lordstanley

The Lions seem to be able to score whenever they feel like it. Just didn’t feel like it in the 2nd half, lol. Was like they were trying to give their defense a test.

Game over! Same time the Red Sox are busting their game over.

Unless the Lions have a brain cramp, should be able to run this down to the 30 second mark before giving ball back.

6-2 Boston!!

You need to try at least one pass here.

1-score game.

Branch down. Ouch.

Frustrating thing is that if the Lions were down by 10, I’m 90% sure the Lions would score a TD on their next drive.

5th chance coming up for the Lions. End this game now!!

2-0 Minnesota, still batting.

White Sox blow 8th inning lead, lose their 120th.

Why hand off? Lions have had 3 second half drives to kill off the game - 0 points.

Razzle dazzle! Almost looks illegal, lol.

Wow, is the 2 minute warning call reviewable. Presumably not. Huge break for the Lions.

Big 3rd down. Convert and Arizona won’t get ball back this half.

Does Arnold lead the league in penalties?

Seattle, once leading 5-0, loses 6-5 on a Texas walkoff. They’re now 2 games back of the Tigers with 6 to play, the Tigers hold the tiebreaker, and the Mariners’ next 3 games are at Houston. So hardly much of a factor.

Not sure what the models say, but I now give the Tigers a better than 50% chance of making the playoffs.

Royals lose 7th straight! Tied with the Tigers. Both half game up on Minnesota.

I love baseball!

Great question. Probably Baltimore. Which means yes we’d have to pass both KC and Minnesota. Incidentally, with the Dodgers’ loss yesterday, no MLB team will hit 100 wins this year.

I feel confident that 5-2 or better will do it. 4-3 or less probably not.

I'm not sure but I think they do use the combined. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-playoff-tiebreaker-rules It's more complex for three-team ties. If the three clubs DO NOT all have identical records against one another and Team X has a better record against Teams Y and Z, then Team X is the qualifier. If Team X and Y have identical records against one another and each has a better record against Team Z, then Teams X and Y follow the two-club tiebreaker rules to determine the qualifier. Otherwise, the three clubs are ranked by their overall winning percentage against one another, and the club with the highest overall winning percentage is the qualifier. If two of the clubs have identical winning percentages in this scenario, then they would follow the two-club tiebreaker procedure.

If the Tigers win today, they'd clinch a winning record. Sad to sad, it would only be their 13th winning record in the 35 years of 1990-2024.