Kershaw's home finale: Curtain call, clinch

Plus: Red-hot Guardians closing in on Tigers

Saturday, September 20 View In Browser  TOP NEWS Kershaw goes out with a K in final home start   In his final regular-season start in Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw froze Rafael Devers for a strikeout before manager Dave Roberts walked to the mound. After a round of hugs, Kershaw exited to roars from the Dodger Stadium faithful. They're back! Dodgers headed to 13th straight postseason  Mariners quiet Houston with booming blasts en route to top of AL West  Guardians pull even closer to first-place Tigers  Soto's latest slugging achievement leaves both skippers in awe  Duran's cathartic blast douses Sox with much-needed good vibes Back and forth: Elly, Steer trade blasts to power Reds in WC chase Jazz becomes 3rd Yankee to join 30-30 club ... but he wants 40-40 Scherzer's ugly start only adds to Blue Jays' playoff rotation questions MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES MLB MORNING LINEUP PODCAST TOP PERFORMANCES Juan Soto Sets new career high with 42nd HR; 10 HR in last 20 games José Ramírez 1st CLE player with back-to-back 40 SB seasons since Lofton (1992-96) Spencer Steer 2nd multi-HR game to reach 20 HR for 3rd straight season Jazz Chisholm Jr. 1st 30-HR, 30-SB season by a Yankee since 2003 (Soriano) Trevor Rogers Allowed 1 run or fewer in 13 of 17 starts this season PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY Geraldo Perdomo strikes like a snake to make this play. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS Is there an October bullpen ace in this group? It happens every fall, without fail: Some reliever gets red-hot, then his manager rides him as much as feasible because that is what situation demands – and yet he gets the job done so often, so regularly, that he helps push his team to greater heights, simply because that's what the postseason requires of you. Will we ever see a FIVE-homer game? Of the 21 players who've hit four home runs in a game, only four have come to bat with a chance at hitting a fifth. So what are the odds that some slugger will one day break a seemingly unbreakable record? Boston cleaned things up on the dirt The Red Sox infield defense saw a dramatic turnaround this season, turning a weakness into a strength. It could have an impact on October.  Topps unveils 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson's first licensed trading card More than a century after his final MLB game, a legend is a rookie once again. Kind of. All-day baseball on MLB Network It's Braves vs. Tigers at 1 p.m. ET, Nationals vs. Mets at 4, Yankees vs. Orioles at 7 and Giants vs. Dodgers joined in progress at 10.  MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD CHC 4 CIN 7 ATH 4 PIT 3 ATL 10 DET 1 NYY 2 BAL 4 WSH 6 NYM 12 BOS 11 TB 7 TOR 1 KC 20 SD 3 CWS 4 MIA 6 TEX 4 LAA 6 COL 7 SEA 4 HOU 0 CLE 6 MIN 2 MIL 1 STL 7 PHI 8 AZ 2 SF 3 LAD 6 © 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.