2: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 2: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 2: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 2: 9 p.m. on ESPN

Thursday, Oct. 2
Tigers @ Guardians, AL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 1 p.m. on ESPN
Padres @ Cubs, NL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 3 p.m. on ABC
Red Sox @ Yankees, AL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 6 p.m. on ESPN
Reds @ Dodgers, NL Wild Card Series Game 3*: 9 p.m. on ESPN

FOR ANY THREE-GAME SCENARIOS ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:

If the DET @ CLE series is over, then there are no changes to the original schedule.

If the SD @ CHC series is over, then:

If the BOS @ NYY series is over, then:

If the CIN @ LAD series is over, then:

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FOR ANY ONE-GAME SCENARIO ON THURSDAY, OCT. 2:

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Saturday, Oct. 4
ALDS A, Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
NLDS A, Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Sunday, Oct. 5
ALDS A, Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 6
NLDS A, Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Tuesday, Oct. 7
ALDS A, Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Wednesday, Oct. 8
NLDS A, Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALDS A, Game 4* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 4* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Thursday, Oct. 9
NLDS A, Game 4* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 4* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Friday, Oct. 10
ALDS A, Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)
ALDS B, Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Oct. 11
NLDS A, Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
NLDS B, Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

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Sunday, Oct. 12
ALCS Game 1 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 13
NLCS Game 1 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 2 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Tuesday, Oct. 14
NLCS Game 2 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Wednesday, Oct. 15
ALCS Game 3 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Thursday, Oct. 16
NLCS Game 3 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 4 (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Friday, Oct. 17
NLCS Game 4 (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 5* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Oct. 18
NLCS Game 5* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Sunday, Oct. 19
ALCS Game 6* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 20
NLCS Game 6* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)
ALCS Game 7* (FOX/FS1/FOX Deportes)

Tuesday, Oct. 21
NLCS Game 7* (TBS, truTV, HBO Max)

Friday, Oct. 24
Game 1, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Oct. 25
Game 2, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Monday, Oct. 27
Game 3 (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Tuesday, Oct. 28
Game 4 (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Wednesday, Oct. 29
Game 5* (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Friday, Oct. 31
Game 6*, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

Saturday, Nov. 1
Game 7*, at better 2025 record (FOX/FOX Deportes)

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Sep 28, 2025, 01:46 AM ET

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Houston Astros’ streak of eight consecutive playoff appearances ended Saturday night in the second inning of their 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

The Astros took the field at Angel Stadium with a glimmer of hope, as the Cleveland Guardians and Texas Rangers were tied going into the ninth inning at Progressive Field.

But with Christian Walker at the plate in the top of the second in Anaheim, Guardians outfielder C.J. Kayfus was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give Cleveland a 3-2 win over the Rangers, clinching the final American League playoff berth for the Guardians and eliminating the Astros.

This will be the first time the Astros (86-75) miss the postseason since 2016. They made seven straight trips to the AL Championship Series from 2017-23, winning four pennants and a pair of World Series titles (2017 and 2022) during that stretch.

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In fact, Sunday’s season finale against the Angels will be only the fourth game since the start of the 2015 season in which the Astros will be out of playoff contention.

“I want to apologize to the fans in Houston for falling short. It’s not what they’re accustomed to,” Astros infielder Carlos Correa said. “They’re used to watching playoff baseball, and they look forward to that every single year.

“We were not able to accomplish that this year, but we promise our fans in Houston that this offseason is going to be one of a lot of hard work. We’re going to get better, and next year is going to be one to remember.”

Houston began the season without two of its best players from 2024, as third baseman Alex Bregman signed a free-agent deal with the Boston Red Sox and outfielder Kyle Tucker was traded to the Chicago Cubs.

The Astros lost their top slugger, Yordan Alvarez, to injuries for much of the season and several other key players — closer Josh Hader, shortstop Jeremy Peña and third baseman Isaac Paredes among them — to injuries down the stretch.

Houston was still in the hunt for a fifth straight AL West title, tied with Seattle entering a big three-game series against the Mariners on Sept. 19. But the Astros were swept at home by Seattle and lost two more games to the Athletics — they did not hold a lead in any of the five consecutive losses — to fall five games back in the division race.

