Adrian Beltre hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Texas Rangers secured their second straight AL West title, becoming the first American League team to clinch a playoff spot with a 3-0 win over the host Oakland Athletics Friday night.

Beltre’s homer came during a three-run seventh after Oakland starter Kendall Graveman (10-11) began with six perfect innings. Texas got its first baserunner when Carlos Gomez beat out an infield hit to lead off the seventh against Graveman.

This is Texas’s eighth AL West title and fourth since 2010.

All-Star left-hander Cole Hamels (15-5), acquired prior to last year’s non-waiver trade deadline, pitched the division-clinching game for the second year in a row.

Last year, he threw a three-hitter in the last game of the regular season to beat the Angels.

Rangers closer Sam Dyson got pinch-hitter Yonder Alonso to hit into a fielder’s choice for the last out to record his 36th save.

Blue Jays 9, Yankees 0 — Francisco Liriano and three relievers combined on a three-hitter and Troy Tulowitzki had four RBIs as Toronto maintained a one-game lead in the AL wild-card standings.

Josh Donaldson hit a two-run homer and Edwin Encarnacion got his 124th RBI, tied with David Ortiz of the Red Sox for the AL lead.

Orioles 3, Diamondbacks 2 — Mark Trumbo led off the 12th inning with his major league-leading 44th home run, and host Baltimore rallied from a late two-run deficit to beat Arizona.

After getting swept in a four-game series by Boston, the Orioles remained a half-game behind Detroit for the AL’s second wild-card.

Baltimore trailed, 2-0, before Pedro Alvarez homered in the eighth off Enrique Burgos and Matt Wieters homered against Daniel Hudson leading off the ninth.

Oliver Drake (1-0) pitched a scoreless 12th for his first big league win. Matt Koch (1-1) relieved to start the bottom half and Trumbo sent his first pitch over the left-field fence, setting off a celebration.

Reliever Joaquin Benoit walked Aaron Hicks to begin the seventh but pinch-hitter Brian McCann grounded into a double play. Brett Cecil worked the eighth and Danny Barnes finished.

Tulowitzki opened the scoring with a two-out, bases-loaded single off Bryan Mitchell (1-2) in the first and Encarnacion made it 3-0 with a bases-loaded walk in the second.

Mitchel allowed three runs — one earned — and six hits in six innings.

Jose Bautista hit a two-run double off Blake Parker in the seventh and Tulowitzki added a second two-run single.

Donaldson homered off Ben Heller in the eighth, his 36th.

Tigers 8, Royals 3 — Michael Fulmer pitched seven sharp innings for his first win in over a month and host Detroit homered three times to beat Kansas City, which has lost nine of 12.

Justin Upton, Victor Martinez and Cameron Maybin went deep for the Tigers, who won their fifth game in a row while chasing a postseason spot in the American League.

Fulmer (11-7) allowed a run and eight hits, striking out nine with no walks.

It was the first victory since Aug. 14 for Fulmer, who emerged around midseason as a Rookie of the Year candidate but is now having to fight off a torrid challenge from Gary Sanchez of the Yankees.

Danny Duffy (12-3) allowed six runs and seven hits in 3⅔ innings. He walked four and struck out four.

The Tigers came into the night a half-game ahead of Baltimore for the second wild card, and they jumped ahead right away against Duffy. The Royals made two errors in the first inning, and Upton’s RBI double made it 2-0.

Martinez and Upton each hit solo shots in the third, and Maybin’s two-run homer in the fourth made it 6-0.

Upton has 27 homers on the season, including 14 in his last 29 games.

Indians 10, White Sox 4 — Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, and host Cleveland moved a step closer to the AL Central title.

The Indians dropped their magic number to three games for their first division title since 2007.

Trevor Bauer (12-8) overcame two-run homers by Melky Cabrera and Avisail Garcia. The righthander allowed four runs in 7⅔ innings.

Mike Napoli drove in two runs and became the first Cleveland player to reach 100 RBIs in nine years.

White Sox center fielder Adam Eaton left after appearing to hit his head and left shoulder running into the wall catching Roberto Perez’s long drive in the sixth.

Ramirez hit a two-run homer in the fourth and had a two-run double in the sixth when Cleveland scored four times.

Coco Crisp was 3 for 4 with three RBIs and hit a two-run double in the fifth to lead 6-4. Carlos Santana had three hits and is 10 for 16 in his last four games.

Chicago has lost six in a row and was eliminated from the AL wild-card race.

Chicago went ahead in the first on Cabrera’s home run. Ramirez’s homer tied the game, but Garcia’s two-run blast put back Chicago on top.

Cleveland took advantage of three hits, a hit batter and an error by third baseman Todd Frazier in the fifth against Miguel Gonzalez (4-8).

