Astros reclaim 1st place from Mariners

Plus: Cubs return to postseason

Thursday, September 18 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Here's the all-debut team for 2025   More than 200 players have arrived in The Show in 2025, so here's one newcomer at each position who has made the most of that initial opportunity. Walk-off No. 11 gives Red Sox crucial win in postseason chase  Cubs secure first trip to postseason since 2020  Sweep! First place! Silver Boot! Astros do it all vs. Rangers  Guardians' September surge continues with shutout of Tigers  Machado meets the moment with clutch slam as Padres eye postseason Snell refuses to come out of game, then escapes jam Buoyed by Verlander's gem, Giants rally in extras to keep WC hopes alive Reds top Cards, keep pressure on in Wild Card hunt Gil endures shaky start in bid for spot in Yanks' playoff rotation MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Manny Machado 14th career grand slam part of 3-hit game Trent Grisham 5th multi-HR game of season; 3 HRs in past 2 games Blake Snell Season-high 12 K's; 4 H, 0 R, 23 K's in past 2 starts (13 IP) Eugenio Suárez Belts 46th HR in his first 4-hit game for Mariners Brandon Pfaadt 3rd D-back with 9+ scoreless, no-decision (Jackson '10; Batista '02) PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY How's this for improvisation from Jazz Chisholm Jr.? MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS 1 breakout prospect from each organization this season With the Minor League season winding down, MLB Pipeline decided it was time to shine a light on some prospects who initially flew under the radar. A familiar stud reclaims top spot in Hitter Power Rankings We've got some superstars at the top of the last Hitter Power Rankings of the regular season -- and a new No. 1. 41 years later, he can finally show off his World Series ring Randy O'Neal appeared in four regular-season games for the 1984 Tigers and was part of the postseason taxi squad, but he never got a World Series ring ... until this week. "It's like a validation," he said. MLB Network has Padres vs. Mets covered on site today MLB Central is live from Citi Field at 10 a.m. ET for conversations with players and insiders, along with the latest news and highlights before the Padres and Mets close out their series at 1 p.m. Giants vs. Dodgers on MLB Network NL West foes square off as Rafael Devers and the Giants take on Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers at 10 p.m. ET.  MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD CHC 8 PIT 4 CIN 6 STL 2 BAL 3 CWS 1 SF 5 AZ 1 ATL 9 WSH 4 CLE 4 DET 0 ATH 4 BOS 5 TOR 1 TB 2 SD 7 NYM 4 SEA 5 KC 7 NYY 10 MIN 5 LAA 2 MIL 9 TEX 2 HOU 5 MIA 8 COL 4 PHI 0 LAD 5 © 2025 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.