They had a chance to pull into a three-way tie with the Guardians and Detroit Tigers on Friday night, but failed to hold an early 3-0 lead and lost 4-3 to the Angels to remain a game behind the two AL Central teams.

Cleveland and Detroit both hold tiebreakers over Houston, so the Astros needed to win their final two games and have either the Guardians or Tigers lose their last two to extend their playoff streak. But then Cleveland and Detroit both won on Saturday to punch their tickets to the postseason.

“That’s a meeting, that’s a conversation that you don’t want to have with your team,” Houston manager Joe Espada said of his postgame address to the club. “This is my eighth season, and this has never happened. But it happened today.

“I told this team I’m really proud of them, because we’ve gone through a lot. We have guys who have no business being on the field right now, who are banged-up, but they’re playing through pain, through injuries, because they want it for our city, they want it for their teammates, and that’s the heart of a champion, right?”

Walker, who hit two solo homers Saturday night, believes Houston’s absence from the postseason will be an aberration, not the start of a downward spiral for the franchise.

“This stinks. It hurts, for sure. We poured a lot of energy and emotion, and blood, sweat and tears into the season,” Walker said. “I felt like with this team, there’s a lot of special moments that could happen in this room, so it sucks not to be able to show that on the postseason stage.

“There were some unfortunate injuries and things that happened along the way, but that’s part of it. Good teams find a way, and we almost did. We were close but not good enough. But even with the lineup and the roster we have, I think this group can win a World Series, for sure.”

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ANAHEIM — One of the most successful runs in baseball history ended Saturday afternoon when the final score from Cleveland was displayed on the scoreboard at Angel Stadium: Guardians 3, Rangers 2. The Astros†eight-year streak of postseason appearances ended during their 161st game of the 2025 season, with the Guardians locking up the final postseason spot in the American League.

The Astros knew their chances of playing into October were slim after they blew a three-run lead to the Angels in Fridayâ€s series opener, but the reality of elimination swept swiftly through the first-base dugout in the second inning of Saturdayâ€s 6-1 win. For the first time since 2016, the Astros wonâ€t participate in the playoffs.

“I think we are all disappointed and sad about it,†said second baseman Jose Altuve, whoâ€s been a part of the entire run. “We tried to fight to the last day. We had some chances before todayâ€s game and it didnâ€t happen. Not a good feeling.â€

It was a remarkable run of perseverance and excellence, with no shortage of thrilling moments and champagne celebrations. It was a stretch of dominance Astros fans might not see again in their lifetimes, spanning three managers and general managers.

Astros manager Joe Espada addressed the team after the game in a quiet clubhouse and said he was proud of their effort and excited for the future.

“Thatâ€s the meeting, thatâ€s the conversation you donâ€t want to have with your team,†he said. “I told this team Iâ€m really proud of them because we have gone through a lot. We got guys that have no business being on the field right now, banged up injury-wise. But theyâ€re playing through pain and through injuries just because they want it for our city, they want it for their teammates. Thatâ€s the heart of a champion right there.â€

Houstonâ€s eight consecutive playoff appearances (2017-24) comprised the fourth-longest run in Major League history. The Astros played 99 postseason games in that span, winning two World Series championships, four American League pennants, made seven consecutive trips to the ALCS (2017-23) and captured seven AL West division titles in eight seasons.

Carlos Correa, who helped launch Houstonâ€s glory years as a rookie in 2015 and returned this season in a July trade, said he wanted to apologize to the fans in Houston for not having postseason baseball.

“It’s not what they’re accustomed to,†he said. “They’re used to watching playoff baseball and they look forward to that every single year. It’s a beautiful time of the year in Houston. We were not able to accomplish that this year, but we promise our fans in Houston this offseason is going to be one of a lot of hard work. We’re all going to get better. Next year will be one to remember.”

After being swept in the Wild Card round by the Tigers last year, the Astros traded star outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Cubs and lost star third baseman Alex Bregman in free agency, but still were the favorites to win the West. The club began dealing with injuries early in the season and they didnâ€t step, depleting the teamâ€s depth.

