The St. Louis Cardinals are heading to playoffs for a second consecutive year. St. Louis clinched a postseason berth by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 Sunday at Busch Stadium. The Redbirds head to San Diego to face the Padres in their best-of-three Wild Card Series starting on Wednesday.
The Chicago Cubs nearly squandered a 10-1 lead as they held on to beat the cross town White Sox 10-8 in the regular season finale Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Cubs clinched the National League Central title to earn a three-seed in the National League postseason bracket. They host the six-seed Miami Marlins at Wrigley Field in the best-of-three Wild Card Series starting on Wednesday.
The Atlanta Braves were crushed by the Boston Red Sox 9-1 in their final regular season game but will enter the postseason as NL East champions and the number-two seed.
National League
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San Diego Padres 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Washington Nationals 15, New York Mets 5
Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Colorado Rockies 3
American League
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Texas Rangers 8, Houston Rangers 4
Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 1
Baltimore Orioles 7, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Oakland Athletics 6, Seattle Mariners 2
MLB Interleague
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Miami Marlins 5, New York Yankees 0
Tampa Bay Rays 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Los Angeles Angels 0
Cleveland Indians 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6