Highlights from ALL GAMES on 9/24 (PCA makes history with a 40/40 season & MORE!)

Cubs with a win will clinch a postseason bird P.C.A. to start things off one bag from a 40-40 season. There he goes. Pitches inside for the soon to be average step of the way once he broke. What a year. Enfield in for Miami. Nico Horner the batter. The Cubs will clinch the playoff spot with a win. Zephyr John is on the pitch for the Chicago Cubs. And he's one out away from getting the Cubs to postseason. Standing on second base. The crowd went crazy. What was going through your mind? Don't cry on the baseball field. Not that that's, you know, not OK. But that's emotional stuff. I mean, I just, you know, I've gotten so much love and I'm so lucky for that and something I'm grateful for every day. So it was definitely pretty emotional that we all deserve this. We all showed up. Everybody, all of us. Frustrating last couple of days, but it doesn't really matter how you get done. A chance is all we we need. So we've got to go in these next three games. We're going to come back here and if not, so be it. We'll go. We'll go to anybody's house. This is fun. But all the circumstance getting crazy. The next one's more fun. And the next one's more fun after that. So enjoy this one. And let's do some more. So the Dodgers have clinched the two seed that all important by San Diego still playing for something. Their magic number to clinch a spot is one. Tyler Glass now out there for the top of the sixth inning. And he's throwing a no hitter. Back to back ten strikeout performances for Tyler Glass now. You don't need to be on the corner or turn into a chase. If you're throwing right down the middle with his velocity and his fastball, that is perfect. Here's Ethan Salas. He will flare one to left. And there's the first hit of the night for San Diego. So the no hitter is gone. The bigger deal is that this is still a scoreless game. At the corner is with one out. Harris will lift a fly ball to center field. Páez getting ready and so is Salas. He will not throw it to the plate. Salas will score. The Padres take a one nothing lead. The game's first run. Three nothing San Diego. First and second for Fernando Tatis. And a big hit into right field for Fernando. From seconders to throw from Ruthing San Diego. And the Padres have put a little crooked number up here in the seventh. Bottom of the ninth inning here at Dodger Stadium. The Padres for the Dodgers won. A strikeout wild pitch. And Otani will come to bat with a run around first. To a left. Cracked to left center field. Mera will not get there. Edmonds in to score. Otani's at second. And the Dodgers hottest hitters coming up representing the time run. In the last seven years. And for the first time in franchise history, three times in a row. That's for one thing. Working hard, right? You guys put in the work every day. The biggest thing, intentional togetherness. You guys banded together and it changed our season. Third thing, competing with joy. Out there on today, that was competing with joy. That was awesome. And because of that, and what we've been doing this whole season, we are prepared for anything. All right? And because of that, we get to celebrate. Let's go! I'm so proud of this group. Proud of our coaching staff, man. It's been amazing. Proud of AJ for doing a great job this year. Our new owners that are all in. Man, that's what it's all about. That's why we built. That's why we enjoy this so much. For the White Sox today, the equation is pretty simple. Win and they're in. They can become the first team in MLB history to reach the postseason after back-to-back 100 lost seasons. Infield in for the Royals. Vargas drives it in the left. Antonacci's got to come home and score. 1-0 Sox. That's the way to start the day. And Benny gets the job done. Another run for the Sox. 2-0 early. Vargas with another stolen base. It's 21st. Peters, ground ball into center field. And the White Sox get a third run in the first inning. Bottom of the ninth. This is the ballgame that can send them to the playoffs. They, the White Sox, are going to the playoffs. They have buried the past and will do something no team has ever done. Come back from the last two years and play postseason ball. I'm just so happy for everybody. Everyone's worked so hard throughout the organization. Players show up every day. What they did was special. The way the fans came out in support of this group. I'm happy for everyone involved. How many champagne bottles have you opened so far? How many champagne bottles have you opened? 100! What does it mean just to be able to celebrate with this team? How does it feel to celebrate with your teammates? I'm Japanese! Still a long way to go to determine who wins the Central Division. The Guardians still have a very slim lead over the Chicago White Sox. But the bottom line is, if they win tonight, they will play in October. Keep it simple. If you win, you're in. Second inning, no score. Martinez back in the lineup. Switch hitter and left. Right field slicing down the line. And it's a home run! On hill, Martinez! He slipped it past Pesky's pole. And the Guardians lead 1-0. The bullpen has done their job. But Daniel Espino, as the opener, 1-2-3. A couple of really nice curveballs in that first inning. Yeah, a good first inning. And then turned it over to Cantillo again. And he came out, and he was dealing for his five innings. And he goes in. Gattis comes back out. Does his job. Got a double play ball. Gave up a hit after that, but got out of the inning. Cade Smith, if he gets saved number 41, Cleveland will enter the dance. Two down in the ninth inning. 1-2 pitch. Book it! The Guardians will play in October. Cleveland, you will have another October to remember. I can't tell you how proud I am of everybody in this room. Man, what we've been through this year, it's every year you go through ups and downs. But the fact of the matter is, we're back in this thing, okay? We still got a weekend's worth of work to do. We know we're not done. We're going to be playing a lot of games. Now for the Phillies to clinch a postseason berth. They have to win tonight. And then the Diamondbacks, they have to lose to the Rockies. 