The Astros had 28 players land on the IL this year, including eight players with multiple stints. At one point they had 18 players on the injured list, including three-fifths of their starting rotation to begin the season. Along the way, they lost Yordan Alvarez 100 games with a broken bone in his hand and for the final 11 games with a sprained ankle.

“If weâ€re healthy and I know that you look at the rosters, thereâ€s places we could address and make our roster better,†Espada said. “Weâ€ll work through that. But the heart and the foundation and what makes this team really good is still in the clubhouse, and as long as we have that culture that itâ€s about us, not one player, weâ€re going to find ourselves in a really good spot for many years to come.â€

Three of Houstonâ€s four 2025 All-Stars — shortstop Jeremy Peña, third baseman Isaac Paredes and closer Josh Hader — missed significant time with injuries. Peña was out 27 games in July with a rib fracture and missed his sixth game in a row Saturday with an oblique strain. Paredes missed 54 games with a hamstring strain and Hader missed the final 46 games with a shoulder capsule strain.

“Good teams find a way anyway,†said first baseman Christian Walker, who clubbed two homers Saturday. “We almost did. We were close, but not good enough.â€

The injuries caught up with the Astros in the second half of the season. After sweeping the Dodgers in Los Angeles in early July to improve to 55-35 and open up a seven-game lead in the AL West, the Astros went 30-40 in their next 70 games, including a three-game sweep to the Mariners last weekend that lost the division. They led the AL West for 109 games, but couldnâ€t finish it off.

“You win 86 games and without a lot of our main guys, but at the same time we won 86 games because some of our young players carried us to this point,†Espada said. “That tells you the character and the talent that we have in the organization. But this really sucks, man. This is not what you go to Spring Training for. Expectations are high, but this is where weâ€re at. Weâ€ll overcome that and get back to work.â€

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Sep 27, 2025, 10:14 PM ET

CLEVELAND — Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said in the midst of Cleveland’s 10-game losing streak in early July that things would turn around.

Vogt ended up selling his team a little short, as the Guardians made one of the biggest turnarounds in baseball history.

Cleveland clinched a postseason spot in fittingly improbable fashion. CJ Kayfus was hit in the arm by a fastball from Texas Rangers reliever Robert Garcia with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning Saturday night, scoring Petey Halpin with the winning run to give the Guardians a 3-2 victory that put them in the playoffs.

According to Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first time since at least 1920 that a team won on a walk-off hit by pitch to clinch a postseason spot.

“When they walked [Gabriel] Arias [to load the bases], I knew I had a job to do. I knew I was going to get that job done one way or another, but I definitely didn’t think it was going to be like that,” said Kayfus, who was called up from the minors in early August.

The Guardians (86-74) became the fourth major league team and first in the American League to reach the postseason after having a 10-game losing streak, joining the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1982 Atlanta Braves and 1951 New York Giants.

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“It’s exactly us. Of course, we’re going to get in on a walk-off hit by pitch,” a champagne-soaked Vogt said in the clubhouse as his team was celebrating. “Just to stop and think about where we came from to get here. There’s no words. I couldn’t be more proud of these guys. They’ve earned every bit of this.”

According to FanGraphs, the Guardians had a 2.9% chance to make the postseason and a 0.2% chance to win the AL Central on Sept. 1.

Cleveland remains tied with Detroit for the division lead after the Tigers also wrapped up a postseason spot Saturday with a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.

If Cleveland and Detroit are tied after Sunday’s games, the Guardians would win the AL Central due to an 8-5 advantage in the season series. They would host a wild-card series starting Tuesday.

Even though Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez have been the Guardians’ offensive stalwarts all year, others have picked up the slack in September.

Johnathan Rodriguez, called up Wednesday after David Fry was hit in the face by a pitch Tuesday night, hit a two-run homer in the first inning to put the Guardians up 2-1. It was the first at-bat for Rodríguez, who had a .167 average in 29 big league games, since he was called up for his third stint this season.

“They showed me the lineup last night and I showed it to my wife. She said just to play like you did at Triple-A,” Rodriguez said.

On Wednesday, the Guardians became the first major league team to overcome a deficit of 15½ games and take the lead in either division or league play with a 5-1 win over the Tigers. Cleveland was 40-48 and also 6½ games out of a wild-card spot on July 6 after a 7-2 loss in 10 innings to the Tigers extended the losing streak to 10.

