The New York Yankees failed to clinch home field in the AL wild-card game, getting swept by Baltimore in a day-night doubleheader 9-2 then 4-3.
Only needing one win to host tomorrow’s one-game playoff, reliever Dellin Betances allowed the go-ahead run in the second game to score on a wild pitch in the eighth inning. The Orioles roughed up Ivan Nova in the opener.
In the night game, Paul Janish led off the eighth with a single, reached second on a wild pitch by Betances (6-4), and got to third on Gerardo Parra’s bunt single before scoring on a second wild pitch with one out.
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T.J. McFarland (2-2) pitched two scoreless innings for Baltimore and Zach Britton got his 36th save in a ninth inning in which pinch-runner Rico Noel was picked off first.
Manny Machado hit his 35th home run, connecting for a fourth consecutive game, and Nolan Reimold hit the first leadoff homer of his career.
New York were three for 19 with runners in scoring position in the doubleheader.
In the first game, Nova (6-11) allowed eight hits in 5-2/3 innings, walked three and hit a batter to raise his ERA to 5.07.
Baltimore’s Taiwanese pitcher Chen Wei-yin (11-8) allowed two runs in six-plus innings.
Parra had four hits and three RBIs. Machado drove in three runs and J.J. Hardy had three hits.
NATIONALS, METS
Max Scherzer pitched his second no-hitter this season for Washington, striking out a team-record 17 and leading the Nationals over the National League East champions the New York Mets 2-0 on for a doubleheader sweep.
Only one batter reached base against Scherzer, and that came when third baseman Yunel Escobar bounced a throw for an error on Kevin Plawecki’s leadoff grounder in the sixth inning.
He became the sixth pitcher to throw two no-hitters in a year, and the first since Roy Halladay in 2010.
Scherzer struck out nine straight batters before Curtis Granderson hit an easy popup to Escobar to end it on his 109th pitch.
Scherzer (14-12) added to the no-hitter he threw against Pittsburgh on June 20, when he came within one strike of a perfect game.
The Mets lost their fifth straight, having dropped the opener 3-1.
Matt Harvey (13-8) lost allowing one unearned run and four hits in six innings with 11 strikeouts.
The teams combined for 35 strikeouts, a big league record for a nine-inning game. The previous mark was 31 set by Texas and Seattle in 1997.
The Nationals won the opener when Bryce Harper hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth off Addison Reed (3-3). It was Harper’s 42nd homer.
Rafael Martin (2-0) got one out as the Nationals ended a six-game skid against the Mets. Felipe Rivero worked the ninth for his second save.
MARLINS, PHILLIES
Dee Gordon got his 200th hit of the season in the opener, and Christian Yelich tied a club record with hits in eight straight at-bats as Miami swept a doubleheader, winning 7-6 then 5-2.
Yelich was five for five in the first game then hit safely in his first three at-bats in the second.
Gordon went four for nine on the day to raise his average to .331. He trails Washington’s Bryce Harper for the NL batting crown by .0001 entering Sunday’s final game.
Gordon had two steals to take his season total to 58, overtaking injured Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton for the league lead.
Rookie left-hander Justin Nicolino (5-4) gave up two runs on six hits in seven innings to earn the Game 2 victory. A.J. Ramos recorded his second save of the day by striking out the side in a scoreless ninth, earning his 32nd save in 38 chances.
Phillies rookie right-hander Alec Asher (0-6) has failed to earn a win in his seven starts this season, allowing three runs and six hits in two innings.
Maikel Franco homered for Philadelphia in his first start since fracturing his left wrist on Aug. 11 when he was hit by a pitch.
In other games, it was:
‧ Angels 11, Rangers 10
‧ Astros 6, Diamondbacks 2
‧ Rays 4, Blue Jays 3
‧ Royals 5, Twins 1
‧ Reds 3, Pirates 1
‧ Cubs 1, Brewers 0
‧ Indians 2, Red Sox 0
‧ White Sox 4, Tigers 3
‧ Giants 3, Rockies 2
‧ Athletics 7, Mariners 5
‧ Dodgers 2, Padres 1
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