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Saturday 21 September 2019
Yankees beat Angels 9-1, claim 1st AL East title since 2012

By The Associated Press against Baltimore in 1954.
NEW YORK (AP) — The re- Cleveland won 18 of 19 in
silient New York Yankees the season series and out-
powered their way to the scored Detroit 116-38
club's first AL East title since Clevinger (12-3) allowed
2012, routing the Los An- seven hits and struck out six.
geles Angels 9-1 Thursday Starter Daniel Norris (3-13)
night behind three RBIs allowed one run in three
each from old mainstay innings for the Tigers, who
Brett Gardner and new- have the worst record in
comer DJ LeMahieu. baseball at 45-107.
A day after wasting a The shutout was the 15th by
chance to clinch first place, Cleveland this season, and
the homer-happy Yankees Detroit was blanked for the
went ahead when LeMa- 14th time.
hieu hit a three-run drive RED SOX 5, GIANTS 4
in the second inning and BOSTON (AP) — Eduardo
breezed to their 100th win. Rodriguez struck out 10
Gardner added a solo shot over six innings of two-hit
in the fourth and then hit a ball, and Xander Bogaerts
two-run double in the sixth. had a pair of RBI singles to
Cameron Maybin and Clint lead Boston over San Fran-
Frazier homered for good cisco.
measure in the eighth, and Brandon Workman picked
Aroldis Chapman struck up his 15th save. Rodriguez
out Albert Pujols to end it. (18-6) walked two and al-
Despite putting 30 play- lowed one unearned run.
ers on the injured list this Madison Bumgarner (9-9)
season, New York (100-54) lost in his first career start at
wrapped up first place with Fenway Park, giving up five
eight games to spare and runs on nine hits and two
made Aaron Boone the first walks in five innings while
manager to win 100 games striking out seven. He al-
in each of his first two major lowed the first four Boston
league seasons. batters to reach safely and
The Yankees open the play- fell behind 2-1 after one in-
offs on Oct. 4, likely against ning.
Minnesota, which leads the BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 4
AL Central, or the wild-card BALTIMORE (AP) — Cavan
winner. Biggio homered and had
Masahiro Tanaka (11-8) al- three RBIs to offset a spec-
lowed Kole Calhoun's hom- tacular, homer-robbing
er leading off the fourth. catch by Austin Hays, and
The Angels had just four hits New York Yankees' DJ LeMahieu watches the ball after hitting a three-run home run during the Toronto used a six-run sev-
in seven innings off Tana- second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in enth inning to beat Bal-
ka, who struck out six and New York. timore for a three-game
walked one. Associated Press sweep.
But the Yankees may go Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also went
to the postseason without up six runs and five hits in four games — with nine four innings for the win. Tay- deep for the Blue Jays, who
their winningest pitcher, five-plus innings. games to go. lor Rogers recorded his 28th earned their first sweep at
Domingo Germán. The TWINS 8, ROYALS 5 Miguel Sanó homered and save. Camden Yards since July
27-year-old right-hander, MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Nel- hit the tiebreaking RBI dou- INDIANS 7, TIGERS 0 2010.
who is 18-4, was placed on son Cruz hit two of Minne- ble in the fifth following the CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike After Biggio and Gurriel
administrative leave under sota's four home runs and ejection of Royals starter Clevinger pitched six shut- homered off Gabriel Ynoa
Major League Baseball's matched his season high Mike Montgomery, who down innings, Franmil Reyes (1-9) within a span of three
domestic violence policy with five RBIs, igniting an- started that inning by giv- homered in his return to pitches in the fourth inning,
earlier in the day. other impressive power ing up a home run to Mitch the lineup and Cleveland Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sent a
New York's 19th AL East title display by the first-place Garver. moved into a tie for the drive to center. Hays ran to
was its first following a run of Twins. The Twins trimmed their second AL wild card with a the warning track, leaped
13 in 17 years that started in The win over Kansas City magic number for clinch- win over Detroit. to reach over the 7-foot
Derek Jeter's rookie season. kept the Twins' American ing the division to six. Francisco Lindor added wall and snagged the ball
Andrew Heaney (4-6) gave League Central lead at Lewis Thorpe (4-2) worked three hits, and Cleveland in the middle of his glove.
matched idle Tampa Bay Upon returning to the
at 90-63. Both teams trail ground, Hays pounded his
Oakland by two games chest three times in succes-
for the top spot. The Indi- sion and yelled with delight.
ans trail Minnesota by four Anthony Kay (1-0) earned
games in the AL Central. his first major league vic-
The Indians defeated the tory. Trey Mancini had four
Tigers for the 17th straight hits for the Orioles, who
time this season to match have lost four straight and
a franchise record set 15 of 19.q