In 2011, four teams were vying for two playoff spots in the last game of the season. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals were vying for the NL wild-card spot against the Atlanta Braves. The Cardinals beat the last-place Astros, the Braves lost to the last-place Phillies, and the Cardinals went to the playoffs (eventually going on to win the World Series).
In the American League, the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays were also battling for the Wild Card spot. In perhaps the most exciting end to a baseball season in recent memory, the 69-93 Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox in the ninth inning on a Nolan Reimold double to score pinch-runner Kyle Hudson to tie the game, then at 12:02 A.