Atlanta beat Miami on Saturday with its playoff seeding already settled. Philadelphia remained short of clinching a postseason spot: the Phillies led Arizona by one game but lost the tiebreaker, after starting Aaron Nola on two days’ rest in a game that went poorly.
Atlanta managed the game despite an injury to Martin Pérez: Brent Suter covered the first three innings, and no bullpen blowups disrupted the plan.
Elsewhere, Blake Trienen injured his shoulder while warming up Saturday and will miss the rest of the regular season and postseason for the Dodgers. The Padres put Casey Mize on the injured list with a sprained ankle, and Texas placed Josh Jung on the IL with a hand fracture. Justin Verlander made what the roundup described as the final start of his Hall of Fame career, calling the outing respectable.
