Last Night in Sports: September 2, 2026

Milwaukee's win over Chicago pushed the Brewers' MLB-best NL Central lead to nine games, Toronto piled up 15 hits in an 11-0 rout of Cleveland, and Arizona held off Philadelphia 1-0 in a pitchers' duel, in a 15-game MLB night.

MLB — September 2, 2026 (15 games)

• Athletics 9, Texas Rangers 2
• New York Mets 10, Tampa Bay Rays 4
• San Francisco Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
• Detroit Tigers 11, Minnesota Twins 6
• Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 3
• Miami Marlins 9, Kansas City Royals 6
• Colorado Rockies 6, Baltimore Orioles 5
• Toronto Blue Jays 11, Cleveland Guardians 0
• Milwaukee Brewers 9, Chicago Cubs 5
• Seattle Mariners 8, Boston Red Sox 3
• Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0
• Atlanta Braves 9, Washington Nationals 0
• New York Yankees 6, Los Angeles Angels 3
• St. Louis Cardinals 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 6
• Houston Astros 2, Chicago White Sox 0

Milwaukee Brewers 9, Chicago Cubs 5. Milwaukee (87-53) trailed 5-3 after two innings before a three-run fourth put the Brewers back in front for good, and they added two more in the ninth to close it out. The win stretches MLB's best record and Milwaukee's NL Central lead over Chicago (78-62) to nine games. The two teams close out the series at Wrigley tonight.

Toronto Blue Jays 11, Cleveland Guardians 0. Toronto broke it open with a five-run second inning and out-hit Cleveland 15-6 on the way to the shutout.

Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0. Scoreless through seven, Arizona's only run came in the eighth and held up. Both teams managed just three hits.

Miami Marlins 9, Kansas City Royals 6. Kansas City's five-run first inning wasn't enough — Miami answered across five separate innings, two, one, one, three, and two runs, to win it.

Quick Hits

• Athletics 9, Texas Rangers 2. The Athletics scored three, two, and three runs across three straight innings, the third through fifth, plus another run in the seventh.
• New York Mets 10, Tampa Bay Rays 4. New York spread its offense across four innings, three-run frames in the first and third plus another three in the seventh.
• San Francisco Giants 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4.
• Detroit Tigers 11, Minnesota Twins 6.
• Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 3. Cincinnati's four-run second put the Reds in control.
• Colorado Rockies 6, Baltimore Orioles 5.
• Seattle Mariners 8, Boston Red Sox 3. Seattle's four-run third put the game away.
• Atlanta Braves 9, Washington Nationals 0. Atlanta broke it open with back-to-back three-run innings in the sixth and seventh; Washington managed just two hits all night.
• New York Yankees 6, Los Angeles Angels 3.
• St. Louis Cardinals 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 6.
• Houston Astros 2, Chicago White Sox 0. Houston's two runs in the eighth held up; Chicago was held to three hits.

What to watch tonight

A nine-game MLB slate is topped by Milwaukee's series finale at Wrigley Field.

• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs, 6:15 PM ET. Milwaukee (87-53) still holds MLB's best record and pushed its NL Central lead over Chicago (78-62) to nine games with last night's win. The Brewers get a chance to extend it again.

Full details in the Tonight preview.