Monday, September 24, 2018

MLB CURRENT STANDINGS AND WILD CARD PICTURE


NATIONAL LEAGUE
NL EAST
W
L
PCT
GB
HOME
AWAY
DIV
AL
STRK
L10
y-Atlanta
88
68
.564
-
43-38
45-30
47-23
8-12
W5
6-4
Philadelphia
78
77
.503
9.5
47-31
31-46
32-41
12-8
L4
4-6
Washington
78
78
.500
10.0
38-40
40-38
38-35
9-11
L1
4-6
NY Mets
73
83
.468
15.0
33-42
40-41
36-34
8-12
W1
5-5
Miami
62
93
.400
25.5
38-43
24-50
25-45
9-11
W3
5-5
NL CENTRAL
W
L
PCT
GB
HOME
AWAY
DIV
AL
STRK
L10
Chi. Cubs
91
64
.587
-
47-27
44-37
37-32
13-7
W2
7-3
Milwaukee
89
67
.571
2.5
48-30
41-37
36-37
10-7
W1
6-4
St. Louis
87
69
.558
4.5
43-35
44-34
40-30
11-9
W3
6-4
Pittsburgh
78
76
.506
12.5
44-36
34-40
39-30
15-5
L1
7-3
Cincinnati
66
91
.420
26.0
36-40
30-51
25-48
10-8
L3
3-7
NL WEST
W
L
PCT
GB
HOME
AWAY
DIV
AL
STRK
L10
LA Dodgers
87
69
.558
-
44-37
43-32
40-30
12-8
W2
8-2
Colorado
85
70
.548
1.5
41-33
44-37
41-35
13-7
W3
5-5
Arizona
79
77
.506
8.0
38-40
41-37
36-34
10-10
L3
2-8
San Francisco
72
84
.462
15.0
41-34
31-50
37-33
8-12
L4
4-6
San Diego
62
94
.397
25.0
29-49
33-45
24-46
7-13
L2
4-6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AL EAST
W
L
PCT
GB
HOME
AWAY
DIV
NL
STRK
L10
y-Boston
105
51
.673
-
54-21
51-30
49-21
16-4
L2
5-5
w-NY Yankees
95
60
.613
9.5
53-28
42-32
39-30
11-9
L1
5-5
Tampa Bay
87
68
.561
17.5
48-26
39-42
38-31
7-13
W1
7-3
Toronto
71
85
.455
34.0
39-39
32-46
29-44
13-7
L1
6-4
Baltimore
45
110
.290
59.5
27-50
18-60
22-51
7-13
W1
4-6
AL CENTRAL
W
L
PCT
GB
HOME
AWAY
DIV
NL
STRK
L10
y-Cleveland
87
68
.561
-
49-32
38-36
45-24
12-8
W2
5-5
Minnesota
72
83
.465
15.0
43-31
29-52
36-33
8-12
W1
5-5
Detroit
63
93
.404
24.5
38-43
25-50
32-41
6-11
L1
4-6
Chi. White Sox
61
94
.394
26.0
29-49
32-45
29-40
6-14
L2
5-5
Kansas City
54
102
.346
33.5
30-47
24-55
34-38
4-14
W1
4-6
AL WEST
W
L
PCT
GB
HOME
AWAY
DIV
NL
STRK
L10
x-Houston
98
57
.632
-
46-35
52-22
46-30
13-7
W3
7-3
Oakland
94
62
.603
4.5
50-31
44-31
35-35
12-8
L1
5-5
Seattle
85
70
.548
13.0
41-33
44-37
37-32
6-14
L1
6-4
LA Angels
75
81
.481
23.5
37-38
38-43
32-38
10-10
L5
2-8
Texas
66
89
.426
32.0
34-47
32-42
27-42
9-11
W1
4-6
Legend
w
Clinched wild card
x
Clinched playoff berth
y
Clinched division
z
Clinched division and best record in league
Top of Form
WILDCARD STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TEAM
W
L
GB
LEFT
Milwaukee
89
67
+2.0
6
St. Louis
87
69
-
6
Colorado
85
70
1.5
7
Pittsburgh
78
76
8.0
8
Arizona
79
77
8.0
6
Philadelphia
78
77
8.5
7
Washington
78
78
9.0
6
NY Mets
73
83
14.0
6
San Francisco
72
84
15.0
6
Cincinnati
66
91
21.5
5
Miami
62
93
24.5
7
San Diego
62
94
25.0
6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TEAM
W
L
GB
LEFT
NY Yankees
95
60
+1.5
7
Oakland
94
62
-
6
Tampa Bay
87
68
6.5
7
Seattle
85
70
8.5
7
LA Angels
75
81
19.0
6
Minnesota
72
83
21.5
7
Toronto
71
85
23.0
6
Texas
66
89
27.5
7
Detroit
63
93
31.0
6
Chi. White Sox
61
94
32.5
7
Kansas City
54
102
40.0
6
Baltimore
45
110
48.5
7
Bottom of Form


MLB SCOREBOARD


BREWERS 13, PIRATES 6
PITTSBURGH -- Christian Yelich hit his 32nd home run and Travis Shaw added his 31st as Milwaukee remained two games ahead of St. Louis, which is second in the NL wild-card race. Yelich finished 2 for 3, including a three-run homer in the second off Nick Kingham (5-7), to boost his batting average to an NL-leading .322.
