Sentences with phrase «last wild card spot»

Gonzalez, a middle - of - the - order bat who hadn't homered since his debut game with the Dodgers last month, hit solo shots in the third and seventh innings as Los Angeles remained three games back of the last Wild Card spot.

Denver has a tough remaining schedule, with the Patriots, Chiefs and Raiders looming to finish the season, but the Broncos are currently penciled into the last wild card spot in the AFC.

Not exact matches

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.

From Week 8 onward, the Seahawks won seven of their last nine games and captured one of the NFC's Wild Card spots.

They beat the Dolphins, and got some help from the Bengals who beat the Ravens to give Buffalo the last AFC Wild Card spot.

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.

St. Louis is mired in a close race for one of the two wild card spots with the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Cardinals haven't been doing themselves any favors with a 4 - 7 record in their last 11 games.

Consider this: After the last Rockies victory, on June 20, the Cubs were 36 - 34, and standing atop the heap of NL teams waiting for a wild card spot.

Dillon Gee is ostensibly the Zack Wheeler replacement, but that won't last long if someone else like Noah Syndergaard or Steven Matz starts pushing him from the minors, and Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom are good enough at the top to let the Mets contend for a wild card spot, even if the division is probably out of reach.

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.

Miami, after Saturday night's 11 - inning victory over the Padres, has now won 12 of its last 15 and has put itself just 3.5 games behind the Rockies for the second wild card spot.

Many football fans are likely wondering how last week's results affected the playoff race — specifically the race in the NFC East and the final two AFC Wild Card spots.

Last season, it was a 22 - 30 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs that essentially torpedoed Buffalo's chances to challenge for a wild card spot.