All relevant American League games have finished. The Angels, Indians and Yankees all won. The Red Sox lost to Toronto and lost their hold on home field advantage as well.
With wins today, both the Indians and the Angels surpassed the Red Sox. And with the Yankees win, the Red Sox have only a 1.5 game lead in the AL East.
If the playoffs started today the matchups would be Yankees @ Indians & Red Sox @ Angels.
AL Standings
CLE 90 62 .592 --- 10 Games Left
LAA 90 62 .592 --- 10 Games Left
BOS 90 63 .588 0.5 9 Games Left
NYY 88 64 .579 2.0 10 Games Left
Angels Magic Number
It is currently 3. With a 4 game series against the Mariners coming up at the Big A starting tomorrow, the Angels should clinch a playoff spot at home for the first time since 1986. (September 26, 1986. The Angels beat the Rangers 8-3.) As soon as the Angels beat the Mariners once, the worst the Halos can do is tie for the division title.
Figgins & the Batting Title
Chone Figgins sat out today. He has 466 plate appearances so far and needs 38 more to qualify for the Batting Leaders. With 10 games to play, I guess that he needs to play at least 8 games.
AL Batting Leaders (Including Wednesday 10/19)
1) .354 Ichiro Suzuki (2-for-3 today)
2) .353 Magglio Ordonez (0-for-4)
3) .342 Placido Polanco (1-for-4)
x) .346 Chone Figgins (0-for-0)
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