Red Sox don't let loss stop AL East title celebration
Wednesday's late meltdown against the Yankees only briefly dampened the spirits of the Red Sox, who clinched the AL East with help from the Orioles.
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Wednesday's Postseason implications
- Red Sox clinch AL East title
- Orioles beat Blue Jays to keep sole possession of second AL wild card
- Mets' magic number shrinks to 2 after win plus Cardinals loss
Mets hold on to top wild-card spot
James Loney and Jay Bruce each hit home runs to help the Mets beat the Marlins and hold on to the top spot in the NL wild-card race.
Doug Padilla ESPN Staff Writer
Padres 6, Dodgers 5, Final. Dodgers fail to gain ground on the Nationals for home field in the NLDS. They remain two back with four to play.
John Jaso hits for cycle in Pirates' win
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Tigers top Indians in rain-shortened game
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Kim hits pinch-hit game-winning homer
Hyun Soo Kim pinch hits in the top of the ninth and belts a two-run home run to give the Orioles a 3-2 win over the Blue Jays and make the Red Sox American League East champions.
Freeman extends hit streak to 30 games
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Teixeira's grand slam gives Yankees walk-off win
Down 3-1 in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded, Mark Teixeira hits a grand slam into the right-field seats to lift the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
John Farrell: "I told them after the game, don't let one inning take away from what they've done for seven full months. They're AL East champions, we're AL East champions and we've got a lot of work left ahead of us. But one inning should not take away from the fact that we're champions."
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Scene from a division-clinching party: Red Sox president of baseball ops Dave Dombrowski walking around the clubhouse without his shoes. "It's fantastic, but you also know that this is only one step," he said. "This is great, and you can tell everybody's happy. But we have other goals left to achieve."
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Principal owner John Henry on Red Sox's chances to play deep into October: "I feel pretty good. Let's put it this way: Where we are now, I wouldn't want to play us going into the playoffs."
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
David Ortiz, as he entered raucous clinching celebration in Red Sox's clubhouse: "I wanted to celebrate on that field so bad, but it is what it is. We end up being the first place team in the American League, and we're going to celebrate anyway. I'm going to drown in this, man."
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Mark Teixeira became the first Yankees player to hit a walk-off grand slam against the Red Sox since Charlie Keller in 1942. It was Teixeira's first career regular season walk-off HR (he hit one in the 2009 ALDS). He had the most of anyone who didn't have a walk-off HR (he entered with 408). The new leader in that stat is ex-Tigers slugger, Norm Cash (377)
Doug Padilla ESPN Staff Writer
After 13 years of Petco Park in San Diego, somebody has finally hit a home run on the roof of the Western Metal Supply Co., in a regular-season game anyway. The Padres' Hunter Renfroe, in his seventh career game, crushed one on top of the fourth floor of the brick building down the LF line. Perhaps more of those are coming from Renfroe, who already has four HRs in those seven games.
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Jerry Crasnick ESPN Senior Writer
Nine hours after Jose Fernandez's hearse left Marlins Park, fans are still leaving messages on the wall. Their love knows no bounds.
Adam Rubin ESPN Staff Writer
Terry Collins praised his team's conduct during a difficult series in Miami. Collins also praised the Marlins.
Wallace Matthews ESPN Staff Writer
Mark Teixeira making the most of his final week as a Yankee, just belted a walkoff grand slam homer to beat the Red Sox, 5-3, and keepYankees playoff hopes alive
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
And Mark Teixiera walks off the Red Sox with a three-run homer off Joe Kelly. This will be an awkward division-clinching celebration.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
28 pitches, no outs, one run in, bases still loaded, and that will be all for Craig Kimbrel. Joe Kelly will try to nail it down. Red Sox lead, 3-1, with Starlin Castro coming to the plate.
Adam Rubin ESPN Staff Writer
Marlins fans salute their players after the home finale in Miami.
Adam Rubin ESPN Staff Writer
Terry Collins went to home dugout to shake Don Mattingly's hand after the series finale at Marlins Park. The Mets showed great sensitivity this series while winning the final two games to move closer to clinching a wild-card spot.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Blue Jays lose, 3-2. Red Sox are AL East champs.
Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer
Here comes Craig Kimbrel. Red Sox are three outs away from AL East title. Blue Jays, meanwhile, are down 3-2 with two outs in bottom of the ninth in Toronto.
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