![]() ![]() "You get in that spot where you have it, or you have the lead, your focus is more what you're doing and you start to see your eyes wander up there a little bit less," Happ added. Louis since being acquired from Minnesota at the trade deadline. You don't have to rely on anybody else doing something," said Happ, who is 4-2 in nine starts with St. "I think when you're sort of in the spot we're at right now, ideally you look at it less because you know you're the one in control. Happ, who allowed three runs in four innings Sunday against San Diego, said having the edge in the wild card chase allows them to focus on their game, as opposed to watching the scoreboard to see how the other teams are doing. They're just playing good baseball."Ĭardinals pitcher J.A. "I don't think they've pulled a rabbit out of their hat, or anything. "We know the team well," Counsell said of St. The Dodgers, a game behind San Francisco in the NL West and who have clinched a playoff spot, currently hold the first wild card spot by 16 games. Louis after being swept three games by the Cardinals. San Diego, which has lost eight of 10, is 3 1/2 games behind St. Louis leads the chase for the second wild card spot by three games over Philadelphia, which lost to the Mets on Sunday night, and Cincinnati, which has lost seven of its last 10. We talk about the next series as the next challenge and it's right in front of us. "It's pretty simple, we've got to beat this team twice to do it," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said of clinching the division. Louis by 11 1/2 games in the NL Central, lost at home to the Cubs 6-4 on Sunday, keeping the Brewers magic number at three for a division title. Milwaukee counters with right-hander Freddy Peralta (9-4, 2.57 ERA). Right-hander Jake Woodford (2-3, 4.30 ERA) starts the series opener for the Cardinals, who extended their winning streak to eight with an 8-7 victory over San Diego on Sunday, Sept. 20, with more urgency than the host Brewers, who secured a playoff spot over the weekend. Louis Cardinals head into a four-game series at Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. Los Angeles also could secure the division title as early as Tuesday.Ģ,100 new U.S.In the thick of the wild card chase, the surging St. The Dodgers can officially clinch a postseason spot with a victory Monday over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Louis would win the wild-card tiebreaker with Los Angeles based on head-to-head results this season. ![]() Milwaukee would win the NL Central in that scenario while St. MLB said Monday, however, that it failed to account for a potential scenario in which the Padres (77-64) overtake the Dodgers for the NL West title and Los Angeles finishes in a three-way tie at 96-66 with the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Manager Dave Roberts led a postgame toast with sparkling wine, and the players and staff were given caps with the postseason logo. The Dodgers (96-43), who enter Monday with a commanding 20-game lead atop the National League West, thought they had clinched their 10th consecutive postseason berth with Sunday's 11-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Major League Baseball announced an internal error in determining the Dodgers' postseason clinching scenarios, meaning Los Angeles still has a magic number of one to secure a playoff spot as of Monday morning. LOS ANGELES - The Dodgers will have to put the champagne back on ice for at least one more day. ![]()
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