Tyrone Taylor scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning before fellow pinch runner Eddy Alvarez dashed home on a passed ball as the visiting New York Mets rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Monday night for their 10th victory in 11 games.
The surging Mets got six shutout innings of one-hit ball from fill-in starter Tylor Megill, who retired his last 16 batters and matched a season high with nine strikeouts.
New York moved a game ahead of Atlanta for the final National League wild card.
With the Mets trailing 2-1 to begin the eighth against reliever Tommy Nance (0-1), pinch-hitter Jesse Winker drew a walk and was replaced by Taylor. Francisco Alvarez singled and Francisco Lindor walked to load the bases before Eddy Alvarez ran for Francisco Alvarez.
Taylor scored when Nance bounced a pitch to Mark Vientos, and a second run came home on catcher Brian Serven’s passed ball.
REDS 1, BRAVES 0 >> Nick Martinez pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, Ty France had an RBI double in the second inning and Cincinnati won at Atlanta in the makeup of a July rainout.
Martinez (8-6) struck out five and held the Braves hitless from the second through the seventh, retiring 17 straight batters in the process.
YANKEES 10, ROYALS 4 >> Austin Wells hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh and added an RBI double in the eighth as New York pulled away for a home victory over Kansas City.
The AL East-leading Yankees (83-61) surpassed last season’s win total and moved 11/2 games ahead of the Orioles.
RED SOX 12, ORIOLES 3 >> Rob Reifsnyder homered twice among his four hits and had a career-high five RBIs, Tyler O’Neill also had two homers and Boston routed Baltimore at Fenway Park.
Cedrane Rafaela had two hits and four RBIs as the Red Sox finished with 15 hits.
GUARDIANS 5, WHITE SOX 3 >> Joey Cantillo pitched seven sparkling innings for his first major league win, and Cleveland won at Chicago.
The 24-year-old left-hander was working on a perfect game before Andrew Benintendi grounded a single into right field with two outs in the seventh.
Cantillo (1-3) struck out a career-high 10 in his fifth start and sixth big league appearance.
It was a franchise-record 13th consecutive home loss for the lowly White Sox (33-112).
PHILLIES 2, RAYS 1 >> Kody Clemens singled with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth after Tampa Bay had tied the score in the top of the inning, and Philadelphia beat the Rays.
Kyle Schwarber homered and Cristopher Sánchez pitched six shutout innings for NL East-leading Philadelphia.
Brandon Lowe hit the tying homer for the Rays off closer Carlos Estévez (4-4).
PIRATES 3, MARLINS 2 >> Paul Skenes struck out nine over six solid innings and Pittsburgh edged visiting Miami.
Skenes (10-2) allowed one run on six hits. He boosted his season strikeout total to 151, a Pirates rookie record.