The Orioles received good news on third baseman Manny Machado on Tuesday afternoon, with an MRI revealing no ACL or MCL damage, but a medial patellofemoral ligament tear in his left knee and a recovery timetable of six to eight weeks.

Bidding is under way through 8 p.m. ET on Thursday for 41 signed patriotic jerseys worn by the Nationals during the emotional first game of their Sept. 17 home doubleheader, with all proceeds going to help families affected by the previous day’s nearby Navy Yard shooting.

Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez will likely wait to set his postseason rotation after the regular season concludes. But the way he has aligned his starting pitchers for this week’s final series against the Phillies sets up the possibility for Kris Medlen to start Game 1 of the National League Division Series.

Rangers outfielder Alex Rios hit for the cycle in his four at-bats Monday night against the Astros. Rios doubled in the first, singled in the third, homered in the fourth and tripled in the sixth.

For the first time in 22 seasons, the Pirates are playoff bound. Not long after finishing off a stirring 2-1 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, Pittsburgh watched the Cardinals hold off the Nationals, 4-3, at Busch Stadium, setting off celebrations for both the Bucs and Reds, who also punched their ticket to October after walking off with a 3-2 win over the Mets in 10 innings.

Roy Halladay left Monday nights’s 4-0 loss to the Marlins at Marlins Park just three batters into the game with what the Phillies called “right arm fatigue.” Halladay, who had right shoulder surgery in May, had sweat dripping from his face just a few pitches into the game. He never threw a pitch faster than 83 mph.

Alex Rios hit for the cycle in four at-bats and Derek Holland tossed a six-hit shutout as the Rangers routed the Astros, 12-0, on Monday in Arlington to gain a half-game on the Indians, who were idle, for the second AL Wild Card.

Jose Quintana (9-6) earned the win in the White Sox 3-2 victory, allowing just one J.P. Arencibia home run and a Ryan Goins’ run-scoring single over 7 1/3 innings on Monday night.

Once again, Nathan Eovaldi gave a glimpse of why the Marlins feel he will be a star. The hard-throwing right-hander was dominant over 7 2/3 shutout innings in Miami’s 4-0 victory over the Phillies on Monday night at Marlins Park.

Marco Estrada threw seven scoreless innings and Carlos Gomez, Jonathan Lucroy and Aramis Ramirez each homered in a 5-0 victory over the Braves on Monday.

A long single off the wall by Shin-Soo Choo in the bottom of the 10th inning gave the Reds a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Mets on Monday night, and a few moments later, the Nationals lost in St. Louis to clinch a postseason berth for Cincinnati.

Starling Marte homered with two outs in the ninth inning to snap a tie with the Cubs, give the Pirates a 2-1 win Monday night and clinch a tie for a National League playoff berth as a Wild Card team. With the Nationals’ 4-3 loss to the Cardinals, the Pirates are officially in the postseason for the first time since 1992.

The Cardinals took another step toward the National League Central crown Monday. St. Louis opened their last homestand with a 4-3 win over the Nationals, dropping their magic number to clinch the division to four over the Pirates and the Reds. They can secure the NL Central pennant as early as Wednesday.

During the Winter Meetings last year, after watching his team agree to terms with right-hander Dan Haren, Nationals manager Davey Johnson made a bold prediction: “World Series or bust.” It looks like “bust” as the Nationals were edged by the Cardinals, 4-3, at Busch Stadium on Monday and were eliminated from the National League Wild Card race.

It’s hard to imagine a worse scenario for the Orioles, who lost Monday’s game and a pair of infielders, including the devastating scene of third baseman Manny Machado crumpling to the ground with a left knee injury.

The Orioles are expected to be without Manny Machado for the remainder of the season as the third baseman exited Monday’s 5-4 loss to the Rays with a left knee injury that resulted in him being carted off the field.

Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez unloaded on home-plate umpire Angel Hernandez after the veteran ump ruled Paul Janish did not attempt to get out of the way of a pitch that hit him in the seventh inning of Monday night’s game against the Brewers.