Hello,
The Orioles went into extra innings again last night. If you've followed the Orioles at all this season, you should know how that ended. Yes the Orioles won, this is their 15th straight extra-innings victory. With this victory the Orioles continued the two most exciting playoff races this season. Both the battle for the AL East and the Al Wild Card have been the most exciting races this season. Both races look like they could go down to the final day.
Powered by Adam Jones two run home run, the Orioles vanquished the Mariners in 11 innings. The Orioles were able to sweep the Mariners in Seattle. That's a good sign going forward as the Orioles remaining 13 games are against teams that have nothing to play for. Rays fans I know that Baltimore plays the Rays the final 3 games of the season. However by then Tampa will officially be
eliminated from the playoffs.
The Yanks were able to beat the Blue Jays in both games of a double header yesterday. So New York now leads the Orioles by one-half game in the AL East. While the Orioles have today off, the Yankees play one more game with the Blue Jays. Come on Blue Jays, can't you just win one game in this series against the Yankees? The Yankees then have a 3 game series in the Bronx starting tomorrow against the Oakland A's. The A's are fighting desperately to make the playoffs as well. Hopefully that will inspire them to beat the Yankees a couple of times this weekend.
With Oakland's 12-4 victory today they are now tied with Baltimore for the AL Wild Card. With this season, each league having two Wild Card teams, both teams would make the playoffs. Of course they would play each other in a one game playoff series. Again I'm not a big fan of this new Wild Card format. It seems like an awful lot of work to be eliminated from the playoffs in only one game. (I'll save you my gripes that MLB's seasons are already too long.)
My teams, other than the Braves, continue to struggle. The Pirates have only won 4 of their last 18 games to fall to a .500 record. Just like last season, they completely collapsed in the second half of the season. The Cubs suck, there's nothing else to be said. The Red Sox assured themselves of their first losing season in about 15 years. The Dodgers continue to be anemic offensively and I've completely given up on them. Hopefully they can get Carl Crawford back next season and also get some chemistry and actually challenge for a World Series.
But the Braves continue their chase to the playoffs. Congrats to Kris Medlen, the Braves won their 21st straight game with Medlen as their starting pitcher. It's a shame that they'll be playing in the NL Wild Card, although they'll probably finish several games ahead of the Cardinals. I do think the Cardinals will be the second NL Wild Card unless Milwaukee catches them.
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