![]() ![]() With two games left in the regular season, any Giants win or Dodgers loss clinches the division for San Francisco. The year's biggest surprise team cooly dispatched the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night for their seventh win in a row, maintaining a two-game lead over their biggest rivals. The Boys in Blue have made late-game heroics routine as of late, yet it hasn't been enough to chase down the Giants. ![]() Matt Beaty stepped up and hit a pinch-hit home run in the sixth to give the Dodgers a lead they wouldn't relinquish, and they went on to win 8-6. The Dodgers refused to quit, though, and Trea Turner tied the game with a grand slam in the fifth inning. Clayton Kershaw left the game early with a left forearm injury, per MLB.com's Juan Toribio, and L.A. The Dodgers were in bad shape early Friday night against the Milwaukee Brewers. That leaves us with the two best teams in baseball still duking it out for the NL West title. Louis Cardinals have wrapped up the second wild-card spot thanks to an incredible 17-game winning streak over the final few weeks of the regular season. The NL Central belongs to the Milwaukee Brewers, and the NL East is safely in the hands of the Atlanta Braves. There's a good chance we could see a Game 163 (or two) before we get to the postseason. Any one of those scenarios would lead to two tiebreaker games. According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, there are a number of ways this race could shake out, including a four-way tie for two spots and three-way ties for either both spots or just the second spot. If this is making your head spin, you're not alone. The Mariners were tied with Boston going into Friday, but they lost 2-1 to the Los Angeles Angels and are a game back with two games to play. The Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 to stay within a game of the Red Sox. The Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays remain on the outside looking in, but just barely. Meanwhile, the Yankees lost to Tampa Bay 4-3, allowing the Red Sox to move within a game of the first wild-card spot. ![]() The Red Sox beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Friday, powered by home runs from Hunter Renfroe and Bobby Dalbec. The division's are all sewn up, but the chase for the wild card is one for the ages. ![]()
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