Brooks Lee notches three hits in loss vs. Tigers

Nola was tasked with starting essentially a must-win game for the Phillies on two-days rest, and it went poorly. He gave up a two-run homer to Junior Caminero, and an RBI double to Victor Mesa before giving way to the bullpen. Nola’s regular season was another down year for what was once one of the better starters in the National League, and he finishes with a 4.67 ERA in his 175 1/3 innings. Assuming there’s no buyout or trade, he’ll pitch at the back of the Philadelphia rotation in 2027.

The ball from Christian Moore hit him in the bicep area. He seemed to shake it off pretty quickly, but there was no way the Mariners were going to risk letting him continue. Anderson pitched 3 1/3 scoreless innings against the Angels before departing.

Rodden, 26, was playing fairly regularly for the Mariners before going on the IL on Thursday with patella tendon inflammation. He hit .197/.306/.279 in 72 plate appearances after being called up in mid-August.

Goodman’s second homer increased the Rockies’ lead from 6-3 to 9-3 in the top of the ninth. That proved quite important after Jordan Romano gave up a three-run homer to Andrew Benintendi in the bottom of the inning. Goodman’s 40th homer season is the 15th by the ninth different player in Rockies history. He’s tied for fifth in the majors with 41 homers, and he’s first among qualified hitters in AB/HR at 12.56.

Quintana gave up homers to Brenton Doyle and Luisangel Acuña, two players who had combined for five home runs all year. Quintana ends up with a 5.44 ERA in a year in which he was limited to 11 starts by an elbow sprain. He’ll be 38 next year, and he’ll probably have to take a minor league contract if he wants to continue pitching.

Feltner spent the last two weeks in the pen after opening up 5-10 with a 5.88 ERA and did well in allowing just one earned run over 11 2/3 innings in three appearances. He should be back in the rotation mix for the Rockies next year, but he needs to figure out how to record a few more strikeouts. His K rate was down to 17 percent this year.

The White Sox wasted little time in pulling Martin in favor of Noah Schultz. Martin opened the game by committing an error while covering first base on a grounder and went on to retire only two of the seven batters he faced. He took the loss to finish the season 9-8 with a 3.95 ERA. It’s actually fairly incredible that he finished the season over .500 despite going without a win after June 10. He was 0-4 with a 5.12 ERA in 11 outings in the second half.

Meidroth didn’t start because of hamstring discomfort, but it’s a good sign that he was able to enter the game and stick around to play second base. He still might get Sunday off, especially since the game is now a meaningless one for the White Sox.

With the White Sox losing, the Guardians have clinched the AL Central and will host the Wild Card series between the two clubs. Rocchio homered from both sides of the plate. His first just made it out down the left field line, while the second, to right, had a little more room to spare. Neither were barrels, though. It’s Rocchio’s second two-homer game of the month, as well as his second in 434 career games dating back to 2023. He has more homers (15) and steals (20) this year than in his previous 281 games over his first two-plus seasons (13 homers, 18 steals).

All of the runs came in the first, which featured two doubles and two singles. Bibee ended up with a quality start anyway, striking out six, and got the victory to improve to 7-15 with a 4.36 ERA. Now the Guardians will have to decide whether to go with him or Foster Griffin as their third starter in the Wild Card. The White Sox fare a little better against lefties than righties, but Griffin has performed better in his two starts against the team this year than Bibee has in his two.