Blue Jays join post-season party

NEW YORK — Troy Tulowitzki singled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the eighth inning to help the Toronto Blue Jays clinch an American League wildcard berth with the win over the Boston Red Sox. Toronto (89-73) claimed the top American League wildcard spot despite the Baltimore Orioles’ win over the New York Yankees. By virtue of a 10-9 head-to-head record, the Blue Jays will host the Orioles Tuesday. Orioles 5, Yankees 2: Matt Wieters homered from both sides of the plate in consecutive at-bats and Baltimore clinched a spot in the wildcard game with a 5-2 victory over the New York Yankees. New York’ s Mark Teixeira ended his 14-year career by going 0-for-3 and making a diving stop on Wieters in the second inning. Giants 7, Dodgers 1: Left-hander Matt Moore pitched eight innings of one-run ball and batterymate Buster Posey drove in three runs with three hits as the San Francisco Giants completed a sweep of the rival Los Angeles Dodgers with a 7-1 win to capture the second wildcard playoff spot in the National League. The Giants (87-75) will face the New York Mets (87-75) in the single-elimination wildcard game Wednesday in New York. The Mets earned the home-field advantage in the game by virtue of their 4-3 season-series win over the Giants. Phillies 5, Mets 2: Philadelphia honored long-time first baseman Ryan Howard before the game and its bats came alive for a comeback win over the New York Mets. The Mets ended the regular season winning four of their last five games ahead of the playoffs. Cardinals 10, Pirates 4: The St. Louis Cardinals won, but still lost. Their 10-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates was rendered meaningless by San Francisco’s rout of the Dodgers, eliminating St. Louis from the National League playoffs for the first time since 2010. The Cardinals finished 86-76, winning their last four games, but couldn’t catch the Giants, who also won their last four games. It was the first time in manager Mike Matheny’s five seasons that St. Louis didn’t reach the playoffs. Nationals 10, Marlins 7: Max Scherzer won his league-high 20th game of the year and drove in a career-high four runs with two hits as the National League East champion Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 10-7. The Nationals (95-67) open the NL Division Series against the Dodgers Friday. Indians 3, Royals 2: Yan Gomes homered in his first at-bat since coming off the disabled list and Josh Tomlin pitched effectively into the eighth inning as the Cleveland Indians nipped the Kansas City Royals 3-2. The 2015 World Series champion Royals ended the season with four straight losses and finished at 81-81. The Indians meet the Red Sox in the AL Division Series starting Thursday. Braves 1, Tigers 0: Julio Teheran made one run stand up and outdueled Justin Verlander as the Atlanta Braves closed Turner Field with a 1-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. The loss eliminated Detroit from the American League wildcard race. In other games it was: Cubs 7, Reds 4; Athletics 3, Mariners 2; Twins 6, White Sox 3; Diamondbacks 3, Padres 2; Brewers 6, Rockies 4 (10 innings); Rays 6, Rangers 4 (10 innings).