Since July 7, the Guardians are an AL-best 47-26.

The 1914 Boston Braves were 15 games back in the National League on July 4 and rallied to win by 10½ games, according to Elias. Since baseball went to division play in 1969, the biggest deficit overcome was 14 games by the 1978 New York Yankees to win the AL East.

On Sept. 4, the Guardians were 69-70 and 11 games behind the Tigers before going 15-1, including a 10-game winning streak that included a three-game sweep in Detroit. It is the largest September lead overcome to tie or take the lead in the division or league, according to Elias. The previous mark was 8½ games by the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals and 1964 Cincinnati Reds.

Cleveland found its way back to the postseason despite reliever Emmanuel Clase and starting pitcher Luis Ortiz being placed on non-disciplinary leave in July as part of investigations into their possible involvement in gambling during games. Ortiz was placed on leave July 3 and Clase on July 28.

“I give our players and coaches and staff and [Vogt] a ton of credit because it was a really hard mountain to climb to make this a reality,” Cleveland president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said. “There were obviously times during the season where this looked really far away, and our group was never daunted by that. They showed up each day with the same energy, the same focus, the same intensity, to try to figure out a way to win a game that night, and that mindset’s really carried us forward to today.”

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MIAMI — With the New York Mets facing potential elimination from postseason contention Saturday, manager Carlos Mendoza was prepared to exhaust every available pitcher to keep their October hopes afloat going into Sunday’s Game 162.

Clay Holmes ensured that was not necessary.

The veteran right-hander delivered the best start of his career to complete his first full regular season as a starter, holding the Miami Marlins to one hit over six scoreless innings in the Mets’ 5-0 victory.

“That’s the exact outing that we needed today,” said Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs. “And he really stepped up. That was a big-time outing for him. Just unbelievable. Picture-perfect outing for him.”

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The Mets departed LoanDepot Park a half-game ahead of the Cincinnati Reds for the third and final National League wild-card spot, with the Reds scheduled to play against the Milwaukee Brewers later Saturday. As a result, the Mets’ postseason fortunes will come down to the last day of the regular season.

“It’s a game we had to win today, and I just went out there and gave it my all,” Holmes said. “But I think once we finish the job, get in the playoffs, I’ll be a little bit more satisfied.”

Holmes had not started a game in 11 days as he sputtered down the stretch and the free-falling Mets sought alternatives. His previous two outings were in relief; he logged 3â…” innings last Sunday and was used as a conventional one-inning reliever Wednesday.

Pitching for the third time in a week Saturday, Holmes needed just 78 pitches to secure his 18 outs. He wiggled out of jams in the third and fifth innings. He retired the Marlins in order in his other four frames. It was the first time Holmes had completed at least six innings since Aug. 23 and just his second time since June 7.

The Mets signed Holmes to a three-year, $38 million contract over the offseason as a starter despite him not starting a game since 2018. He had, in the interim, become a two-time All-Star reliever with the New York Yankees. It was a risk the Mets determined worthwhile given his 6-foot-5 frame and high-powered arsenal. By the end of Saturday, the risk had paid dividends: With the performance, Holmes finished the season 12-8 with a 3.53 ERA over a career-high 165 â…” innings and avoided the injured list.

“Amazing, unbelievable,” Mendoza said. “On a day where we’re probably looking at 70 pitches from him, at most, going into that game.”

Holmes shined Saturday, utilizing a recent wrinkle: consistently switching from one side of the mound to the other to give hitters different looks. He said it was the fourth time he varied his position on the rubber — he debuted the strategy in a game with the bases loaded in a start against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sept. 10 — and felt comfortable enough to continue with it.

“It’s just a different window that hitters have to look at and try to see where my stuff is coming out of,” Holmes said. “Especially a guy that depends on east-west movement, moving even more side to side and just trying to take advantage of that a little bit.”

It was not the first time a Mets pitcher dominated the Marlins in Game 161 to avoid a collapse. In 2007, John Maine limited the Marlins to one hit over eight scoreless innings. A year later, Johan Santana, pitching with a torn meniscus in his left knee, tossed a three-hit shutout. Both times, the Mets lost the next day and failed to reach the postseason. The Mets hope the 2025 finale, with some help from Milwaukee, produces a different result.

