MLB play-off opener brings shock comeback

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Philadelphia scored six times successful the ninth inning disconnected the stingy St. Louis bullpen, highlighted by a bases-loaded azygous by Jean Segura, and the Phillies bushed the NL Central champion Cardinals 6-3 connected Friday successful the opening crippled of their National League wild-card series.

The Cardinals were poised to enactment distant different adjacent crippled aft Juan Yepez connected for the archetypal go-ahead pinch-hit homer successful franchise past with 2 outs successful the seventh.

But aft struggling each day against José Quintana and the St. Louis bullpen, the Phillies yet got their almighty discourtesy going against Ryan Helsley. JT Realmuto began the ninth-inning rally with a single, and walks for Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos loaded the bases earlier the All-Star person plunked Alec Bohm to people a run.

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Andre Pallante gave up Segura’s deed done the close broadside of the infield that enactment Philadelphia successful beforehand successful the franchise's archetypal playoff crippled since 2011.

Zach Eflin surrendered Nolan Gorman's two-out RBI azygous successful the bottommost half, and past struck retired Yadier Molina swinging for the last out.

St. Louis had been 93-0 successful its playoff past erstwhile starring by astatine slightest 2 runs going into the ninth inning, according to Sportradar.

Game 2 of the best-of-three bid is Saturday nighttime astatine Busch Stadium.

PADRES 7, METS 1

Josh Bell and Manny Machado smashed 2 of San Diego’s 4 location runs disconnected New York's Max Scherzer.

Yu Darvish unopen down the Mets erstwhile again, and San Diego besides got agelong balls from leadoff batter Jurickson Profar and slumping Trent Grisham against an ineffective Scherzer — booed disconnected the mound successful the 5th inning astatine Citi Field.

The three-time Cy Young Award victor exited his archetypal postseason commencement for New York down 7-0.

Blake Snell starts Saturday nighttime successful Game 2 against scuffling Mets ace Jacob deGrom. The bid victor faces the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers.

Eduardo Escobar homered and doubled disconnected Darvish, who has won each 3 of his starts against New York this twelvemonth with a 0.86 ERA.

The right-hander from Japan wriggled retired of occupation aboriginal erstwhile the crippled was inactive competitory and past settled successful to propulsion 7 innings of six-hit shot without a walk.

MARINERS 4, BLUE JAYS 0

Luis Castillo and Andrés Muñoz combined connected a seven-hitter, and the Mariners won their archetypal postseason crippled since 2001.

Cal Raleigh deed a two-run homer successful Seattle's AL wild-card bid opener, and Eugenio Suárez had 2 hits and 2 RBIs. Rookie Julio Rodríguez reached basal 3 times and scored twice.

The Mariners tin wrapper up the bid with a triumph successful Game 2 Saturday. The bid victor plays AL West champion Houston successful the Division Series starting Tuesday successful Texas.

Castillo scattered six singles successful 7 1/3 innings. He became the archetypal pitcher successful Mariners past to propulsion much than 7 scoreless innings successful a postseason start.

Making his archetypal vocation postseason start, Toronto's Alek Manoah gave up 4 runs successful 5 2/3 innings, matching the full helium allowed successful six September starts.

GUARDIANS 2, RAYS 1

José Ramírez connected for a two-run homer for Cleveland, and Shane Bieber dominated Tampa Bay for 7 2/3 innings.

Ramírez’s changeable disconnected Shane McClanahan successful the sixth helped Cleveland extremity an eight-game postseason losing streak and near the nine 1 triumph from advancing successful its archetypal play arsenic the Guardians.

Bieber, rocked successful his lone different playoff quality 2 years ago, allowed 3 hits and struck retired 8 earlier being lifted with a runner connected successful the eighth.

Emmanuel Clase took it from there, getting 4 outs for his archetypal postseason prevention and finishing a crippled that took conscionable 2 hours, 17 minutes.

Jose Siri homered for the Rays, who dropped their sixth consecutive crippled wide and indispensable triumph Game 2 connected Saturday to unit a decisive Game 3. The bid victor plays the AL East champion New York Yankees successful the Division Series starting Tuesday successful the Bronx.

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