The Yankees were off on Monday, alongside a decent portion of the league. It was their next-to-last off-day of the season, as they’ll play 13 straight games in a row before taking their final break and then play two more series to close out the regular season. While they were resting up from a closely-contested set of bouts with the Astros and Blue Jays, there were a few relevant games going on that surely caught their eyes at some point.

Boston Red Sox (80-65) 7, Athletics (66-79) 0

Boston had their ace on the mound against the lowly Athletics, and the matchup played out as expected: Garrett Crochet cruised to his 15th win of the year while his offense got him an early lead and grew it throughout the game. Crochet went seven strong, allowing just three hits and stranding them all while punching out 10 batters. Only one Athletic made it into scoring position all night, when Darell Hernaiz hit a one-out double in the fifth inning, but the A’s did nothing with the opportunity as Zack Gelof lined out and Max Schuemann grounded out to end the frame.

Meanwhile, his offense got to work right away giving him a lead to work with. Trevor Story hit a solo home run in the first inning, his 24th this season and the 90th run that he’s driven in during a renaissance season for the Red Sox shortstop. In the second, Nick Sogard singled home a run and Jarren Duran followed up with an RBI single of his own to triple the lead to 3-0. In the fifth, Carlos Narváez launched a 422-foot solo shot and Duran doubled before coming home on an Alex Bregman single to push the lead to five. Finally, in the eighth Romy Gonzalez and Masataka Yoshida both singled home runners to tack on and make it 7-0, though by that point the game was well in Boston’s hand.

Seattle Mariners (76-68) 4, St. Louis Cardinals (72-73) 2: Bryan Woo continued his solid season with six innings of two-run ball for Seattle, his lone mistake coming in the fourth when Alec Burleson crushed a two-run shot to center to briefly give the Cardinals the lead. Seattle’s offense came alive in the sixth, however, working the bases loaded on a pair of walks and a Randy Arozarena single. Julio Rodríguez handed off the baton with an RBI single, and Josh Naylor hit a bases-clearing double to score two and nearly score Rodríguez, but he was thrown out at home after replay confirmation. Naylor stole third base and came around to score on Eugenio Suárez’s sacrifice fly.

Texas Rangers (75-70) 5, Milwaukee Brewers (89-56) 0: The Brew Crew remain on the precipice of becoming MLB’s first 90-win team after they got shutout by the Rangers. Jacob Latz tossed 5.2 innings of three-hit ball, striking out four and inducing a pair of double-plays to prevent any rallies. The Rangers got him some support in the fifth inning, loading the bases for Michael Helman to crush a sinker up in the zone for a grand slam. Helman added a fifth RBI to his night in the seventh when he doubled home Jonah Heim, chasing Jose Quintana from the game despite his pitch count remaining very manageable at 85. Sometimes, you just run into some bad luck on the mound.

Cleveland Guardians (73-70) 10, Kansas City Royals (73-71) 2: The AL Central also-rans are still in the race for a Wild Card spot, and Cleveland took back second place in the division with a blowout victory over the Royals. Slade Cecconi was dealing, taking a no-hit bid into the eighth inning when Michael Massey broke it up with a single to center. However, the game was long over by that point, as Cleveland had a 10-0 lead thanks in large part to a six-run fourth powered by RBI doubles from C.J. Kayfus, Brayan Rocchio, Daniel Schneemann, and Nolan Jones. Freed from the weight of getting no-hit, Kansas City got two runs in the ninth on a Jac Caglianone single, but breaking the shutout did nothing to stop Cleveland from leap frogging them once the final out was recorded.