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Last Night In Baseball: Astros Back On Top After Late Rally Against Yankees

  • Astros and Yankees staged a wild, back-and-forth slugfest — Yainer Díaz and Jeremy Peña key late hits and a three-run eighth gave Houston the walk-off-ish rally to beat New York and lift the Astros back to .500 while holding the AL West lead.
  • Diamondbacks mounted a dramatic comeback from a 4-0 deficit and won on a two-out, pinch-runner-steal setup that led to Ryan Waldschmidt’s walk-off homer — Arizona is now one game back of San Diego for the NL’s third wild-card.
  • Braves topped the Dodgers in a high-stakes seeding matchup — Atlanta scored early, Ozzie Albies delivered the go-ahead RBI in the eighth, and the Dodgers’ bullpen took another loss as the Braves try to close the gap for a top NL seed.
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