Guardians Clinch AL Central with Walk-Off

The Yankees and Red Sox will open a best-of-three AL Wild Card Series Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, with New York (94–68) holding home-field advantage over Boston (89–73); the series will air on ESPN and stream on Fubo, and oddsmakers list New York around -130 vs. Boston +107. New York lost a divisional tiebreaker to the Blue Jays, and the Wild Card series winner will advance to face Toronto in the AL Division Series. The Cleveland Guardians clinched the AL Central — completing a 15½-game July deficit comeback and the largest division-title comeback in modern history — when Brayan Rocchio hit a three‑run, walk‑off homer in the 10th to beat Texas 9–8; Cleveland will host Detroit in the Wild Card Series. The Cincinnati Reds secured a National League wild‑card berth and celebrated in Milwaukee, with photos and video highlighting players such as Elly De La Cruz and manager Terry Francona. In the NL, the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres will meet in a best‑of‑three Wild Card series hosted entirely at Wrigley Field, giving the Cubs home‑field advantage as the No. 4 seed.