Colorado Takes Control

The season may be winding down but the playoff race is continuing to be red hot. Oakland’s win against Seattle may not have helped with their pursuit of the AL West title, which is over, but it did move them closer to the Yankees and the first spot in the AL wildcard race. Right now, New York is a game and a half up on the Athletics for home field in the one game wildcard match. 4 Athletics homered in the game including Matt Olson who hit a grand slam and Khris Davis who smacked his MLB leading 47th.

In the NL, there was a huge mixup as Colorado won and took over the NL West lead from the Dodgers who lost to Arizona. St. Louis also lost so…they’re a full game behind LA in the NL wildcard race. Meanwhile in a non-West twist, Milwaukee is now only half a game behind the Cubs for the NL Central division. So much going on. Colorado’s German Marquez tied a MLB record as he struck out the first 8 Phillies he faced. 4 home runs powered the 14 run outburst and with their 6th victory in a row, Colorado looks legit.

Other games in the West included the Angels winning their 3rd in a row and sweeping Texas, 3–2. The Padres beat up on San Francisco and Houston took a break to lose to Toronto – not that this really has any bearing on the playoffs.

Player of the Day: Matt Olson, 1–5, HR, 4 RBI, grand slam
Pitcher of the Day: German Marquez, COL – 7 INN, 0 ER, 2 H, 11 K

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