A wild ultimate day within the Nationwide League ended up with the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers locking up the ultimate two postseason berths, and San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies going residence upset.

Getting into play Sunday, all 4 groups had an opportunity for his or her seasons to proceed underneath numerous situations. The Cardinals took care of enterprise, beating the Brewers 5-2 in a recreation the winner superior to October — and shortly thereafter, the Brewers snuck in with some assist.

The Giants and the Phillies, every needing to win, couldn’t get it accomplished on the ultimate day. The Giants misplaced 5-Four to the San Diego Padres and the Phillies have been blanked 5-Zero by the Rays.

So the Brewers, regardless of ending 29-31 and having an underwhelming season from Christian Yelich, backed into the playoffs. The ultimate spot was theirs as a result of they owned a tiebreaker over the Giants. The Brewers have been helped by 4 straight wins final week and at the moment are making their third straight postseason look.

The Cardinals be a part of the Miami Marlins in making the postseason after seeing their season paused due to optimistic COVID-19 assessments. The Cardinals missed two weeks of the season on the finish of July and have been compelled to play seven doubleheaders in September. In reality, had issues not wrapped up Sunday, the Cardinals would have been compelled to play a make-up doubleheader Monday.

St. Louis Cardinals’ Kolten Wong throws a face masks within the air as he celebrates with teammates after defeating the Milwaukee Brewers in a baseball recreation to earn a playoff start Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in St. Louis. (AP Picture/Jeff Roberson)Extra

The NL aspect of the bracket now options one thing we’ve positively by no means seen earlier than, because of MLB’s expanded postseason format: 4 groups from the identical division are within the postseason, with the Cubs because the division champs, the Cardinals because the second-place staff and the Brewers and Cincinnati Reds as wild-card groups.

Is the Central that good? Or have they spent 60 video games beating up on one another? Because the 60-game season has solely featured groups taking part in of their area, we’re about to search out out when the playoffs begin this week.

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