7/19/2023 0 Comments Cardinals magic number 2021![]() ![]() Seattle’s win over Oakland dropped the A’s to three games behind the second Wildcard spot, tied with Seattle. ![]() The Yankees three, four, and five hitters stole the show in the Bronx, as Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Joey Gallo all went yard in a 7-1 victory over Texas. The aforementioned win in Tampa kept the Blue Jays a 1⁄ 2 game ahead of the Yankees for the second Wildcard spot. The Red Sox overcame an early 2-0 deficit to beat the plummeting Mets 6-3 at Fenway, thanks to four RBI from Xander Bogaerts, to keep a 1.5 game lead in the first wild card spot (one in the loss column) over Toronto. American League WildcardĪll of the Wildcard leaders from the East division held serve. Houston’s magic number for the division is four. ![]() Their lead extended to eight games thanks to the Mariners’ 5-2 win over Oakland behind six solid innings from Marco Gonzalez, which evened both of their records at 82-69. The Astros went ahead of the Angels 10-1 with four home runs and completed a 10-5 victory getting a win from Jose Urquidy. Meanwhile, Cleveland got a three-run triple from Yu Chang and 6 2⁄ 3 excellent innings from Cal Quantrill to beat Kansas City 4-1, cutting the lead to 10.5 and delaying the inevitable. Dallas Keuchel pitched the most Dallas Keuchel game possible, scattering 11 hits and striking out two over five innings in a no-decision for Chicago. The White Sox are on cruise control and should clinch the division any day, but lost for the second straight day to the frisky Tigers who are climbing their way back to. More on the latter three teams in the Wildcard section. Their seven-game lead in the East fell to six over Boston, who we know won, while the Yankees closed within 7.5 games and Toronto down to eight games. Their 4-2 loss to Alek Manoah and the Blue Jays got interesting late when Jordan Romano walked the bases loaded, but Joey Wendle popped out to end the game. The Rays entered, and also exited play, on Tuesday with a magic number of five. For those interested in that league-wide picture, we’ll be providing a daily update the rest of the season on the state of races around baseball. That does include the American League wildcard, in which the Red Sox are stuck in a tight race, but also the rest of the league as well. With time running out in the regular season, the races around the league are coming down to the wire. ![]()
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