Sentences with phrase «wild card race»

The Goose, who perplexingly started the year in the AHL with the Grand Rapids Griffins, is one of the sole reasons why the Red Wings, who are currently leading the Eastern Conference Wild Card race with 84 points, even still have a shot at making the playoffs.

The Cubs entered a four - game series with the Giants last Thursday, trailing to them in the NL wild card race.

Not to the degree that he used to when he was a a prolific presence in the middle of the Texas» order, but Hamilton still has something to offer to a team dealing with injuries and fighting to stay in the wild card race in spite of them.

While that's mostly because the American League wild card race was exceptionally sloppy and hilarious, there was still that hope in the back of the mind of the most optimistic Tigers fans.

The Giants are still ahead in the wild card race, but can't clinch a playoff spot this week.

The NFC wild card race is tight and there are already three teams with at least eight wins that aren't holding a division lead.

-- Tonight the Cardinals and Pirates begin a series in Pittsburgh, with St. Louis holding a slim lead in the NL Wild Card Race over the Braves, Giants, Pirates, Marlins, and Reds.

The No. 1 seed is the biggest story in the AFC, but the wild card race could be an interesting one as well if the Ravens slip up at all in the next few weeks.

Or, maybe the Rays will add a little on the margins, say they tried, complain about the economics of baseball, and the AL East will once again be dominated by the Yankees and Red Sox while teams that actually bothered to improve will comfortably control the wild card race all year long.

Pittsburgh needed the win to stay ahead in the AFC Wild Card race.

The Niners kept their slim NFC West hopes alive and held off charging teams in the Wild Card race with an easy win over the Rams on Sunday.

They're nine games back in the AL Central but just 3.5 back in the wild card race behind four other teams, so there is hope, but they are also going to be without Miguel Cabrera — the current AL leader in both batting average and on - base percentage — for at least another month.

The AL Wild Card race remains complicated, but is clicking more into focus with every game.

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.

After the night's action, the NL Wild Card race sits at Colorado in the pole position, Milwaukee 1.5 games back, and the Cardinals 2 out of it.

In the still - undecided NL Wild Card race, both the Brewers and Cardinals lost while the Rockies managed to beat the Marlins by a whopping 15 - 9 score.

The Cincinnati Bengals looked like a shoo - in to win the AFC North and still own the tiebreakers to make catching them very difficult for the Steelers, but a win was much needed for the Steelers to stay in the middle of the AFC Wild Card race.

Carolina's victory allowed the team to stay ahead in a tight wild card race and pull even with the Saints for the NFC South lead.

A loss for them means a Wild Card clinch for the Twins, and with that the AL Wild Card race is locked up.

They are 6.5 games back of the Mets in the NL East, and at nine games back are effectively out of the wild card race barring a miracle.

The Cardinals are left to play spoiler, finishing off their regular season with three home games against the Brewers, who are still alive in the Wild Card race, for now.

They were leading the Wild Card race just a couple days ago.

The idea of the Rangers contending was still a novelty, with them hanging around the fringes of the wild card race, but nothing more.

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are fighting for the NFC North and seeding, while the Raiders are hoping to stay alive in the wild card race Sunday.

Miami got back to its winning ways and is breathing down Denver's neck in the wild card race.

And how did that affect the shifting sands of the AFC's Wild Card race?

To cap the night, a note card and a fumble for a touchback ended the game in Oakland, keeping the Cowboys alive in the NFC Wild Card race.

The second wild card race in the American League has been a procession of different teams getting their lips stuck in the escalator, and it's been unfathomably ugly.

Now that you're caught up, my question is this: Should we be appalled at the AL wild card race, or should we be enamored of it?

However, after much soul - searching, I've come to this conclusion: The AL wild card race is the best race we'll see for years.

However, after much soul - searching, I've come to this conclusion: The AL wild card race is the best race we'll see for years... It's so dumb and so pure.

This isn't to take away from the success they've had, but their sense of timing is the reason they're pulling away in the second wild card race, and I'm not sure that's something that can be bottled for next season.

The Seahawks attempted to keep pace with the Falcons and Buccaneers in the NFC Wild Card race in a matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have surged to take control of the AFC Wild Card after back - to - back wins.

The winner of the AFC duel between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills would get one team a leg up in the wild card race.

Add in the surprise of Marco Estrada and Aaron Sanchez, and they should be battling for 100 wins with the Red Sox, leaving the wild card race far behind.

The Rockies have a bright future, and they're still on the fringes of the fringes of the wild card race, but they're still well under.500 and now without Trevor Story.

With just over a month of baseball to go in the regular season, maybe the Mets can still make it to the postseason, but they were already lagging behind three other teams in the NL Wild Card race, with another just a game back of them.

Nobody clinched on Sunday, but the wild card races are heating up around the NFL with the playoffs looming.

Thanks to a Cardinals win over the Pirates, the Brewers are behind St. Louis in the division and Wild Card races.

«Once we got to 5 - 5 and we saw how the division and Wild Card races were shaping up, we knew we really did have a chance.

Not exact matches

The Avalanche (40 -25-8) snapped a tie with Anaheim for the top spot in the Western Conference wild - card race and moved within two points of Minnesota for third place in the Central Division.

If so, pit strategy could decide the outcome of the race and throw a big wrench into the wild card situation.

If he just keeps giving more of the same then he could become an ace / wild card in this title race.

It looked like a three - way race in that division, with the other two teams getting a wild card spot.

With a 21 - 16 victory at Detroit on Sunday, Minnesota is 7 - 5, a bona fide NFC wild - card contender and still only two games behind Chicago in the race for the NFC North title.

Whereas the NL wild card picture looks a lot like a potential two - team race, the AL's is a wide - open affair.

They're three games over.500, and they have a half - game lead in the second wild - card race.

He's a long shot for one of those two wild - card spots, reserved for race winners who finish 11th through 20th in points, but the fact that he's in mathematical contention makes the 28 - year - old Floridian one of the surprises of 2012.

Ward said it's difficult to not keep up with the other teams in the wild - card race and in the Metropolitan Division.

Jonathan Bernier stopped 28 shots and the Avalanche won for the third time in nine games (3 -5-1) to keep pace in a tightly contested race for the Western Conference's final two wild card spots.