Sentences with phrase «league home field advantage»
Houston also gained on Cleveland for American League home field advantage and are only two games back in that race.
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The Nationals are 4.5 games back from LA in the National League home field advantage fight.
Houston won the same day the Indians lost, which puts the Astros only one game back of Cleveland for American League home field advantage.
Not exact matches
CentureLink Field provides one of the most noticeable home advantage of any team in the league; it's incredibly loud (fans generated so much noise during Saturday's defeat of the New Orleans Saints that it caused a minor earthquake), making communication among players on the opposing teams virtually impossible.
1 - day scheduled break, then re-seed within each League for the Divisional round, 5 - game sets, split 2 -2-1 with the Bye teams having Home Field Advantage.
LA is still one game ahead of Cleveland in the pursuit of best record in the league and World Series home field advantage.
In each league, four wild card teams are seeded, with No. 1 playing No. 4 and No. 2 playing No. 3 in a best - of - three series, with the first two games at the site of the team with home - field advantage.
With another win this Tuesday, the AL can lock up home - field advantage in the World Series over the National League.
Prior to the All - Star Game experiment, home - field advantage in the World Series alternated between the National League and American League each season.
The National League has won eight of the last 14 World Series, including all three years (2010 - 2012) with home - field advantage.
With home - field advantage and a pitcher's edge at Petco Park, the National League has a good opportunity to turn the tides on Tuesday.
It is the 11th time that the league's top seeds will be matched up in the big game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.
Though some have said that home - field advantage has begun to be overstated in the Premier League, results based on the closing odds prove otherwise.
This is particularly noteworthy because the 12th man has given Seattle the league's best home field advantage.
The statistics certainly bear this out as they have the strongest home field advantage in the league.
National Football League — On Tuesday, in his thorough examination of home - field advantage in the NFL...