BALTIMORE (AP) — Gerrit Cole knows the 2018 season will ultimately be judged on how he performs in the playoffs.So for at least a week Bill Melton Jersey , the Houston Astros right-hander will savor what he accomplished from April through September.Cole went over 200 innings with a sharp outing against the Baltimore Orioles, and Houston got a home run from Josh Reddick in a 2-1 victory Friday night.The Astros close out the regular season at Camden Yards this weekend after clinching the AL West title on Tuesday night. Houston opens the playoffs at home against Cleveland on Oct. 5.Cole gave up one run, five hits and a walk over six innings. His four strikeouts gave him 276 for the season, and he finished with 200 1/3 innings.Although Cole wasn’t involved in the decision, he will enter the playoffs with a 15-5 record, a 2.88 ERA and a five-game winning streak.“I thought it was a great body of work,” Cole said. “I thought a lot of the personal numbers reflect how well we’ve played as a team this year. Certainly the innings mark for sure.”Manager A.J. Hinch couldn’t have been happier with the way Cole pitched this season.“He exceeded really anything we could’ve hoped for,” Finch said. “It’s not easy to get through 200 innings. It’s not easy to post over time and get the quality he did. It’s one thing to have expectations. It’s another to step up and do it.”Cole and the Astros trailed 1-0 in the sixth before Reddick tied it with his 17th home run, a drive off rookie David Hess that sailed over the right-field scoreboard.Marwin Gonzalez put Houston in front with a bases-loaded single in the eighth off Tanner Scott (3-3).Tony Sipp (3-1) and Collin McHugh each pitched one inning before Roberto Osuna worked the ninth for his 21st save. He’s 12 for 12 since coming to the Astros from Toronto in late July.The game ended with center fielder Jake Marisnick making a diving catch of a sinking liner by Renato Nunez with the potential tying run on second base.“Defensively you’re not going to do too many walk-off things,” Marisnick said, “but that was pretty cool.”PICK ME!Hinch intends to talk to players about their status for the postseason on Sunday. With such a glut of talent on the roster, it’s likely that a handful of players will see their seasons unexpectedly come to an end.“They’re all avoiding me,” Hinch said. “This is the deepest team that most of these guys have played on, so they’re realists. They understand that this is a hard team to crack.”He plans to reveal his starting post-season rotation by the end of the weekend.MR. JONESAdam Jones was selected the Most Valuable Oriole in a poll of writers and broadcasters who cover the team.Jones is 33 http://www.whitesoxfanproshop.com/authentic-robin-ventura-jersey , his contract expires after this season and the Orioles are rebuilding with youth. So, these could be his last days in Baltimore.Many in the crowd gave him a standing ovation during each of his four trips to the plate.He responded with an RBI double in the first inning and hit a drive to the warning track in the ninth.The fans are unsure if Jones will be back, and so are his teammates. “To think it could be the end is sad,” catcher Caleb Joseph said.Afterward, Jones said, “Three more games in 48 hours, and we’ll evaluate after that.”DAVIS DONEOrioles first baseman Chris Davis has apparently put an end to one of the worst seasons in major league history.Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said Friday that Davis — mired in a 1-for-37 skid — probably won’t play again in 2018.Davis will finish with a .168 batting average, lowest by a qualifier in big league history. The previous record was .179, by Rob Deer in 1991 and Dan Uggla in 2013.UP NEXTAstros: Justin Verlander (16-9, 2.60 ERA) and Dallas Keuchel (12-11, 3.75 ERA) warm up for the playoffs in Saturday’s single-admission doubleheader.Orioles” Dylan Bundy (8-16. 5.49 ERA) puts an end to a disappointing season, and rookie Yefry Ramirez (1-7, 6.07 ERA) seeks his first win since July 24. Fans of the Boston Red Sox will experience familiar emotions Wednesday when their team parades through the city for the fourth time since 2004.While some fanbases go through stressful championship series, Red Sox supporters have experienced 12 victories in 15 World Series contests during their recent title runs.The latest championship side to come out of Boston never appeared to face much stress over five games against the Los Angeles Dodgers Early Wynn Jersey , even when the National League champion won an 18-inning Game 3.Over the course of five games, the Red Sox produced plenty of memorable moments, with a handful coming in Games 4 and 5, when they snatched the momentum away from the Dodgers for good on their way to clinching the series.The 2018 World Series was supposed to start off with a pitcher's duel between Boston's Chris Sale and Los Angeles' Clayton Kershaw, but the Red Sox lineup had other thoughts.Andrew Benintendi and J.D. 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The Red Sox have the LEAD.7GVgmV6r7OPearce promptly followed Devers' hit by driving in three runs on a double that set up the Red Sox to clinch in Game 5.MLB MLBThe Truth for THREE. #WorldSeries Pce0SnGWVhPearce, who was named World Series Most Valuable Player, homered off Kershaw in the first inning of Game 5, and the Dodgers never recovered.Boston Red Sox RedSoxLet us tell you about Steve Pearce. His last 3 AB? 2 HR, 2B, 6 RBI (鈥硷笍)#DoDamage S07ymYsh46Pearce, Martinez and Mookie Betts all hit solo home runs to open up an advantage for Chris Sale to come in for the ninth inning and comfortably close out the contest.Boston Red Sox RedSox#DAMAGEDONE X9cLgcylEvAs the celebrations started in the Boston locker room, the Red Sox trolled the rival New York Yankees by playing "New York, New York." 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