Saturday, September 30, 2006

Down the Wire - Playoff Race

In AL Central, MIN & DET are currently tied, and DET holds the tiebreaker advantage with a better head-to-head record vs. MIN (11-8). (MIN lost on Sat. & DET is playing KC now, game-in-progrss)

SD & LAD will both make the playoff. The only question left is who wil be the NL West Champ & Wild Card. SD has the better head-to-head record vs. LAD (5-13).

More on official tie-breaker notes.

• If two clubs from the same division are tied but both assured of participating in the postseason, then the first tie-breaker would be their 2006 season-series to determine which club is the division champion and which club is the Wild Card.
• If three clubs finish the season with the same winning percentage and one team will be a division winner and another will be the Wild Card, the games will be played as follows:
» The two teams tied for the division lead will play the one-game tie-breaker, with the winner being declared the division champion.
» The losing team will then play the club from the other division for the Wild Card.

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