There are some tighter races in the American League. The Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros are neck-and-neck as they fight for the NL West title, and there's a logjam in the AL wild card race behind the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers and Toronto Blue Jays lead the AL Central and East, respectively.

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The deep drive rocketed off Aaron Judge’s bat like so many before it, disappearing into the evening sky as it traveled over Fenway Park’s Green Monster in left field, destined for parts unknown on Lansdowne Street.

Only three regular-season Fridays remain in Major League Baseball in 2025, and we'll look to cash some checks the rest of the way build up our accounts before the playoffs. We went 1 for 2 last week with the Blue Jays-Yankees over failing to cash by a half run. Sigh. So close.

Pinch hitter Harry Ford's sacrifice fly with no outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 12th inning scored the winning run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 7-6 on Thursday.

The Tigers are favored (-210 moneyline odds) when they square off against the Marlins (+173). The Detroit Tigers will hand the ball to Tarik Skubal (13-4, 2.10 ERA), who is looking for win No. 14 on the season,