Corey Knebel (3-3) won in relief.
Pittsburgh was eliminated and failed to reach the postseason for the third straight year.
ORIOLES 6, YANKEES 3
NEW YORK -- Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius has torn cartilage in his right wrist and is unsure whether he will be able to play in the AL wild-card game on Oct. 3.
Gregorius, who has 27 homers and 86 RBI, got injured Saturday when he slid headfirst on Aaron Hicks' 11th-inning double to score the run that clinched a postseason berth for New York, which disclosed the injury after a 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
New York remained 1+ games ahead of Oakland for the top AL wild card. Baltimore (45-110) is one loss shy of matching the franchise record for defeats set by the 1939 St. Louis Browns, who went 43-111.
Tim Beckham homered twice for the lowly Orioles, who trailed 3-0 early. Ryan Meisinger (2-0) pitched two perfect innings and Mychal Givens worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his ninth save. A.J. Cole (3-1) was the loser.
INDIANS 4, RED SOX 3, 11 INNINGS
CLEVELAND -- Greg Allen singled with one out and the bases loaded in the 11th inning and Cleveland denied Boston's bid for a club-record 106th victory for the second straight game.
Allen singled through the left side on a 3-2 pitch from Robby Scott to give the Indians an 11th inning win for the second night in a row.
William Cuevas (0-2) walked leadoff man Jose Ramirez, who moved to second on Rajai Davis' sacrifice. Shortstop Tzu-Wei Lin booted Erik Gonzalez's ground ball, sending Ramirez to third. Yandy Diaz, batting for Yonder Alonso, was intentionally walked to load the bases and set the stage for Allen's winning hit.
Josh Tomlin (2-5) pitched two scoreless innings.
Mookie Betts homered and had four hits in his return to the lineup for Boston.
TWINS 5, ATHLETICS 1
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland will have to take its bubbly on the road. Kyle Gibson (9-13) allowed one run over 7 1/3 innings and Jake Cave hit a two-run homer for Minnesota, which prevented the Athletics from clinching an AL wild-card berth in their last regular-season home game.
Oakland leads Tampa Bay by 7+ games and needs one win or a Rays loss to clinch its first playoff berth in four years.
Trevor Cahill (6-4) gave up five runs -- three earned -- and five hits in 3 1/3 innings.
RAYS 5, BLUE JAYS 2
TORONTO -- Blake Snell (21-5) won his ninth straight start, striking out 11 in 6 2/3 shutout innings. He broke the Rays season record for wins set by David Price in 2012 and lowered his ERA to 1.90, the best in the AL.
C.J. Cron and Brandon Lowe homered for Tampa Bay, which remained 7+ games behind Oakland for the AL's second wild card and would be eliminated with one more loss or win by the Athletics.
Ryan Borucki (4-5) allowed two runs and three hits in seven innings.
CUBS 6, WHITE SOX 1
CHICAGO -- Kyle Schwarber connected off Carlos Rodon (6-7) for his first homer against a left-hander this season and drove in two runs as the NL Central-leading Cubs stayed 2+ games ahead of second-place Milwaukee.
Ben Zobrist had three hits and Kyle Hendricks (13-11) gave up one run and four hits in 7 2/3 innings.
CARDINALS 9, GIANTS 2
ST. LOUIS -- Miles Mikolas (17-4) won his fourth straight start, allowing two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. John Brebbia and Giovanny Gallegos finished a five-hitter.
Matt Carpenter hit his NL-leading 36th homer and St. Louis remained 1+ games ahead of Colorado, which is third in the wild-card race,
Andrew Suarez (7-12) gave up two runs and six hits in five innings. The Giants finished 31-50 on the road for a two-year record of 57-105 away from home.
