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Me, for missing many Sunday recaps of late due to August vacations and September NFL Sundays. MLB magic numbers, schedules: Astros back in playoffs Blue Jays gain on Yankees (9/17/22) Randy Miller, nj.com MILWAUKEE The Houston Astros will be in the playoffs for the sixth year in a row.The Texas Rangers for losing to Cleveland and preventing an even lower magic number.Can a site moderator be banned for the postseason? The Sunday I’m finally back: a Twins shutout victory.

Our fearless leader Ben for covering many Sunday recaps of late-regrettably all losses.Stud material right there Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Your final: Minnesota Twins 4, Chicago White Sox 0. George Springer, Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and Josh Reddick all homered with runners on base, and each finished with three hits, as the Astros trimmed their magic number to one for clinching the American League’s last playoff spot with a 12-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night. Similarly clean frames from Griffin Jax & Emilio Pagan preserved the shutout. No random bouts of wildness to be found-it was smooth sailing against a Sox lineup without Tim Anderson or Luis Robert Jr. Meanwhile, amidst the homer-happy offensive attack, Sonny Gray was busy with his own masterpiece: 7 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 6 K, 0 BB. Nothing like waking up to a trip to Polancoville! Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Aw, my heart bleeds for that lil turncoat. Looks like the Twins and Correa are now unlikely to make the postseason at all as the Stros likely to be seeded first. They will play the winner of the wild-card matchup between the fourth-seeded Toronto Blue Jays (92-70) and. This was largely precipitated by my two-and-a-half-hour outdoor walk in the AM.Īnyway, the part of my brain which subconsciously recognizes exciting Twins moments woke me up in time to see Jorge Polanco poke one over the wall and extend the lead to 4-0. Astros already have the tie-breaker and are 12 games up. The Houston Astros (106-56) won the AL West and are the top seed in the American League. Things get a little fuzzy from that point-mainly because I succumbed to the patented Sunday Afternoon Nap (TM). A light jog around the bases for Ed Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Finally the Cubs have a decent one with the Pirates, Rockies, Braves.

Astros magic number series#

No such stationary status today, as the Minnesota Twins shut out the Sox and breezed out of the Windy City with a series victory.Īfter four innings of trading outs, the Twins got to Chicago starter Dylan Cease first when a Ryan Jeffers single and Kyle Farmer walk set up an Edouard Julien oppo-taco for a 3-0 lead. The Dbacks have a tough road as well with the Giants, Yankees, White Sox, and Astros. You’ve got to get to this point first, and then you go to the next point and next point. New MLB postseason format, explained This is the start of it, Baker said. After a week in which Twins Territory saw the magic number to clinch the AL Central descend on a daily basis, Saturday’s loss to the Chicago White Sox coupled with a Cleveland Guardians victory kept it a static 7. The Astros’ magic number to clinch the top seed is seven over the Yankees.