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Each night in the 2016 baseball season we'll run down the top news, facts and highlights from around Major League Baseball.
Michael Fulmer helped the Tigers remain in the American League wild-card driver's seat Friday when he spun a gem to help Detroitbeat the Royals 8- Ricardo Sanchez Jersey 3 at home.
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The rookie, who had been struggling in September, allowed just one run in seven innings while striking out nine batters to help the Tigers keep a half-game lead over theOrioles for the final wild-card spot.
Detroit has won five games in a row on the strength of an offense that has sprung to life. Justin Upton, Cameron Maybin and Victor Martinez all hit home runs Friday night. Martinez's blast was his 26th of the year, which is the second-most home runs he's hit in a season.
It looked like the Tigers were going to gain ground on the Orioles late in evening, until Mark Trumbo hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to help the Orioles escape the Diamondbacks with a 3-2 win. It was his fifth career walk-off, Hisashi Iwakuma Jersey but first with the Orioles.
With just a little more than a week left to finish this tight race, it will surely come own to the wire between the Tigers and Orioles. The Astros, Mariners and even theYankees are still conceivably in the mix, but it will be tough for one of those teams to make up enough ground.
Meanwhile, theRangers on Friday with a 3-0 win against the Athletics.
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Jake Arrieta led the Cubs to a 5-0 Braden Bishop Jersey victory against the Cardinals by to sing seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts. The reigning NL Cy Young winner improved to 18-7 with a 2.85 ERA on the season. Despite turning in another good season, Arrieta hasn't generated much Cy Young buzz,with teammate Kyle Hendricks leading the way.
The Cubs clinched home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs when the Nationals fell to thePirates.
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Brewers first baseman ChrisCarter caught a line drive, steppedon first, then threw to second to record the eighthtriple play in Brewers history:
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It was the seventh triple play of the season, which is the most in a season since there were also seventurned in 1991.
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David Ortiz continued to Austin Nola Jersey prove he's still one of the best hitters in MLB when he clobbered his53rd career home runagainst theRays, tied for his third-most against any single opponent. The only player with more home runs against the Rays is Alex Rodriguez (56). Ortiz also reached124 RBIsthis season, which is the most in a player's final season since RBIsbecame an official stat in 1920.
Mike Napoli, Jose Ramirez and Coco Crisp led the Indians Erik Swanson Jersey to a 10-4 win against theWhite Sox. Napoli snapped out of a slump to record three hits with three runs scored and two RBIs. Ramirez went 3 for 4 with three runs scored, a home run and four RBIs, and Crisp hadthree hits and three RBIs.
The Blue Jays defeated the Yankees9-0. It is Toronto'slargest shutout over the Yankees since Sept. 4, 2001. It's alsothe first time the Yankees have been shut out fivetimes in a single Ken Griffey Jersey month since May 1984 (fivetimes).
What's next:
Royals (77-77) at Tigers (83-70) 1:05 p.m. ET This ever-important game for Detroitwill be put in the hands of 23-year-old Daniel Norris (3-2, 3.63 ERA), who will face off against Royals ace Yordano Ventura (11-11, 4.35 ERA). Earlier this week, Justin Verlander mentioned Norris as one of the reasons Detroit's rotation was in good hands for the future. Let's see whether he can help out in the present as well.
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