Santana led off with a double and Jason Kipnis was hit by a pitch. Following a wild pitch, Francisco Lindor hit a sacrifice fly and Napoli’s single tied the game.

Juan Minaya replaced Gonzalez, and Frazier booted Ramirez’s ground ball, moving Napoli to second. Crisp then delivered with two outs.

Napoli, who entered in an 0-for-20 slump, had three hits and added an RBI single in the sixth.

Gonzalez allowed five runs — four earned — in 4⅓ innings.

Mariners 10, Twins 1 — Robinson Cano had four hits and two RBIs, and Nelson Cruz added a towering two-run homer among his four RBIs as the Seattle offense got back on track at Minnesota to stay on pace in the American League wild-card race.

James Paxton pitched seven strong innings and finally received a boost from the offense, which broke out with a six-run seventh inning. Paxton (5-7) struck out nine and allowed one run on five hits. Seattle entered Friday averaging just 2.88 runs per game while Paxton was on the mound.

The Mariners (81-72) passed Houston — which lost to the Los Angeles Angels — in the standings but still trail Detroit by two games for the second wild card.

Angels 10, Astros 6 — Yunel Escobar hit a two-run homer and pinch-hitter Rafael Ortega had three RBIs during a six-run ninth inning, lifting the visiting Los Angeles.

Houston fell 2½ games behind the Tigers for the second AL wild card.

Houston led, 6-4, when Escobar sent a slider from Ken Giles (2-5) into the seats in left field to start the ninth. Giles walked Mike Trout with one out before intentionally walking Albert Pujols. C.J. Cron followed with a bloop single to score Trout and put the Angels on top.

Giles was replaced by Michael Feliz after loading the bases with a walk. Ortega cleared the bases with his two-out single, which deflected off shortstop Carlos Correa’s glove to extend the lead.

Cody Ege (1-0) got the last two outs of the eighth inning for the win.

Mets 10, Phillies 5 — Michael Conforto hit a three-run homer that capped a six-run rally in the fifth inning, Hansel Robles gave a big boost from the bullpen and the host New York stayed atop the NL wild-card race.

A day after using 10 pitchers in a stirring 9-8, 11-inning win over the Phillies, the Mets sent out six more. With his team competing for a playoff spot, manager Terry Collins yanked starter Gabriel Ynoa after just two shaky innings.

Robles preserved a 7-5 lead in the seventh, getting pinch hitter Tommy Joseph to ground into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded. Robles finished with hitless relief for his first career save.

Collins kept turning to his bench, using three straight pinch hitters in a three-run seventh. He said before the game he wouldn’t bring in setup man Addison Reed and closer Jeurys Familia because of their recent workload, and Collins wasn’t tempted with the big lead and Robles in control.

Maikel Franco homered for the second straight day and pinch hitter Darin Ruf also connected for the Phillies.

Phillies starter Jeremy Hellickson (12-10) was coming off his first shutout since 2011. He took a 3-1 lead into the fifth, but the Mets loaded with one out. Curtis Granderson singled home a run and Kelly Johnson hit an RBI single, with another run scoring when rookie right fielder Roman Quinn overran the ball for a 4-3 lead.

Frank Herrmann relieved and Conforto homered over the left-field wall. Phillies relievers entered the game with a 1-7 record, seven blown saves and a 6.13 ERA in September — they let leads get away in the ninth inning and again in the 11th Thursday night.

Cesar Hernandez and Quinn hit RBI singles in the second off Ynoa. Hernandez has safely reached in 28 straight games, matching the best streak by a Phillies player since Chase Utley in 2011.

Travis d'Arnaud doubled in the Mets second for his first RBI in nearly a month.

Pirates 6, Nationals 5 — Rookie Jacob Stallings’s pinch-hit single in the 11th inning lifted host Pittsburgh over Washington, preventing the Nationals from clinching a postseason berth.

Pittsburgh loaded the bases with one out against Yusmiero Petit (3-5) when Francisco Cervelli doubled, Andrew McCutchen was intentionally walked and Pedro Florimon walked. Sean Rodriguez struck out and Stalling, a son of University of Pittsburgh men’s basketball coach Kevin Stallings, grounded a 3-2 pitch into left field.

Pittsburgh’s seventh win in nine games kept the Pirates on the fringe of the NL wild-card race.

Washington lost for the fifth time in six games. The Nationals have magic numbers of one for a playoff berth and two for an NL East title.

Rodriguez’s two-out RBI double in the ninth inning tied the score 5-5. Mark Melancon blew a save for the first time in 13 chances since he was acquired from Pittsburgh on July 30.

Wilson Ramos and Danny Espinosa homered for the Nationals. Bryce Harper had three hits and Ryan Zimmerman hit a pair of doubles.

