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