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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For over a quarter of the season, the Rays have managed to get by without one of their aces. They gave Tyler Glasnow plenty of time to properly heal and rehab the strained oblique muscle that put him on the shelf in spring training. It got…

Rowdy Tellez and the Milwaukee Brewers had Garrett Whitlock’s number early and often on Saturday night, and it led to a kind of loss that’s already become all too familiar this season.

On a chilly night when the Brewers played like the better team, they also watched their starter, Corbin Burnes, one of the best pitchers in the National League, leave the game with an injury.

SAN DIEGO — Six games. Just six games left.

MILWAUKEE — The opportunities the Cardinals missed to reshape the outcome of a weekend in Wisconsin were as costly as the ones the Brewers did just enough to capitalize on.

MILWAUKEE — With the NL Central crown in their pocket and time to kill on their hands, the Cardinals cannot do anything to change their postseason position in the coming days, but they had one more last chance to shape who they might face.

MILWAUKEE — Step one, as they collectively called it, is done. The Mets are going to the playoffs. They guaranteed as much with more than two weeks remaining in the regular season by virtue of blowing away the clubs in the wild-card picture, earning that bit of uncertainty heading into…

Sampson allowed one run in 3 1⁄3 innings, but Ross went to Sean Newcomb, who got rocked for six runs in one inning.

Rowdy Tellez was the epitome of thick boy joy after stealing this base

SAN FRANCISCO — A marquee pitching match-up turned into an ugly, extra-inning 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers for the San Francisco Giants to open up the final series before the All-Star break on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH — As much fun as the Pirates’ previous two games had been, with Bryan Reynolds and Michael Perez delivering back-to-back three-homer performances, Friday’s 19-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers represented the other end of the spectrum.