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Kansas City Royals (82-74, third in the AL Central) vs. Washington Nationals (69-87, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Tuesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.24 ERA, 1.

Texas Rangers (74-82, third in the AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (67-89, fourth in the AL West) Oakland, California; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (11-8, 3.96 ERA, 1.

New York Mets (87-69, second in the NL East) vs. Atlanta Braves (85-71, third in the NL East) Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Luis Severino (11-6, 3.79 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 156 strikeouts); Braves: Spencer Schwellenbach (7-7, 3.

Baltimore Orioles (86-70, second in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (92-64, first in the AL East) New York; Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Dean Kremer (7-10, 4.19 ERA, 1.

PHOENIX (AP) — Matt Chapman hit an inside-the-park homer , Casey Schmitt and Michael Conforto both added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants continued to be a problem for teams with postseason aspirations, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-3 on

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto homered and Aaron Nola struck out seven to help the Philadelphia Phillies clinch their first NL East title since 2011 with a 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — All summer long, one massive series kept looming on the schedule. Three games between the Mets and Braves in Atlanta during the final week of the season.

HOUSTON (AP) — Bryce Miller threw seven shutout innings and Julio Rodríguez had three hits and two RBIs to help the Seattle Mariners to a 6-1 win Monday night over Houston that prevented the Astros from clinching the AL West title.

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez has a sprained right knee and won't play in Houston's series against Seattle, which goes through Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto homered, and Aaron Nola struck out seven to help the Philadelphia Phillies clinch their first NL East title since 2011 with a 6-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.