Zimmerman’s RBI double in the second inning opened the scoring and was the 1,500th hit of his 12-year big league career. Espinosa followed with 23rd homer for a 3-0 lead.

Ramos led off a two-run sixth with his 22nd homer, a drive off Antonio Bastardo. Jayson Werth drew a bases-loaded walk later in the inning as the Nationals went back ahead 5-3.

Adam Frazier had a sacrifice fly in the bottom of half.

Pirates left fielder Gregory Polanco left the game in the first inning when bruised the left side of his face when crashing into the fence while chasing a double by Harper.

Both starters, Washington left-hander Gio Gonzalez and Pittsburgh rookie Jameson Taillon, allowed three runs in five innings.

Cubs 5, Cardinals 0 — Jake Arrieta struck out 10 in seven innings and the Cubs beat sloppy St. Louis at Wrigley for their 98th victory, the most since they last played in the World Series in 1945.

‘‘A lot of the time more effort creates some inconsistencies in my delivery,’’ Arrieta said. ‘‘Trying to do more than I have to. I had several outs today where I took my foot off the gas and I was at 60-70 percent and got nice, easy groundballs to second base or shortstop.’’

Manager Joe Maddon said Arrieta looked ‘‘familiar’’ when he struck out the side on 11 pitches in the first inning, a reference to his 22-win 2015 season that included a 1.77 ERA. Arrieta said ‘‘competitiveness and stubbornness’’ have been the reasons his walks, hits and runs are up from a year ago.

‘‘We’ve been hyper-critical of him all year based on what he did last year,’’ Maddon said. ‘‘But to his credit, I think he’s handled that very well.’’

With veteran Miguel Montero back catching him, Arrieta (18-7) allowed five hits and walked one. Anthony Rizzo had three hits and Ben Zobrist drove in two runs as the Cubs tied a team record with their 56th home win. They moved within one victory or one Washington loss of clinching home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs.

Chicago scored four runs in the first inning off Mike Leake (9-11) and dropped the Cardinals a game behind the Mets and Giants for the two NL wild-card berths.

Pedro Strop came off the disabled list to work the eighth, and Travis Wood and Carl Edwards Jr. finished the five-hitter.

Rizzo, Zobrist and Chris Coghlan drove in runs in the first off Leake, who lasted 3⅓ innings and is winless in four starts since recovering from shingles.

Brewers 5, Reds 4 —Chris Carter homered, Ryan Braun delivered a late clutch hit and host Milwaukee turned their second triple play in a victory over Cincinnati.

Carter hit his 38th home run of the season leading off the second against Anthony DeSclafani (8-4).

Jose Peraza put the Reds in front with a three-run homer with one out in the fifth off Milwaukee starter Zach Davies.

The Brewers scored in the sixth on Carter’s RBI groundout to cut the lead to 3-2.

Milwaukee loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh, chasing DeSclafani. Scooter Gennett drew a walk off reliever Tony Cingrani to tie the score. Milwaukee regained the lead when Braun followed with a two-run single off Blake Wood.

Brent Suter (2-1) retired the only batter he faced to get the victory.

Tyler Thornburg gave up a run in the ninth but notched his 13th save in 18 tries.

Braves 3, Marlins 2 — Adonis Garcia hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, and host Atlanta won its season-high seventh straight.

Freddie Freeman extended his hitting streak to 27 games with a sixth-inning double. Atlanta’s winning streak is its longest since it won nine in a row from June 27-July 5, 2014. Miami lost for the fifth time in eight games.

The Marlins began the night five games back for the NL’s second wild card.

With the score 2-2, Emilio Bonifacio singled with one out off A.J. Ramos, stole his first base this season, took third on catcher J.T. Realmuto’s throwing error and came home on Garcia’s single to center.

Brandon Cuniff (2-0) struck out two of three batters in a hitless eighth, and Mauricio Cabrera threw a hitless ninth for his sixth save in seven chances with the Braves. Tyler Flowers threw out pinch-runner Yefri Perez trying to steal second for the second out, and left fielder Mallex Smith made a game-ending diving catch on Justin Bour’s liner.

Flowers drove in two runs for Atlanta and Martin Prado also drove in two for Miami, which has dropped three straight.

Braves left fielder Matt Kemp, who turned 32, was ejected in the third inning by plate umpire Adam Hamari. And Braves interim manager Brian Snitker also was tossed. Kemp and Snitker argued with Hamari after the top of the third following a strikeout by Kemp and a bases-loaded flyout by Nick Markakis.

Prado, who entered the game hitting an NL-best .377 with runners in scoring position, struck out with Ichiro Suzuki stranded at second in the bottom of the eighth.

Atlanta’s Matt Wisler allowed two runs, two hits and three walks in six innings, and Miami’s Andrew Cashner gave up one run, three hits and three walks in six innings.