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One of the game's smallest markets was baseball's biggest winner during the regular season.

Houston's Yordan Alvarez and Arizona's Gabriel Moreno won their first batting titles Sunday, while Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski became just the fourth pitcher since 1950 to lead the majors in ERA, strikeouts and opponents' batting average.

Dan Wilson will not return as the Seattle Mariners' manager next season, he and the team said Sunday.

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will get prime-time exposure in Major League Baseball's Wild Card Series.

The Phillies survived their perilous five-day scare and are indeed headed to the playoffs for the fifth straight season after beating the Rays 7-3 on Sunday to clinch the final NL wild-card berth.

San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello finished his first season in the clubhouse on Sunday after being ejected an MLB-leading seventh time.

Andres Chaparro homered twice and the Washington Nationals defeated the New York Mets 6-4 on Sunday in the season finale for both teams.

Willson Contreras returned to the Boston Red Sox lineup for Sunday's regular-season finale after missing eight games because of an injured right hand.

A stellar career for the 43-year-old right-hander ended with a 4-3, come-from-behind win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. Justin Verlander's emotions will be remembered far more than the score on a meaningless game on the next-to-last day ...

A.J. Ewing hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, Ronny Mauricio went deep from both sides of the plate for his first career multi-homer game and the New York Mets defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday.