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It would have been hard to blame Wilson Ramos for taking an extra moment to admire his towering homer in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon, a solo blast which broke a scoreless tie and led the Nationals to a 1-0 victory over the Mets behind a strong outing from Tanner Roark.

The Giants negated any progress they made with last weekend’s sweep at Arizona by dropping all three games to San Diego, concluding with Wednesday’s 3-1 loss to the Padres at AT&T Park.

The Angels received positive news on left-hander Tyler Skaggs on Wednesday, as an MRI showed no structural damage to the ligament in his left elbow. Skaggs was diagnosed with a mild flexor pronator strain and will be shut down for seven days, according to general manager Billy Eppler.

In the two weeks since Hunter Pence’s line drive homer into the stands at Wrigley Field, nothing has really changed for the Giants. September has instead remained a grind, encapsulated by the Padres completing a series sweep at AT&T Park with a 3-1 victory Wednesday.

The wince that Aaron Judge displayed after a mighty cut on Tuesday may have accompanied one of his final swings of his first year in the big leagues, as Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that the rookie is considered likely to miss the rest of the regular season. The club announced after Wednesday’s 2-0 loss to the Dodgers that Judge is being placed on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 2 right oblique strain.

Barring a last-second setback, Indians catcher Yan Gomes will be activated on Friday and probably will be in the lineup for that night’s game with the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field.

Jon Lester, with eight dominant innings on Wednesday, pitched the Cubs to within one win of their first division crown in eight years. A 7-0 victory that also featured a pair of home runs by Anthony Rizzo sealed a series win for the Cubs, who now head back to Wrigley Field with a chance to clinch the National League Central title in front of their home fans on Thursday.

Though Wilmer Flores’ neck has healed since his home-plate collision Saturday in Atlanta, he has not fully recovered from injuries sustained during that play. Flores said after the Mets’ 1-0 loss to the Nationals on Wednesday that he plans to visit a doctor on Thursday morning to address lingering soreness he is experiencing in his right wrist.

After a fourth installment of the World Baseball Classic in March, the 2017 Major League Baseball regular season will arrive with three games on the first Sunday (April 2), 13 more Opening Day games on that Monday, and a calendar that includes the debut of a brand-new ballpark in Atlanta and the first MLB All-Star Week in the state of Florida.

Yankees rookie Aaron Judge was removed from Tuesday night’s 3-0 win against the Dodgers after the fourth inning. The right fielder winced after fouling a ball off with two on and two outs in the fourth with the game tied at 0. The club announced he has a right oblique strain, and Judge will undergo an MRI on Wednesday.

Freddie Freeman came to Spring Training not knowing exactly what to expect from his right wrist, which plagued him much of last year and then severely limited his preparations this past winter. But as this season has progressed, the Braves’ first baseman has produced the best power numbers of his career and compiled legitimate National League Most Valuable Player credentials while playing for a last-place team.

T.J. Rivera, the Pacific Coast League batting champion who started this game on a hunch by Mets manager Terry Collins, hit his first career homer in the 10th inning to lead New York to a 4-3 victory Tuesday night at Nationals Park.

As losses go, this was about as devastating it gets for the reeling Astros.

Manager Clint Hurdle was ejected in the sixth inning of the Pirates’ game against the Phillies on Tuesday night for arguing with first-base umpire Alan Porter. The disagreement took place after the Pirates couldn’t turn a double play on Ryan Howard’s one-out grounder to first baseman Josh Bell.

It might be by their fingertips, but the Marlins are still clinging to postseason hopes. Christian Yelich knocked a two-run double and Ichiro Suzuki collected two hits, an RBI and a run scored as Miami held off the Braves, 7-5, on Tuesday night at Turner Field.

The Tampa Bay Rays came into Rogers Centre and played the role of spoiler on Tuesday night, using a pair of long balls and some ninth-inning insurance to earn a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays.