Cardinals (56-35) vs Cubs (41-50)
St. Louis took the opener of the series on Friday afternoon behind swing starter Joe Kelly. It was a tight game, 3-2, and it looks like Cardinals have found their way again heading into the break.
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Rangers (53-40) vs Tigers (51-41)
The Texas Rangers lost the series opener last night and come into Saturday having lost 3 in a row. They find themselves just a game back of the Oakland A’s in the American League West even though they have a couple of more wins than the Tigers.
Blue Jays (44-47) vs Orioles (51-42)
Toronto dropped the final game of their series against Cleveland as a rookie making his first start (Danny Salazar) out-pitched the reigning National League Cy Young winner (R.A. Dickey).
Rockies (44-49) vs Dodgers (46-45)
Sometimes it looks like nobody wants to win the National League West this season, doesn’t it?. Colorado has a golden opportunity this weekend as they face off with the suddenly scorching Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cincinnati Reds (51-40) vs Atlanta Braves (52-39)
After winning yesterday, the Cincinnati Reds have the 4th best record in the National League but unfortunately that is only good for third place in their own division.
San Francisco Giants (40-50) vs San Diego Padres (41-51)
It is almost hard to believe, but with their loss to the New York Mets today, San Francisco has sunk all the way to last in the National League West.
Fall Classic
MLB All Star rosters were announced on Saturday, and with the game that decides who gets home field advantage in the World Series just a week away, let’s look at which teams could put that home field advantage to good use and claim the Commissioner’s Trophy. Odds courtesy of Bovada.lv.
White Sox (34-48) vs Rays (47-40)
The struggling Chicago White Sox dropped the opener of their series against Tampa on Friday night. It was the same old story of not getting much from their starting pitching as Dylan Axelrod couldn’t even get through 2 innings.
Braves (49-37) vs Phillies (42-45)
The Braves dropped the first game of their series against Philadelphia 5-4 Friday night. Atlanta still holds a 5 game lead in the National League East over Washington making this series way more important to the Phillies than the Braves.
St. Louis (50-33) vs Los Angeles (40-44)
St. Louis has been struggling lately with American League West clubs but they got the win yesterday over the Los Angeles Angels.
Dodgers (40-43) vs. Rockies (41-44)
The Los Angeles Dodgers have parlayed their great play of late into a big jump in the standings. Now out of the basement they enter today tied with Colorado for second place just 2.5 games behind Arizona in the National League West.
Milwaukee (32-46) vs Pittsburgh (49-30)
The Milwaukee Brewers jumped all over Pirates phenom Gerrit Cole in the first inning last night scoring 3 runs but the bats went silent after that. The end result a 10-3 loss at the hands of the Bucs.
Cincinnati (45-35) vs Texas (47-33)
The Cincinnati Reds have a nice record and a solid lead on that second Wild Card spot but they are slipping in the National League Central. They used to be neck and neck with Pittsburgh but the Pirates have raced ahead of late, zooming to the top of the league standings.
St. Louis (48-30) vs Oakland (46-34)
Heading into the weekend St. Louis is tied with Pittsburgh atop the National League Central and all of baseball.
New York (42-36) vs Baltimore (43-36)
By virtue of the Yankees loss and the Orioles’ win on Thursday night New York find themselves a half game back of the O’s heading into the weekend. Worse yet, there seems to be too much focus off the field on players that are not contributing to the team at all – I wonder who that could be.
Toronto (39-38) vs Boston (46-33)
The Toronto Blue Jays did their usual thing in Tampa…lose. This time it put an end to their 11 game winning streak which tied a franchise best. The Jays were able to take at least one game from the Rays as R.A. Dickey dominated them in the finale on Wednesday.
