AL Playoff Watch: Orioles beat Red Sox to keep Blue Jays magic number at 3

TORONTO (AP) — Aaron Judge stayed on 60 home runs, one just short of Roger Maris’ record in the American League, and the New York Yankees’ attempt to win the AL East faltered when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the 10th .an RBI single hit to give the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 win on Monday night.

The judge led the game with a single, then struck twice and walked twice as New York’s winning streak ended at seven. The Yankees would have sealed the division with a win.

Judge has gone six games without a home run. He will try again on Tuesday night to reach the 61 AL mark set by Maris in 1961.

Guerrero’s two-out singles against Clarke Schmidt (5-5) scored automatic runner Cavan Biggio from second base. Toronto won its third straight win and extended its lead in the AL wildcard race by 2 1/2 games over Tampa Bay.

Judge scored the game’s opening run with a first-inning sacrifice fly from Gleyber Torres.

With runners in first and second place and two outs in 10th, Blue Jays interim manager John Schneider replaced right-hander Anthony Bass and brought left-hander Tim Mayza (8-0) against the judge. Toronto purposely went to Judge to load bases for left-hander Anthony Rizzo, who was grounded.

BRAVE 8, NATIONAL 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bryce Elder threw a six-hit shutout for his first full game of his career, and Atlanta defeated Washington to close in first place in the NL East in one game for the New York Mets and gave the Nationals their 100th championship. season to bring defeat.

Matt Olson and Orlando Arcia scored in two runs and Marcell Ozuna added a solo shot for Atlanta, which like New York has already secured a playoff berth. Both teams have eight games left, including a three-game head-to-head series that begins Friday in Atlanta.

Elder (2-3) threw 106 pitches and allowed just one runner to reach third base while taming the Nationals in his eighth career start. He struck out six for the Braves, who have won three in a row and eight of 11.

The Nationals are the worst season in the major leagues at 53-100, their first 100-loss season since 59-103 in 2009.

Washington starter Cory Abbott (0-4) downed 10 of Atlanta’s first 11 batters. He allowed five runs (four earned) in more than five innings while hitting a career-high seven.

ORIOLES 14, RED SOX 8

BOSTON (AP) — Cedric Mullins hit a homer in second place of the game, Anthony Santander went deep twice and Baltimore passed Boston to gain some ground in the playoff race.

Gunner Henderson hit a two-run homer and Mullins tripled in two runs for the Orioles (80-73), who were within 3 1/2 games of Seattle’s idle for the last AL wildcard. The surprising Orioles have nine games left in their turnaround season.

Austin Hays added a solo shot for Baltimore in a game delayed by 1 hour and 40 minutes by rain.

Rob Refsnyder hit a three-run homer and JD Martinez had a solo shot for the Red Sox in last place (72-81). Boston lost its season high for the sixth straight game.

Spencer Watkins (5-6) won with 4 1/3 innings of relief.

Mullins hit a Connor Seabold (0-4) pitch in the Baltimore bullpen for his 16th career leadoff homer and his fifth of the season.

PIRATES 8, RED 3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jack Suwinski hit a two-run double to hit a four-run seventh inning, propelling Pittsburgh past Cincinnati.

Suwinski turned a slider off Derek Law (2-1) and sent him into right field. Fellow rookie Oneil Cruz, who opened the inning with his third of four straight singles, and Miguel Andújar scored to give Pittsburgh a 4-2 lead. Law beat Ke’Bryan Hayes with a pitch and walked with Cal Mitchell before being substituted. Kevin Newman dropped an RBI single straight from Joel Kuhnel. Hayes hit on a sacrificial fly.

The bottom-seeded Pirates (57-97), who have won their last five games against the Reds, need to win at least six of their last eight games to avoid a tenth loss-100 run. Cincinnati dropped four out of five.

Yohan Ramirez (1-1) threw the seventh and eighth for Pittsburgh, allowing two hits.

Cincinnati’s TJ Friedl had a solo homer, his eighth of the season, before a rain delay halted play for 38 minutes after topping the fourth.