Last Night in Sports: September 16, 2026

Milwaukee trailed Pittsburgh 4-3 after six innings, then answered with a two-run seventh to win 5-4 and push the best record in baseball to 95-57. Cleveland trailed Chicago 3-2 after five innings before a four-run sixth turned it into a 6-3 win, and Seattle wiped out a 2-2 tie with five unanswered runs to beat the Angels.

MLB — September 16, 2026 (15 games)

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

Milwaukee Brewers 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4. Pittsburgh out-hit Milwaukee 12-10 and led 4-3 after six innings, but the Brewers answered with a two-run seventh to win it. Milwaukee improves to 95-57, the best record in baseball; Pittsburgh falls to 75-77.

Cleveland Guardians 6, Chicago White Sox 3. Cleveland trailed 3-2 after five innings, then broke it open with a four-run sixth. The Guardians improve to 78-75; Chicago falls to 77-75.

Seattle Mariners 7, Los Angeles Angels 2. The two sides were tied 2-2 through two innings before Seattle scored five unanswered runs across the fifth and sixth. The Mariners improve to 71-82; Los Angeles falls to 58-94.

Toronto Blue Jays 5, Detroit Tigers 1. Detroit led 1-0 after the first, but Toronto answered with runs in three straight innings — the fourth, fifth, and sixth — to pull away. The Blue Jays improve to 76-77; the Tigers fall to 72-80.

Quick Hits

• Philadelphia Phillies 3, Washington Nationals 0. Philadelphia shut out Washington, which managed just four hits.
• Cincinnati Reds 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2. Cincinnati spread its six runs across four innings and out-hit the Dodgers 13-7.
• Baltimore Orioles 7, New York Mets 1. Baltimore scored in each of the first three innings and out-hit New York 9-7.
• Chicago Cubs 8, Atlanta Braves 4. Chicago's three-run fifth put it in control, and the Cubs out-hit Atlanta 12-8.
• Texas Rangers 7, Boston Red Sox 3. Texas broke the game open with a three-run seventh and out-hit Boston 13-3.
• Kansas City Royals 5, Houston Astros 2. Kansas City led 2-0 from the fourth inning before a three-run eighth put it away; Houston's only runs came in the eighth and ninth.
• San Diego Padres 9, Colorado Rockies 3. San Diego's four-run fifth highlighted a 13-hit night in the rout.
• Tampa Bay Rays 4, Athletics 3. Tampa Bay never trailed, building a 4-0 lead through two innings before the Athletics' rally came up a run short.
• Miami Marlins 4, Arizona Diamondbacks 3. Miami led 4-1 after three innings, and Arizona's push over the final innings — despite matching the Marlins' 10 hits — came up one run short.
• San Francisco Giants 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5.
• Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 4.

What to watch tonight

Nine MLB games and one NFL game fill tonight's slate.

• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, 12:35 PM ET. Milwaukee (95-57) is right back at Pittsburgh for the rematch, a day after erasing a 4-3 deficit to beat the Pirates.
• NFL: Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills, 8:15 PM ET. Both teams are 1-0 after Week 1 as Thursday Night Football kicks off Week 2.

Full details in the Tonight preview.