DODGERS 14, PADRES 0
LOS ANGELES -- Hyun-Jin Ryu (6-3) allowed four hits and struck out eight in six scoreless innings and tied a career high with three of the Dodgers' 16 hits. Los Angeles maintained a 1+-games NL West lead over second-place Colorado.
Manny Machado and Matt Kemp hit solo homers, and Austin Barnes hit a two-run drive.
Rookie Joey Lucchesi (8-9) gave up a career-high seven runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.
ROCKIES 2, DIAMONDBACKS 0
PHOENIX -- Kyle Freeland (16-7) allowed seven hits in seven innings, improving to 7-0 in his last 10 starts.
Arizona lost for the seventh time in eight games and was eliminated from contention in the NL West and wild-card races. The Diamondbacks led the division entering the final month but are 5-16 in September.
Nolan Arenado hit an RBI double in the third and Gerardo Parra had a run-scoring single in the fifth against Zach Godley (14-11), who lost his fourth straight start.
Wade Davis got three straight outs for his NL-leading 41st save.
ASTROS 6, ANGELS 2
HOUSTON -- Charlie Morton left after one inning and 24 pitches because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder that caused a drop in velocity. The 34-year-old right-hander did not pitch for the Astros from Aug. 28 until Sept. 8 because of right shoulder discomfort. He won his first two starts following his stint on the disabled list, allowing four runs in 11 innings.
AL West-leading Houston opened a 4+-game lead over second-place Oakland. Yuli Gurriel hit a two-run homer, giving him three homers and 10 RBI in the three-game series.
Framber Valdez (4-1) followed Morton and struck out a career-high nine in six innings, allowing one run and three hits. Tyler Skaggs (8-9) gave up four runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings.
BRAVES 2, PHILLIES 1
ATLANTA -- Lane Adams homered and drove in two runs, and Anibal Sanchez (7-6) won for the first time in nine starts. Sanchez allowed one run and four hits in five innings, securing his role as Atlanta's No. 3 starter for the Division Series behind Mike Foltynewicz and Kevin Gausman.
Atlanta won its fifth straight, and Philadelphia was eliminated from postseason contention. The Braves mostly rested their regulars against ace Aaron Nola (16-6), who gave up two runs and four hits in six innings. The Phillies were swept in a four-game series in Atlanta for the first time since 1997.
Shane Carle pitched a shaky ninth for his first big league save.
RANGERS 6, MARINERS 1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Adrian Beltre was given a standing ovation when he was removed from what could be his last home game for Texas, just before the Rangers rallied for four runs in the sixth to overcome a 1-0 deficit.
The 39-year-old, playing his 21st major league season, struck out twice and is hitting .275 with 14 homers and 61 RBI. The four-time All-Star, the active hits leader with 3,162, isn't sure he wants to play next year.
Texas took a 4-1 lead in the sixth when Nomar Mazara chased starter Wade LeBlanc (8-5) with a two-run double, Robinson Chirinos hit an RBI single off Nick Vincent and Carlos Tocci had a sacrifice fly against James PazosJoey Gallo added his 39th homer, a two-run drive in the eighth against Ryan Cook.
Jeffrey Springs (1-1), the second of five Texas pitchers, allowed two hits in two scoreless innings.
MARLINS 6, REDS 0
MIAMI -- A crowd of 13,595 left Miami with a franchise-low home attendance of 811,104 in Derek Jeter's first season as chief executive officer, the first major league team to draw fewer than 1 million fans at home since the 2004 Montreal Expos. The Marlins are last in the NL East at 62-93 overall, their eighth consecutive losing season, and have not reached the playoffs since beating the Yankees in the 2003 World Series.
Rookie Chad Wallach hit his first big league home run, a three-run drive in a four-run third off Michael Lorenzen (3-2), who allowed nine hits in four innings. Trevor Richards (4-9) gave up three hits in seven innings, struck out nine and walked one.
METS 8, NATIONALS 6
WASHINGTON -- Michael Conforto hit a go-ahead, bases-loaded triple in the fourth off Wander Suero (3-1), and Jeff McNeil matched a career high with four hits in raising his average to .328 in 195 at-bats since his big league debut on July 24.
The first pitch was delayed 25 minutes, and rain continued during the game, which lasted 4 hours, 14 minutes.
Drew Gagnon (2-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the Mets, who took three of four from the Nationals in the teams' final series of the season. Anthony Swarzak got five outs for his fourth save.
ROYALS 3, TIGERS 2
DETROIT -- Rookie Brad Keller (9-6) allowed one run and three hits in seven innings, abd Cam Gallagher broke a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single off Drew VerHagen (3-3). Wily Peralta struck out Jim Adduci to earn his 13th save.