Twins Trounce Tigers 11-4

DETROIT (AP) — Rick Porcello allowed six runs in under four innings Friday, and Detroit lost 11-4 to the Minnesota Twins on a night the Tigers had hoped to clinch the AL Central title.

Detroit could have wrapped up the division with a victory and a Kansas City loss, but Porcello (15-13) endured another rough outing down the stretch, and the Tigers fell way behind early. Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run homer in the first, and Minnesota led 6-0 in the fourth.

Porcello allowed four earned runs and six hits in 3 2-3 innings. He is 0-4 with a 6.20 ERA in September.

A.J. Achter (1-0) earned his first career win with a solid relief effort.

Miguel Cabrera homered, but the bigger bright spot for the Tigers may have been a scoreless inning of relief from Anibal Sanchez, who pitched for the first time since Aug. 8 after being out with a pectoral strain.

—Meanwhile, the Kansas City Royals have wrapped up their first playoff berth in 29 years while moving within one game of Detroit for the AL Central lead. Jeremy Guthrie scattered four hits in seven shutout innings as the Royals downed the White Sox 3-1 in Chicago. The Royals did their scoring in the first inning as Nori Aoki hit an RBI triple before Lorenzo Cain and Billy Butler added run-scoring singles.

Bucs stay hot...Nats, Angels clinch home-field

The St. Louis Cardinals blew a 6-2 lead last night before keeping their slim one-game lead over Pittsburgh in the National League Central.

Jhonny Peralta capped his three-RBI night by delivering a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to lift the Cardinals past Arizona 7-6. Peralta had three hits and Matt Adams went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

The Pirates kept pace with the Redbirds by downing the Reds 3-1 in Cincinnati. The game was tied 1-1 until Travis Snider and Andrew McCutchen hit consecutive RBI doubles with two out in the eighth. Gaby Sanchez homered for the Bucs, who've won 17 of 21 since falling five games behind the Cardinals on Sept. 3.

Elsewhere in the majors:— Josh Reddick socked a solo homer and had three RBIs in Oakland's 6-2 victory at Texas. Scott Kazmir held the Rangers to one earned run and four hits in seven innings for his 15th win, helping the Athletics remain one game behind the Royals in the battle for home-field advantage in the AL wild-card game.

— Doug Fister tossed a three-hitter and Anthony Rendon hit a solo homer in the first inning to put Washington ahead to stay in a 3-0 shutout of Miami in Game 1 of a doubleheader. The outcome gave the Nationals home-field advantage throughout the National League playoffs.

— The Marlins erupted in the nightcap as Kike Hernandez hit a grand slam and J.T. Realmuto added a bases-loaded triple in 15-7 rout of the Nationals. Adeiny Hechavarria had four hits for the Marlins, who trailed 4-2 until a five-run fifth.

— The Los Angeles Angels wrapped up home-field advantage for the entire postseason when Baltimore lost 4-2 in Toronto. Rookie Dalton Pompey had three extra-base hits to help Drew Hutchison win for the first time in three starts.

— Homers by Kendrys Morales, Michael Saunders and Dustin Ackley powered Seattle past the Angels 4-3. Hisashi Iwakuma worked 6 1/3 innings and carried a two-hit shutout into the sixth before allowing solo homers by Kole Calhoun and Mike Trout.

— Justin Turner and Juan Uribe hit two-run singles while the Dodgers scored six times in the sixth to beat Colorado 7-4. Dee Gordon was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored.

— San Diego beat San Francisco 4-1 as Ian Kennedy held the Giants to an unearned run and four hits in seven innings. Seth Smith doubled home the tiebreaking double in the sixth before scoring on Rene Rivera's two-run single later in the inning.

— Corey Kluber ends the season 18-9 with a 2.44 ERA after scattering five hits while striking out 11 in eight innings of Cleveland's 1-0 shutout of Tampa Bay. Neither team scored after Jose Ramirez homered in the bottom of the first.

— Philadelphia turned a 4-0 deficit into a 5-4 win over Atlanta. Cody Asche scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the sixth, one inning before Marlon Byrd supplied the go-ahead grounder.

— Chris Capuano allowed an unearned run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings as the New York Yankees downed Boston 3-2. Derek Jeter didn't play after producing two hits and three RBIs in his Yankee Stadium farewell on Thursday.

— Jon Niese threw 5 1/3 shutout innings before leaving with an elevated heart rate in the New York Mets' 3-1 loss to Houston. Jose Altuve hit a tying single in a three-run sixth after Niese left the game.

— Javier Baez went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored as the Chicago Cubs dumped Milwaukee 6-4. Chris Coghlan added a solo homer for the Cubbies.

Arizona fires Gibson

PHOENIX (AP) — The Diamondbacks have fired manager Kirk Gibson three years after he won the NL's manager of the year award for leading Arizona to the playoffs.

Arizona is assured of at least a tie for the worst record in the majors this season, having lost 96 games entering the final series of the year.

The move comes a day after as the Diamondbacks front office restructures under chief baseball officer Tony La Russa following a third disappointing season in a row. Arizona went 81-81 in 2013 and 2012. Former major league pitcher Dave Stewart was hired Thursday as the team's new general manager.

Konerko to have jersey No. retired

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf says the team will retire Paul Konerko's No. 14 and indicates they will erect a statue of the slugger at some point.

The White Sox haven't officially announced when they will retire Konerko's number. They do have a space between Luis Aparicio's 11 and Ted Lyons' 16 on the facade of the upper deck behind home plate.

Abreu to retire after this weekend

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets pinch-hitter and backup outfielder Bobby Abreu plans to retire after Sunday's regular-season finale against Houston.

The 40-year-old Abreu was out of the majors last season and cut by the Phillies last March before joining the Mets. The two-time All-Star has a .291 career batting average with 288 home runs, 1,363 RBIs and 400 stolen bases.