All that’s left in the American League is for the six playoff teams to jockey for seeding, and we got some more clarity on that front yesterday. The top four seeds are now locked in, with just the final two slots to be decided ahead of the postseason tournament. That said, we had a bit of bonus pennant race business on Monday, as the Astros hosted the Phillies as the latter pushed to end their playoff drought. Let’s go through it all:
Toronto came into this game needing just two more wins or Seattle losses to sew up home-field advantage in the Wild Card round, and they took care of business on their end, downing Baltimore 5-1 in a rain-shortened game.