Foltynewicz (12-10) did not allow a hit until Odubel Hererra led off the seventh with a single. The right-hander worked 7 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on two hits and three walks. He struck out five.
Arodys Vizcaino pitched a perfect ninth inning earn his 16th save. It was his first save since missing 55 games with right shoulder inflammation and being activated from the disabled list on September 14. His last save came June 17 against the New York Mets.
The Atlanta offense was led by centre fielder Ender Inciarte, who went 2-for-3 and scored three runs. Freddie Freeman and Johan Camargo each drove in two runs. The Braves knocked out Philadelphia starter Jake Arrieta (10-10) after two innings, the shortest start in his career. Arrieta allowed four runs on four hits and three walks. He struck out two.
It was quite a reversal for Arrieta, who had been 4-0 with a 0.68 ERA in his last four starts against Atlanta. He did not allow a run in three of those four outings.
In the first inning, Camargo slapped a two-run single to left field, driving home Ronald Acuna Jr. and Inciarte. The Braves made it 4-0 with two runs in the second. Freeman singled to center to drive in Acuna and Inciarte. The Phillies scored three runs in the eighth. Maikel Franco singled with one out and Asdrubal Cabrera walked, which signalled the end of the day for Foltynewicz. Reliever Jesse Biddle walked pinch hitter Jose Bautista and gave up a two-run single to Cesar Hernandez.
Brad Brach entered and allowed a one-handed RBI single to Rhys Hoskins.
Jonny Venters retired pinch hitter Aaron Altherr on a fly to left, which required a nice running catch by Acuna, and got Carlos Santana on a grounder to short.
The Braves got an insurance run in the eighth when Kurt Suzuki dropped a single into left field, scoring Inciarte, against Seranthony Dominguez.
Yanks beat O’s in 11th,
clinch AL wild card
Aaron Hicks hit an RBI double with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, and the New York Yankees clinched a wild-card spot with a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees (95-59) are assured of playing in the one-game playoff on Oct. 3 for the second straight season. They entered with a magic number of two over the Tampa Bay Rays, who lost 5-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays in a game that went final while the Yankees were in the eighth inning.
New York still leads Oakland by 1 1/2 games for home-field advantage in the wild-card game. The A’s (94-61) beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 later Saturday.
“It’s a privilege to get an opportunity to play postseason baseball and have an opportunity to chase the ultimate prize, and we have that opportunity now,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “There’s going to be 18 other teams going home, so I think it’s really important that we appreciate it, never take it for granted. I’m just really proud to be associated with these guys and the ups and downs we’ve been through this year.”
Didi Gregorius started the 11th inning by singling on the second pitch from left-hander Paul Fry (0-2). After Giancarlo Stanton struck out, Hicks ensured the champagne celebration in the clubhouse by hitting Fry’s 2-2 breaking ball down the left field line. Gregorius slid in with the winning run headfirst ahead of shortstop Jonathan Villar’s throw, and Hicks was mobbed by his teammates between second and third.
Tommy Kahnle (2-0) worked around a two-out single to rookie Cedric Mullins in the 11th after Jonathan Holder escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 10th.
Baltimore (44-110) lost for the 16th time in 20 games and moved within one of the franchise record for defeats in a season set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns, who finished 64 1/2 games out of first place. The Yankees took a 2-0 lead on solo homers by Hicks and Luke Voit in a span of three batters in the third off Baltimore starter David Hess. Hicks reached the second deck in right with his 26th while Voit’s 11th with the Yankees hit a sign in the back of the New York bullpen beyond the right-centre-field fence.
Voit’s latest homer was New York’s 251st of the season, 12 away from the all-time record set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners. It occurred after Miguel Andujar was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double. The Orioles tied the game when Breyvic Valera scored on a throwing error by catcher Gary Sanchez in the third and rookie DJ Stewart had an RBI single in the fifth. New York’s Lance Lynn allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits in five innings. Hess also went five innings, allowing two runs on four hits. “It’s awesome,” Lynn said of the Yankees heading to the postseason. “You come in every season trying to make the playoffs. We’ve clinched a spot. We still have work to do. We want to get that home-field advantage for the wild-card game.”