The Atlanta Braves clinched home field advantage throughout the postseason with a 5-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

The Braves have 103 wins and own the tiebreaker over the Baltimore Orioles, the only other Major League club that can match them in victories.

"It's huge," Travis d'Arnaud said. "Our fanbase here is electric. It's a huge advantage for us. I've been on the other side where the fans get all over you. It makes for a tough night of sleep and an uncomfortable game."

Matt Olson hit his Major League-leading 54th home run and brought his season RBI total to 136, besting the franchise mark set by Eddie Mathews, who had 135 in 1953.

"I think it's cool," Olson said. "I think when you're in the middle of the season you don't think about it too much. Maybe in the offseason, I'll enjoy a beer over it."

Atlanta has 304 home runs this season entering Friday's action, three shy of the MLB record set by the Minnesota Twins in 2019.

The Baltimore Orioles clinched the American League East division title with a 2-0 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.

The victory was Baltimore's 100th of the season.

"It was the AL Beast again this year, and we knew it," Austin Hays said. "We had to battle ... but here we are. We did it."

It's the first time since 1980 that the Orioles have reached 100 wins. Two years after losing 110 games, they will enter the postseason as the top seed in the American League.

"There were so many rough nights in '19 and '21," manager Brandon Hyde said. "There's a lot of guys that were in that clubhouse that are celebrating right now."

The Baltimore Orioles have reached a deal with the state of Maryland that keeps the team at Camden Yards for at least 30 years, according to an announcement after the third inning of Thursday night's game against the Boston Red Sox.

Between innings, a message appeared on the scoreboard telling the crowd about the agreement between the Orioles, the state, Gov. Wes Moore and the Maryland Stadium Authority. The Democratic governor and Orioles chairman John Angelos were shown on the video board.

The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the National League Central title for the third time in six seasons despite losing to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.

The Brewers clinched the title when the Chicago Cubs lost 7-6 to the Atlanta Braves.

The Milwaukee crowd roared as the ninth inning of the Cubs-Braves game was shown on the videoboard.

"You could just sense something was going on in the stands a little bit," Craig Counsell said. "Then I turned behind me and looked down the tunnel and some of the clubhouse guys were scurrying around way too fast for us losing 4-1. So I knew something was going on then."

The Philadelphia Phillies are headed to the postseason after Tuesday night's 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in 10 innings.

The Phillies clinched a wild-card berth with the victory. They also locked up the National League's top wild-card seed and will host all games in the series. 

"We have such a great team and a great group," Bryce Harper said. "We couldn't do this without every single guy in this clubhouse."

The Atlanta Braves earned their 100th victory of the season Sunday night by defeating the Washington Nationals 8-5.

Atlanta has won 100 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2002-03.

"It's unbelievable," Brian Snitker said. "It's hard to do. I think it's quite an accomplishment anytime you can win 100 games. A lot of things we're doing are really hard. It's taken the whole room in there, that's for sure, to make something like that happen."

The end has officially arrived for this year's New York Yankees.

While a bevy of key injuries and a season's worth of offensive struggles long made it seem that their run of six straight postseason appearances was likely going to be halted, that conclusion mercifully and officially arrived on a Sunday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Under a steady, relentless rainfall and amid powerful, gusty winds brought on by nearby Tropical Storm Ophelia, the Yankees lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-1, falling out of contention for the final wild-card spot.

The Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays clinched playoff berths Sunday during the ninth inning of their game when the Texas Rangers lost at the Cleveland Guardians.

The Orioles and Rays are assured of at least wild card berths in the American League.

The Orioles eventually edged the Rays 5-4 in an 11-inning thriller in Baltimore.

Baltimore is postseason-bound for the first time since 2016, while Tampa Bay is in the postseason for the fifth straight year. 

The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Wednesday night, clinching the National League East division title in the process.

It is the sixth straight division title for the Braves.

Kirby Yates struck out Brandon Marsh to end the game and the players danced in a mob near the mound at Citizens Bank Park as Phillies fans booed them off the field.

Atlanta (96-50) clinched in 146 games, its second-quickest clinch in the divisional era.

The division title is the Braves' record 26th, two more than the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

The Atlanta Braves became the first team to clinch a playoff berth, rallying to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Sunday as Matt Olson went 2-for-3 with three RBIs.

Atlanta (93-49) reached the postseason for the sixth straight year, the second-longest streak in franchise history. The Braves won 11 straight NL East titles from 1995 to 2005.