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What happens if the Giants and Astros tie for the Wild Card?
The Giants trail the Astros by a game entering the final day of the regular season. If the Astros win Sunday against the Rockies, they are the Wild Card. If they lose and the Giants beat the Dodgers on Sunday, a one-game playoff will be played between the Astros and Giants on Monday.
The Giants won their coin flip with the Astros and would host Houston in a Monday playoff game, if needed.
Major League Baseball has conducted a series of coin tosses to determine the sites for potential two-team tiebreakers that would clinch division and Wild Card playoff berths.
NL Wild Card:
Houston at San Francisco, 4:05 ET Monday
If the Anaheim Angels and Minnesota Twins finish with identical records, who will be matched up in the American League Division Series?
The Yankees are the top seed and will play at home throughout the playoffs. The Red Sox are the Wild Card and will not play at home in the AL playoffs and, because they are from the same division as the Yankees, cannot face New York in the first round. If the Angels win Sunday, they will be the second seed, and they'll play the Red Sox in the ALDS. If the Angels lose, and the Twins win twice Sunday (including the suspended game from Saturday), the Twins will be the higher seed and face the Red Sox with Anaheim playing at New York. If the Angels lose Sunday and the Twins split or lose twice Sunday, the Angels will be the higher seed and play host to Boston while Minnesota will travel to New York. The Twins lose the tiebreaker to Anaheim because they lost the season series to the Angels.
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What happens if the Giants and Astros tie for the Wild Card?
The Giants trail the Astros by a game entering the final day of the regular season. If the Astros win Sunday against the Rockies, they are the Wild Card. If they lose and the Giants beat the Dodgers on Sunday, a one-game playoff will be played between the Astros and Giants on Monday.
The Giants won their coin flip with the Astros and would host Houston in a Monday playoff game, if needed.
Major League Baseball has conducted a series of coin tosses to determine the sites for potential two-team tiebreakers that would clinch division and Wild Card playoff berths.
NL Wild Card:
Houston at San Francisco, 4:05 ET Monday
If the Anaheim Angels and Minnesota Twins finish with identical records, who will be matched up in the American League Division Series?
The Yankees are the top seed and will play at home throughout the playoffs. The Red Sox are the Wild Card and will not play at home in the AL playoffs and, because they are from the same division as the Yankees, cannot face New York in the first round. If the Angels win Sunday, they will be the second seed, and they'll play the Red Sox in the ALDS. If the Angels lose, and the Twins win twice Sunday (including the suspended game from Saturday), the Twins will be the higher seed and face the Red Sox with Anaheim playing at New York. If the Angels lose Sunday and the Twins split or lose twice Sunday, the Angels will be the higher seed and play host to Boston while Minnesota will travel to New York. The Twins lose the tiebreaker to Anaheim because they lost the season series to the Angels.
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