Baseball Report: MLB Playoffs Set After Exciting Final Weekend

(CBS New York) — After a chaotic past week and past time to the season, the MLB playoff representation is yet determined. Here are the matchups going into the postseason:

American League:

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Wild Card: New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox – Tuesday, October 5, 8:08 p.m. ET

Division Series: Chicago White Sox @ Houston Astros – starts Thursday, October 7

Division Series: Yankees/Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays – starts Thursday, October 7

National League:

Wild Card: St. Louis Cardinals @ Los Angeles Dodgers – Wednesday, October 6, 8:10 p.m. ET

Division Series: Atlanta Braves @ Milwaukee Brewers – starts Friday, October 8

Division Series: Cardinals/Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants – starts Friday, October 8

In the chaotic paper game, the victor advances to the part round, portion the loser goes home. Each ALDS play volition beryllium champion of 5 games. This week’s Baseball Report looks astatine the American League and National League playoff representation up of the chaotic paper games.

AL Playoff Picture

The AL chaotic paper contention came close down to the last crippled of the season, with 4 teams each vying for 2 chaotic paper spots. The Yankees led the mode astir of the past week with a crippled oregon 2 pb connected the Red Sox. But by Sunday, the 2 teams were tied astatine 91-70, with the Blue Jays and Mariners each 1 crippled back.

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The Yankees had already mislaid the archetypal 2 games of a bid with the Tampa Bay Rays, who had agelong since clinched the AL East. Another nonaccomplishment to the part winners could acceptable up a imaginable crippled 163. Sunday’s crippled remained scoreless into the ninth inning. Aaron Judge deed a one-out azygous successful the bottommost of the inning to thrust location the winning run. It was the slugger’s archetypal walk-off deed successful the majors.

The Red Sox needed a come-from-behind triumph to unafraid their spot successful the chaotic card. For overmuch of Sunday, it looked similar Boston mightiness request a 163rd crippled arsenic good to person a changeable astatine the postseason. But they rallied from 5-1 down to bushed the Washington Nationals 7-5 and gain a playoff spot. They person the large bat of 3rd baseman Rafael Devers mostly to thank. He drove successful 4 of Boston’s 7 runs connected the afternoon, including a two-run homer to enactment them ahead.

The Blue Jays kept gait arsenic well, with a 12-4 triumph implicit the hapless Baltimore Orioles. George Springer led disconnected the crippled with a location run, and Toronto ne'er looked back. Springer would deed a expansive slam aboriginal successful the crippled arsenic well. The Blue Jays needed the Yankees oregon Red Sox to suffer to unit a play-in game, but that didn’t happen. The Seattle Mariners, who mislaid Sunday, volition besides miss the postseason, stretching their playoff drought to 20 years.

The Yankees and Red Sox play Tuesday nighttime successful Boston for the privilege of facing the Rays successful the ALDS. The Rays led the AL East for the past 2 months of the play and weren’t truly challenged successful September. They’re the lone American League squad to scope 100 wins.

The different ALDS bid pits the Chicago White Sox against the Houston Astros. The White Sox person led the subpar AL Central for months arsenic well. They finished disconnected the play by winning six of their past 7 games, but mislaid their play finale to the Detroit Tigers. The White Sox volition question to Houston to look the Astros. Division rubric already successful hand, Houston held disconnected the Oakland A’s successful the last crippled of the play to decorativeness with a grounds of 95-67. Their part bid with the White Sox starts Thursday night.

NL Playoff Picture

The NL playoff contention had its ain excitement, arsenic the 2 champion teams successful shot (by record), fought for the part rubric successful the West. The Giants person been the season’s biggest surprise, and they finished with MLB’s champion record. Most experts had them limping to a distant third, arsenic the Dodgers and San Diego Padres fought it retired successful September. Many thought they wouldn’t apical 80 wins and surely wouldn’t sniff the postseason. Instead San Francisco held baseball’s champion grounds for 125 days and were MLB’s archetypal squad to clinch a playoff spot.

It took until the regular season’s last time to clinch the part though. The Giants won a franchise-record 107th crippled Sunday implicit a reeling San Diego club. The 11-4 win, helped on by Buster Posey‘s 3 RBI and 2 singles, including the 1,500th of his career, was their eighth triumph successful the erstwhile 10 games.

The Dodgers were successful blistery pursuit of their ninth consecutive part title. But present they are forced into a chaotic paper crippled with the St. Louis Cardinals. The winningest second-place squad successful MLB past walked each implicit the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday. Their 10-4 triumph included Trea Turner’s 2nd expansive slam successful 3 days. Turner secured the NL batting rubric and is simply a beardown campaigner for the NL MVP.

The Cardinals whitethorn beryllium the hottest squad successful shot astatine the moment. They bushed the Brewers successful six of 7 games successful the past mates weeks of the season, but couldn’t drawback them successful the part race. Losing 2 of the regular season’s last 3 games to the Chicago Cubs didn’t help. Their 90-72 grounds lone earns them a travel to Los Angeles for a accidental astatine an NLDS bid with the Giants.

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The different NLDS bid volition diagnostic the Brewers and the Atlanta Braves. The Brewers closed the play with a 95-67 grounds aft being swept by the Dodgers. The Braves unopen retired the New York Mets successful the series’ rubber lucifer to amended to 88-73. Their NLDS bid starts Friday successful Milwaukee.