DETROIT (AP) β Getting a little help from fading Seattle, the Detroit Tigers have made it into the postseason by beating the Chicago White Sox 6-1 for Justin Verlander’s 15th victory. Verlander. He allowed a run and seven hits in eight innings. Combined with Seattle’s 1-0 loss in Toronto, the Tigers clinched no worse than a wild card and still could be AL Central champions.
CLEVELAND (AP) β Detroit’s lead over Kansas City in the American League Central is now two games and their magic number for clinching the division is three. That’s because the Cleveland Indians knocked off the Royals 6-4 as Yan Gomes hit his 21st homer.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)β If anybody ever asks you who owns the best strikeout-to-walk ratio among starting pitchers, the answer is “Phil Hughes.” The Minnesota Twins hurler set a single-season major league record for strikeout-to-walk ratio, finishing with 186 strikeouts to 16 walks, for the best ratio of all time for pitchers with a qualifying amount of innings.
NEW YORK (AP)β The New York Yankees were officially eliminated from the postseason chase by dropping a 9-5 decision to AL East champion Baltimore. Retiring Yankee captain Derek Jeter went 0-for-4 as the designated hitter in his next-to-last game home game, ending a seven-game hitting streak and dropping his average to .253.
UNDATED (AP) β ESPN has suspended Bill Simmons for three weeks after he repeatedly called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (guh-DEHL’) a liar during a profane tirade on a podcast. On his podcast released Tuesday, Simmons said he thought Goodell lied about not knowing what was on a security video that showed former Ravens running back Ray Rice hitting his wife in an elevator.
