POSTSEASON
WILD CARD PLAY-IN
Monday: Tampa Bay 5, Texas 2
WILD CARD
Both games televised by TBS
Today: NL: Cincinnati (Cueto 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 16-8), 8:07 p.m.
Wednesday: AL: Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 8:07 p.m.
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
American League
Boston vs. wild card
Friday, Oct. 4: wild card at Boston
Saturday, Oct. 5: wild card at Boston
Monday, Oct. 7: Boston at wild card
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Boston at wild card
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: wild card at Boston
Oakland vs. Detroit
Friday, Oct. 4: Detroit at Oakland
Saturday, Oct. 5: Detroit at Oakland
Monday, Oct. 7: Oakland at Detroit
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Oakland at Detroit
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Detroit at Oakland
National League
St. Louis vs. wild card
Thursday, Oct. 3: Cincinnati or Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Friday, Oct. 4: Cincinnati or Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Sunday, Oct. 6: St. Louis at Cincinnati or Pittsburgh
x-Monday, Oct. 7: St. Louis at Cincinnati or Pittsburgh
x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Cincinnati or Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Atlanta vs. Los Angeles
Thursday, Oct. 3: Los Angeles at Atlanta
Friday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles at Atlanta
Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at Los Angeles
x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at Los Angeles
x-Wednesday Oct. 9: Los Angeles at Atlanta
Rays 5, Rangers 2
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
De.Jennings cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .252
Fuld cf-rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .199
W.Myers rf 3 1 0 0 2 1 .293
Kiermaier cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
Zobrist 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .275
Longoria 3b 4 2 3 2 1 1 .269
D.Young dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .258
S.Rodriguez lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .246
a-DeJesus ph-lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 .260
Loney 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .299
Y.Escobar ss 2 0 0 0 2 1 .256
J.Molina c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Totals 32 5 7 4 7 8
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .277
Andrus ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .271
Rios rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .278
A.Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .315
Pierzynski c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272
N.Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Moreland 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .232
Gentry lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .280
L.Martin cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Totals 32 2 7 2 1 4
Tampa Bay 102 001 001 –5 7 0
Texas 001 001 000 –2 7 1
a-doubled for S.Rodriguez in the 6th.
E–Scheppers (2). LOB–Tampa Bay 8, Texas 4. 2B–Longoria (39), DeJesus (10), Kinsler (31), Rios (33), A.Beltre (32). HR–Longoria (32), off M.Perez. RBIs–Longoria 2 (88), D.Young (7), DeJesus (11), Kinsler (72), Rios (81). SB–Fuld (8), Andrus (42). CS–Kinsler (11). SF–D.Young.
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Price W, 10-8 9 7 2 2 1 4 118 3.33
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
M.Perez L, 10-6 51/3 4 3 3 2 5 74 3.62
Ogando 2/3 2 1 1 2 0 19 3.11
Frasor 2/3 0 0 0 2 0 22 2.57
Soria 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.80
Cotts 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 1.11
Scheppers 1 1 1 0 0 2 20 1.88
Inherited runners-scored–Soria 2-0. IBB–off Ogando (Loney).
T–3:08. A–42,796.
AL LEADERS
BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .348; Mauer, Minnesota, .324; Trout, Los Angeles, .323; ABeltre, Texas, .316; Cano, New York, .314; DOrtiz, Boston, .309; TorHunter, Detroit, .304.
RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 109; MiCabrera, Detroit, 103; CDavis, Baltimore, 103; AJones, Baltimore, 100; AJackson, Detroit, 99; Crisp, Oakland, 93; Ellsbury, Boston, 92.
RBI—CDavis, Baltimore, 138; MiCabrera, Detroit, 137; AJones, Baltimore, 108; Cano, New York, 107; Fielder, Detroit, 106; Encarnacion, Toronto, 104; DOrtiz, Boston, 103.
HITS—ABeltre, Texas, 198; MiCabrera, Detroit, 193; Pedroia, Boston, 193; Cano, New York, 190; Trout, Los Angeles, 190; Machado, Baltimore, 189; Hosmer, Kansas City, 188.
DOUBLES—Machado, Baltimore, 51; Lowrie, Oakland, 45; CDavis, Baltimore, 42; Pedroia, Boston, 42; Cano, New York, 41; Saltalamacchia, Boston, 40; AlRamirez, Chicago, 39; CSantana, Cleveland, 39; Trout, Los Angeles, 39.
TRIPLES—Gardner, New York, 10; Trout, Los Angeles, 9; Drew, Boston, 8; Ellsbury, Boston, 8; AJackson, Detroit, 7; Bourn, Cleveland, 6; AGordon, Kansas City, 6; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 6; LMartin, Texas, 6; BMiller, Seattle, 6.
HOME RUNS—CDavis, Baltimore, 53; MiCabrera, Detroit, 44; Encarnacion, Toronto, 36; ADunn, Chicago, 34; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 34; AJones, Baltimore, 33; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 31.
