The earliest they could clinch the division is Wednesday night. 'At this point, we're exactly where we've been all year, we're taking care of ourselves. The White Sox can clinch as soon as Tuesday, if they beat the Tigers and Cleveland loses a third straight game to Kansas City. With both Tampa Bay and New York off, we have no movement here, and so the Yankees’ magic number in the AL East is still three. The White Sox’s magic number shrunk to two on Monday, as Cleveland dropped both games of a doubleheader against the Royals. They are one game back of the A’s, in sole possession of the second AL Wild Card, and 1.5 games ahead of Cleveland The Rays are 89-62 and nine games back of the Yankees in the AL East. The Dodgers sit a game back over in the NL. The Yankees and Astros are still tied atop the AL at 98-53, though the Astros hold the tiebreaker. Chicago (83-61) decreased its magic number to seven on Tuesday, benefiting from a 13-hit outburst led by rookie Gavin Sheets, who went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and finished a triple short of the. They look like a near-lock to make the playoffs for the second-consecutive season. The A’s are 90-61 and still hold the first Wild Card slot. Cleveland sits five games back of Minnesota in the AL Central. With the White Sox win and the Cleveland Indians loss, their magic number to clinch a postseason berth went from 20 to 18. The Twins now are 92-58 and will almost certainly win their first division title since 2010. 17 The White Sox beat the Rangers 8-0 while the Indians lost to the Yankees 8-0 to knock two games off the magic number. If the Twins and Yankees met in October, the Bombers would almost certainly receive a hefty dose of Berrios. Jose Berrios, the Twins’ ace, pitched 7.1 strong innings, yielding just two runs and striking out eight. Anderson singled in his first action since Aug. The Angels (70-74) stranded the bases loaded three times. In Minnesota, the Twins took down Chicago by a score of 5-3. Chicago (83-61) decreased its magic number to seven on Tuesday, benefiting from a 13-hit outburst led by rookie Gavin Sheets, who went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and finished a triple short of the cycle.
Former Yankee legend Ian Kennedy secured the save in the Royals’ 6-5 win. The A’s took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to a two-run Khris Davis single, but closer Liam Hendriks couldn’t hold the lead, yielding a game-tying home run to Brett Phillips and a game-winning RBI double to Adalberto Mondesi in the ninth. In Oakland, the A’s let a close one slip away against Kansas City. The White Sox, who still lead the Central by 11 games over the Cleveland Indians, can still clinch at least a tie in the division race pending the outcome of the Tribe’s game on Tuesday evening. the Twins celebrated in style once they reached Chicago that night. Twins march toward AL Central title, A’s slip up against Royals away magic number to eliminate the White Sox stood at one from Jack Morris. We didn’t have much scoreboard watching to do. Just two of those games, one between the Athletics and the Royals, the other between the Twins and the White Sox, could have any impact on the Yankees’ playoff plans. 14 clubs didn’t play, leaving only eight contests across the entire league. The Astros are 2-1 against the Rays this season and 9-7 against the A’s.The Yankees were one of many teams to have off last night.
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This context makes both of these series slightly easier for the Astros. Again, tough team, but with potentially nothing to play for.
The Athletics also pose a threat, although since they are mathematically out of the AL West race and 3.5 games back of the AL Wild Card, they could already be mathematically eliminated from the playoffs by the time they play the Astros. Reynaldo Lopez will try and beat Casey Mize who is one of the best. Chicago has one more with the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. This will not be an easy matchup for the Astros. The Chicago White Sox have a magic number of two going into Wednesday.
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22 column that mentioned a White Sox Toxic Number (as opposed to a magic number). They will likely rest their players as much as possible while remaining a very, very good ball club. The first-place White Sox heard haunting footsteps in August 2005. The Rays don’t have much to play for as a 97-win team who has both locked up their division and has a Magic Number of 1 to clinch the #1 overall seed in the playoffs – in other words, it’s not going to take much to give themselves the best position possible in the playoffs.
17 The White Sox beat the Rangers 8-0 while the Indians lost to the. Let’s take a look at the Astros’ opponents first. The ChiSox magic number is now 4 to clinch the AL Central with a series against the Tigers starting on Monday. the White Sox now has a magic number of four. So, both teams get to finish up their seasons in their own beds, which as you can see from their home records up above, strongly benefits both of them. The Chicago White Sox have a very good chance of clinching the American League Central this week against the Detroit Tigers. On the other side, the Astros have six games to close the season
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