The Astros took down the Red Sox Friday with a 3-2 victory at Fenway Park. The win was Houston's 100th of the season, giving MLB three 100-win teams for the first time since the 2003 season. Houston joined the Indians (101) and the Dodgers (102) as the teams with 100 wins this year.

It's just the sixth time in MLB history that three teams have won at least 100 games in the same season.

Charlie Morton (14-7) gave the Astros a solid start while Alex Bregman's two-run home run in the fifth inning provided a lead Houston would never relinquish. The Red Sox threatened to tie the game in the sixth inning, but strikeouts by Francisco Liriano and Chris Devenski ended a bases-loaded scoring threat and Boston's chance to lock up the American League East title Friday.

Boston's magic number remains at 1 as the Yankees stayed alive for the division title with a 4-0 over the Blue Jays. The Yankees are now two back of the Red Sox in the AL East. If the Yankees were to win the final two games of the season and the Red Sox drop two to the Astros, the Yankees would be the AL East champions because they won the series series by taking 11 of 19 games against Boston.

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The Astros have absolutely no chance of losing their stranglehold on the AL West as their lead has stretched to more than 21 games. Friday's win gaves the Astros 100 wins for the first time since the 1998 season. Houston won 102 games that year before falling in the first round of the National League playoffs to the Padres.

Houston lost 111 games in 2013, so by winning 100 games in 2017 they become just the second team in MLB history to win 100 games within five seasons of losing at least 110. The only other team to do that in the history of baseball was the "Amazing Mets" of 1969.

"It's a big number," head coach A.J. Hinch said. "It takes six months to get there and I'm proud of our guys obviously, you know, we've got a couple of games left, we'd like 102 plus 11 in October, so any chance you get to come out and play and just win the way we're winning, it's a nice feeling."

While the AL East is still up for grabs, so is the final NL wild-card spot. The Brewers stayed alive with a 5-3 win over the Cardinals but were unable to gain any ground on the Rockies, who closed their magic number to 1 with a 9-1 win over the Dodgers at Coors Field.

Studs of the Night

Masahiro Tanaka was nearly unhittable Friday in the Yankees' 4-0 win over the Blue Jays. The 28-year old right-hander tossed seven innings of three-hit, no-run ball, but what was even more impressive was the 15 strikeouts he posted on a mere 103 pitches.

Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman went 4 for 4 with two home runs, two doubles and four RBIs in Washington's 6-1 win over the Pirates. The 33-year-old has 36 home runs on the season after hitting a combined 36 home runs from 2014-16.

Dud of the Night

White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts in a 10-1 loss to the Indians. Cleveland's magic number now stands at 1 for home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs with two games remaining.

Highlights

The Cubs got a timely three-run homer from Ian Happ off Reds reliever Michael Lorenzen down two in the eighth inning to lift the Cubs to a 5-4 win.

Ian Happ heating up at the right time with the postseason right around the corner pic.twitter.com/FGXUX74G8p — Cubs Talk (@CSNCubs) September 29, 2017

Angels center fielder Mike Trout is only 26 years old and already has 200 home runs after going yard against the Mariners.

.@MikeTrout will have his 200th HR on the rocks. pic.twitter.com/5ef63nKSz3 — MLB (@MLB) September 30, 2017

What's Next

Dodgers (102-58) at Rockies (87-73) 8:10 p.m. ET — The Rockies' magic number for the second National League wild-card spot now stands at 1. Win Saturday and they are in. The problem is they have to go through Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw (18-4, 2.21 ERA). German Marquez (11-7, 4.38 ERA) will do all he can to lock up the playoff spot for the Rockies on their home field.