Mark Reynolds strikes out for the 200th time, breaking the major league record set last year by Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard. The Diamondbacks third baseman will extend the dubious mark to 204 by season’s end.

The Diamondbacks, defending division champions, lose to St. Louis, 12-3, allowing the Dodgers to clinch the NL West. Los Angeles first-year skipper Joe Torre’s 13-year postseason streak continues, unlike the Yankees, his former team.

The Mets stay just ahead in the wild card race, beating the Cubs, 7 – 6. In a losing cause, Micah Hoffpauir goes 5 for 5 and hits his first two big league home runs.

Ryan Braun hits a grand slam off Jesse Chavez with two outs in the bottom of the 10th to break a 1 – 1 tie and help Milwaukee to a 5 – 1 win over Pittsburgh. Milwaukee remains just short of New York in the wild card race; they will go on to win it.

Roy Halladay, giving up six hits and two runs in his ninth complete game of the season, posts his second 20-win season with an 8-2 victory over the Yankees at the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays right-hander, en route to the Cy Young Award, compiled a 22-7 record in 2003.