![]() Magic number to clinch playoffs: Clinched Sept. If that doesn’t happen, the race will probably come down to two divisional games in Week 18.Įither way, thanks to recent losses, the Cardinals have made things much more difficult. The Blue Jays won 3-1 in Tampa Bay on Saturday to break out a tie for second in the division, which could be wrapped up as early as Monday. If the Cardinals beat the Colts and the Vikings beat the Rams, the Cardinals’ magic number drops to one, meaning one Cardinals win or Rams loss in the final two weeks clinches the division. Then they go to Baltimore to play the Ravens and finish the season at home against the red-hot San Francisco 49ers, who already beat them earlier this season. The Rams will face them on a short week, having played Tuesday night. 7 seed and final wild card team currently. They are on the road this week against the Minnesota Vikings, who are the No. The Cardinals will have gone 5-1 in the division and clinched that tiebreaker. If they do, the Rams can’t overtake them. The easiest way to ensure a division title is winning all three of their remaining games on the schedule. They close the season at home against the 5-9 Seattle Seahawks, who would love to do nothing more than to spoil the Cardinals’ season. Then they travel to play the NFC East-leading Dallas Cowboys, who are also 10-4. The Colts are battling for the AFC South division lead and have won five of their last six games. Hopefully, they turn things around in Seattle, which they have started to do in the series win over Texas.They host the Indianapolis Colts Saturday night. It was embarrassing, and was capped off by one of the worst games and collapses that the team has ever been a part of. Another O’s lose and Mariners win, and they are right on the doorstep.Īll the Mariners have left are home games, and the road trip couldn’t come to a conclusion soon enough. However, we are just 2.0 GB of Toronto and 0.5 ahead of Tampa, with a 5.5 game lead over the Orioles still. Both the starters and bullpen fell apart, the bats could never do enough, and we are without are two best weapons on offense with Suarez and Julio on the DL. Logan Gilbert had a nasty game, but other than that, it was ugly. There wasn’t a lot to be happy about on the road trip. So let’s just ignore them and focus on what’s important. Houston has won the division, but no one cares about them. ![]() ![]() ![]() As of, the Mariners Magic Number to make the playoffs stands at 1 The Mariners hold a 4-2 head-to-head advantage over the Orioles so that further drops the magic number by one. Once it hits zero, you have clinched a playoff berth. Every win by your team drops the number by one, and every loss by the closest competitor drops it by one as well. The Magic Number helps you understand how close your team is to clinching a playoff berth. Make sure to check back here daily, as we will be updating this each day with a bit of new information about the recent games, as well as updating the M’s Magic Number after each game. As we make our way into September, it seems like the M’s have a chance to break the 21-season streak and make the playoffs for the first time since 2001. ![]() There are plenty of teams out there that have had bad runs, but ask a fan from any team, and you would hear the same thing… “At least I’m not a Mariners fan”. The Mariners are inching ever closer to ending their reign as Kings of the Incompetent. ![]()
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