{"id":782481,"date":"2026-08-19T02:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/782481\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T02:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:57:49","slug":"playoff-races-heating-up-in-mlb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/782481\/","title":{"rendered":"Playoff Races Heating Up In MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Undated) \u2013 The chase of postseason berths is heating up in Major League Baseball ahead of today\u2019s action. Eleven games are on the slate, starting with the first half of a split doubleheader between the Cardinals and Reds from Cincinnati. St. Louis started the day three-and-a-half games out of the last NL wild card spot. Six American League teams sit within two-and-a-half games of a wild card berth, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/tigers\/tickets\/single-game-tickets?mlbkw=ds-g-101929229&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22235064443&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADvar1cGsrObbb9d-_OmYhEm4MIUd&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwhNbTBhB4EiwAsFSg-kgnh6Mpw4pUe142_umLPyCQf86JVFeyeT4GulTV479e5oxlEjsqgBoCx_wQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Tigers<\/a> and Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Sunday\u2019s recap:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2288\/files\/2026\/08\/gania-recap-8-16-2026-vs-chw-1.mp3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2288\/files\/2026\/08\/gania-recap-8-16-2026-vs-chw-1.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Detroit will ride a three-game skid into Pittsburgh for a series opener against the Pirates, while Minnesota looks to avoid a fourth straight loss when it hosts the Atlanta Braves. 92.1 WGHN is your home for Detroit Tigers baseball. Pre game tonight 6:45 p.m. First pitch 7:10 p.m. on 92\/1 WGHN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Undated) \u2013 The chase of postseason berths is heating up in Major League Baseball ahead of today\u2019s action.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[83317,1297,91662,91651,5,1696,91650,598,53,83323,83330,91648,2044,91660,83321,83326,91665,91666,91646,91663,91661,83320,91653,64543,2328,2304,91664,13888,4,2305,2303,1785,83324,83329,91649,169,83325,83328,91652,5790,91658,91659,5404,43874,3380,83322,83327,91647,91657,83316,91656,217,28443,83318,91645,83319,91655,91667,91654],"class_list":["post-782481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-postseason","tag-92-1-fm","tag-advertising","tag-afternoons-with-jesse-bruce","tag-allendale-weather","tag-baseball","tag-basketball","tag-coopersville-weather","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-ferrysburg","tag-ferrysburg-news","tag-ferrysburg-weather","tag-football","tag-good-morning-grand-haven","tag-grand-haven","tag-grand-haven-news","tag-grand-haven-radio","tag-grand-haven-radio-app","tag-grand-haven-weather","tag-jesse-bruce","tag-jesse-bruce-live","tag-lakeshore","tag-local-radio","tag-local-weather","tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","tag-mary-ellen-murphy","tag-michigan-state","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-mlb-postseason","tag-music","tag-muskegon","tag-muskegon-news","tag-muskegon-weather","tag-news","tag-norton-shores","tag-norton-shores-news","tag-nunica-radio","tag-podcasts","tag-pour-decisions","tag-pour-decisions-podcast","tag-radio","tag-radio-stations","tag-social-media","tag-spring-lake","tag-spring-lake-news","tag-spring-lake-weather","tag-streaming-music","tag-streaming-radio","tag-streaming-radio-in-west-michigan","tag-weather","tag-west-michigan-news","tag-west-michigan-radio","tag-west-michigan-weather","tag-wghn","tag-wghn-92-1-fm","tag-wghn-app","tag-wghn-radio"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}