1-1 game, bottom of the sixth inning. And that one's out to shortstop. This place is silent. Yeah, absolutely silent. And I guess he did go on the pass. Oh, man. Holy cow. He's up on his feet. He's going to be helped off. He can't even put weight on. Yeah. Churio and his speed aboard in front of Jake Bowers. Ground ball towards the middle, a base hit. Churio will score, and the Brewers have taken the lead in inning number eight. And a ground ball back up the middle. Big insurance run for the Brewers, driven in by Cooper Pratt. Phil's, again, staring at a defeat here to the Brewers. Marsh, a check swing to Sensatella. First time in franchise history that the Brewers have hit the century mark. It's a 5-1 win in Philadelphia. They have forced the Phillies to play with some drama on the final weekend of the regular season. Newt Barrett second, Marteng at first. Here's Gabriel Moreno. Moreno with a high fly ball. Gabby marching toward a batting title, and it's way out of here. Another multi-run first here in Denver. Well, you wanted some early inning scoring. We got it. This is exactly how you wanted this game to start. This brings up Pavin Smith now. This is out to short left. Jake McCarthy on the run, and it drops in for a hit, and it's a four-run first. Nolan has four hits in this series, four home runs, ten RBIs, over a nine-game hitting streak. Arenado sends one way back. And it's six-nothing Diamondbacks here in the top of the first inning. Rockies are down to their final out. Zekiel Tovar. McCann will challenge. McCann can flip the count. The game is over. Strike. The chase is on for the Diamondbacks. They get to a season-high 11 games over .500. The Rangers need to play good baseball, but they have a chance. And that brings up Josh Young. Thornton from the stretch, and that one is lifted out to left field. And will it stay fair? It's good. Josh Young delivers a massive home run. Rangers answer in the first. They're back on top, two to one. Making his first appearance of this series is the 30-year-old rookie, Jeffrey Young. There's a swing, and that ball's hit well. Deep out to right. It's a big swing. Gives him a huge insurance run. It's three to one in the sixth. And how about this? Jordan Montgomery to try and preserve the two-run lead. Two outs. A swing and a miss. Three-one over the New York Mets, and they sit atop the American League West with three days to go. To second goes Walker. Smith is aboard with a single. So, back-to-back, one-out hits for the Astros. Lucas Spence connects deep to right field. A run shot, and the Astros take a three-nothing lead. Spence's first major league home run in a bid. We're tied at four. Spence coming into tonight had 40 major league at-bats, five singles and a double, no career home runs. But then he hit one out in his second inning against Mason Barnett. This ball hit well deep to right field. Got his shot to give him the lead, and he does. Lucas Spence, have yourself a night. Two-home run game, and it's five-four Astros in the seventh. One extra base hit before tonight. Two home runs tonight in Sacramento. Are you kidding me? Lucas Spence, you're kidding me. The trifecta tonight. Lucas Spence having an out-of-body experience. First professional three-home run game. He had two this year with the hooks in a game. He had two with his space Cowboys, and now he has a three-home run game in the biggest night of his life. The Astros, on a Lucas Spence career night, maintain first place in the AL West with three games to go. We're in the bottom of the seventh inning, and now it's four to two. One out runner at third. Won't be at the plate. Wells on deck. All the way to the. Is safe. A monkey slide. A stutter step, and he somehow made it before the tag by Hicks. What a read right there. That is an amazing play by Lampa. Look at this move. He almost dislocated his ankle to do that play. 0-1 on Goldschmidt. Tying runs at third. Lined into right center field. It's a base hit. That'll tie the game. That's an RBI signal for the veteran Goldschmidt, and the Yankees have tied the score at four. A two-out signal for Rosario. Lombard Jr. did just a fabulous move to score on a wild pitch. Coming in from third. The two-two. Coming back Simpson. Looking up. Sia into the second deck. What a two-innings for Lombard. A funky slide and then an amazingly long two-run home run, and the Yankees now lead. Carlos Jorge climbs in. Right-hander Tyler Mallee is ready. Rubber game in this series. That's driven in the air. Deep right field. Carlos Jorge's first big league bomb. Well struck several rows deep of the chophouse. That's the Reds' second leadoff shot of the series. It's 1-0 Cincinnati. 4-2 Braves in the top of the third inning. De La Cruz the only strikeout victim for Tyler Mallee to this point. De La Cruz. Line, drive, right. He's got 30. 3-0 for 4-4, and it's a one-run game. If you can come into September, and you know you have to get to X amount of steals and X amount of home runs, and you're able to turn it on like that, why can't you do it all year? That is something else. And here is the aforementioned former teammate of Mallee, Eugenio Suarez. That's left center. Down for a base hit. Stewart scores. Stevenson waved home. Two knocked in by Suarez, and the Reds take a 5-4 lead. Cardinals going toe-to-toe with Paul Skeens. And he's on his way to 200 this season. One strikeout away from 200 on the year. This might be it. Might be the last pitch of the game, last pitch of the season for him. Boy, would he love to get the strikeout. He did it! 200 on the year. Back-to-back years. Just the second pirate to strike out 200 batters in consecutive seasons, and that will be it for him. And that's a nice finish for Skeens. Tied at one. Bottom of the eighth coming up. Simon with a walk. That walk looks like a triple after a wild pitch and an eight-two. Sack fly. Horowitz. Ronnie Simon gives the Bucs the 2-1 lead. And it has been a grind of a season for the Mariners. It has felt like they have been eliminated for quite some time now, but mathematically it is now, unfortunately, officially over for the Mariners. And the Mariners have the tied run of the board with nobody out here in the bottom of the second. That brings up Julio. Julio, man, that sounded hot off the bat. He's flying out! That's a mammoth two-run homer, and Julio puts the Mariners in front. So Christian Moore will bat. Four-three Mariners. Runners at first and second. It's hit in the air toward left-center field. It struck well. Rodriguez after it, and that ball's off the wall by Esteros around third as he scores. Throw to the plate. Lowe is safe! Raleigh couldn't hang on, and the Angels take the lead. For more on these and other stories, keep it locked to MLB.com. It's baseball everywhere.