Friday, September 21, 2007

Friday Night Standings & Stats Update

Updating the AL race after all games were played Friday night. The Angels lost to Jarrod Washburn and the Mariners 6-0. The Indians and Red Sox both won, but the Yankees also lost in 14 innings against Toronto.

If the playoffs started today the matchups would be:
Yankees (4) @ Indians (1)
Angels (3) @ Red Sox (2)

AL Standings

CLE 91 62 .595 --- 9 Games Left
BOS 91 63 .591 0.5 8
LAA 91 63 .591 0.5 8
NYY 88 65 .575 3.0 9

Tiebreaker Refresher (1st tiebreaker is head-to-head)

BOS 6 games - LAA 4 games
BOS 5 - CLE 2
NYY 10 - BOS 8
CLE 5 - LAA 5 (Cleveland wins on 2nd tiebreaker)
NYY 6 - CLE 0
LAA 6 - NYY 3

LA Times Article on tiebreakers with three or more teams.

AL Batting Leaders (Including Friday 10/21)

1) .350 Ichiro Suzuki (0-for-5 today)
2) .354 Magglio Ordonez (2-for-4)
3) .344 Placido Polanco (2-for-4)

x) .343 Chone Figgins (0-for-4)

Because Figgins missed a month to start the season, he needs 32 plate appearances with 8 games remaining to qualify for the batting leaders.

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