most wins. those giants are something. that puts the giants magic number to win the division down to three with just four games remaining. and in milwaukee the cardinals clinched the second n.l. wild-card spot on tuesday with their second straight win, but st. louis could not extend its remarkable streak last night, finally falling to the brewers, 4-0. brewers reliever devin williams who s terrific fractured his throwing hand when he punched a wall listen to this. he fractured his throwing hand when he punched a wall after his team celebrated a title, likely knocking him out for the rest of the season. he said this. after the game we went out to celebration. i was a little frustrated and upset. i punched a wall. that s how it happened. the injury likely will require
the red sox. they finished with a three against the woeful nationals while the yankees play against the surging blue jays and enend another with the a.l. league leading race. it s still a tight race for the national league west with two games separating the dodgers from the giants atop the division this. one is likely to be settled by who s better set to play against the padres. the n.l. east will look like it comes down to the wire with 2 1/2 games separating the braves and phillies before they start a three-game series tomorrow night. meanwhile the cardinals are tightening their grip on the second n.l. wild-card spot. they swept the cubs, their 16th in a row. with that and a wild-card spot, the magic number for st. louis
park. the yankee series with the red sox is the biggest regular season matchup between these two squads in years. i am already nervous. all three teams have nine games left on their regular season schedules. the fate of the national league west, meanwhile, is arguably in the hands of the san diego padres who snapped a five-game losing streak with yesterday s win over the division-leading giants. meanwhile in denver, the dodgers keep the pressure on san francisco, cutting the giants lead atop the n.l. west with one game with a 7-5 win against the rockies. the padres performance over the next ten days will go a long way toward settling the division race. san diego plays l.a. and san francisco three times each before the season ends. but the padres, their own playoff chances are still slim as they remain six games behind the red-hot cardinals in the race for the second n.l. wild-card spot. st. louis extended its win streak to 12 in a row, its longest since 1982, finishing off a four-gam
dodgers ace clayton kershaw tossed five sharp innings, 8-5, over the reds. san francisco, the braves eddy rosario the second atlanta player in a month to hit for the cycle only needing five pitches to achieve the feat as the braves complete a three-game sweep of the giants, 3-0. it moves the dodgers to within one game of san francisco atop the n.l. west. meanwhile the cardinal streak to an eighth win in a row after beating san diego, 8-7 yesterday. st. louis is riding sweeps of the mets and padres into a four-game set against the n.l. central-leading brewers starting today. while the cards are 11.5 games mind milwaukee in the division, this streak has given st. louis a three-game lead for the second n.l. wild card spot with just two weeks to play. and the american league, the red sox wrapped up the three-game sweep of the baltimore orioles winning, 8-6, yesterday. and the yankees, after losing 11-3 on saturday were routed against by the indians yesterday, 11-1 even with ace
it to the playoffs after the giants clinched on monday. but those two teams are till in a tight race for the n.l. west, as l.a. remains 2 1/2 games behind san francisco which streaked to a ninth straight win. meanwhile, 7-6 for the cardinals against the mets last night put st. louis in a playoff position for a second nl. wildcard spot. tampa bay rays, reaching a mark holding the blue jays to two hits in a 2-0 victory in toronto, calling off the surging blue jays. in baltimore, five home runs, powered the yankees to a 7-2 win. and in seattle, a costly error the night before. with a go-ahead three-run double, that s my boy. to help pass the mariners. the yankees, blue jays, red sox and in the a.l. wildcard race.