The Yankees took a game-of-the-year candidate on Saturday, with Trent Grisham’s grand slam in the ninth standing as the decisive swing. It was as thrilling as they come for the Yankees, while around the league, their rivals were plenty busy. After a huge win, let’s see how the Yankees’ top opponents faired on a busy day of baseball.

Toronto Blue Jays (57-41) 6, San Francisco Giants (52-47) 3

The Blue Jays won their second straight coming off of the break, retaining their decent grasp atop the American League East. It was a big sixth inning that did the job for Toronto, but they got it done, as the Yanks continue to look up at them.

Trailing 2-0 going into the bottom of the sixth, the Jays began their assault with an RBI knock from Ernie Clement, followed by a two-run double from Will Wagner that gave them the lead. Tyler Heineman pitched in with a double of his own to suddenly put them up 4-2. First-half disappointment Willy Adames hit his second homer of the ballgame to bring the Giants to within one, but a Heineman homer in the eighth put the Jays ahead by the final of 6-3.

Eric Lauer was very good in his six innings of work, allowing just two runs on as many hits while striking out seven. The Jays continue their excellent run through the middle of this season, and hold onto a three-game lead in the East.

Texas Rangers (50-49) 4, Detroit Tigers (59-40) 1

A three-run homer from Rowdy Tellez in the second inning was ultimately the story of the ballgame for the Rangers on Saturday. Things were scoreless through an inning and a half, before Rowdy’s decisive three-run blast off of Keider Montero soared into right-center.

Kumar Rocker was excellent in his 6.1 innings, allowing just one hit and striking out five Tigers. Riley Greene did hit his 25th homer of the season in the ninth, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Rangers from getting above .500 with their 50th win of the season.

Chicago Cubs (59-39) 6, Boston Red Sox (53-47) 0

The Cubs rode the home run wave en route to a shutout victory against the Red Sox on Saturday at Wrigley. Michael Busch started the fun with a solo shot to lead things off, his 20th, before Kyle Tucker did the same an at-bat later to put them up 2-0.

While the homer ball was floating the Cubs, their pitching staff was keeping things quiet. Shota Imanaga tossed seven scoreless frames while racking up five K’s, before handing it off to the bullpen, in this case Brad Keller and Ryan Brasier, who had no issue continuing to keep the Red Sox off the board.

In the seventh inning, the gopher ball struck Boston once again when Matt Shaw turned on one for a solo shot, before Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ian Happ managed homers of their own in the eighth inning. Five long balls in total helped the Cubs take the best record in baseball from Detroit, while the Red Sox loss—their second in as many days after a 10-game winning streak ended—puts them two games behind the Yankees, and five back of the Jays.

Seattle Mariners (53-45) 7, Hoston Astros (56-42) 6 (11 innings)

In a crucial matchup between the two top dogs in the American League West, the trailing Mariners took home the extra-inning affair. With the game locked at 1-1 in the third inning, the M’s grabbed an early lead thanks to a Luke Raley single and a Dominic Canzone double, which put them up 3-1.

The Astros would not go down quietly, however, as a trio of knocks from Jose Altuve, Victor Caratini, and Christian Walker in the sixth suddenly put them in front 5-4. A run-scoring wild pitch in favor of the Mariners in the eighth and ultimately brought this game into extra innings, during which both squads scratched across a run in the 10th. In the 11th, rookie Cole Young became the night’s hero when he lined a walk-off single down the right-field line to send Mariner fans home happy late Saturday night.

Houston’s skid continues as the Mariners are just three games back now in the West. The Astros also might have lost their best active hitter, as Isaac Paredes appeared to badly pull a hamstring while coming out of the box on a liner off the left-field wall. If he does miss time, he’d be their MLB-high 16th player on the IL.

Other Games

Tampa Bay Rays (52-47) 4, Baltimore Orioles (43-54) 3: The Rays relied on some late scoring to sneak past the Orioles on Saturday, as Dean Kremer kept the Tampa Bay bats relatively quiet through his seven innings of one-run ball. The big blow came in the eighth inning, when Jonathan Aranda reached on a grounder to first, which Ryan O’Hearn fielded and unsuccessfully threw to home. The errant toss allowed a pair of runs to score, and ultimately the Rays to escape with a narrow victory.