The New York Mets clinch one of the wild card playoff spots, leaving the San Francisco Giants to try and hold off the St. Louis Cardinals in the wild card standings. In the American League, the Seattle Mariners are out of the running and the Detroit Tigers have a very small window left, while the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles share the top spot in the wild card standings.

New York Mets 5  Philadelphia Phillies 3: The Mets clinch the wild card thanks to a two-run homer by James Loney in the sixth inning, making it impossible for the Phillies to catch up from that point.

Pittsburgh Pirates 3  St. Louis Cardinals 4: The Cardinals try to catch up with the Giants for the only remaining wild card spot left in the National League. The Pirates began with a 3-run touchdown from Jung Ho Kang, but the Cardinals slowly made their way back, winning on a Jedd Gyorko home run.

Baltimore Orioles 3  New York Yankees 7: A loss that luckily doesn’t cost the Orioles anything because of other losses to their competition. The Yankees come back from 3 runs down, enjoying big day from Tyler Austin, hitting his 5th home run of the season.

Miami Marlins 1  Washington Nationals 2: Bryce Harper hit an early RBI single and Trea Turner hit a home run, and the Nationals gave Tanner Roark no pressure as he picked up win number 16.

Los Angeles Dodgers 0  San Francisco Giants 3: Clayton Kershaw wasn’t bad, but Ty Blach was fantastic in shutting down the Dodgers offense, getting a home run from Angel Pagan as run support, as the Giants remain in second place of the wild card standings.

Chicago Cubs 4  Cincinnati Reds 7: Eugenio Suarez hit his 21st home run of the season while Joey Votto had 3 RBIs to help down the Cubs.

Cleveland Indians 6  Kansas City Royals 3: The Indians broke the tie in the 8th, first with Rajai Davis scoring on an error, followed by a  double by Francisco Lindor, helping the Indians score two more.

Toronto Blue Jays 4  Boston Red Sox 3: The Blue Jays are tied at first with the Orioles for the wild card standings, winning on a 9th inning sacrifice fly by Ezequiel Carrera.

Minnesota Twins 6  Chicago White Sox 0: Jorge Polanco and Byron Buxton each hit home runs to help the Twins shut down the White Sox in another awful James Shields performance.

Detroit Tigers 3  Atlanta Braves 5: The Braves make it almost impossible for the Tigers to make the playoffs, as Aaron Blair stuns everyone with 10 strikeouts, while home runs from Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis did the work.

Tampa Bay Rays 4  Texas Rangers 1: The Rangers don’t look too impressive in this playoff tuneup. Evan Longoria and Corey Dickerson provided the runs in the third inning for the win.

Milwaukee Brewers 4  Colorado Rockies 3: The Brewers win in the 10th inning on a Chris Carter home run, his 41st of the season.

San Diego Padres 9  Arizona Diamondbacks 5: Yasmany Tomas hit his 31st home run of the season, a 3-run homer, and Archie Bradley impressed in the win with 11 strikeouts.

Houston  Astros 3  Los Angeles Angels 0: Collin McHugh shutout the Angels while Evan Gattis provided the offense with a couple of RBIs.

Oakland Athletics 9  Seattle Mariners 8: The A’s end the Mariners playoff hopes, giving up a 10th inning double to Joey Wendle, making it mathematically impossible for them to get a wild card ticket.

American League Standings

American League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	93	68	0.578	—	47–33	46–35
Baltimore Orioles	88	73	0.547	5	50–31	38–42
Toronto Blue Jays	88	73	0.547	5	46–35	42–38
New York Yankees	84	77	0.522	9	48–32	36–45
Tampa Bay Rays	67	94	0.416	26	36–45	31–49

American League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cleveland Indians	93	67	0.581	—	53–28	40–39
Detroit Tigers	86	74	0.537	7	45–35	41–39
Kansas City Royals	81	80	0.503	12½	47–33	34–47
Chicago White Sox	78	83	0.484	15½	45–35	33–48
Minnesota Twins	58	103	0.360	35½	30–51	28–52

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
(1) Texas Rangers	95	66	0.590	—	53–27	42–39
Seattle Mariners	86	75	0.534	9	44–36	42–39
Houston Astros	84	77	0.522	11	43–38	41–39
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	73	88	0.453	22	39–41	34–47
Oakland Athletics	68	93	0.422	27	34–47	34–46

National League Standings

National League East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
(2) Washington Nationals	94	67	0.584	—	49–31	45–36
(4) New York Mets	87	74	0.540	7	44–37	43–37
Miami Marlins	79	81	0.494	14½	40–40	39–41
Philadelphia Phillies	70	91	0.435	24	36–44	34–47
Atlanta Braves	67	93	0.419	26½	30–50	37–43

National League Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
(1) Chicago Cubs	102	58	0.637	—	57–24	45–34
St. Louis Cardinals	85	76	0.528	17½	37–43	48–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	82	0.487	24	38–42	40–40
Milwaukee Brewers	72	89	0.447	30½	41–40	31–49
Cincinnati Reds	68	93	0.422	34½	38–42	30–51

National League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
(3) Los Angeles Dodgers	91	69	0.569	—	53–28	38–41
San Francisco Giants	85	75	0.531	6	43–36	42–39
Colorado Rockies	75	86	0.466	16½	42–38	33–48
San Diego Padres	68	93	0.422	23½	39–42	29–51
Arizona Diamondbacks	68	93	0.422	23½	32–48	36–45

American League Wild Card Standings

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	88	73	0.547	—
Toronto Blue Jays	88	73	0.547	—
Detroit Tigers	86	74	0.537	1½
Seattle Mariners	86	75	0.534	2
New York Yankees	84	77	0.522	4
Houston Astros	84	77	0.522	4
Kansas City Royals	81	80	0.503	7
Chicago White Sox	78	83	0.484	10
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	73	88	0.453	15
Oakland Athletics	68	93	0.422	20
Tampa Bay Rays	67	94	0.416	21
Minnesota Twins	58	103	0.360	30

National League Wild Card Standings

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
(4) New York Mets	87	74	0.540	+1
San Francisco Giants	86	75	0.534	—
St. Louis Cardinals	85	76	0.528	1
Miami Marlins	79	81	0.494	6½
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	82	0.487	7½
Colorado Rockies	75	86	0.466	11
Milwaukee Brewers	72	89	0.447	14
Philadelphia Phillies	70	91	0.435	16
San Diego Padres	68	93	0.422	18
Cincinnati Reds	68	93	0.422	18
Arizona Diamondbacks	68	93	0.422	18
Atlanta Braves	67	93	0.419	18½

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