Avisaíl García, back in the lineup after missing four games with lower back tightness, led off by driving a 2-1 fastball on the outside corner out to center for his 28th home run of the season. The Brewers launched a long-ball strike in the bottom of the inning to pull even. Louis second and moved to third when pitcher Jon Lester tapped back to the mound, but Peralta struck out Edman again to strand him there. Harrison Bader doubled with one down in the St.
But Tyler O’Neill put a good at-bat on Peralta, singling up the middle on a 3-2 fastball, and Nolan Arenado knocked the next pitch – a fastball right down the middle – out to left for a home run that gave the Cardinals a quick 2-0 lead. As for the race for home field, the Nationals have a slim one-game lead over Milwaukee.View Gallery: Check out photos from the Brewers Re-opening Day tailgate celebrationīrewers starter Freddy Peralta broke fast out of the gate, striking out Tommy Edman and Paul Goldschmidt to open the game.
Even so, both teams now have tragic numbers of one, meaning they have to win out and the Brewers have to lose the rest of their games to force a tie. The Cubs couldn’t do it against the Pirates, though the Mets did rally in extras to beat the Marlins. The Mets and Cubs still had a very outside chance if they won out the rest of the way. As mentioned above, Milwaukee kept pace with a win of their own. The wins clinched a wildcard spot for Washington. Washington got to pop some champagne on Tuesday night, as they took both ends of a doubleheader against the Phillies, who in turn were officially eliminated from playoff contention. This race, as we’ve mentioned, has not been as exciting as it looked like it would be, with the Nationals and Brewers now just battling to see who will get home field in the Wildcard Game. The Dodgers have already clinched this division. Louis holding a magic number of three with four to play. So, suddenly the red-hot Brewers are just 2.5 games behind the Cardinals in the Central, with St. Both sides scores in the 13th, and then Vargas eventually and finally walked it off all the way in the 19th inning to hand the Cardinals a crushing loss against the Diamondbacks. No more runs would be scored until the bottom of the ninth, when Ildemaro Vargas hit a solo shot of his own to tie the game and send it into extras. They were out in Arizona for this one and Dexter Fowler led off the game with a home run. So, the Cardinals had to try and keep pace, and they played an all-time classic.
That was the case on Tuesday as well, with Milwaukee falling behind 2-0 in the first but then allowing no more runs and eventually picking up a 4-2 victory over the Reds. However, they were jostling with a Brewers team that just doesn’t seem to lose. Louis was still very much in control heading into Tuesday’s action, though, with a 3.5-game lead. If any division race is going to come down to the wire, it’s this one. The Braves have already clinched the division. This game went twelve innings, with Ji-Man Choi eventually blasting the walkoff shot to send the Rays home happy. They did just that, and in dramatic fashion. That allowed Cleveland to pick up a game, and Tampa Bay needed to win at home against the Yankees to keep pace with the Indians, with whom they were tied entering the day. The pitching was solid, allowing only three runs, but the offense couldn’t get going and Oakland dropped a close, 3-2 game on the road against the Angels. They couldn’t get the job done on Tuesday, though.
At the top of this race is the A’s, who just need to play decently well down the stretch to make it into the game. American League WildcardĪs I alluded to above, this is the best race in the American League, and one that really looks like it could come down to the wire. The Astros have already clinched this division. So, the Twins do get their magic number down to two, meaning they could clinch the Central with a win and an Indians loss on Wednesday. In an offensive explosion that included a grand slam from José Ramírez in his first at bat since breaking his hamate bone, Cleveland crushed the White Sox to the tune of an 11-0 win. The Indians, who are more locked into a wildcard race than this one, were not to be outdone. Jake Odorizzi had a big night on the mound and the offense broke through for four runs in the seventh, and that was enough for a 4-2 victory on the road. Sure enough, they did their job in Detroit. With a magic number of three, they just needed to win to open up that possibility. The Twins couldn’t quite wrap this division up on Tuesday, but they were close enough that they controlled their own destiny to possibly pop some champagne on Wednesday. The Yankees have already clinched this division American League Central
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