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Smoke from wildfires fills the air at T-Mobile Park during a doubleheader Monday between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics. Ted S. Warren/Associated Press

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners’ upcoming series against the Padres has been relocated to San Diego because of air quality concerns in the Seattle area.

Seattle will be the home team for all three games of the series that begins Friday night, meaning the Padres could be in position to clinch their first playoff berth since 2006 while playing as visitors in their home ballpark.

With the move, the Mariners have three home games remaining, beginning Monday against Houston.

The Mariners already had two games against the Giants moved from Seattle to San Francisco this week because of unhealthy air quality from numerous West Coast wildfires. The Mariners and Oakland Athletics played a Monday doubleheader in the smoke in Seattle, and players expressed concern.

METS: Jacob deGrom is day-to-day after leaving his start Wednesday night because of a right hamstring spasm.

Manager Luis Rojas said deGrom played catch without pain on Thursday and had “bounced back after yesterday’s scary moment.”

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He exited after a surprisingly rough two innings that could put a wrinkle in his bid for a third straight NL Cy Young Award. The right-hander was pulled after only 40 pitches and one strikeout. He allowed three earned runs for the first time this season, pushing his ERA to 2.09.

PHILLIES: Right-hander Jake Arrieta will not pitch again in the regular season because of a strained right hamstring.

Arrieta (4-4, 5.08 ERA) was injured against the Mets on Tuesday night. Manager Joe Girardi said Arrieta could return to the rotation if the Phillies make the playoffs.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

WHITE SOX 4, TWINS 3: Chicago clinched its first postseason berth since 2008, rallying to beat visiting Minnesota as Eloy Jiménez hit a tiebreaking double that capped a two-run rally in the seventh inning.

Chicago (33-17) opened a three-game lead over the Twins (31-21) in the AL Central. The White Sox are assured of no worse than a wild-card berth.

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José Abreu homered and drove in two runs and Edwin Encarnación also homered for Chicago.

YANKEES 10, BLUE JAYS 7: The Yankees hit five run home runs in an inning for the first time in their history and held off visiting Toronto.

Brett Gardner, DJ LeMehieu and Luke Voit homered on consecutive pitches in the fourth inning against Toronto’s Chase Anderson. Voit’s home run was his major league-leading 20th.

Aaron Hicks struck out, but Giancarlo Stanton and Gleyber Torres followed with home runs that gave the Yankees a 9-2 lead.

INDIANS 10, TIGERS 3: Jose Ramirez homered twice on his 28th birthday, Shane Bieber took a shutout into the eighth inning and visiting Cleveland snapped an eight-game losing streak.

Bieber (8-1) didn’t allow a run until his final hitter, Willi Castro, hit a three-run homer in the eighth. That cost the Cleveland right-hander the major-league ERA lead, but Bieber did become the first eight-game winner of this shortened season. He allowed four hits in 7 2/3 innings.

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RAYS SWEEP ORIOLES: Tampa Bay clinched a return trip to the postseason, using a strong pitching performance to beat host Baltimore in the opener of a doubleheader, 3-1, before cranking up the offense in a 10-6 victory in the nightcap.

GIANTS 6, MARINERS 4: Wilmer Flores hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning as the Giants finished a sweep of the two-game series that was moved from Seattle to San Francisco.

ANGELS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Anthony Rendon hit a two-run homer and Mike Trout drove in two runs as Los Angeles won at home.

ASTROS 2, RANGERS 1: Framber Valdez tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings, Kyle Tucker homered and Houston won at home.

PIRATES 5, CARDINALS 1: Steven Brault pitched a two-hitter for his first career complete game, Gregory Polanco hit a three-run homer and host Pittsburgh snapped an eight-game skid.

 


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