The Cardinals received a great offensive performance from pitcher Adam Wainwright in a 10-5 pounding of Colorado. Wainwright drove in as many runs as he allowed over 5 1/3 innings, hitting a two-run double and a two-run single. Matt Adams and Jedd Gyorko homered for the Cardinals, who have won four straight to catch the Mets and Giants.

— The Cubs handled Cincinnati 6-1 to slice their magic number to four for clinching home-field advantage throughout the National League playoffs. Jon Lester laced an RBI double and improved to 18-4 for the NL Central champs by giving up just one run over seven innings. Anthony Rizzo drove in three for the Cubs, who improved to a major league-best 96-55.

Other MLB Scores:

INTERLEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 7 Chi White Sox 6
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Boston 5 Baltimore 2
Final Cleveland 2 Kansas City 1
Final N-Y Yankees 5 Tampa Bay 3
Final Texas 5 L.A. Angels 4
Final Detroit 8 Minnesota 1
Final Houston 2 Oakland 1, 10 Innings
Final Toronto 10 Seattle 2
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Miami 1 Washington 0
Final Atlanta 5 N-Y Mets 4
Final Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 3
Final San Francisco 2 L.A. Dodgers 0
Final San Diego 5 Arizona 2