“All I can say is, for today at least,” Alonso said, “‘Go, Brewers.'”

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The Mariners’ American League West title is potentially causing scheduling issues for the Seahawks that could result in a changed kickoff time for at least one — and possibly two — home games, Seattle officials told ESPN.

Both of the Seahawks’ next two home games — next Oct. 5 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Monday night, Oct. 20 against the Houston Texans — are on nights when the Mariners could be hosting playoff games.

The infrastructure of the area surrounding the Mariners’ T-Mobile Park and the Seahawks’ Lumen Field — which are practically next door to each other, a mere one-tenth of a mile apart — is not designed to support two games played at the same time and would create logistical issues that include a chaotic traffic situation along with overcrowding.

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Therefore, if the two games in Seattle wind up being scheduled for the same time – a decision that Major League Baseball must first make — changes to the Seahawks’ schedule might have to be made.

MLB officials are not expected to decide until Friday when the Mariners will start their Sunday AL Division Series in Seattle. But on that same day, the Seahawks are scheduled to host the Buccaneers at 1:05 p.m. local time.

If the Mariners also are scheduled to play at the same time, the Seahawks could push back their kickoff anywhere from 90 to 150 minutes, according to Seattle officials.

There is a similar but less likely scenario that could play out for the Monday night game on Oct. 20, when Game 7 of the AL Championship Series is scheduled to be played. The Seahawks host the Texans at 7:00 p.m. local time in the second game of a Monday Night Football doubleheader on ESPN.

A lot has to happen to even get to this point, but if the Mariners somehow wind up hosting Game 7 of the ACLS, the game likely would have to start somewhere around 4:30 p.m. local time, with the Seahawks kicking off some 150 minutes later, according to city officials.

These are not common scenarios, but ones that both teams and city officials have discussed and planned for.

Back in October 2022, the Seahawks and Mariners were in danger of playing at the same time due to a potential Game 4 in the Mariners’ playoff series against the Houston Astros. On the same day, the Seahawks were scheduled to play a 1:05 local time game against the Arizona Cardinals that they were preparing to push back 85 minutes, to a 2:30 start.

But the Mariners’ series didn’t last long enough, and a conflict therefore was avoided. Now, there are two potential conflicts looming in a year in which the Mariners won their first division title since 2001, when the Seahawks still played in the AFC.

T-Mobile Park, in the city’s SoDo neighborhood, is right up the street from Lumen Field, an all-purpose stadium that’s also home to the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer and the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women’s Soccer League.

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Sep 27, 2025, 07:06 PM ET

BOSTON — Jahmai Jones hit a two-run single in the fifth inning, and the Detroit Tigers hung on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday, clinching a spot in the American League playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Less than 24 hours after the Red Sox sealed their postseason berth, the Tigers claimed at least a wild card spot and pushed the Houston Astros closer to elimination. Detroit still could win the AL Central title but would need help from Texas, which played Cleveland on Saturday night.

Keider Montero and four relievers held Boston to one run and seven hits. Tyler Holton (6-5) got four outs for the victory. Will Vest pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.

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“Kind of a crazy ride, but it’s well worth it,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch told his team in the clubhouse Saturday night during the celebration. “We went up, we went down, we went up again.”

The Tigers (87-74) led the division by as many as 14 games in July and still held a 9½-game lead on Sept. 11 before losses in 12 out of 14 games dropped them into a tie with Cleveland (86-74). The Guardians, who were in fourth place and 15½ games back on July 7, are 17-4 since Sept. 5 and hold the tiebreaker against Detroit.

Detroit has ace Tarik Skubal (13-6) lined up to pitch in Sunday’s regular-season finale, but the Tigers would love to save him for the postseason opener.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora had some choice words for those who claimed his team wouldn’t make the playoffs this year, noting that no one believed in his squad before the season.

“Let’s be honest, nobody thought we were gonna make it to October (when the season started),” Cora said, per Christopher Smith of MassLive.