STOLEN BASES—Ellsbury, Boston, 52; RDavis, Toronto, 45; Rios, Texas, 42; Andrus, Texas, 41; LMartin, Texas, 36; Altuve, Houston, 35; JDyson, Kansas City, 34.
PITCHING—Scherzer, Detroit, 21-3; Colon, Oakland, 18-6; MMoore, Tampa Bay, 17-4; CWilson, Los Angeles, 17-7; Tillman, Baltimore, 16-7; Lester, Boston, 15-8; Guthrie, Kansas City, 15-12.
ERA–AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.57; Colon, Oakland, 2.65; Iwakuma, Seattle, 2.66; Darvish, Texas, 2.83; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.90; FHernandez, Seattle, 3.04; Sale, Chicago, 3.07.
STRIKEOUTS—Darvish, Texas, 277; Scherzer, Detroit, 240; Sale, Chicago, 226; Verlander, Detroit, 217; FHernandez, Seattle, 216; AniSanchez, Detroit, 202; Shields, Kansas City, 196.
SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 50; GHolland, Kansas City, 47; MRivera, New York, 44; Nathan, Texas, 43; AReed, Chicago, 40; Balfour, Oakland, 38; Frieri, Los Angeles, 37; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 37.
NL LEADERS
BATTING—Cuddyer, Colorado, .331; CJohnson, Atlanta, .321; FFreeman, Atlanta, .319; YMolina, St. Louis, .319; Werth, Washington, .318; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .318; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .317.
RUNS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 126; Choo, Cincinnati, 107; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 103; Holliday, St. Louis, 103; Votto, Cincinnati, 101; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 97; JUpton, Atlanta, 94.
RBI—Goldschmidt, Arizona, 125; Bruce, Cincinnati, 109; FFreeman, Atlanta, 109; BPhillips, Cincinnati, 103; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 100; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 100; Pence, San Francisco, 99.
HITS—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 199; DanMurphy, New York, 188; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 185; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 182; Pence, San Francisco, 178; Votto, Cincinnati, 177; FFreeman, Atlanta, 176.
DOUBLES—MCarpenter, St. Louis, 55; YMolina, St. Louis, 44; Bruce, Cincinnati, 43; GParra, Arizona, 43; Rizzo, Chicago, 40; Belt, San Francisco, 39; Desmond, Washington, 38; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 38; DanMurphy, New York, 38.
TRIPLES—Span, Washington, 11; CGomez, Milwaukee, 10; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; Segura, Milwaukee, 10; Hechavarria, Miami, 8; Venable, San Diego, 8; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 7; EYoung, New York, 7.
HOME RUNS—PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 36; Bruce, Cincinnati, 30; DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; Pence, San Francisco, 27; JUpton, Atlanta, 27; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Zimmerman, Washington, 26.
STOLEN BASES—EYoung, New York, 46; Segura, Milwaukee, 44; SMarte, Pittsburgh, 41; CGomez, Milwaukee, 40; ECabrera, San Diego, 37; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 27; DanMurphy, New York, 23; Pierre, Miami, 23.
PITCHING—Wainwright, St. Louis, 19-9; Zimmermann, Washington, 19-9; JDe La Rosa, Colorado, 16-6; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 16-8; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 16-9; Greinke, Los Angeles, 15-4; SMiller, St. Louis, 15-9; Lynn, St. Louis, 15-10; Medlen, Atlanta, 15-12.
ERA–Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.83; Fernandez, Miami, 2.19; Harvey, New York, 2.27; Greinke, Los Angeles, 2.63; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 2.77; ClLee, Philadelphia, 2.87; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.94.
STRIKEOUTS—Kershaw, Los Angeles, 232; ClLee, Philadelphia, 222; Wainwright, St. Louis, 219; Samardzija, Chicago, 214; AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 209; Hamels, Philadelphia, 202; HBailey, Cincinnati, 199; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 199.
SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 50; RSoriano, Washington, 43; Romo, San Francisco, 38; AChapman, Cincinnati, 38; Mujica, St. Louis, 37; Cishek, Miami, 34; Grilli, Pittsburgh, 33; Gregg, Chicago, 33; Street, San Diego, 33.
This Date In Baseball
Oct. 1
1961 — Roger Maris ended a season of personal torment by hitting his 61st home run against Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The homer eclipsed Babe Ruth's 34-year-old single-season home run record. The Yankees won, 1-0.
1967 — The Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant with a 5-3 win over the Twins on the final day of the season. Boston's Carl Yastrzemski went 4-for-4 and finished with 44 home runs, 121 RBIs and a .326 average to win the batting Triple Crown.
1978 — The Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 9-2 on the last day of the season to force a one-game playoff between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won their eighth straight game with a 5-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
1988 — Tony Gwynn went 2-for-3 to raise his league-leading batting average to .313 but hurt his hand in a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Gwynn was the first NL batting champion to win the title with an average below .320. The previous lowest was Larry Doyle's .320 in 1915.
2000 — Detroit's Shane Halter became the fourth major leaguer to play all nine positions in a game, and capped his adventure by scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Tigers over Minnesota 12-11.