Facts machine: How the East was wonThe Yankees' 8-4 win over the Red Sox on Sunday clinched the AL East title with one game remaining, despite the fact that the Red Sox and Yankees could finish the season with 95-67 records. But why? One word ... "Indians."
Saturday's win gave the Yankees a 10-8 edge in the head-to-head matchup, which is the first tiebreaker if the Red Sox were to win on Sunday. Since New York would finish with a 10-9 record against Boston in that scenario, both teams would have identical records with the Yankees winning on the first tiebreaker. But more importantly, the Indians' loss prevented a potential three-way tie between New York, Boston and Cleveland, which would have set up a pair of one-game playoffs to decide the AL East and Wild Card winners.
Obviously, the Red Sox are out of the East race, but the Wild Card is still there for the taking. Cleveland's loss on Saturday afternoon left the Red Sox one game ahead of the Indians in the AL Wild Card chase, so a Red Sox win or an Indians loss on Sunday would get Boston into the postseason. However, a Red Sox loss coupled with an Indians win would cause a tie atop the Wild Card standings and result in a one-game playoff on Monday. The winner of that game would be the Wild Card winner.
Yankees continue thier Div winning streak to 8, OUTSTANDING!! i stopped by and grabbed an extended Series 13 of Randy Johnson 3 ed. SAWeeet.
Lets Go INDIANS!!!! Thanks Scary Aaron, and now i root-A-toot for you team to win and we'll Knock off the BOTOX again guaranteeing your entrance to the post season, but we'll then have to pounce on ya. :)
2 comments:
I am now taking up drinking......HEAVILY, until spring training! What a shitty weekend of baseball.
Now time to focus on football and basketball!
heck, i'll drink with ya... here have another!
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