Dodgers dominate division again
Dodgers celebrate 12th division win in 13 years as elite pitching fuels their confidence heading into October.
Sports Pulse
The National League playoff race is down to the last days of the season with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks battling for the the NL’s third and final wild card spot.
The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres have already clinched postseason berths and will face each other in the best-of-three wild card series next week but home-field advantage will be decided by this weekend’s results.
The Mets had the best record in baseball in June but have slogged for three months and find themselves in danger of missing the postseason in the first year of Juan Soto’s $765 million contract. New York visits the Miami Marlins while the Reds are on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Diamonbacks face the Padres at Petco Park.
Here’s the latest on the NL wild card race:
NL wild card standingsEntering Friday
(Top three reach postseason)
Chicago Cubs (89-70) // clinched postseason berthSan Diego Padres (87-72) // clinched postseason berthNew York Mets (82–77)Cincinnati Reds (81-78): 1 GBArizona Diamondbacks (80-79): 2 GBNL wild card tiebreakersMets lose tiebreakers vs. Reds and Diamondbacks on intradivision recordReds win tiebreakers vs. Mets and DiamondbacksDiamondbacks win tiebreaker vs. Mets, lose tiebreaker vs. RedsPadres win tiebreaker vs. CubsNL wild card oddsNew York Mets remaining scheduleFriday at Marlins, 7:10 p.m. ETSaturday at Marlins, 4:10 p.m.Sunday at Marlins, 3:10 p.m.Cincinnati Reds remaining scheduleFriday at Brewers, 8:10 p.m. ETSaturday at Brewers, 7:15 p.m.Sunday at Brewers, 3:10 p.m.Arizona Diamondbacks remaining scheduleFriday at Padres, 9:40 p.m. ETSaturday at Padres, 8:40 p.m.Sunday at Padres, 3:10 p.m.