Baseball

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox longtime head groundskeeper Dave Mellor is retiring Sunday after the club’s final game of the season against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. Mellor has spent 23 years with the Red Sox and 39 in major league baseball.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays recalled left-hander Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday afternoon. The move was made shortly before the start of the regular-season finale against the Miami Marlins at Rogers Centre.

ATLANTA (AP) — Travis d’Arnaud hit a home run in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves kept up their postseason push with a 2-1 win over the playoff-bound Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.

Philadelphia Phillies (94-67, first in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (71-90, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Sunday, 3:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Aaron Nola (13-8, 3.52 ERA, 1.

St. Louis Cardinals (82-79, third in the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (80-81, fourth in the NL West) San Francisco; Sunday, 3:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Michael McGreevy (2-0, 2.40 ERA, 0.

Tampa Bay Rays (80-81, fourth in the AL East) vs. Boston Red Sox (80-81, third in the AL East) Boston; Sunday, 3:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Ryan Pepiot (8-7, 3.64 ERA, 1.

Chicago White Sox (40-121, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (86-75, second in the AL Central) Detroit; Sunday, 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City Royals (85-76, third in the AL Central) vs. Atlanta Braves (88-71, second in the NL East) Atlanta; Sunday, 3:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Alec Marsh (8-9, 4.65 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 121 strikeouts); Braves: Charlie Morton (8-9, 4.

Miami Marlins (61-100, fifth in the NL East) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (74-87, fifth in the AL East) Toronto; Sunday, 3:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Ryan Weathers (4-6, 3.81 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 74 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt (10-14, 4.

Pittsburgh Pirates (76-85, fifth in the NL Central) vs. New York Yankees (93-68, first in the AL East) New York; Sunday, 3:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Bailey Falter (8-9, 4.26 ERA, 1.