The first of 10 postseason spots was claimed Saturday as the Cardinals clinched by virtue of a San Francisco loss, guaranteeing St. Louis at least a place in the National League’s Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser.

Aramis Ramirez put the Pirates ahead with an RBI double in the eighth inning as Francisco Liriano and Pittsburgh topped the Dodgers and Clayton Kershaw, 3-2, on Saturday.

Jason Kipnis raised his bat and prepared for a pitch from White Sox closer David Robertson. A moment later, the All-Star second baseman made the slow walk back to the dugout amidst unsettled cries and jeers from a stunned Progressive Field audience.

For the second time in three nights, the Brewers found solace from the notion that an injury scare could have been much, much worse.

The Cubs’ kids continued their power surge with rookies Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant belting back-to-back home runs and Addison Russell making a spectacular diving play to end the game as Chicago posted a 5-4 win Saturday over the Cardinals.

With sights still set on a grander end goal, the Cardinals nevertheless took a necessary step in that direction on Saturday by using Arizona’s 6-0 win over the Giants to become the Majors’ first team to reserve a place in the postseason. The Cardinals could have sealed their spot with a victory earlier in the day, but they dropped a 5-4 game to the Cubs.

Sparked by a two-run shot from Jackie Bradley Jr. in the ninth inning, the Red Sox pulled off a late come-from-behind victory over the Blue Jays in a 7-6 win at Rogers Centre on Saturday. Bradley went deep against Toronto closer Roberto Osuna to tie the game at 4 before David Ortiz brought home the go-ahead run on a bloop single against reliever Aaron Sanchez, as the Red Sox scored five runs in the inning.

Bryce Harper continues to show that he should be the MVP of the National League. He drove in three runs and helped the Nationals defeat the Marlins, 5-2, at Nationals Park on Saturday.

Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann hit homers and Michael Pineda pitched 5 1/3 scoreless innings in the Yankees’ 5-0 Subway Series win over the Mets on Saturday at Citi Field. Noah Syndergaard struck out eight over six innings for the Mets.

Less than 24 hours after being described as “vigilantes” by an opposing manager angry that his All-Star first baseman had twice been plunked by pitches, the Cardinals watched with increasing irritation as the Cubs hit Kolten Wong (twice) and then Greg Garcia to open a ninth inning with a four-run lead.

Troy Tulowitzki says he’s making progress with the crack in his left shoulder blade, but there’s still no timeline for his return to the Blue Jays’ lineup.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

At various intervals throughout the Mets’ Subway Series opener against the Yankees on Friday, Jacob deGrom approached pitching coach Dan Warthen to plead his case. The Mets had just informed deGrom he will not make his next start on Tuesday as scheduled, prompting deGrom to fight a losing battle against the decision.

Here are the Top 5 GIFs of the day, courtesy of @MLBGIFs.

The Dodgers have six other players in the clubhouse who were first-round Draft picks. None arrived in the Major Leagues making the immediate impact Corey Seager has this month, and that includes reigning MVP Clayton Kershaw and first overall pick in the 2000 Draft, Adrian Gonzalez.

From “Super” Sam Fuld taking flight to rob the Astros an extra-base hit to the Mets’ key home runs, take a look at Friday’s highlights in detail with Statcast’s tracking technology.

Rookie Dixon Machado drilled a two-out RBI single in the 12th inning off Royals closer Greg Holland as the Tigers rallied for a 5-4 win on Friday night at Comerica Park.