Jhoan Duran picks up 27th save vs. Marlins Monday

Wetherholt collected singles in both Cardinals rallies as the team scored three runs in the third and two in the fourth. He had been 3-for-16 since coming off the injured list.

Liberatore, who was looking at a completely winless second half, gets to finish on a positive note. He ends the year 6-14 with a 5.23 ERA, and he was pretty fortunate to never having been sent to the pen by the Cardinals. His one saving grace was a 23 percent strikeout rate that was a nice improvement over his mark of 19 percent from his first full year as a starter in 2025. That’ll probably keep him in the Cardinals’ rotation mix to open next year, but he shouldn’t be promised anything.

After a mediocre August, Lowe has bounced back with his best month or an excellent 2026 season, hitting .338/.413/.620 with six homers in 19 games in September. Still, it looks like he’s going to finish a little short of 100 runs scored or RBI. He has 93 runs scored and 94 RBI with four to play.

This would have been a better night in any other ballpark. His first at-bat saw him hit a ball 382 feet to left that was caught by José Fermin at the wall. It was a homer in 29 ballparks, according to Statcast, but not at PNC.

Turang’s homer was his 20th and the double was his 35th. Now he just needs one more steal this weekend to get to 20 of those. Who would have thought a couple of years ago that the steals might cost him a 20/20 season? He had seven homers and 50 steals in 2024.

Henderson definitely wasn’t at his sharpest in finishing with three strikeouts and three walks. In fact, it’s the first time in 18 starts this year that he hadn’t have at least twice as many strikeouts as walks. His regular season ends with him 11-3 with 2.47 ERA and a 110/19 K/BB in 98 1/3 innings, and he figures to be the Brewers’ Game 2 starter in the NLDS.

Megill has matched his 2025 saves total. He joins Dan Plesac, John Axford, Francisco Rodríguez and Josh Hader in having recorded multiple 30-save seasons for the Brewers.

Nola struck out eight, but he gave up solo homers in the first and second and then two runs on a walk, a single and a double in the third. He retired 10 straight from there to end his outing. Nola closes out the regular season 7-11 with a 4.54 ERA, though that doesn’t demonstrate how solid he’s been lately. He had a 2.10 ERA in his previous 10 starts coming into tonight. This was the first time he’s allowed four runs since July 22.

Arraez hasn’t given the Phillies much of a lift with his .283/.314/.376 line in 45 games with the team, but what really matters is how he performs in October. He’s also still currently in line to win the NL batting title, though he dropped to .312 tonight. He hadn’t finished a game that low since May 14. Gabriel Moreno (.307) and Otto Lopez (.304) have the best chance of catching him.

That’s the same result from the first game. Encarnacion-Strand also singled and scored in that one, so he had one-third of the Orioles’ nine hits on the day. Given up on by the Reds, he has to be in the Orioles’ plans for 2027 with his .274/.324/.511 line, 11 homers and 39 RBI in 208 plate appearances.