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The Tampa Bay Rays, the AL's top seed, swept the New York Yankees in three games, finishing with a 4-3 win at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. Ryan Vilade and Victor Mesa Jr. homered off Max Fried, and an apparent game-tying Anthony Volpe home run in the sixth was overturned for fan interference. The Rays won Game 1 1-0 and Game 2 5-2; the Yankees scored two runs in the first two games with Aaron Judge out with a calf injury. Tampa Bay opens the ALCS at home on Monday, October 12.

The Milwaukee Brewers, the majors' top seed, eliminated the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game 4 at Petco Park, winning the NLDS 3-1. Garrett Mitchell tripled and scored the go-ahead run and later caught a 406-foot Manny Machado drive, and the bullpen allowed no hits over five innings. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves in four games. It's a rematch of last year's NLCS, which the Dodgers swept; the series opens in Milwaukee.

José Ramírez homered and drove in three runs as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Thursday, their second straight win in Chicago after losing the first two games at home, forcing a deciding Game 5 in Cleveland on Saturday. A six-run sixth inning knocked around White Sox reliever Grant Taylor. Teams up 2-0 in a best-of-five have won 83 of 93 times; the winner faces the Rays in the ALCS.

Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson, 36, retired after 14 seasons, saying that despite wanting to finish the season, his "personal and family priorities in my life have changed." A 2013 first-round pick, he was a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time first-team All-Pro and won two Super Bowls. He took a leave during the 2021 season for anxiety and depression and has since spoken about it at mental health clinics. Owner Jeffrey Lurie called him "an all-time Eagle."