Sentences with phrase «wild card spot»

Based on the runs they've scored and allowed, they should be 67 - 63, tied for the second wild card spot.
This squad is gaining momentum with their win in week 2 and wild card spot in week 3.
Except there are six teams within three games of that final wild card spot.
The top three teams in each division make playoffs, with two wild card spots awarded to the next two teams in the conference.
Matt Harvey just isn't good anymore, their offense relies too much on Yoenis Cespedes, and there are several other teams that should be better than them that will vie for wild card spots.
The Giants clinched the second National League Wild Card spot on Sunday, courtesy a three - game sweep of the Dodgers.
That gave Arizona 90 wins, assuring at least a tie for the top Wild Card spot with the Rockies.
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.
Instead, the Brewers remain one game back with only 10 games left in the season, with the Cardinals hot on their tails at 2.5 games back from the second wild card spot after a win Wednesday night.
The Colorado Rockies, winners of the second NL Wild Card spot, are back for the October dance for the first time since 2009 and just one season after an 87 - loss campaign.
The Dolphins were making a playoff push, but with this loss they fall a game behind the Ravens for the final AFC wild card spot.
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 Brewers beat the Reds at home, pulling to within two games of the Rockies for the second National League Wild Card spot with three games remaining.
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.
Denny Hamlin remained in the No. 2 Wild Card spot despite his scary wreck, thanks to similar misfortune for Paul Menard.
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.
The Astros took their weekend series against the Rangers, but they still lost ground to the Angels in the race for the second AL Wild Card spot.
Kansas City knocked off the Ravens to fortify its claim on the fifth wild card spot, and Washington won a big one over the Bills to remain the leaders in the NFC East.
The four remaining teams will qualify via Wild Card spots: two in the East, two in the West.
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.
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 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 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.
It's not like the Yankees have a death grip on that first wild card spot, either, so we can still hold out hope for Maximum Chaos.
The Dodgers have fallen to three games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the last Wild Card spot.
That was the 77th loss of the season for St. Louis, now unable to catch the 86 - win Rockies for the second NL Wild Card spot.
They beat the Dolphins, and got some help from the Bengals who beat the Ravens to give Buffalo the last AFC Wild Card spot.
Milwaukee's loss clinched the second Wild Card spot for the Colorado Rockies, who return to the postseason for the first time in eight years.
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.
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.
The Mets are fighting for a wild card spot, as they're nine games back of the Nationals in the NL East.
And of course they're here, chasing a wild card spot against all odds.
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 Vikings are a trendy pick to snag a wild card spot, and with good reason.
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.
The D - Backs have a 6 1/2 game lead over the Rockies for the first wild card and are seven up on the Brewers for a wild card spot in general.
Now, instead, you have people like me wondering if their September will end up more or less pathetic than that of say, the 2011 Red Sox, who went 7 - 20 in the season's final month and blew a nine - game lead over the Rays to lose the AL East and a wild card spot in the process.
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).
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