Nick Castellanos, Trea Turner and Kody Clemens homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs 9-6 on Wednesday night and clinched a first-round bye in the playoffs.

Castellanos had three hits and scored three times. Bryson Stott also had three hits and Brandon Marsh drove in three runs for the Phillies.

Coupled with Milwaukee’s 2-1 loss to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia secured the bye and home-field advantage in the NLDS.

tigers 7, rays 1 >> Parker Meadows and Spencer Torkelson homered as Detroit strengthened its bid for an AL wild card with the win over Tampa Bay. Detroit moved 10 games over .500 with its fourth consecutive victory. It is tied with Kansas City for second in the wild-card standings behind Baltimore.

royals 3, nationals 0 >> Five Kansas City relievers pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-hit ball after starter Michael Lorenzen’s early exit, and Robbie Grossman hit a two-run double as Kansas City stayed tied for the second American League wild-card spot with the victory. Lorenzen exited with lower body fatigue after 2 1/3 innings in his first start since sustaining a left hamstring strain on Aug. 27.

mariners 8, astros 1 >> Mitch Garver and Julio Rodríguez homered, and Seattle took advantage of five Houston errors to get the victory. Seattle is chasing Detroit and Kansas City for one of the last two AL playoff spots.

guardians 5, reds 2 >> José Ramírez hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning after Cleveland pitchers retired the first 18 batters, lifting the AL Central champion Guardians to the victory.

blue jays 6, red sox 1 >> Jonatan Clase hit his first career home run, Kevin Gausman pitched six innings to win his final start of the season and Toronto beat Boston to eliminate the Red Sox from postseason contention.

pirates 2, brewers 1 >> Liover Peguero slashed a two-run double and Luis Ortiz pitched seven strong innings to lead Pittsburgh past Milwaukee.

Notes >> New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes has a flexor strain in his pitching elbow and was placed on the 15-day injured list. He won’t throw for at least seven to 10 days. ... Cleveland Guardians All-Star left fielder Steven Kwan was activated from the 10-day injured list. Kwan had been sidelined with a back issue. ... Baltimore’s Grayson Rodriguez won’t pitch again this year. Rodriguez, the team’s No. 2 starter, has been on the injured list since early August because of right lat discomfort.