Sentences with phrase «card spot»

This squad is gaining momentum with their win in week 2 and wild card spot in week 3.

They stayed within one winning streak of a wild card spot for quite a while.

They won 84 games and finished in third place, 11 games out, and also missed out on a wild card spot after a tough finish to the season.

And of course they're here, chasing a wild card spot against all odds.

The top three teams in each division make playoffs, with two wild card spots awarded to the next two teams in the conference.

But, sitting just 3.5 games out of a wild card spot means they aren't out of it.

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Based on the runs they've scored and allowed, they should be 67 - 63, tied for the second wild card spot.

By reaching the.500 mark (71 - 71) for the first time since early June, the Phillies are now just four games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the second Wild Card spot in the National League.

That gave Arizona 90 wins, assuring at least a tie for the top Wild Card spot with the Rockies.

The Giants clinched the second National League Wild Card spot on Sunday, courtesy a three - game sweep of the Dodgers.

The Vikings and Packers will certainly take a wild card spot if the division becomes out of reach.

The second NFC Wild Card spot belonged to the Atlanta Falcons, but they have now lost four straight after falling to a tough Minnesota Vikings team that had five consecutive wins before losing to the Green Bay Packers in Week 11.

It's possible the Rockies will stumble, and we've seen wild finishes in which an unconscionably hot couple of weeks propels a team into the wild card spot at the last second (see: the 2007 Rockies).

Denny Hamlin remained in the No. 2 Wild Card spot despite his scary wreck, thanks to similar misfortune for Paul Menard.

Oakland is 6 - 7 on the season, still in the playoff race but needing some misfortune to visit some of the teams vying for a wild card spot ahead of them.

The Rangers are only four games back of the second wild card spot as things stand right now, with only a 5.9 % change of making the playoffs, but if they have any hopes of making it that far Beltre playing is obviously more ideal that him not playing.

If they manage to win that series against the Blue Jays, too, then Toronto will likely find themselves still fighting for a wild card spot over the season's final weekend, and doing so against the first - place Sox.

That was proved last season when the upstart A's, last - place finishers three of the previous four years, battled for the wild - card spot until the final week, winning 87 games with a $ 25 million roster dependent on unwanted retreads (DH John Jaha), obscure rookies (righty starter Tim Hudson) and supposed has - beens (reliever Doug Jones), and with all the stoicism and anxiety of a Cocoa Puffs taste - athon.

Wild Card spots make things even more complicated.

The Rangers are now tied with the Angels at 2.5 games back of the second Wild Card spot thanks to their 4 - 2 win over Seattle.

Sept. 26: The Twins won again, and in the process not only eliminated multiple teams from the AL Wild Card race but knocked their magic number to secure the second Wild Card spot down to one.

A Falcons loss would further bury them in the NFC South standings at 4 - 5 and make a wild card spot seem optimistic.

The Dodgers (79 - 74) trail the current Wild Card spot holders, the St. Louis Cardinals, by three games and the surging Milwaukee Brewers by half a game with nine games left in the regular season.

The A's are 19 - 23, five games back in the AL West and four games back of a Wild Card spot already.

It's rare to see both wild - card spots filled by teams in the same division, but it happened last year when three NFC South teams went to the playoffs.

Detroit are currently one game behind the Green Bay Packers in the NFC North, while they are tied with both the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers for the final wild - card spot which the Seahawks own via the tiebreaker.

I think Arizona if they keep going in the right direction can be a dark horse for a wild card spot next year I think Boston may fall off the wagon, I hope I think Guenztal may be the new target based on his playoff performance.

Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche win at Minnesota Wild, solidify wild - card spot The Denver Post And the Western Conference playoff picture certainly doesn't look like it will clear up much any time soon.

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The Avalanche currently hold a one point lead over the St. Louis Blues for the final Wild Card spot in the West with two games remaining for each team, and will face the Blues in the season finale on Saturday.

The Bucs» loss to the Cowboys not only dropped them out of a tie with Atlanta, but it also booted Tampa out of the final wild card spot for an entire day.

In the National League, the Arizona Diamondbacks rebounded from a 93 - loss campaign to capture the top wild card spot with 93 wins in 2017.

The Titans are playing for a Wild Card spot on Sunday and with DeMarco Murray out for the game, a large portion of the Tennessee offense will be on the shoulders of Derrick Henry.

The Giants are barely clinging to a wild card spot after splitting a series with the Cardinals, who just so happen to be chasing San Francisco in the standings.

With Oakland one game ahead in the standings, Kansas City would likely be stuck with a wild card spot if they lose this one.

Mikko Rantanen also scored twice and Gabriel Landeskog had three assists to help the Avalanche win their third straight to move into the first wild card spot in the Western Conference, one point ahead of idle Dallas - and five ahead of St. Louis.

The Mets are fighting for a wild card spot, as they're nine games back of the Nationals in the NL East.

They are just five games back in the AL East and 2.5 back of a wild card spot, so it's not ridiculous to think they might end up rolling that boulder up and over the hill before the season is out even with their problems.

They can still compete for a wild card spot, but they're not winning the NFC East.

There's also a chance that we'll have a five - way tie for two wild card spots and the top of the AL East, which will create tiebreakers, chaos, more tiebreakers and more chaos.

It's just that the Astros find themselves 2.5 back of the Rangers and half a game out of a wild card spot, and upgrading to Bregman might be what tips the scales in their favor for at least one of those postseason opportunities.

The Cubs were 2.5 games out of a Wild Card spot on July 26 and 5.5 games behind the Wild Card - leading Pirates, but as of Friday morning, they are now 4.5 up on the Giants for the second Wild Card spot and just 1.5 behind Pittsburgh.

They couldn't spend last year because of money owed to C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton, and it might have cost them a wild card spot.

The Falcons» loss opens the door wide open for teams like the Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants to grab the wild card spot for themselves.

The Atlanta Falcons are the only team in the NFC that knows where they'll be when the playoffs begin, and there are still a group of teams in the hunt for Wild Card spots.

The Vikings are a trendy pick to snag a wild card spot, and with good reason.

In the three - team minirace for what most likely will be the final two wild - card spots in the playoffs, Detroit had 57 points, Pittsburgh 56 and the New York Rangers 55.

Let me give you the State of the Second Wild Card in the National League: The Rockies are 11 games over.500, and they have a three - game lead over the Brewers for the second wild card spot.

The Giants are in a position to make the playoffs, while the Bengals and Bills may also be fighting for a wild card spot.