VT'er wrote:So let's see if I have this straight ... The only way the Indians don't get to the post-season is if they lose the next three games, and even then it requires "help" from Texas and Tampa Bay (they both need to win tomorrow).

Does the game between the two wild-card teams count as a 163rd season game, or as a round of playoffs? Seems to me it should be the latter ... not that it makes a HUGE difference.

Well, as near as I can figure it. We are either going to play either two or three games.

If we win tomorrow and either of the others lose, we play the one game playoff against one of them, win that and we are in the regular playoffs.

If we lose tomorrow, and the other teams win. We will have to play a tie-breaker, and win that to play the one game playoff for the playoffs.

In essence this extra wildcard has has 3-5 teams playing as if it was the playoffs for the past month.

With three teams in virtually must win games for the past week.

Tampa is not messing around today! It's only the 1st inning, but they have 3 runs already.

Now it's 6-0, bottom of 1st.

SWISHER!!!

Great way to start the game! We are up, 2-0 in the first.
Ubaldo time.

Rays all over the Jays, 7-0 in the 7th.
Tribe is still up, 2-0, bottom 4th

2 errors give us another run! 3-0 in the 6th
Runners at 1st and 3rd, no outs...

7-4 in Toronto now

Sac fly makes it 4-0

Santana double makes it 5-0, top of 7th

Jays make it 7-6, but leave the bases loaded in the bottom of the 8th

Ubaldo still pitching in the 7th.

13 Ks, one walk!

5-1, bottom of 8th
Masterson on now.

Jimenez:
1.09 ERA
57 Ks
in September