Dallas Keuchel earned his 20th win of the season in the Astros’21-5 thrashing of the Diamondbacks on Friday.The left-handergave up just two runs in six innings to finish his regular season 20-8 with a 2.48 ERA. Keuchel’s Cy Young-caliber season has helped put the Astros one game ahead of theAngels for the final American Leaguewild-card spot with two games remaining.MORE: The Astros hit the Diamondbacks early and often Friday. Houston batted around in the first inningbefore settling forthree runs which ended with Keuchel striking out with the bases loaded.Carlos Correa went 3 Archie Bradley Jersey for 4 with four runs scored, his 22nd home run a rookie franchise record and four RBIs. Colby Rasmus, Luis Valbuena and George Springer also jacked home runs.The Diamondbacks, on the other hand, set a franchise record for runs allowedand finished the game with almost as manyerrors (four) as runs scored. That usually isn’t a winning formula.Star performersAmerican LeagueBen Revere, Edwin Encarnacion and Ru sell Martin combined for eight hits, three runs scored, two home runs and four RBIs in the Blue Jays’ 8- Arizona Diamondbacks Jersey 4 win against the Rays.Albert Pujols and the Erick Aybar combined for four hits, a run and an RBI in a huge 2-1 win against the Rangers that kept the Halos one game behind the Astros for the final wild-card spot.National LeaguePirates outfielder hit a walkoff two-run home run in the 12th inning to beat the Reds 6-4. The Bucs moved one game away from clinching home-field advantage in the NL Wild Card Game.Jake Arrieta improved to 22-6 after pitching six scorele s innings in a 6-1 win against the Brewers. The Cubs’ ace lowered his ERA to 1.77 for the season and 0.41 since Aug. 1. First baseman Anthony Rizzo went 2 for 4 with two runs Wilmer Flores Jersey scored, a home run, three RBIs and a walk.MORE:Plays of the DayKevin Pillar, just wow:Your browser does not support iframes.White Sox outfielder J.B. Shuck makes a diving play near the warning track:Your browser does not support iframes.White Sox Ketel Marte Jersey starter Chris Sale strikes out Tigers catcher James McCann, Sale’s franchise-record 270th strikeout. He finished the season with 274:Your browser does not support iframes.A look aheadSaturday’s key games (all times Eastern):Angels (84-76) at Rangers (87-73), 1:05 p.m.: The Angels are still in a must-win situation. They may need to score some runs to win, however, as Hector Santiago (9-9, 3.52 ERA) will face off against Colby Lewis (17-9, 4.53 ERA). Santiago is 2-2 with a 6.32 ERA in his last seven starts.Astros (85-75) at Diamondbacks (78-81), 8:10 p.m.: The Astros were helped by a big win against the Diamondbacks on Friday. Collin McHugh (18-7, 3.98), one of the most underrated pitchers in baseball, will get an opportunity to move them one step closer to a playoff berth.Reactions”If that did not clinch (Arrieta’s Yasmany Tomas Jersey Cy Young)award, I don’t know what would. That had to be the clincher,” Cubs manager of Arrieta’s performance Friday.
