Headed to a Decisive Game 162

The Dodgers got into the playoffs with a win over San Francisco, 10–6 but they also forced a decisive game 162 as the Rockies fell to Washington, 12–2. Kershaw did not have his best stuff but the offense came through and carried the team to victory. Meanwhile, the Rockies were dominated by the Nationals and their 8 game win streak was snapped.

Those were the only 2 games that held any relevance for the post season situation as everything else is pretty set as far as the West goes. In the NL Central, Milwaukee and Chicago are tied atop the division and one will be the division winner and the other will host the wildcard game.

The other game in the NL West saw Arizona beat the Padres 5–4 on the power of Ildemaro Vargas who hit his first home run of his career while going 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs.

In the AL West, Edwin Diaz tied Bobby Thigpen for the 2nd most saves in a season at 57. The only player to save more games in a year was Francisco Rodriguez with 62 in 2008 for the Angels. Unfortunately, the Mariners only won 31 games where he didn’t get the save and fell short of the playoffs. The save locked up the Mariners’ 4–1 victory over Texas.

Oakland picked up a win over the Angels 5–2, dashing LA’s hopes for a .500 season but with so many injuries throughout the year it was surprising they got close to the 50/50 mark anyway. The Athletics prepare to head to New York for Wednesday’s wildcard matchup with the Yankees.

Finally, Houston picked up a couple of victories in Baltimore as they put things on cruise control for the double header. Verlander did pick up 10 strike outs even though he didn’t get the win in one of the games. They’ll enter the final day of the season with a chance to pick up their 104th win.

*****UPDATE Sunday @ 2pm******

Wow! It looks like there might be a couple of games tomorrow as the NL have 2 divisions that are tied and all 4 teams are winning!

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