While the Boston Red Sox take over the first spot in the AL East, the New York Yankees keep putting pressure in the wild card standings behind the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays. In the National League, the San Francisco Giants barely hang on to their wild card standings lead, while the New York Mets remain slightly ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals.

A good day for New York City teams, as the Yankees win on a walk off home run by Tyler Austin to move closer towards a playoff spot on the wild card standings, while the Mets didn’t even play, but took over the Wild Card spot in the National League thanks to the Pittsburgh Pirates beating the St. Louis Cardinals.

The NL Wild Card standings become quite congested, as the San Francisco Giants keep losing, while the New York Mets find themselves tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for ticket number 2. The Boston Red Sox grab the lead in the AL East with another win in San Diego, while the New York Yankees get closer as they complete the sweep against the Toronto Blue Jays, enjoying another loss by the Baltimore Orioles.

Most of the action comes from the AL East, as another New York Yankees win over the Toronto Blue Jays helps them in the wild card standings, while the Boston Red Sox are now tied for the division lead and the Baltimore Orioles move to one game behind. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals maintain their small edge over the New York Mets, and the Los Angeles Dodgers continue their dominance in the NL West.

The New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays, which combined with the Boston Red Sox losing to the San Diego Padres really helped out the Baltimore Orioles, beating up the Tampa Bay Rays with a two-hitter from Ubaldo Jimenez, moving up in the AL East and maintaining their hold on the 2nd slot in the AL Wild Card Standings. The St. Louis Cardinals got back to winning, which means they’re holding off the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card race, while the San Francisco Giants lose their 4th in a row, getting further and further away from the Los Angeles Dodgers on top of the NL West.

The wild card standings remain the same: The St. Louis Cardinals hold a small lead over the New York Mets in the National League, while the Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers are tied for the second ticket behind the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs beating the San Francisco Giants on a big day from Jason Heyward helped the Los Angeles Dodgers, beating the San Diego Padres, open up a 3 game lead at the top of the NL West.

The San Francisco Giants finally beat the Chicago Cubs thanks to Madison Bumgarner, while a Toronto Blue Jays loss allowed the Boston Red Sox to tie the lead on top of the AL East, and the Baltimore Orioles to get closer, while improving their odds of winning one of the wild card spots. In the National League wild card, the St. Louis Cardinals losing against the Cincinnati Reds allowed the New York Mets to get within one game.

The Chicago Cubs beating the San Francisco Giants again with a Jon Lester complete game didn’t help the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost to the San Diego Padres. The same thing can be said of the St. Louis Cardinals loss, not letting their wild card standings chasers catch up, as the New York Mets, Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates all lost. The Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles remain tied for the second wild card spot behind the Boston Red Sox, who got closer to the Toronto Blue Jays after their loss against the Tampa Bay Rays.

On a short night of MLB action, the Chicago Cubs used a late two-RBI single from Addison Russell to keep the San Francisco Giants second half of the season quite miserable, while the Miami Marlins stopped the losing streak and beat the New York Mets to narrow the distance between the two teams and their […]