| The Philadelphia Phillies have qualified for Major | | | | post-season. |
| League Baseball playoffs for the first time since | | | | Arizona had already clinched first place in the |
| 1993, winning their final game of the regular | | | | West Division, and the Chicago Cubs placed first in |
| season over the visiting Washington Nationals, 6-1. | | | | the Central Division. |
| The New York Mets could have tied Philadelphia | | | | In the American League, the Boston Red Sox |
| for the National League East Division and forced a | | | | earned home field advantage throughout the |
| one-game playoff, but they lost at home to the | | | | playoffs with a 6-4 victory over the visiting |
| Florida Marlins, 8-1. The Mets had a seven-game | | | | Minnesota Twins. The Cleveland Indians also |
| lead in the division as recently as September 12. | | | | finished with 96 wins and 66 losses after 4-2 win |
| They finished with seven games at home and | | | | over the Kansas City Royals, but the Red Sox |
| won only one of them. | | | | beat Cleveland in five of seven head-to-head |
| The wild-card playoff berth that goes to the best | | | | games to win the tiebreaker. |
| second-place team in the National League is yet | | | | Boston, the East Division champion, takes on the |
| to be determined. That is because the San Diego | | | | West Division champion Los Angeles Angels on |
| Padres were beaten by the host Milwaukee | | | | Wednesday. Central Division winners Cleveland will |
| Brewers, 11-6, while Colorado edged Arizona, 4-3. | | | | host the wild-card New York Yankees on |
| So Colorado will host San Diego in a one-game | | | | Thursday. |
| playoff Monday to decide which goes to the | | | | Some information for this report provided by AP. |