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What that means is Pittsburgh will be faced with yet another one-game playoff to make it into the divisional playoffs. It could in essence be termed a “one-game tie-breaker” which is something that prior to the wild card teams rule, did not happen that often in the history of Major League Baseball.
Before wild card teams were added to the mix, only the winners of each division qualified for the post-season. Of course, a tie for first place in any division meant a one-game tie-breaker to decide who wins the division.