“Whoever says that, ‘Yeah, we were a playoff team,’ that’s f–king bulls–t, to be honest with you. Nobody thought we were gonna make it to October. It was New York. It was Baltimore, it was Toronto, you know, and we believed we were going to play in October. We set our standards every single day. And we hit our standards.”

The Red Sox endured two non-winning seasons (78-84 in 2023; 81-81 in 2024) after last making the playoffs in 2022. Expectations weren’t great for Boston this year, but they’re currently 88-72 and have safely clinched a wild card spot.

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ANAHEIM — Things couldnâ€t have worked out much better for the Astros than they did to begin Friday night, with the Tigers and Guardians both losing, giving Houston the help it needed in its last-gasp push for an American League Wild Card spot. All the Astros had to do was take care of business against the last-place Angels.

What wound up playing out at Anaheim Stadium was fitting for a team that hasnâ€t had much go its way this season. An early three-run lead had Houston sitting in a good spot before Mike Trout clubbed a pair of solo homers to help the Angels storm back and send the Astros to a devastating 4-3 loss that pushed them to the brink of elimination.

There is no more wiggle room: The Astros need to win their last two games and have either the Tigers or Guardians lose out to make the playoffs.

“It was a must-win game for us, definitely,†shortstop Carlos Correa said. “Thatâ€s how we were approaching it and we just didnâ€t get the job done. Itâ€s not over yet. It looks very uphill, but weâ€ve still got to go tomorrow and keep the same mentality and go out there and win. We have to keep an eye out for the other games.â€

The Astros†run of eight consecutive playoff berths could be over before they even get a chance to play tomorrow, with the Red Sox and Tigers scheduled to play at 3:10 p.m. CT — more than five hours before the scheduled first pitch Saturday in Anaheim. The Astros were tied for first place in the AL West with Seattle only a week ago, but have lost six of their past seven games.

“It sucks, but thereâ€s still a chance,†first baseman Christian Walker said. “Thatâ€s all we need. Weâ€re motivated as long as thereâ€s still an opportunity. Yeah, we made it a little bit harder, but it is what it is. You canâ€t spend too much time dwelling on it. Itâ€s time to focus on winning tomorrow.â€

An Astros season that has been defined by injuries was dealt another one Friday when starting center fielder Jake Meyers was scratched with right calf soreness. All-Star shortstop Jeremy Pena missed his fifth game in a row with an oblique strain, and slugger Yordan Alvarez — whom the Astros hoped might return from a sprained ankle suffered Sept. 15 — was ruled out for the series.

Still, the Astros, behind Walkerâ€s 25th homer of the season and daring steal of home plate by rookie Zach Cole on the back end of a double steal, helped the Astros to a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning. The Astros had some momentum and hope, if only for a few innings.

“Itâ€s tough,†Astros manager Joe Espada said. “Weâ€ve been in this spot before. I feel like weâ€re in the corner and we punch our way out of the corner and we get thrown back in the corner. We have to continue to punch back and fight back, but tomorrowâ€s another day and we have to continue to grind and fight if we really want this. I know those guys want it. Weâ€ve just got to keep fighting.â€

Trout got the Angels going with a fourth-inning homer off starter Jason Alexander, who went 4 2/3 innings, and they scored once in the fifth and again in the seventh to tie the game on a pinch-hit single by Chris Taylor off reliable lefty Bryan King.

“We scored early and put some good at-bats together and Jason came out throwing the ball really, really well,†Espada said. “We held that lead and we wanted to really get him through the lineup two times. He did. We just couldnâ€t tack on another run, but we competed.â€

King had not allowed any of his 22 inherited runners this season to score, which was the most inherited runners without allowing any to score in MLB this season.

Then, Trout led off the eighth with a homer off King to put the Angels ahead, 4-3, and Kenley Jansen shut the door on the Astros in the ninth.

“Heâ€s been lights-out,†Espada said. “If thereâ€s a guy we want in the game in that spot, itâ€s Bryan King. Heâ€s been our guy all year.â€

And now the Astros need nothing short of a miracle to avoid having the door shut on their season.

“Weâ€ve all been in situations in life like that when you get your hopes up and all of a sudden everything comes crashing down,†Correa said. “Itâ€s not a great feelingâ€

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