Orioles right fielder Chris Davis tied a club record by homering in his sixth consecutive game on Tuesday night. Davis sent Rays starter James Shields’ pitch deep to center field in the top of the fourth inning for his seventh homer in six games, helping the Orioles defeat Tampa Bay, 1-0, and remain one game behind the first-place Yankees in the American League East.

The A’s have done something no one thought possible, climbing from 13 games back on June 30 to a shot at the American League West title on the final day of the season. On the threshold of a dream, they don’t seem likely to blink.

The Rangers fell to the A’s, 3-1, on Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum, setting up a final-day showdown for the American League West title.

After a couple of days of speculation, manager Don Mattingly said Clayton Kershaw will definitely pitch Wednesday’s regular-season finale and Joe Blanton will pitch Thursday if a Wild Card tiebreaker is needed.

The good news for Max Scherzer is that his right shoulder is fine. He threw off flat ground on Tuesday with no sign of trouble in his bothersome deltoid muscle. The bad news is that his ankle is now a problem.

After a scoreless ninth inning Monday night in a 5-3 win over Baltimore, Tampa Bay closer Fernando Rodney put himself on the verge of making history. The righty is in line to break the all-time best ERA by a reliever with 50 or more appearances record after he lowered his mark to 0.6053, passing Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley’s 0.6136 ERA in 1990.

The Tigers’ final two games of the regular season against the Royals could determine whether or not Miguel Cabrera becomes the first big leaguer since 1967 to win the Triple Crown.

With the Seattle Mariners announcing Tuesday they were bringing in the fences at Safeco Field, the American League West — the Astros’ new home next year — has become a little more hitter friendly. But could the Astros follow suit and bring in their fences, too?

Over the past week, differing opinions emerged from the Cardinals’ clubhouse about whether or not clinching a spot in the Wild Card game warranted a champagne-popping, raucous celebration — much like the one the Braves partook in last week, when they sealed their place in the postseason.

The Dodgers were eliminated from the last National League Wild Card berth Tuesday night in a 4-3 loss to their dreaded rivals, the division-winning Giants.

Fred Van Dusen literally can feel Adam Greenberg’s pain. Until Tuesday, the two shared the distinction of being the only players in Major League history to have their careers halted after one plate appearance, which ended up being a hit by pitch.

The Giants’ 4-3 triumph on Tuesday in Los Angeles means that the Dodgers will begin their offseason after Wednesday’s game.

A new “Bucks” episode is released every Tuesday and Thursday, and the latest one returns to Marlins Park in Miami with a little help from the stadium organist.

Daisuke Matsuzaka’s tenure with the Red Sox started with so much fanfare. It will end quietly, as the righty will pitch the final game of the season Wednesday against the Yankees.

With the American League Central title locked up, eyes are on Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and whether he can become the first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski with the Red Sox in 1967.

White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko will have a surgical procedure on Thursday at Rush University Medical Center to remove a floating bone fragment in his left wrist that has been bothering him to some extent since 2008.

Bud Norris kept the club’s terrific pitching streak going by throwing six scoreless innings in his final start of the season to lead the Astros to their third consecutive shutout victory, 3-0, over the Cubs on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field