The penultimate Wednesday of September features 14 games, including three of the daytime variety. Keep it here throughout for all the latest news, notes, and scores.

Wednesday's scores

Yanks delay Red Sox's AL East clinch again

The Yankees overpowered Boston's David Price in the Bronx on Wednesday night, postponing the Red Sox's American League East clinch celebration for the second straight night. In his last four starts at Yankee Stadium, Price has a 10.80 ERA, .378 opposing batting average and he's allowed 13 home runs.

Yankees right-hander Luis Severino was dealing again as he went for seven innings, striking out six. New York's late-season acquistion Luke Voit hit two home runs and Aaron Judge got his first hit since coming off the disabled list. American League Rookie of the Year candidate Miguel Andujar became the Yankees' fifth rookie and second in two years to hit 25 home runs, joining Judge (52 in 2018), Bobby Murcer (26 in 1969), Joe Gordon (25 in 1938) and Joe DiMaggio (29 in 1936). The Yankees' three homers in Wednesday's game gave them a season total of 245, tying their single-season record, set in 2012.

Also noteworthy in the game was Yankees No. 1 prospect Justus Sheffield making his major-league debut to start the ninth with a 10-1 lead. He worked himself out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam, getting Mookie Betts to bounce into a game-ending double play.

The Yankees' lead over the Oakland Athletics has nearly doubled from 1 1/2 games to 2 1/2 games and the Red Sox's magic number to clinch is still two.

Dodgers complete sweep of Rockies, take a 2 1/2 game lead in the NL West

Behind a powerful performance from Dodgers ace Walker Buehler and a clutch, three-run, pinch-hit home run from Yasiel Puig to break a 2-2 tie in the seventh inning, Los Angeles defeated Colorado 5-2.

Buehler finished with a career-high 12 strikeouts in six innings, and over his past 10 starts, the 24-year-old has a 1.58 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, .163 opposing batting average and 79 strikeouts in 62 2/3 innings.

The Dodgers are now 85-68 and lead the National League West by 2 1/2 games. It's their biggest division lead of the year.

Jason Kipnis hits a walk-off grand slam for his 1,000th career hit

Jason Kipnis made his 1,000th career hit count Wednesday night, as it came on a walk-off grand slam with one out in the ninth inning to defeat the Chicago White Sox, 4-1. The American League Central champions were held to two hits through eight innings before their comeback victory. Prior to Wednesday, the Indians had lost five of their last eight games. With Kipnis' 17th home run of the season, he became the first player in team history to have 1,000 hits, 100-plus home runs and 100-plus stolen bases.

Daniel Palka scored Chicago's lone run with his 26th home run of the season, moving into a tie with the Atlanta Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. for the major-league lead in rookie home runs.

Diamondbacks avoid sweep and shut out the Cubs

Arizona halted its losing streak at four games with a 9-0 shutout win over the Chicago Cubs. In a lineup that was without Paul Goldschmidt, David Peralta, A.J. Pollock and Steven Souza, the Diamondbacks saw Christian Walker and Chris Owings homer off Cole Hamels. Hamels had yet to lose a start since joining the Cubs via trade from Texas on July 27.

Arizona's Robbie Ray (6-2) continued his strong finish to the season, striking out eight over six shutout innings.

The Cubs' lead in the National League Central dropped to 2 1/2 games over the Milwaukee Brewers, who beat the Cincinnati Reds earlier Wednesday.

Rays extend winning streak behind Pham

The Rays are trying their best to make the last week-plus an exciting one for the AL playoff picture. On Wednesday, they ran their winning streak to five in a row by topping the Rangers.

Tommy Pham, acquired at the deadline as part of a four-player deal, had himself an afternoon. He went 3 for 5 with two home runs and two runs batted in as the Rays won 9-3. Pham entered the day batting .314/.412/.510 as a member of the Rays. Those marks are all going up now.

The Rays will either enter Thursday 4 1/2 or 5 1/2 games behind the Athletics for the second wild-card spot. Tampa Bay has 11 games remaining, so the math is going to be difficult either way. But again, the Rays are making it interesting. 

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