Not Decided Yet

With 3 days left in the season there are still playoff spots that haven’t been claimed and the West has the upper hand. At least for the final NL playoff spot. In the NL, the Rockies are already guaranteed a spot and they are looking like they will probably be the NL West Division Champs. With their 8th win in a row, a 5–2 victory over Washington, the Rockies ensure that they will be in the playoffs. David Dahl hit a home run in his 5th game in a row and Kyle Freeland improved to 17–7 with a minuscule 2.85 ERA for a pitcher that plays half his games in Colorado. This team is definitely hot at the right time of the season.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers picked up a win against the Giants, 3–1. Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched 6 strong innings of 1-run ball and Justin Turner smacked a 2-run home run to break a 1–1 tie in the 5th to drop LA’s magic number to 1 for a postseason berth. Enrique Hernandez added a 3–4 night as the Dodgers stayed a game and a half in front of St. Louis for the final wild card spot.

Things are more certain in the AL where Oakland’s 8–5 loss to the Angels ensured that they would end up as the 2nd wildcard spot. This means they’ll head to New York on Wednesday to face the Yankees in the one game wildcard playoff. At the same time, my Angels team has put together a nice little win streak. They’ve picked up 4 in a row and have an outside chance of ending the season at .500. They still have a couple of games against Oakland but the Athletics will probably be thinking about Wednesday more than this weekend.

In other games, Arizona lost to San Diego 3–2, Houston notched victory 101 with a win over Baltimore, and Texas dropped number 93 against Seattle 12–6.

Pitcher of the Day: Eric Lauer, SD – 6.1 INN, 0 ER, 6 K
Player of the Day: Ohtani, LAA – 3–3, 1 R, 2 RBI,

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