In one of many largest video games of one of many largest collection of the season, the Seattle Mariners picked up certainly one of their most necessary wins in years. The Mariners used a seven-run second inning Sunday night time to finish the three-game sweep of the Houston Astros at Daikin Park (SEA 7, HOU 3), and take management of the AL West. Seattle is three video games up with six to play.
Listed here are the AL West standings:
- Mariners: 87-69
- Astros: 84-72 (3 GB)
- Rangers: 79-77 (already eradicated)
- Athletics: 73-83 (already eradicated)
- Angels: 70-86 (already eradicated)
The Mariners gained the season collection 8-5 and thus have the tiebreaker. That three-game lead is known as a four-game lead. Seattle’s magic quantity to clinch the AL West is three. Any mixture of Mariners wins and Astros losses totaling three the remainder of the best way provides the Mariners their first division title since their historic 116-win season in 2001.
Shortstop J.P. Crawford offered the large blow Sunday with a second-inning grand slam in opposition to righty Jason Alexander. Catcher and MVP candidate Cal Raleigh adopted with a two-run residence run later within the inning. It was his 58th of the season, extending his single-season document for a catcher, a switch-hitter, and a Mariner.
The Mariners will now head residence to complete the common season in opposition to the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers. Along with the AL West title, they will additionally look to safe a Wild Card Sequence bye. The continued collapse of the Detroit Tigers has given Seattle a two-game lead for a bye, plus the Mariners have the tiebreaker. It is actually a three-game lead.
As for the Astros, there is no sugarcoating it. Getting swept at residence was a catastrophe. The AL West race just isn’t over, nevertheless it may as properly be, and the Astros are now not in postseason place. Listed here are the wild card standings:
- Yankees: 88-68 (+3 ½ GB)
- Crimson Sox: 85-70 (1 GB)
- Guardians: 84-72
—————————————- - Astros: 84-72
The Guardians gained the season collection 4-2 over the Astros, so that they have the tiebreaker, and are within the third wild card spot with the Astros on the skin wanting in. The Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets are in the identical state of affairs within the Nationwide League. Similar data, however the Reds gained the season collection, so that they presently sit within the third wild card spot.
The Astros will go on the street to go to the A’s and Angels the ultimate week. As a result of Cleveland holds the tiebreaker, the Astros don’t management their very own future. They need assistance to achieve the postseason, particularly with Yordan Alvarez (ankle) and Josh Hader (shoulder) on the injured listing and never anticipated again throughout the common season.
Houston had a four-game lead within the AL West as not too long ago as Sept. 3. Issue within the tiebreaker, and it is an eight-game swing within the standings in 18 days. The Astros had been in first place from June 3 to Sept. 10.
