Carrasco pitches 1-hitter, fans 15 as Indians beat Royals

The Royals are the AL Central champions following a 10-4 rout of Seattle.

In the AL East, the New York Yankees edged within three games of idle Toronto by defeating the Chicago White Sox in the Yankees’ first home game since the death of former great Yogi Berra.

Seattle won a revised lottery system that sent the non-playoff teams to the lottery, but based their chances of getting the top pick on their records over the past two seasons.

The three-time MVP and Hall of Famer died Tuesday at 90.

In Denver, Corey Dickerson clubbed one of Colorado’s three solo homers in the fourth inning. In 2014 they made the postseason (as a wild-card team) and reached the World Series for the first time since 1985 after 18 consecutive seasons of never finishing better than third in their division.

Morrison hit his 17th home run off Wade Davis, but by then the outcome was all but decided. FOX Sports KC showed the magic number drop on the telecast.

The Indians used the long ball for two more runs in the second.

Royals: Right-hander Kris Medlen (5-1, 3.51) will start the series rematch on Saturday at 6:10 p.m. Connecticut. Medlen is coming off a five-inning outing against the Tigers in which he gave up five hits and zero earned runs. He left trailing 3-0, but ended up with his fifth victory in six starts when the Dodgers rallied for their second straight win. Kershaw has a major league-leading 281 strikeouts after fanning nine more on Thursday.

MIAMI (AP) – J.T. Realmuto’s RBI triple in the seventh inning broke a scoreless tie and Miami held on. The 28-year-old recorded a career-high 15 strikeouts while allowing just one hit in a complete-game shutout. “They’ve been supporting us all year long, so we definitely want to win home-field advantage”.

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on Friday, September 25, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. Abraham Almonte followed suit with a two-run home run off Volquez in the second to give the Tribe a 3-0 lead. They were assured of at least an NL wild-card slot Friday night when San Francisco lost to Oakland.

The McDowell County native, 29, who makes his offseason home in Asheville, has a ligament tear in his right elbow that may require Tommy John surgery, the team announced.

The Royals lead the season series, 9-8. I thought his fastball was crisp.

New Red Sox president Dave Dombrowski has promoted 39-year old Mike Hazen to general manager. Shifting to the pitching staff and defense, the The Indians allow just three runs per road game, ranking them first in the AL. Randle finished with 116 yards on seven receptions, while Beckham grabbed seven passes for 79 yards.

“My eyes are burning, but I’ll definitely take this feeling right now”, Cain said during the champagne celebration in the clubhouse. He struck out four and walked one.