TORONTO — Chris Bassitt reached 200 innings for the first time, Brandon Belt hit a three-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays moved one step closer Thursday night to an AL wild-card berth by beating the New York Yankees, 6-0.

Daulton Varsho and Matt Chapman hit solo home runs for the Blue Jays (88-71), who entered the game in position for the second AL wild card, a half-game ahead of Houston and two games ahead of Seattle.

George Springer had three hits, and Cavan Biggio had two hits and reached base three times for Toronto (88-71), which finished with 13 hits.

The Yankees (81-78) remained one win from assuring their 31st consecutive winning season.

Bassitt (16-8) allowed five hits over 7 2/3 innings to beat the Yankees for the first time in three career outings. He matched his career high with 12 strikeouts and walked one.

BREWERS 3, CARDINALS 0: Garrett Mitchell doubled, walked twice and scored in his first big-league game since April, and Milwaukee won at home.

Corbin Burnes, Julio Teheran (3-5) and Ethan Small combined on a six-hitter for the NL Central champions. Burnes struck out four and walked one in four innings in his final postseason tuneup, throwing 39 of his 66 pitches for strikes.

DIAMONDBACKS 3, WHITE SOX 1: Arizona delayed clinching an NL wild card berth, losing at Chicago as Andrew Vaughn and Yoán Moncada homered for the White Sox.

Each team had three hits, and Arizona went 0 for 5 with runners in scoring position.

ATHLETICS 2, TWINS 1: Rookie Ryan Noda hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and Oakland held on at Minneapolis.

Noda’s 16th homer helped Oakland rebound after Minnesota tied the game in the sixth. It was the third win in the past 14 games for the Athletics, who avoided being swept and temporarily eluded their 111th loss, which would be the most in the majors since Detroit lost 114 games in 2019.

TIGERS 8, ROYALS 0: Miguel Cabrera hit his 511th home run and scored twice, and Detroit won at home in the completion of a suspended game.

Cabrera, who is retiring after the season, tied Mel Ott for 25th on the career home run list. Cabrera has 373 homers for Detroit, tying Norm Cash for second behind Al Kaline’s 399.

PIRATES 3, PHILLIES 2: Kyle Schwarber went deep, and Trea Turner went from second to home on a stolen base as Philadelphia lost at home.

Schwarber launched his 46th homer, matching last year’s NL-leading total, with a first-inning drive into the second deck. Turner stole third base in the eighth and came around to score on a wild throw by catcher Jason Delay that made it 3-2.

BRAVES 5, CUBS 3: Max Olson hit his major league-leading 54th homer, and Atlanta won at home to clinch home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

Austin Riley had three hits and scored two runs as the Braves (103-56) won for the sixth time in seven games. They can match the franchise record for wins with a season-ending sweep of the Nationals.

NOTES

PHILLIES: A Philadelphia fan and his emotional support animal, an alligator named WallyGator, were denied entrance to a game Wednesday night.

Social media posts showed the gator on a leash with a harness with his name on it outside the stadium. Its owner, Joie Henney of Jonestown, Pennsylvania, said last year that WallyGator helps him battle depression and “he likes to give hugs.” Henney has said the gator’s never bitten anyone.

• First baseman Bryce Harper was ejected following a furious outburst toward third base umpire Ángel Hernández on a checked strike three. Harper tossed his helmet into the stands, where a child caught it and wore the helmet the next inning.

ATTENDANCE: More than 70 million fans will attend games for the first time in six years, a post-pandemic rebound for a sport that instituted its biggest on-field changes in decades.

A pitch clock to speed play — game times are down 24 minutes to 2:40 for nine-inning games — limits on defensive shifts to increase offense, new social spaces at ballparks and technology innovations to speed entry factored into a 9.2% rise in average attendance to 29,176. Expanding the playoffs to 12 teams, which began last year, led to more than half the teams remaining in mathematical contention.

METS: Outfielder Jeff McNeil has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow but is not expected to need surgery.

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