The White Sox beat Cleveland, 5 – 1, behind Mark Buehrle’s pitching to break a five-game losing streak and stay alive in the AL Central. The Sox’s win necessitates a make-up game against Detroit tomorrow to force an eventual one-game playoff with the Minnesota Twins, who beat the Royals, 6 – 0, behind Scott Baker to remain one-half game in front of Chicago.

The Angels set a franchise record with 100 wins with a 7 – 0 romp over the Rangers. They finish with the best record in the majors this year.

In the last game played at Shea Stadium, the Mets complete their second dramatic late-season collapse in as many years, losing 4 – 2 to the Marlins. Relievers Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala give up back-to-back homers to Wes Helms and Dan Uggla in the 8th inning to seal the Mets’s fate. Meanwhile, the Brewers defeat Chicago behind CC Sabathia’s four-hit complete game, in his third straight start on three days’ rest, and Ryan Braun’s home run, to clinch the National League Wild Card. New York led the NL East by 3 1/2 games with 17 games to play, but were passed by both the Phillies and Brewers to fall out of the playoff picture. For the Brewers, it will be a first postseason appearance since 1982.

For the first time in team history, the Red Sox draw over three-million patrons at home. A crowd of 37,091 fans attending the first game of a day-night doubleheader on the last day of the season brings the season’s total to 3,010,801, marking the ninth straight year the attendance at Fenway Park has broken the franchise record.

The Astros set a new National League mark for the fewest errors committed in one season. The 67 Houston miscues are one less than the record shared by the 1999 Mets and 2007 Rockies.

Pitching on a day’s short rest, CC Sabathia tosses a complete game, defeating the Cubs, 3-1. The victory, along with the Mets’ 4-2 loss to Florida an hour later, makes the Brewers the NL Wild Card and puts Milwaukee in the postseason for the first time since 1982.